[Federal Register: September 27, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 186)]
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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for Office
of Management and Budget Review; Comment Request; Requirements for
Full-Size Baby Cribs
AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Consumer Product Safety Commission (``CPSC'' or
``Commission'') is announcing that a proposed collection of information
has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (``OMB'') for
review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(``PRA'').
DATES: Fax written comments on the collection of information by October
27, 2010.
ADDRESSES: To ensure that comments on the information collection are
received, OMB recommends that written comments be faxed to the Office
of Information and Regulatory Affairs, OMB, Attn: CPSC Desk Officer,
FAX: 202-395-6974, or e-mailed to oira_submission@omb.eop.gov. All
comments should be identified with the OMB control number 3041-0013. In
addition, written comments also should be submitted by e-mail to cpsc-
os@cpsc.gov, or by mail/hand delivery/courier (for paper, disk, or CD-
ROM submissions), preferably in five copies, to: Office of the
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission, Room 820, 4330 East West
Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814; telephone (301) 504-7923.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Linda Glatz, Division of Policy and
Planning, Office of Information Technology, Consumer Product Safety
Commission, 4330 East West Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814, 301-504-7671,
lglatz@cpsc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In compliance with 44 U.S.C. 3507, the CPSC
has submitted the following proposed collection of information to OMB
for review and clearance: Requirements for Full-Size Baby Cribs--(OMB
Control Number 3041-0013--Extension).
The safety regulations for full-size baby cribs (also referred to
as ``full-size cribs'') are codified at 16 CFR part 1508 and 16 CFR
1500.18(a)(13). These regulations were issued to reduce hazards of
strangulation, suffocation, pinching, bruising, laceration, and other
injuries associated with full-size cribs. (Full-size cribs have
specific interior dimensions, 28 \5/8\ inches (71 1.6 centimeters) wide by 52 \3/8\ \5/8\ inches (133
1.6 centimeters) long). The regulations prescribe
performance, design, and labeling requirements for full-size cribs.
They also require manufacturers and importers of those products to
maintain sales records for a period of three years after the
manufacture or importation of full-size cribs. If any full-size cribs
subject to provisions of 16 CFR 1500.18(a)(13) and Part 1508 fail to
comply in a manner to warrant a recall, the required records can be
used by the manufacturer or importer and by the Commission to identify
those persons and firms who should be notified of the recall. The
Commission will consider all comments received in response to this
notice before requesting approval of this collection of information
from OMB.
In the Federal Register of June 28, 2010 (75 FR 36638), the CPSC
published a 60-day notice requesting public comment on the proposed
collection of information. No comments were received.
We estimate the burden of this collection of information as
follows. Approximately 75 firms manufacture or import full-size baby
cribs and are subject to the recordkeeping requirements. The Commission
staff estimates that the recordkeeping will take five hours per firm
for obtaining the information from existing sales and distribution
data. The annualized cost to respondents for the burden for collection
of information is $10,417.50 based on 375 hours (75 firms x 5 hours
each) multiplied by a cost of $27.78 per hour (Bureau of Labor
Statistics, Total Compensation, All workers, goods-producing
industries, Sales and office, September 2009, Table 9).
The cost to the government (wages and benefits) for 37.5 hours
staff time to review the information (\1/2\ hour per firm) is
approximately $3,071. Assuming that the employee reviewing the records
will be a GS-14 level employee, the average hourly wage rate for a mid-
level GS-14 employee in the Washington, DC metropolitan area, effective
as of January 2010, is $57.33. This represents 70 percent of total
compensation (Bureau of Labor Statistics, March 2010, percentage wages
and salaries for all civilian management, professional, and related
employees, Table 1). Adding an additional 30 percent for benefits
brings average hourly compensation for a mid-range GS-14 employee to
$81.89. Thus, 37.5 hours multiplied against an hourly compensation
figure of $81.89 results in an estimated cost to the government of
$3,070.87, which we have rounded up to $3,071.
Dated: September 21, 2010.
Todd A. Stevenson,
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission.
[FR Doc. 2010-24131 Filed 9-24-10; 8:45 am]
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