[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 239 (Tuesday, December 16, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58232-58234]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-22970]
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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
[Docket No. CPSC-2010-0041]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Extension of
Collection; Comment Request; Publicly Available Consumer Product Safety
Information Database
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 Publicly Available Consumer Product
Safety Information Database. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
previously approved the collection of information under control number
3041-0146. OMB's approval will expire on March 31, 2026. 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 February 17,
2026.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CPSC-2010-
0041, 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-2010-0041.
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: Publicly Available Consumer Product Safety Information
Database.
OMB Number: 3041-0146.
Type of Review: Renewal of collection.
Frequency of Response: On occasion.
Affected Public: Reports concerning the safety of consumer products
can be submitted to the CPSC by consumers; local, state, or federal
government agencies; health care professionals; child service
providers; public safety entities; and others. A manufacturer or
private labeler may submit a comment related to a report of harm.
General Description of Collection: Section 212 of the Consumer
Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (CPSIA) amended the Consumer
Product Safety Act (CPSA) to require CPSC to establish and maintain a
publicly available, searchable database on the safety of consumer
products, and other products or substances regulated by the agency.
Section 6A of the CPSA requires the CPSC to collect reports of harm
from the public for potential publication in a publicly available
database, and to collect and publish comments from manufacturers about
reports of harm.
In 2010, the Commission issued a final rule to establish a Publicly
Available Consumer Product Safety Information Database (Database) with
the effective date of January 10, 2011. 75 FR 76832 (Dec. 10, 2010).
The final rule established provisions regarding submitting reports of
harm; providing notice of reports of harm to manufacturers; publishing
reports of harm and manufacturer comments in the Database; and dealing
with confidential and materially inaccurate information.
The primary purpose of this information collection is to populate
the publicly searchable Database of consumer product safety
information. The Database information collection has four components:
reports of harm, manufacturer comments, branding information, and the
Small Batch Manufacturer Registry (SBMR).
Summary of Estimated Burden Hours:
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Table 1--Estimated Annual Reporting Burden for Reports of Harm
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Number of Response Total annual Minutes per Total burden,
Collection type respdnts frequency \1\ responses response in hours \2\
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Reports of Harm--submitted 6,632 1.15 7,607 12 1,521
through website................
Reports of Harm--submitted by 1,032 1.33 1,373 10 229
phone..........................
Reports of Harm--submitted by 296 3.71 1,098 20 366
mail, email, fax...............
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Total....................... 7,960 .............. 10,078 .............. 2,116
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Table 2--Estimated Annual Reporting Burden for Manufacturer Submissions
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Number of Response Total annual Minutes per Total burden,
Collection type respdnts frequency \1\ responses response in hours \2\
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Manufacturer Comments--submitted 543 4.45 2,418 117 4,715
through website................
Manufacturer Comments--submitted 115 1.44 166 147 407
by mail, email, fax............
Requests to Treat Information as 7 1.43 10 42 7
Confidential--submitted through
website........................
Requests to Treat Information as 0 N/A 0 72 0
Confidential--submitted by
mail, email, fax...............
Requests to Treat Information as 109 1.50 164 165 451
Materially Inaccurate--
submitted through website......
Requests to Treat Information as 22 1.23 27 195 88
Materially Inaccurate--
submitted by mail, email, fax..
Voluntary Brand Identification.. 513 1.00 513 10 86
Small Batch Manufacturer 1,747 1.00 1,747 10 291
Identification.................
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Total....................... 3,056 .............. 5,045 .............. 6,045
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Estimated Number of Respondents: Based on the data set forth in
Tables 1 and 2, CPSC estimates 11,016 respondents (7,960 + 3,056). CPSC
estimates that approximately 7,960 respondents will submit reports of
harm. CPSC estimates that there are approximately 3,056 manufacturers
who will provide responsive submissions.
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\1\ Frequency of responses is calculated by dividing the number
of responses by the number of respondents.
\2\ Numbers have been rounded.
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Estimated Time per Response: As shown in Table 1, estimated time
per response for reports of harm submitted through the website is 12
minutes, reports submitted by phone is 10 minutes, and reports
submitted by mail, email or fax is 20 minutes. Table 2 shows the
estimated time per response for the various kinds of manufacturer
submissions expected: the estimated time per response for manufacturer
comments through the website is 117 minutes; comments submitted my
mail, email or fax is 147 minutes; requests to treat information as
confidential submitted through the website is 42 minutes and those
submitted by mail, email or fax is 72 minutes; requests to treat
information as materially inaccurate through the website is 165 minutes
and those submitted by mail, email or fax is 195 minutes; submissions
of voluntary brand information is 10 minutes; and submissions of small
batch manufacturer identification is 10 minutes.
Total Estimated Annual Burden: Based on the data in Tables 1 and 2,
CPSC estimates the annual burden to be 8,161 hours. This estimate is
based on the estimated total estimated annual burdens for reports of
harm (2,116 hours) and manufacturer submissions (6,045 hours).
Total Estimated Annual Cost to Respondents: Based on the data in
Tables 1 and 2, the annual reporting cost is estimated to be $566,351
($96,595 + $469,757). This estimate is based on the estimated total
figures for reports of harm and manufacturer submissions.
The estimated burden associated with submitting reports of harm
based on the estimated total burden hours is $96,595. The estimated
costs for submitting reports of harm is based on the estimated total
burden hours associated with reports of harm, 2,116 hours, multiplied
by an estimated total compensation for all workers in private industry
of $45.65 per hour,\3\ which results in an estimated cost of $96,595
(2,116 hours x $45.65 per hour = $96,595.40).
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\3\ U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Table
4 of the Employer Costs for Employee Compensation (ECEC), Private
Industry workers, by occupational group, June 2025 (data extracted
on 11/20/2025 from: https://www.bls.gov/news.release/archives/ecec_09122025.htm.
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The estimated burden associated with manufacturer submissions is
$469,757. The estimated costs for submitting reports of harm is based
on the estimated total burden hours associated with reports of harm,
6,045 hours, multiplied by an estimated total compensation for a
manager or professional in goods-producing industries of $77.71 per
hour,\4\ which results in an estimated cost of $469,757 (6,045 hours x
$77.71 per hour = $469,756.95).
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\4\ U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Table
4 of the Employer Costs for Employee Compensation (ECEC), Private
Industry workers, by occupational group, June 2025 (data extracted
on 11/20/2025 from: https://www.bls.gov/news.release/archives/ecec_09122025.htm.
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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
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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. 2025-22970 Filed 12-15-25; 8:45 am]
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