Notice2021-24358
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Hazard Warning Communication Survey
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Published
November 8, 2021
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Consumer Product Safety Commission
Abstract
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 for an information collection on a proposed survey to assess how hazard warnings are communicated to consumers. On July 26, 2021, the CPSC published a notice in the Federal Register announcing the agency's intent to seek approval of this 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 this collection of information, without change.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 213 (Monday, November 8, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61758-61759]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-24358]
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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
[Docket No. CPSC-2021-0020]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Hazard Warning Communication Survey
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 for an information collection
on a proposed survey to assess how hazard warnings are communicated to
consumers. On July 26, 2021, the CPSC published a notice in the Federal
Register announcing the agency's intent to seek approval of this
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
this collection of information, without change.
DATES: Submit written or electronic comments on the collection of
information by December 8, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of
this notice to: <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. 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: <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a>, under Docket
No. CPSC-2021-0020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cynthia Gillham, Consumer Product
Safety Commission, 4330 East-West Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814; (301)
504-7991, or by email to: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b8dbdfd1d4d4d0d9d5f8dbc8cbdb96dfd7ce"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="3f5c58565353575e527f5c4f4c5c11585049">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 26, 2021, the Commission published
notice of the proposed collection on the hazard warning communication
survey. 86 FR 40018. The Commission did not receive any comments.
Accordingly, the Commission announces that it has submitted to the OMB
a request for approval of this collection, without change.
A. Hazard Warning Communication Survey
CPSC is authorized under section 5(a) of the Consumer Product
Safety Act (CPSA), 15 U.S.C. 2054(a), 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 CPSC may conduct research,
studies, and investigations on the safety of consumer products, and
develop product safety test methods and testing devices.
CPSC proposes to conduct an online survey to gather data on
consumer risk perception and response to hazard communications from
5,000 respondents. The study population will be comprised of
individuals age 18 and over from across the United States. In this
proposed survey, CPSC seeks information about consumer product use,
including, but not limited to, the following topics:
<bullet> Consumers' beliefs, experiences, and tendencies regarding
product safety;
<bullet> whether consumers pay attention to instructions that come
with products;
<bullet> whether consumers read safety information and labels;
<bullet> to what extent consumers comply with safety messages;
<bullet> how product type influences consumers' attitude and
behavior;
<bullet> what information resources consumers rely on before buying
a product;
<bullet> how product safety ranks among other factors consumers
consider;
<bullet> reasons consumers comply or do not comply with the safety
messages; and
<bullet> how consumers respond if they encounter a safety recall of
the product they own.
CPSC has contracted with Carahsoft/Qualtrics to develop and execute
this project for CPSC. Information obtained through this survey is not
intended to be considered nationally representative. The panel provider
will monitor respondents, and if a particular demographic is trending
highly, the panel provider will slow down the sample for that segment
and will focus on obtaining responses from others to ensure recruitment
for U.S. census-matched survey participants from the Midwest,
Northeast, South, and West regions. The panel provider will also
monitor respondents to ensure that underserved populations are
represented in the sample and that insights are collected from a
diverse population.
CPSC intends to use the study findings to develop a better
understanding of the mechanisms and types of safety messages that
consumers receive, how they respond, and what affects their response.
Specifically, responses to the items in this survey will provide CPSC
staff with information on whether consumers read and comply with
various types of safety information that comes with products they use;
the causes of consumer noncompliance with product safety information;
whether consumers share product safety information with other users of
their products; what sources of information they rely on to decide if a
product is safe to use; whether safety is a priority in their
purchasing decisions; how they responded to safety notices and recalls
in the past; reasons for noncompliance with safety notices and recalls;
and if and how the product type affects their risk perception and
behaviors. Findings from this survey will provide CPSC with information
on ways to increase consumer understanding of, and adherence to, safety
messaging and help CPSC develop more effective messaging that will
convey critical information about product hazards.
B. Burden Hours
We estimate the number of respondents to the survey to be 5,000.
The online survey for the proposed study will take approximately 15
minutes (0.25 hours) to complete. We estimate the total annual burden
hours for respondents to be 1,250 hours. The monetized hourly cost is
$38.60, as defined by total compensation for all civilian workers, U.S.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employer Costs for Employee Compensation,
as of December 2020. Accordingly, we estimate the total cost burden to
be $48,250 (1,250 hours x $38.60). The total cost to the federal
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government for the contract to design and conduct the proposed survey
is $150,978.
Alberta E. Mills,
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission.
[FR Doc. 2021-24358 Filed 11-5-21; 8:45 am]
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