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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Papaha¯naumokua¯kea Marine
National Monument & University of
Hawaii Research Internship Program
The Department of Commerce will
submit the following information
collection request to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and clearance in accordance
with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995, on or after the date of publication
of this notice. We invite the general
public and other Federal agencies to
comment on proposed, and continuing
information collections, which helps us
assess the impact of our information
collection requirements and minimize
the public’s reporting burden. Public
comments were previously requested
via the Federal Register on March 8,
2021, (86 FR 13340) during a 60-day
comment period. This notice allows for
an additional 30 days for public
comments.
Agency: National Oceanic &
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
Title: Papaha¯naumokua¯kea Marine
National Monument & University of
Hawaii Research Internship Program.
OMB Control Number: 0648–0719.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular submission,
extension of a current information
collection.
Number of Respondents: 100.
Average Hours per Response:
Scholarship application: 1 hour;
Reference forms: 30 minutes; Support
Letter: 30 minutes.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 62.5.
Needs and Uses: This is a request for
extension of a currently approved
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information collection. The National
Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration’s (NOAA) National
Ocean Service’s Office of National
Marine Sanctuaries (ONMS)
Papaha¯naumokua¯kea Marine National
Monument (PMNM) is sponsoring this
collection. On June 15, 2006, President
George W. Bush established the
Papaha¯naumokua¯kea Marine National
Monument (PMNM) by Presidential
Proclamation 8031 under the authority
of the American Antiquities Act, 16 CFR
431, to ensure the comprehensive,
strong, and lasting protection of the
coral reef ecosystems and related
resources of the Northwestern Hawaiian
Islands (NWHI). At a time when ocean
resources around the world are in major
decline, the designation of PMNM
enabled nearly 140,000 square miles of
U.S. land and waters of the region to
receive the highest form of
environmental protection in the country
and created one of the largest marine
conservation areas in the world. As part
of PMNM’s mission to characterize its
natural resources, PMNM conducts
annual coral reef monitoring
expeditions to the NWHI. Additionally,
as part of PMNM’s education mission,
PMNM is committed to providing
educational opportunities for students
and educators. In order to accomplish
these two missions, PMNM has
partnered with the University of Hawaii
to offer research internships. Each year,
a limited number of research
internships will be awarded to
outstanding undergraduate students in
the marine sciences at the University of
Hawaii. These internships consist of
training students in SCUBA surveys of
coral reef fauna, a research expedition to
PMNM aboard a NOAA or contract ship,
and the development of an independent
research project with data from the
expedition. Due to the fact that space is
very limited for these internships, only
a small number of internships can be
offered each year. This request collects
information from internship applicants
in order to allow PMNM staff to select
candidates which are best suited for its
research internships. The collection of
information will consist of an electronic
application package, which will be
solicited annually from undergraduate
students applying for the internship.
The application package will include (1)
an application form with information on
academic background and professional
experiences, (2) reference forms by two
educational or professional references,
and (3) a support letter from one
academic professor or advisor. All
gathered information would be used
only by staff of PMNM for the purpose
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of selecting interns, and will not be
shared with any other party. None of the
information collected will be
disseminated to the public.
Affected Public: Individuals.
Frequency: Annually.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority:
This information collection request
may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov.
Follow the instructions to view the
Department of Commerce collections
currently under review by OMB.
Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be
submitted within 30 days of the
publication of this notice on the
following website www.reginfo.gov/
public/do/PRAMain. Find this
particular information collection by
selecting ‘‘Currently under 30-day
Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or
by using the search function and
entering either the title of the collection
or the OMB Control Number 0648–0719.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of
the Chief Information Officer, Commerce
Department.
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[Docket No. CPSC–2009–0102]
Collection of Information; Proposed
Extension of Approval; Comment
Request—Follow-Up Activities for
Product-Related Injuries Including the
National Electronic Injury Surveillance
System (NEISS)
Consumer Product Safety
Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
As required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the Consumer
Product Safety Commission (CPSC or
Commission) requests comments on a
proposed extension of approval for an
information collection to obtain data on
consumer product-related injuries, and
follow-up activities for product-related
injuries. The Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) previously approved the
collection of information under OMB
Control No. 3041–0029. CPSC will
consider all comments received in
response to this notice before requesting
an extension of approval of this
collection of information from OMB.
DATES: Submit written or electronic
comments on the collection of
information by September 20, 2021.
SUMMARY:
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You may submit comments,
identified by Docket No. CPSC–2009–
0102, 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 CPSC does not accept comments
submitted by electronic mail (email),
except through www.regulations.gov.
The CPSC encourages you to submit
electronic comments by using the
Federal eRulemaking Portal, as
described above.
Mail/hand delivery/courier Written
Submissions: Submit comments by
mail/hand delivery/courier to: Division
of the Secretariat, Consumer Product
Safety Commission, Room 820, 4330
East West Highway, Bethesda, MD
20814; telephone: (301) 504–7479;
email: cpsc-os@cpsc.gov.
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–2009–0102, into
the ‘‘Search’’ box, and follow the
prompts. A copy of the supporting
statement, ‘‘PRI ICR 2021 60-day’’ will
be made available under Supporting and
Related Materials.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
further information or a copy of the
supporting statement contact: Bretford
Griffin, Consumer Product Safety
Commission, 4330 East West Highway,
Bethesda, MD 20814; (301) 504–7037, or
by email to: bgriffin@cpsc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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A. Background
Section 5(a) of the Consumer Product
Safety Act, 15 U.S.C. 2054(a), requires
the CPSC to collect information related
to the causes and prevention of death,
injury, and illness associated with
consumer products. That section also
requires the CPSC to conduct
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continuing studies and investigations of
deaths, injuries, diseases, other health
impairments, and economic losses
resulting from accidents involving
consumer products.
The CPSC obtains information about
product-related deaths, injuries, and
illnesses from a variety of sources,
including newspapers, death
certificates, consumer complaints, and
medical facilities. In addition, the CPSC
receives information through its internet
website through forms reporting on
product-related injuries or incidents.
The CPSC also operates the National
Electronic Injury Surveillance System
(NEISS), which provides statistical data
on consumer product-related injuries
treated in hospital emergency
departments in the United States. The
CPSC also uses the NEISS system to
collect information on childhood
poisonings, in accordance with the
Poison Prevention Packaging Act of
1970.
From these sources, CPSC staff selects
cases of interest for further
investigation, by contacting persons
who witnessed or were injured in
incidents involving consumer products.
These investigations are conducted onsite (face-to-face), by telephone, or by
the internet. On-site investigations are
usually made in cases where CPSC staff
needs photographs of the incident site,
the product involved, or detailed
information about the incident. This
information can come from face-to-face
interviews with persons who were
injured or who witnessed the incident,
as well as via contact with state and
local officials, including police,
coroners, and fire investigators, and
others with knowledge of the incident.
Through interagency agreements, the
CPSC also uses the NEISS system to
collect information on injuries for the
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) under the NEISS All
Injury Program (NEISS–AIP). The
NEISS–AIP is a sub-sample of
approximately two-thirds of the full
NEISS sample. In addition to the
standard data variables collected on all
NEISS injuries, the NEISS–AIP collects
variables on several studies for CDC
(Firearm-Related Injuries, Adverse Drug
Events, Assaults, Self-Inflicted Violence,
and Work-Related Injuries) and one
study on non-crash, motor vehiclerelated injuries for the National
Highway and Transportation Safety
Administration (NHTSA).
The current NEISS probability sample
was drawn and recruited in 1995–1996,
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and implemented in 1997. The current
NEISS sample consists of 96 hospital
emergency departments grouped into
four strata, based on size, as measured
by the annual number of emergency
department (ED) visits, and a fifth
stratum for children’s hospitals. When a
hospital stops participating in the
NEISS, staff recruits a hospital of similar
size and geographic location as a
replacement. If a participating hospital
closes, it is not replaced, because its
closure is presumed to represent other
hospitals that have closed nationally. As
of January 1, 2021, there are currently
81 hospitals participating in the NEISS.
In September 2019, CPSC contracted
with Westat, Inc., under CPSC contract
61320619F0134, to give the agency an
independent statistical assessment of
the NEISS and the NEISS–AIP samples.1
The primary focus of this contract was
to analyze the advantages and
disadvantages of keeping, expanding, or
resampling the current samples of
NEISS and NEISS–AIP hospitals. Westat
recommended that CPSC redesign the
NEISS sample, and, consistent with that
recommendation, CPSC is revising its
sampling methodology.
In the redesigned NEISS sample,
CPSC staff uses a resampling method
that maximizes the probability of
retaining as many of the current NEISS
hospitals as possible, while maintaining
the statistical integrity of the NEISS.
Among eligible hospital emergency
departments, some have migrated from
one stratum to another; others have
come into existence since the last
resampling of the NEISS, or ceased to
exist. The method used in resampling
the NEISS is an extension of the Keyfitz
procedures for stratified simple random
samples.2 Staff identified several
advantages of retaining as many of the
current NEISS hospitals as possible,
including: (1) The contracting, data
collection, and quality-control
mechanisms already exist in the
hospitals in the current sample; (2) it is
a cost-effective procedure; and (3) there
is less disruption in trend analysis. The
new NEISS sample will contain a
mixture of current NEISS hospitals,
along with new hospitals recruited to
join the NEISS, as follows:
1 David Marker, Jim Green, Frost Hubbord,
Richard Valliant, ‘‘Statistical Assessment of the
NEISS and NEISS–AIP Samples: Final Technical
Report,’’ Westat Inc., September 24, 2020.
2 J. Michael Brick, David R. Morganstein, Charles,
L. Wolter, ‘‘Additional Uses for Keyfitz Selection,’’
Westat Inc., 1987. (https://www.asasrms.org/
Proceedings/papers/1987_140.pdf).
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NEW NEISS SAMPLE
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2021 NEISS:
reporting
(retained)
NEISS
redesign
Stratum
2021 NEISS:
reporting
(dropped)
2021 NEISS:
replacements
(retained)
2021 NEISS:
replacements
(dropped)
New
Small ........................................................
Medium ....................................................
Large ........................................................
Very Large ...............................................
Children’s .................................................
43
26
12
11
8
30
14
11
9
7
0
1
8
0
1
8
1
0
2
0
3
0
1
0
0
5
11
1
0
1
Total ..................................................
100
71
10
11
4
18
Self-Inflicted Violence (CDC)
Work-Related Injuries (CDC)
Motor Vehicle Non-Crash Injuries (NHTSA) ..................
22,000
54,000
CPSC recognizes that one of the
advantages of a long-running NEISS
sample is the ability to track trends
across time, and updating the NEISS
sample will impact that analysis. An
overlap, or bridge period, during which
data are collected from the old and the
new samples, can adjust for any time
series that crosses over two NEISS
samples. CPSC plans to conduct a 12month overlap as part of the
implementation of the new NEISS
sample. Having a full 12-month overlap
period accounts better for seasonality of
some consumer product-related injuries.
By comparing estimates calculated from
both samples, it is possible to adjust
(backcast) old estimates to be consistent
with the new sample. The overlap
period will consist of all of calendar
year 2023, but it is dependent on the
successful recruitment of the 11
replacement and 18 new hospitals. If
NEISS hospital recruitment is
successful, the overlap period will run
all of calendar year 2023. The national
estimates for 2023 will be calculated
using the new NEISS sample with
historical estimates from 2022, and prior
years ‘‘backcast’’ to adjust for the
sample update. If NEISS hospital
recruitment is delayed, and the 12month overlap period spans July 2023
through June 2024, then 2023 national
estimates will be calculated using the
old NEISS sample, and 2024 national
estimates would use the new NEISS
sample.
OMB previously approved the
collection of information concerning
product-related injuries under control
number 3041–0029. OMB’s most recent
extension of approval will expire on
July 31, 2022. However, to reflect
CPSC’s revised sampling methodology
and resulting changes to the associated
burden hours, CPSC is providing notice
in this document prior to the expiration
date, and now proposes to request an
extension of approval of this updated
collection of information.
B. NEISS Estimated Burden
The NEISS system collects
information on consumer product-
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related incidents and other injuries from
a statistical sample of hospitals in the
United States. The number of hospitals
participating in CY 2021 through CY
2024 will fluctuate from the current 81
reporting, to as high as 110.
Respondents to NEISS include
hospitals that directly report
information to NEISS, and hospitals that
allow access to a CPSC contractor who
collects the data. Collecting emergency
department records for review,
correcting error messages, and other
tasks takes from 2.5 to 6 hours weekly.
Each record requires about 30 seconds
to review. Coding and reporting records
that involve consumer products or other
injuries takes about 2 minutes per
record. Coding and reporting on
additional special study information
(Adverse Drug Effects) takes about 2
minutes and 90 seconds per record for
other special studies. Respondents also
spend about 8 to 36 hours per year in
related activities (training, evaluations,
and communicating with other hospital
staff).
During CY 2023, assuming there will
be a total of 110 hospitals participating
in the NEISS, with an estimated 160
NEISS respondents (total hospitals and
CPSC contractors), these NEISS
respondents will review an estimated 6
million emergency department records
and report 1.2 million total cases
(470,000 consumer product-related
injuries for CPSC, and 730,000 other
injuries for the NEISS–AIP). The table
below lists the estimated number of
reported cases, and the estimated
number of reported cases with
additional special study information.
Total NEISS Cases Reported
Consumer Product-Related
Injuries ...............................
CDC NEISS–AIP ..................
1.2 million
470,000
730,000
Special Studies Reported (subset of above)
Child Poisoning (CPSC) .......
Adverse Drug Events (CDC)
Assaults (CDC) .....................
Firearm-Related Injuries
(CDC) ................................
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5,000
94,000
84,000
12,000
17,000
The total burden hours for all NEISS
respondents are estimated to be 130,000
for CY 2023. The average burden hours
per respondent is 800 hours. However,
the total burden hours on each
respondent varies, due to differences in
the sizes of the hospitals (e.g., small
rural hospitals versus large metropolitan
hospitals). The smallest hospital will
report an estimated 250 cases, with a
burden of about 150 hours; while the
largest hospital will report an estimated
60,000 cases, with a burden of about
4,500 hours.
The total costs to NEISS respondents
for CY 2023 are estimated at $6.5
million. NEISS respondents enter into
contracts with CPSC and are
compensated for these costs. The
average cost per respondent is estimated
to be $41,000. The average cost per
burden hour is estimated to be $50 per
hour (including wages and overhead).
However, the actual cost to each
respondent varies, due to the type of
respondent (hospital versus CPSC
contractor), size of hospital, and
regional differences in wages and
overhead. Therefore, the actual annual
cost for any given respondent may vary
from $3,000 for a small rural hospital,
up to $450,000 for the largest
metropolitan hospital.
C. Other Burden Hours
In cases that require more information
regarding product-related incidents or
injuries, CPSC staff conducts face-toface interviews with approximately 375
persons each year. On average, an onsite interview takes about 4.5 hours.
CPSC staff also conducts about 2,000 indepth investigations (IDIs) by telephone
annually using a Computer Assisted
Telephone Interview (CATI) or selfadministered Computer Assisted
internet Interview (CAII) questionnaires.
Each CATI or CAII IDI requires about 20
minutes. CPSC staff estimates 2,355
annual burden hours on these
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respondents: 1,688 hours for face-to-face
interviews; 667 hours for in-depth
telephone or internet interviews. CPSC’s
staff estimates the value of the time
required for reporting is $38.60 an hour
(U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics,
‘‘Employer Costs for Employee
Compensation,’’ March 2021: https://
www.bls.gov>new.release
>ecec.toc.htm). At this valuation, the
estimated annual cost to the public is
about $90,903. The cost to the
government for the collection of this
NEISS information is estimated to be
about $8.9 million a year. This estimate
includes $6.5 million in compensation
to NEISS respondents, as described
above.
This information collection request
excludes the burden associated with
other publicly available Consumer
Product Safety Information Databases,
such as internet complaints, Hotline,
and Medical Examiners and Coroners
Alert Project (MECAP) reports, which
are approved under OMB control
number 3041–0146. This information
collection request also excludes the
burden associated with follow-up
investigations conducted by other
federal agencies.
D. Request for Comments
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The CPSC solicits written comments
from all interested persons about the
proposed collection of information. The
CPSC specifically solicits information
relevant to the following topics:
• Whether the collection of
information described above is
necessary for the proper performance of
the CPSC’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.
Alberta E. Mills,
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety
Commission.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army
[Docket ID: USA–2021–HQ–0017]
Proposed Collection; Comment
Request
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
Department of the Army, Department of
Defense (DoD).
ACTION: Information collection notice.
AGENCY:
In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
announces a proposed public
information collection and seeks public
comment on the provisions thereof.
Comments are invited on: Whether the
proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of
the functions of the agency, including
whether the information shall have
practical utility; the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed information collection; ways
to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and ways to minimize the
burden of the information collection on
respondents, including through the use
of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
DATES: Consideration will be given to all
comments received by September 20,
2021.
SUMMARY:
You may submit comments,
identified by docket number and title,
by any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
Mail: DoD cannot receive written
comments at this time due to the
COVID–19 pandemic. Comments should
be sent electronically to the docket
listed above.
Instructions: All submissions received
must include the agency name, docket
number and title for this Federal
Register document. The general policy
for comments and other submissions
from members of the public is to make
these submissions available for public
viewing on the internet at https://
www.regulations.gov as they are
received without change, including any
personal identifiers or contact
information.
ADDRESSES:
To
request more information on this
proposed information collection or to
obtain a copy of the proposal and
associated collection instruments,
please write to The U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers-Sacramento District,
Bountiful Utah Regulatory Field Office,
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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533 West 2600 South, Suite 150,
Bountiful, Utah 84010, ATTN: Mr.
Matthew Wilson, or call 801–295–8380.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title; Associated Form; and OMB
Number: Ordinary High Water Mark
Field Identification Datasheet; OMB
Control Number 0710–XXXX.
Needs and Uses: The U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers, through its
Regulatory Program, regulates certain
activities in waters of the United States.
Waters of the United States are defined
under 33 CFR part 328. In order for the
Corps to determine the amount and
extent of waters of the United States at
a site, aquatic resources must be
geographically delineated in accordance
with established Regulatory regulations,
policy, and guidance. Non-tidal, nonwetland waters of the United States,
which are defined in 33 CFR part 328,
must be delineated to the extent of the
ordinary high water mark (OHWM),
which is defined at 33 CFR 328.3(7).
The OHWM defines the lateral extent of
non-tidal aquatic features in the absence
of adjacent wetlands in the United
States. The U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers Engineer Research and
Development Center (ERDC) has drafted
the first national manual that provides
and describes indicators and a
methodology which will help improve
consistency in the identification and
delineation of the OHWM by (1)
providing consistent definitions of
OHWM indicators; (2) outlining a clear,
step-by-step process for identifying the
OHWM using a Weight-of-Evidence
approach; and (3) providing a datasheet
for logging information at a site.
Information collected on OHWM
datasheets help inform the lateral limits
of the Corps’ jurisdiction in non-tidal,
non-wetland aquatic resources (e.g.,
streams or rivers). This information can
then be used to inform jurisdictional
determinations or permit evaluations.
Applicants for Corps permits are
generally required to submit
delineations of aquatic resources as part
of their permit application or in support
of the permit evaluation process. The
OHWM form will provide applicants
with a tool to easily document and
submit this information in a consistent
format.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households.
Annual Burden Hours: 7500.17.
Number of Respondents: 45,001.
Responses per Respondent: 1.
Annual Responses: 45,001.
Average Burden per Response: 10
minutes.
Frequency: As Required.
The OHWM is identified through
physical characteristics that correspond
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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
[Docket No. CPSC-2009-0102]
Collection of Information; Proposed Extension of Approval;
Comment Request--Follow-Up Activities for Product-Related Injuries
Including the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS)
AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC or Commission) requests
comments on a proposed extension of approval for an information
collection to obtain data on consumer product-related injuries, and
follow-up activities for product-related injuries. The Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) previously approved the collection of
information under OMB Control No. 3041-0029. CPSC will consider all
comments received in response to this notice before requesting an
extension of approval of this collection of information from OMB.
DATES: Submit written or electronic comments on the collection of
information by September 20, 2021.
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ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CPSC-2009-
0102, 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 CPSC does not accept comments
submitted by electronic mail (email), except through
www.regulations.gov. The CPSC encourages you to submit electronic
comments by using the Federal eRulemaking Portal, as described above.
Mail/hand delivery/courier Written Submissions: Submit comments by
mail/hand delivery/courier to: Division of the Secretariat, Consumer
Product Safety Commission, Room 820, 4330 East West Highway, Bethesda,
MD 20814; telephone: (301) 504-7479; email: [email protected].
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-2009-0102, into the ``Search'' box, and follow the
prompts. A copy of the supporting statement, ``PRI ICR 2021 60-day''
will be made available under Supporting and Related Materials.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information or a copy of
the supporting statement contact: Bretford Griffin, Consumer Product
Safety Commission, 4330 East West Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814; (301)
504-7037, or by email to: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A. Background
Section 5(a) of the Consumer Product Safety Act, 15 U.S.C. 2054(a),
requires the CPSC to collect information related to the causes and
prevention of death, injury, and illness associated with consumer
products. That section also requires the CPSC to conduct continuing
studies and investigations of deaths, injuries, diseases, other health
impairments, and economic losses resulting from accidents involving
consumer products.
The CPSC obtains information about product-related deaths,
injuries, and illnesses from a variety of sources, including
newspapers, death certificates, consumer complaints, and medical
facilities. In addition, the CPSC receives information through its
internet website through forms reporting on product-related injuries or
incidents. The CPSC also operates the National Electronic Injury
Surveillance System (NEISS), which provides statistical data on
consumer product-related injuries treated in hospital emergency
departments in the United States. The CPSC also uses the NEISS system
to collect information on childhood poisonings, in accordance with the
Poison Prevention Packaging Act of 1970.
From these sources, CPSC staff selects cases of interest for
further investigation, by contacting persons who witnessed or were
injured in incidents involving consumer products. These investigations
are conducted on-site (face-to-face), by telephone, or by the internet.
On-site investigations are usually made in cases where CPSC staff needs
photographs of the incident site, the product involved, or detailed
information about the incident. This information can come from face-to-
face interviews with persons who were injured or who witnessed the
incident, as well as via contact with state and local officials,
including police, coroners, and fire investigators, and others with
knowledge of the incident.
Through interagency agreements, the CPSC also uses the NEISS system
to collect information on injuries for the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC) under the NEISS All Injury Program (NEISS-AIP).
The NEISS-AIP is a sub-sample of approximately two-thirds of the full
NEISS sample. In addition to the standard data variables collected on
all NEISS injuries, the NEISS-AIP collects variables on several studies
for CDC (Firearm-Related Injuries, Adverse Drug Events, Assaults, Self-
Inflicted Violence, and Work-Related Injuries) and one study on non-
crash, motor vehicle-related injuries for the National Highway and
Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA).
The current NEISS probability sample was drawn and recruited in
1995-1996, and implemented in 1997. The current NEISS sample consists
of 96 hospital emergency departments grouped into four strata, based on
size, as measured by the annual number of emergency department (ED)
visits, and a fifth stratum for children's hospitals. When a hospital
stops participating in the NEISS, staff recruits a hospital of similar
size and geographic location as a replacement. If a participating
hospital closes, it is not replaced, because its closure is presumed to
represent other hospitals that have closed nationally. As of January 1,
2021, there are currently 81 hospitals participating in the NEISS.
In September 2019, CPSC contracted with Westat, Inc., under CPSC
contract 61320619F0134, to give the agency an independent statistical
assessment of the NEISS and the NEISS-AIP samples.\1\ The primary focus
of this contract was to analyze the advantages and disadvantages of
keeping, expanding, or resampling the current samples of NEISS and
NEISS-AIP hospitals. Westat recommended that CPSC redesign the NEISS
sample, and, consistent with that recommendation, CPSC is revising its
sampling methodology.
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\1\ David Marker, Jim Green, Frost Hubbord, Richard Valliant,
``Statistical Assessment of the NEISS and NEISS-AIP Samples: Final
Technical Report,'' Westat Inc., September 24, 2020.
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In the redesigned NEISS sample, CPSC staff uses a resampling method
that maximizes the probability of retaining as many of the current
NEISS hospitals as possible, while maintaining the statistical
integrity of the NEISS. Among eligible hospital emergency departments,
some have migrated from one stratum to another; others have come into
existence since the last resampling of the NEISS, or ceased to exist.
The method used in resampling the NEISS is an extension of the Keyfitz
procedures for stratified simple random samples.\2\ Staff identified
several advantages of retaining as many of the current NEISS hospitals
as possible, including: (1) The contracting, data collection, and
quality-control mechanisms already exist in the hospitals in the
current sample; (2) it is a cost-effective procedure; and (3) there is
less disruption in trend analysis. The new NEISS sample will contain a
mixture of current NEISS hospitals, along with new hospitals recruited
to join the NEISS, as follows:
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\2\ J. Michael Brick, David R. Morganstein, Charles, L. Wolter,
``Additional Uses for Keyfitz Selection,'' Westat Inc., 1987.
(https://www.asasrms.org/Proceedings/papers/1987_140.pdf).
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New NEISS Sample
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2021 NEISS: 2021 NEISS: 2021 NEISS: 2021 NEISS:
Stratum NEISS redesign reporting reporting replacements replacements New
(retained) (dropped) (retained) (dropped)
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Small................................................... 43 30 0 8 3 5
Medium.................................................. 26 14 1 1 0 11
Large................................................... 12 11 8 0 1 1
Very Large.............................................. 11 9 0 2 0 0
Children's.............................................. 8 7 1 0 0 1
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Total............................................... 100 71 10 11 4 18
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CPSC recognizes that one of the advantages of a long-running NEISS
sample is the ability to track trends across time, and updating the
NEISS sample will impact that analysis. An overlap, or bridge period,
during which data are collected from the old and the new samples, can
adjust for any time series that crosses over two NEISS samples. CPSC
plans to conduct a 12-month overlap as part of the implementation of
the new NEISS sample. Having a full 12-month overlap period accounts
better for seasonality of some consumer product-related injuries. By
comparing estimates calculated from both samples, it is possible to
adjust (backcast) old estimates to be consistent with the new sample.
The overlap period will consist of all of calendar year 2023, but it is
dependent on the successful recruitment of the 11 replacement and 18
new hospitals. If NEISS hospital recruitment is successful, the overlap
period will run all of calendar year 2023. The national estimates for
2023 will be calculated using the new NEISS sample with historical
estimates from 2022, and prior years ``backcast'' to adjust for the
sample update. If NEISS hospital recruitment is delayed, and the 12-
month overlap period spans July 2023 through June 2024, then 2023
national estimates will be calculated using the old NEISS sample, and
2024 national estimates would use the new NEISS sample.
OMB previously approved the collection of information concerning
product-related injuries under control number 3041-0029. OMB's most
recent extension of approval will expire on July 31, 2022. However, to
reflect CPSC's revised sampling methodology and resulting changes to
the associated burden hours, CPSC is providing notice in this document
prior to the expiration date, and now proposes to request an extension
of approval of this updated collection of information.
B. NEISS Estimated Burden
The NEISS system collects information on consumer product-related
incidents and other injuries from a statistical sample of hospitals in
the United States. The number of hospitals participating in CY 2021
through CY 2024 will fluctuate from the current 81 reporting, to as
high as 110.
Respondents to NEISS include hospitals that directly report
information to NEISS, and hospitals that allow access to a CPSC
contractor who collects the data. Collecting emergency department
records for review, correcting error messages, and other tasks takes
from 2.5 to 6 hours weekly. Each record requires about 30 seconds to
review. Coding and reporting records that involve consumer products or
other injuries takes about 2 minutes per record. Coding and reporting
on additional special study information (Adverse Drug Effects) takes
about 2 minutes and 90 seconds per record for other special studies.
Respondents also spend about 8 to 36 hours per year in related
activities (training, evaluations, and communicating with other
hospital staff).
During CY 2023, assuming there will be a total of 110 hospitals
participating in the NEISS, with an estimated 160 NEISS respondents
(total hospitals and CPSC contractors), these NEISS respondents will
review an estimated 6 million emergency department records and report
1.2 million total cases (470,000 consumer product-related injuries for
CPSC, and 730,000 other injuries for the NEISS-AIP). The table below
lists the estimated number of reported cases, and the estimated number
of reported cases with additional special study information.
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Total NEISS Cases Reported.............................. 1.2 million
Consumer Product-Related Injuries....................... 470,000
CDC NEISS-AIP........................................... 730,000
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Special Studies Reported (subset of above)
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Child Poisoning (CPSC).................................. 5,000
Adverse Drug Events (CDC)............................... 94,000
Assaults (CDC).......................................... 84,000
Firearm-Related Injuries (CDC).......................... 12,000
Self-Inflicted Violence (CDC)........................... 22,000
Work-Related Injuries (CDC)............................. 54,000
Motor Vehicle Non-Crash Injuries (NHTSA)................ 17,000
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The total burden hours for all NEISS respondents are estimated to
be 130,000 for CY 2023. The average burden hours per respondent is 800
hours. However, the total burden hours on each respondent varies, due
to differences in the sizes of the hospitals (e.g., small rural
hospitals versus large metropolitan hospitals). The smallest hospital
will report an estimated 250 cases, with a burden of about 150 hours;
while the largest hospital will report an estimated 60,000 cases, with
a burden of about 4,500 hours.
The total costs to NEISS respondents for CY 2023 are estimated at
$6.5 million. NEISS respondents enter into contracts with CPSC and are
compensated for these costs. The average cost per respondent is
estimated to be $41,000. The average cost per burden hour is estimated
to be $50 per hour (including wages and overhead). However, the actual
cost to each respondent varies, due to the type of respondent (hospital
versus CPSC contractor), size of hospital, and regional differences in
wages and overhead. Therefore, the actual annual cost for any given
respondent may vary from $3,000 for a small rural hospital, up to
$450,000 for the largest metropolitan hospital.
C. Other Burden Hours
In cases that require more information regarding product-related
incidents or injuries, CPSC staff conducts face-to-face interviews with
approximately 375 persons each year. On average, an on-site interview
takes about 4.5 hours. CPSC staff also conducts about 2,000 in-depth
investigations (IDIs) by telephone annually using a Computer Assisted
Telephone Interview (CATI) or self-administered Computer Assisted
internet Interview (CAII) questionnaires. Each CATI or CAII IDI
requires about 20 minutes. CPSC staff estimates 2,355 annual burden
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respondents: 1,688 hours for face-to-face interviews; 667 hours for in-
depth telephone or internet interviews. CPSC's staff estimates the
value of the time required for reporting is $38.60 an hour (U.S. Bureau
of Labor Statistics, ``Employer Costs for Employee Compensation,''
March 2021: https://www.bls.gov>new.release >ecec.toc.htm). At this
valuation, the estimated annual cost to the public is about $90,903.
The cost to the government for the collection of this NEISS information
is estimated to be about $8.9 million a year. This estimate includes
$6.5 million in compensation to NEISS respondents, as described above.
This information collection request excludes the burden associated
with other publicly available Consumer Product Safety Information
Databases, such as internet complaints, Hotline, and Medical Examiners
and Coroners Alert Project (MECAP) reports, which are approved under
OMB control number 3041-0146. This information collection request also
excludes the burden associated with follow-up investigations conducted
by other federal agencies.
D. Request for Comments
The CPSC solicits written comments from all interested persons
about the proposed collection of information. The CPSC specifically
solicits information relevant to the following topics:
Whether the collection of information described above is
necessary for the proper performance of the CPSC'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.
Alberta E. Mills,
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission.
[FR Doc. 2021-15385 Filed 7-19-21; 8:45 am]
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