[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 182 (Tuesday, September 23, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45751-45752]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-18427]
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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
[Docket No. CPSC-2012-0058]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Extension of
Collection; Comment Request; Safety Standard for Walk-Behind Power Lawn
Mowers
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 (PRA), the
Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC or Commission) requests
comments on a proposed extension of approval of information collection
requirements associated with the Safety Standard for Walk-Behind Power
Lawn Mowers. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) previously
approved the collection of information under control number 3041-0091.
OMB's most recent extension of approval will expire on November 30,
2025. The Commission will consider all comments received in response to
this notice before requesting an extension of this collection of
information from OMB.
DATES: Submit comments on the collection of information by November 24,
2025.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CPSC-2012-
0058, within 60 days of publication of this notice 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. 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. The Commission typically does not accept
comments submitted by email, except as described below.
Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier/Written Submissions: CPSC encourages you
to submit electronic comments by using the Federal eRulemaking Portal.
You may, however, submit comments by mail/hand delivery/courier to:
Office of the Secretary, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, 4330
East-West Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814; telephone (301) 504-7479.
Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name
and docket number for this notice. CPSC may post all comments without
change, including any personal identifiers, contact information, or
other personal information provided, to: https://www.regulations.gov.
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 may submit such comments by
mail, hand delivery, or courier, or you may email them to [email protected].
Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or
comments received, go to: https://www.regulations.gov, insert docket
number CPSC-2012-0058 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)
504-7791, or by email to: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: CPSC seeks to renew the following currently
approved collection of information:
Title: Safety Standard for Walk-Behind Lawn Mowers.
OMB Number: 3041-0091.
Type of Review: Renewal of collection.
Frequency of Response: On occasion.
Affected Public: Manufacturers and importers of walk-behind power
lawn mowers.
General Description of Collection: The Safety Standard for Walk-
Behind Power Lawn Mowers (16 CFR part 1205) addresses blade contact
injuries. Subpart B of the standard sets forth regulations prescribing
requirements for a reasonable testing program to support certificates
of compliance with the standard for walk-behind power lawn mowers.
Section 14(a) of the CPSA requires manufacturers, importers, and
private labelers of a consumer product subject to a consumer product
safety standard to issue a certificate stating that the product
complies with all applicable consumer product safety standards. 15
U.S.C. 2063(a). Section 14(a) of the CPSA also requires that the
certificate of compliance must be based on a test of each product or
upon a reasonable testing program. Id. The rule requires manufacturers
(including importers) to establish and maintain written records showing
that the certificates of compliance issued are based on a test of each
mower or on a reasonable testing program. The records are to be
maintained for a period of at least three years from the date of
certification of each mower or each production lot. The rule also
requires that the certificates be in the form of a label on the product
stating (1) ``Meets CPSC blade safety requirements''; (2) an
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identification of the production lot; (3) the name of the person or
firm issuing the certificate; (4) the location where the product was
principally assembled; and (5) the month and year the product was
manufactured. See 16 CFR 1205.35(a)-(b).
Estimated Number of Respondents: CPSC estimates approximately 34
lawn-mower suppliers will respond to the collection annually.
Estimated Time per Response: Based on subject matter knowledge and
previous experience during compliance inspections conducted for lawn
mowers subject to the standard, CPSC estimates that each respondent
expends eight hours daily engaged in compiling and maintaining a
testing record to support the certification of a production lot of lawn
mowers. This may involve testing approximately five to six lawn mowers
per day and recording test results in some form of a retrievable record
system. CPSC assumes testing is performed over 130 estimated yearly
production days, based on a highly seasonal production period. Thus,
total hour burden to respondents for the recordkeeping associated with
testing to support certification is estimated to be 1,040 hours per
respondent (8 x 130). For the specified labeling requirements, the
information should be readily available, and it could take a
manufacturer an additional hour per production day to collect the
information and place it on the label. Therefore, an additional 130
hours per respondent have been added to the total burden, which is
1,170 hours (1,040 + 130).
Total Estimated Annual Burden: CPSC estimates that the annual
burden for compiling and maintaining a testing record to support
certification is estimated to be 35,360 hours (34 respondents x 1,040
hours). The estimated additional burden related to labeling is 4,420
hours. The total annual burden hours related to recordkeeping
associated with certification, and labeling are estimated to be 39,780
hours for the collection of information annually (35,360 + 4,420).
Total Estimated Annual Cost to Respondents: CPSC estimates that the
cost of collecting information related to testing is approximately
$2,729,438.40 based on 35,360 hours x $77.19 (total compensation for
management, professional, and related workers in goods-producing
industries) and annual cost burden related to labeling is estimated to
be $183,827.80 based on 4,420 hours x $41.59 (total compensation for
all sales and office workers in goods-producing industries).\1\
Therefore, total annual burden costs related to the information
collection are estimated to be $2,913,266.20 ($2,729,438.40 +
$183,827.80).
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\1\ U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, ``Employer Costs for
Employee Compensation,'' March 2025, Table 4, https://www.bls.gov/news.release/archives/ecec_06132025.pdf.
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Request for Comments
The Commission solicits written comments from all interested
persons about the proposed collection of information. The Commission
specifically solicits information relevant to the following topics:
whether the collection of information described above is
necessary for the proper performance of the Commission'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. 2025-18427 Filed 9-22-25; 8:45 am]
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