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nominees or nominators includes 

contact and background information 

necessary to conduct a contest or award 

program. Limited background or 

biographical information similar to data 

found on a resume, such as a nominee’s 

education and work experience, may be 

requested for some contests or awards. 

Additionally, the substantive entries 

that are the subject of the contests or 

awards, such as essays, posters, 

drawings, and videos, descriptions of 

products, services, or invention 

descriptions, and statistics on product 

or service performance or impact, may 

be requested from contestants and 

award nominees. 

We estimate the burden of this 

collection of information as follows. The 

CPSC estimates up to 500 contest or 

award participants each year. The 

estimated time to complete a contest or 

award submission is five hours. In 

addition, approximately 20 applicants 

may be asked to provide additional 

information, a task that may take up to 

two additional hours to complete. 

Therefore, the total estimated burden on 

respondents is 2,540 hours ((500 

participants × 5 hours/participant) + (20 

applicants × 2 hours/participant) = 

2,500 hours + 40 hours = 2,540 hours). 

The estimated total annual cost of the 

burden to all respondents is $75,463. 

This estimate is based on the total 

estimated burden on respondents (2,540 

hours) multiplied against an hourly 

civilian rate of $29.71 per hour as 

specified by the Bureau of Labor 

Statistics, March 2010, All Workers, 

resulting in a total of $75,463.40 which 

we have rounded down to $75,463. 

We estimate the total annual costs to 

the Federal government as follows. Ten 

staff members would support the 

contest or award activities annually. 

The CPSC tentatively estimates that 

each staff member will spend 

approximately six hours per work week 

for six months on such contest or award 

activities. Of the ten staff members, the 

CPSC tentatively believes that seven 

will be General Schedule (GS) 

employees and three will be Senior 

Executive Service (SES) employees. 

Accordingly, for seven GS employees, 

the estimated total annual cost to the 

Federal government is determined as 

follows: Seven employees × (six hours/ 

week/employee × 24 weeks) = 1,008 

hours. Assuming the employees are at 

the GS–15, Step 5 level, the hourly rate 

for such an employee located in the 

Washington, DC area is $67.21/hour; 

thus $67.21/hour × 1,008 hours = 

$67,747.68. For the SES employees 

three employees × (six hours/week/ 

employee × 24 weeks) = 432 hours. 

Assuming the employees are at the 

Level III level for SES employees, the 

hourly rate for such an employee is 

approximately $79.47/hour; thus 

$79.47/hour × 432 hours = $34,331.04. 

The estimated total annual cost to the 

Federal government is $67,747.68 + 

$34,331.04 = $102,078.72, which we 

have rounded up to $102,079. 

Dated: November 22, 2010. 

Alberta E. Mills, 

Acting Secretary, Consumer Product Safety 

Commission. 

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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY 

COMMISSION 

Notice of Meeting of Chronic Hazard 

Advisory Panel on Phthalates and 

Phthalate Substitutes 

AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Commission announces 

the third meeting of the Chronic Hazard 

Advisory Panel (CHAP) on phthalates 

and phthalate substitutes. The 

Commission appointed this CHAP to 

study the effects on children’s health of 

all phthalates and phthalate alternatives 

as used in children’s toys and child care 

articles, pursuant to section 108 of the 

Consumer Product Safety Improvement 

Act of 2008 (CPSIA) (Pub. L. 110–314). 

DATES: The meeting will be held 

Thursday, December 2, and Friday, 

December 3, 2010. The meeting will 

begin at approximately 8 a.m. both days. 

It will end at approximately 5 p.m. on 

Thursday and approximately 3 p.m. on 

Friday. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in 

the fourth floor hearing room in the 

Commission’s offices at 4330 East West 

Highway, Bethesda, Maryland. 

Registration and Webcast: Members of 

the public who wish to attend the 

meeting may register on the day of the 

meeting. This meeting will also be 

available live via Webcast December 2 

and 3, 2010, at http://www.cpsc.gov/ 

Webcast. Registration is not necessary to 

view the Webcast. There will not be any 

opportunity for public participation at 

this meeting. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michael Babich, Directorate for Health 

Sciences, Consumer Product Safety 

Commission, Bethesda, MD 20814; 

telephone (301) 504–7253; e-mail 

mbabich@cpsc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

108 of the CPSIA permanently prohibits 

the sale of any ‘‘children’s toy or child 

care article’’ containing more than 0.1 

percent of each of three specified 

phthalates: Di-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate 

(DEHP), dibutyl phthalate (DBP), and 

benzyl butyl phthalate (BBP). Section 

108 of the CPSIA also prohibits, on an 

interim basis, the sale of any ‘‘children’s 

toy that can be placed in a child’s 

mouth’’ or ‘‘child care article’’ containing 

more than 0.1 percent of each of three 

additional phthalates: diisononyl 

phthalate (DINP), diisodecyl phthalate 

(DIDP), and di-n-octyl phthalate (DnOP). 

Moreover, section 108 of the CPSIA 

requires the Commission to convene a 

CHAP ‘‘to study the effects on children’s 

health of all phthalates and phthalate 

alternatives as used in children’s toys 

and child care articles.’’ The CPSIA 

requires the CHAP to complete an 

examination of the full range of 

phthalates that are used in products for 

children and: 

• Examine all of the potential health 

effects (including endocrine disrupting 

effects) of the full range of phthalates; 

• Consider the potential health effects 

of each of these phthalates, both in 

isolation and in combination with other 

phthalates; 

• Examine the likely levels of 

children’s, pregnant women’s, and 

others’ exposure to phthalates, based on 

a reasonable estimation of normal and 

foreseeable use and abuse of such 

products; 

• Consider the cumulative effect of 

total exposure to phthalates, both from 

children’s products and from other 

sources, such as personal care products; 

• Review all relevant data, including 

the most recent, best-available, peerreviewed, scientific studies of these 

phthalates and phthalate alternatives 

that employ objective data collection 

practices or employ other objective 

methods; 

• Consider the health effects of 

phthalates not only from ingestion but 

also as a result of dermal, hand-tomouth, or other exposure; 

• Consider the level at which there is 

a reasonable certainty of no harm to 

children, pregnant women, or other 

susceptible individuals and their 

offspring, considering the best available 

science, and using sufficient safety 

factors to account for uncertainties 

regarding exposure and susceptibility of 

children, pregnant women, and other 

potentially susceptible individuals; and 

• Consider possible similar health 

effects of phthalate alternatives used in 

children’s toys and child care articles. 

The CHAP’s examination must be 

conducted de novo, and the CPSIA 

contemplates completion of the CHAP’s 

examination within 18 months of the 

CHAP’s appointment. The CHAP must 

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review prior work on phthalates by the 

Commission, but it is not to be 

considered determinative. 

The CHAP must make 

recommendations to the Commission 

regarding any phthalates (or 

combinations of phthalates) in addition 

to those identified in section 108 of the 

CPSIA or phthalate alternatives that the 

panel determines should be prohibited 

from use in children’s toys or child care 

articles or otherwise restricted. The 

CHAP members were selected by the 

Commission from scientists nominated 

by the National Academy of Sciences. 

See 15 U.S.C. 2077, 2030(b). 

The CHAP met previously on April 

14–15, 2010, and July 26–28, 2010. The 

CHAP heard public comments at the 

July meeting. The December 2–3 

meeting will include discussion of 

possible risk assessment approaches. 

The analysis of biomonitoring data will 

also be discussed. There will not be any 

opportunity for public comment at the 

December 2–3 meeting. 

Dated: November 19, 2010. 

Todd A. Stevenson, 

Secretary, Consumer Product Safety 

Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2010–29868 Filed 11–26–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6355–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection Requests 

AGENCY: Department of Education. 

ACTION: Comment Request. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Education 

(the Department), in accordance with 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)), 

provides the general public and Federal 

agencies with an opportunity to 

comment on proposed and continuing 

collections of information. This helps 

the Department assess the impact of its 

information collection requirements and 

minimize the reporting burden on the 

public and helps the public understand 

the Department’s information collection 

requirements and provide the requested 

data in the desired format. The Director, 

Information Collection Clearance 

Division, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of 

Management, invites comments on the 

proposed information collection 

requests as required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before January 

28, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Comments regarding burden 

and/or the collection activity 

requirements should be electronically 

mailed to ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or 

mailed to U.S. Department of Education, 

400 Maryland Avenue, SW., LBJ, 

Washington, DC 20202–4537. Please 

note that written comments received in 

response to this notice will be 

considered public records. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires 

that Federal agencies provide interested 

parties an early opportunity to comment 

on information collection requests. The 

Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Regulatory 

Information Management Services, 

Office of Management, publishes this 

notice containing proposed information 

collection requests at the beginning of 

the Departmental review of the 

information collection. The Department 

of Education is especially interested in 

public comment addressing the 

following issues: (1) Is this collection 

necessary to the proper functions of the 

Department; (2) will this information be 

processed and used in a timely manner; 

(3) is the estimate of burden accurate; 

(4) how might the Department enhance 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (5) how 

might the Department minimize the 

burden of this collection on the 

respondents, including through the use 

of information technology. 

Dated: November 23, 2010. 

Darrin A. King, 

Director, Information Collection Clearance 

Division, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of Management. 

Office of the Secretary 

Type of Review: Extension. 

Title of Collection: U.S. Department of 

Education Grant Performance Report 

Form (ED 524B) 

OMB Control Number: 1894–0003. 

Agency Form Number(s): ED 524 B 

Form. 

Frequency of Responses: Annually. 

Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal 

Government, State Educational 

Agencies or Local Educational Agencies. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 5,900. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 132,300. 

Abstract: The ED 524B form and 

instructions are used in order for 

grantees to meet Department of 

Education (ED) deadline dates for 

submission of performance reports for 

ED discretionary grant programs. 

Recipients of multi-year discretionary 

grants must submit an annual 

performance report for each year 

funding has been approved in order to 

receive a continuation award. The 

annual performance report should 

demonstrate whether substantial 

progress has been made toward meeting 

the approved goals and objectives of the 

project. ED program offices may also 

require recipients of ‘‘forward funded’’ 

grants that are awarded funds for their 

entire multi-year project up-front in a 

single grant award to submit the ED 

524B on an annual basis. In addition, 

ED program offices may also require 

recipients to use the ED 524B to submit 

their final performance reports to 

demonstrate project success, impact and 

outcomes. In both the annual and final 

performance reports, grantees are 

required to provide data on established 

performance measures for the grant 

program (e.g., Government Performance 

and Results Act measures) and on 

project performance measures that were 

included in the grantee’s approved grant 

application. The ED 524B also contains 

a number of questions related to project 

financial data such as Federal and nonFederal expenditures and indirect cost 

information. Performance reporting 

requirements are found in 34 CFR 74.51, 

75.118, 75.253, 75.590 and 80.40 of the 

Education Department General 

Administrative Regulations. 

Requests for copies of the proposed 

information collection request may be 

accessed from http://edicsweb.ed.gov, 

by selecting the ‘‘Browse Pending 

Collections’’ link and by clicking on link 

number 4421. When you access the 

information collection, click on 

‘‘Download Attachments’’ to view. 

Written requests for information should 

be addressed to U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

LBJ, Washington, DC 20202–4537. 

Requests may also be electronically 

mailed to ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or faxed 

to 202–401–0920. Please specify the 

complete title of the information 

collection and OMB Control Number 

when making your request. 

Individuals who use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Information 

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877– 

8339. 

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