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Designated Source of Supply: Industries for
the Blind and Visually Impaired, Inc.,
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Contracting Activity: DEPT OF THE ARMY,
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Michael R. Jurkowski,
Deputy Director, Business Operations.
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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY
COMMISSION
[Docket No. CPSC–2018–0005]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Survey on Smoke
and Carbon Monoxide Alarms
Consumer Product Safety
Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

As required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the Consumer
Product Safety Commission (CPSC or
Commission) requests comments on a
proposed extension of approval for an
information collection on a survey that
will estimate the use of smoke and
carbon monoxide alarms in United
States households. The Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
previously approved the collection of
information under OMB Control No.
3041–0180. The current information
collection will expire on October 31,
2021. CPSC will consider all comments
received in response to this notice
before requesting an extension of
approval of this collection of
information from OMB.
DATES: Submit written or electronic
comments on the collection of
information by September 21, 2021.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by Docket No. CPSC–2018–
0005, by any of the following methods:
Electronic Submissions: Submit
electronic comments to the Federal
eRulemaking Portal at: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
CPSC does not accept comments
submitted by electronic mail (email),
except through https://
www.regulations.gov and as described
below. CPSC encourages you to submit
electronic comments by using the
Federal eRulemaking Portal, as
described above.
Mail/hand delivery/courier Written
Submissions: Submit comments by
mail/hand delivery/courier to: Division
of the Secretariat, Consumer Product
Safety Commission, 4330 East West
Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814;

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telephone: (301) 504–7479.
Alternatively, as a temporary option
during the COVID–19 pandemic, you
may email such submissions to: [email protected].
Instructions: All submissions must
include the agency name and docket
number for this notice. CPSC may post
all comments received without change,
including any personal identifiers,
contact information, or other personal
information provided, to: https://
www.regulations.gov. Do not submit
electronically: Confidential business
information, trade secret information, or
other sensitive or protected information
that you do not want to be available to
the public. If you wish to submit such
information, please submit it according
to the instructions for mail/hand
delivery/courier written submissions.
Docket: For access to the docket to
read background documents or
comments received, go to: https://
www.regulations.gov, insert Docket No.
CPSC–2018–0005 into the ‘‘Search’’ box,
and follow the prompts. A copy of the
proposed survey titled ‘‘SCOA ICR 2021
60-day’’ is available at: http://
www.regulations.gov under Docket No.
CPSC–2018–0005, Supporting and
Related Material.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Cynthia Gillham, Consumer Product
Safety Commission, 4330 East West
Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814; (301)
504–7991, or by email to: cgillham@
cpsc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Background
The Commission is authorized under
section 5(a) of the Consumer Product
Safety Act (CPSA), 15 U.S.C. 2054(a), to
conduct studies and investigations
relating to the causes and prevention of
deaths, accidents, injuries, illnesses,
other health impairments, and economic
losses associated with consumer
products. Section 5(b) of the CPSA, 15
U.S.C. 2054(b), further provides that the
Commission may conduct research,
studies, and investigations on the safety
of consumer products or test consumer
products and develop product safety
test methods and testing devices.
In 1992, the CPSC sponsored a
national in-home survey to collect
information on the number of
residential smoke alarms in actual use
in homes and to evaluate the operability
of the sampled alarms. The results were
published in the 1994 report, Consumer
Product Safety Commission Smoke
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Findings.1 Although the survey results
were instrumental for many years in
developing state and local codes and
standards related to smoke alarms,
subsequent changes in technology,
installation codes, and state/local
ordinances in the past 25 years have
rendered the information outdated and
less effective. Stakeholders’ groups for
fire loss prevention have identified a
need for an updated national survey to
increase the installation and
maintenance of smoke alarms in the
United States. In addition, installations
of CO alarms have increased since 1992.
Accordingly, CPSC sought to update its
data information collection related to
smoke and CO alarm use through a new
survey, the National Smoke and CO
Alarm Survey (SCOA survey).
Although the SCOA survey initially
commenced in January 2019, CPSC
experienced lower response rates
relative to expectations in the
administration of the SCOA survey in
fielding locations than had been
established by the study’s approved
methodology. To correct for this
challenge, and to complete the number
of homes surveyed in the contract, CPSC
undertook a revised sampling method
and contact protocol of participant
recruitment. Among the revisions to the
methodology, CPSC included a redesign
of the recruitment, screening, and inhome survey based on a random walk
door-to-door knocking sample
methodology. The SCOA survey seeks to
collect information from 1,185
households within the United States.
The survey will be conducted only
through face-to-face, in-home
interviews. Following all COVID–19
safety precautions, survey professionals
will provide pre-notification door
hangers requesting participation in the
survey. These households will be
recruited, and willing participants will
be provided with consent forms, and the
survey team will administer questions
regarding the residence type, and smoke
and CO alarm availability and
functionality in the residences. The
survey team also will identify, test, and
examine several of the alarms in the
home, as time permits, and if they are
found faulty, provide new alarms or
batteries, if requested by the participant.
No action will be taken if participants
choose not to have the alarm fixed or
replaced.
CPSC entered into a contract with
Eureka Facts to conduct the SCOA
survey through a national in-home
survey that would estimate the use and
1 1. Charles L. Smith, Smoke Detector Operability
Survey—Report on Findings, (Bethesda, MD: CPSC,
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functionality of smoke and CO alarms in
households, as well as assess user
hazard perceptions regarding such
alarms. The purpose of the SCOA
survey is to collect data that will assist
CPSC with better estimation of the
number and types of smoke and CO
alarms installed in U.S. households, the
proportion of working smoke and CO
alarms, the characteristics of residences
and residents where the smoke and CO
alarms are not operational, perceptions
of residents related to the causes of
‘‘false’’ alarms or causes of faulty
alarms, consumer hazard awareness,
and consumer behavior related to alarm
use and smoke and CO hazards.
The information collected from the
SCOA survey would provide CPSC
updated national estimates regarding
the use of smoke alarms and CO alarms
in households, based on direct
observation of alarm installations. The
survey also would help CPSC identify
the groups that do not have operable
smoke alarms and/or CO alarms and
understand the reasons why they do not
have such alarms. With this
information, CPSC would be able to
target better its messaging to improve
consumer use and awareness regarding
the operability of these alarms. In
addition, the survey results would help
to inform CPSC’s recommendations to
voluntary standards groups and state/
local jurisdictions regarding their codes,
standards, and/or regulations on smoke
and CO alarms.
B. Burden Hours

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We estimate the number of
respondents to be 1,185. We estimate
the total annual burden hours for
respondents to be 1,552 hours, based on
the total time required to respond to the
invitation, screener, and the actual
survey. According to the U.S. Bureau of
Labor Statistics, the total compensation
for civilian workers in March 2021 was
$39.01 per hour (Employer Cost for
Employee Compensation, Table 2,
https://www.bls.gov/news.release/
ecec.t02.htm). Therefore, CPSC
estimates the cost burden for
respondents to be $60,544 ($39.01 per
hour × 1,552 hours = $60,543.52). The
total cost to the federal government for
the contract to design and conduct the
revised survey is $562,725.
C. Request for Comments
The CPSC invites comments on these
topics:
• Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of CPSC’s functions,
including whether the information will
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• The accuracy of CPSC’s estimate of
the burden of the proposed collection of
information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
• Ways to enhance the quality, utility,
and clarity of the information to be
collected; and
• Ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on
respondents, including through the use
of automated collection techniques,
when appropriate, and other forms of
information technology.
Alberta E. Mills,
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety
Commission.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army
Environmental Impact Statement for
Army Training Land Retention of State
Lands at Kahuku Training Area,
Poamoho Training Area, and Makua
Military Reservation, Island of O‘ahu,
Hawai‘i
Department of the Army; DoD.
Notice of intent.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

In accordance with the
National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA) 1969 and the Hawai‘i
Environmental Policy Act (HEPA), the
Department of the Army (Army) is
issuing this Notice of Intent to prepare
an Environmental Impact Statement
(EIS) to address the Army’s proposed
retention of up to approximately 6,300
acres of land currently leased to the
Army by the State of Hawai‘i (‘‘Stateowned lands’’) on the island of O‘ahu.
Lease agreements between the State of
Hawai‘i and the Army at each of these
three training areas were initiated in
1964 and expire in 2029. State-owned
lands includes approximately 1,170
acres at Kahuku Training Area (KTA),
approximately 4,370 acres at Poamoho
Training Area (Poamoho), and
approximately 760 acres at Makua
Military Reservation (MMR). Training
areas are utilized by Army units and
other users such as the Marine Corps
and Hawaii Army National Guard.
Because the Proposed Action involves
State-owned lands, the EIS will be a
joint NEPA–HEPA document; therefore,
the public scoping processes will run
concurrently and will jointly meet
NEPA and HEPA requirements. The EIS
will evaluate the environmental impacts
from implementing the proposed land
retention.

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The Army invites public
comments on the scope of the EIS
during a 40-day public scoping period.
Comments must be received by
September 1, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Please send written
comments to the EIS website at: https://
home.army.mil/hawaii/index.php/
OAHUEIS. Alternatively, comments can
be emailed to usarmy.hawaii.nepa@
mail.mil, or mailed to: O‘ahu ATLR EIS
Comments, P.O. Box 3444, Honolulu, HI
96801–3444.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Please contact Amy Bugala, U.S. Army
Garrison-Hawai‘i (USAG–HI) Public
Affairs Officer, at: (808) 656–3160 or by
email to: usarmy.hawaii.comrel@
mail.mil.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: USAG–HI
is home to the 25th Infantry Division
(ID), and other commands, whose
mission is to deploy to conduct decisive
actions in support of unified land
operations; the Division conducts
continuous persistent engagement with
regional partners to shape the
environment and prevent conflict across
the Pacific operational environment. On
orders, these units may conduct theaterwide deployment to perform combat
operations in support of U.S. IndoPacific Command (USINDOPACOM).
The 25th ID is based out of Schofield
Barracks on the island of O‘ahu and
trains on a rotational basis at various
training areas, including KTA,
Poamoho, and MMR.
Located in northeast O‘ahu, KTA has
been the site of military training since
the mid-1950s. Current training
activities on State-owned lands at KTA
include high-density company-level
helicopter training in a tactical
environment, large-scale ground
maneuver training, and air support
training.
Located in the Ko‘olau Mountains in
north-central O‘ahu, the Poamoho
Training Area has been the site of
military training since 1964 and
provides ideal airspace with ravines and
deep vegetation vital to realistic
helicopter training.
Located in northwest O‘ahu, MMR
has been a site for military training for
nearly 100 years. Tactical training at
MMR began in 1941 after the surprise
attack on Pearl Harbor and military
exercises continue to this day. Current
training activities on State-owned lands
at MMR include maneuver training, the
establishment and use of restricted
airspace for unmanned aerial vehicle
training, as well as wildfire suppression
and security activities.
The purpose of land retention is to
secure the long-term military use of
DATES:

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