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Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 193 / Thursday, October 4, 2012 / Notices

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY
COMMISSION
[Docket No. CPSC–2013–0003]

Proposed Extension of Approval of
Information Collection; Comment
Request—Omnidirectional Citizens
Band Base Station Antennas
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 of a
collection of information from
manufacturers and importers of citizens
band base station antennas. The
collection of information is in
regulations setting forth the Safety
Standard for Omnidirectional Citizens
Band Base Station Antennas (16 CFR
part 1204). These regulations establish
testing and recordkeeping requirements
for manufacturers and importers of
antennas subject to the standard. 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).
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–
0003, 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

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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 1982, the Commission issued the
Safety Standard for Omnidirectional
Citizens Band Antennas (16 CFR part
1204) to reduce risks of death and
serious injury that may result if an
omnidirectional antenna contacts an
overhead power line while being
erected or removed from its site. The
standard contains performance tests to
demonstrate that an antenna will not
transmit a harmful electric current if it
contacts an electric power line with a
voltage of 14,500 volts phase-to-ground.
Certification regulations implementing
the standard require manufacturers,
importers, and private labelers of
antennas subject to the standard to
perform tests to demonstrate that those
products meet the requirements of the
standard and to maintain records of
those tests. The certification regulations
are codified at 16 CFR part 1204,
Subpart B.
The Commission uses the information
compiled and maintained by
manufacturers, importers, and private
labelers of antennas subject to the
standard to help protect the public from
risks of injury or death associated with
omnidirectional citizens band base
station antennas. More specifically, this
information helps the Commission
determine that antennas subject to the
standard comply with all applicable
requirements. The Commission also
uses this information to obtain
corrective actions if omnidirectional
citizens band base station antennas fail
to comply with the standard in a
manner that creates a substantial risk of
injury to the public.
OMB approved the collection of
information in the certification
regulations under control number 3041–
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approval expires on December 12, 2012.
The Commission now proposes to
request an extension of approval
without change for the collection of
information in the certification
regulations.
B. Estimated Burden
Commission staff estimates that about
five firms manufacture or import
citizens band base station antennas
subject to the standard. Commission
staff estimates that the certification
regulations will impose an average
annual burden of about 220 hours on
each of those firms. That burden will
result from conducting the testing
required by the regulations and
maintaining records of the results of that
testing. The total annual burden
imposed by the regulations on
manufacturers and importers of citizens
band base station antennas is
approximately 1,100 hours.
The hourly wage for the testing and
recordkeeping required to conduct the
testing and maintain records required by
the regulations 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), for an
estimated annual cost to the industry of
$67,925.
Commission staff will expend
approximately 40 hours reviewing
records required to be maintained for
omnidirectional citizens band base
station antennas. The annual cost to the
federal government of the collection of
information in these regulations is
estimated to be $3,309. 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
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

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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
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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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