Notice2025-21595
Agency Information Collection Activities; Extension of Collection; Safety Standard for Walk-Behind Power Lawn Mowers
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December 1, 2025
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Consumer Product Safety Commission
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As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), 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 information collection requirements associated with the Safety Standard for Walk-Behind Power Lawn Mowers. OMB previously approved the collection of information under control number 3041-0091. OMB's most recent extension of approval will expire on November 30, 2025. On September 23, 2025, 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 four public comments. Therefore, by publication of this notice, the Commission announces that CPSC has submitted to OMB a request for extension of approval of that collection of information.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 228 (Monday, December 1, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55089-55090]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-21595]
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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
[Docket No. CPSC-2012-0058]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Extension of
Collection; Safety Standard for Walk-Behind Power Lawn Mowers
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 (PRA), 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 information collection
requirements associated with the Safety Standard for Walk-Behind Power
Lawn Mowers. OMB previously approved the collection of information
under control number 3041-0091. OMB's most recent extension of approval
will expire on November 30, 2025. On September 23, 2025, 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 four public comments. Therefore, by publication of
this notice, the Commission announces that CPSC has submitted to OMB a
request for extension of approval of that collection of information.
DATES: Submit comments on the collection of information by December 29,
2025.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments about this request by email:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#410e0813001e3234232c283232282e2f012e2c236f242e316f262e37"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c18e8893809eb2b4a3aca8b2b2a8aeaf81aeaca3efa4aeb1efa6aeb7">[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. 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-2012-0058.
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#66161407260516150548010910"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d2a2a0b392b1a2a1b1fcb5bda4">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: CPSC seeks to renew the following currently
approved collection of information:
Title: Safety Standard for Walk-Behind Lawn Mowers.
OMB Number: 3041-0091.
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Type of Review: Renewal of collection.
Frequency of Response: On occasion.
Affected Public: Manufacturers and importers of walk-behind power
lawn mowers.
General Description of Collection: The Safety Standard for Walk-
Behind Power Lawn Mowers (16 CFR part 1205) addresses blade contact
injuries. Subpart B of the standard sets forth regulations prescribing
requirements for a reasonable testing program to support certificates
of compliance with the standard for walk-behind power lawn mowers.
Section 14(a) of the CPSA requires manufacturers, importers, and
private labelers of a consumer product subject to a consumer product
safety standard to issue a certificate stating that the product
complies with all applicable consumer product safety standards. 15
U.S.C. 2063(a). Section 14(a) of the CPSA also requires that the
certificate of compliance must be based on a test of each product or
upon a reasonable testing program. Id. The rule requires manufacturers
(including importers) to establish and maintain written records showing
that the certificates of compliance issued are based on a test of each
mower or on a reasonable testing program. The records are to be
maintained for a period of at least three years from the date of
certification of each mower or each production lot. The rule also
requires that the certificates be in the form of a label on the product
stating (1) ``Meets CPSC blade safety requirements''; (2) an
identification of the production lot; (3) the name of the person or
firm issuing the certificate; (4) the location where the product was
principally assembled; and (5) the month and year the product was
manufactured. See 16 CFR 1205.35(a)-(b).
Estimated Number of Respondents: CPSC estimates approximately 34
lawn-mower suppliers will respond to the collection annually.
Estimated Time per Response: Based on subject matter knowledge and
previous experience during compliance inspections conducted for lawn
mowers subject to the standard, CPSC estimates that each respondent
expends eight hours daily engaged in compiling and maintaining a
testing record to support the certification of a production lot of lawn
mowers. This may involve testing approximately five to six lawn mowers
per day and recording test results in some form of a retrievable record
system. CPSC assumes testing is performed over 130 estimated yearly
production days, based on a highly seasonal production period. Thus,
total hour burden to respondents for the recordkeeping associated with
testing to support certification is estimated to be 1,040 hours per
respondent (8 x 130). For the specified labeling requirements, the
information should be readily available, and it could take a
manufacturer an additional hour per production day to collect the
information and place it on the label. Therefore, an additional 130
hours per respondent have been added to the total burden, which is
1,170 hours (1,040 + 130).
Total Estimated Annual Burden: CPSC estimates that the annual
burden for compiling and maintaining a testing record to support
certification is estimated to be 35,360 hours (34 respondents x 1,040
hours). The estimated additional burden related to labeling is 4,420
hours. The total annual burden hours related to recordkeeping
associated with certification, and labeling are estimated to be 39,780
hours for the collection of information annually (35,360 + 4,420).
Total Estimated Annual Cost to Respondents: CPSC estimates that the
cost of collecting information related to testing is approximately
$2,729,438.40 based on 35,360 hours x $77.19 (total compensation for
management, professional, and related workers in goods-producing
industries) and annual cost burden related to labeling is estimated to
be $183,827.80 based on 4,420 hours x $41.59 (total compensation for
all sales and office workers in goods-producing industries).\1\
Therefore, total annual burden costs related to the information
collection are estimated to be $2,913,266.20 ($2,729,438.40 +
$183,827.80).
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\1\ U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, ``Employer Costs for
Employee Compensation,'' March 2025, Table 4, <a href="https://www.bls.gov/news.release/archives/ecec_06132025.pdf">https://www.bls.gov/news.release/archives/ecec_06132025.pdf</a>.
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Response to Public Comments: Three comments were out of scope. The
fourth commenter, Outdoor Power Equipment Institute (OPEI), asserted
that CPSC's burden estimates are low because CPSC does not account for
manufacturers that may be producing mowers all year-round. CPSC's
estimated burden assumes 130 yearly production days, based on a highly
seasonal production period. OPEI agrees that this is true for some
manufacturers. However, OPEI asserts that there are other
manufacturers, without specifying how many, who are in production for
an estimated 250 business days all year-round. Some firms may have more
than 130 yearly production days, even up to 250 business production
days, as suggested by OPEI, and others may have fewer production days.
OPEI has not provided any detailed information that will assist in
revising the estimated PRA burden. For this reason, CPSC is not
revising its current burden estimates based on 130 days of production
per year.
OPEI also expressed concerns about potential duplicative burdens
associated with e-filing requirements under a new rule, Certificates of
Compliance. See 16 CFR 1110. The PRA burden associated with the e-
filing requirements for walk-behind lawn mowers is accounted for in the
final e-filing rule. 90 FR 1800, 1839 (Jan. 8, 2025).\2\
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\2\ OMB approved the information collection request associated
with the e-filing rule on February, 28, 2025. See OMB Control No.
3041-0203.
Alberta E. Mills,
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission.
[FR Doc. 2025-21595 Filed 11-28-25; 8:45 am]
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