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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. 2012–24486 Filed 10–3–12; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6355–01–P

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY
COMMISSION
[Docket No. CPSC–2013–0005]

Proposed Extension of Approval of
Information Collection; Comment
Request—Safety Standard for WalkBehind Power Lawn Mowers
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 (CSPC or Commission)
requests comments on a proposed
request for an extension of approval of
a collection of information from
manufacturers and importers of walkbehind power lawn mowers. This
collection of information consists of
testing and recordkeeping requirements
in certification regulations
implementing the Safety Standard for
Walk-Behind Power Lawn Mowers (16
CFR part 1205). 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
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB).

SUMMARY:

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–
0005, by any of the following methods:
DATES:

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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:

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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:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

A. Background
In 1979, the Commission issued the
Safety Standard for Walk-Behind Power
Lawn Mowers (16 CFR Part 1205) under
provisions of the Consumer Product
Safety Act (CPSA) (15 U.S.C. 2051 et
seq.) to eliminate or reduce risks of
amputations, avulsions, lacerations, and
other serious injuries that have resulted
from the accidental contact of some part
of an operator’s body with the rotating
blade of a power lawn mower. The
standard contains performance and
labeling requirements for walk-behind
power lawn mowers to address risks of
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
mowers. These regulations also require
manufacturers, importers, and private
labelers of walk-behind power mowers
to establish and maintain records to
demonstrate compliance with the
requirements for testing to support
certification of compliance. 16 CFR Part
1205, Subpart B. Section 14(a) of the
CPSA (15 U.S.C. 2063(a)) 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.

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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.
Section 14(b) of the CPSA authorizes
the Commission to issue regulations to
prescribe a reasonable testing program
to support certificates of compliance
with a consumer product safety
standard. Section 16(b) of the CPSA (15
U.S.C 2065(b)) authorizes the
Commission to issue rules to require
that firms ‘‘establish and maintain’’
records to permit the Commission to
determine compliance with rules issued
under the authority of the CPSA.
The Commission uses the information
compiled and maintained by
manufacturers and importers of walkbehind power mowers to protect
consumers from risks of injuries
associated with walk-behind power
lawn mowers. More specifically, the
Commission uses this information to
determine whether the mowers
produced and imported comply with
the applicable standard. The
Commission also uses this information
to obtain corrective actions if walkbehind power mowers fail to comply
with the standard in a manner that
creates a substantial risk of injury to the
public.
The OMB approved the collection of
information requirements for walkbehind mowers under control number
3041–0091. OMB’s most recent
extension of approval will expire on
December 31, 2012. The Commission
proposes to request an extension of
approval for this collection of
information requirements.
B. Estimated Burden
Commission staff estimates that about
34 firms are subject to the testing and
recordkeeping requirements of the
certification regulations. Commission
staff estimates further that the annual
testing and recordkeeping burden
imposed by the regulations on each of
these firms on average is approximately
390 hours. Thus, the total annual
burden imposed by the certification
regulations on all manufacturers and
importers of walk-behind power
mowers is about 13,260 hours (34 firms
× 390 hours).
In addition, manufacturers are
expected to spend an additional hour,
per production day, to collect the
information for labeling. Accordingly,
an additional 130 hours per firm is
added to the total burden. For the 34
firms involved, the total estimated
burden related to labeling is 4,420
hours. Aggregate annual burden hours
related to testing, recordkeeping, and
labeling are estimated to be 520 hours

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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
www.regulations.gov.

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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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