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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY 

COMMISSION 

[Docket No. CPSC–2009–0066] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request; Safety Standard for 

Infant Walkers 

AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Consumer Product Safety 

Commission (CPSC) is announcing an 

opportunity for public comment on the 

proposed collection of certain 

information by the agency. Under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (the 

PRA), Federal agencies are required to 

publish notice in the Federal Register 

concerning each proposed collection of 

information, and to allow 60 days for 

public comment in response to the 

notice. This notice solicits comments on 

the burden estimates for the marking 

and instructional literature 

requirements in the Safety Standard for 

Infant walkers. 

DATES: Submit written or electronic 

comments on the collection of 

information by August 20, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by Docket No. CPSC–2009– 

0066, 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 (e-mail) except through 

http://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, 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 

docket number for this notice. 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: 

Patricia Edwards, Project Manager, 

Directorate for Engineering Sciences, 

Consumer Product Safety Commission, 

4330 East West Highway, Bethesda, MD 

20814; telephone (301) 504–7577; 

pedwards@cpsc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), Federal 

agencies must obtain approval from the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for each collection of 

information they conduct or sponsor. 

‘‘Collection of information’’ is defined in 

44 U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR 1320.3(c) 

and includes agency requests or 

requirements that members of the public 

submit reports, keep records, or provide 

information to a third party. Section 

3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA (44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(2)(A)) requires Federal agencies 

to provide a 60-day notice in the 

Federal Register concerning each 

proposed collection of information 

before submitting the collection to OMB 

for approval. To comply with this 

requirement, the CPSC is publishing 

notice of the proposed collection of 

information set forth in this document. 

With respect to the following 

collection of information, the CPSC 

invites comments on these topics: (1) 

Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of CPSC’s functions, 

including whether the information will 

have practical utility; (2) the accuracy of 

CPSC’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (3) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (4) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including through the 

use of automated collection techniques, 

when appropriate, and other forms of 

information technology. 

Title: Safety Standard for Infant 

Walkers—16 CFR part 1216. 

Description: The rule would require 

each infant walker to comply with 

ASTM F 997–07, ‘‘Standard Consumer 

Safety Specification for Infant Walkers.’’ 

Sections 8 and 9 of ASTM F 997–07 

contain requirements for marking and 

instructional literature. 

We estimate the burden of this 

collection of information as follows: 

TABLE 1—ESTIMATED ANNUAL REPORTING BURDEN

16 CFR Section Number of 

respondents 

Frequency of 

responses 

Total annual 

responses 

Hours per 

response 

Total burden 

hours 

1216.2(a) .............................................................................. 3 3 3 0.5 4.5 

There are no capital costs or operating 

and maintenance costs associated with 

this collection of information. 

Our estimates are based on the 

following: 

16 CFR 1215.2(a) would require each 

infant walker to comply with ASTM F 

997–07. Sections 8 and 9 of ASTM F 

997–07 contain requirements for 

marking and instructional literature that 

are disclosure requirements, thus falling 

within the definition of ‘‘collections of 

information’’ at 5 CFR 1320.3(c). 

Section 8.6.1 of ASTM F 997–07 

requires that the name and ‘‘either the 

place of business (city, state, and 

mailing address, including zip code) or 

telephone number, or both’’ of the 

manufacturer, distributor, or seller be 

clearly and legibly marked on ‘‘each 

product and its retail package.’’ Section 

8.6.2 of ASTM F 997–07 requires that ‘‘a 

code mark or other means that identifies 

the date (month and year as a minimum) 

of manufacture’’ be clearly and legibly 

marked on ‘‘each product and its retail 

package.’’ In both cases, the information 

must be placed on both the product and 

the retail package. 

There are seven known firms 

supplying walkers to the United States 

market. Four of the seven firms are 

known to already produce labels that 

comply with sections 8.6.1 and 8.6.2 of 

the standard, so there would be no 

additional burden on these firms. The 

remaining three firms are assumed to 

already use labels on both their 

products and their packaging, but might 

need to make some modifications to 

their existing labels. The estimated time 

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required to make these modifications is 

about 30 minutes per model. Each of 

these firms supplies an average of three 

models of walkers, therefore, the 

estimated burden hours associated with 

labels is 30 minutes x 3 firms x 3 

models per firm = 270 minutes or 4.5 

hours. 

The Commission estimates that 

hourly compensation for the time 

required to create and update labels is 

$27.78 (Bureau of Labor Statistics, 

September 2009, all workers, goodsproducing industries, Sales and office, 

Table 9). Therefore, the estimated 

annual cost associated with the 

Commission recommended labeling 

requirements is approximately $125.00. 

Section 9.1 of ASTM F 997–07 

requires instructions to be supplied 

with the product. Infant walkers are 

products that generally require some 

installation and maintenance, and 

products sold without such information 

would not be able to successfully 

compete with products supplying this 

information. Under OMB’s regulations 

(5 CFR 1320.3(b)(2)), the time, effort, 

and financial resources necessary to 

comply with a collection of information 

that would be incurred by persons in 

the ‘‘normal course of their activities’’ 

are excluded from a burden estimate 

where an agency demonstrates that the 

disclosure activities needed to comply 

are ‘‘usual and customary.’’ Therefore, 

because the CPSC is unaware of infant 

walkers that: (a) Generally require some 

installation, but (b) lack any instructions 

to the user about such installation, we 

tentatively estimate that there are no 

burden hours associated with the 

instruction requirement in section 9.1 of 

ASTM F 997–07 because any burden 

associated with supplying instructions 

with an infant walker would be ‘‘usual 

and customary’’ and not within the 

definition of ‘‘burden’’ under OMB’s 

regulations. 

Based on this analysis, the 

requirements of the infant walker rule 

would impose a burden to industry of 

4.5 hours at a one-time cost of $125.00. 

Dated: June 9, 2010. 

Todd Stevenson, 

Secretary, Consumer Product Safety 

Commission. 

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