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(Bureau of Labor Statistics, All workers, 

goods-producing industries, 

management, professional and related 

September 2008), and the hourly wage 

for the time required to maintain the 

labeling requirements is approximately 

$27.14 (Bureau of Labor Statistics, All 

workers, goods-producing industries, 

sales and office September 2008). The 

annualized total cost to the industry is 

estimated to be $400,084 (6,400 × $54.88 

+ 1,800 × $27.14). 

The Commission staff will expend 

less than one staff month reviewing 

records required to be maintained for 

electrically operated toys and children’s 

articles. The annual cost to the Federal 

government of the collection of 

information in these regulations is 

estimated to be less than $13,839. 

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: June 30, 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—Safety Standard for 

Cigarette Lighters 

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 request for an extension of 

approval of a collection of information 

from manufacturers and importers of 

disposable and novelty cigarette 

lighters. This collection of information 

consists of testing and recordkeeping 

requirements in certification regulations 

implementing the Safety Standard for 

Cigarette Lighters (16 CFR Part 1210). 

The Commission will consider all 

comments received in response to this 

notice before requesting an extension of 

approval of this collection of 

information from the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB). 

DATES: The Office of the Secretary must 

receive written comments not later than 

September 8, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be captioned ‘‘Cigarette Lighters’’ and emailed to the Office of the Secretary at 

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: In 1993, 

the Commission issued the Safety 

Standard for Cigarette Lighters (16 CFR 

Part 1210) under provisions of the 

Consumer Product Safety Act (CPSA) 

(15 U.S.C. 2051 et seq.) to eliminate or 

reduce risks of death and burn injury 

from fires accidentally started by 

children playing with cigarette lighters. 

The standard contains performance 

requirements for disposable and novelty 

lighters that are intended to make 

cigarette lighters subject to the standard 

resist operation by children younger 

than five years of age. 

A. Certification Requirements 

Section 14(a) of the CPSA (15 U.S.C. 

2063(a)) requires manufacturers, 

importers, and private labelers of a 

consumer product subject to a consumer 

product safety standard under the CPSA 

or similar rule, ban, standard, or 

regulation under any other act enforced 

by the Commission to issue a certificate 

stating that the product complies with 

all applicable rules, bans, standards or 

regulations. Section 14(a) of the CPSA 

also requires that the certificate of 

compliance must be based on a test of 

each product or upon a reasonable 

testing program and specify each such 

rule, ban, standard or regulation 

applicable to the product. 

Section 14(b) of the CPSA (15 U.S.C. 

2063(b)) authorizes the Commission to 

issue regulations to prescribe a 

reasonable testing program to support 

certificates of compliance with a 

consumer product safety standard under 

the CPSA or similar rule, ban, standard, 

or regulation under any other act 

enforced by the Commission. Section 

16(b) of the CPSA (15 U.S.C 2065(b)) 

authorizes the Commission to issue 

rules to require that firms ‘‘establish and 

maintain’’ records to permit the 

Commission to determine compliance 

with rules issued under the authority of 

the CPSA. 

The Commission has issued 

regulations prescribing requirements for 

a reasonable testing program to support 

certificates of compliance with the 

standard for cigarette lighters. These 

regulations require manufacturers and 

importers to submit a description of 

each model of lighter, results of 

surrogate qualification tests for 

compliance with the standard, and other 

information before the introduction of 

each model of lighter in commerce. 

These regulations also require 

manufacturers, importers, and private 

labelers of disposable and novelty 

lighters to establish and maintain 

records to demonstrate successful 

completion of all required tests to 

support the certificates of compliance 

that they issue. 16 CFR Part 1210, 

Subpart B. 

The Commission uses the information 

compiled and maintained by 

manufacturers, importers, and private 

labelers of disposable and novelty 

lighters to protect consumers from risks 

of accidental deaths and burn injuries 

associated with those lighters. More 

specifically, the Commission uses this 

information to determine whether 

lighters comply with the standard by 

resisting operation by young children. 

The Commission also uses this 

information to obtain corrective actions 

if disposable or novelty lighters fail to 

comply with the standard in a manner 

that creates a substantial risk of injury 

to the public. 

OMB approved the collection of 

information in the certification 

regulations for cigarette lighters under 

control number 3041–0116. OMB’s most 

recent extension of approval will expire 

on September 30, 2009. The 

Commission proposes to request an 

extension of approval for this collection 

of information requirements. 

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B. Estimated Burden 

The cost of the rule’s testing 

requirement is the cost of testing, either 

by the firm or by outside contractors. 

For the last two complete fiscal years 

(2007 and 2008) the total number of new 

lighter models submitted by firms to the 

CPSC has averaged about 20 per year. 

During that time, an annual average of 

16 firms have submitted new lighter 

models. If tests are conducted through 

outside contractors, the cost per test has 

been estimated at $15,000 to $25,000 

each, or $20,000 on average. If 20 total 

tests are done annually by outside 

contractors, the estimated cost is 

$400,000. If tests are conducted inhouse, testing each new model is 

expected to take 90 hours. The total 

testing time for 20 new models, if 

conducted in-house, would be 

approximately 1,800 hours. Based on 

the average hourly total compensation 

of $54.88 (for management, professional, 

and related occupations in goodsproducing industries, Bureau of Labor 

Statistics, September, 2008), the total 

industry cost of the testing component 

for this regulation would be in the range 

of $99,000 to $400,000 per year, 

depending on the method chosen. 

The cost of the recordkeeping 

requirements has two separate 

components: Recordkeeping for new 

models and recordkeeping for 

comparable models. The time consumed 

in recordkeeping for new models has 

been estimated at 20 hours per model. 

Thus the total time consumed for 

recordkeeping of new models would be 

400 hours (20 hours × 20 models). Based 

on the average hourly compensation of 

$27.14 (for sales and office workers in 

goods-producing industries, Bureau of 

Labor Statistics, September 2008), the 

cost of recordkeeping for new models 

would be about $11,000 annually (400 

hours × $27.14). 

Time consumed in recordkeeping for 

lighters that are submitted for 

comparison to previously tested models 

will require approximately 3 hours for 

each model. For the last two complete 

fiscal years, an annual average of 1,100 

comparison lighters have been 

submitted to the CPSC. Thus, an 

estimated 3,300 hours may be required 

by the firms for recordkeeping regarding 

comparison lighters (1,100 models × 3 

hours). Based on the average hourly 

compensation of $27.14, the estimated 

cost of recordkeeping regarding 

comparison lighters is $90,000 annually 

(3,300 hours × $27.14). The total 

recordkeeping costs associated with the 

lighter regulation would be 

approximately $101,000 ($11,000 + 

$90,000). 

In addition, each firm will submit 

information to the CPSC regarding the 

new testing and comparison 

submissions totaling about 1,120 

responses per year (20 models tested + 

1,100 comparison models). The total 

number of hours for these responses 

would be approximately 5,500 per year 

including new-product testing (1,800 

hours if done in-house), new product 

recordkeeping (400 hours), and 

recordkeeping for comparison lighters 

(3,300 hours). The Commission staff 

estimates the total cost for firms for 

testing, recordkeeping, and reporting to 

comply with the lighter regulation 

would be in the range of $200,000 to 

$501,000, depending upon the test 

method chosen. 

The Commission staff will expend 

approximately 4 full-time-equivalent 

staff years to administer the rule. The 

annual cost to the Federal government 

of the collection of information in these 

regulations is estimated to be $664,000. 

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: June 30, 2009. 

Todd A. Stevenson, 

Secretary, Consumer Product Safety 

Commission. 

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BILLING CODE 6355–01–P 

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY 

COMMISSION 

[CPSC Docket No. 09–C0020] 

OKK Trading, Inc., Provisional 

Acceptance of a Settlement Agreement 

and Order 

AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: It is the policy of the 

Commission to publish settlements 

which it provisionally accepts under the 

Consumer Product Safety Act in the 

Federal Register in accordance with the 

terms of 16 CFR 1118.20(e). Published 

below is a provisionally-accepted 

Settlement Agreement with OKK 

Trading, Inc., containing a civil penalty 

of $665,000.00. 

DATES: Any interested person may ask 

the Commission not to accept this 

agreement or otherwise comment on its 

contents by filing a written request with 

the Office of the Secretary by July 23, 

2009. 

ADDRESSES: Persons wishing to 

comment on this Settlement Agreement 

should send written comments to the 

Comment 09–C0020, Office of the 

Secretary, Consumer Product Safety 

Commission, 4330 East-West Highway, 

Room 502, Bethesda, Maryland 20814– 

4408. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Seth 

B. Popkin, Lead Trial Attorney, Division 

of Compliance, Office of the General 

Counsel, Consumer Product Safety 

Commission, 4330 East-West Highway, 

Bethesda, Maryland 20814–4408; 

telephone (301) 504–7612. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The text of 

the Agreement and Order appears 

below. 

Dated: June 29, 2009. 

Todd A. Stevenson, 

Secretary. 

In the Matter of OKK Trading, Inc.: 

Settlement Agreement 

1. In accordance with 16 CFR 1118.20, 

OKK Trading, Inc. (‘‘OKK’’) and the staff 

(‘‘Staff’’) of the United States Consumer 

Product Safety Commission 

(‘‘Commission’’) enter into this 

Settlement Agreement (‘‘Agreement’’). 

The Agreement and the incorporated 

attached Order (‘‘Order’’) settle the 

Staff’s allegations set forth below. 

Parties 

2. The Commission is an independent 

federal regulatory agency established 

pursuant to, and responsible for the 

enforcement of, the Consumer Product 

Safety Act, 15 U.S.C. 2051–2089 

(‘‘CPSA’’). The Commission is also 

responsible for the enforcement of the 

Federal Hazardous Substances Act, 15 

U.S.C. 1264–1278 (‘‘FHSA’’). 

3. OKK is a corporation organized and 

existing under the laws of California, 

with its principal offices located in 

Commerce, California. At all times 

relevant hereto, OKK sold toys and 

other children’s articles. 

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