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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] 

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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 

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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 December 12, 

2012. 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 

Commission staff estimates that about 

83 firms manufacture or import 

products subject to the two children’s 

sleepwear flammability standards. 

These firms may perform an estimated 

2,000 tests each, which take up to 3 

hours per test. 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 mandated 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 

498,000 hours (83 firms × 6,000). The 

annual cost to the industry is estimated 

to be $30,751,500, based on an hourly 

wage of $61.75 (Bureau of Labor 

Statistics: total compensation for 

management, professional, and related 

workers in goods-producing private 

industries: http://www.bls.gov/ncs) × 

498,000 hours. 

The Commission will expend 

approximately 3 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 $43,014. 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. 2012–24491 Filed 10–3–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6355–01–P 

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY 

COMMISSION 

[Docket No. CPSC–2013–0004] 

Proposed Extension of Approval of 

Information Collection; Comment 

Request—Electrically Operated Toys 

and Children’s Articles 

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 (CPSC or Commission) 

requests comments on a proposed 

extension of approval of a collection of 

information from manufacturers and 

importers of certain electrically 

operated toys and children’s articles. 

The collection of information consists of 

testing and recordkeeping requirements 

in regulations titled, ‘‘Requirements for 

Electrically Operated Toys or Other 

Electrically Operated Articles Intended 

for Use by Children,’’ codified at 16 CFR 

part 1505. 

The Commission will consider all 

comments received in response to this 

notice before requesting an extension 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– 

0004, 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: In 1973, 

the Commission issued safety 

requirements for electrically operated 

toys and children’s articles to protect 

children from unreasonable risks of 

injury from electric shock, electrical 

burns, and thermal burns. These 

regulations are codified at 16 CFR part 

1505 and were issued under the 

authority of sections 2 and 3 of the 

Federal Hazardous Substances Act (15 

U.S.C. 1261, 1262). 

A. Requirements for Electrically 

Operated Toys 

These regulations are applicable to 

toys, games, and other articles intended 

for use by children that are powered by 

electrical current from a nominal 120 


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