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Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 160 / Friday, August 17, 2018 / Notices

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:

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Pursuant to the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the Consumer
Product Safety Commission (CPSC)
requests comments on a proposed
extension of approval of information
collection requirements for
manufacturers and importers of carpets
and rugs under the Standard for the
Surface Flammability of Carpets and
Rugs and the Standard for the Surface
Flammability of Small Carpets and
Rugs. The CPSC 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).

SUMMARY:

Submit written or electronic
comments on the collection of
information by October 16, 2018.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by Docket No. CPSC–2012–
0030, by any of the following methods:
Electronic Submissions: Submit
electronic comments to the Federal
eRulemaking Portal at: http://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
The CPSC does not accept comments
submitted by electronic mail (email),
except through www.regulations.gov.
The CPSC encourages you to submit
electronic comments by using the
Federal eRulemaking Portal, as
described above.
Written Submissions: Submit written
submissions by mail/hand delivery/
courier to: Office of the Secretary,
Consumer Product Safety Commission,
Room 820, 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
that you do not want to be available to
the public. If furnished at all, such

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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, and insert the
docket number CPSC–2012–0030, into
the ‘‘Search’’ box, and follow the
prompts.
Bretford Griffin, Consumer Product
Safety Commission, 4330 East-West
Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814; (301)
504–7037, or by email to: bgriffin@
cpsc.gov.
CPSC
seeks to renew the following currently
approved collection of information:
Title: Safety Standard for the
Flammability of Carpets and Rugs and
Standard for the Flammability of Small
Carpets and Rugs.
OMB Number: 3041–0017.
Type of Review: Renewal of
collection.
Frequency of Response: On occasion.
Affected Public: Manufacturers and
importers of carpets and rugs.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
Out of 215 domestic manufacturers,
approximately half, or 108
manufacturers, elect to issue a guaranty
of compliance with the FFA.
Additionally, of the approximately
6,000 firms that import carpets and rugs,
approximately 1,500 elect to issue
guaranties of compliance. Staff
estimates that the average firm issuing a
continuing guarantee under the FFA is
required to conduct, at most, 200 tests
per year, although 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. To estimate burden,
we selected the midpoint, 100 tests per
year.
Estimated Time per Response: 2.5
hours to conduct each test, and to
establish and maintain test records.
Total Estimated Annual Burden: The
time required to conduct each test is
estimated to be 2.5 hours, including the
time required to establish and maintain
the test records. We estimate the total
annualized cost/burden to respondents
could be as many as 160,800 tests per
year (1,608 firms × 100 tests), at 2.5
hours per test, or 402,000 hours.
Total Estimated Annual Cost to
Respondents: The total annualized costs
to all respondents for the hour burden
for collection of information is
estimated to be as high as $27,830,460,
using a mean hourly employer cost-perhour-worked of $69.23 (Bureau of Labor
Statistics: Total compensation rates for
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occupations in private goods-producing
industries, March 2018) (402,000 hours
× $69.23).
General Description of Collection: 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) establish
requirements to reduce the flammability
of carpets and rugs. The standards’
provisions include requirements for
testing and recordkeeping for
manufacturers and importers who
furnish guaranties subject to the carpet
and rug flammability standards.
Separate from the guaranties, the
Consumer Product Safety Improvement
Act of 2008 (CPSIA) established product
certification requirements for applicable
consumer product safety standards and
rules. 15 U.S.C. 2063(g).
Request for Comments
The CPSC solicits written comments
from all interested persons about the
proposed collection of information. The
CPSC specifically solicits information
relevant to the following topics:
—Whether the collection of information
described is necessary for the proper
performance of the CPSC’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.
Alberta E. Mills,
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety
Commission.
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ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

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