Federal Register Notice June 8, 2012

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and Information Management).
[FR Doc. 2012–13940 Filed 6–7–12; 8:45 am]
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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY
COMMISSION
[Docket No. CPSC–2012–0030]

Proposed Extension of Approval of
Information Collection; Comment
Request—Testing and Recordkeeping
Requirements for Carpets and Rugs
Consumer Product Safety
Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

As required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35), the Consumer Product
Safety Commission (Commission)
requests comments on a proposed
extension of approval, for a period of 3
years from the date of approval by the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB), of information collection
requirements for manufacturers and
importers of carpets and rugs. The
collection of information is in
regulations implementing the Standard
for the Surface Flammability of Carpets
and Rugs (16 CFR part 1630) and the
Standard for the Surface Flammability
of Small Carpets and Rugs (16 CFR part
1631). These regulations establish

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requirements for testing and
recordkeeping for manufacturers and
importers who furnish guaranties or
certificates for products subject to the
carpet flammability standards. The
Commission will consider all comments
received in response to this notice
before requesting an extension of
approval of this collection of
information from the OMB.
DATES: The Office of the Secretary must
receive comments not later than
August 7, 2012.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by Docket No. CPSC–2012–
0030, by any of the following methods:
Electronic Submissions
Submit electronic comments in the
following way:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
To ensure timely processing of
comments, the Commission is no longer
accepting comments submitted by
electronic mail (email), except through
www.regulations.gov.
Written Submissions
Submit written submissions in the
following way:
Mail/Hand delivery/Courier (for
paper, disk, or CD–ROM submissions),
preferably in five copies, to: Office of the
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety
Commission, Room 502, 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. All
comments received may be posted
without change, including any personal
identifiers, contact information, or other
personal information provided, to
http://www.regulations.gov. Do not
submit confidential business
information, trade secret information, or
other sensitive or protected information
electronically. Such information should
be submitted in writing.
Docket: For access to the docket to
read background documents or
comments received, go to http://
www.regulations.gov.
For
further information contact: Mary James,
Office of Information and Technology
Services, Consumer Product Safety
Commission, 4330 East West Highway,
Bethesda, MD 20814; (301) 504–7213, or
by email to: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

A. The Standards
The Standard for the Surface
Flammability of Carpets and Rugs,

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16 CFR part 1630, and the Standard for
the Surface Flammability of Small
Carpets and Rugs, 16 CFR part 1631,
were issued under section 4 of the
Flammable Fabrics Act (FFA) (15 U.S.C.
1193) in 1970. The standards cover any
type of finished product made in whole
or in part of fabric or related material
and intended for use as a floor covering
in homes, offices, or other places of
assembly or accommodation. The
standards establish an acceptable level
of flammability performance. Items
must meet the requirements of the
standards prior to distribution in
commerce, and firms must issue a
‘‘General Certification of Conformity’’
(GCC) or ‘‘Children’s Product
Certificate’’ (CPC), certifying that the
products meet all applicable product
safety regulations. The GCC and CPC
requirements are additional
requirements imposed by the Consumer
Product Safety Improvement Act
(CPSIA), 15 U.S.C. 2063(g). The CPSIA
also imposes a third party testing
requirement for all consumer products,
including carpets and rugs, subject to a
consumer product safety rule or similar
rule, ban, standard, or regulation under
any other Act enforced by the
Commission, that are primarily
intended for children 12 years of age or
younger. Every manufacturer (including
an importer) or a private labeler of a
children’s carpet or rug must have its
product tested for compliance to parts
1630 and 1631 and other applicable
product safety rules by an accredited,
CPSC-accepted third party laboratory. In
addition to the standards, certain
enforcement regulations (16 CFR
1630.31 and 1631.32) have been issued
under section 5 of the FFA (15 U.S.C.
1194) to address reasonable and
representative tests and the
recordkeeping requirement. These rules
specify the frequency of testing
necessary to support the issuance of a
guaranty of compliance under the FFA
and the types of records that must be
maintained to document this activity.
Beginning in 2013, firms must also
employ reasonable and representative
testing programs in accordance with the
CPSIA.
The OMB approved the collection of
information in the regulations under
control number 3041–0017. OMB’s most
recent extension of approval expires on
August 31, 2012. The Commission now
proposes to request an extension of
approval for the collection of
information in the regulations.
B. Estimated Burden
The Commission estimates that 120
firms are subject to the information
collection requirements. These firms

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have elected to issue a guaranty of
compliance with the FFA, or they are
required to certify compliance of
products intended for children under
the CPSA (as amended by the CPSIA).
The number of tests that a firm issuing
a guaranty of compliance would be
required to perform each year varies,
depending upon the number of carpet
styles and the annual volume of
production. CPSC staff estimates that
the average firm issuing a continuing
guarantee under the FFA is required to
conduct a maximum of 200 tests per
year. The actual number of tests
required by a given firm may vary from
one to 200, depending upon the number
of carpet styles and the annual
production volume. For example, if a
firm manufactures 100,000 linear yards
of carpet each year, and it consistently
has obtained passing test results, then
only one test per year is required. For
purposes of estimating burden, we have
used the midpoint, 100 tests per year.
The time required to conduct each test
is estimated to be 2.5 hours, plus the
time required to establish and maintain
the test record. We estimate the total
annualized cost/burden to respondents
could be as high as 12,000 tests per year
at 2.5 hours per test or 30,000 hours.
The annualized costs to respondents
for the hour burden for collection of
information is estimated to be as high as
$1,837,200, using a mean hourly
employer cost-per-hour-worked of
$61.24 (Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS):
Total compensation rates for
management, professional, and related
occupations in private goods-producing
industries, December 2011) (30,000
hours × $61.24).
The estimated annual cost to the
federal government of the information
and collection requirements is
approximately $42,900. This sum
includes three staff months expended
for examination of the information in
records required to be maintained by the
enforcement rules. This estimate uses an
average wage rate of $57.13 per hour
(the equivalent of a GS–14 Step 5
employee), with an additional 30.2
percent added for benefits (BLS,
Percentage of total compensation
comprised by benefits for all civilian
management, professional, and related
employees, December 2011) or $82.56
per hour × 520 hours.
C. 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:

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—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;
—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.
Dated: June 5, 2012.
Todd A. Stevenson,
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety
Commission.
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Notice of Teleconference of the
Chronic Hazard Advisory Panel on
Phthalates and Phthalate Substitutes
Consumer Product Safety
Commission.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
AGENCY:

The Consumer Product Safety
Commission (‘‘CPSC’’ or ‘‘Commission’’)
is announcing a teleconference and the
seventh meeting of the Chronic Hazard
Advisory Panel (‘‘CHAP’’) on phthalates
and phthalate substitutes. The
Commission appointed this CHAP on
April 14, 2010, to study the effects on
children’s health of all phthalates and
phthalate alternatives, as used in
children’s toys and child care articles,
pursuant to section 108 of the Consumer
Product Safety Improvement Act of
2008 (CPSIA) (Pub. L. 110–314). The
CHAP will discuss its progress toward
completing its analysis of potential risks
from phthalates and phthalate
substitutes.
DATES: The teleconference will take
place from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. EDT (15 to
17 GMT) on Friday, June 29, 2012.
Interested members of the public may
listen to the CHAP’s discussion.
Members of the public will not have the
opportunity to ask questions, comment,
or otherwise participate in the
teleconference. Interested parties should
contact the CPSC project manager,
Michael Babich, by email
([email protected]), for call-in
instructions no later than Wednesday,
June 27, 2012.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Michael Babich, Directorate for Health
Sciences, Consumer Product Safety
Commission, Bethesda, MD 20814;
telephone (301) 504–7253; email:
[email protected].
Section
108 of the CPSIA permanently prohibits
the sale of any ‘‘children’s toy or child
care article’’ containing more than 0.1
percent of each of three specified
phthalates: di- (2-ethylhexyl) phthalate
(DEHP), dibutyl phthalate (DBP), and
benzyl butyl phthalate (BBP). Section
108 of the CPSIA also prohibits, on an
interim basis, the sale of any ‘‘children’s
toy that can be placed in a child’s
mouth’’ or ‘‘child care article’’
containing more than 0.1 percent of
each of three additional phthalates:
diisononyl phthalate (DINP), diisodecyl
phthalate (DIDP), and di-n-octyl
phthalate (DnOP).
Moreover, section 108 of the CPSIA
requires the Commission to convene a
CHAP ‘‘to study the effects on children’s
health of all phthalates and phthalate
alternatives as used in children’s toys
and child care articles.’’ The CPSIA
requires the CHAP to complete an
examination of the full range of
phthalates that are used in products for
children and:
• Examine all of the potential health
effects (including endocrine-disrupting
effects) of the full range of phthalates;
• Consider the potential health effects
of each of these phthalates, both in
isolation, and in combination with other
phthalates;
• Examine the likely levels of
children’s, pregnant women’s, and
others’ exposure to phthalates, based
upon a reasonable estimation of normal
and foreseeable use and abuse of such
products;
• Consider the cumulative effect of
total exposure to phthalates, both from
children’s products and from other
sources, such as personal care products;
• Review all relevant data, including
the most recent, best-available, peerreviewed, scientific studies of these
phthalates and phthalate alternatives
that employ objective data-collection
practices or employ other objective
methods;
• Consider the health effects of
phthalates not only from ingestion, but
also as a result of dermal, hand-tomouth, or other exposure;
• Consider the level at which there is
a reasonable certainty of no harm to
children, pregnant women, or other
susceptible individuals and their
offspring, considering the best available
science, and using sufficient safety
factors to account for uncertainties

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