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addition, written comments also should 

be submitted at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, under Docket No. 

CPSC–2010–0024, or by 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. For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received, go to http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mary K. James, Office of Information 

Technology, U.S. Consumer Product 

Safety Commission,4330 East West 

Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814; 

telephone 301–504–7213 or by email to 

mjames@cpsc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Request 

for Reinstatement of Approval of 

Collection of Information. Existing 

manufacturers of coal and woodburning 

appliances who are subject to the 

information collection requirements 

may introduce up to 15 new models in 

a 3-year period, or approximately five 

new models per year. No new 

manufacturers are expected to begin 

marketing in the United States. The 

average number of hours per respondent 

is estimated at 3 hours per year, for a 

total of about 15 hours of annual burden 

for all respondents (5 models × 3 hours). 

No specific label design is required, but 

examples of acceptable label formats are 

provided in the rule. It is assumed that 

each manufacturer will use the same 

general label format for all stove models 

it produces. Therefore, when a 

manufacturer introduces a new stove 

model, the only changes that will be 

required are to insert the specific 

information that pertains to the new 

model. Additionally, manufacturers are 

to provide the Commission with copies 

of the information required to be 

disclosed on the label. Because this 

information should be readily available, 

it should take a manufacturer 30 

minutes or less, per model, to collect the 

information and mail it to the 

Commission. Therefore, an additional 

2.5 hours have been added to the total 

burden (30 minutes × 5 models per year) 

for a total annual burden of 17.5 hours. 

The total estimated annualized 

respondent cost is approximately 

$1,044, based on an average total hourly 

employee compensation rate of $59.63 

for management, professional, and 

related occupations (17.5 hours × 

$59.63) (Bureau of Labor Statistics, 

September 2011). 

Dated: August 9, 2012. 

Todd A. Stevenson, 

Secretary, Consumer Product Safety 

Commission. 

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[Docket No. CPSC 2012–0030] 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request—Flammability 

Standards for Carpets and Rugs 

AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In the Federal Register of 

June 8, 2012 (74 FR 34027), the 

Consumer Product Safety Commission 

(CPSC or Commission) published a 

notice in accordance with provisions of 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), to announce the 

CPSC’s intention to seek extension of 

approval of collections of information in 

regulations implementing two 

flammability standards for carpets and 

rugs. No comments were received in 

response to that notice. Therefore, by 

publication of this notice, the 

Commission announces that it has 

submitted to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) a request for 

extension of approval of those 

collections of information, without 

change. 

ADDRESSES: To ensure that comments on 

the information collection are received, 

the OMB recommends that written 

comments be faxed to the Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

OMB, Attn: CPSC Desk Officer, Fax: 

202–395–6974, or emailed to 

oira_submission@omb.eop.gov. All 

comments should be identified by 

Docket No. CPSC–2010–0030. In 

addition, written comments also should 

be submitted at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, under Docket No. 

CPSC–2010–0030, or by 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. For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received, go to http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mary K. James, Office of Information 

Technology, U.S. Consumer Product 

Safety Commission, 4330 East West 

Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814; 

Telephone: 301–504–7213 or by email 

to mjames@cpsc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Request 

for Reinstatement of Approval of 

Collections of Information. The 

Commission estimates that 120 firms are 

subject to the information collection 

requirements for standards related to the 

surface flammability of carpets and rugs 

and small carpets and rugs. These firms 

have elected to issue a guaranty of 

compliance with the Flammable Fabrics 

Act (FFA), or they are required to certify 

compliance of products intended for 

children under the Consumer Product 

Safety Act (as amended by the 

Consumer Product Safety Improvement 

Act of 2008). The number of tests that 

a firm issuing a guaranty of compliance 

would be required to perform each year 

varies, depending upon the number of 

carpet styles and the annual volume of 

production. We estimate that the 

average firm issuing a continuing 

guaranty under the FFA is required to 

conduct a maximum of 200 tests per 

year. The actual number of tests 

required by a given firm may vary from 

one to 200, depending upon the number 

of carpet styles and the annual 

production volume. For example, if a 

firm manufactures 100,000 linear yards 

of carpet each year, and it consistently 

has obtained passing test results, then 

only one test per year is required. For 

purposes of estimating burden, we have 

used the midpoint, 100 tests per year. 

The time required to conduct each test 

is estimated to be 2.5 hours, plus the 

time required to establish and maintain 

the test record. We estimate the total 

annualized cost/burden to respondents 

could be as high as 12,000 tests per year, 

at 2.5 hours per test, or 30,000 hours. 

The annualized costs to respondents for 

the hour burden for collection of 

information is estimated to be as high as 

$1,837,200, using a mean hourly 

employer cost-per-hour-worked of 

$61.24 (Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS): 

Total compensation rates for 

management, professional, and related 

occupations in private goods-producing 

industries, December 2011) (30,000 

hours x $61.24)). 

Dated: August 9, 2012. 

Todd A. Stevenson, 

Secretary, Consumer Product Safety 

Commission. 

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