20368 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 65 / Wednesday, April 4, 2012 / Notices 

1The Commission voted 3–0–1 to publish this 

Federal Register notice. Chairman Tenenbaum 

abstained from voting. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: $0. 

IV. Request for Comments 

Comments are invited on: (a) 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; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden 

(including hours and cost) of the 

proposed collection of information; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including through the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and/or 

included in the request for OMB 

approval of this information collection; 

they also will be a matter of public 

record. 

Dated: March 30, 2012. 

Gwellnar Banks, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

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Petition for Classification of ‘‘BeeSafe 

System’’ as an Anti-Entrapment 

System Under the Virginia Graeme 

Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act (‘‘VGB 

Act’’) 

AGENCY: U.S. Consumer Product Safety 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Consumer Product 

Safety Commission (‘‘Commission’’ or 

‘‘We’’) has received a petition (CP 12– 

1) requesting that the Commission 

initiate rulemaking to determine that the 

‘‘BeeSafe System’’ is equally effective 

as, or better than, the systems designed 

to prevent entrapment listed in the 

Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa 

Safety Act (‘‘VGB Act’’). We invite 

written comments concerning the 

petition.1

DATES: The Office of the Secretary must 

receive comments on the petition by 

June 4, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by Docket No. CPSC–2012– 

0020, by any of the following methods: 

Electronic Submissions 

Submit electronic comments in the 

following way: 

Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

To ensure timely processing of 

comments, the Commission is no longer 

accepting comments submitted by 

electronic mail (email), except through 

www.regulations.gov. 

Written Submissions 

Submit written submissions in the 

following way: 

Mail/Hand delivery/Courier (for 

paper, disk, or CD–ROM submissions), 

preferably in five copies, to: Office of 

the Secretary, U.S. Consumer Product 

Safety Commission, Room 820, 4330 

East West Highway, Bethesda, MD 

20814; telephone (301) 504–7923. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name and 

petition number for this rulemaking. All 

comments received may be posted 

without change, including any personal 

identifiers, contact information, or other 

personal information provided, to: 

http://www.regulations.gov. Do not 

submit confidential business 

information, trade secret information, or 

other sensitive or protected information 

electronically. Such information should 

be submitted in writing. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received, go to: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Rockelle Hammond, Office of the 

Secretary, U.S. Consumer Product 

Safety Commission, Room 820, 4330 

East West Highway, Bethesda, MD 

20814; telephone (301) 504–6833. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

1404(c)(1)(A)(ii) of the VGB Act requires 

that each public pool and spa in the 

United States with a single main drain 

other than an unblockable drain be 

equipped, at a minimum, with one or 

more of the following anti-entrapment 

devices or systems: (I) Safety vacuum 

release system; (II) Suction-limiting vent 

system; (III) Gravity drainage system; 

(IV) Automatic pump shut-off system; 

(V) Drain disablement; or (VI) any other 

system determined by the Commission 

to be equally effective as, or better than, 

these systems at preventing or 

eliminating the risk of injury or death 

associated with pool drainage systems. 

15 U.S.C. 8003(c)(1)(A)(ii). The 

Commission has received 

correspondence from Bonnie Snow and 

Teri Snow (‘‘petitioners’’), dated 

February 13, 2012, requesting that the 

Commission initiate rulemaking to 

determine that the ‘‘BeeSafe System’’ is 

equally effective as, or better than, 

systems designed to prevent entrapment 

listed in 1406(c)(1)(A)(ii)(I)–(V) of the 

VGB Act. We are docketing this request 

as a petition under the Consumer 

Product Safety Act. 15 U.S.C. 2056 and 

2058. 

Petitioners offer information in 

support of their claim that the BeeSafe 

System is equally effective as, or better 

than, the systems designed to prevent 

entrapment listed in the VGB Act. They 

assert that the most defining feature of 

their system is the presence of long 

tubes, which they claim empty if they 

become blocked. For this reason, 

petitioners state, the ‘‘BeeSafe System is 

better alone than with an SVRS [suction 

vacuum release system] or back-up 

breaker.’’ Petitioners also describe that 

through the design of the BeeSafe 

system, they have eliminated the 

possibility of the entire cover going 

missing. They state that if the smaller, 

winterizing lid were to go missing, any 

tubes that became blocked would empty 

the water into the built-in sump and any 

suction at the surface would be released 

when this happened. They compare this 

action to a hydraulic switch, claiming 

that the action is ‘‘as fast or faster than 

any of the breaker secondary systems 

currently on the market.’’ 

By this notice, the Commission seeks 

comments concerning this petition. 

Interested parties may obtain a copy of 

the petition and submission on the 

Commission’s Web site at http:// 

www.cpsc.gov/library/foia/foia12/ 

petition/beesafe.pdf, by writing or 

calling the Office of the Secretary, U.S. 

Consumer Product Safety Commission, 

Room 820, 4330 East West Highway, 

Bethesda, MD 20814; telephone (301) 

504–7923. Copies of the petition are also 

available for inspection from 8:30 a.m. 

to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, in 

the Commission’s Public Reading Room, 

Room 419, 4330 East West Highway, 

Bethesda, MD, or from the 

Commission’s Web site at: 

www.cpsc.gov. 

Dated: March 29, 2012. 

Todd A. Stevenson, 

Secretary, U.S. Consumer Product Safety 

Commission. 

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