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attachment times where behavior may 

be biased by reactions to the tagging. 

Requested increases are up to 200 tags 

on pantropical spotted dolphins 

(Stenella attenuata), 80 on spinner 

dolphins (S. longirostris), 60 on shortfinned pilot whales (Globicephala 

macrorhynchus), 50 on melon-headed 

whales (Peponocephala electra), and 40 

each on pygmy and false killer whales 

(Feresa attenuata and Pseudorca 

crassidens) and on striped (S. 

coeruleoalba), rough-toothed (Steno 

bredanensis), and bottlenose dolphins 

(Tursiops truncatus). The purpose of 

acoustic playbacks is to determine the 

effects of noise on the behavior of 

cetaceans around Hawaii, and to 

research low-level sounds that might 

elicit mild alert responses. A maximum 

of 3000 spinner dolphins, 300 each of 

pygmy and dwarf sperm whales (Kogia 

sima and K. breviceps), 600 each of 

other authorized species of small 

cetaceans, and 270 each of killer whales, 

Cuvier’s and Blainville’s beaked whales 

would be exposed to playbacks. The 

amendment would be valid until the 

permit expires on November 15, 2010. 

Concurrent with the publication of 

this notice in the Federal Register, 

NMFS is forwarding copies of this 

application to the Marine Mammal 

Commission and its Committee of 

Scientific Advisors. 

Dated: April 13, 2009. 

P. Michael Payne, 

Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education 

Division, Office of Protected Resources, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–22–S 

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY 

COMMISSION 

Proposed Extension of Approval of 

Information Collection; Comment 

Request—Testing and Recordkeeping 

Requirements Under the Standard for 

the Flammability (Open Flame) of 

Mattresses 

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 three 

year extension of approval of 

information collection requirements in 

the Standard for the Flammability— 

Open Flame—of Mattresses Set (Open 

Flame standard), 16 CFR part 1633. The 

Commission has a separate flammability 

standard that addresses cigarette 

ignition of mattresses, 16 CFR part 1632. 

The Open Flame standard is intended to 

reduce unreasonable risks of burn 

injuries and deaths from fires associated 

with mattresses, particularly those 

initially ignited by open flame sources 

such as lighters, candles, and matches. 

The Open Flame standard prescribes a 

test to minimize or delay flashover 

when a mattress is ignited. The standard 

requires manufacturers to test 

specimens of each of their mattress 

prototypes before mattresses based on 

that prototype may be introduced into 

commerce. The Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) previously approved 

the collection of information under 

control number 3041–0133. OMB’s most 

recent extension of approval will expire 

on June 30, 2009. 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: Written comments must be 

received by the Office of the Secretary 

not later than June 15, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be captioned ‘‘Collection of 

Information—Mattress Sets (Open 

Flame) Standard’’ and e-mailed 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 renewal 

of this collection of information, or to 

obtain a copy of the pertinent 

regulations, call or write Linda L. Glatz, 

Division of Policy and Planning, Office 

of Information Technology and 

Technology Services, Consumer Product 

Safety Commission, 4330 East West 

Highway, Bethesda, Maryland 20814; 

(301) 504–7671, or by e-mail to 

lglatz@cpsc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. Estimated Burden 

The Commission staff estimates that 

at this time there are 571 firms 

producing conventional mattresses and 

100 firms producing non-conventional 

mattresses for a total of 671 firms 

affected by this standard. The staff 

further estimates that each firm will 

spend 4 hours and 44 minutes hours for 

testing and recordkeeping annually per 

prototype. The staff estimates that there 

will be an average of 20 different 

prototypes tested by each firm for a total 

of 94.7 hours per firm (4.73 hours × 20 

prototypes). The annual time cost for 

testing and recordkeeping for all firms is 

estimated to be 63,521 hours (94.7 hours 

× 671 firms). The annualized cost is 

estimated to be $1.7 million based on an 

hourly wage for the recordkeeping of 

approximately $27.14 (Bureau of Labor 

Statistics: All workers, goods-producing 

industries, sales and office, September 

2008) × 63,521 hours. 

The Commission will expend 

approximately fifty months of 

professional staff time annually for 

reviewing testing, record review and 

follow-up on consumer complaints and 

reports of injury. The annual cost to the 

Federal government of the collection of 

information on the Open Flame 

standard is estimated to be $830,380. 

B. 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. E9–8720 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—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 (Commission) 

requests comments on a proposed 

extension of approval, for a period of 

three years from the date of approval by 

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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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