Notice2022-27100
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Third Party Conformity Assessment Body Registration Form
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Published
December 14, 2022
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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 it has submitted a request for extension of approval for information collection requirements to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The request concerns notification requirements applicable to third party conformity assessment bodies. OMB previously approved the collection of information under OMB Control No. 3041-0143. On October 6, 2022, CPSC published a notice in the Federal Register to announce the agency's intention to seek extension of approval of the 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.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 239 (Wednesday, December 14, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76465-76466]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-27100]
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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
[Docket No. CPSC-2009-0088]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Third Party Conformity Assessment Body
Registration Form
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
it has submitted a request for extension of approval for information
collection requirements to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
The request concerns notification requirements applicable to third
party conformity assessment bodies. OMB previously approved the
collection of information under OMB Control No. 3041-0143. On October
6, 2022, CPSC published a notice in the Federal Register to announce
the agency's intention to seek extension of approval of the 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.
DATES: Submit written or electronic comments on the collection of
information by January 13, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of
this notice to OMB at: <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-2009-0088.
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#f695919f9a9a9e979bb695868595d8919980"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d0b3b7b9bcbcb8b1bd90b3a0a3b3feb7bfa6">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On October 6, 2022, CPSC published a notice
in the Federal Register to announce the agency's intention to seek
extension of approval of the collection of information. 87 FR 60660.
The Commission received no comments. Accordingly, CPSC seeks renewal
approval for the following collection of information:
Title: Third party conformity assessment bodies seeking acceptance
of accreditation or continuing accreditation.
OMB Number: 3041-0143.
Type of Review: Renewal of collection.
Frequency of Response: On occasion.
Affected Public: Third party conformity assessment bodies seeking
acceptance of accreditation or continuing accreditation.
Estimated Burden: The CPSC estimates the burden of the collection
of information in the Consumer Product Conformity Assessment Body
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Registration Form (CPSC Form 223) is as follows:
Estimated Annual Reporting Burden
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Number of Frequency of Total annual Hours per
Activity respondents responses responses response Total hours
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Initial Registration............ 26 1 26 1 26
Re-Registration................. 303 1 303 1 303
Changes in Information.......... 2 1 2 0.25 0.5
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Total....................... .............. .............. .............. .............. 329.5
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These estimates are based on the following information:
<bullet> Based on applications received from FY 2013 to date, we
estimate the number of third party conformity assessment bodies that
would register each year for the next 3 years would be 26.
<bullet> Under 16 CFR part 1112, third party conformity assessment
bodies are required to resubmit CPSC Form 223 every 2 years. As all
third party conformity assessment bodies have not submitted their first
CPSC Form 223s at the same time, only about half would be expected to
resubmit a CPSC Form 223 in any 1 year. As of August 2022, 606 third
party conformity assessment bodies have registered with CPSC.
Therefore, approximately 303 of these firms would be expected to
reregister with CPSC each year.
<bullet> Under 16 CFR part 1112, third party conformity assessment
bodies are required to ensure that the information submitted on CPSC
Form 223 is current and must submit a new CPSC Form 223 whenever the
information changes. Based on current experience with third party
conformity assessment bodies, we estimate that each year 2 third party
conformity assessment bodies will make revisions to update their
information. A change in information is a change that does not require
review of laboratory accreditation documents, such as scope or test
methods. Examples of revised information include changes in the website
URL, name of the laboratory, and name of laboratory point of contact.
The total burden, therefore, is 329.5 hours, which we round up to
330 hours. We estimate that hourly compensation for the time required
for recordkeeping is $36.59 per hour (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics,
``Employer Costs for Employee Compensation (ECEC),'' Table 4: Total
compensation for private industry workers in sales and office
occupations within goods-producing industries, June 2022, public news
release url: <a href="http://www.bls.gov/news.release/archives/ecec_09202022.pdf">www.bls.gov/news.release/archives/ecec_09202022.pdf</a>). The
total cost burden to the respondents is approximately $12,075 ($36.59 x
330 hours = $12,074.70).
General Description of Collection: The Consumer Product Safety
Improvement Act of 2008 (CPSIA) requires third party testing to be
conducted by a third party conformity assessment body for any
children's product that is subject to a children's product safety rule,
before importing for consumption or warehousing or distributing in
commerce. The CPSIA allows accreditation of third party conformity
assessment bodies to be conducted either by the Commission, or by an
independent accreditation organization designated by the Commission. In
addition, the CPSIA requires that the Commission maintain on its
website an up-to-date list of entities that have been accredited to
assess conformity with children's product safety rules. With the
exception of firewalled third party conformity assessment bodies, which
must be approved by Commission order, as stated in 16 CFR 1112.13(b),
the Commission has chosen to accept the accreditation of third party
conformity assessment bodies that meet accreditation requirements of an
independent accreditation organization. 16 CFR 1112.13(a).
To assess a third party conformity assessment body's qualifications
for acceptance by CPSC, information related to location, accreditation,
and ownership must be collected from third party conformity assessment
bodies. The CPSC uses an online collection form, CPSC Form 223, to
gather information from third party conformity assessment bodies
voluntarily seeking acceptance by CPSC. The information collected
relates to location, accreditation, and ownership. Commission staff
uses this information to assess:
<bullet> A third party conformity assessment body's status as an
independent third party conformity assessment body, a government-owned
or government-controlled conformity assessment body, or a firewalled
conformity assessment body;
<bullet> Qualifications for acceptance by CPSC to test for
compliance to specified children's product safety rules; and
<bullet> Eligibility for acceptance on the CPSC website.
Part 1112 requires the collection of information in CPSC Form 223:
<bullet> Upon initial application by the third party conformity
assessment body for acceptance by CPSC;
<bullet> Whenever there is a change to accreditation or ownership
information; and
<bullet> At least every 2 years as part of a regular audit process.
Alberta E. Mills,
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission.
[FR Doc. 2022-27100 Filed 12-13-22; 8:45 am]
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