Notice2023-26131
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Extension and Revision of Collection; Comment Request; Consumer Focus Groups and Other Qualitative Studies
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Published
November 28, 2023
Issuing agencies
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Abstract
As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC or Commission) requests comments on a proposed extension of approval of a collection of information from persons who may voluntarily participate in consumer focus groups, and revision of that collection. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) previously approved the collection of information under control number 3041-0136. OMB's most recent extension of approval will expire on January 31, 2024. The Commission will consider all comments received in response to this notice before requesting an extension and revision of this collection of information from OMB.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 227 (Tuesday, November 28, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 83101-83102]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-26131]
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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
[Docket No. CPSC-2010-0046]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Extension and
Revision of Collection; Comment Request; Consumer Focus Groups and
Other Qualitative Studies
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, the
Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC or Commission) requests
comments on a proposed extension of approval of a collection of
information from persons who may voluntarily participate in consumer
focus groups, and revision of that collection. The Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) previously approved the collection of information
under control number 3041-0136. OMB's most recent extension of approval
will expire on January 31, 2024. The Commission will consider all
comments received in response to this notice before requesting an
extension and revision of this collection of information from OMB.
DATES: Submit comments on the collection of information by January 29,
2024.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CPSC-2010-
0046, by any of the following methods:
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Electronic Submissions: Submit electronic comments to the Federal
eRulemaking Portal at: <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a>. 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, Consumer Product Safety Commission, 4330 East
West Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814; telephone (301) 504-7923.
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: <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a>. 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#8fecfffceca2e0fccfecfffceca1e8e0f9"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="42213231216f2d3102213231216c252d34">[email protected]</span></a>.
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>, insert docket
number CPSC-2010-0046 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: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e8989a89a88b989b8bc68f879e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="3c4c4e5d7c5f4c4f5f125b534a">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: CPSC seeks to extend the following currently
approved collection of information, and to revise it to include
additional forms of qualitative studies:
Title: Focus Groups and Other Qualitative Studies.
OMB Number: 3041-0136.
Type of Review: Extension and revision of collection.
Frequency of Response: On occasion.
Affected Public: Consumers.
Estimated Number of Respondents: CPSC estimates that this
collection will involve 2,620 participants, including prospective focus
group participants who are screened but ultimately not selected for
participation.
Estimated Time per Response: We estimate that the average response
time for each participant will be 1.1 hours.
Total Estimated Annual Burden: Based on CPSC's estimates that 2,620
participants will each spend an average of 1.1 hours responding to the
collection, CPSC estimates that the total annual burden of this
collection is 2,882 hours. The annualized cost to respondents for the
information collection is $124,675.32 (2,882 hours x $43.26/hr), as
estimated from total compensation data available from the U.S. Bureau
of Labor Statistics.\1\
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\1\ Total hourly compensation for all civilian workers is
estimated by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics to be $43.26:
Employer Costs for Employee Compensation, June 2023, Table 1,
(<a href="https://www.bls.gov/news.release/archives/ecec_09122023.pdf">https://www.bls.gov/news.release/archives/ecec_09122023.pdf</a>).
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General Description of Collection: Section 5(a) of the Consumer
Product Safety Act (CPSA), 15 U.S.C. 2054(a), authorizes the Commission
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 the
Commission may conduct research, studies, and investigations on the
safety of consumer products, or test consumer products and develop
product safety test methods and testing devices.
To help identify and evaluate product-related incidents, Commission
staff invites and obtains direct feedback from consumers on issues
related to product safety, such as recall effectiveness, product use,
and perceptions regarding safety issues. The information that the CPSC
collects from future focus groups--including usability studies and
ethnographic studies for consumer products, which are being added to
this revised collection--will help inform the Commission's
identification and evaluation of consumer products and product use, by
providing insight and information into consumer perceptions and usage
patterns. In some cases, one-on-one interviews may be conducted as a
more in-depth extension of a focus group, or in place of a traditional
focus group or study. This information may also assist the Commission
in its efforts to support voluntary standards activities and help CPSC
identify emerging consumer safety issues requiring additional research.
In addition, based on the information obtained, CPSC may be able to
provide safety information to the public that is easier to read and
understood by a wider range of consumers.
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:
<bullet> 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;
<bullet> whether the estimated burden of the proposed collection of
information is accurate;
<bullet> whether the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected could be enhanced; and
<bullet> 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. 2023-26131 Filed 11-27-23; 8:45 am]
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