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Download as PDF 12178 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 54 / Tuesday, March 20, 2018 / Notices TABLE 3—CALCULATED AREAS ENSONIFIED WITHIN LEVEL B HARASSMENT ISOPLETHS DURING PILE INSTALLATION AND REMOVAL Type of pile Level B harassment zone (km 2), cetaceans and pinnipeds Activity Vibratory (120 dB) 30-inch steel ............................................................................. 24-, 20-, 18-, and 16-inch steel ................................................ 14-, 12.75-inch steel, and 14-inch timber ................................. Install ........................................................................................ Install ........................................................................................ Remove .................................................................................... 78.9 45.3 7.3 Drilling (120 dB) 30-, 24-, 20-, and 18-inch steel ................................................ Install ........................................................................................ 78.9 Impact (160 dB) 30-inch 24-inch 20-inch 18-inch 14-inch steel ............................................................................. steel ............................................................................. steel ............................................................................. steel ............................................................................. timber ........................................................................... Request for Public Comments Dated: March 14, 2018. Donna S. Wieting, Director, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service. [FR Doc. 2018–05559 Filed 3–19–18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–22–P COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION Agricultural Advisory Committee Commodity Futures Trading Commission. ACTION: Notice of meeting. AGENCY: The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announces that on Thursday, April 5, 2018, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., the Agricultural Advisory Committee (AAC) will hold a public meeting in Overland Park, Kansas. At this meeting, the AAC will discuss items related to price discovery and risk management in agricultural markets. daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: The meeting will be held on Thursday, April 5, 2018, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Members of the public who wish to submit written statements in connection with the meeting should submit them by April 12, 2018. VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:08 Mar 19, 2018 Jkt 244001 The meeting will take place at the Sheraton Overland Park Convention Center at 6100 College Boulevard, Overland Park, Kansas 66211. You may submit public comments, identified by ‘‘Agricultural Advisory Committee,’’ by any of the following methods: • CFTC website: https:// comments.cftc.gov. Follow the instructions to Submit Comments through the website. • Mail: Send comments to Christopher Kirkpatrick, Secretary of the Commission, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Three Lafayette Center, 1155 21st Street, NW, Washington, DC 20581. • Hand Delivery/Courier: Same as Mail, above. Any statements submitted in connection with the committee meeting will be made available to the public, including publication on the CFTC website, https://www.cftc.gov. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Charlie Thornton, AAC Designated Federal Officer, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Three Lafayette Centre, 1155 21st Street NW, Washington, DC 20581; (202) 418–5500. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The meeting will be open to the public with seating on a first-come, first-served basis. Members of the public may also listen to the meeting by webinar. The meeting agenda may change to accommodate other AAC priorities. For agenda updates and instructions to access the meeting as a webinar (forthcoming), please visit the AAC committee site at: https://www.cftc.gov/ ADDRESSES: We request comment on our analyses, the draft authorization, and any other aspect of this Notice of Proposed IHA for the proposed [action]. Please include with your comments any supporting data or literature citations to help inform our final decision on the request for MMPA authorization. DATES: Proofing .................................................................................... Proofing .................................................................................... Proofing .................................................................................... Proofing .................................................................................... Install ........................................................................................ PO 00000 Frm 00032 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 6.7 4.0 0.6 <0.1 <0.1 About/CFTCCommittees/Agricultural Advisory/aac_meetings. After the meeting, a transcript of the meeting will be published through a link on the CFTC’s website, https:// www.cftc.gov. All written submissions provided to the CFTC in any form will also be published on the CFTC’s website. The public meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities. Persons requiring special accommodations to attend the meeting such as sign language interpretation or other ancillary aids because of a disability are asked to notify the contact person above at least ten (10) days in advance of the meeting. Dated: March 15, 2018. Christopher J. Kirkpatrick, Secretary of the Commission. (Authority: 5 U.S.C. app. 2 § 10(a)(2)). [FR Doc. 2018–05614 Filed 3–19–18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6351–01–P CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION [Docket No. CPSC–2018–0005] Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Survey on Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarms Consumer Product Safety Commission. ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC or Commission) is announcing an opportunity for public SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\20MRN1.SGM 20MRN1 daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with NOTICES Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 54 / Tuesday, March 20, 2018 / Notices comment on a new proposed collection of information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), federal agencies are required to publish notice in the Federal Register for each proposed collection of information and to allow 60 days for public comment in response to the notice. This notice solicits comments on a survey that will estimate the use of smoke and carbon monoxide (CO) alarms in United States households. DATES: Submit written or electronic comments on the collection of information by May 21, 2018. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CPSC–2018– 0005, 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 in the following way: 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 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–2018–0005, into the ‘‘Search’’ box, and follow the prompts. A copy of the draft survey is available at: https://www.regulations.gov under Docket No. CPSC–2018–0005, Supporting and Related Material. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Charu Krishnan, Consumer Product Safety Commission, 4330 East West Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814; (301) 504–7221, or by email to: CKrishnan@ cpsc.gov. VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:08 Mar 19, 2018 Jkt 244001 Under the PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), federal agencies must obtain approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for each collection of information they conduct or sponsor. ‘‘Collection of information’’ is defined in 44 U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR 1320.3(c) and includes agency surveys. Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)) requires federal agencies to provide a 60-day notice in the Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of information before submitting the collection to OMB for approval. Accordingly, CPSC is publishing notice of the proposed collection of information set forth in this document. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A. Smoke and Carbon Monoxide (CO) Alarms Survey The Commission is authorized under section 5(a) of the Consumer Product Safety Act (CPSA), 15 U.S.C. 2054(a), to conduct studies and investigations relating to the causes and prevention of deaths, accidents, injuries, illnesses, other health impairments, and economic losses associated with consumer products. Section 5(b) of the CPSA, 15 U.S.C. 2054(b), further provides that the Commission may conduct research, studies, and investigations on the safety of consumer products or test consumer products and develop product safety test methods and testing devices. In 1992, the CPSC sponsored a national in-home survey to collect information on the number of residential smoke alarms in actual use in homes and to evaluate the operability of the sampled alarms. The results were published in the 1994 report, Consumer Product Safety Commission Smoke Detector Operability Survey Report on Findings.1 Although the survey results were instrumental for many years in developing state and local codes and standards related to smoke alarms, subsequent changes in technology, installation codes, and state/local ordinances in the past 25 years have rendered the information outdated and less effective. Stakeholders’ groups for fire loss prevention have identified a need for an updated national survey to increase the installation and maintenance of smoke alarms in the United States. In addition, installations of CO alarms have increased since 1992. Accordingly, CPSC seeks to update its data information collection related to 1 Charles L. Smith, Smoke Detector Operability Survey—Report on Findings, (Bethesda, MD: CPSC, November 1993). PO 00000 Frm 00033 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 12179 smoke and CO alarm use through a new survey. CPSC has entered into a contract with Eureka Facts to conduct a national inhome survey that will estimate the use and functionality of smoke and CO alarms in households, as well as user hazard perceptions regarding such alarms. The information collected from this survey will provide CPSC updated national estimates regarding the use of smoke alarms and CO alarms in households based on direct observation of alarm installations. The survey also will help CPSC identify the groups that do not have operable smoke alarms and/ or CO alarms and the reasons they do not have such alarms. With this information, CPSC will be able to target better its messaging to improve consumer use and awareness regarding the operability of these alarms. In addition, the survey results will help to inform CPSC’s recommendations to voluntary standards groups and state/ local jurisdictions regarding their codes, standards, and/or regulations on smoke and CO alarms. The survey seeks to collect information from 1,185 households within the United States, with an initial group of 50 households that will be processed and analyzed to identify any issues regarding the survey instrument and data collection procedures. The survey will use a mixed-mode, multistage approach to data collection. The data will be collected through two modes: Face-to-face, in-home interviews, and telephone surveys. The survey instrument will be programmed on Vovici software and will be administered via in-home interviews using a Computer-Assisted Personal Interview (CAPI) format, or by telephone, using a Computer-Assisted Telephone Interview (CATI) format. Smoke alarms are more prevalent in homes than CO alarms are. Accordingly, during the screening process, if respondents indicate that they have a smoke alarm that may be tested directly, the respondents will be scheduled for an in-home interview for the full survey. However, if the smoke alarm cannot be tested directly because the household does not have a smoke alarm installed, or the smoke alarms are connected to a central alarm system that will notify the police or fire department, the respondent is not eligible for the inhome survey. Instead of the in-home survey, these households would be given a subset of survey questions about safety attitudes and demographics that would be collected over the telephone. For participants eligible for in-home interviews, a two-member survey team will ask household residents questions E:\FR\FM\20MRN1.SGM 20MRN1 12180 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 54 / Tuesday, March 20, 2018 / Notices related to installed smoke and CO alarms. The survey team will then test residents’ smoke and CO alarms. If any of the alarms do not work, the survey team will offer to replace them free of charge. B. Burden Hours The survey interview will take between 20 to 60 minutes, depending on whether the survey is administered via the telephone (about 20 minutes) or by an in-home interview (60 minutes). We estimate the number of respondents to be 1,185. We estimate the total annual burden hours for respondents to be 1,422 hours based on the total time required to respond to the invitation, screener, and the actual survey. The monetized hourly cost is $35.64, as defined by the average total hourly cost to employers for employee compensation for employees across all occupations as of September 2017, reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Accordingly, we estimate the total annual cost burden to all respondents to be $50,680. (1,422 hours × $35.64 = $50,680.). The total cost to the federal government for the contract to design and conduct the survey is $721,773. C. Request for Comments daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with NOTICES The CPSC invites comments on these topics: • Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of CPSC’s functions, including whether the information will have practical utility; • The accuracy of CPSC’s estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used; • Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and • Ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, including through the use of automated collection techniques, when appropriate, and other forms of information technology. Alberta E. Mills, Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission. [FR Doc. 2018–05554 Filed 3–19–18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE P VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:08 Mar 19, 2018 Jkt 244001 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Office of the Department of the Navy Board of Advisors to the Presidents of the Naval Postgraduate School and the Naval War College; Notice of Federal Advisory Committee Meeting Board of Advisors to the Presidents of the Naval Postgraduate School and the Naval War College, Department of the Navy, Department of Defense. ACTION: Notice of Federal Advisory Committee meeting. AGENCY: The Department of Defense (DoD) is publishing this notice to announce that the following Federal Advisory Committee meeting of the Board of Advisors to the Presidents of the Naval Postgraduate School and the Naval War College, Board of Advisors (BOA) to The President of the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) Subcommittee will take place. DATES: Day 1—Open to the public, Wednesday, April 25, 2018 from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Day 2—Open to the public, Thursday, April 26, 2018 from 7:30 a.m. to 4:40 p.m. Pacific Time Zone. SUMMARY: The meeting will be held at the Naval Postgraduate School, Executive Briefing Center, Herrmann Hall, 1 University Circle, Monterey, CA. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jacquelyn (Jaye) Panza, 831–656–2514 (Voice), 831–656–2789 (Facsimile), jpanza@nps.edu (Email). Mailing address is Naval Postgraduate School, 1 University Circle, Monterey, CA 93943– 5001. Website: https://my.nps.edu/web/ board-of-advisors/home. The most upto-date changes to the meeting agenda can be found on the website. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This meeting is being held under the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) of 1972 (5 U.S.C., Appendix, as amended), the Government in the Sunshine Act of 1976 (5 U.S.C. 552b, as amended), and 41 CFR 102–3.140 and 102–3.150. Purpose of the Meeting: The purpose of the Board is to advise and assist the President, NPS, in educational and support areas, providing independent advice and recommendations on items such as, but not limited to, organizational management, curricula, methods of instruction, facilities, and other matters of interest. Agenda: The agenda for Wednesday is as follows: 8:00 a.m.–8:30 a.m.: Welcome/Administrative Business, 8:30 a.m.–8:45 a.m.: Annual Ethics Update, ADDRESSES: PO 00000 Frm 00034 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 8:45 a.m.–9:45 a.m.: President’s Update, 10:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m. :Provost’s Update, 11:00 a.m.–11:45 a.m.: Meet with Faculty/Deans, 12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m.: Meet with Students, 1:15 p.m.–2:30 p.m.: Campus Tour Classroom/Labs, 2:45 p.m.–3:45 p.m.: Board Discussion, 3:45 p.m.–4:30 p.m.: NPS Foundation Update. The agenda for Thursday is as follows: 7:30 a.m.–8:30 a.m.: Meet with faculty, 8:45 a.m.–9:45 a.m.: Professional Education Program Discussion, 10:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m.: Facilities Update, 11:15 a.m.–12:00 p.m.: Board Discussion, 12:00 p.m.–1:30 p.m.: Personal Time, 1:30 p.m.–4:30 p.m.: Board Discussion, 4:30 p.m. Meeting Adjourned. Meeting Accessibility: The meeting is accessible to persons with disabilities. Written Statements: For access, information, or to send written statements for consideration at the committee meeting contact Ms. Jaye Panza, Designated Federal Officer, Naval Postgraduate School, 1 University Circle, Monterey, CA 93943–5001 or by fax 831–656–2337 by April 20, 2018. Dated: March 13, 2018. E.K. Baldini, Lieutenant Commander, Judge Advocate General’s Coms, U.S. Navy, Federal Register Liaison Officer. [FR Doc. 2018–05587 Filed 3–19–18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3810–FF–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY National Coal Council Department of Energy. Notice of open meetings. 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[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 54 (Tuesday, March 20, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12178-12180]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-05554]


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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION

[Docket No. CPSC-2018-0005]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; Survey on Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarms

AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC or Commission) is 
announcing an opportunity for public

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comment on a new proposed collection of information by the agency. 
Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), federal agencies are 
required to publish notice in the Federal Register for each proposed 
collection of information and to allow 60 days for public comment in 
response to the notice. This notice solicits comments on a survey that 
will estimate the use of smoke and carbon monoxide (CO) alarms in 
United States households.

DATES: Submit written or electronic comments on the collection of 
information by May 21, 2018.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CPSC-2018-
0005, 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 in the following 
way: 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 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-2018-0005, into the ``Search'' box, and follow the 
prompts. A copy of the draft survey is available at: https://www.regulations.gov under Docket No. CPSC-2018-0005, Supporting and 
Related Material.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Charu Krishnan, Consumer Product 
Safety Commission, 4330 East West Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814; (301) 
504-7221, or by email to: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), federal 
agencies must obtain approval from the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for each collection of information they conduct or sponsor. 
``Collection of information'' is defined in 44 U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR 
1320.3(c) and includes agency surveys. Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA 
(44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)) requires federal agencies to provide a 60-day 
notice in the Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of 
information before submitting the collection to OMB for approval. 
Accordingly, CPSC is publishing notice of the proposed collection of 
information set forth in this document.

A. Smoke and Carbon Monoxide (CO) Alarms Survey

    The Commission is authorized under section 5(a) of the Consumer 
Product Safety Act (CPSA), 15 U.S.C. 2054(a), to conduct studies and 
investigations relating to the causes and prevention of deaths, 
accidents, injuries, illnesses, other health impairments, and economic 
losses associated with consumer products. Section 5(b) of the CPSA, 15 
U.S.C. 2054(b), further provides that the Commission may conduct 
research, studies, and investigations on the safety of consumer 
products or test consumer products and develop product safety test 
methods and testing devices.
    In 1992, the CPSC sponsored a national in-home survey to collect 
information on the number of residential smoke alarms in actual use in 
homes and to evaluate the operability of the sampled alarms. The 
results were published in the 1994 report, Consumer Product Safety 
Commission Smoke Detector Operability Survey Report on Findings.\1\ 
Although the survey results were instrumental for many years in 
developing state and local codes and standards related to smoke alarms, 
subsequent changes in technology, installation codes, and state/local 
ordinances in the past 25 years have rendered the information outdated 
and less effective. Stakeholders' groups for fire loss prevention have 
identified a need for an updated national survey to increase the 
installation and maintenance of smoke alarms in the United States. In 
addition, installations of CO alarms have increased since 1992. 
Accordingly, CPSC seeks to update its data information collection 
related to smoke and CO alarm use through a new survey.
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    \1\ Charles L. Smith, Smoke Detector Operability Survey--Report 
on Findings, (Bethesda, MD: CPSC, November 1993).
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    CPSC has entered into a contract with Eureka Facts to conduct a 
national in-home survey that will estimate the use and functionality of 
smoke and CO alarms in households, as well as user hazard perceptions 
regarding such alarms. The information collected from this survey will 
provide CPSC updated national estimates regarding the use of smoke 
alarms and CO alarms in households based on direct observation of alarm 
installations. The survey also will help CPSC identify the groups that 
do not have operable smoke alarms and/or CO alarms and the reasons they 
do not have such alarms. With this information, CPSC will be able to 
target better its messaging to improve consumer use and awareness 
regarding the operability of these alarms. In addition, the survey 
results will help to inform CPSC's recommendations to voluntary 
standards groups and state/local jurisdictions regarding their codes, 
standards, and/or regulations on smoke and CO alarms.
    The survey seeks to collect information from 1,185 households 
within the United States, with an initial group of 50 households that 
will be processed and analyzed to identify any issues regarding the 
survey instrument and data collection procedures. The survey will use a 
mixed-mode, multistage approach to data collection. The data will be 
collected through two modes: Face-to-face, in-home interviews, and 
telephone surveys. The survey instrument will be programmed on Vovici 
software and will be administered via in-home interviews using a 
Computer-Assisted Personal Interview (CAPI) format, or by telephone, 
using a Computer-Assisted Telephone Interview (CATI) format.
    Smoke alarms are more prevalent in homes than CO alarms are. 
Accordingly, during the screening process, if respondents indicate that 
they have a smoke alarm that may be tested directly, the respondents 
will be scheduled for an in-home interview for the full survey. 
However, if the smoke alarm cannot be tested directly because the 
household does not have a smoke alarm installed, or the smoke alarms 
are connected to a central alarm system that will notify the police or 
fire department, the respondent is not eligible for the in-home survey. 
Instead of the in-home survey, these households would be given a subset 
of survey questions about safety attitudes and demographics that would 
be collected over the telephone. For participants eligible for in-home 
interviews, a two-member survey team will ask household residents 
questions

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related to installed smoke and CO alarms. The survey team will then 
test residents' smoke and CO alarms. If any of the alarms do not work, 
the survey team will offer to replace them free of charge.

B. Burden Hours

    The survey interview will take between 20 to 60 minutes, depending 
on whether the survey is administered via the telephone (about 20 
minutes) or by an in-home interview (60 minutes). We estimate the 
number of respondents to be 1,185. We estimate the total annual burden 
hours for respondents to be 1,422 hours based on the total time 
required to respond to the invitation, screener, and the actual survey. 
The monetized hourly cost is $35.64, as defined by the average total 
hourly cost to employers for employee compensation for employees across 
all occupations as of September 2017, reported by the Bureau of Labor 
Statistics. Accordingly, we estimate the total annual cost burden to 
all respondents to be $50,680. (1,422 hours x $35.64 = $50,680.). The 
total cost to the federal government for the contract to design and 
conduct the survey is $721,773.

C. Request for Comments

    The CPSC invites comments on these topics:
     Whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of CPSC's functions, including 
whether the information will have practical utility;
     The accuracy of CPSC's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed collection of information, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used;
     Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and
     Ways to minimize the burden of the collection of 
information on respondents, including through the use of automated 
collection techniques, when appropriate, and other forms of information 
technology.

Alberta E. Mills,
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission.
[FR Doc. 2018-05554 Filed 3-19-18; 8:45 am]
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