Notice2024-02901
Agency Information Collection Activities; Extension and Revision of Collection; Consumer Focus Groups and Other Qualitative Studies
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Published
February 13, 2024
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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 of a collection of information from persons who may voluntarily participate in consumer focus groups. CPSC has also requested a 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 March 31, 2024. On November 28, 2023, 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 that collection of information.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 30 (Tuesday, February 13, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10051-10052]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-02901]
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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
[Docket No. CPSC-2010-0046]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Extension and Revision
of Collection; 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) announces that
the Commission has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) a request for extension of approval of a collection of
information from persons who may voluntarily participate in consumer
focus groups. CPSC has also requested a 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 March 31, 2024. On November
28, 2023, 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 that
collection of information.
DATES: Submit comments on the collection of information by March 14,
2024.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments about this request by email:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#ffb0b6adbea08c8a9d92968c8c969091bf90929dd19a908fd1989089"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="145b5d46554b676176797d67677d7b7a547b79763a717b643a737b62">[email protected]</span></a> or fax: 202-395-6881. Comments by mail
should be sent to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Attn: OMB Desk Officer for the CPSC, Office of Management and Budget,
Room 10235, 725 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20503. 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-
2010-0046.
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#6515170425061516064b020a13"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="39494b58795a494a5a175e564f">[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/hour), 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. The Commission may also 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 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 uses 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
improve the readability and comprehension of safety information
provided to the public.
Alberta E. Mills,
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission.
[FR Doc. 2024-02901 Filed 2-12-24; 8:45 am]
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