Notice2022-10070
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Flammability Standards for Children's Sleepwear
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Published
May 11, 2022
Issuing agencies
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Abstract
Pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (Commission or CPSC) requests comment on a proposed extension of approval for the information collection requirements associated with the Standard for the Flammability of Children's Sleepwear: Sizes 0 Through 6X and the Standard for the Flammability of Children's Sleepwear: Sizes 7 Through 14, approved previously under OMB Control No. 3041-0027. CPSC will consider all comments received in response to this notice before requesting an extension of this collection of information from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 91 (Wednesday, May 11, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28817-28818]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-10070]
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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
[Docket No. CPSC-2012-0055]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Flammability Standards for Children's Sleepwear
AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Consumer
Product Safety Commission (Commission or CPSC) requests comment on a
proposed extension of approval for the information collection
requirements associated with the Standard for the Flammability of
Children's Sleepwear: Sizes 0 Through 6X and the Standard for the
Flammability of Children's Sleepwear: Sizes 7 Through 14, approved
previously under OMB Control No. 3041-0027. CPSC will consider all
comments received in response to this notice before requesting an
extension of this collection of information from the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB).
DATES: Submit written or electronic comments on the collection of
information by July 11, 2022.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CPSC-2012-
0055, by any of the following methods:
Electronic Submissions: Submit electronic comments to the Federal
eRulemaking Portal at: <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments. CPSC typically does not accept
comments submitted by electronic mail (email), except as described
below. 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: Division of the
Secretariat, Consumer Product Safety Commission, 4330 East-West
Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814; telephone: (301) 504-7479. 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: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#1477646777397b6754776467773a737b62"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4b283b38286624380b283b3828652c243d">[email protected]</span></a>.
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: <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>. 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: <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>, and insert the
docket number, CPSC-2012-0055, 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)
504-7991, or by email to: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#8fece8e6e3e3e7eee2cfecfffceca1e8e0f9"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4526222c29292d242805263536266b222a33">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: CPSC seeks to renew the following currently
approved collection of information:
Title: Standard for the Flammability of Children's Sleepwear: Sizes
0 Through 6X; and the Standard for the Flammability of Children's
Sleepwear: Sizes 7 Through 14.
OMB Number: 3041-0027.
Type of Review: Renewal of collection.
Frequency of Response: On occasion.
Affected Public: Manufacturers and importers of children's
sleepwear.
Estimated Number of Respondents: Based on a review of past
inspections and published industry information, CPSC staff estimates
that there could be as many as 866 domestic children's apparel
manufacturers in the United States subject to the rule. However, not
all these manufacturers will produce children's sleepwear. Therefore,
this figure is likely an overestimate of the actual number of firms
performing tests and creating records in any given year. Furthermore,
using the Harmonized Tariff System (HTS) codes for children's
sleepwear, CPSC staff found approximately 3,641 importers that supply
children's sleepwear to the U.S. market. Many of the 866 domestic
manufacturers, along with many large
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U.S. retailers, may be among the importers. However, if all 866 U.S.
producers and, in addition, all 3,641 importers did introduce new
children's sleepwear garments each year, the total number of firms
subject to the CPSC recordkeeping requirements each year would be 4,507
(866 + 3,641). As noted, the actual number of firms is likely lower.
Estimated Time per Response: Testing and recordkeeping of each
sleepwear item is approximately 3 hours.
Total Estimated Annual Burden: The 50 largest domestic
manufacturers and the 100 largest importers may each introduce an
average of 100 new children's sleepwear items annually. The annual
burden for the 50 large domestic manufacturers and the 100 largest
importers is estimated at 45,000 hours for testing and recordkeeping
(150 firms x 100 items x 3 hours). Without adjusting for possible
double-counting, CPSC staff estimates that the remaining 816
manufacturers and 3,541 importers may each introduce an average of 10
new children's sleepwear items, for a total testing and recordkeeping
burden of 130,710 hours (4,357 x 10 items x 3 hours.) Therefore, the
total estimated potential annual burden imposed by the standard and
regulations on all manufacturers and importers of children's sleepwear
will be about 175,710 hours (45,000 + 130,710). The annual cost to the
industry is estimated to be $12,369,984 based on an hourly wage of
$70.40 x 175,710 hours.\1\
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\1\ U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, ``Employer Costs for
Employee Compensation,'' December 2021, Table 4, total compensation
for management, professional, and related workers in goods-producing
private industries: <a href="http://www.bls.gov/ncs">http://www.bls.gov/ncs</a>.
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Description of Collection: The Standard for the Flammability of
Children's Sleepwear: Sizes 0 through 6X (16 CFR part 1615) and the
Standard for the Flammability of Children's Sleepwear: Sizes 7 through
14 (16 CFR part 1616) address the fire hazard associated with small-
flame ignition sources for children's sleepwear manufactured for sale
in, or imported into, the United States. The standards also require
manufacturers and importers of children's sleepwear to collect
information resulting from product testing, and maintenance of the
testing records. 16 CFR part 1615, subpart B; 16 CFR part 1616; subpart
B.
Request for Comments
CPSC solicits written comments from all interested persons about
the proposed collection of information. CPSC specifically solicits
information relevant to the following topics:
--Whether the collection of information described above is necessary
for the proper performance of the CPSC'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.
Brenda C. Rouse,
Acting Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission.
[FR Doc. 2022-10070 Filed 5-10-22; 8:45 am]
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