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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 written comments not later than 

June 15, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be captioned ‘‘Children’s Sleepwear, 

Collection of Information’’ and sent by 

e-mail to cpsc-os@cpsc.gov. Comments 

may also be sent by facsimile to (301) 

504–0127, or by mail to the Office of the 

Secretary, Consumer Product Safety 

Commission, 4330 East West Highway, 

Bethesda, Maryland 20814. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information about the proposed 

collection of information call or write 

Linda Glatz, Division of Policy and 

Planning, Office of Information 

Technology and Technology Services, 

Consumer Product Safety Commission, 

4330 East West Highway, Bethesda, MD 

20814; telephone: (301) 504–7671 or by 

e-mail to lglatz@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 

produced and imported by the firms 

comply with the applicable standard. 

Additionally, the Commission uses this 

information to arrange corrective actions 

if items of children’s sleepwear fail to 

comply with the applicable standard in 

a manner that creates a substantial risk 

of injury to the public. 

OMB approved the collection of 

information in the children’s sleepwear 

standards and implementing regulations 

under control number 3041–0027. 

OMB’s most recent extension of 

approval will expire on June 30, 2009. 

The Commission proposes to request an 

extension of approval for the collection 

of information in the children’s 

sleepwear standards and implementing 

regulations. 

B. Estimated Burden 

The Commission staff estimates that 

about 62 firms manufacture or import 

products subject to the two children’s 

sleepwear flammability standards. 

These firms may perform an estimated 

2,000 tests each that take up to three 

hours per test. The Commission staff 

estimates that these standards and 

implementing regulations will impose 

an average annual burden of about 6,000 

hours on each of those firms (2,000 tests 

× 3 hours). That burden will result from 

conducting the testing required by the 

standards and maintaining records of 

the results of that testing required by the 

implementing regulations. The total 

annual burden imposed by the 

standards and regulations on all 

manufacturers and importers of 

children’s sleepwear will be about 

372,000 hours (62 firms × 6,000). The 

annual cost to the industry is estimated 

to be $20,415,360 based on an hourly 

wage of $54.88 (Bureau of Labor 

Statistics: All workers, goods-producing 

industries, management, professional 

and related, September 2008) × 372,000 

hours. 

The Commission will expend 

approximately three months of 

professional staff time annually for 

examination of information in the 

records maintained by manufacturers 

and importers of children’s sleepwear 

subject to the standards. The annual 

cost to the Federal Government of the 

collection of information in the 

sleepwear standards and implementing 

regulations is estimated to be $41,516. 

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: April 10, 2009. 

Todd A. Stevenson, 

Secretary, Consumer Product Safety 

Commission. 

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BILLING CODE 6355–01–P 

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY 

COMMISSION 

Proposed Extension of Approval of 

Information Collection; Comment 

Request—Testing and Recordkeeping 

Requirements for Carpets and Rugs 

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 (Commission) 

requests comments on a proposed 

extension of approval, for a period of 

three years from the date of approval by 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB), of information collection 

requirements for manufacturers and 

importers of carpets and rugs. The 

collection of information is in 

regulations implementing the Standard 

for the Surface Flammability of Carpets 

and Rugs (16 CFR Part 1630) and the 

Standard for the Surface Flammability 

of Small Carpets and Rugs (16 CFR Part 

1631). These regulations establish 

requirements for testing and 

recordkeeping for manufacturers and 

importers who furnish guaranties for 

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products subject to the carpet 

flammability standards. 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 OMB. 

DATES: The Office of the Secretary must 

receive comments not later than June 

15, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be captioned ‘‘Carpets and Rugs; 

Paperwork Reduction Act,’’ and sent by 

e-mail to cpsc-os@cpsc.gov. Comments 

may also be sent by facsimile to (301) 

504–0127, or by mail to the Office of the 

Secretary, Consumer Product Safety 

Commission, 4330 East West Highway, 

Bethesda, Maryland 20814. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information about the proposed 

collection of information call or write 

Linda Glatz, Division of Policy and 

Planning, Office of Information 

Technology and Technology Services, 

Consumer Product Safety Commission, 

4330 East West Highway, Bethesda, MD 

20814; telephone: (301) 504–7671 or by 

e-mail to lglatz@cpsc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. The Standards 

Carpets and rugs that have one 

dimension greater than six feet, a 

surface area greater than 24 square feet, 

and are manufactured for sale in or 

imported into the United States are 

subject to the Standard for the Surface 

Flammability of Carpets and Rugs (16 

CFR Part 1630). Carpets and rugs that 

have no dimension greater than six feet 

and a surface area not greater than 24 

square feet are subject to the Standard 

for the Surface Flammability of Small 

Carpets and Rugs (16 CFR Part 1631). 

Both of these standards were issued 

under the Flammable Fabrics Act (FFA) 

(15 U.S.C. 1191 et seq.). Both standards 

require that products subject to their 

provisions must pass a flammability test 

that measures resistance to a small, 

timed ignition source. Small carpets and 

rugs that do not pass the flammability 

test comply with the standard for small 

carpets and rugs if they are permanently 

labeled with the statement that they fail 

the standard and should not be used 

near sources of ignition. 

Section 8 of the FFA (15 U.S.C 1197) 

provides that a person who receives a 

guaranty in good faith that a product 

complies with an applicable 

flammability standard is not subject to 

criminal prosecution for a violation of 

the FFA resulting from the sale of any 

product covered by the guaranty. 

Section 8 of the FFA requires that a 

guaranty must be based on ‘‘reasonable 

and representative’’ tests. Many 

manufacturers and importers of carpets 

and rugs issue guaranties that the 

products they produce or import 

comply with the applicable standard. 

Regulations implementing the carpet 

flammability standards prescribe 

requirements for testing and 

recordkeeping by firms that issue 

guaranties. See 16 CFR Part 1630, 

Subpart B, and 16 CFR Part 1631, 

Subpart B. The Commission uses the 

information compiled and maintained 

by firms that issue these guaranties to 

help protect the public from risks of 

injury or death associated with carpet 

fires. More specifically, the information 

helps the Commission arrange 

corrective actions if any products 

covered by a guaranty fail to comply 

with the applicable standard in a 

manner that creates a substantial risk of 

injury or death to the public. The 

Commission also uses this information 

to determine whether the requisite 

testing was performed to support the 

guaranties. 

The OMB approved the collection of 

information in the regulations under 

control number 3041–0017. OMB’s most 

recent extension of approval expires on 

June 30, 2009. The Commission now 

proposes to request an extension of 

approval for the collection of 

information in the regulations. 

B. Estimated Burden 

The Commission staff estimates that 

the enforcement rules result in an 

industry expenditure of a total of 30,000 

hours for testing and recordkeeping. The 

Commission staff estimates that 120 

firms are subject to the information 

collection requirements because the 

firms have elected to issue a guaranty of 

compliance with the FFA. The number 

of tests that a firm issuing a guaranty of 

compliance would be required to 

perform each year varies, depending 

upon the number of carpet styles and 

the annual volume of production. The 

staff estimates that the average firm 

issuing a continuing guaranty under the 

FFA is required to conduct a maximum 

of 200 tests per year. The actual number 

of tests required by a given firm may 

vary from 1 to 200, depending upon the 

number of carpet styles and the annual 

production volume. For purposes of 

estimating the burden, the staff used the 

midpoint, 100 tests per year. The time 

required to conduct each test is 

estimated by the staff to be 21⁄2 hours 

plus the time required to establish and 

maintain the test record. The total 

annualized burden to respondents may 

be up to 12,000 tests per year at 2.5 

hours per test or 30,000 hours. The 

estimated annualized cost to 

respondents may be up to $1,646,400, 

based on an hourly wage of $54.88 

(Bureau of Labor Statistics: All workers, 

goods-producing industries, 

management, professional and related, 

September 2008) × 30,000 hours. The 

estimated annual cost of the information 

and collection requirements to the 

Federal Government is approximately 

$42,000. This sum includes three staff 

months expended for examination of the 

records required to be maintained. 

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: April 10, 2009. 

Todd A. Stevenson, 

Secretary, Consumer Product Safety 

Commission. 

[FR Doc. E9–8714 Filed 4–15–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6355–01–P 

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY 

COMMISSION 

Proposed Extension of Approval of 

Information Collection; Comment 

Request—Baby Bouncers, WalkerJumpers, and Baby-Walkers 

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 (Commission) 

requests comments on a proposed 

extension of approval, for a period of 

three years from the date of approval by 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB), of information collection 

requirements for manufacturers and 

importers of children’s articles known 

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