[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 208 (Friday, October 28, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65194-65195]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-23556]


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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION

[Docket No. CPSC-2009-0073]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act; 
Compliance Form

AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 
Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC or Commission), announces that 
the Commission has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) a request for extension of approval of a collection of 
information regarding a form used to verify whether pools and spas are 
in compliance with the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act. 
The OMB previously approved the collection of information under OMB 
Control No. 3041-0142. On August 17, 2022, CPSC published a notice in 
the Federal Register announcing the agency's intent to seek this 
extension. CPSC received no comments in response to that notice. 
Therefore, by publication of this notice, the Commission announces that 
CPSC has submitted to the OMB a request for extension of approval of 
this collection of information.

DATES: Written comments on this request for extension of approval of 
information collection requirements should be submitted by November 28, 
2022.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to: www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular 
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function. In 
addition, written comments that are sent to OMB also should be 
submitted electronically at: http://www.regulations.gov, under Docket 
No. CPSC-2009-0073.

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: On August 17, 2022, CPSC published a notice 
in the Federal Register announcing the agency's intent to seek an 
extension for this information collection. 87 FR 50612. CPSC received 
no comments in response to that notice. Accordingly, CPSC seeks to 
renew the following currently approved collection of information:
    Title: Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act Verification 
of Compliance Form.
    OMB Number: 3041-0142.
    Type of Review: Renewal of collection.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Affected Public: Public pools and spa facilities.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 50 pools or facilities.
    Estimated Time per Response: CPSC staff or the designated State or 
local government official will take an estimated 3 hours to inspect a 
pool or spa facility.
    Total Estimated Annual Burden: The total testing burden hours are 
150 (50 inspections x 3 hours per inspection). We estimate there will 
be 50 inspections conducted throughout the fiscal year based on CPSC 
plans for inspections, past compliance rates and trends, as well as 
available staff resources. We estimate that hourly compensation for the 
time required for inspecting is $64.02 (U.S. Bureau of Labor 
Statistics, ``Employer Costs for Employee Compensation,'' March 2022, 
Table 4, total compensation for management, professional, and related 
workers in private service-producing industries: https://www.bls.gov/news.release/ecec.t04.htm). The total annual cost of time to inspect 
all facilities is estimated to be $9,603 ($64.02 x 150).

General Description of Collection

    The Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act (Act), 15 U.S.C. 
8001-8008, applies to public swimming pools and spas, and it requires 
that each swimming pool and spa drain cover manufactured, distributed, 
or entered into commerce in the United States shall conform to the 
entrapment protection standards of the ASME/ANSI A112.19.8 performance 
standard or any successor standard regulating such swimming pool or 
drain cover under section 1404(b) of the Act.
    On August 5, 2011, the CPSC published a final rule incorporating by 
reference ANSI/APSP-16 2011 as the successor standard, effective 
September 6, 2011. 76 FR 47436. On May 24, 2019, the CPSC published a 
direct final rule incorporating by reference ANSI/APSP-16 2017 as the 
next successor standard. 84 FR 24021. The Act requires that, in 
addition to having the anti-entrapment devices or systems, each public 
pool and spa in the United States with a single main drain other than 
an unblockable drain shall be equipped with one or more of the 
following devices or systems designed to prevent entrapment by pool or 
spa drains: a safety vacuum release system, suction-limiting vent 
system, gravity drainage system, automatic pump shut-off system or 
drain disablement. The CPSC will collect information through the 
verification of compliance form to identify drain covers, pools, and 
spas that do not meet the performance requirements in ANSI/APSP-16 2017 
and the Act. CPSC staff or the designated State or local government 
official will take approximately 3 hours to inspect the pool and fill 
out the checklist on the verification of

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compliance form. The 2022 VGBA Form they will use is available for 
viewing at https://www.regulations.gov under docket number, CPSC-2009-
0073, ``Supporting and Related Material.''

Alberta E. Mills,
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission.
[FR Doc. 2022-23556 Filed 10-27-22; 8:45 am]
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