[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 206 (Thursday, October 24, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 84882-84883]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-24594]


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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION

[Docket No. CPSC-2024-0035]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Extension of 
Collection; Comment Request; Child Strength Study

AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety Commission.

ACTION: Notice of information collection; request for comment.

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SUMMARY: As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 
Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC or Commission) requests 
comments on a proposed extension of approval of a generic collection of 
information for a strength data collection study. The Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) previously approved the collection of 
information under control number 3041-0187. OMB's most recent extension 
of approval will expire on January 31, 2025. The Commission will 
consider all comments received in response to this notice before 
requesting an extension of this collection of information from OMB.

DATES: Submit comments on the collection of information by December 23, 
2024.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CPSC-2024-
0035, within 60 days of publication of this notice by any of the 
following methods:
    Electronic Submissions: Submit electronic comments to the Federal 
eRulemaking Portal at: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 
instructions for submitting comments. Do not submit through this 
website: confidential business information, trade secret information, 
or other sensitive or protected information that you do not want to be 
available to the public. The Commission typically does not accept 
comments submitted by email, except as described below.
    Mail/hand delivery/courier/written submissions: CPSC encourages you 
to submit electronic comments by using the Federal eRulemaking Portal. 
You may, however, submit comments by mail/hand delivery/courier to: 
Office of the Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission, 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. CPSC may post all comments without 
change, including any personal identifiers, contact information, or 
other personal

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information provided, to: http://www.regulations.gov. If you wish to 
submit confidential business information, trade secret information, or 
other sensitive or protected information that you do not want to be 
available to the public, you may submit such comments by mail, hand 
delivery, or courier, or you may email them to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#85e6f5f6e6a8eaf6c5e6f5f6e6abe2eaf3"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="02617271612f6d7142617271612c656d74">[email protected]</span></a>.
    Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or 
comments received, go to: https://www.regulations.gov, insert docket 
number CPSC-2024-0035 into the ``Search'' box, and follow the prompts.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cynthia Gillham, Consumer Product 
Safety Commission, 4330 East West Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814; (301) 
504-7791, or by email to: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#9fefedfedffcefecfcb1f8f0e9"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="59292b38193a292a3a773e362f">[email protected]</span></a>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: CPSC seeks to extend the following currently 
approved generic collection of information:
    Title: Child Strength Study.
    OMB Number: 3041-0187.
    Type of Review: Extension of generic collection.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Affected Public: Child participants and their caregivers.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: We estimate 5,210 people will be 
invited for the study and 1,563 initial respondents will complete 
screening. Out of the initial respondents, 563 are expected to be 
screened out or not expected to ultimately participate after the 
invitation for study. We estimate that there will be 1,000 participants 
for the lab portion of the study.
    Estimated Time per Response: The estimated time to complete a study 
session is 2 hours per participant. This does not account for the time 
for inviting and screening participants via phone conversations with 
the caregiver, which is additional 12 minutes per respondent.
    Total Estimated Annual Burden: Based on CPSC's estimates that 5,210 
people will be invited for the study (3 minutes per invite), 1,563 
initial respondents will complete screening (9 minutes per screening) 
and there will be 1,000 participants for the lab portion of the study 
(2 hours to complete each study session), CPSC estimates that the total 
burden of this collection is 2,267 hours. The average annual burden is 
approximately 756 hours; however, because of study timing and 
efficiency, a single year could have up to 1,850 burden hours. There 
are no costs to respondents and no respondent recordkeeping 
requirements associated with the study.
    General Description of Collection: CPSC uses data on human strength 
and capabilities to develop product safety standards and to inform 
other CPSC staff activities. Strength capabilities of children are used 
to develop product performance requirements in standards to reduce or 
eliminate the risk such products might pose to a child (e.g., breaking, 
collapsing, or liberating a small part). The information to be 
collected from child participants ranging in age 3 months to 5 years 
includes contact and background information necessary to participate in 
a study to obtain child strength measures for upper and lower 
extremities and bite strength. Written consent is obtained from 
caregivers and verbal assent is obtained from children who are old 
enough to provide it. Researchers will obtain several standard 
anthropometric measurements from each child, including body weight and 
standing height. Researchers also record the participant's body shape 
using a whole-body laser scanner (VITUS XXL) and a Microsoft Kinect 
sensor.
    Request for Comments:
    The Commission solicits written comments from all interested 
persons about the proposed collection of information. The Commission 
specifically solicits information relevant to the following topics:
    <bullet> whether the collection of information described above is 
necessary for the proper performance of the Commission's functions, 
including whether the information would have practical utility;
    <bullet> whether the estimated burden of the proposed collection of 
information is accurate;
    <bullet> whether the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected could be enhanced; and
    <bullet> whether the burden imposed by the collection of 
information could be minimized by use of automated, electronic or other 
technological collection techniques, or other forms of information 
technology.

Alberta E. Mills,
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission.
[FR Doc. 2024-24594 Filed 10-23-24; 8:45 am]
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