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under the part 1632 standard are
separate from the testing and
recordkeeping requirements under the
part 1633 standard.

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B. Burden Hours
16 CFR 1632: Commission staff
estimates that there are 403 respondents
that produce mattresses. It is estimated
that each respondent will spend 26
hours for testing and record keeping
annually for a total of 10,478 hours (403
establishments × 26 hours = 10,478).
The hourly compensation for the time
required for record keeping is $72.91
(for management, professional, and
related occupations in goods-producing
industries, Bureau of Labor Statistics,
September 2022). The annualized cost
to respondents would be approximately
$763,950.98 (10,478 hours × $72.91 per
hour).
16 CFR 1633: The standard requires
detailed documentation of prototype
identification and testing records, model
and prototype specifications, inputs
used, name and location of suppliers,
and confirmation of test records, if
establishments choose to pool a
prototype. This documentation is in
addition to documentation already
conducted by mattress manufacturers to
meet 16 CFR part 1632. Staff again
estimates that there are 403
respondents. Based on staff estimates,
the recordkeeping requirements are
expected to require about 4 hours and
44 minutes per establishment, per
qualified prototype. Although some
larger manufacturers reportedly are
producing mattresses based on more
than 100 prototypes, most mattress
manufacturers probably base their
complying production on 15 to 20
prototypes, according to an industry
representative contacted by staff.
Assuming that establishments qualify
their production with an average of 20
different qualified prototypes,
recordkeeping time is about 94.6 hours
(4.73 hours × 20 prototypes) per
establishment, per year. (Note that
pooling among establishments or using
a prototype qualification for longer than
1 year will reduce the hours required).
This translates to an estimated annual
recordkeeping time cost to all mattress
producers of 38,124 hours (94.6 hours ×
403 establishments). The hourly
compensation for the time required for
record keeping is $72.91 (for
management, professional, and related
occupations in goods-producing
industries, Bureau of Labor Statistics,
September 2022). The annual total
estimated costs for recordkeeping are
approximately $2,779,606 (38,124 hours
× $72.91 per hour).

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The total estimated annual cost to the
403 establishments for the burden hours
associated with both 16 CFR part 1632
and 16 CFR part 1633 is approximately
$3.5 million (10,478 + 38,124 = 48,602
total hours; 48,602 × $72.91 =
$3,543,571,182).
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
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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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY
COMMISSION
[Docket No. CPSC–2009–0092]

Proposed Extension of Approval of
Information Collection; Comment
Request—Clothing Textiles, Vinyl
Plastic Film
Consumer Product Safety
Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

As required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the Consumer
Product Safety Commission (CPSC or
Commission) invites comments on a
proposed request for extension of
approval of a collection of information
from manufacturers and importers of
clothing, textiles and related materials
intended for use in clothing under the
Standard for the Flammability of
Clothing Textiles and the Standard for
the Flammability of Vinyl Plastic Film.
These regulations establish
requirements for testing and
recordkeeping for manufacturers and

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importers who furnish guaranties for
products subject to these standards. The
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) previously approved the
collection of information under control
number 3041–0024. OMB’s most recent
extension of approval will expire on
August 31, 2023. The 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: The Office of the Secretary must
receive comments not later than August
21, 2023.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by Docket No. CPSC–2009–
0092, by any of the following methods:
Electronic Submissions: CPSC
encourages you to submit electronic
comments to the Federal eRulemaking
Portal at: https://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the instructions for submitting
comments. CPSC typically does not
accept comments submitted by
electronic mail (email), except as
described below.
Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier/
Confidential Written Submissions:
Submit comments by mail, hand
delivery, or courier to: Office of the
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety
Commission, 4330 East-West Highway,
Bethesda, MD 20814; telephone: (301)
504–7479. If you wish to submit
confidential business information, trade
secret information, or other sensitive or
protected information that you do not
want to be available to the public, you
may submit such comments by mail,
hand delivery, or courier, or you may
email them to: [email protected].
Instructions: All submissions must
include the agency name and docket
number. CPSC may post all comments
without change, including any personal
identifiers, contact information, or other
personal information provided, to:
https://www.regulations.gov. Do not
submit through this website:
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/
confidential written submissions.
Docket: For access to the docket to
read background documents or
comments received, go to: https://
www.regulations.gov; insert the docket
number, CPSC–2009–0092, into the
‘‘Search’’ box; and follow the prompts.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Cynthia Gillham, Consumer Product
Safety Commission, 4330 East-West
Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814; (301)

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504–7791, or by email to: cgillham@
cpsc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Background

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The Commission has promulgated
several standards under section 4 of the
Flammable Fabrics Act (FFA; 15 U.S.C.
1193) to prohibit the use of dangerously
flammable textiles and related materials
in wearing apparel. Clothing and fabrics
intended for use in clothing (except
children’s sleepwear in sizes 0 through
14) are subject to the Standard for the
Flammability of Clothing Textiles (16
CFR part 1610). Clothing made from
vinyl plastic film and vinyl plastic film
intended for use in clothing (except
children’s sleepwear in sizes 0 through
14) is subject to the Standard for the
Flammability of Vinyl Plastic Film (16
CFR part 1611). This standard
prescribes a test to ensure that articles
of wearing apparel, and fabrics and film
intended for use in wearing apparel, are
not dangerously flammable because of
rapid and intense burning. (Children’s
sleepwear and fabrics and related
materials intended for use in children’s
sleepwear in sizes 0 through 14 are
subject to other, more stringent
flammability standards codified at 16
CFR parts 1615 and 1616.)
Section 8 of the FFA (15 U.S.C. 1197)
provides that a person who receives a
guaranty in good faith that a product
complies with an applicable
flammability standard is not subject to
criminal prosecution for a violation of
the FFA resulting from the sale of any
product covered by the guaranty. The
CPSC uses the information compiled
and maintained by firms that issue these
guaranties to help protect the public
from risks of injury or death associated
with flammable clothing and fabrics and
vinyl film intended for use in clothing.
In addition, the information helps the
CPSC arrange corrective actions if any
products covered by a guaranty fail to
comply with the applicable standard in
a manner that creates a substantial risk
of injury or death to the public. Section
8 of the FFA requires that a guaranty
must be based on ‘‘reasonable and
representative tests.’’ The testing and
recordkeeping requirements for firms
that issue guaranties are set forth under
16 CFR part 1610, subpart B, and 16
CFR part 1611, subpart B.
B. Burden
The CPSC estimates that
approximately 1,000 firms issue
guaranties. Although the CPSC’s records
indicate that approximately 675 firms
have filed continuing guaranties with
the Commission, staff believes

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additional guaranties may be issued that
are not filed with the Commission,
because continuing guaranties are not
required to be filed with the
Commission. Accordingly, staff has
rounded the estimated number of firms
upwards to 1,000 to account for those
additional guaranties. Staff has
estimated the burden hours based on an
estimate of the time for each firm to
conduct testing, issue guaranties, and
establish and maintain associated
records.
• Burden Hours per Firm—An
estimated 5 hours for each test series per
firm, using either the test and
conditioning procedures in the
regulations or alternate methods.
Although many firms are exempt from
testing to support guaranties under 16
CFR 1610.1(d), CPSC staff does not
know the proportion of those firms that
are testing versus those that are exempt.
Thus, staff has included testing for all
firms in the burden estimates.
• Guaranties Issued per Firm—On
average, 20 new guaranties are issued
per firm per year for new fabrics or
garments.
• Estimated Annual Testing Time per
Firm—100 hours per firm (5 hours for
testing × 20 guaranties issued = 100
hours per firm).
• Estimated Annual Recordkeeping
per Firm—1 hour to create, record, and
enter test data into a computerized
dataset; 20 minutes (= 0.33 hours) for
annual review/removal of records; 20
minutes (= 0.33 hours) to respond to one
CPSC records request per year; for a
total of 1.7 recordkeeping hours per firm
(1 hour + .33 hours + .33 hours = 1.7
hours per firm).
• Total Estimated Annual Burden
Hours per Firm—100 hours estimated
annual testing time per firm + 1.7
estimated annual recordkeeping hours
per firm = 101.7 hours per firm.
• Total Estimated Annual Industry
Burden Hours—101.7 hours per firm ×
1,000 firms issuing guaranties =101,700
industry burden hours. The total annual
industry burden imposed by the
flammability standards for clothing
textiles and vinyl plastic film and
enforcement regulations on
manufacturers and importers of
garments, fabrics, and related materials
is estimated to be approximately
101,700 hours (101.6 hours per firm ×
1,000 firms).
• Total Annual Industry Cost —The
hourly wage for the testing and
recordkeeping required by the standards
is approximately $72.91 (for
management, professional, and related
occupations in goods-producing
industries, Bureau of Labor Statistics,
September 2022), for an estimated

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annual cost to the industry of
approximately $7.4 million (101,700 ×
$72.91 per hour = $7,414,947).
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
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.
[FR Doc. 2023–13051 Filed 6–16–23; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket No.: ED–2023–SCC–0105]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Comment Request; Teacher
Education Assistance for College and
Higher Education Grant Program
Obligation To Repay Grant Regulations
Federal Student Aid (FSA),
Department of Education (ED).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of
1995, the Department is proposing an
extension without change of a currently
approved information collection request
(ICR).
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before August
21, 2023.
ADDRESSES: To access and review all the
documents related to the information
collection listed in this notice, please
use http://www.regulations.gov by
searching the Docket ID number ED–
2023–SCC–0105. Comments submitted
in response to this notice should be
submitted electronically through the
Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://
www.regulations.gov by selecting the
SUMMARY:

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