[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 108 (Tuesday, June 4, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47922-47926]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-12194]


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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION

[Docket No. CPSC-2022-0020]


Electronic Filing of Certificate of Compliance Data: Announcement 
of Expansion of PGA Message Set Test and Request for Additional 
Participants

AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), in 
consultation with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), announce 
their joint intent to expand the current Partner Government Agency 
(PGA) Message Set test (Beta Pilot) to include up to 2,000 additional 
participants. This expansion would allow importers of regulated 
consumer products to voluntarily participate in the test by 
electronically submitting (eFiling) data from a certificate of 
compliance for up to three additional years, or until an effective date 
of a final rule requiring eFiling. Beta Pilot test participants will 
eFile certificate data to the CBP-authorized Electronic Data 
Interchange (EDI) system known as the Automated Commercial Environment 
(ACE). CPSC also seeks comment on the revised burden estimates for this 
expanded collection of information.

DATES: 
    Beta Pilot Test: Submit electronic requests to participate in the 
expanded Beta Pilot test at any time after publication of this notice. 
CPSC will allow participation until we reach 2,000 volunteers or until 
an eFiling requirement becomes permanent, whichever comes first. CPSC 
asks that each Beta Pilot test participant electronically file CPSC PGA 
Message Set certificate data during the expanded Beta Pilot test.
    Paperwork Reduction Act: Submit comments on the proposed expanded 
collection of information by August 5, 2024 using the methods described 
below in the ADDRESSES section of this preamble.

ADDRESSES: 
    Beta Pilot Test: Submit requests to participate in the Beta Pilot 
test and any technical comments on CPSC's supplemental Customs and 
Trade Automated Interface Requirements (CATAIR) guideline (available on 
CPSC.gov \1\ and CBP.gov \2\) through email to: [email protected]. 
Requests to participate in the Beta Pilot test should contain the 
subject heading: ``Beta Pilot: Application to participate in Expanded 
PGA Message Set Test.'' Technical comments on CPSC's supplemental 
CATAIR guideline should contain the subject heading: ``Beta Pilot 
CATAIR Technical Comments.''
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    \1\ https://www.cpsc.gov/eFiling-Document-Library.
    \2\ https://www.cbp.gov/trade/ace/catair.
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    Paperwork Reduction Act: You may submit comments, identified by 
Docket No. CPSC-2022-0020, by any of the following methods:
    Electronic Submissions: Submit electronic comments to the Federal 
eRulemaking Portal at: https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 
instructions for submitting comments. CPSC typically does not accept 
comments submitted by email, except through www.regulations.gov. 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; (301) 504-7479. If you wish to submit confidential 
business information, trade secret information, or other sensitive or 
protected information that you do not

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want to be available to the public, you may submit such comments by 
mail, hand delivery, or courier, or you may email them 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 https://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: https://www.regulations.gov, and insert the 
docket number, CPSC-2022-0020, into the ``Search'' box, and follow the 
prompts. A copy of the ``Supporting Statement'' for this burden 
estimate is available at: https://www.regulations.gov under Docket No. 
CPSC-2022-0020, Supporting and Related Material.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions regarding the Beta Pilot 
test, participation in the test, and the proposed expanded collection 
of information should be directed to Arthur Laciak, eFiling Program 
Specialist, Office of Import Surveillance, U.S. Consumer Product Safety 
Commission, (301) 504-7516, [email protected]. Questions sent by 
email should contain the subject heading: ``Beta Pilot: Question re 
Expanded PGA Message Set Test.'' For technical questions regarding ACE 
or Automated Broker Interface (ABI) transmissions, or the PGA message 
set data transmission, please contact your assigned CBP client 
representative. Interested parties without an assigned client 
representative should submit an email to Tsutomu Morishita at: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background

    On June 10, 2022, CPSC announced in the Federal Register (87 FR 
35513) a joint Beta Pilot test with CBP to assess eFiling certificate 
data for regulated consumer products and substances under CPSC's 
jurisdiction using CBP's PGA Message Set in ACE (Beta Pilot Test 
Announcement). The notice sought up to 50 Beta Pilot participants and 
provided a 60-day comment period for CPSC's Paperwork Reduction Act 
(PRA) burden estimate for the Beta Pilot test. Pursuant to this notice, 
the Beta Pilot test is underway with 38 participants; CPSC received no 
comment on the burden estimates provided. On September 14, 2022, CPSC 
published a second notice in the Federal Register providing a 30-day 
public comment period on the burden estimates for the Beta Pilot test, 
as required by the PRA. 87 FR 56407. CPSC received no comments. 
Subsequently, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) assigned 
control number 3041-0193 for the Beta Pilot test.
    In 2023, CPSC and CBP began the Beta Pilot test, which is ongoing 
with 38 importer participants, along with their trade partners, such as 
brokers and laboratories. On December 8, 2023, CPSC published a 
supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking (SNPR) to revise 16 CFR part 
1110 to, among other things, require eFiling of certificate data. 88 FR 
85760. In this notice, CPSC and CBP announce their joint intent to 
expand the Beta Pilot test to include up to an additional 2,000 
importer participants and to extend the Beta Pilot test for up to three 
years, or until an effective date of a final rule implementing an 
eFiling requirement. Accordingly, CPSC is seeking comment on a revised 
burden estimate for the collection of information related to the 
expanded Beta Pilot test, as required by the PRA.
    CPSC's previous Beta Pilot Test Announcement (87 FR 35513, 35517-
18) discussed CBP and CPSC's legal authority to conduct the Beta Pilot 
test. Additionally, the Beta Pilot Test Announcement and the recent 
SNPR to revise 16 CFR part 1110 explained CPSC's authority to require 
electronic filing of certificate data at the time of entry, or entry 
summary, if both are filed together. 87 FR 35513, 35518; 88 FR 85760, 
85760-62.

A. Expansion of the Beta Pilot Test 3
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    \3\ On May 29, 2024, the Commission voted (5-0) to publish this 
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    The June 10, 2022, Beta Pilot Test Announcement explained CPSC's 
authority to require eFiling, the Alpha Pilot,\4\ and the Beta Pilot 
test, including its purpose, structure, and burden. 87 FR 35513. The 
Beta Pilot Test Announcement also described the Commission's direction 
for an eFiling Program, explaining that on December 18, 2020, the 
Commission approved staff's recommended plan to implement a permanent 
eFiling program at CPSC.\5\ The Beta Pilot test and the December 8, 
2023 SNPR (88 FR 85760) are in furtherance of CPSC's eFiling Program. 
In 2024, CPSC staff expects to submit for Commission consideration a 
draft final rule to require eFiling of certificate data. In the 
interim, CPSC and CBP intend to expand the Beta Pilot test (expanded 
Beta Pilot test) to allow importers of regulated consumer products and 
substances to voluntarily participate in the eFiling program for up to 
three years, or until an effective date of a final rule implementing an 
eFiling requirement.
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    \4\ The eFiling Alpha Pilot test was a six-month joint 
initiative between CPSC and CBP that assessed the infrastructure and 
processes necessary for electronic filing of data, and successfully 
demonstrated the ability of eight U.S. importers, their customs 
brokers, CBP, and CPSC to work together to gather and electronically 
file these data at import. CPSC staff provided a report on the 
pilot, which is available at: https://www.cpsc.gov/s3fs-public/eFiling_Alpha_Pilot_Evaluation_Report-May_24_2017.pdf?uK.UhjHabKD5yjQ.1w06tudrnvuuWIra, published April 
2017.
    \5\ The 2020 staff briefing package to implement an eFiling 
program at CPSC is available at: https://cpsc.gov/s3fs-public/CPSC-Plan-to-Create-an-eFiling-Program-for-Imported-Consumer-Products.pdf?BYXOLX2gJmF4NaAN1LCMmqiXRISuaRkr=. The Record of 
Commission Action is available at: https://www.cpsc.gov/s3fs-public/RCA-CPSC-Plan-to-Create-an-eFiling-Program-for-Imported-Consumer-Products.pdf.
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    Participation in the expanded Beta Pilot test will allow importers 
to assess and refine capabilities for eFiling certificate data elements 
into ACE via a PGA Message Set. The expanded Beta Pilot test provides 
additional members of the import community more time to gradually 
prepare for and begin eFiling PGA Message Sets. Like the current Beta 
Pilot test, the expanded test will involve eFiling certificate data for 
regulated consumer products and substances under CPSC's jurisdiction 
that are classified under approximately 300 Harmonized Tariff Schedule 
(HTS) codes.\6\ Current participants may participate in the expanded 
Beta Pilot test and should inform CPSC of their interest in continuing 
in the Beta Pilot.
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    \6\ The products classified under the approximately 300 HTS 
codes that participants should expect to be tested in the Beta 
Pilot, include, but are not limited to: All Terrian Vehicles (ATVs); 
durable infant or toddler products, such as baby carriages, cribs, 
and safety gates; children's furniture, backpacks, and school 
supplies; bicycle helmets; bicycles and other electric-powered 
cycles; clothing (sleepwear, outerwear, infant articles, potentially 
flammable adult clothing articles); drywall; fireworks; children's 
jewelry; lighters; liquid nicotine; mattresses; pacifiers and 
rattles; rugs; and toys.
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    The expanded Beta Pilot test will allow CPSC to further scale up 
the information technology (IT), procedural, and processing 
requirements of the Product Registry and the Risk Assessment 
Methodology system (RAM) before the anticipated full implementation. 
For example, CPSC

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will scale up IT systems to accept data for regulated consumer products 
from more importers; refine the required infrastructure for the real-
time collection and use of data; and continue development of internal 
and external procedures to supply, use, and maintain certificate data. 
Expanding the Beta Pilot test will enable CPSC to continue developing 
RAM algorithms to triage import data received from CBP to detect more 
effectively noncompliant consumer products arriving at ports of entry.
    To accommodate expansion of the Beta Pilot test, this notice seeks 
up to 2,000 additional participants and revises CPSC's PRA analysis to 
accommodate these additional participants by revising the estimated 
annual burden to participants.

B. Use of the Automated Commercial Environment

    CPSC is conducting the expanded Beta Pilot test in coordination 
with CBP and using the ACE system through which CBP collects 
importation and entry data, thus streamlining business processes and 
ensuring cargo security and compliance with U.S. laws and regulations. 
CBP developed ACE as the ``single window'' for the trade community to 
comply with the International Trade Data System (ITDS) requirement 
established by the Security and Accountability for Every (SAFE) Port 
Act of 2006. Trade filers must submit data to ACE using an EDI system, 
such as the Automated Broker Interface (ABI). Commercial trade 
participants, or the licensed customs brokers acting on their behalf, 
can electronically file entry data in ACE using ABI. A PGA Message Set 
allows the trade to enter agency-specific data along with entry data, 
through ABI, and for PGAs, such as CPSC, to receive this additional 
trade-related data.

II. Beta Pilot Test: Certificate Data

    The expanded Beta Pilot test will follow the same structure as the 
existing Beta Pilot test, with two different methods of filing 
certificate data using the PGA Message Set: (1) filing a minimum of 
seven data elements (Full PGA Message Set), or (2) filing only a 
reference to certificate data stored in a Product Registry maintained 
by CPSC (Reference PGA Message Set). Participants submit certificate 
data for regulated finished products, either as the Full PGA Message 
Set or the Reference PGA Message Set, in ACE at the time of entry 
filing or entry summary filing if both entry and entry summary are 
filed together. CBP then makes available to CPSC the PGA Message Set 
data and its corresponding entry data, for CPSC's validation, risk 
assessment, and admissibility determinations at entry, thereby 
facilitating compliant trade as well as sharpening CPSC focus on 
noncompliant trade. CPSC uses eFiled certificate data to review 
consumer product entry requirements and allow for earlier risk-based 
admissibility decisions to be made by CPSC staff. Additionally, because 
it is electronic, the PGA Message Set will eliminate or substantially 
reduce the necessity for submission and subsequent handling of paper 
documents. Section II of the 2022 Beta Pilot Test Announcement details 
the expected PGA Message Set data from a certificate of compliance as 
well as the methods for filing such data. 87 FR 35513, 35516-17.
    CPSC's supplemental CATAIR guideline on filing certificate data 
through the PGA Message Set describes the technical specifications for 
filing during the expanded Beta Pilot test, as well as the Product 
Registry and Reference PGA Message Set.\7\ Technical comments on CPSC's 
supplemental CATAIR guideline should be submitted in accordance with 
the instructions in the ADDRESSES section at the beginning of this 
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    \7\ For links to CPSC's CATAIR, see supra, fns 1 and 2.
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III. Beta Pilot Test Participant Eligibility, Selection Criteria, and 
Responsibilities

    This document announces CPSC's plan, in consultation with CBP, to 
expand the number of Beta Pilot test participants from 50 up to 2,000 
importers, and to extend the Beta Pilot test period from six months to 
up to three years, or until an effective date of a final rule 
implementing an eFiling requirement. Accordingly, CPSC and CBP seek 
additional Beta Pilot test participants. U.S.-based importers with an 
assortment of CPSC-regulated products may participate in the Beta Pilot 
test. To be eligible to apply as a test participant, the applicant 
must:
     Import regulated consumer products within the Commission's 
jurisdiction;
     File consumption entries and entry summaries in ACE, or 
have a broker who files in ACE;
     Use a software program that has completed ACE 
certification testing for the PGA Message Set; and
     Work with CPSC and CBP to test electronic filing of data 
using ABI to file through the Message Set, or references to certificate 
data in the Product Registry.
    CPSC anticipates that the benefits of participation in the Beta 
Pilot test may include, but will not necessarily be limited to:
     Opportunity to work directly with CBP and CPSC in the pre-
implementation stage of the requirement to file certificate data; and
     Ability to trouble-shoot systems and procedures.

IV. Application Process and Test Duration

    Any importer seeking to participate in the test should email their 
company name, contact information, importer of record number(s), filer 
code(s), and an explanation of how they satisfy the requirements for 
participation to the address listed at the beginning of this notice. 
CPSC will consider applications to participate for three years, until 
reaching the expanded Beta Pilot test capacity of 2,000 participants, 
or until the effective date of a final rule, whichever comes first. 
CPSC will notify expanded Beta Pilot test applicants of approval to 
participate by email and will work with importers to onboard into the 
Pilot on a first come, first served basis. Depending on the level of 
interest, CPSC may restrict on-boarding of new participants, at least 
in the beginning of the expanded Beta Pilot test, to accommodate all 
participants successfully and smoothly.

V. Paperwork Reduction Act

    The Beta Pilot test contains information collection requirements 
that are subject to public comment and review by OMB under the PRA of 
1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3521). CPSC previously received an OMB control 
number for the existing Beta Pilot test: 3041-0193. CPSC now seeks to 
expand the number of participants in this test up to 2,000 and extend 
the test duration for up to three additional years (2027), or until an 
effective date of a final rule implementing an eFiling requirement. In 
this document, pursuant to 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D), we set forth:
     a title for the collection of information;
     a summary of the collection of information;
     a brief description of the need for the information and 
the proposed use of the information;
     a description of the likely respondents and proposed 
frequency of responses to the collection of information;
     an estimate of the burden that shall result from the 
collection of information; and
     notice that comments may be submitted to the OMB.

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    Title: Beta Pilot Test for eFiling Certificates of Compliance.
    Description: During the Beta Pilot test of CBP's PGA Message Set 
abilities through ACE, up to 2,000 participating importers of regulated 
consumer products will electronically file the requested certificate 
data, comprised of seven data elements, at the time of entry filing, or 
entry summary filing, if both entry and entry summary are filed 
together. Participants will have two ways to file certificate data 
during the Beta Pilot test: (1) filing certificate data in a CPSC-
maintained Product Registry, and filing a reference number in ACE to 
this data set, through ABI, each time the product is imported 
thereafter (Reference PGA Message Set), or (2) filing all certificate 
data elements directly through ABI each time the product is imported 
(Full PGA Message Set). CPSC will receive the information from CBP 
through a real-time transfer of import data, and the agency will risk 
score the information in CPSC's RAM system to assist in the 
interdiction of noncompliant consumer products.
    As set forth in section V.B of the Beta Pilot Test Announcement (87 
FR 35513, 35517-18), the requirement to create and maintain 
certificates, including the data elements, is set forth in section 14 
of the Consumer Product Safety Act (CPSA). Section 14(a) of the CPSA 
requires manufacturers (including importers) and private labelers of 
certain regulated consumer products manufactured outside the United 
States to test and issue a certificate certifying such products as 
compliant with applicable laws and regulations before importation. 15 
U.S.C. 2063(a). Section 14(g)(1) of the CPSA describes the data 
required on a certificate. Section 14(g)(3) requires a certificate to 
accompany the applicable product or shipment of products covered by the 
certificate, and that certifiers must furnish the certificate to each 
distributor or retailer of the product. Upon request, certificates must 
also be furnished to CPSC and CBP. Section 14(g)(4) provides that 
``[i]n consultation with the Commissioner of Customs, the Commission 
may, by rule, provide for the electronic filing of certificates under 
this section up to 24 hours before arrival of an imported product.'' 15 
U.S.C. 2063(g)(4). The Commission issued an SNPR to require eFiling on 
December 8, 2023. 88 FR 85760.
    Because certificates are required by statute, this analysis focuses 
on the burden for CPSC to accept, and importers to provide, certificate 
data elements electronically at the time of entry filing, and not to 
collect and maintain certificate data more generally. Importer 
requirements in the Beta Pilot test for providing certificate data 
electronically at the time of entry filing fall within the definition 
of ``collection of information,'' as defined in 44 U.S.C. 3502(3).
    Description of Respondents: Up to 2,000 importer participants who 
import regulated consumer products within CPSC's jurisdiction.
    Estimated Burden: We estimate the burden of this collection of 
information as follows:
    CPSC used information provided by Alpha Pilot test participants to 
inform the estimated burden for the Beta Pilot test. Like the existing 
Beta Pilot test, the burden from participating in the expanded Beta 
Pilot test can be broken down into the burden of preparing for 
participation in the Pilot, the burden of maintaining the data elements 
separately, and as compared to the Alpha Pilot test, the additional 
burden of including the dates of manufacturing and lab testing. Based 
on feedback from the Alpha Pilot test participants, for the current 
Beta Pilot test, we assumed that many more participants (90%) would opt 
to exclusively use the Product Registry and Reference PGA Message Set, 
while only 10% would opt to exclusively use the Full PGA Message Set. 
Table 3 of the 2022 Beta Pilot Test Announcement provides the total 
annual burden estimate for the current Beta Pilot, estimating 9,217 
annual burden hours from all participants, with an estimated annual 
cost (combined for all participants) of $404,764 (in 2021 dollars). 87 
FR 35513, 35520. When adjusted for inflation, the total estimated 
annual cost to current Beta Pilot test participants in 2023 is $ 
$442,002.
    CPSC estimates that the expanded Beta Pilot test will have similar 
burden per response and cost per response as the participants in the 
current Beta Pilot test, with the exception of burden from survey 
responses, which will not be required of the expanded Beta Pilot test 
participants.\8\ Accordingly, CPSC estimates that if an additional 
2,000 importers participate, 1,800 participants will use the Product 
Registry and Reference PGA Message Set, while 200 participants will use 
the Full PGA Message Set.
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    \8\ The Supporting Statement for this burden estimate, placed on 
Regulations.gov under CPSC Docket No. CPSC-2022-0020 contains the 
estimates for the existing Beta Pilot test and the expanded Beta 
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    Tables 1-3 contain burden estimates for the expanded Beta Pilot 
test, which are in addition to the burden estimates provided in the 
2022 Beta Pilot Test Announcement for up to 50 participants. Table 1 
shows an estimated 1,800 additional participants will use the Reference 
PGA Message Set and bear an annual burden of 265,000 hours, with an 
estimated total annual cost for all participants of $13,593,303.\9\
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    \9\ The previous estimate for burden cost came from wage data 
for survey and filing entry-line data comes from the U.S. Bureau of 
Labor Statistics, ``Employer Costs for Employee Compensation,'' 
September 2021, Table 4, total compensation for all sales and office 
workers in goods-producing private industries: http://www.bls.gov/ncs/. For the expanded Beta Pilot test, the costs per response 
applied to participants are updated to 2023 dollars using the BLS 
``Employment Cost Index'' (url: https://www.bls.gov/eci/tables.htm).

                            Table 1--Expanded Beta Pilot Test Burden Estimates Product Registry and Reference PGA Message Set
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                                                             Number of                    Average burden   Total annual                    Total annual
           Type of respondent                Number of     responses per     Number of     per response     burden (in     Average cost     respondent
                                            respondents     respondent       responses      (in hours)        hours)       per response       cost *
Product Registry Only                                  A               B     C (= A x B)               D     E (= C x D)               F     G (= C x F)
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Pilot Participation.....................           1,800               1           1,800              91         163,800       $5,382.47      $9,688,442
Gathering and Submitting Data Elements..           1,800               1           1,800              27          47,800        1,033.25       1,859,851
Filing Entry-Line.......................           1,800          10,000      18,000,000           0.003          54,000          0.1136       2,045,010
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    Total...............................  ..............  ..............      18,003,600  ..............         265,600  ..............      13,593,303
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* Note: Due to rounding the products and summations may be slightly off.


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    Table 2 shows an estimated 200 additional participants will use the 
Full PGA Message Set and bear an annual burden of 17,600 hours, and an 
estimated total annual cost for all participants of $943,532.

                              Table 2--Expanded Beta Pilot Test Burden Estimates Product Registry and Full PGA Message Set
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                                                             Number of                    Average burden   Total annual                    Total annual
           Type of respondent                Number of     responses per     Number of     per response     burden (in     Average cost     respondent
                                            respondents     respondent       responses      (in hours)        hours)       per response       cost *
Full PGA message set only                              A               B     C (= A x B)               D     E (= C x D)               F     G (= C x F)
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Pilot Participation.....................             200               1             200              30           6,000       $2,451.54        $490,308
Gathering and Submitting Data Elements..             200               1             200              13           2,600          561.94         112,388
Filing Entry-Line.......................             200           1,500         300,000           0.030           9,000          1.1361         340,835
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    Total...............................  ..............  ..............         300,400  ..............          17,600  ..............         943,532
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* Note: Due to rounding the products and summations may be slightly off.

    Table 3 provides the estimated total burden for expanding the Beta 
Pilot test of 283,000 burden hours for the 2,000 new participants, and 
an estimated total annual cost for all participants of $14,536,835.

                              Table 3--Expanded Beta Pilot Test Burden Estimates Product Registry and Full PGA Message Set
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                                                             Number of                    Average burden   Total annual                    Total annual
           Type of respondent                Number of     responses per     Number of     per response     burden (in     Average cost     respondent
                                            respondents     respondent       responses      (in hours)        hours)       per response       cost *
Total burden                                           A               B     C (= A x B)               D     E (= C x D)               F     G (= C x F)
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Pilot Participation.....................           2,000               1           2,000              85         169,800       $5,089.38     $10,178,750
Gathering and Submitting Data Elements..           2,000               1           2,000              25          50,400          986.12       1,972,239
Filing Entry-Line.......................           2,000           9,150      18,300,000           0.003          63,000          0.1304       2,385,845
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    Total...............................  ..............  ..............      18,304,000  ..............         283,200  ..............      14,536,835
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* Note: Due to rounding the products and summations may be slightly off.

    In compliance with the PRA of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3507(d)), CPSC will 
submit the additional expanded Beta Pilot test information collection 
revision to the OMB for review. Pursuant to 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A), we 
request comment on this burden estimate and the analysis, including:
     whether the collection of information is necessary for the 
proper performance of the CPSC's functions, including whether the 
information will have practical utility;
     the accuracy of the CPSC's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed collection of information, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used;
     ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and
     ways to reduce the burden of the collection of information 
on respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques, 
when appropriate, and other forms of information technology.

VI. Confidentiality

    All data submitted and entered into ACE is subject to the Trade 
Secrets Act (18 U.S.C. 1905) and is considered confidential, except to 
the extent as otherwise provided by law. As stated in previous notices, 
participation in this or any of the previous ACE tests is not 
confidential and upon a written Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 
request, a name(s) of an approved participant(s) will be disclosed by 
CPSC or CBP in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552.

Alberta E. Mills,
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission.
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