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, 30780-30781 [E7-10625]
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consumer product subject to a consumer
product safety standard to issue a
certificate stating that the product
complies with all applicable consumer
product safety standards. 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.
Section 14(b) of the CPSA authorizes
the Commission to issue regulations to
prescribe a reasonable testing program
to support certificates of compliance
with a consumer product safety
standard. 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 multi-purpose lighters.
These regulations require manufacturers
and importers to submit a description of
each model of lighter, results of
prototype qualification tests for
compliance with the standard, and other
information before the introduction of
each model of lighter into commerce.
These regulations also require
manufacturers, importers, and private
labelers of multi-purpose 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 1212, subpart B.
The Commission uses the information
compiled and maintained by
manufacturers, importers, and private
labelers of multi-purpose 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 multipurpose 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 multi-purpose lighters
under control number 3041–0130.
OMB’s current approval will expire on
July 31, 2007. The Commission is
requesting an extension of approval for
these collection of information
requirements.
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Additional Information About the
Request for Extension of Approval of
Information Collection Requirements
Agency address: Consumer Product
Safety Commission, 4330 East West
Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814.
Title of information collection: Safety
Standard for Multi-Purpose Lighters. 16
CFR part 1212.
Type of request: Extension of
approval.
General description of respondents:
Manufacturers and importers of multipurpose lighters.
Estimated number of respondents: 16.
Estimated number of models tested
per respondent per year: 2.
Estimated average number of hours
per respondent per model: 50 hours per
year.
Estimated number of hours for all
respondents: 1,600 per year.
Estimated cost of collection for all
respondents: $71,212 per year.
Comments: Comments on this request
for reinstatement of approval of
information collection requirements
should be submitted by July 5, 2007 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) to
the Office of the Secretary by e-mail at
cpsc-os@cpsc.gov, or mailed to the
Office of the Secretary, Consumer
Product Safety Commission, 4330 East
West Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814.
Comments may also be sent via
facsimile at (301) 504–0127.
Copies of this request for approval of
information collection requirements and
supporting documentation are available
from 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.
Dated: May 29, 2007.
Todd A. Stevenson,
Secretary, Consumer Products Safety
Commission.
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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
Consumer Product Safety
Commission.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Notice.
In the March 1, 2007 Federal
Register (72 FR 9311), the Consumer
Product Safety Commission (CPSC or
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. Comments were
received from Barbara Lafferty and
Clifford Nopp opposing a new standard
for the flammability (open flame) of
mattress sets under 16 CFR part 1633.
Gabe Owens submitted comments
stating that part 1632 should be
terminated and superseded by the
requirements in part 1633. These
comments do not pertain to the
collection of information requirements
under part 1632. These comments
should have been submitted in, and
similar comments previously were
addressed in the rulemaking proceeding
promulgating 16 CFR part 1633, which
is now codified. Accordingly, the
Commission now announces that it is
submitting to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) a request for
extension of approval of this 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
and importers 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. Manufacturers and importers are
required to maintain the records and
test results specified under the standard.
OMB previously approved the
collection of information under control
number 3041–0014. OMB’s most recent
extension of approval will expire on
August 31, 2007.
SUMMARY:
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An additional mattress standard was
promulgated under section 4 of the
Flammable Fabrics Act, 15 U.S.C. 1191–
1204, effective July 1, 2007, to reduce
deaths and injuries related to mattress
fires, particularly those ignited by open
flame sources such as lighters, candles
and matches. 16 CFR part 1633. That
standard established new performance
requirements for mattresses and
mattress sets that will generate a smaller
size fire from open flame source
ignitions. Part 1633 also contains
recordkeeping requirements to
document compliance with the
standard. OMB approved that collection
of information under Control Number
3041–0133, with an expiration date of
June 30, 2009. 71 FR 37910.
In May 2006, an Interim Enforcement
Policy for Mattresses subject to 16 CFR
parts 1632 and 1633, effective May 1,
2006, was issued that reduced prototype
surface testing and recordkeeping
requirements from six mattress surfaces
to two mattress surfaces for each new
prototype created after March 15, 2006.
That policy is available at https://
www.cpsc.gov/BUSINFO/
Interimmattress.pdf. Mattress
prototypes created before March 15,
2006, are subject to the full
requirements of part 1632. In addition,
mattress pads are not subject to this
policy and must continue to adhere to
all the requirements set forth in part
1632.
Additional Information About the
Request for Extension of Approval of
Information Collection Requirements
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Agency address: Consumer Product
Safety Commission, 4330 East West
Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814.
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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 per
respondent: 26 hours per year.
Estimated number of hours for all
respondents: 19,526 per year.
Estimated cost of collection for all
respondents: $875,000.
Comments: Comments on this request
for extension of approval of information
collection requirements should be
submitted by July 5, 2007 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) to
the Office of the Secretary by e-mail at
cpsc-os@cpsc.gov, or mailed to the
Office of the Secretary, Consumer
Product Safety Commission, 4330 East
West Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814.
Comments may also be sent via
facsimile at (301) 504–0127.
Copies of this request for approval of
information collection requirements and
supporting documentation are available
from Linda Glatz, Division of Policy and
Planning, Office of Information
Technology and Technology Services,
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4330 East West Highway, Bethesda, MD
20814; telephone: (301) 504–7671 or by
e-mail to lglatz@cpsc.gov.
Dated: May 29, 2007.
Todd A. Stevenson,
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety
Commission.
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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 March 1, 2007 Federal Register (72 FR 9311), the
Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC or 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. Comments were received from Barbara Lafferty and Clifford
Nopp opposing a new standard for the flammability (open flame) of
mattress sets under 16 CFR part 1633. Gabe Owens submitted comments
stating that part 1632 should be terminated and superseded by the
requirements in part 1633. These comments do not pertain to the
collection of information requirements under part 1632. These comments
should have been submitted in, and similar comments previously were
addressed in the rulemaking proceeding promulgating 16 CFR part 1633,
which is now codified. Accordingly, the Commission now announces that
it is submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request
for extension of approval of this 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 and importers 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. Manufacturers and importers are required to maintain
the records and test results specified under the standard. OMB
previously approved the collection of information under control number
3041-0014. OMB's most recent extension of approval will expire on
August 31, 2007.
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An additional mattress standard was promulgated under section 4 of
the Flammable Fabrics Act, 15 U.S.C. 1191-1204, effective July 1, 2007,
to reduce deaths and injuries related to mattress fires, particularly
those ignited by open flame sources such as lighters, candles and
matches. 16 CFR part 1633. That standard established new performance
requirements for mattresses and mattress sets that will generate a
smaller size fire from open flame source ignitions. Part 1633 also
contains recordkeeping requirements to document compliance with the
standard. OMB approved that collection of information under Control
Number 3041-0133, with an expiration date of June 30, 2009. 71 FR
37910.
In May 2006, an Interim Enforcement Policy for Mattresses subject
to 16 CFR parts 1632 and 1633, effective May 1, 2006, was issued that
reduced prototype surface testing and recordkeeping requirements from
six mattress surfaces to two mattress surfaces for each new prototype
created after March 15, 2006. That policy is available at https://
www.cpsc.gov/BUSINFO/Interimmattress.pdf. Mattress prototypes created
before March 15, 2006, are subject to the full requirements of part
1632. In addition, mattress pads are not subject to this policy and
must continue to adhere to all the requirements set forth in part 1632.
Additional Information About the Request for Extension of Approval of
Information Collection Requirements
Agency address: Consumer Product Safety Commission, 4330 East West
Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814.
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 per respondent: 26 hours per year.
Estimated number of hours for all respondents: 19,526 per year.
Estimated cost of collection for all respondents: $875,000.
Comments: Comments on this request for extension of approval of
information collection requirements should be submitted by July 5, 2007
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) to the Office of the
Secretary by e-mail at cpsc-os@cpsc.gov, or mailed to the Office of the
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission, 4330 East West Highway,
Bethesda, MD 20814. Comments may also be sent via facsimile at (301)
504-0127.
Copies of this request for approval of information collection
requirements and supporting documentation are available from 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.
Dated: May 29, 2007.
Todd A. Stevenson,
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission.
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