Federal Register Notice August 14, 2012

Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 157 / Tuesday, August 14, 2012 / Notices
addition, written comments also should
be submitted at http://
www.regulations.gov, under Docket No.
CPSC–2010–0024, or by mail/hand
delivery/courier (for paper, disk, or CD–
ROM submissions), preferably in five
copies, to: Office of the Secretary, U.S.
Consumer Product Safety Commission,
Room 820, 4330 East West Highway,
Bethesda, MD 20814; telephone (301)
504–7923. For access to the docket to
read background documents or
comments received, go to http://
www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mary K. James, Office of Information
Technology, U.S. Consumer Product
Safety Commission,4330 East West
Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814;
telephone 301–504–7213 or by email to
[email protected].
Request
for Reinstatement of Approval of
Collection of Information. Existing
manufacturers of coal and woodburning
appliances who are subject to the
information collection requirements
may introduce up to 15 new models in
a 3-year period, or approximately five
new models per year. No new
manufacturers are expected to begin
marketing in the United States. The
average number of hours per respondent
is estimated at 3 hours per year, for a
total of about 15 hours of annual burden
for all respondents (5 models × 3 hours).
No specific label design is required, but
examples of acceptable label formats are
provided in the rule. It is assumed that
each manufacturer will use the same
general label format for all stove models
it produces. Therefore, when a
manufacturer introduces a new stove
model, the only changes that will be
required are to insert the specific
information that pertains to the new
model. Additionally, manufacturers are
to provide the Commission with copies
of the information required to be
disclosed on the label. Because this
information should be readily available,
it should take a manufacturer 30
minutes or less, per model, to collect the
information and mail it to the
Commission. Therefore, an additional
2.5 hours have been added to the total
burden (30 minutes × 5 models per year)
for a total annual burden of 17.5 hours.
The total estimated annualized
respondent cost is approximately
$1,044, based on an average total hourly
employee compensation rate of $59.63
for management, professional, and
related occupations (17.5 hours ×
$59.63) (Bureau of Labor Statistics,
September 2011).

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Dated: August 9, 2012.
Todd A. Stevenson,
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety
Commission.
[FR Doc. 2012–19880 Filed 8–13–12; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6355–01–P

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY
COMMISSION
[Docket No. CPSC 2012–0030]

Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request—Flammability
Standards for Carpets and Rugs
Consumer Product Safety
Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

In the Federal Register of
June 8, 2012 (74 FR 34027), the
Consumer Product Safety Commission
(CPSC or Commission) published a
notice in accordance with provisions of
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), to announce the
CPSC’s intention to seek extension of
approval of collections of information in
regulations implementing two
flammability standards for carpets and
rugs. No comments were received in
response to that notice. Therefore, by
publication of this notice, the
Commission announces that it has
submitted to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) a request for
extension of approval of those
collections of information, without
change.
ADDRESSES: To ensure that comments on
the information collection are received,
the OMB recommends that written
comments be faxed to the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
OMB, Attn: CPSC Desk Officer, Fax:
202–395–6974, or emailed to
[email protected]. All
comments should be identified by
Docket No. CPSC–2010–0030. In
addition, written comments also should
be submitted at http://
www.regulations.gov, under Docket No.
CPSC–2010–0030, or by mail/hand
delivery/courier (for paper, disk, or CD–
ROM submissions), preferably in five
copies, to: Office of the Secretary, U.S.
Consumer Product Safety Commission,
Room 820, 4330 East West Highway,
Bethesda, MD 20814; telephone (301)
504–7923. For access to the docket to
read background documents or
comments received, go to http://
www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mary K. James, Office of Information
Technology, U.S. Consumer Product
Safety Commission, 4330 East West
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Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814;
Telephone: 301–504–7213 or by email
to [email protected].
Request
for Reinstatement of Approval of
Collections of Information. The
Commission estimates that 120 firms are
subject to the information collection
requirements for standards related to the
surface flammability of carpets and rugs
and small carpets and rugs. These firms
have elected to issue a guaranty of
compliance with the Flammable Fabrics
Act (FFA), or they are required to certify
compliance of products intended for
children under the Consumer Product
Safety Act (as amended by the
Consumer Product Safety Improvement
Act of 2008). 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. We estimate that the
average firm issuing a continuing
guaranty 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 x $61.24)).

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Dated: August 9, 2012.
Todd A. Stevenson,
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety
Commission.
[FR Doc. 2012–19879 Filed 8–13–12; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6355–01–P

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