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1CPSC will select fewer participants than the 100 

initially proposed by staff in the 2020 Commissionapproved eFiling Plan, available at: https://

www.cpsc.gov/s3fs-public/CPSC-Plan-to-Create-aneFiling-Program-for-Imported-ConsumerProducts.pdf. Staff has determined, based on 

research on user-experience testing, that fewer 

participants of varying importer size are sufficient 

to test system capacity and to provide information 

to the Commission to implement a permanent 

eFiling requirement. 

Designated Source of Supply: Skookum 

Educational Programs, Bremerton, WA 

Contracting Activity: DEPT OF THE ARMY, 

W6QM MICC–JB LEWIS–MC CHORD 

Service Type: Document Management 

Service 

Mandatory for: U.S. Army, Evans Army 

Community Hospital, 1650 Cochrane 

Circle, Fort Carson, CO 

Designated Source of Supply: Goodwill 

Industrial Services Corporation, 

Colorado Springs, CO 

Contracting Activity: DEPT OF THE ARMY, 

W6QM MICC–FT CARSON 

Michael R. Jurkowski, 

Acting Director, Business Operations. 

[FR Doc. 2022–12566 Filed 6–9–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6353–01–P 

COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM 

PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR 

SEVERELY DISABLED 

Procurement List; Proposed Additions 

AGENCY: Committee for Purchase From 

People Who Are Blind or Severely 

Disabled. 

ACTION: Proposed additions to the 

Procurement List. 

SUMMARY: The Committee is proposing 

to add product(s) and service(s) to the 

Procurement List that will be furnished 

by nonprofit agencies employing 

persons who are blind or have other 

severe disabilities. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before: July 10, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Committee for Purchase 

from People Who Are Blind or Severely 

Disabled, 1401 S. Clark Street, Suite 

715, Arlington, Virginia 22202–4149. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information or to submit 

comments contact: Michael R. 

Jurkowski, Telephone: (703) 785–6404, 

or email CMTEFedReg@AbilityOne.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice is published pursuant to 41 

U.S.C. 8503 (a)(2) and 41 CFR 51–2.3. Its 

purpose is to provide interested persons 

an opportunity to submit comments on 

the proposed actions. 

Additions 

If the Committee approves the 

proposed additions, the entities of the 

Federal Government identified in this 

notice will be required to procure the 

product(s) and service(s) listed below 

from nonprofit agencies employing 

persons who are blind or have other 

severe disabilities. 

The following product(s) and 

service(s) are proposed for addition to 

the Procurement List for production by 

the nonprofit agencies listed: 

Product(s) 

NSN(s)—Product Name(s): 

MR 10840—Disney Marvel Toys, Includes 

Shipper 20840 

MR 10836—Barbecue Grill Mat, Includes 

Shipper 20836 

MR 10861—Soap Dispensing Sponge 

Holder, Includes Shipper 20861 

MR 10860—Mosquito Repellent Spray, 

Includes Shipper 20860 

MR 10852—Water Toy Tower, Includes 

Shipper 20852 

Designated Source of Supply: Winston-Salem 

Industries for the Blind, Inc, WinstonSalem, NC 

Contracting Activity: Military Resale-Defense 

Commissary Agency 

Distribution: C-List 

Mandatory for: The requirements of military 

commissaries and exchanges in 

accordance with the 41 CFR 51–6.4 

NSN(s)—Product Name(s): 6930–01–692– 

1671—Set, Army Combat Fitness 

Equipment (ACFT) 

Designated Source of Supply: Envision, Inc., 

Wichita, KS 

Contracting Activity: DEFENSE LOGISTICS 

AGENCY, DLA TROOP SUPPORT 

Distribution: C-List 

Mandatory for: 100% of the requirements of 

the U.S. Army 

Service(s) 

Service Type: Postal Service 

Mandatory for: U.S. Air Force, Travis Air 

Force Base, CA 

Mandatory Source of Supply: Versability 

Resources, Inc., Hampton, VA 

Contracting Activity: U.S. Air Force, FA 4427 

60 CONS LGC 

Michael R. Jurkowski, 

Acting Director, Business Operations. 

[FR Doc. 2022–12564 Filed 6–9–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6353–01–P 

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY 

COMMISSION 

[Docket No. CPSC–2022–0020] 

Electronic Filing of Certain Certificate 

of Compliance Data: Announcement of 

PGA Message Set Test and Request 

for Participants 

AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Consumer Product 

Safety Commission (Commission or 

CPSC), in consultation with U.S. 

Customs and Border Protection (CBP), 

announce their joint intent to conduct a 

second test (a Beta Pilot) to assess the 

electronic filing of data from a 

certificate of compliance (certificate) for 

regulated consumer products under 

CPSC’s jurisdiction. This electronic 

filing will be done via the Partner 

Government Agency (PGA) Message Set, 

to the CBP-authorized Electronic Data 

Interchange system known as the 

Automated Commercial Environment 

(ACE). In this notice, CPSC seeks Beta 

Pilot test participants. CPSC is also 

collecting comments on burden 

estimates for a proposed collection of 

information related to the Beta Pilot test, 

as required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995. 

DATES: 

Beta Pilot Test Participation: 

Electronic requests to participate in the 

Beta Pilot test program and the Beta 

Pilot test IT project may be submitted on 

or before July 25, 2022. However, CPSC 

will consider applications to participate 

until reaching the Beta Pilot test 

capacity of no more than 50 

participants.1 Additionally, CPSC will 

consider applications to volunteer for a 

Beta Pilot test IT project until the 

capacity of nine participants is filled. 

The Beta Pilot test will run until 

terminated by announcement in the 

Federal Register. CPSC intends to run 

the Beta Pilot test for at least 6 months. 

CPSC asks that each Beta Pilot test 

participant electronically file CPSC PGA 

Message Set certificate data, as 

described here, for at least 6 months. 

Participants may have staggered start 

dates, to accommodate onboarding all 

participants. 

Paperwork Reduction Act: Submit 

comments on the proposed collection of 

information by August 9, 2022 using the 

methods described below in the 

ADDRESSES section of this preamble. 

ADDRESSES: 

Beta Pilot Test Participation: Requests 

to participate in the Beta Pilot test and 

technical comments on CPSC’s 

supplemental Customs and Trade 

Automated Interface Requirements 

(CATAIR) guideline (which will be 

made available on CBP.gov) should be 

submitted through electronic mail to: 

efilingpilot@cpsc.gov. Requests to 

participate in the Beta Pilot test should 

contain the subject heading: ‘‘Beta Pilot: 

Application to participate in PGA 

Message Set Test.’’ If you are also 

willing to volunteer to participate in the 

Beta Pilot test IT development project, 

described here, please indicate this in 

the application to participate in the Beta 

Pilot test. Technical comments on 


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2On June 1, 2022, the Commission voted 4–0 to 

issue this notice. 

3https://www.cpsc.gov/s3fs-public/eFiling_

Alpha_Pilot_Evaluation_Report-May_24_

2017.pdf?uK.UhjHabKD5yjQ.1w06tudrnvuuWIra, 

published April 2017. 

4The products classified under the approximately 

300 HTS codes that participants should expect to 

be tested in the Beta Pilot, include, but are not 

limited to: ATVs; durable infant or toddler 

products, such as baby carriages, cribs, and safety 

gates; children’s furniture, backpacks, and school 

supplies; bicycle helmets; bicycles and other 

electric-powered cycles; clothing (sleepwear, 

outerwear, infant articles, potentially flammable 

adult clothing articles); drywall; fireworks; 

children’s jewelry; lighters; liquid nicotine; 

mattresses; pacifiers and rattles; rugs; and toys. 

CPSC intends to flag the approximately 300 HTS 

codes that may require filing certificate data during 

the Beta Pilot test. 

CPSC’s supplemental CATAIR guideline 

should contain the subject heading: 

‘‘Beta Pilot CATAIR Technical 

Comments.’’ 

Paperwork Reduction Act: You may 

submit comments, identified by Docket 

No. CPSC–2022–0020, 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 typically does not accept 

comments submitted by electronic mail 

(email), except through https://

www.regulations.gov. 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 

can email such submissions to: cpsc-os@

cpsc.gov. 

Instructions: All submissions must 

include the agency name and docket 

number for this notice. CPSC may post 

all comments 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, and insert the 

docket number, CPSC–2022–0020, into 

the ‘‘Search’’ box, and follow the 

prompts. A copy of the ‘‘Supporting 

Statement’’ for this burden estimate is 

available at: https://

www.regulations.gov under Docket No. 

CPSC–2022–0020, Supporting and 

Related Material. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Questions regarding the Beta Pilot test, 

participation in the test, and the 

proposed collection of information 

should be directed to Arthur Laciak, 

eFiling Program Specialist, Office of 

Import Surveillance, U.S. Consumer 

Product Safety Commission, (301) 504– 

7516, efilingpilot@cpsc.gov. Questions 

sent by electronic mail should contain 

the subject heading: ‘‘Beta Pilot: 

Question re PGA Message Set Test.’’ For 

technical questions regarding ACE or 

Automated Broker Interface (ABI) 

transmissions, or the PGA message set 

data transmission, please contact your 

assigned CBP client representative. 

Interested parties without an assigned 

client representative should submit an 

email to Steven Zaccaro at: 

steven.j.zaccaro@cbp.dhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

A. Beta Pilot Test Purpose and Goal 2

Preventing products that are not in 

compliance with safety requirements 

from reaching American homes was a 

primary impetus for passage of the 

Consumer Product Safety Improvement 

Act of 2008 (CPSIA) and remains a high 

priority of the CPSC. To improve the 

safety of imported consumer products, 

Congress mandated in the CPSIA that 

CPSC improve the targeting of violative 

imported products and enforcement of 

safety requirements, including by 

creating a Risk Assessment 

Methodology (RAM) and allowing CPSC 

to collect certificate data electronically 

up to 24 hours before arrival of an 

imported product. In furtherance of this 

mandate, in 2016, CPSC and CBP 

conducted a successful initial PGA 

Message Set test (the Alpha Pilot test) 3

to collect certain targeting/enforcement 

data from a certificate that CPSC 

collected and placed into CPSC’s RAM 

system at the time of entry filing, or 

entry summary filing, if both entry and 

entry summary were filed together. 

The Alpha Pilot test was a 6-month 

joint initiative between CPSC and CBP 

that assessed the infrastructure and 

processes necessary for electronic filing 

(eFiling) of data, and successfully 

demonstrated the ability of eight U.S. 

importers, their customs brokers, CBP, 

and CPSC to work together to gather and 

electronically file these data at import. 

The Alpha Pilot test was small, having 

eight volunteer importer participants 

and involving several consumer 

products classified within a limited set 

of Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) 

codes. The purpose of the Alpha Pilot 

was to test the trade’s ability to use a 

Product Registry and submit certificate 

data through ABI, CBP’s ability to 

collect and transfer PGA Message Set 

data to CPSC, and CPSC’s ability to 

receive the data into the RAM. Because 

of the limited number of participants 

and eligible HTS codes, it was not 

feasible for CPSC to create algorithms to 

detect noncompliant products, or to 

develop the necessary internal 

enforcement procedures and processes 

for a permanent program. However, the 

Alpha Pilot test successfully 

demonstrated CPSC’s ability to collect 

and use certificate data at the ports for 

enforcement purposes. 

To advance the Commission’s 

consumer safety mission, on December 

18, 2020, the Commission approved 

staff’s recommended plan to implement 

a permanent eFiling program at CPSC. 

In anticipation of a rulemaking to 

implement a permanent eFiling 

requirement for regulated consumer 

products, CBP and CPSC will conduct a 

Beta Pilot test, using certificate data 

provided through a PGA Message Set. 

The purpose of the Beta Pilot test is to 

build upon the Alpha Pilot test, develop 

and test the IT infrastructure necessary 

to support a full-scale eFiling 

requirement, inform CPSC’s potential 

rulemaking, and develop internal 

procedures to support enforcement. The 

Beta Pilot test also will advance the 

concept of a ‘‘single window’’ to 

facilitate electronic collection, 

processing, sharing, and reviewing of 

trade data and documents required by 

CPSC during the cargo import process, 

and will assist CPSC to target imports 

more accurately to facilitate the flow of 

legitimate trade and enhance targeting 

of noncompliant trade. 

The Beta Pilot test also will assess 

CPSC and importer capabilities for 

electronically filing certificate data 

elements via the PGA Message Set and 

incorporating the data elements into 

CPSC’s RAM to risk score and interdict 

noncompliant products. The Beta Pilot 

test will include more participants than 

the Alpha Pilot test (up to 50), add two 

additional data elements, and involve 

more varied consumer products under 

CPSC’s jurisdiction, products classified 

under approximately 300 HTS codes.4

Compared with the Alpha Pilot test, the 

Beta Pilot test will increase the number 

of test participants and entry lines, 


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5Since 2014, CPSC staff has engaged the public 

on CPSC’s eFiling initiative many times, including: 

a public workshop on electronic filing of 

certificates, as included in proposed rule on 

Certificates of Compliance—September 18, 2014; 

webinars and meetings with CBP’s Commercial 

Customs Operations Advisory Committee (COAC) 

Working Group—March 12, 2015, March 26, 2015, 

April 9, 2015, and May 13, 2015; Chairman Kaye 

Meeting with Members of the COAC 1USG 

Subcommittee-CPSC Working Group—April 28, 

2015; webinar with the Border Interagency 

Executive Council (BIEC)—September 16, 2015; 

working meetings with the Trade Support Network 

(TSN)—September 16, 2015 and September 23, 

2016; webinars to demonstrate the eFiling Product 

Registry—October 1, 2015 and February 25, 2016; 

kickoff meeting with eFiling Alpha Pilot 

participants—November 18, 2015; adult wearing 

apparel webinar on Enforcement Discretion 

Regarding GCCs for Adult Wearing Apparel Exempt 

from Testing with eFiling Alpha Pilot 

Participants—April 13, 2016; broker feedback 

meeting on eFiling with Bureau Veritas—August 4, 

2016; public meeting for review and feedback on 

the eFiling Alpha Pilot with participants—January 

26, 2017. 

6https://www.cpsc.gov/s3fs-public/eFilingCertificate-Study-Evaluation-ReportFINAL.pdf?dP0Vwp55DJO.iSQIBsPqTg07umCLIcKr, 

published August 2018. 

7https://cpsc.gov/s3fs-public/CPSC-Plan-toCreate-an-eFiling-Program-for-Imported-ConsumerProducts.pdf?BYXOLX2gJmF4NaAN1LCMmqi

XRISuaRkr=, published December 2020. 

allowing CPSC to develop, test, and 

implement processes and procedures for 

an eFiling requirement for all imported, 

regulated consumer products. CPSC 

plans to use the results from the Beta 

Pilot test to scale up IT systems to 

accept data for regulated consumer 

products; refine the required 

infrastructure for the real-time 

collection and use of data; develop 

internal and external procedures to 

supply, use, and maintain certificate 

data; and inform rulemaking that will 

require and make permanent eFiling 

certificate data. 

Accordingly, CPSC anticipates that 

Beta Pilot test participants will help to 

develop, inform, and shape the 

permanent eFiling requirement for 

certificate data. CPSC seeks up to 50 

importers of consumer products to 

participate in the Beta Pilot test, and a 

subset of up to nine Beta Pilot test 

participants to advise CPSC during the 

technology development (IT) phase of 

the project (Beta Pilot test IT 

volunteers), before the Beta Pilot test 

begins. 

B. Background: CPSC’s eFiling Initiative 

CPSC’s eFiling initiative began in or 

around 2013, when the Commission 

issued a notice of proposed rulemaking 

(NPR) to update certificate requirements 

in 16 CFR part 1110 and to implement 

electronic filing of certificates under 

section 14(g)(4) of the CPSA. 78 FR 

28080 (May 14, 2013). The NPR 

proposed that importers of regulated 

consumer products be required to file 

certificates electronically with CBP at 

the time of entry filing, or at the time 

of entry summary filing, if both entry 

and entry summary are filed together. 78 

FR at 28089, 28108. The Commission 

explained in the preamble to the 2013 

NPR that the proposal would require 

data from a certificate to be filed 

electronically with CBP, and then 

transferred to CPSC’s systems, to assist 

CPSC in enforcing the certificate 

requirement, and for use in targeting to 

identify potentially violative consumer 

products. 

Since the 2013 NPR, CPSC staff 

engaged public and industry 

stakeholders regarding eFiling, 

including participating in work groups 

and meetings, developing and 

conducting an eFiling Alpha Pilot test, 

and completing a certificate study.5

CPSC’s eFiling initiatives, to date, 

suggest strong grounds for establishing a 

permanent eFiling program at CPSC. 

More than 12 years after the 

Commission first required certificates at 

import in 2009, staff continues to see a 

significant number of certificate 

violations with imported products. Data 

show that the lack of a timely certificate 

is a strong predictor of substantive 

violations in imported consumer 

products. Moreover, specific data on a 

certificate are associated with 

noncompliance. 

After the Alpha Pilot test, in 2017 and 

2018, CPSC staff also completed a 

Certificate of Compliance Study 6 to 

assess the correlation between the 

timing and availability of a certificate, 

as well as the specific data on a 

certificate, with finished product 

compliance. Staff found that a shipment 

was five times more likely to have a 

violation if a certificate was never 

provided to CPSC, and three times more 

likely to have a violation if a certificate 

was provided, but not within 24 hours 

of CPSC’s request. The Certificate Study 

also identified which certificate data 

elements are most valuable for import 

targeting. 

Building on the Alpha Pilot test and 

the Certificate Study, a Beta Pilot test 

will enable CPSC to develop RAM 

algorithms to triage the enormous 

amount of import data received from 

CBP to detect more effectively 

noncompliant consumer products 

arriving at ports of entry. The ability to 

use data and improved technology to 

detect noncompliant products is vital to 

focus CPSC’s limited resources on 

effectively protecting consumers from 

noncompliant and hazardous consumer 

products. To that end, on September 23, 

2020, CPSC staff submitted a briefing 

package titled, CPSC Plan to Create an 

eFiling Program for Imported Consumer 

Products (2020 eFiling Plan),7 for 

Commission consideration. Staff 

explained that currently, import staff 

requests certificates once a shipment 

has already been stopped for physical 

examination; and thus, staff cannot use 

the lack of a certificate, or certificate 

data, for targeting stops. Based on 12 

years of experience enforcing certificate 

requirements, testing, and study, CPSC 

staff concluded that an eFiling program 

is critical to the agency’s ability to 

intercept noncompliant imported 

consumer products. Staff concluded that 

electronically collecting certificate data 

at the time of import can enhance 

identification of high-risk products, 

improve risk assessment, and facilitate 

legitimate trade. 

Staff’s 2020 eFiling Plan 

recommended a multiyear, four-phased 

approach: (1) create and fund an eFiling 

program, (2) conduct an eFiling Beta 

Pilot test, (3) initiate rulemaking, and (4) 

dedicate ongoing resources. As 

described in section I.A, the Alpha Pilot 

test successfully demonstrated CPSC’s 

ability to collect data for targeting into 

the RAM at the time of entry but 

involved only eight participants and 

limited HTS codes. The small Alpha 

Pilot test did not assess a full-scale 

system capacity, develop and test 

algorithms to detect noncompliant 

consumer products, or develop internal 

enforcement procedures. Accordingly, 

staff’s plan proposed a Beta Pilot test 

before the permanent rollout of an 

eFiling program. The Beta Pilot test 

would include approximately 300 HTS 

codes prioritized for import, all 

certificate fields with potential risktargeting value, and the option for 

importers to use a Product Registry (as 

provided in the Alpha Pilot test). The 

Beta Pilot test would test eFiling on a 

larger scale, to allow CPSC staff to 

assess and develop IT infrastructure, 

refine importer data entry content and 

methods, develop and optimize RAM 

algorithms, and develop CPSC internal 

processes and procedures for use in 

enforcement programs. 

On December 18, 2020, the 

Commission voted 4–0 to implement 

staff’s recommended eFiling program as 

set forth in the 2020 eFiling Plan. Thus, 

the Commission approved the Beta Pilot 

test described in this notice, as well as 

staff’s rulemaking efforts to make the 

eFiling program permanent. 


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8 GTIN stands for Global Trade Item Number and 

is managed by Global Standards 1 (GS1). 

9Two data elements required on a certificate that 

were not included in the Alpha Pilot test, the 

certifier and contact information, are also not 

included in the Beta Pilot test. These fields are 

duplicative because the certifier will always be the 

importer, and the name of the importer and the 

importer’s (or broker’s) contact information are 

already received from CBP on an entry form. 

Similarly, the Beta Pilot test will not include the 

place where a product is tested, because this 

information is already included in the name and 

contact information for a laboratory, information 

that is required in field 6. 

C. The Automated Commercial 

Environment 

CPSC will conduct the Beta Pilot test 

in coordination with CBP, using CBP’s 

Automated Commercial Environment 

(ACE) system. ACE is CBP’s automated 

electronic system through which it 

collects importation and entry data, 

streamlining business processes and 

ensuring cargo security and compliance 

with U.S. laws and regulations. CBP has 

developed ACE as the ‘‘single window’’ 

for the trade community to comply with 

the International Trade Data System 

(ITDS) requirement established by the 

SAFE Port Act of 2006. For trade filers 

to submit data to ACE, it requires the 

use of an electronic data interchange 

system (EDI). One such system is the 

Automated Broker Interface (ABI) is a 

software interface to ACE. Commercial 

trade participants, or their licensed 

customs brokers acting on their behalf, 

can file entries in ACE using ABI to 

electronically file required import data 

with CBP. ABI transfers trade-submitted 

data into ACE. A PGA Message Set 

allows the trade to enter agency-specific 

data in one location, through ABI, and 

for PGAs to receive this additional 

trade-related data along with entry data. 

II. Beta Pilot Test: Certificate Data 

Like the Alpha Pilot test, the Beta 

Pilot test will allow two different 

methods of filing certificate data using 

the PGA Message Set: (1) filing a 

minimum of seven data elements (Full 

PGA Message Set), or (2) filing only a 

reference to certificate data stored in a 

Product Registry maintained by CPSC 

(Reference PGA Message Set). 

Participants will submit certificate data 

for regulated finished products, either as 

the Full PGA Message Set or the 

Reference PGA Message Set, in ACE at 

the time of entry filing or entry 

summary filing if both entry and entry 

summary are filed together. CBP will 

then make available to CPSC the PGA 

Message Set data and its corresponding 

entry data, for CPSC’s validation, risk 

assessment, and admissibility 

determinations at entry, thereby 

facilitating compliant trade as well as 

sharpening CPSC focus on 

noncompliant trade. CPSC will use the 

data to review consumer product entry 

requirements and allow for earlier riskbased admissibility decisions by CPSC 

staff. Additionally, because it is 

electronic, the PGA Message Set may 

eliminate the necessity for submission 

and subsequent handling of paper 

documents. Piloting electronic filing to 

transition away from paper-based filing 

is a priority initiative of the PGAs to 

meet the stated ‘‘single window’’ 

implementation timeline. 

A. PGA Message Set 

To file data electronically with CBP, 

participants will file information 

required for eligible consumer products 

in CBP’s ACE system. The proposed 

PGA Message Set test will evaluate, at 

the minimum, the electronic filing of 

CPSC’s seven certificate data elements 

listed below for regulated consumer 

products: 

1. Identification of the finished 

product (may use reference to GTIN 8

data for this element); 

2. Each consumer product safety rule 

to which the finished product has been 

certified; 

3. Date when the finished product 

was manufactured; 

4. Place where the finished product 

was manufactured, produced, or 

assembled, including the identity and 

address of the manufacturing party; 

5. Date when the finished product 

was most recently tested for compliance 

with the consumer product safety rule 

cited above; 

6. Parties on whose testing a 

certificate depends (meaning the name 

and contact information for the entity 

that conducted the testing); and 

7. A check box indicating that a 

required certificate currently exists for 

the finished product, as required by 

Sections 14 and 17 of the CPSA. 

These seven data elements from a 

certificate include all of the data 

elements tested in the Alpha Pilot, as 

well as two additional date fields, 

manufacture date and test date, which 

were not tested in the Alpha Pilot. Staff 

considers all seven data elements useful 

to improve the targeting of potentially 

violative products. Both individually 

and considered together, these data 

elements allow CPSC staff to create a 

unique set of rules in the RAM that can 

increase or decrease risk scores. 

Including, at the minimum, all seven 

data elements creates the most robust 

measures by which staff can interdict 

noncompliant products and also 

identify the lowest-risk importers and 

compliant products.9

CPSC is drafting a supplemental 

CATAIR guideline on filing certificate 

data through the PGA Message Set that 

describes the technical specifications for 

filing during the Beta Pilot test, as well 

as the Product Registry and Reference 

PGA Message Set (described in section 

II.B below). The supplemental CATAIR 

guideline will be made available before 

the initiation of the Beta Pilot test and 

will be posted on http://www.cbp.gov/ 

trade/ace/catair. Technical comments 

on CPSC’s supplemental CATAIR 

guideline should be submitted in 

accordance with the instructions in the 

ADDRESSES section at the beginning of 

this notice. 

B. CPSC Product Registry and Reference 

PGA Message Set 

The Product Registry concept arose 

out of discussions at CPSC staff’s 2014 

eFiling workshop and CPSC 

successfully tested this concept during 

the 2016 Alpha Pilot test. Other 

agencies have existing databases that 

can be referenced during the CBP entry 

process without having to re-enter 

repeatedly large amounts of data into 

ACE. Importers expressed concern about 

added costs and time to enter data for 

each regulated finished product with 

their entry, and the need for accurate 

data entry. Customs brokers also 

expressed concern about lack of access 

to the required data elements. For 

example, express carriers were 

concerned about meeting entry 

requirements during off-hour times 

when business personnel were 

unavailable for consultation. 

Stakeholders expressed concern that 

any requirement to re-enter large 

amounts of data, or lack of access to the 

required data, may slow the import 

process. 

After considering stakeholder 

comments and concerns, CPSC included 

a Product Registry as one of two filing 

options in the Alpha Pilot test to inform 

the Commission whether this concept 

alleviates some of the concerns 

expressed at the 2014 eFiling workshop. 

CPSC received positive feedback during 

the Alpha Pilot test regarding the 

Product Registry reducing burden for 

participants. Instead of filing a Full PGA 

Message Set for certificate data in ACE 

with entry each time a product was 

imported, participants can pre-file 

information into a Product Registry, 

maintained by CPSC, before filing an 

entry with CBP and reference this 

certificate data each time the product 

was imported thereafter, reducing data 

entry time and potential errors. 

Similarly, Beta Pilot test participants 

will be able to use the Product Registry 

to enter certificate data and to manage 


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10The duration of the Beta Pilot test could be 

shorter than the 1 year approved in the 2020 eFiling 

Plan. Staff determined that a duration of 6 months 

may be sufficient to complete anticipated test 

metrics. Accordingly, the Beta Pilot test will run for 

at least 6 months until the test is completed via a 

Federal Register notice of termination. 

those data, and importers with 

established databases or processes can 

provide information for many products 

electronically in a batch upload into the 

Product Registry. 

Once certificate data are filed in the 

Product Registry, filers will only need to 

provide a reference, or identifier, to the 

data using the PGA Message Set during 

the entry process, rather than entering 

all data multiple times for repeated 

importations of the same product. 

Participants who choose to use the 

Product Registry will need to provide 

their broker only with an identifier, and 

they will not need to provide all data 

elements for each product being 

imported. Based on the Alpha Pilot test 

experience, using the Product Registry 

should minimize data entry; reduce 

costs and filing time; and allow firms to 

manage, update, and re-use certificate 

data in the registry. The additional 

testing of the Product Registry should 

allow importers and CPSC to test the 

capacity of the Product Registry on a 

larger scale, including the ability to 

batch upload larger amounts of product 

data, a feature not tested in the Alpha 

Pilot test, as well as the entry and 

maintenance of two date fields. As in 

the Alpha Pilot test, use of the Product 

Registry in the Beta Pilot test will be 

voluntary. 

III. Beta Pilot Test Participant 

Eligibility, Selection Criteria, and 

Responsibilities 

This document announces CPSC’s 

plan, in consultation with CBP, to 

conduct a Beta Pilot test for the 

electronic filing of certificate data with 

CBP for regulated consumer products 

within CPSC’s jurisdiction that are 

imported into the United States. Beta 

Pilot test participants will work with 

CPSC and CBP to refine electronic filing 

of data through the PGA Message Set, by 

filing all data elements in the PGA 

Message Set, or by using the Product 

Registry, and filing a reference to 

certificate data through PGA Message 

Set. CBP and CPSC are seeking small, 

medium, and large U.S-based importers 

with an assortment of products under 

CPSC jurisdiction to participate in the 

Beta Pilot test. 

To be eligible to apply as a test 

participant, the applicant must: 

• Import regulated consumer 

products within the Commission’s 

jurisdiction; 

• File consumption entries and entry 

summaries in ACE, or have a broker 

who files in ACE; 

• Use a software program that has 

completed ACE certification testing for 

the PGA Message Set; 

• Be willing to participate in the 

Trade Support Network (TSN); 

• Provide oral and written feedback 

on all aspects of the Beta Pilot test as 

requested by CPSC, including 

information on costs to build to the 

requirements and time necessary to file 

certificate data; and 

• Work with CPSC and CBP to test 

electronic filing of data using ABI to file 

through the Message Set, or references 

to certificate data in the Product 

Registry. 

Because the feedback on the Beta Pilot 

test will be used to inform a rulemaking 

related to eFiling certificate data, 

participant feedback will be publicly 

available. 

CPSC, in consultation with CBP, will 

select approximately 30–50 participants 

based on the eligibility requirements, 

application date, the number and type 

of consumer products imported, how 

applicants would file certificate data 

(Full PGA Message Set or Reference 

PGA Message Set), and the goal of 

having a diverse cross section of the 

trade community participate. The 

number and selection of participants 

will be at the discretion of CPSC and 

CBP, to meet the information 

requirements of the Beta Pilot test. 

Additionally, CPSC and CBP seek a 

subset of Beta Pilot test participants, not 

to exceed nine, to advise CPSC and CBP 

earlier in the project, during the IT 

development portion of the Beta Pilot 

test. 

CPSC anticipates that the benefits of 

participation in the Beta Pilot test may 

include, but will not necessarily be 

limited to: 

• Opportunity to work directly with 

CBP and CPSC in the preimplementation stage of the requirement 

to file certificate data; 

• Ability to provide feedback and 

experience that will inform the ultimate 

e-Filing requirements; and 

• Ability to trouble-shoot systems and 

procedures. 

IV. Application Process 

Any party seeking to participate in the 

test should email their company name, 

contact information, importer of record 

number(s), filer code, and an 

explanation of how they satisfy the 

requirements for participation to the 

address listed at the beginning of this 

notice on or before July 25, 2022. 

However, CPSC will consider 

applications to participate until 

reaching the Beta Pilot test capacity of 

50 participants. Applicants interested in 

advising CPSC and CBP during the IT 

development portion of the Beta Pilot 

test should specify their interest in the 

email. Applicants may be contacted 

directly for additional information in 

connection with the selection process. 

Selected Beta Pilot test participants will 

be notified by email. Selected Beta Pilot 

test participants may have different 

starting dates. A firm providing 

incomplete information, or otherwise 

not meeting the participation 

requirements, will be notified by email 

and given the opportunity to resubmit 

the application. Applicants who are not 

selected also will be notified by email. 

V. Test Duration 

Upon selection into the Beta Pilot test, 

test participants will be expected to 

begin work promptly, when requested, 

to assist CBP and CPSC to define and 

refine requirements. The eFiling portion 

of the Beta Pilot test is expected to begin 

in October 2023, but participants will 

begin planning for participation, 

including data requirement discussions 

with CPSC and IT development, much 

earlier, in fall 2022. When the test 

begins, Beta Pilot test participants will 

spend the first several weeks of the Pilot 

onboarding. Once onboarding is 

complete for all test participants, the 

Beta Pilot test is expected to run for at 

least 6 months, and will run until 

terminated by announcement in the 

Federal Register.10 Participants 

advising CPSC and CBP during the IT 

development will have the opportunity 

to onboard and test filing via the Full 

PGA Message Set and the Product 

Registry and Reference PGA Message 

Set before October 2023. 

VI. Legal Authority 

A. ITDS Goals and CBP’s Authority To 

Conduct National Customs Automation 

Program Tests 

The ITDS is an electronic data 

interchange system whose goals include 

eliminating redundant information 

requirements, efficiently regulating the 

flow of commerce, and effectively 

enforcing laws and regulations relating 

to international trade by establishing a 

single portal system, operated by CBP, 

for the collection and distribution of 

standard electronic import and export 

data required by participating federal 

agencies. All federal agencies that 

require documentation for clearance or 

licensing the importation of cargo are 

required to participate in the ITDS. The 

Customs Modernization provisions in 

the North American Free Trade 

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11On November 18, 2008, pursuant to section 

14(a) of the CPSA, the Commission promulgated a 

final rule on ‘‘certificates of compliance’’ (73 FR 

68328), which is codified at 16 CFR part 1110 (part 

1110). The rule restates the statutory certificate 

requirements, limits the parties who must issue a 

certificate to the importer, for products 

manufactured outside the United States, and, in the 

case of domestically manufactured products, to the 

manufacturer, and allows certificates to be in hard 

copy or electronic form. 

the Commissioner of CBP with authority 

to conduct limited test programs or 

procedures designed to evaluate 

planned components of the National 

Customs Automation Program (NCAP), 

which includes ACE. The Beta Pilot 

PGA Message Set test described in this 

notice is in furtherance of the ITDS and 

NCAP goals. 

B. CPSC and CBP Authority To Regulate 

the Importation of Consumer Products 

Certificates are required to accompany 

shipments of regulated consumer 

products. Section 14(a) of the Consumer 

Product Safety Act (CPSA), as amended 

by section 102(b) of the Consumer 

Product Safety Improvement Act of 

2008 (CPSIA), Public Law 110–314, 

requires manufacturers (including 

importers) and private labelers of 

certain regulated consumer products 

manufactured outside the United States 

to test and issue a certificate of 

compliance (certificate) certifying such 

products as compliant with applicable 

laws and regulations before 

importation.11 15 U.S.C. 2063(a). 

Although section 14(g)(4) of the CPSA 

authorizes the Commission, in 

consultation with CBP, to require, by 

rule, electronic filing of certificates up 

to 24 hours before arrival of an imported 

consumer product, the Commission has 

not yet implemented this authority. To 

implement section 14(g)(4) of the CPSA, 

CPSC will conduct the Beta Pilot test 

and begin rulemaking to make 

permanent electronic filing of 

certificates at the time of entry filing, or 

at the time of entry summary filing, if 

both entry and entry summary are filed 

together. 

In addition to its section 14 authority, 

the Commission has admissibility 

authority for imported consumer 

products and substances that are within 

the CPSC’s jurisdiction under section 17 

of the CPSA (15 U.S.C. 2066) and 

section 14 of the Federal Hazardous 

Substances Act (FHSA) (15 U.S.C. 

1273). Unless the Commission allows a 

product to be reconditioned for 

importation, section 17(a) of the CPSA 

requires refusal of admission and 

destruction of any product offered for 

import that, among other things, is not 

accompanied by a certificate required 

under section 14 of the CPSA, or is a 

product which is in violation of the 

inspection and recordkeeping 

requirements of section 16. 

CPSC’s authority to regulate the 

importation of consumer products is 

further derived from section 17(h)(1), 

which requires the Commission to 

‘‘establish and maintain a permanent 

product surveillance program, in 

cooperation with other appropriate 

Federal agencies, for the purpose of 

carrying out the Commission’s 

responsibilities under this Act and the 

other Acts administered by the 

Commission and preventing the entry of 

unsafe consumer products into the 

commerce of the United States.’’ 15 

U.S.C. 2066(h)(1). Also, under section 

222 of the CPSIA, the CPSC is required 

to develop a risk assessment 

methodology (RAM) for the 

identification of shipments of consumer 

products that are intended for import 

into the United States and are likely to 

violate consumer product safety statutes 

and regulations. An eFiling requirement 

to enhance targeting of noncompliant 

consumer products is consistent with 

the federal government’s movement to 

the ‘‘single window.’’ 

Building on these authorities, CPSC 

works with CBP to review and inspect 

cargo and to clear compliant consumer 

products for importation into the United 

States. CPSC also works with CBP to 

enforce CPSC regulations and to destroy 

products that violate the law and cannot 

be reconditioned for importation. 15 

U.S.C. 2066. CBP has the authority to 

seize and destroy products offered for 

importation under the Tariff Act, 

codified at 19 U.S.C. 1595a(c)(2)(A), 

where the importation or entry of such 

products is subject to any restriction or 

prohibition which is imposed by law 

relating to health, safety, or 

conservation and such products are not 

in compliance with the applicable rule, 

regulation, or statute. An admissibility 

determination may be deferred to allow 

an importer to recondition products for 

entry. 15 U.S.C. 2066(c). CPSC and CBP 

have authority to supervise the 

reconditioning of products for entry that 

are still under CBP’s bond. 15 U.S.C. 

2066(d). If these products cannot be 

reconditioned, they must be refused 

admission and destroyed, unless the 

Secretary of the Treasury permits export 

in lieu of destruction. 15 U.S.C. 2066(d) 

& (e). 

Finally, the Commission has authority 

to implement requirements in the 

CPSIA and any amendments to the 

CPSA made by the CPSIA, including 

certificate requirements and 

implementing a RAM system, pursuant 

to section 3 of the CPSIA, which 

provides: ‘‘[t]he Commission may issue 

regulations, as necessary, to implement 

this Act and the amendments made by 

this Act.’’ Taken together, these 

authorities give CPSC a broad ability to 

monitor all consumer products within 

its jurisdiction at the ports, and to issue 

implementing regulations in furtherance 

of the agency’s mission to protect 

consumers from unreasonably 

dangerous consumer products. Insights 

gained through this Best Pilot test will 

inform the infrastructure, processes, 

procedures, and rulemaking to 

implement a permanent eFiling program 

at CPSC. 

VII. Paperwork Reduction Act 

The Beta Pilot test contains 

information collection requirements that 

are subject to public comment and 

review by the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) under the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501– 

3521). In this document, pursuant to 44 

U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D), we set forth: 

D a title for the collection of 

information; 

D a summary of the collection of 

information; 

D a brief description of the need for 

the information and the proposed use of 

the information; 

D a description of the likely 

respondents and proposed frequency of 

response to the collection of 

information; 

D an estimate of the burden that shall 

result from the collection of 

information; and 

D notice that comments may be 

submitted to the OMB. 

Title: Beta Pilot Test for eFiling 

Certificates of Compliance. 

Description: During the Beta Pilot test 

of CBP’s PGA Message Set abilities 

through ACE, up to 50 participating 

importers of regulated consumer 

products will electronically file the 

requested certificate data, comprised of 

7 data elements, at the time of entry 

filing, or entry summary filing, if both 

entry and entry summary are filed 

together. Participants will have two 

ways to file certificate data during the 

Beta Pilot test: (1) filing certificate data 

in a CPSC-maintained Product Registry, 

and filing a reference number in ACE to 

this data set, through ABI, each time the 

product is imported thereafter 

(Reference PGA Message Set), or (2) 

filing all certificate data elements 

directly through ABI each time the 

product is imported (Full PGA Message 

Set). CPSC will receive the information 

from CBP through a real-time transfer of 

import data, and risk score the 

information in CPSC’s Risk Assessment 

Methodology (RAM) system, to assist in 


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the interdiction of noncompliant 

consumer products. 

As set forth in section VI.B of this 

preamble, the requirement to create and 

maintain certificates, including the data 

elements, is set forth in section 14 of the 

Consumer Product Safety Act (CPSA). 

Section 14(a) of the CPSA requires 

manufacturers (including importers) 

and private labelers of certain regulated 

consumer products manufactured 

outside the United States to test and 

issue a certificate certifying such 

products as compliant with applicable 

laws and regulations before importation. 

15 U.S.C. 2063(a). Section 14(g)(1) of the 

CPSA describes the data required on a 

certificate. Section 14(g)(3) requires a 

certificate to accompany the applicable 

product or shipment of products 

covered by the certificate, and that 

certifiers furnish the certificate to each 

distributor or retailer of the product. 

Upon request, certificates must also be 

furnished to CPSC and CBP. Section 

14(g)(4) provides that ‘‘[i]n consultation 

with the Commissioner of Customs, the 

Commission may, by rule, provide for 

the electronic filing of certificates under 

this section up to 24 hours before arrival 

of an imported product.’’ The Beta Pilot 

test described in this collection of 

information is in preparation for a 

rulemaking to implement section 

14(g)(4) of the CPSA. 15 U.S.C. 

2063(g)(4). 

Because certificates are required by 

statute, this analysis focuses on the 

burden for CPSC to accept, and 

importers to provide, certificate data 

elements electronically at the time of 

entry filing, and not to collect and 

maintain certificate data more generally. 

Importer requirements in the Beta Pilot 

test for providing certificate data 

electronically at the time of entry filing 

fall within the definition of ‘‘collection 

of information,’’ as defined in 44 U.S.C. 

3502(3). 

Description of Respondents: Up to 50 

importer participants who import 

regulated consumer products within 

CPSC’s jurisdiction under the 

approximately 300 HTS codes included 

in the Beta Pilot test. 

Estimated Burden: We estimate the 

burden of this collection of information 

as follows: 

CPSC used information provided by 

Alpha Pilot test participants to inform 

the estimated burden for the Beta Pilot 

test. The burden from participating in 

the eFiling Beta Pilot test can be broken 

down into the burden of preparing for 

participation in the Pilot, the burden of 

maintaining the data elements 

separately, and, as compared to the 

Alpha Pilot test, the additional burden 

of including the dates of manufacturing 

and lab testing. Based on feedback from 

the Alpha Pilot test participants, we also 

assume that if we have 50 Beta Pilot test 

participants, many more participants 

(90%), approximately 45 respondents, 

will opt to exclusively use the Product 

Registry and Reference PGA Message 

Set, while 5 participants will opt to 

exclusively use the Full PGA Message 

Set. 

For the 45 participants opting to 

exclusively use the Product Registry, we 

estimate that there will be 

approximately 8,764 burden hours to 

complete the information collection 

burden associated with Beta Pilot test 

participation, and maintain the data 

elements, including the dates of 

manufacturing and lab testing. Based on 

feedback from Alpha Pilot test 

participants, participant staff costs for 

this burden will be about $383,000 or 

approximately $44 per hour ($382,990/ 

8,764). 

TABLE 1—BETA PILOT TEST BURDEN ESTIMATES PRODUCT REGISTRY AND REFERENCE PGA MESSAGE SET

Type of respondent Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Number of 

responses 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(in hours) 

Total 

annual 

burden 

(in hours) 

Average 

cost per 

response 

Total annual 

respondent 

cost 

Product registry only (A) (B) C (= A × B) (D) E (= C × D) (F) G (= C × F) 

Pilot Participation ........................................ 45 1 45 91 4,095 $4,929 $221,805 

Gathering and Submitting Data Elements .. 45 1 45 27 1,195 946 42,579 

Survey ......................................................... 45 1 45 2.2 99 34.68 1,561 

Filing Entry-Line .......................................... 45 25,000 1,125,000 0.003 3,375 0.10 117,045 

Total ..................................................... ........................ ........................ 1,125,135 ........................ 8,764 ........................ 382,990 

Assumptions: 

Appx. 10% of the 50 respondents will elect to use only the Full PGA message set. 

Estimated response costs based on costs information from Alpha Pilot test participants. 

Wage data for survey and filing entry-line data comes from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, ‘‘Employer Costs for Employee Compensation,’’ September 2021, Table 

4, total compensation for all sales and office workers in goods-producing private industries: http://www.bls.gov/ncs/). 

For the 5 participants opting to use 

the Full PGA Message Set, we estimate 

452 hours to complete the pilot and 

maintain the data elements, including 

the dates of manufacture and lab testing 

per product. The estimated associated 

participant staff costs will be about 

$21,800, or approximately $48 per hour 

($21,774/452 hours). 

TABLE 2—BETA PILOT TEST BURDEN ESTIMATES

Type of respondent Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Number of 

responses 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(in hours) 

Total 

annual 

burden 

(in hours) 

Average 

cost per 

response 

Total annual 

respondent 

cost 

Full PGA Message Set (A) (B) C (= A × B) (D) E (= C × D) (F) G (= C × F) 

Pilot Participation ........................................ 5 1 5 30 150 $2,245 $11,225 

Gathering and Submitting Data Elements .. 5 1 5 13 66 515 2,573 

Survey ......................................................... 5 1 5 2.2 11 34.68 173 

Filing Entry-Line .......................................... 5 1,500 7,500 0.030 225 1.04 7,803 

Total ..................................................... ........................ ........................ 7,515 ........................ 452 ........................ 21,774 

Assumptions: 

Appx. 10% of the 50 respondents will elect to use the Full PGA message set. 

Estimated response cost for based on cost information from the Alpha Pilot test participants. 


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Wage data for survey and filing entry-line data comes from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, ‘‘Employer Costs for Employee Compensation,’’ September 2021, Table 

4, total compensation for all sales and office workers in goods-producing private industries: http://www.bls.gov/ncs/). 

The estimated total burden for 

participation in the Beta Pilot test is 

9,217 hours, with an estimated cost of 

$404,800, or $44 per hour ($404,764/ 

9,217). 

TABLE 3—TOTAL ESTIMATED BURDEN OR BETA PILOT TEST

Type of respondent Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Number of 

responses 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(in hours) 

Total 

annual 

burden 

(in hours) 

Average 

cost per 

response 

Total annual 

respondent 

cost 

Total Burden (A) (B) C (= A × B) (D) E (= C × D) (F) G (= C × F) 

Pilot Participation ........................................ 50 1 50 85 4,245 $4,661 $233,030 

Gathering and Submitting Data Elements .. 50 1 50 25 1,262 903 45,152 

Survey ......................................................... 50 1 50 2 110 35 1,734 

Filing Entry-Line .......................................... 50 22,650 1,132,500 0.003 3,600 0.11 124,848 

Total ..................................................... ........................ ........................ 1,132,650 ........................ 9,217 ........................ 404,764 

In compliance with the Paperwork 

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

3507(d)), we have submitted the 

information collection requirements to 

the OMB for review. Pursuant to 44 

U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A), we request 

comment on this burden estimate and 

the analysis, including: 

D whether the collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the CPSC’s functions, 

including whether the information will 

have practical utility; 

D the accuracy of the CPSC’s estimate 

of the burden of the proposed collection 

of information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

D ways to enhance the quality, utility, 

and clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

D ways to reduce the burden of the 

collection of information on 

respondents, including the use of 

automated collection techniques, when 

appropriate, and other forms of 

information technology. 

VIII. Confidentiality 

All data submitted and entered into 

ACE is subject to the Trade Secrets Act 

(18 U.S.C. 1905) and is considered 

confidential, except to the extent as 

otherwise provided by law. As stated in 

previous notices, participation in this or 

any of the previous ACE tests is not 

confidential and upon a written 

Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 

request, a name(s) of an approved 

participant(s) will be disclosed by CPSC 

or CBP in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552. 

Alberta E. Mills, 

Secretary, Consumer Product Safety 

Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2022–12477 Filed 6–9–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6355–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army 

[Docket ID: USA–2022–HQ–0013] 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 

Department of Defense (DoD). 

ACTION: 60-Day information collection 

notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 

announces a proposed public 

information collection and seeks public 

comment on the provisions thereof. 

Comments are invited on: whether the 

proposed collection of information is 

necessary for the proper performance of 

the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed information collection; ways 

to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and ways to minimize the 

burden of the information collection on 

respondents, including through the use 

of automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

DATES: Consideration will be given to all 

comments received by August 9, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by docket number and title, 

by any of the following methods: 

Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Mail: Department of Defense, Office of 

the Assistant to the Secretary of Defense 

for Privacy, Civil Liberties, and 

Transparency, Regulatory Directorate, 

4800 Mark Center Drive, Attn: Mailbox 

24, Suite 08D09, Alexandria, VA 22350– 

1700. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name, docket 

number and title for this Federal 

Register document. The general policy 

for comments and other submissions 

from members of the public is to make 

these submissions available for public 

viewing on the internet at http://

www.regulations.gov as they are 

received without change, including any 

personal identifiers or contact 

information. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request more information on this 

proposed information collection or to 

obtain a copy of the proposal and 

associated collection instruments, 

please write to the U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers Institute for Water Resources 

7701 Telegraph Road, Alexandria, 

Virginia 22315, ATTN: Mr. Kevin 

Knight, or call 703–428–7250. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title; Associated Form; and OMB 

Number: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 

Navigation Improvement Surveys; OMB 

Control Number 0710–NAVS. 

Needs and Uses: The U.S. Army 

Corps of Engineers (USACE) operates, 

maintains, and improves much of the 

nation’s navigation infrastructure. This 

includes inland navigation 

infrastructure (locks, dams and 

channels) and coastal infrastructure 

(major ports and ship channels). USACE 

conducts periodic navigation 

improvement studies to ensure 

continuity of operations now and into 

the future. To fully evaluate these 

studies, USACE needs data on the use 

of the Nation’s waterways, the extent of 

navigation inefficiencies, and 

anticipated changes in vessel operations 

and sizes. This information is used in 

planning studies to formulate and 


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