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minimized by use of automated, 

electronic, or other technological 

collection techniques, or other forms 

of information technology. 

Dated: October 1, 2012. 

Todd A. Stevenson, 

Secretary, Consumer Product Safety 

Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2012–24486 Filed 10–3–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6355–01–P 

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY 

COMMISSION 

[Docket No. CPSC–2013–0005] 

Proposed Extension of Approval of 

Information Collection; Comment 

Request—Safety Standard for WalkBehind Power Lawn Mowers 

AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: As required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), 

the Consumer Product Safety 

Commission (CSPC or Commission) 

requests comments on a proposed 

request for an extension of approval of 

a collection of information from 

manufacturers and importers of walkbehind power lawn mowers. This 

collection of information consists of 

testing and recordkeeping requirements 

in certification regulations 

implementing the Safety Standard for 

Walk-Behind Power Lawn Mowers (16 

CFR part 1205). The Commission will 

consider all comments received in 

response to this notice, before 

requesting an extension of approval of 

this collection of information from the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB). 

DATES: The Office of the Secretary must 

receive comments not later than 

December 3, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by Docket No. CPSC–2013– 

0005, 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 (email), except through 

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 502, 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: For 

further information contact: Robert H. 

Squibb, Consumer Product Safety 

Commission, 4330 East-West Highway, 

Bethesda, MD 20814; (301) 504–7815, or 

by email to: rsquibb@cpsc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. Background 

In 1979, the Commission issued the 

Safety Standard for Walk-Behind Power 

Lawn Mowers (16 CFR Part 1205) under 

provisions of the Consumer Product 

Safety Act (CPSA) (15 U.S.C. 2051 et 

seq.) to eliminate or reduce risks of 

amputations, avulsions, lacerations, and 

other serious injuries that have resulted 

from the accidental contact of some part 

of an operator’s body with the rotating 

blade of a power lawn mower. The 

standard contains performance and 

labeling requirements for walk-behind 

power lawn mowers to address risks of 

blade-contact injuries. 

Subpart B of the standard sets forth 

regulations prescribing requirements for 

a reasonable testing program to support 

certificates of compliance with the 

standard for walk-behind power 

mowers. These regulations also require 

manufacturers, importers, and private 

labelers of walk-behind power mowers 

to establish and maintain records to 

demonstrate compliance with the 

requirements for testing to support 

certification of compliance. 16 CFR Part 

1205, Subpart B. Section 14(a) of the 

CPSA (15 U.S.C. 2063(a)) requires 

manufacturers, importers, and private 

labelers of a consumer product subject 

to a consumer product safety standard 

to issue a certificate stating that the 

product complies with all applicable 

consumer product safety standards. 

Section 14(a) of the CPSA also requires 

that the certificate of compliance must 

be based on a test of each product or 

upon a reasonable testing program. 

Section 14(b) of the CPSA authorizes 

the Commission to issue regulations to 

prescribe a reasonable testing program 

to support certificates of compliance 

with a consumer product safety 

standard. Section 16(b) of the CPSA (15 

U.S.C 2065(b)) authorizes the 

Commission to issue rules to require 

that firms ‘‘establish and maintain’’ 

records to permit the Commission to 

determine compliance with rules issued 

under the authority of the CPSA. 

The Commission uses the information 

compiled and maintained by 

manufacturers and importers of walkbehind power mowers to protect 

consumers from risks of injuries 

associated with walk-behind power 

lawn mowers. More specifically, the 

Commission uses this information to 

determine whether the mowers 

produced and imported comply with 

the applicable standard. The 

Commission also uses this information 

to obtain corrective actions if walkbehind power mowers fail to comply 

with the standard in a manner that 

creates a substantial risk of injury to the 

public. 

The OMB approved the collection of 

information requirements for walkbehind mowers under control number 

3041–0091. OMB’s most recent 

extension of approval will expire on 

December 31, 2012. The Commission 

proposes to request an extension of 

approval for this collection of 

information requirements. 

B. Estimated Burden 

Commission staff estimates that about 

34 firms are subject to the testing and 

recordkeeping requirements of the 

certification regulations. Commission 

staff estimates further that the annual 

testing and recordkeeping burden 

imposed by the regulations on each of 

these firms on average is approximately 

390 hours. Thus, the total annual 

burden imposed by the certification 

regulations on all manufacturers and 

importers of walk-behind power 

mowers is about 13,260 hours (34 firms 

× 390 hours). 

In addition, manufacturers are 

expected to spend an additional hour, 

per production day, to collect the 

information for labeling. Accordingly, 

an additional 130 hours per firm is 

added to the total burden. For the 34 

firms involved, the total estimated 

burden related to labeling is 4,420 

hours. Aggregate annual burden hours 

related to testing, recordkeeping, and 

labeling are estimated to be 520 hours 


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per firm and 17,680 hours for the 

industry. 

CPSC staff estimates that the hourly 

wage for the time required to perform 

the required testing and recordkeeping 

is approximately $61.75 (Bureau of 

Labor Statistics: total compensation for 

management, professional, and related 

workers in goods-producing private 

industries: http://www.bls.gov/ncs), and 

the hourly wage for the time required to 

maintain the labeling requirements is 

approximately $27.64 (Bureau of Labor 

Statistics, total compensation for all 

sales and office workers in goodsproducing, private industries: http:// 

www.bls.gov/ncs). The annualized total 

cost to the industry for annual testing 

and recordkeeping is estimated to be 

$818,805, based on 13,260 hours × 

$61.75. The annualized cost burden 

related to labeling is estimated to be 

$122,169, based on 4,420 hours × 

$27.64. Aggregate burden costs related 

to testing, recordkeeping, and labeling 

are estimated to be $940,972 for the 

industry. 

The annual cost to the federal 

government of the collection of 

information in these regulations is 

estimated to be $6,618 for one-half of 

one CPSC staff month to review records 

required to be maintained. This estimate 

uses an annual total compensation of 

$119,238 (the equivalent of a GS–14 

step 5 employee with an additional 30.7 

percent added for benefits.) 

C. 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: 

—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; 

—Whether the estimated burden of the 

proposed collection of information is 

accurate; 

—Whether the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected could be enhanced; and 

—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. 

Dated: October 1, 2012. 

Todd A. Stevenson, 

Secretary, Consumer Product Safety 

Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2012–24490 Filed 10–3–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6355–01–P 

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY 

COMMISSION 

[Docket No. CPSC–2013–0002] 

Proposed Extension of Approval of 

Information Collection; Comment 

Request—Children’s Sleepwear 

AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: As required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 

Chapter 35), the Consumer Product 

Safety Commission (CPSC or 

Commission) requests comments on a 

proposed extension of approval, for a 

period of 3 years from the date of 

approval by the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB), of a collection of 

information from manufacturers and 

importers of children’s sleepwear. This 

collection of information is in the 

Standard for the Flammability of 

Children’s Sleepwear: Sizes 0 through 

6X and the Standard for the 

Flammability of Children’s Sleepwear: 

Sizes 7 through 14 and regulations 

implementing those standards. See 16 

CFR parts 1615 and 1616. The 

children’s sleepwear standards and 

implementing regulations establish 

requirements for testing and 

recordkeeping by manufacturers and 

importers of children’s sleepwear. 

The Commission will consider all 

comments received in response to this 

notice, before requesting an extension of 

approval of this collection of 

information from OMB. 

DATES: The Office of the Secretary must 

receive comments not later than 

December 3, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by Docket No. CPSC–2013– 

0002, 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 (email), except through 

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 502, 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: For 

further information contact: Robert H. 

Squibb, Consumer Product Safety 

Commission, 4330 East West Highway, 

Bethesda, MD 20814; (301) 504–7815, or 

by email to: rsquibb@cpsc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. The Standards 

Children’s sleepwear in sizes 0 

through 6X, manufactured for sale in or 

imported into the United States, is 

subject to the Standard for the 

Flammability of Children’s Sleepwear: 

Sizes 0 through 6X (16 CFR Part 1615). 

Children’s sleepwear in sizes 7 through 

14 is subject to the Standard for the 

Flammability of Children’s Sleepwear: 

Sizes 7 through 14 (16 CFR part 1616). 

The children’s sleepwear flammability 

standards require that fabrics, seams, 

and trim used in children’s sleepwear in 

sizes 0 through 14 must self-extinguish 

when exposed to a small open-flame 

ignition source. The children’s 

sleepwear standards and implementing 

regulations also require manufacturers 

and importers of children’s sleepwear in 

sizes 0 through 14 to perform testing of 

products and to maintain records of the 

results of that testing. 16 CFR part 1615, 

subpart B; 16 CFR part 1616; subpart B. 

The Commission uses the information 

compiled and maintained by 

manufacturers and importers of 

children’s sleepwear to help protect the 

public from risks of death or burn 

injuries associated with children’s 

sleepwear. More specifically, the 

Commission reviews this information to 

determine whether the products 


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