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have elected to issue a guaranty of
compliance with the FFA, or they are
required to certify compliance of
products intended for children under
the CPSA (as amended by the CPSIA).
The number of tests that a firm issuing
a guaranty of compliance would be
required to perform each year varies,
depending upon the number of carpet
styles and the annual volume of
production. CPSC staff estimates that
the average firm issuing a continuing
guarantee under the FFA is required to
conduct a maximum of 200 tests per
year. The actual number of tests
required by a given firm may vary from
one to 200, depending upon the number
of carpet styles and the annual
production volume. For example, if a
firm manufactures 100,000 linear yards
of carpet each year, and it consistently
has obtained passing test results, then
only one test per year is required. For
purposes of estimating burden, we have
used the midpoint, 100 tests per year.
The time required to conduct each test
is estimated to be 2.5 hours, plus the
time required to establish and maintain
the test record. We estimate the total
annualized cost/burden to respondents
could be as high as 12,000 tests per year
at 2.5 hours per test or 30,000 hours.
The annualized costs to respondents
for the hour burden for collection of
information is estimated to be as high as
$1,837,200, using a mean hourly
employer cost-per-hour-worked of
$61.24 (Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS):
Total compensation rates for
management, professional, and related
occupations in private goods-producing
industries, December 2011) (30,000
hours × $61.24).
The estimated annual cost to the
federal government of the information
and collection requirements is
approximately $42,900. This sum
includes three staff months expended
for examination of the information in
records required to be maintained by the
enforcement rules. This estimate uses an
average wage rate of $57.13 per hour
(the equivalent of a GS–14 Step 5
employee), with an additional 30.2
percent added for benefits (BLS,
Percentage of total compensation
comprised by benefits for all civilian
management, professional, and related
employees, December 2011) or $82.56
per hour × 520 hours.
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:
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—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 5, 2012.
Todd A. Stevenson,
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety
Commission.
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COMMISSION
Notice of Teleconference of the
Chronic Hazard Advisory Panel on
Phthalates and Phthalate Substitutes
Consumer Product Safety
Commission.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
AGENCY:
The Consumer Product Safety
Commission (‘‘CPSC’’ or ‘‘Commission’’)
is announcing a teleconference and the
seventh meeting of the Chronic Hazard
Advisory Panel (‘‘CHAP’’) on phthalates
and phthalate substitutes. The
Commission appointed this CHAP on
April 14, 2010, to study the effects on
children’s health of all phthalates and
phthalate alternatives, as used in
children’s toys and child care articles,
pursuant to section 108 of the Consumer
Product Safety Improvement Act of
2008 (CPSIA) (Pub. L. 110–314). The
CHAP will discuss its progress toward
completing its analysis of potential risks
from phthalates and phthalate
substitutes.
DATES: The teleconference will take
place from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. EDT (15 to
17 GMT) on Friday, June 29, 2012.
Interested members of the public may
listen to the CHAP’s discussion.
Members of the public will not have the
opportunity to ask questions, comment,
or otherwise participate in the
teleconference. Interested parties should
contact the CPSC project manager,
Michael Babich, by email
(mbabich@cpsc.gov), for call-in
instructions no later than Wednesday,
June 27, 2012.
SUMMARY:
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michael Babich, Directorate for Health
Sciences, Consumer Product Safety
Commission, Bethesda, MD 20814;
telephone (301) 504–7253; email:
mbabich@cpsc.gov.
Section
108 of the CPSIA permanently prohibits
the sale of any ‘‘children’s toy or child
care article’’ containing more than 0.1
percent of each of three specified
phthalates: di- (2-ethylhexyl) phthalate
(DEHP), dibutyl phthalate (DBP), and
benzyl butyl phthalate (BBP). Section
108 of the CPSIA also prohibits, on an
interim basis, the sale of any ‘‘children’s
toy that can be placed in a child’s
mouth’’ or ‘‘child care article’’
containing more than 0.1 percent of
each of three additional phthalates:
diisononyl phthalate (DINP), diisodecyl
phthalate (DIDP), and di-n-octyl
phthalate (DnOP).
Moreover, section 108 of the CPSIA
requires the Commission to convene a
CHAP ‘‘to study the effects on children’s
health of all phthalates and phthalate
alternatives as used in children’s toys
and child care articles.’’ The CPSIA
requires the CHAP to complete an
examination of the full range of
phthalates that are used in products for
children and:
• Examine all of the potential health
effects (including endocrine-disrupting
effects) of the full range of phthalates;
• Consider the potential health effects
of each of these phthalates, both in
isolation, and in combination with other
phthalates;
• Examine the likely levels of
children’s, pregnant women’s, and
others’ exposure to phthalates, based
upon a reasonable estimation of normal
and foreseeable use and abuse of such
products;
• Consider the cumulative effect of
total exposure to phthalates, both from
children’s products and from other
sources, such as personal care products;
• Review all relevant data, including
the most recent, best-available, peerreviewed, scientific studies of these
phthalates and phthalate alternatives
that employ objective data-collection
practices or employ other objective
methods;
• Consider the health effects of
phthalates not only from ingestion, but
also as a result of dermal, hand-tomouth, or other exposure;
• Consider the level at which there is
a reasonable certainty of no harm to
children, pregnant women, or other
susceptible individuals and their
offspring, considering the best available
science, and using sufficient safety
factors to account for uncertainties
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regarding exposure and susceptibility of
children, pregnant women, and other
potentially susceptible individuals; and
• Consider possible similar health
effects of phthalate alternatives used in
children’s toys and child care articles.
The CHAP must review prior work on
phthalates by the Commission, but it is
not to be considered determinative
because the CHAP’s examination must
be conducted de novo.
The CHAP must make
recommendations to the Commission
regarding any phthalates (or
combinations of phthalates), in addition
to those identified in section 108 of the
CPSIA, or phthalate alternatives that the
panel determines should be prohibited
from use in children’s toys or child care
articles, or otherwise restricted. The
CHAP members were selected by the
Commission from scientists nominated
by the National Academy of Sciences.
See 15 U.S.C. 2077, 2030(b).
The CHAP met previously in April,
July, and December 2010, March, July,
and November 2011, and in February
2012, at the CPSC’s offices in Bethesda,
MD, and by teleconference in November
2010, September 2011, December 2011,
and February and April 2012. The
CHAP heard testimony from interested
parties at the July 2010, and November
2011, meetings. There will not be any
opportunity for public comment during
the June 2012 teleconference.
Dated: June 5, 2012.
Todd A. Stevenson,
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety
Commission.
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Office of the Secretary
National Security Education Board
Members Meeting; Cancellation of
Meeting
Under Secretary of Defense
Personnel and Readiness, DoD.
ACTION: Notice of meeting; cancellation.
AGENCY:
On May 11, 2012 (77 FR
27739), Department of Defense
announced a meeting of the National
Security Education Board. This meeting
was to be held on June 20, 2012, from
8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Defense Language
and National Security Education Office,
1101 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 1210,
Arlington, VA 22209.
Pursuant to Public Law 92–463,
notice is hereby given of the
cancellation of the June 20, 2012
National Security Education Board
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Dated: June 5, 2012.
Aaron Siegel,
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Officer, Department of Defense.
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Department of the Army; Corps of
Engineers
Notice of Availability of the Draft
Feasibility Study/Environmental Impact
Statement for the Chatfield Reservoir
Storage Reallocation, Littleton, CO
Department of the Army, U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, DoD.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
National Environmental Policy Act of
1969, as amended, the U.S. Army Corps
of Engineers has prepared a Draft
Feasibility Study/Environmental Impact
Statement (FR/EIS) for the Chatfield
Reservoir Storage Reallocation,
Littleton, Colorado and by this notice is
announcing the opening of the comment
period.
DATES: The comment period will be
open from June 8, 2012 to August 7,
2012. Public meetings will take place in
June, 2012. The specific schedule is
provided under SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION.
SUMMARY:
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meeting. The purpose of the meeting
was to review and make
recommendations to the Secretary of
Defense concerning requirements
established by the David L. Boren
National Security Education Act, Title
VII of Public Law 102–183, as amended.
The meeting will be postponed until fall
2012.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Alison Patz, Program Analyst, Defense
Language and National Security
Education Office (DLNSEO), 1101
Wilson Boulevard, Suite 1210,
Arlington, Virginia 22209–2248; (703)
696–1991. Electronic mail address:
Alison.patz@wso.whs.mil.
Written comments should
be sent to: Department of the Army;
Corps of Engineers, Omaha District;
CENWO–PM–AA; ATTN: Chatfield
Reservoir Storage Reallocation FR/EIS;
1616 Capitol Avenue; Omaha, NE
68102–4901. Comments can also be
emailed to:
chatfieldstudy@usace.army.mil.
Comments on the Draft FR/EIS for the
Chatfield Reservoir Storage Reallocation
must be postmarked, emailed, or
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otherwise submitted no later than
August 7, 2012.
For
further information and/or questions
about the Chatfield Reservoir Storage
Reallocation FR/EIS, please contact Ms.
Gwyn Jarrett, Project Manager, by
telephone: (402) 995–2717, by mail:
1616 Capitol Avenue, Omaha, NE
68102–4901, or by email:
chatfieldstudy@usace.army.mil. For
inquiries from the media, please contact
the USACE Omaha District Public
Affairs Officer (PAO), Ms. Monique
Farmer by telephone (402) 995–2416, by
mail: 1616 Capitol Avenue, Omaha, NE
68102–4901, or by email:
Monique.l.Farmer@usace.army.mil.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
1. Background. Population growth
within the Denver, Colorado,
metropolitan area continues to create a
demand on water providers. Colorado’s
population is projected to be between
8.6 and 10.3 million in 2050. The
Statewide Water Supply Initiative
(SWSI), commissioned by the State
Legislature, estimates that by 2050,
Colorado will need between 600,000
and 1 million acre-feet/year of
additional municipal and industrial
water. There is also a strong need for
additional water supplies for the
agricultural community in the South
Platte Basin as thousands of acres of
previously irrigated land has not been
farmed in recent years due to
widespread irrigation well curtailments.
The purpose and need of the Chatfield
Reservoir Storage Reallocation study is
to increase availability of water,
sustainable over the 50-year period of
analysis, in the greater Denver area so
that a larger proportion of existing and
future (increasing) water needs can be
met.
By authority provided under Section
808 of the Water Resources
Development Act of 1986 (Pub. L. 99–
622), as amended by Section 3042 of the
Water Resources Development Act of
2007 (Pub. L. 110–114), the Secretary of
the Army, upon request of and in
coordination with, the Colorado
Department of Natural Resources
(CDNR), and upon the Chief of
Engineers’ finding of feasibility and
economic justification, may reassign a
portion of the storage space in the
Chatfield Lake project to joint flood
control-conservation purposes,
including storage for municipal and
industrial water supply, agriculture,
environmental restoration, and
recreation and fishery habitat protection
and enhancement. The reallocation was
conditioned upon the appropriate nonFederal interests agreeing to repay the
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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
Notice of Teleconference of the Chronic Hazard Advisory Panel on
Phthalates and Phthalate Substitutes
AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety Commission.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Consumer Product Safety Commission (``CPSC'' or
``Commission'') is announcing a teleconference and the seventh meeting
of the Chronic Hazard Advisory Panel (``CHAP'') on phthalates and
phthalate substitutes. The Commission appointed this CHAP on April 14,
2010, to study the effects on children's health of all phthalates and
phthalate alternatives, as used in children's toys and child care
articles, pursuant to section 108 of the Consumer Product Safety
Improvement Act of 2008 (CPSIA) (Pub. L. 110-314). The CHAP will
discuss its progress toward completing its analysis of potential risks
from phthalates and phthalate substitutes.
DATES: The teleconference will take place from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. EDT
(15 to 17 GMT) on Friday, June 29, 2012. Interested members of the
public may listen to the CHAP's discussion. Members of the public will
not have the opportunity to ask questions, comment, or otherwise
participate in the teleconference. Interested parties should contact
the CPSC project manager, Michael Babich, by email (mbabich@cpsc.gov),
for call-in instructions no later than Wednesday, June 27, 2012.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Babich, Directorate for Health
Sciences, Consumer Product Safety Commission, Bethesda, MD 20814;
telephone (301) 504-7253; email: mbabich@cpsc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 108 of the CPSIA permanently
prohibits the sale of any ``children's toy or child care article''
containing more than 0.1 percent of each of three specified phthalates:
di- (2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP), dibutyl phthalate (DBP), and
benzyl butyl phthalate (BBP). Section 108 of the CPSIA also prohibits,
on an interim basis, the sale of any ``children's toy that can be
placed in a child's mouth'' or ``child care article'' containing more
than 0.1 percent of each of three additional phthalates: diisononyl
phthalate (DINP), diisodecyl phthalate (DIDP), and di-n-octyl phthalate
(DnOP).
Moreover, section 108 of the CPSIA requires the Commission to
convene a CHAP ``to study the effects on children's health of all
phthalates and phthalate alternatives as used in children's toys and
child care articles.'' The CPSIA requires the CHAP to complete an
examination of the full range of phthalates that are used in products
for children and:
Examine all of the potential health effects (including
endocrine-disrupting effects) of the full range of phthalates;
Consider the potential health effects of each of these
phthalates, both in isolation, and in combination with other
phthalates;
Examine the likely levels of children's, pregnant women's,
and others' exposure to phthalates, based upon a reasonable estimation
of normal and foreseeable use and abuse of such products;
Consider the cumulative effect of total exposure to
phthalates, both from children's products and from other sources, such
as personal care products;
Review all relevant data, including the most recent, best-
available, peer-reviewed, scientific studies of these phthalates and
phthalate alternatives that employ objective data-collection practices
or employ other objective methods;
Consider the health effects of phthalates not only from
ingestion, but also as a result of dermal, hand-to-mouth, or other
exposure;
Consider the level at which there is a reasonable
certainty of no harm to children, pregnant women, or other susceptible
individuals and their offspring, considering the best available
science, and using sufficient safety factors to account for
uncertainties
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regarding exposure and susceptibility of children, pregnant women, and
other potentially susceptible individuals; and
Consider possible similar health effects of phthalate
alternatives used in children's toys and child care articles.
The CHAP must review prior work on phthalates by the Commission,
but it is not to be considered determinative because the CHAP's
examination must be conducted de novo.
The CHAP must make recommendations to the Commission regarding any
phthalates (or combinations of phthalates), in addition to those
identified in section 108 of the CPSIA, or phthalate alternatives that
the panel determines should be prohibited from use in children's toys
or child care articles, or otherwise restricted. The CHAP members were
selected by the Commission from scientists nominated by the National
Academy of Sciences.
See 15 U.S.C. 2077, 2030(b).
The CHAP met previously in April, July, and December 2010, March,
July, and November 2011, and in February 2012, at the CPSC's offices in
Bethesda, MD, and by teleconference in November 2010, September 2011,
December 2011, and February and April 2012. The CHAP heard testimony
from interested parties at the July 2010, and November 2011, meetings.
There will not be any opportunity for public comment during the June
2012 teleconference.
Dated: June 5, 2012.
Todd A. Stevenson,
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission.
[FR Doc. 2012-13934 Filed 6-7-12; 8:45 am]
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