[Federal Register: July 28, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 144)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
Notification of Request for Extension of Approval of Information
Collection Requirements--Testing and Recordkeeping Requirements Under
the Standard for the Flammability of Mattresses and Mattress Pads
AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In the May 14, 2004, Federal Register (69 FR 26809), the
Consumer Product Safety Commission published a notice in accordance
with provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C.
chapter 35) to announce the agency's intention to seek an extension of
approval of information collection requirements in the Standard for the
Flammability of Mattresses and Mattress Pads. 16 CFR Part 1632.
The Commission now announces that it has submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget a request for extension of approval of that
collection of information.
The standard is intended to reduce unreasonable risks of burn
injuries and deaths from fires associated with mattresses and mattress
pads. The standard prescribes a test to assure that a mattress or
mattress pad will resist ignition from a smoldering cigarette. The
standard requires manufacturers to perform prototype tests of each
combination of materials and construction methods used to produce
mattresses or mattress pads and to obtain acceptable results from such
testing. Sale or distribution of mattresses without successful
completion of the testing required by the standard violates section 3
of the Flammable Fabrics Act. 15 U.S.C. 1192. An enforcement rule
implementing the standard requires manufacturers to maintain records of
testing performed in accordance with the standard and other information
about the mattress or mattress pads which they produce.
Additional Information About the Request for Extension of Approval of
Information Collection Requirements
Agency address: Consumer Product Safety Commission, Washington, DC
20207.
Title of information collection: Testing and Recordkeeping
Requirements Under the Standard for the Flammability of Mattresses and
Mattress Pads, 16 CFR Part 1632.
Type of request: Extension of approval.
Frequency of collection: Varies, depending upon the number of
individual combinations of materials and methods of construction used
to produce mattresses.
General description of respondents: Manufacturers and importers of
mattresses and mattress pads.
Estimated Number of respondents: 751.
Estimated number of hours for all respondents: 19,526 per year.
Estimated cost of collection for all respondents: $477,996.
Comments: Comments on this request for extension of approval of
information collection requirements should be submitted by August 27,
2004 to (1) the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attn: OMB
Desk Officer for CPSC, Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC
20503; telephone: (202) 395-7340, and (2) the Office of the Secretary,
Consumer Product Safety Commission, Washington, DC 20207. Comments may
also be sent to the Office of the Secretary by facsimile at (301) 504-
0127 or by e-mail at cpsc-os@cpsc.gov.
Copies of this request for an extension of an information
collection requirement are available from Linda L. Glatz, Office of
Planning and Evaluation, Consumer Product Safety Commission,
Washington, DC 20207; telephone: (301) 504-7671, or by e-mail to
lglatz@cpsc.gov.
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Dated: July 21, 2004.
Todd Stevenson,
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission.
[FR Doc. 04-17109 Filed 7-27-04; 8:45 am]
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