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opportunity for all interested parties to 

participate in the proceedings. 

Accordingly, we invited comments on 

the issues raised by the petition. In the 

Federal Register of November 16, 2011 

(76 FR 70975), we invited comments on 

the issues raised by the petition with 

comments due on December 16, 2011. 

On January 5, 2012 (77 FR 478), we 

reopened the comment period for 30 

days, with comments due on February 

6, 2012. We received one comment in 

support of the petition. The commenter 

stated that pedal tractors with 

aluminum alloy components cannot 

practicably be manufactured in 

accordance with the 100 ppm lead 

content requirement. The commenter 

also stated that the aluminum alloy 

components are not likely to be placed 

in the mouth or ingested and will not 

have a measurable adverse effect on 

public health or safety. 

The petitioner stated that the 

components of its pedal tractors are 

made of aluminum metal die castings, 

which are the best alloy of choice for 

pedal tractor production, based on 

weight, cost, structural properties, 

surface finish and coatings, corrosion 

resistance, bearing properties, and wear 

resistance. The pedal tractor 

components are manufactured via the 

aluminum die-casting process. Although 

the petitioner stated that it is able to 

meet the lead content requirements of 

300 ppm for its pedal tractor 

components, it is unable to meet 

consistently the 100 ppm lead content 

limits, due to alloys used in the 

aluminum die-cast process. 

Accordingly, the petitioner requested an 

exception from the 100 ppm lead 

content limit. 

For the reasons described in CPSC 

staff’s briefing package, available at 

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

brief/ertl.pdf, we agree with the 

petitioner and the commenter that an 

exception to the 100 ppm lead content 

limit for certain children’s ride-on pedal 

tractor component parts is appropriate. 

The petitioner indicated that two 

aluminum alloys with relatively low 

lead concentration can be purchased 

and used to manufacture the pedal 

tractor products. One of these aluminum 

alloys (A380.1) may contain more than 

300 ppm lead, although the petitioner 

indicated that this alloy can be 

obtained, with careful purchasing, with 

a lead content of no more than 300 ppm. 

The petitioner indicated that the second 

aluminum alloy (A413.1) that can be 

used to manufacture the products is 

available with less than 200 ppm lead. 

While the petitioner indicated that it is 

possible to manufacture their products 

with the specific alloy with lead content 

less than 200 ppm, the A380.1 alloy, or 

a similar alloy, with lead content no 

more than 300 ppm, is a practicable 

material for manufacturing the 

component parts of the pedal tractors 

because the A380.1 aluminum alloy is 

one of the most commonly used 

aluminum alloys in manufacturing and 

is more readily obtainable from sources 

than the A413.1 aluminum alloy. In 

addition, the A413.1 alloy costs $0.99 to 

$1.65 per unit more than the A380.1 

alloy (about 1 percent of the cost of the 

product), resulting in additional 

material costs of the product. Obtaining 

aluminum alloys at 100 ppm or other 

substitute alloys was considered not 

practicable for the petitioner. The use of 

another metal alloy, such as steel, or 

using plastic molded component parts 

was not practicable because it would 

result in completely retooling the 

manufacturing process and result in 

products that appeared different from 

the current product, which uses die-cast 

component parts. 

In addition, the products included in 

the petition are similar to two types of 

products that have specific statutory 

provisions regarding lead content 

requirements. The CPSIA, as amended 

by Public Law 112–28, established new 

provisions for specific exceptions from 

the 100 ppm lead content requirement. 

Section 101(b)(5) of the CPSIA provides 

that the lead content limit does not 

apply to off-highway vehicles. Section 

101(b)(6) of the CPSIA also provides 

that for metal component parts of 

bicycles and related products, the lead 

limit is 300 ppm, not 100 ppm, as 

otherwise applicable to children’s 

products. 

The petitioner’s children’s ride-on 

pedal tractors made with aluminum 

alloys are therefore granted an exception 

from the 100 ppm lead content limit, 

and allowed to have a lead limit of 300 

ppm instead, because it is not 

practicable to impose the lower lead 

limit on such aluminum alloys. These 

aluminum components include: body 

castings (right and left sides), rear wheel 

hubs, wide front axle yokes, wide frontend adaptor brackets, and other 

component parts that are similar to 

these parts and are not likely be placed 

in the mouth or ingested or extensively 

contacted by children because of their 

function and location on the product. 

The exposure to lead in such parts at the 

300 ppm limit is expected to be so low 

that it would have no measurable 

adverse effect on public health or safety 

as defined at 15 U.S.C. 1278a(b)(1)(B), 

taking into account normal and 

reasonably foreseeable use and abuse. 

For the same reasons, children’s 

products that are similar, such as other 

children’s ride-on tractors, children’s 

ride-on cars, and other ride-on toys 

intended for children ages 3 years and 

older that contain similar aluminum 

alloy component parts, including body 

castings (right and left sides), rear wheel 

hubs, wide front axle yokes, wide frontend adaptor brackets, and other 

component parts that are similar to 

these parts and are not likely to be 

placed in the mouth or ingested, or 

extensively contacted by children 

because of their function and location 

on the product must meet a lead content 

limit of 300 ppm for the aluminum alloy 

component parts. The exposure to lead 

in these similar component parts is 

expected to be so low that it would have 

no measurable adverse effect on public 

health or safety as defined at 15 U.S.C. 

1278a(b)(1)(B), taking into account 

normal and reasonably foreseeable use 

and abuse. 

Dated: April 2, 2012. 

Todd A. Stevenson, 

Secretary, U.S. Consumer Product Safety 

Commission. 

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BILLING CODE 6355–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

DAU Industry Day: ‘‘Affordability, 

Efficiency, and the Industrial Base’’ 

AGENCY: Defense Acquisition University 

(DAU), DoD. 

ACTION: Event notice. 

SUMMARY: Mrs. Katrina McFarland, 

President of Defense Acquisition 

University, will host a forum with 

industry to discuss affordability, 

efficiency, and the industrial base. After 

a variety of presenters, the session will 

conclude with Mr. Frank Kendall, 

Acting Under Secretary of Defense for 

Acquisition, Technology and Logistics, 

leading a panel to discuss how we will 

achieve affordable, efficient programs in 

this time of fiscal austerity, while 

maintaining a healthy industrial base. 

Following the plenary session, each 

company will have the opportunity to 

sign up for an individual, nonattribution, 20-minute session with a 

DAU faculty member. DAU plans to 

incorporate feedback into changes to the 

Business Acumen curriculum. The 

name of the event is DAU Industry Day: 

‘‘Affordability, Efficiency, and the 

Industrial Base’’. 

DATES: Tuesday, May 1, 2012, from 8:30 

a.m.–2 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: Howell Auditorium, 

Building 226, Defense Acquisition 


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University, 9820 Belvoir Road, Fort 

Belvoir, VA 22060. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Christen Goulding, Protocol Director, 

DAU. Phone: 703–805–5134. Fax: 703– 

805–5940. Email: christen.goulding@

dau.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose of the Event: The purpose of 

this event is for members of government 

and industry to discuss affordability, 

efficiency, and the industrial base. It 

also offers industry the opportunity to 

offer input into DAU Business Acumen 

curriculum. 

Agenda 

8:30 a.m. Check-in. 

9 a.m. Welcome and Introduction. 

9:15 a.m. Affordable Programs. 

9:55 a.m. Efficiency. 

10:25 a.m. Industrial Base. 

11 a.m. Industrial Base Policy. 

11:30 a.m. Panel Discussion. 

12 p.m. Breakout Session One. 

12:30 p.m. Breakout Session Two. 

1 p.m. Breakout Session Three. 

1:30 p.m. Breakout Session Four. 

Public’s Accessibility to the Event: All 

attendees must be pre-registered to 

attend the event. Persons desiring to 

attend can register online at https://crs.

dau.mil/industry/Default.asp. 

Event Point of Contact: Mr. Bill 

Parker, 703–805–4979. 

Dated: April 2, 2012. 

Aaron Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 2012–8188 Filed 4–4–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Energy Information Administration 

Agency Information Collection 

Extension 

AGENCY: U.S. Energy Information 

Administration (EIA), Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Information Collection 

Extension; Notice and Request for 

Comments. 

SUMMARY: EIA, pursuant to the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

intends to extend for 3 years the 

petroleum marketing survey forms listed 

below with the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB): 

EIA–14, ‘‘Refiners’ Monthly Cost 

Report;’’ 

EIA–182, ‘‘Domestic Crude Oil First 

Purchase Report;’’ 

EIA–782A, ‘‘Refiners’/Gas Plant 

Operators’ Monthly Petroleum 

Product Sales Report;’’ 

EIA–782C, ‘‘Monthly Report of Prime 

Supplier Sales of Petroleum Products 

Sold For Local Consumption;’’ 

EIA–821, ‘‘Annual Fuel Oil and 

Kerosene Sales Report;’’ 

EIA–856, ‘‘Monthly Foreign Crude Oil 

Acquisition Report;’’ 

EIA–863, ‘‘Petroleum Product Sales 

Identification Survey;’’ 

EIA–877, ‘‘Winter Heating Fuels 

Telephone Survey;’’ 

EIA–878, ‘‘Motor Gasoline Price 

Survey;’’ 

EIA–888, ‘‘On-Highway Diesel Fuel 

Price Survey;’’ 

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 of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (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. 

DATES: Comments regarding this 

proposed information collection must 

be received on or before June 4, 2012. 

If you anticipate difficulty in submitting 

comments within that period, contact 

the person listed below as soon as 

possible. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Shawna 

Waugh. To ensure receipt of the 

comments by the due date, submission 

by FAX (202) 586–3873 or email 

(Shawna.Waugh@eia.gov) is 

recommended. The mailing address is 

Petroleum and Biofuels Statistics EI–25, 

Forrestal Building, 1000 Independence 

Ave., SW., U.S. Department of Energy, 

Washington, DC 20585–0670. Because 

of delays in handling conventional mail, 

it is recommended that documents be 

transmitted by overnight mail or by 

electronic mail to Shawna Waugh. 

Alternatively, Shawna Waugh can be 

contacted by telephone at (202) 586– 

6484. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

instrument and instructions should be 

directed to Shawna Waugh at the 

address listed above. Additionally, the 

draft forms and instructions may be 

viewed at http://www.eia.gov/survey. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

information collection request contains: 

(1) OMB No. 1905–0174; 

(2) Information Collection Request 

Title: Petroleum Marketing Program; 

(3) Type of Request: Renewal with 

change; 

(4) Purpose: 

The Federal Energy Administration 

Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 761 et seq.) and 

the DOE Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 

7101 et seq.) require EIA to carry out a 

centralized, comprehensive, and unified 

energy information program. This 

program collects, evaluates, assembles, 

analyzes, and disseminates information 

on energy resource reserves, production, 

demand, technology, and related 

economic and statistical information. 

This information is used to assess the 

adequacy of energy resources to meet 

near and longer term domestic 

demands. 

EIA, as part of its effort to comply 

with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.), provides 

the general public and other Federal 

agencies with opportunities to comment 

on collections of energy information 

conducted by or in conjunction with 

EIA. Also, EIA will later seek approval 

for this collection by the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) under 

Section 3507(a) of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. 

EIA’s petroleum marketing survey 

forms collect volumetric and price 

information needed for determining the 

supply of and demand for crude oil and 

refined petroleum products. These 

surveys provide a basic set of data 

pertaining to the structure, efficiency, 

and behavior of petroleum markets. 

These data are published by EIA on its 

Web site, http://www.eia.gov, as well as 

in publications such as the Monthly 

Energy Review (http://www.eia.gov/ 

totalenergy/data/monthly/), Annual 

Energy Review (http://www.eia.gov/ 

totalenergy/data/annual/), Petroleum 

Marketing Monthly (http://www.eia.gov/ 

oil_gas/petroleum/data_publications/ 

petroleum_marketing_monthly/ 

pmm.html), Weekly Petroleum Status 

Report (http://www.eia.gov/oil_gas/ 

petroleum/data_publications/ 

weekly_petroleum_status_report/ 

wpsr.html), and the International Energy 

Outlook (http://www.eia.gov/forecasts/ 

ieo/); 

(4a) Proposed Changes to Information 

Collection: 

EIA will be requesting a 3-year 

extension of approval to continue 

collecting 10 petroleum marketing 

surveys (Forms EIA–14, EIA–182, EIA– 

782A, EIA–782C, EIA–821, EIA–856, 

EIA–863, EIA–877, EIA–878, and EIA– 

888) with the only substantive changes 


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