58564 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 165 / Monday, August 28, 2023 / Notices 

United States of America 

Consumer Product Safety Commission 

In the Matter of: WHIRLPOOL 

CORPORATION 

CPSC Docket No.: 23–C0003 

Order 

Upon consideration of the Settlement 

Agreement entered into between 

Whirlpool Corporation (‘‘Whirlpool’’) 

and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety 

Commission (‘‘Commission’’ or 

‘‘CPSC’’), and the Commission having 

jurisdiction over the subject matter and 

over Whirlpool, and it appearing that 

the Settlement Agreement is in the 

public interest, the Settlement 

Agreement is incorporated by reference 

and it is: 

Provisionally accepted and this Order 

issued on the 22nd day of August, 2023. 

By order of the commission. 

Alberta E. Mills, Secretary, 

U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2023–18460 Filed 8–25–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6355–01–P 

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY 

COMMISSION 

[Docket No. CPSC–2010–0055] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission for OMB 

Review; Comment Request; Standard 

for the Flammability of Mattresses and 

Mattress Pads and Standard for the 

Flammability (Open Flame) of Mattress 

Sets 

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 for 

information collection requirements set 

forth in the Standard for the 

Flammability of Mattresses and Mattress 

Pads, and the Standard for the 

Flammability (Open Flame) of Mattress 

Sets, approved previously under OMB 

control number 3041–0014. On June 20, 

2023, CPSC published a notice in the 

Federal Register to announce the 

agency’s intention to seek extension of 

approval of the collection of 

information. The Commission has 

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. 

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. 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. Written 

comments that are sent to OMB also 

should be submitted electronically at: 

http://www.regulations.gov, under 

Docket No. CPSC–2010–0055. 

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 

In 1972, the Commission promulgated 

under section 4 of the Flammable 

Fabrics Act (FFA), 15 U.S.C. 1193, the 

Standard for the Flammability of 

Mattresses and Mattresses Pads, 16 CFR 

part 1632 (part 1632), to reduce the 

unreasonable risk of burn injuries and 

deaths from fires associated with 

mattresses and mattress pads. 49 FR 

19796. Part 1632 prescribes 

requirements to test whether a mattress 

or mattress pad will resist ignition from 

a smoldering cigarette. Part 1632 also 

requires manufacturers to perform 

successfully prototype tests of each 

combination of materials and 

construction methods used to produce 

their mattresses or mattress pads. 

Manufacturers and importers must 

maintain the records and test results 

specified under the standard for three 

years. 

Also, to reduce deaths and injuries 

related to mattress fires, particularly 

those ignited by open-flame sources, 

such as lighters, candles, and matches, 

the Commission promulgated the 

Standard for the Flammability (Open 

Flame) of Mattress Sets, 16 CFR part 

1633 (part 1633), under section 4 of the 

FFA. Part 1633 requires manufacturers 

to maintain certain records to document 

compliance with the standard, 

including maintaining records 

concerning prototype testing, pooling, 

and confirmation testing, and quality 

assurance procedures and any 

associated testing. The required records 

must be maintained for as long as 

mattress sets based on the prototype are 

in production and be retained for three 

years thereafter. 

OMB previously approved the 

collection of information for parts 1632 

and 1633 under control number 3041– 

0014, with an expiration date of August 

31, 2023. On June 20, 2023, the 

Commission published a notice in the 

Federal Register (88 FR 39832), to 

announce the agency’s intention to seek 

extension of approval of the collection 

of information for control number 3041– 

0014. The Commission has 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 Hours 

Part 1632: Commission staff estimates 

403 respondents produce mattresses, 

and 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 $72.68 

(for management, professional, and 

related occupations in goods-producing 

industries, Bureau of Labor Statistics, 

March 2023). Staff’s estimated 

annualized cost to respondents is 

approximately $761,541 (10,478 hours × 

$72.68 per hour). 

Part 1633: Part 1633 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 part 1632. Staff again estimates 

that there are 403 respondents. 

Using these estimates, including 

records of reported burden hours since 

2017, Commission staff estimates the 

recordkeeping requirements to require 

about 4 hours and 44 minutes per 

establishment, per qualified prototype. 

Most mattress manufacturers base their 

complying production on 15 to 20 

prototypes, although some larger 

manufacturers reportedly are producing 

mattresses based on more than 100 

prototypes. Assuming that 

establishments qualify their production 

with an average of 20 different qualified 

prototypes, recordkeeping time is about 


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1We updated this estimate from the June 20, 2023 

notice (88 FR 39833) to use the more recent March 

2023 Bureau of Labor Statistics. 

94.6 hours (4.73 hours × 20 prototypes) 

per establishment, per year. 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 $72.68 (for 

management, professional, and related 

occupations in goods-producing 

industries, Bureau of Labor Statistics, 

March 2023).1 Accordingly, the annual 

total estimated cost for recordkeeping is 

approximately $2,770,852 (38,124 hours 

× $72.68 per hour). Pooling among 

establishments or using a prototype 

qualification for longer than 1 year will 

reduce the hours required and 

associated cost, however. 

The total estimated annual cost to the 

403 establishments for the burden hours 

associated with parts 1632 and 1633 is 

approximately $3.5 million ($761,541+ 

$2,770,852 = $3,532,393. 

Alberta E. Mills, 

Secretary, Consumer Product Safety 

Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2023–18476 Filed 8–25–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6355–01–P 

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY 

COMMISSION 

[Docket No. CPSC–2011–0014] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request; Generic Clearance 

for the Collection of Qualitative 

Feedback on Agency Service Delivery 

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) requests comment on a 

proposed extension of approval of a 

generic clearance for the collection of 

qualitative feedback on agency service 

delivery, approved previously under 

OMB Control No. 3041–0148. CPSC will 

consider all comments received in 

response to this notice, before 

requesting an extension of this 

collection of information from the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB). 

DATES: Submit written or electronic 

comments on the collection of 

information by October 27, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by Docket No. CPSC–2011– 

0014, 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 typically does not accept 

comments submitted by electronic mail 

(email), except through https://

www.regulations.gov. CPSC encourages 

you to submit electronic comments by 

using the Federal eRulemaking Portal, 

as described above. 

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 

can submit such material by mail, hand 

delivery, or courier, or you can email it 

to: cpsc-os@cpsc.gov. 

Instructions: All submissions must 

include the agency name and docket 

number for this notice. CPSC may post 

all comments without change, including 

any personal identifiers, contact 

information, or other personal 

information provided, to: 

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/confidential written 

submissions. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received, go to: 

www.regulations.gov. Insert the docket 

number, CPSC–2011–0014, 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) 

504–7791, or by email to: cgillham@

cpsc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: CPSC 

seeks to renew the following currently 

approved collection of information: 

A. Background 

Title: Generic Clearance for the 

Collection of Qualitative Feedback on 

Agency Service Delivery. 

OMB Number: 3041–0148. 

Type of Review: Renewal of 

collection. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion. 

Affected Public: Individuals and 

households, businesses and 

organizations, state, local, or tribal 

government. 

Description of Collection: Executive 

Order 12862 (Sept. 11, 1993) encourages 

independent Federal agencies such as 

CPSC to provide service to the public 

that matches or exceeds the best service 

available in the private sector. To that 

end, CPSC seeks to renew OMB 

approval of a generic clearance to 

collect qualitative feedback on CPSC 

service delivery. Qualitative feedback 

means information that provides useful 

insights on perceptions and opinions 

but does not include statistical surveys 

that yield quantitative results that can 

be generalized to the population of 

study. This collection of information is 

necessary to enable CPSC to garner 

customer and stakeholder feedback in 

an efficient, timely manner, in 

accordance with CPSC’s commitment to 

improving service delivery. 

This feedback will provide insights 

into customer or stakeholder 

perceptions, experiences, and 

expectations; provide an early warning 

of issues with service; and help focus 

attention on areas where 

communication, training, or changes in 

operations might improve delivery of 

products or services. These collections 

will also allow for ongoing, 

collaborative, and actionable 

communications between CPSC and its 

customers and stakeholders. 

B. Burden 

Estimated Burden: CPSC will use a 

variety of instruments and platforms to 

collect information from respondents. 

CPSC estimates the burden of the 

collection of information is as follows: 


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