Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request-Survey on Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarms, 30921-30922 [2018-14140]
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[Docket No. CPSC–2018–0002]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request—Survey
on Smoke and Carbon Monoxide
Alarms
Consumer Product Safety
Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
As required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35), the Consumer Product
Safety Commission (CPSC) announces
that CPSC has submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB), a new
proposed collection of information by
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the agency on a survey that will
estimate the use of smoke and carbon
monoxide (CO) alarms in United States
households. In the Federal Register of
March 20, 2018 (83 FR 12178), CPSC
published a notice announcing the
agency’s intent to seek approval of this
collection of information. CPSC
received several comments in response
to that notice. After review and
consideration of the comments, by
publication of this notice, the
Commission announces that CPSC has
submitted to the OMB a request for
approval of this collection of
information.
Written comments on this
request for approval of information
collection requirements should be
submitted by August 1, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments about
this request by email: OIRA_
submission@omb.eop.gov or fax: 202–
395–6881.
Comments by mail should be sent to
the Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk Officer for the
CPSC, Office of Management and
Budget, Room 10235, 725 17th Street
NW, Washington, DC 20503. In
addition, written comments that are sent
to OMB also should be submitted
electronically at https://
www.regulations.gov, under Docket No.
CPSC–2018–0002.
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.
DATES:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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SUMMARY:
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A. Comments
On March 20, 2018, the CPSC
published a notice in the Federal
Register announcing the agency’s intent
to seek approval of a new collection of
information on 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. (83
FR 12178). CPSC received three
comments in response to that notice.
Two commenters did not address the
survey or any issues related to the
survey, but instead, raised concerns
about climate change. One commenter,
the International Code Council (ICC),
supported the information collection.
The ICC stated that it promulgates
residential and commercial building
safety codes and that having reliable
data to analyze the scope of use and
effectiveness of the detection devices
will improve public safety.
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Accordingly, after consideration of
these comments, CPSC will request
approval from OMB for this collection
of information.
B. 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
its messaging better and 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
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would be collected over the telephone.
For participants eligible for in-home
interviews, a two-member survey team
will ask household residents questions
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 the alarms free
of charge.
C. Burden Hours
The survey interview will take 20 to
60 minutes to conduct, depending on
whether the survey is administered by
telephone (about 20 minutes), or by an
in-home interview (60 minutes). We
estimate the number of survey
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.
Alberta E. Mills,
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety
Commission.
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electric power grid, homeland air
defense, maritime situational awareness,
threats and promise of biotechnology,
countering autonomous systems,
technical approaches to counterintelligence, resilient positioning,
navigation and timing, various undersea
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the defense industrial base, and
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the U.S. electric power grid, homeland
air defense, maritime situational
awareness, threats and promise of
biotechnology, countering autonomous
systems, technical approaches to
counter-intelligence, resilient
positioning, navigation and timing,
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[FR Doc No: 2018-14140]
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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
[Docket No. CPSC-2018-0002]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request--Survey on Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarms
AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35), the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announces
that CPSC has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), a
new proposed collection of information by the agency on a survey that
will estimate the use of smoke and carbon monoxide (CO) alarms in
United States households. In the Federal Register of March 20, 2018 (83
FR 12178), CPSC published a notice announcing the agency's intent to
seek approval of this collection of information. CPSC received several
comments in response to that notice. After review and consideration of
the comments, by publication of this notice, the Commission announces
that CPSC has submitted to the OMB a request for approval of this
collection of information.
DATES: Written comments on this request for approval of information
collection requirements should be submitted by August 1, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments about this request by email:
[email protected] or fax: 202-395-6881.
Comments by mail should be sent to the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk Officer for the CPSC, Office of
Management and Budget, Room 10235, 725 17th Street NW, Washington, DC
20503. In addition, written comments that are sent to OMB also should
be submitted electronically at https://www.regulations.gov, under Docket
No. CPSC-2018-0002.
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:
A. Comments
On March 20, 2018, the CPSC published a notice in the Federal
Register announcing the agency's intent to seek approval of a new
collection of information on 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.
(83 FR 12178). CPSC received three comments in response to that notice.
Two commenters did not address the survey or any issues related to the
survey, but instead, raised concerns about climate change. One
commenter, the International Code Council (ICC), supported the
information collection. The ICC stated that it promulgates residential
and commercial building safety codes and that having reliable data to
analyze the scope of use and effectiveness of the detection devices
will improve public safety.
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Accordingly, after consideration of these comments, CPSC will
request approval from OMB for this collection of information.
B. Survey
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 its messaging better and 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 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 the alarms free of
charge.
C. Burden Hours
The survey interview will take 20 to 60 minutes to conduct,
depending on whether the survey is administered by telephone (about 20
minutes), or by an in-home interview (60 minutes). We estimate the
number of survey 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.
Alberta E. Mills,
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission.
[FR Doc. 2018-14140 Filed 6-29-18; 8:45 am]
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