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ESTIMATED ANNUAL REPORTING BURDEN

Type of collection Number of 

respondents 

Annual 

frequency per 

response 

Hours per 

response Total hours 

Qualitative Surveys (3) .................................................................................... 600 1 .25 150 

Focus Groups .................................................................................................. 200 1 4 800 

Customer Satisfaction Surveys (3) .................................................................. 600 1 .25 150 

Usability Tests ................................................................................................. 200 1 .5 100 

Based on the above numbers, the total 

estimated burden for surveys, focus 

groups, and usability tests combined is 

estimated to be 1,200 hours annually. 

The total burden hours requested, 3,600, 

are based on the number of collections 

CPSC expects to conduct over the 

requested period for this clearance 

(1,200 hours annually x 3 years). 

Assuming an hourly rate of $43.07 

(U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 

‘‘Employer Costs for Employee 

Compensation,’’ All Civilian Workers, 

Total compensation, https://

www.bls.gov/news.release/archives/ 

ecec_06162023.pdf, March 2023) the 

estimated total burden cost is $51,684 

annually. This collection has no 

associated operating, maintenance, or 

capital costs. 

If appropriate, CPSC will collect 

information electronically and/or use 

online collaboration tools to reduce 

burden. No similar data are gathered or 

maintained by CPSC, or available from 

other sources known to CPSC. 

Burden on Small Entities: Small 

businesses or other small entities may 

be involved in these efforts, but CPSC 

will minimize the burden of information 

collections approved under this 

clearance by sampling, asking for 

readily available information, and using 

short, easy-to-complete information 

collection instruments. 

Costs to Federal Government: The 

anticipated cost to the Federal 

Government is approximately $51,574 

annually. These costs are comprised of 

staff time for preparing questions, 

analyzing the responses, and conducting 

focus groups. CPSC estimates the total 

staff time could be four staff months 

annually. This is based on a GS–12 level 

salaried employee. The average annual 

wage rate for a mid-level salaried GS– 

12 employee in the Washington, DC 

metropolitan area (effective as of 

January 2023) is $106,759 (GS–12, step 

5). This represents 69.0 percent of total 

compensation (U.S. Bureau of Labor 

Statistics, ‘‘Employer Costs for 

Employee Compensation,’’ March 2023, 

percentage of wages and salaries for all 

civilian employees, https://

www.bls.gov/news.release/archives/ 

ecec_06162023.pdf). Adding an 

additional 31.0 percent for benefits 

brings average annual compensation for 

a mid-range salaried GS–12 employee to 

$154,723. Assuming that approximately 

four staff months will be required 

annually, this results in an annual 

estimated cost of $51,574. 

C. Request for Comments 

CPSC solicits written comments from 

all interested persons about the 

proposed collection of information. 

CPSC specifically solicits information 

relevant to the following topics: 

• Whether the collection of 

information described is necessary for 

the proper performance of CPSC’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. 2023–18416 Filed 8–25–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6355–01–P 

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY 

COMMISSION 

[Docket No. CPSC–2009–0092] 

Proposed Extension of Approval of 

Information Collection; Comment 

Request—Clothing Textiles, Vinyl 

Plastic Film 

AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: As required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, the Consumer 

Product Safety Commission (CPSC or 

Commission) announces that the 

Commission has submitted to the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) a 

request for extension of approval of a 

collection of information associated 

with the Standard for the Flammability 

of Clothing Textiles and the Standard 

for the Flammability of Vinyl Plastic 

Film, previously approved under OMB 

control number 3041–0024. OMB’s most 

recent extension of approval will expire 

on August 31, 2023. On June 20, 2023, 

CPSC published a notice in the Federal 

Register to announce the Commission’s 

intention to seek extension of approval 

of the collection of information. The 

Commission received no comments on 

the burden estimates contained in that 

notice. 

DATES: Submit written or electronic 

comments not later than September 27, 

2023. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments about 

this request by email: OIRA_

submission@omb.eop.gov 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–2009–0092. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Cynthia Gillham, Consumer Product 

Safety Commission, 4330 East-West 

Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814; (301) 

504–7791, or by email to: cgillham@

cpsc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. Background 

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) are 

generally 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 is subject to 

the Standard for the Flammability of 


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1Children’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. 

Vinyl Plastic Film (16 CFR part 1611). 

These standards prescribe 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.1

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. 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 CPSC 

to conduct 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. 

On June 20, 2023, the CPSC published 

a notice in the Federal Register (88 FR 

39833), to announce the agency’s 

intention to seek extension of approval 

of the collection of information. The 

Commission received no comments. 

Therefore, 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. 

B. Burden 

CPSC staff 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 

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’s estimate is 

based on the estimated time needed for 

each firm to conduct testing, issue 

guaranties, and establish and maintain 

associated records. 

Staff estimates the recordkeeping 

requirements to require about 5 hours 

per each test for each 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. 

Therefore CPSC has calculated its 

estimate of the annual industry 

recordkeeping burden based on its 

estimate that 1,000 firms issue 

guaranties. Based on, among other 

things, staff’s experience with and 

expertise in testing requirements and 

procedures, as well as staff’s review of 

records relating to guaranties that have 

been filed with the commission, staff 

estimates that each firm requires 

approximately 5 hours for testing and 

issues an average of 20 new guaranties 

per year, resulting an annual 100 hours 

(5 hours × 20 guarantees) per firm per 

year for testing. Staff estimates that each 

firm requires one hour to create, record, 

and enter test data into a computerized 

dataset; 20 minutes (0.3 hours) for 

annual review/removal of records; 20 

minutes (0.3 hours) to respond to one 

CPSC records request per year, for a 

total of 1.6 recordkeeping hours (1 hour 

+ 0.3 hours + 0.3 hours = 1.6 hours per 

firm). This yields a total of 101.6 

estimated annual burden hours per firm 

(100 hours testing + 1.6 hours 

recordkeeping), and an estimated 

industry-wide annual recordkeeping 

burden of 101,600 hours (101.6 hours 

per firm × 1,000 firms). The hourly 

compensation for the time required for 

recordkeeping is $72.91 (for 

management, professional, and related 

occupations in goods-producing 

industries, Bureau of Labor Statistics, 

September 2022). Accordingly, the total 

annual estimated costs for testing and 

recordkeeping to the 1,000 

establishments in the industry for the 

burden hours associated with parts 1610 

and 1611 is $7.4 million (101,600 hours 

× $72.91 = $7,407,656). 

Alberta E. Mills, 

Secretary, Consumer Product Safety 

Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2023–18475 Filed 8–25–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6355–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Air Force 

[Docket ID: USAF–2023–HQ–0013] 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Department of the Air Force, 

Department of Defense (DoD). 

ACTION: 60-Day information collection 

notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Department of the Air Force (DAF) 

Equal Opportunity (EO) Program, 

announces a proposed public 

information collection and seeks public 

comment on the provisions thereof. 

Comments are invited on: whether the 

proposed collection of information is 

necessary for the proper performance of 

the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed information collection; ways 

to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and ways to minimize the 

burden of the information collection on 

respondents, including through the use 

of automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

DATES: Consideration will be given to all 

comments received by October 27, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by docket number and title, 

by any of the following methods: 

Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Mail: Department of Defense, Office of 

the Assistant to the Secretary of Defense 

for Privacy, Civil Liberties, and 

Transparency, 4800 Mark Center Drive, 

Mailbox #24, Suite 08D09, Alexandria, 

VA 22350–1700. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name, docket 

number and title for this Federal 

Register document. The general policy 

for comments and other submissions 

from members of the public is to make 

these submissions available for public 

viewing on the internet at http://

www.regulations.gov as they are 

received without change, including any 

personal identifiers or contact 

information. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request more information on this 

proposed information collection or to 

obtain a copy of the proposal and 

associated collection instruments, 

please write to AFPC/DP3DE at 550 CStreet, West Building 667, JBSA 


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