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1Section 553(b)(3)(B) of the Administrative 

Procedure Act. 

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY 

COMMISSION 

16 CFR Part 1407 

Portable Generators; Final Rule; 

Labeling Requirements 

AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety 

Commission. 

ACTION: Final rule; correction. 

SUMMARY: This document corrects 

Figures 1 and 3 of the final rule 

requiring manufacturers to label 

portable generators with performance 

and technical data related to 

performance and safety. 

DATES: This correction is effective May 

14, 2007 and applies to any portable 

generator manufactured or imported on 

or after that date. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Timothy P. Smith, Project Manager, 

Division of Human Factors, Directorate 

for Engineering Sciences, Consumer 

Product Safety Commission, 4330 EastWest Highway, Bethesda, Maryland; 

telephone (301) 504–7691; or e-mail 

tsmith@cpsc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

The Correction 

On January 12, 2007, the Commission 

issued a final rule requiring 

manufacturers to label portable 

generators with performance and 

technical data related to performance 

and safety. 72 FR 1443. Figures 1 and 

3 of the final rule were incorrect. This 

notice corrects Figures 1 and 3 so that 

each reflects the requirements in the 

text of the final rule. For clarity, while 

Figure 2 remains unchanged, all three 

Figures are provided in this correction. 

Because this correction is a technical 

correction, notice and comment is 

unnecessary.1

List of Subjects in 16 CFR Part 1407 

Consumer protection, Labeling. 

■ Accordingly, in rule FR Doc. 07–80 

published January 12, 2007 (72 FR 

1443), correct Figures 1 through 3 to 

part 1407 as published in 72 FR 1443 to 

read as follows: 


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Dated: January 12, 2007. 

Todd Stevenson, 

Secretary, Consumer Product Safety 

Commission. 

[FR Doc. 07–193 Filed 1–17–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6355–01–P 

SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 

20 CFR Part 404 

[Docket No. SSA–2006–0087] 

RIN 0960–AG42 

Title II Cost of Living Increases in 

Primary Insurance Amounts 

AGENCY: Social Security Administration. 

ACTION: Final rules. 

SUMMARY: We are revising our rules that 

deal with automatic cost-of-living 

increases to primary insurance amounts 

under title II of the Social Security Act 

(the Act). The revision is necessary 

because, beginning with the Consumer 

Price Index (CPI) for January 2007, the 

Bureau of Labor Statistics will publish 

the CPI to three decimal places. The CPI 

is currently published to one decimal 

place as is now reflected in our 

regulations. With this revision, our rules 

will conform to the change in the 

reporting of the CPI. 

DATES: These regulations are effective 

January 18, 2007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jerry 

Strauss, Social Insurance Specialist, 

Office of Income Security Programs, 

Social Security Administration, 107 

Altmeyer Building, 6401 Security 

Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235–6401, 

(410) 965–7930 or TTY (410) 966–5609. 

For information on eligibility or filing 

for benefits: Call our national toll-free 

number, 1–800–772–1213 or TTY 

1–800–325–0778 or visit our Internet 

Web site, Social Security Online, at 

http://www.socialsecurity.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Electronic 

Version: The electronic file of this 

document is available on the date of 

publication in the Federal Register at 

http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/ 

index.html. 

Background 

The Social Security Act requires 

annual increases in Social Security 

benefits to keep up with increases in the 

cost-of-living as measured by the CPI. In 

order to provide more accurate 

information regarding increases in the 

CPI, the Bureau of Labor Statistics will 

begin publishing the CPI to the third, 

rather than the first, decimal place for 

January 2007. The effect of this change 

on benefit amounts is negligible. For 

additional information on cost-of-living 

increases and the types of benefits 

affected, see §§ 404.270 and 404.271. 

Explanation of Changes 

We have revised § 404.275(a) by 

replacing the current language stating 

that we will round the calculations of 

the CPI average to the nearest 0.1 with 

language stating that we will round the 

CPI average ‘‘to the same number of 

decimal places as the published CPI 

figures.’’ In addition, we added language 

stating that when a different number of 

decimal places is used for the beginning 

and ending quarters, we will use the 

number for the ending quarter. 

Therefore, since the CPI is now 

published by the Bureau of Labor 

Statistics to the third decimal place, 

rather than the first, our computation of 

quarterly average CPI’s will be 

consistent with such publication. 

Regulatory Procedures 

Pursuant to section 702(a)(5) of the 

Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. 902(a)(5), 

as amended by section 102 of Public 

Law 103–296, SSA follows the 

Administrative Procedure Act (APA) 

rulemaking procedures specified in 5 

U.S.C. 553 in the development of its 

regulations. The APA provides 

exceptions to its notice and public 

comment procedures when an agency 

finds there is good cause for dispensing 

with such procedures on the basis that 

they are impracticable, unnecessary, or 

contrary to the public interest. 

In the case of these final rules, we 

have determined that, under 5 U.S.C. 

553(b)(B), good cause exists for 

dispensing with the notice and public 

comment procedures in this case 

because these regulations merely 

conform our rules to reflect the way the 

Bureau of Labor Statistics now 

publishes the CPI. Also, these 


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