[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 193 (Thursday, October 6, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60660-60661]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-21726]
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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
[Docket No. CPSC-2009-0088]
Proposed Extension of Approval of Information Collection; Comment
Request; Third Party Conformity Assessment Body Registration Form
AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the
Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) requests comment on a
proposed extension of approval of information collection regarding the
requirements pertaining to a third party conformity assessment bodies
registration form. CPSC will consider all comments received in response
to this notice before requesting an extension of this collection of
information from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
DATES: Submit written or electronic comments on the collection of
information by December 5, 2022.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CPSC-2009-
0088, by any of the following methods:
Electronic Submissions: Submit electronic comments to the Federal
eRulemaking Portal at: www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for
submitting comments. CPSC does not accept comments submitted by
electronic mail (email), except as described below. CPSC encourages you
to submit electronic comments by using the Federal eRulemaking Portal,
as described above.
Mail/hand delivery/courier/confidential Written Submissions: Submit
comments by mail, hand delivery, or courier to: Office of the
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission, 4330 East West Highway,
Bethesda, MD 20814; telephone: (301) 504-7479. If you wish to submit
confidential business information, trade secret information, or other
sensitive or protected information that you do not want to be available
to the public, you can submit such material by mail, hand delivery, or
courier, or you can email it to: [email protected].
Instructions: All submissions must include the agency name and
docket number. CPSC may post all comments without change, including any
personal identifiers, contact information, or other personal
information provided, to: www.regulations.gov. Do not submit through
this website: confidential business information, trade secret
information, or other sensitive or protected information that you do
not want to be available to the public. If you wish to submit such
information, please submit it according to the instructions for mail/
hand delivery/courier/confidential written submissions.
Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or
comments received, go to: www.regulations.gov, and insert the docket
number, CPSC-2009-0088, into the ``Search'' box, and follow the
prompts.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cynthia Gillham, Consumer Product
Safety Commission, 4330 East West Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814; (301)
504-7991, or by email to: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: CPSC seeks to renew the following currently
approved collection of information:
Title: Third Party Conformity Assessment Body Registration Form.
OMB Number: 3041-0143.
Type of Review: Renewal of collection.
Frequency of Response: On occasion.
Affected Public: Third party conformity assessment bodies seeking
acceptance of accreditation or continuing accreditation.
Estimated Burden: The CPSC estimates the burden of the collection
of information in CPSC Form 223 is as follows:
Estimated Annual Reporting Burden
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Number of Frequency of Total annual Hours per
Activity respondents responses responses response Total hours
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Initial Registration............ 26 1 26 1 26
Re-Registration................. 303 1 303 1 303
Changes in Information.......... 2 1 2 0.25 0.5
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Total....................... .............. .............. .............. .............. 329.5
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These estimates are based on the following information:
Based on applications received from FY 2013 to date, we
estimate the number of third party conformity assessment bodies who
would register each year for the next 3 years would be 26.
Under 16 CFR part 1112, third party conformity assessment
bodies are required to resubmit CPSC Form 223 every 2 years. As all
third party conformity assessment bodies have not submitted their first
CPSC Form 223s at the same time, only about half would be expected to
resubmit a CPSC Form 223 in any 1 year. As of August 2022, 606 third
party conformity assessment bodies have registered with CPSC.
Approximately half (303) of these firms would be required to re-
register with CPSC each year.
Under 16 CFR part 1112, third party conformity assessment
bodies are required to ensure that the information submitted on CPSC
Form 223 is current and must submit a new CPSC Form 223 whenever the
information changes. Based on current experience with third party
conformity assessment bodies, we estimate that two third party
conformity assessment bodies will make revisions per year to update
their information. A change in information is a change that does not
require review of laboratory accreditation documents, such as scope
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or test methods. Examples of revised information include changes in the
website URL, name of the laboratory, and name of laboratory point of
contact.
The total burden, therefore, is 329.5 hours, which we round up to
330 hours. We estimate that hourly compensation for the time required
for recordkeeping is $36.59 per hour (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics,
``Employer Costs for Employee Compensation (ECEC),'' Table 4: Total
compensation for private industry workers in sales and office
occupations within goods-producing industries, June 2022, public news
release url: www.bls.gov/news.release/archives/ecec_09202022.pdf). The
total cost burden to the respondents is approximately $12,075 ($36.59 x
330 hours = $12,074.70).
General Description of Collection: The Consumer Product Safety
Improvement Act of 2008 (CPSIA) requires third party testing to be
conducted by a third party conformity assessment body for any
children's product that is subject to a children's product safety rule,
before importing for consumption or warehousing or distributing in
commerce. The CPSIA allows accreditation of third party conformity
assessment bodies to be conducted either by the Commission, or by an
independent accreditation organization designated by the Commission. In
addition, the CPSIA requires that the Commission maintain on its
website an up-to-date list of entities that have been accredited to
assess conformity with children's product safety rules. With the
exception of firewalled third party conformity assessment bodies, which
must be approved by Commission order as stated in 16 CFR 1112.13(b),
the Commission has chosen to accept the accreditation of third party
conformity assessment bodies that meet accreditation requirements of an
independent accreditation organization. 16 CFR 1112.13(a).
To assess a third party conformity assessment bodies'
qualifications for acceptance by CPSC, information related to location,
accreditation, and ownership must be collected from third party
conformity assessment bodies. The CPSC uses an online collection form,
CPSC Form 223, to gather information from third party conformity
assessment bodies voluntarily seeking acceptance by CPSC. The
information collected relates to location, accreditation, and
ownership. Commission staff uses this information to assess:
A third party conformity assessment body's status as an
independent third party conformity assessment body, a government-owned
or government-controlled conformity assessment body, or a firewalled
conformity assessment body;
Qualifications for acceptance by CPSC to test for
compliance to specified children's product safety rules; and
Eligibility for acceptance on the CPSC website.
Part 1112 requires the collection of information in CPSC Form 223:
Upon initial application by the third party conformity
assessment body for acceptance by CPSC;
Whenever there is a change to accreditation or ownership
information; and
At least every 2 years as part of a regular audit process.
Request for Comments
CPSC solicits written comments from all interested persons about
the proposed collection of information. CPSC specifically solicits
information relevant to the following topics:
Whether the collection of information described is
necessary for the proper performance of CPSC's functions, including
whether the information would have practical utility;
Whether the estimated burden of the proposed collection of
information is accurate;
Whether the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected could be enhanced; and
Whether the burden imposed by the collection of
information could be minimized by use of automated, electronic, or
other technological collection techniques, or other forms of
information technology.
Alberta E. Mills,
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission.
[FR Doc. 2022-21726 Filed 10-5-22; 8:45 am]
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