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band base station antennas is 

approximately 1,100 hours. 

The hourly wage for the testing and 

recordkeeping required to conduct the 

testing and maintain records required by 

the regulations is about $54.88 (average 

total compensation for management, 

professional, and related for all workers, 

goods-producing industries, Bureau of 

Labor Statistics, September 2008, for an 

estimated annual cost to the industry of 

$60,400. 

The Commission staff will expend 

approximately 40 hours reviewing 

records required to be maintained for 

omnidirectional citizens band base 

station antennas. The annual cost to the 

Federal government of the collection of 

information in these regulations is 

estimated to be $3,200. 

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—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 entitled ‘‘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 written comments not later than 

September 8, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be captioned ‘‘Electrically Operated 

Toys’’ and sent by e-mail to cpscos@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. cpsc-os@cpsc.gov. 

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 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 

volt circuit. Video games and articles 

designed primarily for use by adults that 

may be incidentally used by children 

are not subject to these regulations. 

The regulations prescribe design, 

construction, performance, and labeling 

requirements for electrically operated 

toys and children’s articles. The 

regulations also require manufacturers 

and importers of those products to 

develop and maintain a quality 

assurance program. Additionally, 

section 1505.4(a)(3) of the regulations 

requires those firms to maintain records 

for three years containing information 

about: (1) The material and production 

specifications and the description of the 

quality assurance program required by 

16 CFR 1505.4(a)(2); (2) the results of all 

inspections and tests conducted; and (3) 

records of sales and distribution. 

OMB approved the collection of 

information requirements in the 

regulations under control number 3041– 

0035. OMB’s most recent extension of 

approval expires on September 30, 

2009. The Commission now proposes to 

request an extension of approval for the 

information collection requirements in 

the regulations. 

The safety need for this collection of 

information remains. Specifically, if a 

manufacturer or importer distributes 

products that violate the requirements 

of the regulations, the records required 

by section 1505.4(a)(3) can be used by 

the firm and the Commission to: (i) 

Identify specific lots or production lines 

of products which fail to comply with 

applicable requirements; and (ii) notify 

distributors and retailers in the event 

the products are subject to recall. 

B. Estimated Burden 

The Commission staff estimates that 

about 40 firms are subject to the testing 

and recordkeeping requirements of the 

regulations. Each one may have an 

average of ten products each year for 

which testing and recordkeeping would 

be required, resulting in approximately 

400 records. The Commission staff 

estimates that the tests required by the 

regulations can be performed on one 

product in 16 hours and that 

recordkeeping can be performed for one 

product in four hours. Thus, the 

estimated testing burden hours are 6,400 

(16 hours × 400) and the estimated 

recordkeeping burden hours are 1,600 

hours (400 records × 4 hours). 

The Commission staff estimates that 

each firm may spend 30 minutes or less 

per model on the labeling requirements. 

Assuming each firm produces 10 new 

models each year, the estimated labeling 

burden hours are 200 hours (40 firms × 

10 models per firm × 0.5 hours per 

model = 200 hours) per year. The 

estimated total burden hours for 

recordkeeping and labeling are 1,800 

hours for all firms (1,600 hours for 

recordkeeping + 200 hours for labeling). 

The CPSC staff estimates that the 

hourly wage for the time required to 

perform the required testing and 

recordkeeping is approximately $54.88 

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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. 

[FR Doc. E9–16011 Filed 7–7–09; 8:45 am] 

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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