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per firm and 17,680 hours for the
industry.
CPSC staff estimates that the hourly
wage for the time required to perform
the required testing and recordkeeping
is approximately $61.75 (Bureau of
Labor Statistics: total compensation for
management, professional, and related
workers in goods-producing private
industries: http://www.bls.gov/ncs), and
the hourly wage for the time required to
maintain the labeling requirements is
approximately $27.64 (Bureau of Labor
Statistics, total compensation for all
sales and office workers in goodsproducing, private industries: http://
www.bls.gov/ncs). The annualized total
cost to the industry for annual testing
and recordkeeping is estimated to be
$818,805, based on 13,260 hours ×
$61.75. The annualized cost burden
related to labeling is estimated to be
$122,169, based on 4,420 hours ×
$27.64. Aggregate burden costs related
to testing, recordkeeping, and labeling
are estimated to be $940,972 for the
industry.
The annual cost to the federal
government of the collection of
information in these regulations is
estimated to be $6,618 for one-half of
one CPSC staff month to review records
required to be maintained. This estimate
uses an annual total compensation of
$119,238 (the equivalent of a GS–14
step 5 employee with an additional 30.7
percent added for benefits.)
C. Request for Comments

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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:
—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.

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Dated: October 1, 2012.
Todd A. Stevenson,
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety
Commission.
[FR Doc. 2012–24490 Filed 10–3–12; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6355–01–P

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY
COMMISSION
[Docket No. CPSC–2013–0002]

Proposed Extension of Approval of
Information Collection; Comment
Request—Children’s Sleepwear
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 (CPSC or
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 a collection of
information from manufacturers and
importers of children’s sleepwear. This
collection of information is in the
Standard for the Flammability of
Children’s Sleepwear: Sizes 0 through
6X and the Standard for the
Flammability of Children’s Sleepwear:
Sizes 7 through 14 and regulations
implementing those standards. See 16
CFR parts 1615 and 1616. The
children’s sleepwear standards and
implementing regulations establish
requirements for testing and
recordkeeping by manufacturers and
importers of children’s sleepwear.
The Commission will consider all
comments received in response to this
notice, before requesting an extension of
approval of this collection of
information from OMB.
DATES: The Office of the Secretary must
receive comments not later than
December 3, 2012.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by Docket No. CPSC–2013–
0002, by any of the following methods:
SUMMARY:

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
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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: For
further information contact: Robert H.
Squibb, Consumer Product Safety
Commission, 4330 East West Highway,
Bethesda, MD 20814; (301) 504–7815, or
by email to: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A. The Standards
Children’s sleepwear in sizes 0
through 6X, manufactured for sale in or
imported into the United States, is
subject to the Standard for the
Flammability of Children’s Sleepwear:
Sizes 0 through 6X (16 CFR Part 1615).
Children’s sleepwear in sizes 7 through
14 is subject to the Standard for the
Flammability of Children’s Sleepwear:
Sizes 7 through 14 (16 CFR part 1616).
The children’s sleepwear flammability
standards require that fabrics, seams,
and trim used in children’s sleepwear in
sizes 0 through 14 must self-extinguish
when exposed to a small open-flame
ignition source. The children’s
sleepwear standards and implementing
regulations also require manufacturers
and importers of children’s sleepwear in
sizes 0 through 14 to perform testing of
products and to maintain records of the
results of that testing. 16 CFR part 1615,
subpart B; 16 CFR part 1616; subpart B.
The Commission uses the information
compiled and maintained by
manufacturers and importers of
children’s sleepwear to help protect the
public from risks of death or burn
injuries associated with children’s
sleepwear. More specifically, the
Commission reviews this information to
determine whether the products

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produced and imported by the firms
comply with the applicable standard.
Additionally, the Commission uses this
information to arrange corrective actions
if items of children’s sleepwear fail to
comply with the applicable standard in
a manner that creates a substantial risk
of injury to the public.
OMB approved the collection of
information in the children’s sleepwear
standards and implementing regulations
under control number 3041–0027.
OMB’s most recent extension of
approval will expire on December 12,
2012. The Commission proposes to
request an extension of approval for the
collection of information in the
children’s sleepwear standards and
implementing regulations.
B. Estimated Burden
Commission staff estimates that about
83 firms manufacture or import
products subject to the two children’s
sleepwear flammability standards.
These firms may perform an estimated
2,000 tests each, which take up to 3
hours per test. Commission staff
estimates that these standards and
implementing regulations will impose
an average annual burden of about 6,000
hours on each of those firms (2,000 tests
× 3 hours). That burden will result from
conducting the testing required by the
standards and maintaining records of
the results of that testing mandated by
the implementing regulations. The total
annual burden imposed by the
standards and regulations on all
manufacturers and importers of
children’s sleepwear will be about
498,000 hours (83 firms × 6,000). The
annual cost to the industry is estimated
to be $30,751,500, based on an hourly
wage of $61.75 (Bureau of Labor
Statistics: total compensation for
management, professional, and related
workers in goods-producing private
industries: http://www.bls.gov/ncs) ×
498,000 hours.
The Commission will expend
approximately 3 months of professional
staff time annually, for examination of
information in the records maintained
by manufacturers and importers of
children’s sleepwear subject to the
standards. The annual cost to the federal
government of the collection of
information in the sleepwear standards
and implementing regulations is
estimated to be $43,014. This estimate
uses an annual total compensation of
$119,238 (the equivalent of a GS–14
step 5 employee with an additional 30.7
percent added for benefits.)
C. Request for Comments
The Commission solicits written
comments from all interested persons

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about the proposed collection of
information. The Commission
specifically solicits information relevant
to the following topics:
—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: October 1, 2012.
Todd A. Stevenson,
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety
Commission.
[FR Doc. 2012–24491 Filed 10–3–12; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6355–01–P

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY
COMMISSION
[Docket No. CPSC–2013–0004]

Proposed Extension of Approval of
Information Collection; Comment
Request—Electrically Operated Toys
and Children’s Articles
Consumer Product Safety
Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

As required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35),
the Consumer Product Safety
Commission (CPSC or Commission)
requests comments on a proposed
extension of approval of a collection of
information from manufacturers and
importers of certain electrically
operated toys and children’s articles.
The collection of information consists of
testing and recordkeeping requirements
in regulations titled, ‘‘Requirements for
Electrically Operated Toys or Other
Electrically Operated Articles Intended
for Use by Children,’’ codified at 16 CFR
part 1505.
The Commission will consider all
comments received in response to this
notice before requesting an extension of
this collection of information from the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB).
DATES: The Office of the Secretary must
receive comments not later than
December 3, 2012.
SUMMARY:

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You may submit comments,
identified by Docket No. CPSC–2013–
0004, by any of the following methods:

ADDRESSES:

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: Robert H.
Squibb, Consumer Product Safety
Commission, 4330 East West Highway,
Bethesda, MD 20814; (301) 504–7815, or
by email to: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 1973,
the Commission issued safety
requirements for electrically operated
toys and children’s articles to protect
children from unreasonable risks of
injury from electric shock, electrical
burns, and thermal burns. These
regulations are codified at 16 CFR part
1505 and were issued under the
authority of sections 2 and 3 of the
Federal Hazardous Substances Act (15
U.S.C. 1261, 1262).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

A. Requirements for Electrically
Operated Toys
These regulations are applicable to
toys, games, and other articles intended
for use by children that are powered by
electrical current from a nominal 120

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