39006 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 139 / Friday, July 23, 2021 / Notices 

1 1. Charles L. Smith, Smoke Detector Operability 

Survey—Report on Findings, (Bethesda, MD: CPSC, 

November 1993). 

Designated Source of Supply: Industries for 

the Blind and Visually Impaired, Inc., 

West Allis, WI 

Contracting Activity: DEPT OF THE ARMY, 

W7NC USPFO ACTIVITY ME ARNG 

Michael R. Jurkowski, 

Deputy Director, Business Operations. 

[FR Doc. 2021–15737 Filed 7–22–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6353–01–P 

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY 

COMMISSION 

[Docket No. CPSC–2018–0005] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request; Survey on Smoke 

and Carbon Monoxide Alarms 

AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

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 for an 

information collection on a survey that 

will estimate the use of smoke and 

carbon monoxide alarms in United 

States households. The Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

previously approved the collection of 

information under OMB Control No. 

3041–0180. The current information 

collection will expire on October 31, 

2021. CPSC will consider all comments 

received in response to this notice 

before requesting an extension of 

approval of this collection of 

information from OMB. 

DATES: Submit written or electronic 

comments on the collection of 

information by September 21, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by Docket No. CPSC–2018– 

0005, by any of the following methods: 

Electronic Submissions: Submit 

electronic comments to the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal at: https://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

CPSC does not accept comments 

submitted by electronic mail (email), 

except through https://

www.regulations.gov and as described 

below. CPSC encourages you to submit 

electronic comments by using the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal, as 

described above. 

Mail/hand delivery/courier Written 

Submissions: Submit comments by 

mail/hand delivery/courier to: Division 

of the Secretariat, Consumer Product 

Safety Commission, 4330 East West 

Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814; 

telephone: (301) 504–7479. 

Alternatively, as a temporary option 

during the COVID–19 pandemic, you 

may email such submissions to: cpscos@cpsc.gov. 

Instructions: All submissions must 

include the agency name and docket 

number for this notice. CPSC may post 

all comments received without change, 

including any personal identifiers, 

contact information, or other personal 

information provided, to: https://

www.regulations.gov. Do not submit 

electronically: Confidential business 

information, trade secret information, or 

other sensitive or protected information 

that you do not want to be available to 

the public. If you wish to submit such 

information, please submit it according 

to the instructions for mail/hand 

delivery/courier written submissions. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received, go to: https:// 

www.regulations.gov, insert Docket No. 

CPSC–2018–0005 into the ‘‘Search’’ box, 

and follow the prompts. A copy of the 

proposed survey titled ‘‘SCOA ICR 2021 

60-day’’ is available at: http://

www.regulations.gov under Docket No. 

CPSC–2018–0005, Supporting and 

Related Material. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Cynthia Gillham, Consumer Product 

Safety Commission, 4330 East West 

Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814; (301) 

504–7991, or by email to: cgillham@

cpsc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. Background 

The Commission is authorized under 

section 5(a) of the Consumer Product 

Safety Act (CPSA), 15 U.S.C. 2054(a), to 

conduct studies and investigations 

relating to the causes and prevention of 

deaths, accidents, injuries, illnesses, 

other health impairments, and economic 

losses associated with consumer 

products. Section 5(b) of the CPSA, 15 

U.S.C. 2054(b), further provides that the 

Commission may conduct research, 

studies, and investigations on the safety 

of consumer products or test consumer 

products and develop product safety 

test methods and testing devices. 

In 1992, the CPSC sponsored a 

national in-home survey to collect 

information on the number of 

residential smoke alarms in actual use 

in homes and to evaluate the operability 

of the sampled alarms. The results were 

published in the 1994 report, Consumer 

Product Safety Commission Smoke 

Detector Operability Survey Report on 

Findings.1 Although the survey results 

were instrumental for many years in 

developing state and local codes and 

standards related to smoke alarms, 

subsequent changes in technology, 

installation codes, and state/local 

ordinances in the past 25 years have 

rendered the information outdated and 

less effective. Stakeholders’ groups for 

fire loss prevention have identified a 

need for an updated national survey to 

increase the installation and 

maintenance of smoke alarms in the 

United States. In addition, installations 

of CO alarms have increased since 1992. 

Accordingly, CPSC sought to update its 

data information collection related to 

smoke and CO alarm use through a new 

survey, the National Smoke and CO 

Alarm Survey (SCOA survey). 

Although the SCOA survey initially 

commenced in January 2019, CPSC 

experienced lower response rates 

relative to expectations in the 

administration of the SCOA survey in 

fielding locations than had been 

established by the study’s approved 

methodology. To correct for this 

challenge, and to complete the number 

of homes surveyed in the contract, CPSC 

undertook a revised sampling method 

and contact protocol of participant 

recruitment. Among the revisions to the 

methodology, CPSC included a redesign 

of the recruitment, screening, and inhome survey based on a random walk 

door-to-door knocking sample 

methodology. The SCOA survey seeks to 

collect information from 1,185 

households within the United States. 

The survey will be conducted only 

through face-to-face, in-home 

interviews. Following all COVID–19 

safety precautions, survey professionals 

will provide pre-notification door 

hangers requesting participation in the 

survey. These households will be 

recruited, and willing participants will 

be provided with consent forms, and the 

survey team will administer questions 

regarding the residence type, and smoke 

and CO alarm availability and 

functionality in the residences. The 

survey team also will identify, test, and 

examine several of the alarms in the 

home, as time permits, and if they are 

found faulty, provide new alarms or 

batteries, if requested by the participant. 

No action will be taken if participants 

choose not to have the alarm fixed or 

replaced. 

CPSC entered into a contract with 

Eureka Facts to conduct the SCOA 

survey through a national in-home 

survey that would estimate the use and 


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functionality of smoke and CO alarms in 

households, as well as assess user 

hazard perceptions regarding such 

alarms. The purpose of the SCOA 

survey is to collect data that will assist 

CPSC with better estimation of the 

number and types of smoke and CO 

alarms installed in U.S. households, the 

proportion of working smoke and CO 

alarms, the characteristics of residences 

and residents where the smoke and CO 

alarms are not operational, perceptions 

of residents related to the causes of 

‘‘false’’ alarms or causes of faulty 

alarms, consumer hazard awareness, 

and consumer behavior related to alarm 

use and smoke and CO hazards. 

The information collected from the 

SCOA survey would provide CPSC 

updated national estimates regarding 

the use of smoke alarms and CO alarms 

in households, based on direct 

observation of alarm installations. The 

survey also would help CPSC identify 

the groups that do not have operable 

smoke alarms and/or CO alarms and 

understand the reasons why they do not 

have such alarms. With this 

information, CPSC would be able to 

target better its messaging to improve 

consumer use and awareness regarding 

the operability of these alarms. In 

addition, the survey results would help 

to inform CPSC’s recommendations to 

voluntary standards groups and state/ 

local jurisdictions regarding their codes, 

standards, and/or regulations on smoke 

and CO alarms. 

B. Burden Hours 

We estimate the number of 

respondents to be 1,185. We estimate 

the total annual burden hours for 

respondents to be 1,552 hours, based on 

the total time required to respond to the 

invitation, screener, and the actual 

survey. According to the U.S. Bureau of 

Labor Statistics, the total compensation 

for civilian workers in March 2021 was 

$39.01 per hour (Employer Cost for 

Employee Compensation, Table 2, 

https://www.bls.gov/news.release/ 

ecec.t02.htm). Therefore, CPSC 

estimates the cost burden for 

respondents to be $60,544 ($39.01 per 

hour × 1,552 hours = $60,543.52). The 

total cost to the federal government for 

the contract to design and conduct the 

revised survey is $562,725. 

C. Request for Comments 

The CPSC invites comments on these 

topics: 

• Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of CPSC’s functions, 

including whether the information will 

have practical utility; 

• The accuracy of CPSC’s estimate of 

the burden of the proposed collection of 

information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

• Ways to enhance the quality, utility, 

and clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

• Ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on 

respondents, including through the use 

of automated collection techniques, 

when appropriate, and other forms of 

information technology. 

Alberta E. Mills, 

Secretary, Consumer Product Safety 

Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2021–15735 Filed 7–22–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6355–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

Army Training Land Retention of State 

Lands at Kahuku Training Area, 

Poamoho Training Area, and Makua 

Military Reservation, Island of O‘ahu, 

Hawai‘i 

AGENCY: Department of the Army; DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of intent. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) 1969 and the Hawai‘i 

Environmental Policy Act (HEPA), the 

Department of the Army (Army) is 

issuing this Notice of Intent to prepare 

an Environmental Impact Statement 

(EIS) to address the Army’s proposed 

retention of up to approximately 6,300 

acres of land currently leased to the 

Army by the State of Hawai‘i (‘‘Stateowned lands’’) on the island of O‘ahu. 

Lease agreements between the State of 

Hawai‘i and the Army at each of these 

three training areas were initiated in 

1964 and expire in 2029. State-owned 

lands includes approximately 1,170 

acres at Kahuku Training Area (KTA), 

approximately 4,370 acres at Poamoho 

Training Area (Poamoho), and 

approximately 760 acres at Makua 

Military Reservation (MMR). Training 

areas are utilized by Army units and 

other users such as the Marine Corps 

and Hawaii Army National Guard. 

Because the Proposed Action involves 

State-owned lands, the EIS will be a 

joint NEPA–HEPA document; therefore, 

the public scoping processes will run 

concurrently and will jointly meet 

NEPA and HEPA requirements. The EIS 

will evaluate the environmental impacts 

from implementing the proposed land 

retention. 

DATES: The Army invites public 

comments on the scope of the EIS 

during a 40-day public scoping period. 

Comments must be received by 

September 1, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Please send written 

comments to the EIS website at: https:// 

home.army.mil/hawaii/index.php/ 

OAHUEIS. Alternatively, comments can 

be emailed to usarmy.hawaii.nepa@

mail.mil, or mailed to: O‘ahu ATLR EIS 

Comments, P.O. Box 3444, Honolulu, HI 

96801–3444. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Please contact Amy Bugala, U.S. Army 

Garrison-Hawai‘i (USAG–HI) Public 

Affairs Officer, at: (808) 656–3160 or by 

email to: usarmy.hawaii.comrel@

mail.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: USAG–HI 

is home to the 25th Infantry Division 

(ID), and other commands, whose 

mission is to deploy to conduct decisive 

actions in support of unified land 

operations; the Division conducts 

continuous persistent engagement with 

regional partners to shape the 

environment and prevent conflict across 

the Pacific operational environment. On 

orders, these units may conduct theaterwide deployment to perform combat 

operations in support of U.S. IndoPacific Command (USINDOPACOM). 

The 25th ID is based out of Schofield 

Barracks on the island of O‘ahu and 

trains on a rotational basis at various 

training areas, including KTA, 

Poamoho, and MMR. 

Located in northeast O‘ahu, KTA has 

been the site of military training since 

the mid-1950s. Current training 

activities on State-owned lands at KTA 

include high-density company-level 

helicopter training in a tactical 

environment, large-scale ground 

maneuver training, and air support 

training. 

Located in the Ko‘olau Mountains in 

north-central O‘ahu, the Poamoho 

Training Area has been the site of 

military training since 1964 and 

provides ideal airspace with ravines and 

deep vegetation vital to realistic 

helicopter training. 

Located in northwest O‘ahu, MMR 

has been a site for military training for 

nearly 100 years. Tactical training at 

MMR began in 1941 after the surprise 

attack on Pearl Harbor and military 

exercises continue to this day. Current 

training activities on State-owned lands 

at MMR include maneuver training, the 

establishment and use of restricted 

airspace for unmanned aerial vehicle 

training, as well as wildfire suppression 

and security activities. 

The purpose of land retention is to 

secure the long-term military use of 


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