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B. NEISS Estimated Burden
The NEISS system collects
information on consumer productrelated incidents and other injuries from
a statistical sample of 96 hospitals in the
United States. Respondents to NEISS
include hospitals that directly report
information to NEISS, and hospitals that
allow access to a CPSC contractor, who
collects the data. Collecting emergency
department records for review,
correcting error messages, among other
tasks, takes about 36 minutes per day.
Each record takes about 30 seconds to
review. Coding and reporting records
that involve consumer products or other
injuries takes about 2 minutes per
record. Coding and reporting additional
special study information (Adverse Drug
Effects) takes about 2 minutes and 90
seconds per record for other special
studies. Respondents also spend about
36 hours per year in related activities
(training, evaluations, and
communicating with other hospital
staff).
In 2018, there were 130 NEISS
respondents (total hospitals and CPSC
contractors). These NEISS respondents
reviewed an estimated 5.53 million
emergency department records and
reported 727,544 total cases (363,221
consumer product-related injuries for
CPSC, and 364,323 other injuries for the
NEISS–AIP). The table below lists the
number of reported cases, and the
number of reported cases with
additional special study information.
Total NEISS Cases Reported
Consumer Product-Related
Injuries ...............................
CDC NEISS–AIP ..................

727,544
363,221
364,323

Special Studies Reported (subset of above)

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Child Poisoning (CPSC) .......
Adverse Drug Events (CDC)
Assaults (CDC) .....................
Firearm-Related Injuries
(CDC) ................................
Self-Inflicted Violence (CDC)
Work-Related Injuries (CDC)
Motor Vehicle Non-Crash Injuries (NHTSA) ..................

4,734
36,858
32,990
6,159
9,106
38,132
12,813

The total burden hours for all NEISS
respondents are estimated to be 100,781
for 2018. The average burden hour per
respondent is 775 hours. However, the
total burden hour on each respondent
varies due to differences in size of the
hospital (e.g., small rural hospitals
versus large metropolitan hospitals).
The smallest hospital reported 82 cases
with a burden of about 258 hours, while
the largest hospital reported 47,801
cases with a burden of about 4,125
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The total cost to NEISS respondents
for 2018 was approximately $3,391,000.
NEISS respondents enter into contracts
with CPSC and are compensated for
these costs. The average cost per
respondent is estimated to be about
$26,000. The average cost per burden
hour is estimated to be $33.65 per hour
(including wages and overhead).
However, the actual cost to each
respondent varies, due to the type of
respondent (hospital versus CPSC
contractor), size of hospital, and
regional differences in wages and
overhead. Therefore, the actual annual
cost for any given respondent may vary
between $3,048 at a small rural hospital,
and $329,690 at the largest metropolitan
hospital.
C. Other Burden Hours
In cases that require more information
regarding product-related incidents or
injuries, CPSC staff conducts face-toface interviews with approximately 375
persons each year. On average, an onsite interview takes about 4.5 hours.
CPSC staff also conducts about 175 indepth investigations (IDIs) by telephone
annually. Each telephone IDI requires
about 20 minutes. CPSC staff is
planning to conduct about 50 internetbased questionnaires per year, which
require about 20 minutes each. The
CPSC estimates 1,763 annual burden
hours on these respondents: 1,688 hours
for face-to-face interviews; 58 hours for
in-depth telephone interviews, and 17
hours for internet-based questionnaires.
CPSC staff estimates the value of the
time required for reporting at $36.77 an
hour (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics,
‘‘Employer Costs for Employee
Compensation,’’ March 2019: https://
www.bls.gov>new.release>
ecec.toc.htm). At this valuation, the
estimated annual cost to the public is
about $64,826.
The total burden hours for the
information collection is 102,544
(100,781 NEISS and 1,763 other), which
is an increase of 21,334 hours. The
increase in burden is due primarily to
the increase in the number of emergency
department charts being reviewed and
coded since this collection of
information was last approved by OMB
in 2017.
This information collection request
excludes the burden associated with
other publicly available Consumer
Product Safety Information Databases,
such as internet complaints, Hotline,
and Medical Examiners and Coroners
Alert Project (MECAP) reports, which
are approved under OMB control
number 3041–0146. This information
collection request also excludes the
burden associated with follow-up

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investigations conducted by other
federal agencies.
Abioye Mosheim,
Acting Secretary, Consumer Product Safety
Commission.
[FR Doc. 2019–27509 Filed 12–19–19; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6355–01–P

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY
COMMISSION
[Docket No. CPSC–2010–0041]

Collection of Information; Submission
for OMB Review; Comment Request—
Publicly Available Consumer Product
Safety Information Database
Consumer Product Safety
Commission.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

Notice.

As required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the
Consumer Product Safety Commission
(CPSC) announces that the CPSC has
submitted to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) a request for
extension of approval of a collection of
information for the Publicly Available
Consumer Product Safety Information
Database, previously under OMB
Control No. 3041–0146. On October 8,
2019, the CPSC published a notice in
the Federal Register announcing the
agency’s intent to seek this extension.
CPSC made a copy of the supporting
statement available under Supporting
and Related Materials under Docket No.
CPSC–2010–0041. CPSC received no
comments in response to that notice. By
publication of this notice, the
Commission announces that CPSC has
submitted to the OMB a request for
extension of approval of that collection
of information, without change.

SUMMARY:

Written comments on this
request for extension of approval of
information collection requirements
should be submitted by January 21,
2020.

DATES:

Submit comments about
this request by email: OIRA_
[email protected] or fax: 202–
395–6881. Comments by mail should be
sent to the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk
Officer for the CPSC, Office of
Management and Budget, Room 10235,
725 17th Street NW, Washington, DC
20503. In addition, written comments
that are sent to OMB, also should be
submitted electronically at: http://
www.regulations.gov, under Docket No.
CPSC–2010–0041.

ADDRESSES:

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For
further information, or a copy of the
supporting statement, contact: Bretford
Griffin, Consumer Product Safety
Commission, 4330 East-West Highway,
Bethesda, MD 20814; (301) 504–7037, or
by email to: [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Background
Section 212 of the Consumer Product
Safety Improvement Act of 2008
(CPSIA) added section 6A to the
Consumer Product Safety Act (CPSA),
which requires the CPSC to establish
and maintain a publicly available,
searchable database (Database) on the
safety of consumer products and other
products or substances regulated by the
CPSC. Among other things, section 6A
of the CPSA requires the CPSC to collect
reports of harm from the public for
potential publication in the publicly
available Database, and to collect and
publish comments from manufacturers
about reports of harm.
The CPSC announced that a proposed
collection of information in conjunction
with the Database, called the Publicly
Available Consumer Product Safety
Information Database, had been
submitted to OMB for review and
clearance under 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520 in
a proposed rule published on May 24,
2010 (75 FR 29156). The CPSC issued a
final rule on the Database on December
9, 2010 (75 FR 76832). The final rule
interprets various statutory
requirements in section 6A of the CPSA
pertaining to the information to be
included in the Database; and the final
rule also establishes provisions
regarding submitting reports of harm;
providing notice of reports of harm to
manufacturers; publishing reports of
harm and manufacturer comments in
the Database; and dealing with
confidential and materially inaccurate
information.

information in a report of harm. Such a
request may be made using the business
portal, by email, by mail, or by fax.
Additionally, any person or entity
reviewing a report of harm or
manufacturer comment, either before or
after publication in the Database, may
request that the report or comment, or
portions of the report or comment, be
excluded from the Database because it
contains materially inaccurate
information. Such a request may be
made by manufacturers using the
business portal, by email, mail or fax,
and may be submitted by anyone else by
email, mail, or fax.
Branding Information: Using the
business portal, registered businesses
may voluntarily submit branding
information to assist CPSC in correctly
and timely routing reports of harm
involving their products to them. Brand
names may be licensed to another entity
for use in labeling consumer products
manufactured by that entity. CPSC’s
understanding of licensing
arrangements for consumer products
ensures that the correct manufacturer is
timely notified regarding a report of
harm.
Small Batch Manufacturers Registry:
The business portal also contains the
SBMR, which is the online mechanism
by which ‘‘small batch manufacturers’’
(as defined in the CPSA) can identify
themselves to obtain relief from certain
third party testing requirements for
children’s products. To register as a
small batch manufacturer, a business
must attest that the company’s income
level, and the number of units of the
covered product manufactured for
which relief is sought, both fall within
the statutory limits to receive relief from
third party testing.

B. Information Collected Through the
Database
The primary purpose of this
information collection is to populate the
publicly searchable Database of
consumer product safety information
mandated by section 6A of the CPSA.
The Database information collection has
four components: Reports of harm,
manufacturer comments, branding
information, and the Small Batch
Manufacturer Registry (SBMR).
Reports of Harm: Reports of harm
communicate information regarding an
injury, illness, or death, or any risk (as
determined by CPSC) of injury, illness,
or death, relating to the use of a
consumer product. Reports can be
submitted to the CPSC by consumers;
local, state, or federal government
agencies; health care professionals;
child service providers; public safety
entities; and others. Reports may be
submitted in one of three ways: Via the
CPSC website (www.SaferProducts.gov),
by telephone via a CPSC call center, or
by email, fax, or mail using the incident
report form (available for download or
printing via the CPSC website). Reports
may also originate as a free-form letter
or email. Submitters must consent to
including their report of harm in the
publicly searchable Database.
Manufacturer Comments: A
manufacturer or private labeler may
submit a comment related to a report of
harm after the CPSC transmits the report
to the manufacturer or private labeler
identified in the report. Manufacturer
comments may be submitted through
the business portal, by email, mail, or
fax. The business portal is a feature of
the Database that allows manufacturers
who register there to receive reports of
harm and comment on such reports
through the business portal. Use of the
business portal expedites the receipt of
reports of harm and business response
times.
A manufacturer may request that the
CPSC designate as confidential

C. Estimated Burden
1. Estimated Annual Burden for
Respondents
We estimate the burden of this
collection of information as follows:

TABLE 1—ESTIMATED ANNUAL REPORTING BURDEN FOR REPORTS OF HARM
Number of
respondents

Collection type

Response
frequency 1

Total annual
responses

Minutes per
response

Total burden,
in hours 2

Reports of Harm—submitted through website ......................................................
Reports of Harm—submitted by phone ................................................................
Reports of Harm—submitted by mail, email, fax ..................................................

5,646
1,397
349

1.07
1.02
43.88

6,023
1,418
15,314

12
10
20

1,205
236
5,105

Total ...............................................................................................................

7,392

........................

22,755

........................

6,546

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1 Frequency

of responses is calculated by dividing the number of responses by the number of respondents.
2 Numbers have been rounded.

TABLE 2—ESTIMATED ANNUAL REPORTING BURDEN FOR MANUFACTURER SUBMISSIONS
Number of
respondents

Collection type
Manufacturer Comments—submitted through website .........................................

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Number of
respondents

Collection type
Manufacturer Comments—submitted by mail, email, fax .....................................
Requests to Treat Information as Confidential—submitted through website .......
Requests to Treat Information as Confidential—submitted by mail, email, fax ...
Requests to Treat Information as Materially Inaccurate—submitted through
website ...............................................................................................................
Requests to Treat Information as Materially Inaccurate—submitted by mail,
email, fax ...........................................................................................................
Voluntary Brand Identification ...............................................................................
Small Batch Manufacturer Identification ...............................................................
Total ...............................................................................................................

Total annual
responses

Response
frequency 1

Minutes per
response

Total burden,
in hours 2

182
2
0

1.90
1.00
n/a

346
2
0

147
42
72

848
1
0

141

1.19

168

165

462

25
932
2,292

1.12
1.37
1

28
1,281
2,292

195
10
10

91
214
382

5,885

........................

6,578

........................

6,797

1 Frequency

of responses is calculated by dividing the number of responses by the number of respondents.
2 Numbers have been rounded.

Based on the data set forth in Tables
1 and 2 above, the annual reporting cost
is estimated to be $691,884. This
estimate is based on the sum of two
estimated total figures for reports of
harm and manufacturer submissions.
The estimated number of respondents
and responses are based on the actual
responses received in FY 2018. We
assume that the number of responses
and respondents will be similar in
future years.
Reports of Harm: Table 1 sets forth
the data used to estimate the burden
associated with submitting reports of
harm. We had previously estimated the
time associated with the electronic and
telephone submission of reports of harm
at 12 and 10 minutes, respectively; and
because we have had no indication that
these estimates are not appropriate or
accurate, we used those figures for
present purposes as well. We estimate
that the time associated with a paper or
PDF form would be 20 minutes, on
average.
To estimate the costs for submitting
reports of harm, we multiplied the
estimated total burden hours associated

with reports of harm (1,205 hours + 236
hours + 5,105 hours = 6,546 hours) by
an estimated total compensation for all
workers in private industry of $34.05
per hour,3 which results in an estimated
cost of $222,891 (6,546 hours × $34.05
per hour = $222,891).
Manufacturer Submissions: Table 2
sets forth the data used to estimate the
burden associated with manufacturers’
submissions to the Database. We
observed that a large percentage of the
general comments come from a few
businesses, and we assumed that the
experience of a business that submits
many comments each year would be
different from one that submits only a
few. Accordingly, we divided all
responding businesses into three groups
based on the number of general
comments submitted in FY 2018, and
then we selected several businesses to
contact from each group. The first group
contacted consisted of businesses that
submitted 50 or more comments in FY
2018, accounting for 31 percent of all
general comments received. The second
group contacted included businesses
that submitted 6 to 49 comments,

accounting for 39 percent of all general
comments received. The last group
contacted included businesses that
submitted no more than 5 comments,
accounting for 30 percent of all general
comments received. We asked each
company how long it typically takes to
research, compose, and enter a comment
or a claim of materially inaccurate
information.
To estimate the burden associated
with submitting a general comment
regarding a report of harm through the
business portal, we averaged the burden
provided by each company within each
group, and then we calculated a
weighted average from the three groups,
weighting each group by the proportion
of comments received from that group.
We found that the average time to
submit a general comment regarding a
report of harm is 117 minutes, based on
the data in Table 3 (((15 minutes + 45
minutes + 30 minutes + 15 minutes)/4
companies) * .31 + ((105 minutes + 45
minutes + 150 minutes + 15 minutes)/
4 companies) * .39 + ((240 minutes + 60
minutes + 480 minutes)/3 companies) *
.30 = 117 minutes).

TABLE 3—ESTIMATED BURDEN TO ENTER A GENERAL COMMENT IN THE DATABASE
Group
Group 1 (>= 50 comments) ........................................................

Group 2 (6–49 comments) .........................................................

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3 U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor
Statistics, Table 9 of the Employer Costs for
Employee Compensation (ECEC), Private Industry,

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General
comments
(minutes)

Company
Company
Company
Company
Company
Company
Company
Company
Company
Company
Company
Company

A
B
C
D
A
B
C
D
A
B
C

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.................................................................................
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.................................................................................
.................................................................................
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.................................................................................
.................................................................................
.................................................................................
................................................................................

goods-producing and service-providing industries,
by occupational group, Dec 2018 (data extracted on

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45
30
15
105
45
150
15
240
60
480

8/2/2019 from: http://www.bls.gov/news.release/
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Registered businesses generally
submit comments through our website.
Unregistered businesses submit
comments by mail, email, or fax. We
estimate that submitting comments via
mail, email, or fax takes a little longer
because often, we must ask businesses
to amend their submissions to include
the required certifications. Thus, we
estimated that, on average, comments
submitted by mail, email, or fax take 30
minutes longer than comments
submitted through our website (117
minutes + 30 minutes = 147 minutes).
The submission of a claim of
materially inaccurate information is a
relatively rare event for all respondents,
so we averaged all responses together.
Eight of the businesses contacted had
submitted claims of materially
inaccurate information. We found that
the average time to submit a claim that
a report of harm contains a material
inaccuracy is 165 minutes ((30 minutes
+ 90 minutes + 45 minutes + 90 minutes
+ 60 minutes + 660 minutes + 45
minutes + 300 minutes)/8 companies =
165 minutes).
Registered businesses generally
submit claims through the business
portal. Unregistered businesses submit
claims by mail, email, or fax. We
estimate that submitting claims via mail,
email, or fax takes a little longer because
often, we must ask businesses to amend
their submission to include the required
certifications. Thus, we estimated that,
on average, claims submitted by mail,
email, or fax take 30 minutes longer
than those submitted through our
website (165 minutes + 30 minutes =
195 minutes).
The submission of a claim of
confidential information is a relatively
rare event for all respondents, so we
averaged all responses together. Five of
the businesses contacted had submitted
claims of confidential information. We
found that the average time to submit a
claim that a report of harm contains
confidential information is 42 minutes
((45 minutes + 15 minutes + 60 minutes
+ 30 minutes + 60 minutes)/5
companies = 42 minutes).
Registered businesses generally
submit confidential information claims
through the business portal.
Unregistered businesses submit
confidential information claims by mail,
email, or fax. We estimate that
submitting claims by mail, email, or fax
takes a little longer because often, we
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submission to include the required
certifications. Thus, we estimate that a
confidential information claim
submitted by mail, email, or fax would
take 30 minutes longer than those
submitted through our website (42
minutes + 30 minutes = 72 minutes).
For voluntary brand identification, we
estimate that a response would take 10
minutes, on average. Most responses
consist only of the brand name and a
product description. In many cases, a
business will submit multiple entries in
a brief period of time, and we can see
from the date and time stamps on these
records that an entry often takes less
than 2 minutes. CPSC staff enters the
same data in a similar form, based on
our own research, and that experience
was also factored into our estimate.
For small batch manufacturer
identification, we estimate that a
response would take 10 minutes, on
average. The form consists of three
check boxes and the information should
be readily accessible to the respondent.
The responses summarized in Table 2
are generally submitted by
manufacturers. To avoid
underestimating the cost associated
with the collection of this data, we
assigned the higher hourly wage
associated with a manager or
professional in goods-producing
industries to these tasks. To estimate the
cost of manufacturer submissions, we
multiplied the estimated total burden
hours in Table 2 (6,797 hours), by an
estimated total compensation for a
manager or professional in goodsproducing industries of $69.00 per
hour,4 which results in an estimated
cost of $468,993 (6,797 hours × $69.00
per hour = $468,993).
Therefore, the total estimated annual
cost to respondents is $691,884
($222,891 burden for reports of harm +
$468,993 burden for manufacturer
submissions = $691,884).
2. Estimated Annual Burden on
Government
We estimate the annualized cost to
the CPSC to be $982,166. This figure is
based on the costs for four categories of
work for the Database: Reports of Harm,
4 U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor
Statistics, Table 9 of the Employer Costs for
Employee Compensation (ECEC), Private Industry,
goods-producing and service-providing industries,
by occupational group, December 2018 (data
extracted on 09/13/2019 from: http://www.bls.gov/
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Materially Inaccurate Information
Claims, Manufacturer Comments, and
Small Batch Identification. Each
category is described below. No
government cost is associated with
voluntary brand identification because
this information is entered directly into
the Database by the manufacturer with
no processing required by the
government. The information assists the
government in directing reports of harm
to the correct manufacturer. We did not
attempt to calculate separately the
government cost for claims of
confidential information because the
number of claims is so small. The time
to process these claims is included with
claims of materially inaccurate
information.
Reports of Harm: The Reports of Harm
category includes many different tasks.
Some costs related to this category are
from two data entry contracts. Tasks
related to these contracts include
clerical coding of the report, such as
identifying the type of consumer
product reported and the appropriate
associated hazard, as well as performing
quality control on the data in the report.
Contractor A spends an estimated 5,267
hours per year performing these tasks.
With an hourly rate of $38.10 for
contractor services, the annual cost to
the government of contract A is
$200,673. Contractor B spends an
estimated 2,029 hours per year
performing these tasks. With an hourly
rate of $41.33 for contractor services, the
annual cost to the government of
contract B is $83,859.
The Reports of Harm category also
includes sending consent requests for
reports when necessary, processing that
consent when received, determining
whether a product is out of CPSC’s
jurisdiction, and confirming that
pictures and attachments do not have
any personally identifiable information.
The Reports of Harm category also
entails notifying manufacturers when
one of their products is reported,
completing a risk of harm determination
form for every report eligible for
publication, referring some reports to a
Subject Matter Expert (SME) within the
CPSC for a determination on whether
the reports meet the requirement of
having a risk of harm, and determining
whether a report meets all the statutory
and regulatory requirements for
publication. Detailed costs are:

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TABLE 4—ESTIMATED COSTS FOR REPORTS OF HARM TASK
Number of
hours
(annual)

Grade level

Total
compensation
per hour

Total annual
cost

Contract A ....................................................................................................................................
Contract B ....................................................................................................................................
7 ...................................................................................................................................................
9 ...................................................................................................................................................
12 .................................................................................................................................................
13 .................................................................................................................................................
14 .................................................................................................................................................

5,267
2,029
200
300
5,528
428
1,068

$38.10
41.33
37.37
45.72
66.31
78.84
93.18

$200,673
83,859
7,474
13,716
366,562
33,744
99,516

Total ......................................................................................................................................

14,820

........................

825,544

Materially Inaccurate Information
(MII) Claims: The MII claims category
includes reviewing and responding to

claims, participating in meetings where
the claims are discussed, and
completing a risk of harm determination

on reports when a company alleges that
a report does not describe a risk of
harm.

TABLE 5—ESTIMATED COSTS FOR MII CLAIMS TASK
Number of
hours
(annual)

Grade level

Total
compensation
per hour

Total annual
cost

12 .................................................................................................................................................
13 .................................................................................................................................................
14 .................................................................................................................................................
15 .................................................................................................................................................
SES ..............................................................................................................................................

275
167
323
50
50

$66.31
78.84
93.18
109.60
131.52

$18,235
13,166
30,097
5,480
6,576

Total ......................................................................................................................................

865

........................

73,554.00

Manufacturer Comments: The
Comments category includes reviewing
and accepting or rejecting comments.

TABLE 6—ESTIMATED COSTS FOR MANUFACTURER COMMENTS TASK
Number of
hours
(annual)

Grade level

Total
compensation
per hour

Total annual
cost

12 .................................................................................................................................................
13 .................................................................................................................................................

62
109

$66.31
78.84

$4,111
8,594

Total ......................................................................................................................................

171

........................

12,705

Small Batch Manufacturer
Identification: The Small Batch
Manufacturer Identification category

includes time spent posting the list of
small batch registrations, as well as
answering companies’ questions on

registering as a Small Batch
Manufacturer and the implications of
small batch registration.

TABLE 7—ESTIMATED COSTS FOR SMALL BATCH TASK
Number of
hours
(annual)

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Grade level

Total
compensation
per hour

Total annual
cost

15 .................................................................................................................................................

642

$109.60

$70,363

Total ......................................................................................................................................

642

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70,363

We estimate the annualized cost to
the CPSC of $954,531, by adding the
four categories of work related to the
Database summarized in Tables 4
through 7 (Reports of Harm ($825,544)

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+ MII Claims ($73,554) + Manufacturer
Comments ($12,705) + Small Batch
Identification ($70,363) = $982,166).
This information collection renewal
request is based on an estimated 13,343

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burden hours per year for the Database,
which represents an increase of 983
hours since this collection of
information was last approved by OMB
in 2017. The increase in burden is due

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primarily to the increase in the number
of incoming reports of harm, and the
increase in the number of claims based
on those reports. Comments have also
increased significantly, but shifted to
the more efficient, online submission. A
slight increase in small batch
manufacturer activity occurred, as well,
continuing a long-term trend.
Abioye Mosheim,
Acting Secretary, Consumer Product Safety
Commission.
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Office of the Secretary
[Transmittal No. 19–44]

Arms Sales Notification
Defense Security Cooperation
Agency, Department of Defense.
ACTION: Arms sales notice.
AGENCY:

The Department of Defense is
publishing the unclassified text of an
arms sales notification.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Karma Job at [email protected]
or (703) 697–8976.

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This
36(b)(1) arms sales notification is
published to fulfill the requirements of
section 155 of Public Law 104–164
dated July 21, 1996. The following is a
copy of a letter to the Speaker of the
House of Representatives, Transmittal
19–44 with attached Policy Justification
and Sensitivity of Technology.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

SUMMARY:

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Dated: December 16, 2019.
Aaron T. Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison
Officer, Department of Defense.
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