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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY
COMMISSION
[Docket No. CPSC–2010–0041]
Collection of Information; Proposed
Extension of Approval; Comment
Request—Publicly Available Consumer
Product Safety Information Database
Consumer Product Safety
Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
As required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (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 for the
Publicly Available Consumer Product
Safety Information Database. 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: Submit written or electronic
comments on the collection of
information by October 18, 2016.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by Docket No. CPSC–2010–
0041, by any of the following methods:
You may submit comments, identified
by Docket No. CPSC–2010–0041, 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.
The Commission does not accept
comments submitted by electronic mail
(email), except through
www.regulations.gov. The Commission
encourages you to submit electronic
comments by using the Federal
eRulemaking Portal, as described above.
Written Submissions: Submit written
submissions by mail/hand delivery/
courier to: Office of the Secretary,
Consumer Product Safety Commission,
Room 820, 4330 East West Highway,
Bethesda, MD 20814; telephone (301)
504–7923.
Instructions: All submissions received
must include the agency name and
docket number for this notice. All
comments received may be posted
without change, including any personal
identifiers, contact information, or other
personal information provided, to:
https://www.regulations.gov. Do not
submit confidential business
information, trade secret information, or
other sensitive or protected information
that you do not want to be available to
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the public. If furnished at all, such
information should be submitted in
writing.
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–2010–0041, into
the ‘‘Search’’ box, and follow the
prompts.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
further information contact: Robert H.
Squibb, Consumer Product Safety
Commission, 4330 East West Highway,
Bethesda, MD 20814; (301) 504–7815, or
by email to: rsquibb@cpsc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A. Background
Section 212 of the Consumer Product
Safety Improvement Act of 2008
(CPSIA) added section 6A to the
Consumer Product Safety Act (CPSA),
which requires the Consumer Product
Safety Commission (CPSC or
Commission) to establish and maintain
a publicly available, searchable database
on the safety of consumer products and
other products or substances regulated
by the Commission (Database). Among
other things, section 6A of the CPSA
requires the Commission to collect
reports of harm from the public for
potential publication in the publicly
available Database, and to collect and
publish comments about reports of harm
from manufacturers.
The Commission announced that a
proposed collection of information in
conjunction with the Database, called
the Publicly Available Consumer
Product Safety Information Database,
had been submitted to OMB for review
and clearance under 44 U.S.C. 3501–
3520 in a proposed rule published on
May 24, 2010 (75 FR 29156). The
Commission issued a final rule on the
Database on December 9, 2010 (75 FR
76832). The final rule interprets various
statutory requirements in section 6A of
the CPSA pertaining to the information
to be included in the Database and also
establishes provisions regarding
submitting reports of harm; providing
notice of reports of harm to
manufacturers; publishing reports of
harm and manufacturer comments in
the Database; and dealing with
confidential and materially inaccurate
information.
OMB approved the collection of
information for the Database under
control number 3041–0146. OMB’s most
recent extension of approval on
December 2, 2013 will expire on
December 31, 2016. Accordingly, the
Commission now proposes to request an
extension of approval of this collection
of information.
B. Information Collected Through the
Database
The primary purpose of this
information collection is to populate the
publicly searchable Database of
consumer product safety information
mandated by section 6A of the CPSA.
The Database information collection has
four components: Reports of harm,
manufacturer comments, branding
information, and the Small Batch
Manufacturer Registry (SBMR).
Reports of Harm: Reports of harm
communicate information regarding an
injury, illness, or death, or any risk (as
determined by CPSC) of injury, illness,
or death, relating to the use of a
consumer product. Reports can be
submitted to the CPSC by consumers;
local, state, or federal government
agencies; health care professionals;
child service providers; public safety
entities; and others. Reports may be
submitted in one of three ways: Via the
CPSC Web site
(www.SaferProducts.gov), by telephone
via a CPSC call center, or by email, fax,
or mail using the incident report form
(available for download or printing via
the CPSC Web site). Reports may also
originate as a free-form letter or email.
Submitters must consent to inclusion of
their report of harm in the publicly
searchable Database.
Manufacturer Comments: A
manufacturer or private labeler may
submit a comment related to a report of
harm after the CPSC transmits the report
to the manufacturer or private labeler
identified in the report. Manufacturer
comments may be submitted through
the business portal, by email, mail, or
fax. The business portal is a feature of
the Database that allows manufacturers
who register on the business portal to
receive reports of harm and comment on
such reports through the business
portal. Use of the business portal
expedites the receipt of reports of harm
and business response times.
A manufacturer may request that the
Commission designate information in a
report of harm as confidential. Such a
request may be made using the business
portal, by email, by mail, or by fax.
Additionally, any person or entity
reviewing a report of harm or
manufacturer comment, either before or
after publication in the Database, may
request that the report or comment, or
portions of the report or comment, be
excluded from the Database because it
contains materially inaccurate
information. Such a request may be
made by manufacturers using the
business portal, by email, mail or fax,
and may be submitted by anyone else by
email, mail, or fax.
Branding Information: Using the
business portal, registered businesses
may voluntarily submit branding
information to assist CPSC in correctly
and timely routing reports of harm
involving their products to them. Brand
names may be licensed to another entity
for use in labeling consumer products
manufactured by that entity. CPSC’s
understanding of licensing
arrangements for consumer products
ensures that the correct manufacturer is
timely notified regarding a report of
harm.
Small Batch Manufacturers Registry:
The business portal also contains the
SBMR, which is the online mechanism
by which ‘‘small batch manufacturers’’
(as defined in the CPSA) can identify
themselves to obtain relief from certain
third party testing requirements for
children’s products. To register as a
small batch manufacturer, a business
must attest that the company’s income
level and the number of units of the
covered product manufactured for
which relief is sought both fall within
the statutory limits to receive relief from
third party testing.
C. Estimated Burden
1. Estimated Annual Burden for
Respondents
We estimate the burden of this
collection of information as follows:
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TABLE 1—ESTIMATED ANNUAL REPORTING BURDEN FOR REPORTS OF HARM
Number of
respondents
Collection type
Reports of Harm—submitted through website ....................
Reports of Harm—submitted by phone ...............................
Reports of Harm—submitted by mail, email, fax .................
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Response
frequency 1
6,582
2,632
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responses
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1.01
6.67
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2,643
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response
12
10
20
Total burden,
in hours 2
1,358
441
1,735
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TABLE 1—ESTIMATED ANNUAL REPORTING BURDEN FOR REPORTS OF HARM—Continued
Number of
respondents
Collection type
Total ..............................................................................
Response
frequency 1
9,994
........................
Total annual
responses
Minutes per
response
14,639
........................
Total burden,
in hours 2
3,534
1 Frequency
of responses is calculated by dividing the number of responses by the number of respondents.
2 Numbers have been rounded.
TABLE 2—ESTIMATED ANNUAL REPORTING BURDEN FOR MANUFACTURER SUBMISSIONS
Number of
respondents
Collection type
Manufacturer Comments—submitted through Web site .....
Manufacturer Comments—submitted by mail, email, fax ....
Requests to Treat Information as Confidential—submitted
through Web site ..............................................................
Requests to Treat Information as Confidential—submitted
by mail, email, fax ............................................................
Requests to Treat Information as Materially Inaccurate—
submitted through Web site .............................................
Requests to Treat Information as Materially Inaccurate—
submitted by mail, email, fax ...........................................
Voluntary Brand Identification ..............................................
Small Batch Manufacturer Identification ..............................
Total ..............................................................................
Response
frequency 1
Total annual
responses
Minutes per
response
Total burden,
in hours 2
532
283
6.23
1.22
3,317
346
117
147
6,468
848
12
1.08
13
42
9
0
n/a
0
72
0
131
1.82
238
165
655
79
829
2,208
1.06
1.48
1
84
1,228
2,208
195
10
10
273
205
368
4,074
........................
7,434
........................
8,826
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Based on the data set forth in Tables
1 and 2 above, the annual reporting cost
is estimated to be $719,381. This
estimate is based on the sum of two
estimated total figures for reports of
harm and manufacturer submissions.
The estimated number of respondents
and responses are based on the actual
responses received in FY 2015. We
assume that the number of responses
and respondents will be similar in
future years.
Reports of Harm: Table 1 sets forth
the data used to estimate the burden
associated with submitting reports of
harm. We had previously estimated the
time associated with the electronic and
telephone submission of reports of harm
at 12 and 10 minutes, respectively, and
because we have had no indication that
these estimates are not appropriate or
accurate, we used those figures for
present purposes as well. We estimate
that the time associated with a paper or
PDF form would be 20 minutes, on
average.
To estimate the costs for submitting
reports of harm, we multiplied the
estimated total burden hours associated
with reports of harm (1,358 hours + 441
hours + 1,735 hours = 3,534 hours) by
an estimated total compensation for all
workers in private industry of $32.06
per hour,3 which results in an estimated
cost of $113,300 (3,534 hours × $32.06
per hour = $113,300).
Manufacturer Submissions: Table 2
sets forth the data used to estimate the
burden associated with manufacturers’
submissions to the Database. We
observed that a large percentage of the
general comments come from a few
businesses and assumed that the
experience of a business that submits
many comments each year would be
different from one that submits only a
few. Accordingly, we divided all
responding businesses into three
groups, based on the number of general
comments submitted in FY 2015; and
then we selected several businesses
from each group to contact. The first
group we contacted consisted of
businesses that submitted 50 or more
comments in FY 2015, accounting for 31
percent of all general comments
received. The second group we
contacted included businesses that
submitted six to 49 comments,
accounting for 39 percent of all general
comments received. The last group
contacted included businesses that
submitted no more than five comments,
accounting for 30 percent of all general
comments received.4 We asked each
company contacted how long it
typically takes to research, compose,
and enter a comment, a claim of
materially inaccurate information, or a
confidential information claim.
To estimate the burden associated
with submitting a general comment
through the business portal regarding a
report of harm, we averaged the burden
provided by each company within each
group and then calculated a weighted
average from the three groups,
weighting each group by the proportion
of comments received from that group.
We found that the average time to
submit a general comment regarding a
report of harm is 117 minutes based on
the data in Table 3 (((15 minutes + 45
minutes + 30 minutes + 15 minutes)/4
companies) * .31 + ((105 minutes + 45
minutes + 150 minutes + 15 minutes)/
4 companies) * .39 + ((240 minutes + 60
minutes + 480 minutes)/3 companies) *
.30 = 117 minutes).
1 Frequency of response is calculated by dividing
the number of responses by the number of
respondents.
2 Numbers have been rounded.
3 U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor
Statistics, Table 9 of the Employer Costs for
Employee Compensation (ECEC), Private Industry,
goods-producing and service-providing industries,
by occupational group, June 2016 (data extracted on
06/23/2016 from https://www.bls.gov/news.release/
ecec.t09.htm.
4 In the last group one company was excluded as
an outlier.
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TABLE 3—ESTIMATED BURDEN TO ENTER A GENERAL COMMENT IN THE DATABASE
Group
Company
Group 1 ....................................................................................................................................................................
(>=50 comments) .............................................................................................................................................
A
B
C
D
A
B
C
D
A
B
C
Group 2 ....................................................................................................................................................................
(6–49 comments) ..............................................................................................................................................
Group 3 ....................................................................................................................................................................
(>=5 comments) ...............................................................................................................................................
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General
comments
(minutes)
Registered businesses generally
submit comments through our Web site.
Unregistered businesses submit
comments by mail, email, or fax. We
estimate that for unregistered
businesses, submitting comments takes
a little longer because we often must ask
the businesses to amend their
submissions to include the required
certifications. Thus, we estimated that
on average, comments submitted by
mail, email, or fax take 30 minutes
longer than those submitted through our
Web site (117 minutes + 30 minutes =
147 minutes).
The submission of a claim of
materially inaccurate information is a
relatively rare event for all respondents.
Accordingly, we averaged all responses
together. Eight of the businesses
contacted had submitted claims of
materially inaccurate information. We
found that the average time to submit a
claim that a report of harm contains a
material inaccuracy is 165 minutes ((30
minutes + 90 minutes + 45 minutes + 90
minutes + 60 minutes + 660 minutes +
45 minutes + 300 minutes)/8 companies
= 165 minutes).
Registered businesses generally
submit claims through the business
portal. Unregistered businesses submit
claims by mail, email, or fax. We
estimate that submitting claims by mail,
email, or fax takes a little longer because
we often must ask the businesses to
amend their submission to include the
required certifications. Thus, we
estimated that on average, claims
submitted by mail, email, or fax take 30
minutes longer than those submitted
through our Web site (165 minutes + 30
minutes = 195 minutes).
The submission of a claim of
confidential information is a relatively
rare event for all respondents;
accordingly, we averaged all responses
together. Five of the businesses
contacted had submitted claims of
confidential information. We found that
the average time to submit a claim that
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a report of harm contains confidential
information is 42 minutes ((45 minutes
+ 15 minutes + 60 minutes + 30 minutes
+ 60 minutes)/5 companies = 42
minutes).
Registered businesses generally
submit confidential information claims
through the business portal.
Unregistered businesses submit
confidential information claims by mail,
email, or fax. We estimate that
submitting claims in this way takes a
little longer because we often must ask
the businesses to amend their
submission to include the required
certifications. Thus, we estimate that a
confidential information claim
submitted by mail, email, or fax would
take 30 minutes longer than those
submitted through our Web site (42
minutes + 30 minutes = 72 minutes).
For voluntary brand identification, we
estimate that a response would take 10
minutes on average. Most responses
consist only of the brand name and a
product description. In many cases a
business will submit multiple entries in
a brief period of time and we can see
from the date and time stamps on these
records that an entry often takes less
than two minutes. CPSC staff enters the
same data in a similar form based on our
own research, and that experience was
also factored into our estimate.
For small batch manufacturer
identification, we estimate that a
response would take 10 minutes on
average. The form consists of three
check boxes and the information should
be readily accessible to the respondent.
The responses summarized in Table 2
are generally submitted by
manufacturers. To avoid
underestimating the cost associated
with the collection of this data, we
assigned the higher hourly wage
associated with a manager or
professional in goods-producing
industries to these tasks. To estimate the
cost of manufacturer submissions we
multiplied the estimated total burden
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15
45
30
15
105
45
150
15
240
60
480
hours in Table 2 (8,826 hours) by an
estimated total compensation for a
manager or professional in goodsproducing industries of $68.67 per
hour,5 which results in an estimated
cost of $606,081 (8,826 hours × $68.67
per hour = $606,081).
Therefore, the total estimated annual
cost to respondents is $719,381
($113,300 burden for reports of harm +
$606,081 burden for manufacturer
submissions = $719,381).
2. Estimated Annual Burden on
Government
We estimate the annualized cost to
the CPSC to be $954,531. This figure is
based on the costs for four categories of
work for the Database: Reports of Harm,
Materially Inaccurate Information
Claims, Manufacturer Comments, and
Small Batch Identification. Each
category is described below. No
government cost is associated with
Voluntary Brand Identification because
this information is entered directly into
the Database by the manufacturer with
no processing required by the
government. The information assists the
government in directing reports of harm
to the correct manufacturer. We did not
attempt to calculate separately the
government cost for claims of
confidential information because the
number of claims is so small. The time
to process these claims is included with
claims of materially inaccurate
information.
Reports of Harm: The Reports of Harm
category includes many different tasks.
Some costs related to this category are
from two data entry contracts. Tasks
related to these contracts include
clerical coding of the report, such as
5 U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor
Statistics, Table 9 of the Employer Costs for
Employee Compensation (ECEC), Private Industry,
goods-producing and service-providing industries,
by occupational group, June 2016 (data extracted on
06/23/2016 from https://www.bls.gov/news.release/
ecec.t09.htm.
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identifying the type of consumer
product reported and the appropriate
associated hazard, as well as performing
quality control on the data in the report.
Contractor A spends an estimated 5,267
hours per year performing these tasks.
With an hourly rate of $33.31 for
contractor services, the annual cost to
the government of contract A is
$175,444. Contractor B spends an
estimated 2,539 hours per year
performing these tasks. With an hourly
rate of $58.09 for contractor services, the
annual cost to the government of
contract B is $147,491.
The Reports of Harm category also
includes sending consent requests for
reports when necessary, processing that
consent when received, determining
whether a product is out of CPSC’s
jurisdiction, and confirming that
pictures and attachments do not have
any personally identifiable information.
The Reports category also entails
notifying manufacturers when one of
their products is reported, completing a
risk of harm determination form for
every report eligible for publication,
referring some reports to a Subject
Matter Expert (SME) within the CPSC
for a determination on whether the
reports meet the requirement of having
a risk of harm, and determining whether
a report meets all the statutory and
regulatory requirements for publication.
Detailed costs are:
TABLE 4—ESTIMATED COSTS FOR REPORTS OF HARM TASK
Number of
hours
(annual)
Grade level
Total
compensation
per hour
Total annual
cost
Contract A ....................................................................................................................................
Contract B ....................................................................................................................................
7 ...................................................................................................................................................
9 ...................................................................................................................................................
12 .................................................................................................................................................
13 .................................................................................................................................................
14 .................................................................................................................................................
5,267
2,539
200
300
5,528
428
1,068
$33.31
58.09
34.78
42.69
61.91
73.37
86.99
$175,444
147,491
6,956
12,807
342,238
31,402
92,905
Total ......................................................................................................................................
15,330
........................
809,243
Materially Inaccurate Information
(MII) Claims: The MII claims category
includes reviewing and responding to
claims, participating in meetings where
the claims are discussed, and
completing a risk of harm determination
on reports when a company alleges that
a report does not describe a risk of
harm.
TABLE 5—ESTIMATED COSTS FOR MII CLAIMS TASK
Number of
hours
(annual)
Grade level
Total
compensation
per hour
Total annual
cost
12 .................................................................................................................................................
13 .................................................................................................................................................
14 .................................................................................................................................................
15 .................................................................................................................................................
SES ..............................................................................................................................................
275
167
323
50
50
$61.91
73.37
86.99
101.99
109.97
$17,025
12,253
28,098
5,100
5,499
Total ......................................................................................................................................
865
........................
67,975.00
Manufacturer Comments: The
Comments category includes reviewing
and accepting or rejecting comments.
TABLE 6—ESTIMATED COSTS FOR MANUFACTURER COMMENTS TASK
Number of
hours
(annual)
Grade level
Total
compensation
per hour
Total annual
cost
62
109
$61.91
73.37
$3,838
7,997
Total ......................................................................................................................................
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11,835
Small Batch Manufacturer
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TABLE 7—ESTIMATED COSTS FOR SMALL BATCH TASK
Number of
hours
(annual)
Grade level
Total
compensation
per hour
Total annual
cost
15 .................................................................................................................................................
642
$101.99
$65,478
Total ......................................................................................................................................
642
........................
$65,478
We estimate the annualized cost to
the CPSC of $954,531 by adding the four
categories of work related to the
Database summarized in Tables 4
through 7 (Reports of Harm ($809,243)
+ MII Claims ($67,975) + Manufacturer
Comments ($11,835) + Small Batch
Identification ($65,478) = $954,531).
This information collection renewal
request based on an estimated 12,360
burden hours per year for the Database
is a decrease of 7,485 hours since this
collection of information was last
approved by OMB in 2013. The decrease
in burden is due primarily to the fact
that the number of incoming reports of
harm has decreased, and the number of
claims based on those reports has
decreased as well. While comments did
not decline significantly, they did shift
to the more efficient online
submissions. We note a large increase in
small batch manufacturer activity,
which has been rising steadily for years.
However, this increase was not large
enough to offset the decreases in other
areas.
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D. 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.
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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
[Docket No. CPSC-2010-0041]
Collection of Information; Proposed Extension of Approval;
Comment Request--Publicly Available Consumer Product Safety Information
Database
AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (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 for the Publicly Available Consumer Product
Safety Information Database. 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: Submit written or electronic comments on the collection of
information by October 18, 2016.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CPSC-2010-
0041, by any of the following methods:
You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CPSC-2010-0041,
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. The Commission does not accept
comments submitted by electronic mail (email), except through
www.regulations.gov. The Commission encourages you to submit electronic
comments by using the Federal eRulemaking Portal, as described above.
Written Submissions: Submit written submissions by mail/hand
delivery/courier to: Office of the Secretary, Consumer Product Safety
Commission, Room 820, 4330 East West Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814;
telephone (301) 504-7923.
Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name
and docket number for this notice. All comments received may be posted
without change, including any personal identifiers, contact
information, or other personal information provided, to: https://www.regulations.gov. Do not submit confidential business information,
trade secret information, or other sensitive or protected information
that you do not want to be available to
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the public. If furnished at all, such information should be submitted
in writing.
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-2010-0041, into the ``Search'' box, and follow the
prompts.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information contact:
Robert H. Squibb, Consumer Product Safety Commission, 4330 East West
Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814; (301) 504-7815, or by email to:
rsquibb@cpsc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A. Background
Section 212 of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008
(CPSIA) added section 6A to the Consumer Product Safety Act (CPSA),
which requires the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC or
Commission) to establish and maintain a publicly available, searchable
database on the safety of consumer products and other products or
substances regulated by the Commission (Database). Among other things,
section 6A of the CPSA requires the Commission to collect reports of
harm from the public for potential publication in the publicly
available Database, and to collect and publish comments about reports
of harm from manufacturers.
The Commission announced that a proposed collection of information
in conjunction with the Database, called the Publicly Available
Consumer Product Safety Information Database, had been submitted to OMB
for review and clearance under 44 U.S.C. 3501-3520 in a proposed rule
published on May 24, 2010 (75 FR 29156). The Commission issued a final
rule on the Database on December 9, 2010 (75 FR 76832). The final rule
interprets various statutory requirements in section 6A of the CPSA
pertaining to the information to be included in the Database and also
establishes provisions regarding submitting reports of harm; providing
notice of reports of harm to manufacturers; publishing reports of harm
and manufacturer comments in the Database; and dealing with
confidential and materially inaccurate information.
OMB approved the collection of information for the Database under
control number 3041-0146. OMB's most recent extension of approval on
December 2, 2013 will expire on December 31, 2016. Accordingly, the
Commission now proposes to request an extension of approval of this
collection of information.
B. Information Collected Through the Database
The primary purpose of this information collection is to populate
the publicly searchable Database of consumer product safety information
mandated by section 6A of the CPSA. The Database information collection
has four components: Reports of harm, manufacturer comments, branding
information, and the Small Batch Manufacturer Registry (SBMR).
Reports of Harm: Reports of harm communicate information regarding
an injury, illness, or death, or any risk (as determined by CPSC) of
injury, illness, or death, relating to the use of a consumer product.
Reports can be submitted to the CPSC by consumers; local, state, or
federal government agencies; health care professionals; child service
providers; public safety entities; and others. Reports may be submitted
in one of three ways: Via the CPSC Web site (www.SaferProducts.gov), by
telephone via a CPSC call center, or by email, fax, or mail using the
incident report form (available for download or printing via the CPSC
Web site). Reports may also originate as a free-form letter or email.
Submitters must consent to inclusion of their report of harm in the
publicly searchable Database.
Manufacturer Comments: A manufacturer or private labeler may submit
a comment related to a report of harm after the CPSC transmits the
report to the manufacturer or private labeler identified in the report.
Manufacturer comments may be submitted through the business portal, by
email, mail, or fax. The business portal is a feature of the Database
that allows manufacturers who register on the business portal to
receive reports of harm and comment on such reports through the
business portal. Use of the business portal expedites the receipt of
reports of harm and business response times.
A manufacturer may request that the Commission designate
information in a report of harm as confidential. Such a request may be
made using the business portal, by email, by mail, or by fax.
Additionally, any person or entity reviewing a report of harm or
manufacturer comment, either before or after publication in the
Database, may request that the report or comment, or portions of the
report or comment, be excluded from the Database because it contains
materially inaccurate information. Such a request may be made by
manufacturers using the business portal, by email, mail or fax, and may
be submitted by anyone else by email, mail, or fax.
Branding Information: Using the business portal, registered
businesses may voluntarily submit branding information to assist CPSC
in correctly and timely routing reports of harm involving their
products to them. Brand names may be licensed to another entity for use
in labeling consumer products manufactured by that entity. CPSC's
understanding of licensing arrangements for consumer products ensures
that the correct manufacturer is timely notified regarding a report of
harm.
Small Batch Manufacturers Registry: The business portal also
contains the SBMR, which is the online mechanism by which ``small batch
manufacturers'' (as defined in the CPSA) can identify themselves to
obtain relief from certain third party testing requirements for
children's products. To register as a small batch manufacturer, a
business must attest that the company's income level and the number of
units of the covered product manufactured for which relief is sought
both fall within the statutory limits to receive relief from third
party testing.
C. Estimated Burden
1. Estimated Annual Burden for Respondents
We estimate the burden of this collection of information as
follows:
Table 1--Estimated Annual Reporting Burden for Reports of Harm
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Number of Response Total annual Minutes per Total burden,
Collection type respondents frequency \1\ responses response in hours \2\
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Reports of Harm--submitted 6,582 1.03 6,790 12 1,358
through website................
Reports of Harm--submitted by 2,632 1.01 2,643 10 441
phone..........................
Reports of Harm--submitted by 780 6.67 5,206 20 1,735
mail, email, fax...............
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Total....................... 9,994 .............. 14,639 .............. 3,534
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\1\ Frequency of responses is calculated by dividing the number of responses by the number of respondents.
\2\ Numbers have been rounded.
Table 2--Estimated Annual Reporting Burden for Manufacturer Submissions
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Number of Response Total annual Minutes per Total burden,
Collection type respondents frequency \1\ responses response in hours \2\
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Manufacturer Comments--submitted 532 6.23 3,317 117 6,468
through Web site...............
Manufacturer Comments--submitted 283 1.22 346 147 848
by mail, email, fax............
Requests to Treat Information as 12 1.08 13 42 9
Confidential--submitted through
Web site.......................
Requests to Treat Information as 0 n/a 0 72 0
Confidential--submitted by
mail, email, fax...............
Requests to Treat Information as 131 1.82 238 165 655
Materially Inaccurate--
submitted through Web site.....
Requests to Treat Information as 79 1.06 84 195 273
Materially Inaccurate--
submitted by mail, email, fax..
Voluntary Brand Identification.. 829 1.48 1,228 10 205
Small Batch Manufacturer 2,208 1 2,208 10 368
Identification.................
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Total....................... 4,074 .............. 7,434 .............. 8,826
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Based on the data set forth in Tables 1 and 2 above, the annual
reporting cost is estimated to be $719,381. This estimate is based on
the sum of two estimated total figures for reports of harm and
manufacturer submissions. The estimated number of respondents and
responses are based on the actual responses received in FY 2015. We
assume that the number of responses and respondents will be similar in
future years.
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\1\ Frequency of response is calculated by dividing the number
of responses by the number of respondents.
\2\ Numbers have been rounded.
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Reports of Harm: Table 1 sets forth the data used to estimate the
burden associated with submitting reports of harm. We had previously
estimated the time associated with the electronic and telephone
submission of reports of harm at 12 and 10 minutes, respectively, and
because we have had no indication that these estimates are not
appropriate or accurate, we used those figures for present purposes as
well. We estimate that the time associated with a paper or PDF form
would be 20 minutes, on average.
To estimate the costs for submitting reports of harm, we multiplied
the estimated total burden hours associated with reports of harm (1,358
hours + 441 hours + 1,735 hours = 3,534 hours) by an estimated total
compensation for all workers in private industry of $32.06 per hour,\3\
which results in an estimated cost of $113,300 (3,534 hours x $32.06
per hour = $113,300).
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\3\ U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Table
9 of the Employer Costs for Employee Compensation (ECEC), Private
Industry, goods-producing and service-providing industries, by
occupational group, June 2016 (data extracted on 06/23/2016 from
https://www.bls.gov/news.release/ecec.t09.htm.
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Manufacturer Submissions: Table 2 sets forth the data used to
estimate the burden associated with manufacturers' submissions to the
Database. We observed that a large percentage of the general comments
come from a few businesses and assumed that the experience of a
business that submits many comments each year would be different from
one that submits only a few. Accordingly, we divided all responding
businesses into three groups, based on the number of general comments
submitted in FY 2015; and then we selected several businesses from each
group to contact. The first group we contacted consisted of businesses
that submitted 50 or more comments in FY 2015, accounting for 31
percent of all general comments received. The second group we contacted
included businesses that submitted six to 49 comments, accounting for
39 percent of all general comments received. The last group contacted
included businesses that submitted no more than five comments,
accounting for 30 percent of all general comments received.\4\ We asked
each company contacted how long it typically takes to research,
compose, and enter a comment, a claim of materially inaccurate
information, or a confidential information claim.
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To estimate the burden associated with submitting a general comment
through the business portal regarding a report of harm, we averaged the
burden provided by each company within each group and then calculated a
weighted average from the three groups, weighting each group by the
proportion of comments received from that group. We found that the
average time to submit a general comment regarding a report of harm is
117 minutes based on the data in Table 3 (((15 minutes + 45 minutes +
30 minutes + 15 minutes)/4 companies) * .31 + ((105 minutes + 45
minutes + 150 minutes + 15 minutes)/4 companies) * .39 + ((240 minutes
+ 60 minutes + 480 minutes)/3 companies) * .30 = 117 minutes).
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Table 3--Estimated Burden To Enter a General Comment in the Database
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General
Group Company comments
(minutes)
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Group 1................................ A 15
(>=50 comments).................... B 45
C 30
D 15
Group 2................................ A 105
(6-49 comments).................... B 45
C 150
D 15
Group 3................................ A 240
(>=5 comments)..................... B 60
C 480
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Registered businesses generally submit comments through our Web
site. Unregistered businesses submit comments by mail, email, or fax.
We estimate that for unregistered businesses, submitting comments takes
a little longer because we often must ask the businesses to amend their
submissions to include the required certifications. Thus, we estimated
that on average, comments submitted by mail, email, or fax take 30
minutes longer than those submitted through our Web site (117 minutes +
30 minutes = 147 minutes).
The submission of a claim of materially inaccurate information is a
relatively rare event for all respondents. Accordingly, we averaged all
responses together. Eight of the businesses contacted had submitted
claims of materially inaccurate information. We found that the average
time to submit a claim that a report of harm contains a material
inaccuracy is 165 minutes ((30 minutes + 90 minutes + 45 minutes + 90
minutes + 60 minutes + 660 minutes + 45 minutes + 300 minutes)/8
companies = 165 minutes).
Registered businesses generally submit claims through the business
portal. Unregistered businesses submit claims by mail, email, or fax.
We estimate that submitting claims by mail, email, or fax takes a
little longer because we often must ask the businesses to amend their
submission to include the required certifications. Thus, we estimated
that on average, claims submitted by mail, email, or fax take 30
minutes longer than those submitted through our Web site (165 minutes +
30 minutes = 195 minutes).
The submission of a claim of confidential information is a
relatively rare event for all respondents; accordingly, we averaged all
responses together. Five of the businesses contacted had submitted
claims of confidential information. We found that the average time to
submit a claim that a report of harm contains confidential information
is 42 minutes ((45 minutes + 15 minutes + 60 minutes + 30 minutes + 60
minutes)/5 companies = 42 minutes).
Registered businesses generally submit confidential information
claims through the business portal. Unregistered businesses submit
confidential information claims by mail, email, or fax. We estimate
that submitting claims in this way takes a little longer because we
often must ask the businesses to amend their submission to include the
required certifications. Thus, we estimate that a confidential
information claim submitted by mail, email, or fax would take 30
minutes longer than those submitted through our Web site (42 minutes +
30 minutes = 72 minutes).
For voluntary brand identification, we estimate that a response
would take 10 minutes on average. Most responses consist only of the
brand name and a product description. In many cases a business will
submit multiple entries in a brief period of time and we can see from
the date and time stamps on these records that an entry often takes
less than two minutes. CPSC staff enters the same data in a similar
form based on our own research, and that experience was also factored
into our estimate.
For small batch manufacturer identification, we estimate that a
response would take 10 minutes on average. The form consists of three
check boxes and the information should be readily accessible to the
respondent.
The responses summarized in Table 2 are generally submitted by
manufacturers. To avoid underestimating the cost associated with the
collection of this data, we assigned the higher hourly wage associated
with a manager or professional in goods-producing industries to these
tasks. To estimate the cost of manufacturer submissions we multiplied
the estimated total burden hours in Table 2 (8,826 hours) by an
estimated total compensation for a manager or professional in goods-
producing industries of $68.67 per hour,\5\ which results in an
estimated cost of $606,081 (8,826 hours x $68.67 per hour = $606,081).
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9 of the Employer Costs for Employee Compensation (ECEC), Private
Industry, goods-producing and service-providing industries, by
occupational group, June 2016 (data extracted on 06/23/2016 from
https://www.bls.gov/news.release/ecec.t09.htm.
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Therefore, the total estimated annual cost to respondents is
$719,381 ($113,300 burden for reports of harm + $606,081 burden for
manufacturer submissions = $719,381).
2. Estimated Annual Burden on Government
We estimate the annualized cost to the CPSC to be $954,531. This
figure is based on the costs for four categories of work for the
Database: Reports of Harm, Materially Inaccurate Information Claims,
Manufacturer Comments, and Small Batch Identification. Each category is
described below. No government cost is associated with Voluntary Brand
Identification because this information is entered directly into the
Database by the manufacturer with no processing required by the
government. The information assists the government in directing reports
of harm to the correct manufacturer. We did not attempt to calculate
separately the government cost for claims of confidential information
because the number of claims is so small. The time to process these
claims is included with claims of materially inaccurate information.
Reports of Harm: The Reports of Harm category includes many
different tasks. Some costs related to this category are from two data
entry contracts. Tasks related to these contracts include clerical
coding of the report, such as
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identifying the type of consumer product reported and the appropriate
associated hazard, as well as performing quality control on the data in
the report. Contractor A spends an estimated 5,267 hours per year
performing these tasks. With an hourly rate of $33.31 for contractor
services, the annual cost to the government of contract A is $175,444.
Contractor B spends an estimated 2,539 hours per year performing these
tasks. With an hourly rate of $58.09 for contractor services, the
annual cost to the government of contract B is $147,491.
The Reports of Harm category also includes sending consent requests
for reports when necessary, processing that consent when received,
determining whether a product is out of CPSC's jurisdiction, and
confirming that pictures and attachments do not have any personally
identifiable information. The Reports category also entails notifying
manufacturers when one of their products is reported, completing a risk
of harm determination form for every report eligible for publication,
referring some reports to a Subject Matter Expert (SME) within the CPSC
for a determination on whether the reports meet the requirement of
having a risk of harm, and determining whether a report meets all the
statutory and regulatory requirements for publication. Detailed costs
are:
Table 4--Estimated Costs for Reports of Harm Task
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Number of Total
Grade level hours compensation Total annual
(annual) per hour cost
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Contract A...................................................... 5,267 $33.31 $175,444
Contract B...................................................... 2,539 58.09 147,491
7............................................................... 200 34.78 6,956
9............................................................... 300 42.69 12,807
12.............................................................. 5,528 61.91 342,238
13.............................................................. 428 73.37 31,402
14.............................................................. 1,068 86.99 92,905
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Total....................................................... 15,330 .............. 809,243
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Materially Inaccurate Information (MII) Claims: The MII claims
category includes reviewing and responding to claims, participating in
meetings where the claims are discussed, and completing a risk of harm
determination on reports when a company alleges that a report does not
describe a risk of harm.
Table 5--Estimated Costs for MII Claims Task
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Number of Total
Grade level hours compensation Total annual
(annual) per hour cost
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12.............................................................. 275 $61.91 $17,025
13.............................................................. 167 73.37 12,253
14.............................................................. 323 86.99 28,098
15.............................................................. 50 101.99 5,100
SES............................................................. 50 109.97 5,499
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Total....................................................... 865 .............. 67,975.00
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Manufacturer Comments: The Comments category includes reviewing and
accepting or rejecting comments.
Table 6--Estimated Costs for Manufacturer Comments Task
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Number of Total
Grade level hours compensation Total annual
(annual) per hour cost
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12.............................................................. 62 $61.91 $3,838
13.............................................................. 109 73.37 7,997
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Total....................................................... 171 .............. 11,835
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Small Batch Manufacturer Identification: The Small Batch
Manufacturer Identification category includes time spent posting the
list of small batch registrations, as well as answering manufacturers'
questions on registering as a Small Batch company and what the
implications to that company of small batch registration.
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Table 7--Estimated Costs for Small Batch Task
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Number of Total
Grade level hours compensation Total annual
(annual) per hour cost
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15.............................................................. 642 $101.99 $65,478
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Total....................................................... 642 .............. $65,478
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We estimate the annualized cost to the CPSC of $954,531 by adding
the four categories of work related to the Database summarized in
Tables 4 through 7 (Reports of Harm ($809,243) + MII Claims ($67,975) +
Manufacturer Comments ($11,835) + Small Batch Identification ($65,478)
= $954,531).
This information collection renewal request based on an estimated
12,360 burden hours per year for the Database is a decrease of 7,485
hours since this collection of information was last approved by OMB in
2013. The decrease in burden is due primarily to the fact that the
number of incoming reports of harm has decreased, and the number of
claims based on those reports has decreased as well. While comments did
not decline significantly, they did shift to the more efficient online
submissions. We note a large increase in small batch manufacturer
activity, which has been rising steadily for years. However, this
increase was not large enough to offset the decreases in other areas.
D. 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: February 16, 2016.
Todd A. Stevenson,
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission.
[FR Doc. 2016-19811 Filed 8-18-16; 8:45 am]
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