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Product Safety Commission, Room 820, 

4330 East West Highway, Bethesda, MD 

20814; telephone (301) 504–7923. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Linda Glatz, Division of Policy and 

Planning, Office of Information 

Technology, Consumer Product Safety 

Commission, 4330 East West Highway, 

Bethesda, MD 20814, 301–504–7671, 

lglatz@cpsc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

compliance with 44 U.S.C. 3507, the 

CPSC has submitted the following 

proposed collection of information to 

OMB for review and clearance. 

Standard for the Flammability of 

Mattresses and Mattress Pads—(OMB 

Control Number 3041–0014–Extention). 

The Standard for the Flammability of 

Mattresses and Mattress Pads was 

promulgated under section 4 of the 

Flammable Fabrics Act (‘‘FFA’’), 15 

U.S.C. 1193, to reduce unreasonable 

risks of burn injuries and deaths from 

fires associated with mattresses and 

mattress pads. The standard prescribes 

a test to assure that a mattress or 

mattress pad will resist ignition from a 

smoldering cigarette. The standard 

requires manufacturers to perform 

prototype tests of each combination of 

materials and construction methods 

used to produce mattresses or mattress 

pads and to obtain acceptable results 

from such testing. Manufacturers and 

importers are required to maintain the 

records and test results specified under 

the standard. 

In addition, the Standard for the 

Flammability (Open Flame) of Mattress 

Sets was promulgated under section 4 of 

the FFA, 16 CFR part 1633, to reduce 

deaths and injuries related to mattress 

fires, particularly those ignited by open 

flame sources such as lighters, candles 

and matches. The standard established 

new performance requirements for 

mattresses and mattress sets that will 

generate a smaller size fire from open 

flame source ignitions. Part 1633 also 

contains recordkeeping requirements to 

document compliance with the 

standard. The testing and recordkeeping 

requirements under 16 CFR part 1633 

do not replace the testing and 

recordkeeping requirements under 16 

CFR part 1632. 

In May 2006, an Interim Enforcement 

Policy for Mattresses subject to 16 CFR 

parts 1632 and 1633, effective May 1, 

2006, was issued that reduced prototype 

surface testing and recordkeeping 

requirements from six mattress surfaces 

to two mattress surfaces for each new 

prototype created after March 15, 2006. 

Manufacturers that avail themselves of 

the reduced testing program will have to 

maintain records on the cigarette test 

performed, but they will be testing only 

two surfaces rather than the required six 

surfaces. The policy is available at the 

CPSC’s Web site at www.cpsc.gov/ 

BUSINFO/Interimmattress.pdf. Mattress 

prototypes created before March 15, 

2006, are subject to the full 

requirements of 16 CFR part 1632. In 

addition, mattress pads are not subject 

to this policy and must continue to 

adhere to all the requirements set forth 

in 16 CFR part 1632. 

In the Federal Register of May 18, 

2010 (75 FR 27733), the CPSC published 

a 60-day notice requesting public 

comment on the proposed collection of 

information. No comments were 

received. 

We estimate the burden of this 

collection of information as follows. The 

CPSC staff estimates that there are 671 

respondents (571 establishments 

producing conventional mattresses and 

100 establishments producing nonconventional mattresses in the United 

States, a total of 671). It is estimated that 

each respondent will spend 26 hours for 

testing and recordkeeping annually for a 

total of 17,446 hours (671 firms × 26 

hours = 17,446 total hours requested). 

The annualized cost to respondents 

would be approximately $993,201 based 

on 17,446 hours times $56.93 per hour 

(based on total compensation of all 

management, professional, and related 

occupations in goods-producing 

industries in the United States, 

September 2009, Bureau of Labor 

Statistics). 

The estimated annual cost of the 

information collection requirements to 

the Federal government is 

approximately $142,000. This sum 

includes 10 staff months and travel 

costs expended for examination of the 

information in records required to be 

maintained by the standard and 

enforcement rule. 

Dated: August 26, 2010. 

Alberta Mills, 

Acting Secretary, Consumer Product Safety 

Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2010–21895 Filed 8–31–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6355–01–P 

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY 

COMMISSION 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission for Office of 

Management and Budget Review; 

Comment Request; Safety Standard for 

Bicycle Helmets 

AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Consumer Product Safety 

Commission (‘‘CPSC’’ or ‘‘Commission’’) 

is announcing that a proposed 

collection of information has been 

submitted to the Office of Management 

and Budget (‘‘OMB’’) for review and 

clearance under the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (‘‘PRA’’). 

DATES: Fax written comments on the 

collection of information by October 1, 

2010. 

ADDRESSES: To ensure that comments on 

the information collection are received, 

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 e-mailed to 

oira_submission@omb.eop.gov. Written 

comments should be captioned ‘‘Safety 

Standard for Bicycle Helmets.’’ All 

comments should be identified with the 

OMB Control Number 3041–0127. In 

addition, written comments should also 

be submitted by mail/hand delivery/ 

courier (for paper, disk, or CD–ROM 

submissions), preferably in five copies, 

to: Office of the Secretary, Consumer 

Product Safety Commission, Room 820, 

4330 East West Highway, Bethesda, MD 

20814; telephone (301) 504–7923. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Linda Glatz, Division of Policy and 

Planning, Office of Information 

Technology, Consumer Product Safety 

Commission, 4330 East West Highway, 

Bethesda, MD 20814, 301–504–7671, 

lglatz@cpsc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

compliance with 44 U.S.C. 3507, the 

CPSC has submitted the following 

proposed collection of information to 

OMB for review and clearance. 

Safety Standard for Bicycle Helmets— 

(OMB Control Number 3041–0127– 

Extention). In 1994, Congress passed the 

‘‘Child Safety Protection Act,’’ which, 

among other things, included the 

‘‘Children’s Bicycle Helmet Safety Act of 

1994’’ Public Law 103–267, 108 Stat. 

726. This law directed the Commission 

to issue a final standard applicable to 

bicycle helmets that would replace 

several existing voluntary standards 

with a single uniform standard that 

would include provisions to protect 

against the risk of helmets coming off 

the heads of bicycle riders, address the 

risk of injury to children, and cover 

other issues as appropriate. The 

Commission issued the final bicycle 

helmet standard in 1998. It is codified 

at 16 CFR Part 1203. The standard 

requires all bicycle helmets 

manufactured after March 10, 1999, to 

meet impact-attenuation and other 

requirements. The standard also 

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requirements to ensure that bicycle 

helmets meet the standard’s 

requirements. Certification regulations 

implementing the standard require 

manufacturers, importers, and private 

labelers of bicycle helmets subject to the 

standard to: (1) Perform tests to 

demonstrate that those products meet 

the requirements of the standard; 

(2) maintain records of those tests; and 

(3) affix durable labels to the helmets 

stating that the helmet complies with 

the applicable standard. The 

certification regulations are codified at 

16 CFR part 1203, subpart B. On 

September 2, 2009, the Commission 

issued a notice of requirements that 

provides the criteria and process for 

Commission acceptance of accreditation 

of third party conformity assessment 

bodies for testing bicycle helmets that 

are considered children’s products 

under the Consumer Product Safety Act 

(74 FR 45428). 

The Commission uses the information 

compiled and maintained by 

manufacturers, importers, and private 

labelers of bicycle helmets subject to the 

standard to help protect the public from 

risks of injury or death associated with 

head injury associated with bicycle 

riding. More specifically, this 

information helps the Commission 

determine whether bicycle helmets 

subject to the standard comply with all 

applicable requirements. The 

Commission also uses this information 

to obtain corrective actions if bicycle 

helmets fail to comply with the standard 

in a manner that creates a substantial 

risk of injury to the public. 

In the Federal Register of May 18, 

2010 (75 FR 27734), the CPSC published 

a 60-day notice requesting public 

comment on the proposed collection of 

information. One comment was 

received. The commenter did not 

address the collection of information 

burdens. Instead, the commenter states 

that the collection of information should 

not be approved because it would delay 

implementation of bicycle helmet 

safety. 

The commenter has misunderstood 

the purpose of the collection of 

information. The standard has been in 

effect since 1999, and continues to be in 

effect. The collection of information 

addresses the testing, certification, and 

recordkeeping requirements that are 

required to ensure that the standard’s 

requirements are met. 

We estimate the burden of this 

collection of information as follows. 

Approximately 30 firms manufacture or 

import bicycle helmets subject to the 

standard. There are an estimated 200 

different models of bicycle helmets 

currently marketed in the United States. 

The Commission staff estimates that the 

time required to comply with the 

collection of information requirements 

is approximately 100 to 150 hours per 

model per year. The total amount of 

time estimated for compliance with 

these requirements for testing, including 

third-party testing for children’s bicycle 

helmets, certification, and 

recordkeeping will be 20,000 to 30,000 

hours per year (200 models × 100 to 150 

hours/model = 20,000 to 30,000 hours). 

The annualized cost to respondents for 

the hour burden for collection of 

information is $1,138,600 to $1,707,000 

based on 20,000 to 30,000 hours times 

$56.93 per hour (based on total 

compensation of all civilian workers in 

managerial and professional positions in 

the United States, September 2009, 

Bureau of Labor Statistics). 

The estimated expenditure to the 

Federal government is approximately 

$83,000 which includes 10 staff months 

and travel costs expended for 

examination of the information in 

records required to be maintained by the 

standard and implementing regulations. 

Dated: August 26, 2010. 

Alberta Mills, 

Acting Secretary, Consumer Product Safety 

Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2010–21892 Filed 8–31–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6355–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Office of Elementary and Secondary 

Education Overview Information; 

Advanced Placement (AP) Test Fee 

Program; Notice Inviting Applications 

for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 

2011 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.330B. 

Dates: 

Applications Available: September 1, 

2010. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: November 17, 2010. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: January 18, 2011. 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The AP Test Fee 

program awards grants to eligible State 

educational agencies (SEAs) to enable 

them to pay all or a portion of advanced 

placement test fees on behalf of eligible 

low-income students who (1) are 

enrolled in an advanced placement 

course and (2) plan to take an advanced 

placement exam. The program is 

designed to increase the number of lowincome students who take advanced 

placement tests and receive scores for 

which college academic credit is 

awarded. 

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 6531– 

6537. 

Applicable Regulations: The 

Education Department General 

Administration Regulations (EDGAR) in 

34 CFR parts 75, 77, 79, 80, 81, 82, 84, 

85, 97, 98, and 99. 

II. Award Information 

Type of Award: Discretionary grants. 

Estimated Available Funds: The 

Administration’s budget request for FY 

2011 does not include funds for this 

program but would, instead, provide 

support for advanced placement test 

fees through a proposed College 

Pathways and Accelerated Learning 

program. However, we are inviting 

applications to allow enough time to 

complete the grant process if Congress 

appropriates funds for this program. 

Estimated Range of Awards: $8,476– 

$4,377,999. 

Estimated Average Size of Awards: 

$438,280. 

Estimated Number of Awards: 42. 

Note: The Department is not bound by any 

estimates in this notice. 

Project Period: Up to 12 months. 

III. Eligibility Information 

1. Eligible Applicants: SEAs in any 

State, including the District of 

Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto 

Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, 

Guam, American Samoa, the 

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 

Islands, and the freely associated states 

of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, 

the Federated States of Micronesia, and 

the Republic of Palau (subject to 

continued eligibility). 

Note: For the purposes of this program, the 

Bureau of Indian Education in the U.S. 

Department of the Interior is treated as an 

SEA. 

2. a. Cost Sharing or Matching: This 

program does not require cost sharing or 

matching. 

b. Supplement-Not-Supplant: This 

program involves supplement-notsupplant funding requirements. Section 

1706 of the Elementary and Secondary 

Education Act of 1965, as amended 

(ESEA), requires that grant funds 

provided under the AP Test Fee 

program supplement, and not supplant, 

other non-Federal funds that are 

available to assist low-income 

individuals in paying for the cost of 

advanced placement test fees. 

3. Other: Current grantees under this 

program that expect to have sufficient 

carryover funds to cover school year 

2010–2011 advanced placement exam 


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