[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 30 (Tuesday, February 13, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10051-10052]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-02901]


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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION

[Docket No. CPSC-2010-0046]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Extension and Revision 
of Collection; Consumer Focus Groups and Other Qualitative Studies

AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety Commission.

ACTION: Notice of information collection; request for comment.

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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 from persons who may voluntarily participate in consumer 
focus groups. CPSC has also requested a revision of that collection. 
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) previously approved the 
collection of information under Control Number 3041-0136. OMB's most 
recent extension of approval will expire on March 31, 2024. On November 
28, 2023, CPSC published a notice in the Federal Register to announce 
the agency's intention to seek extension of approval of the collection 
of information. The Commission received no comments. Therefore, by 
publication of this notice, the Commission announces that CPSC has 
submitted to the OMB a request for extension of approval of that 
collection of information.

DATES: Submit comments on the collection of information by March 14, 
2024.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments about this request by email: 
[email protected] or fax: 202-395-6881. Comments by mail 
should be sent to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 
Attn: OMB Desk Officer for the CPSC, Office of Management and Budget, 
Room 10235, 725 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20503. In addition, 
written comments that are sent to OMB also should be submitted 
electronically at http://www.regulations.gov, under Docket No. CPSC-
2010-0046.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cynthia Gillham, Consumer Product 
Safety Commission, 4330 East West Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814; (301) 
504-7791, or by email to: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: CPSC seeks to extend the following currently 
approved collection of information, and to revise it to include 
additional forms of qualitative studies:
    Title: Focus Groups and Other Qualitative Studies.
    OMB Number: 3041-0136.
    Type of Review: Extension and revision of collection.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Affected Public: Consumers.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: CPSC estimates that this 
collection will involve 2,620 participants, including prospective focus 
group participants who are screened but ultimately not selected for 
participation.
    Estimated Time per Response: We estimate that the average response 
time for each participant will be 1.1 hours.
    Total Estimated Annual Burden: Based on CPSC's estimates that 2,620 
participants will each spend an average of 1.1 hours responding to the 
collection, CPSC estimates that the total annual burden of this 
collection is 2,882 hours. The annualized cost to respondents for the 
information collection is $124,675.32 (2,882 hours x $43.26/hour), as 
estimated from total compensation data available from the U.S. Bureau 
of Labor Statistics.\1\
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    \1\ Total hourly compensation for all civilian workers is 
estimated by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics to be $43.26: 
Employer Costs for Employee Compensation, June 2023, Table 1, 
(https://www.bls.gov/news.release/archives/ecec_09122023.pdf).
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    General Description of Collection: Section 5(a) of the Consumer 
Product Safety Act (CPSA), 15 U.S.C. 2054(a), authorizes the Commission 
to conduct studies and investigations relating to the causes and 
prevention of deaths, accidents, injuries, illnesses, other health 
impairments, and economic losses associated with consumer products. 
Section 5(b) of the CPSA, 15 U.S.C. 2054(b), further provides that the 
Commission may conduct research, studies, and investigations on the 
safety of consumer products. The Commission may also test consumer 
products and develop product safety test methods and testing devices.
    To help identify and evaluate product-related incidents, Commission 
staff invites and obtains direct feedback from consumers on issues 
related to product safety, such as recall effectiveness, product use, 
and perceptions regarding safety issues. The information that CPSC 
collects from future focus groups--including usability studies and 
ethnographic studies for consumer products, which are being added to 
this revised collection--will help inform the Commission's 
identification and evaluation of consumer products and product uses by 
providing insight and information into consumer perceptions and usage 
patterns. In some cases, one-on-one interviews may be conducted as a 
more in-depth extension of a focus group, or in place of a traditional 
focus group or study. This information may also assist the Commission 
in its efforts to support voluntary standards activities and help CPSC 
identify emerging consumer safety issues requiring additional research. 
In addition, based on the information obtained, CPSC may be able to 
improve the readability and comprehension of safety information 
provided to the public.

Alberta E. Mills,
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission.
[FR Doc. 2024-02901 Filed 2-12-24; 8:45 am]
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