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analysis of impacts or take estimate
under the initial IHA.
We refer to the documents related to
the previously issued IHA, which
include the Federal Register notice of
the issuance of the initial 2021 IHA for
the COK’s construction work (86 FR
12411; March 3, 2021), the COK’s
application, the Federal Register notice
of the proposed IHA (85 FR 71612;
November 11, 2021), and all associated
references and documents.
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Determinations
The COK will conduct activities as
analyzed in the initial 2021 IHA. As
described above, the number of
authorized takes of the same species and
stocks of marine mammals are identical
to the numbers that were found to meet
the negligible impact and small
numbers standards and authorized
under the initial IHA and no new
information has emerged that would
change those findings. The reissued
2023 IHA includes identical required
mitigation, monitoring, and reporting
measures as the initial IHA, and there is
no new information suggesting that our
analysis or findings should change.
Based on the information contained
here and in the referenced documents,
NMFS has determined the following: (1)
the required mitigation measures will
effect the least practicable impact on
marine mammal species or stocks and
their habitat; (2) the authorized takes
will have a negligible impact on the
affected marine mammal species or
stocks; (3) the authorized takes
represent small numbers of marine
mammals relative to the affected stock
abundances; and (4) the Navy’s
activities will not have an unmitigable
adverse impact on taking for subsistence
purposes as no relevant subsistence uses
of marine mammals are implicated by
this action.
National Environmental Policy Act
To comply with the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969
(NEPA; 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and
NOAA Administrative Order (NAO)
216–6A, NMFS must review our
proposed action with respect to
environmental consequences on the
human environment.
Accordingly, NMFS has determined
that the issuance of the IHA qualifies to
be categorically excluded from further
NEPA review. This action is consistent
with categories of activities identified in
CE B4 of the Companion Manual for
NOAA Administrative Order 216–6A,
which do not individually or
cumulatively have the potential for
significant impacts on the quality of the
human environment and for which we
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have not identified any extraordinary
circumstances that would preclude this
categorical exclusion. Because the only
change to the IHA are effective dates,
the CE on record for issuance of the
initial IHA applies to this action.
Endangered Species Act (ESA)
Section 7(a)(2) of the Endangered
Species Act of 1973 (ESA: 16 U.S.C.
1531 et seq.) requires that each Federal
agency insure that any action it
authorizes, funds, or carries out is not
likely to jeopardize the continued
existence of any endangered or
threatened species or result in the
destruction or adverse modification of
designated critical habitat. To ensure
ESA compliance for the issuance of
IHAs, NMFS consults internally, in this
case with the Alaska Regional Office,
whenever we propose to authorize take
for endangered or threatened species.
The effects of this proposed Federal
action were adequately analyzed in
NMFS’ Biological Opinion for the Berth
III New Mooring Dolphins Project, dated
February 11, 2021, which concluded
that the take NMFS proposed to
authorize through this IHA would not
jeopardize the continued existence of
any endangered or threatened species or
destroy or adversely modify any
designated critical habitat.
Authorization
NMFS has issued an IHA to the COK
for in-water construction activities
associated with the specified activity
from October 1, 2023, through
September 30, 2024. All previously
described mitigation, monitoring, and
reporting requirements from the initial
2021 IHA are incorporated.
Dated: December 5, 2022.
Kimberly Damon-Randall,
Director, Office of Protected Resources,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY
COMMISSION
[Docket No. CPSC–2010–0041]
Collection of Information; Proposed
Extension of Approval; Comment
Request—Publicly Available Consumer
Product Safety Information Database
Consumer Product Safety
Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
As required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the
Consumer Product Safety Commission
SUMMARY:
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(CPSC) requests comments on a
proposed extension of approval of a
collection of information for the
Publicly Available Consumer Product
Safety Information Database. The CPSC
will consider all comments received in
response to this notice before requesting
an extension of approval of this
collection of information from the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB).
DATES: Submit written or electronic
comments on the collection of
information by February 6, 2023.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by Docket No. CPSC–2010–
0041, 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.
CPSC typically does not accept
comments submitted by electronic mail
(email), except as described below.
CPSC encourages you to submit
electronic comments by using the
Federal eRulemaking Portal.
Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier/
Confidential Written Submissions:
Submit comments by mail, hand
delivery, or courier to: Office of the
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety
Commission, 4330 East-West Highway,
Bethesda, MD 20814; telephone: (301)
504–7479. If you wish to submit
confidential business information, trade
secret information, or other sensitive or
protected information that you do not
want to be available to the public, you
may submit such comments by mail,
hand delivery, or courier, or you may
email them to: cpsc-os@cpsc.gov.
Instructions: All submissions must
include the agency name and docket
number. CPSC may post all comments
without change, including any personal
identifiers, contact information, or other
personal information provided, to:
https://www.regulations.gov. Do not
submit through this website:
confidential business information, trade
secret information, or other sensitive or
protected information that you do not
want to be available to the public. If you
wish to submit such information, please
submit it according to the instructions
for mail/hand delivery/courier/
confidential written submissions.
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–2010–0041, into
the ‘‘Search’’ box, and follow the
prompts.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
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Gillham, Consumer Product Safety
Commission, 4330 East-West Highway,
Bethesda, MD 20814; (301) 504–7791, or
by email to: cgillham@cpsc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A. Background
Section 212 of the Consumer Product
Safety Improvement Act of 2008
(CPSIA) added section 6A to the
Consumer Product Safety Act (CPSA),
which requires the CPSC to establish
and maintain a publicly available,
searchable database (Database) on the
safety of consumer products and other
products or substances regulated by the
CPSC. Among other things, section 6A
of the CPSA requires the CPSC to collect
reports of harm from the public for
potential publication in the publicly
available Database, and to collect and
publish comments from manufacturers
about reports of harm.
In a proposed rule published on May
24, 2010 (75 FR 29156), the CPSC
announced that a proposed collection of
information in conjunction with the
Database, called the Publicly Available
Consumer Product Safety Information
Database, had been submitted to OMB
for review and clearance under 44
U.S.C. 3501–3520. The CPSC issued a
final rule on the Database on December
9, 2010 (75 FR 76832). The final rule
interprets various statutory
requirements in section 6A of the CPSA
pertaining to the information to be
included in the Database. The final rule
also establishes provisions regarding
submitting reports of harm; providing
notice of reports of harm to
manufacturers; publishing reports of
harm and manufacturer comments in
the Database; and dealing with
confidential and materially inaccurate
information.
OMB approved the collection of
information for the Database under
control number 3041–0146. OMB’s most
recent extension of approval, issued on
March 31, 2020, will expire on March
31, 2023. Accordingly, the CPSC now
proposes to request an extension of
approval of this collection of
information.
B. Information Collected Through the
Database
The primary purpose of this
information collection is to populate the
publicly searchable Database of
consumer product safety information
mandated by section 6A of the CPSA.
The Database information collection has
four components: reports of harm,
manufacturer comments, branding
information, and the Small Batch
Manufacturer Registry (SBMR).
Reports of Harm: Reports of harm
communicate information regarding an
injury, illness, or death, or any risk (as
determined by CPSC) of injury, illness,
or death, relating to the use of a
consumer product or other product or
substance regulated by the CPSC.
Reports can be submitted to the CPSC
by consumers; local, state, or federal
government agencies; healthcare
professionals; child service providers;
public safety entities; and others.
Reports may be submitted via the CPSC
website (www.SaferProducts.gov), by
telephone via a CPSC call center, or by
email, fax, or mail using the incident
report form (available for download or
printing via the CPSC website). Reports
may also originate as a free-form letter
or email. Submitters must consent to
including their report of harm in the
publicly searchable Database.
Manufacturer Comments: Pursuant to
the CPSIA, CPSC transmits a report of
harm to the manufacturer or private
labeler identified in the report, and the
manufacturer or private labeler may
then submit a comment to CPSC related
to the report of harm (hereinafter
‘‘manufacturer comment’’).
Manufacturer comments may be
submitted through the business portal,
by email, mail, or fax. The business
portal is a feature of the Database that
allows manufacturers and private
labelers who register on the business
portal to receive reports of harm and
comment on such reports through the
business portal. Use of the business
portal expedites the receipt of reports of
harm and business response times.
A manufacturer or private labeler may
request that the CPSC designate
information in a report of harm as
confidential. Such a request may be
made using the business portal, by
email, by mail, or by fax. Additionally,
any person or entity reviewing a report
of harm or comment from a
manufacturer or private labeler, either
before or after publication in the
Database, may request that the report or
comment, or portions of the report or
comment, be excluded from the
Database because it contains materially
inaccurate information. Such a request
may be made by manufacturers or
private labelers using the business
portal, by email, mail or fax, and may
be submitted by anyone else by email,
mail, or fax.
Branding Information: Using the
business portal, registered businesses
may voluntarily submit branding
information to assist CPSC in correctly
and timely routing to them reports of
harm involving their products. Brand
names may be licensed to another entity
for use in labeling consumer products
manufactured by that entity. CPSC’s
understanding of licensing
arrangements for consumer products
helps to ensure that the correct
manufacturer or private labeler is timely
notified regarding a report of harm.
Small Batch Manufacturers Registry:
The business portal also contains the
SBMR, which is the online mechanism
by which ‘‘small batch manufacturers’’
(as defined in the CPSA) can identify
themselves to obtain relief from certain
third-party testing requirements for
children’s products. To register as a
small batch manufacturer, a business
must attest that the company’s income
level, and the number of units of the
covered product manufactured for
which relief is sought, both fall within
the statutory limits to receive relief from
third party testing.
C. Estimated Burden
1. Estimated Annual Burden for
Respondents
We estimate the burden of this
collection of information as follows:
TABLE 1—ESTIMATED ANNUAL REPORTING BURDEN FOR REPORTS OF HARM
Number of
respondents
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Collection type
Reports of Harm—submitted through website ....................................
Reports of Harm—submitted by phone ...............................................
Reports of Harm—submitted by mail, email, fax .................................
1 Frequency of responses is calculated by dividing
the number of responses by the number of
respondents.
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4,498
1,032
296
Response
frequency 1
Total
annual
responses
1.45
1.33
3.71
6,522
1,373
1,098
have been rounded.
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Minutes
per response
12
10
20
Total
burden,
in hours 2
1,304
229
366
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TABLE 1—ESTIMATED ANNUAL REPORTING BURDEN FOR REPORTS OF HARM—Continued
Number of
respondents
Collection type
Total ..............................................................................................
5,826
Response
frequency 1
Total
annual
responses
....................
8,993
Minutes
per response
........................
Total
burden,
in hours 2
1,899
TABLE 2—ESTIMATED ANNUAL REPORTING BURDEN FOR MANUFACTURER SUBMISSIONS
Number of
respondents
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Collection type
Manufacturer Comments—submitted through website .......................
Manufacturer Comments—submitted by mail, email, fax ....................
Requests to Treat Information as Confidential—submitted through
website .............................................................................................
Requests to Treat Information as Confidential—submitted by mail,
email, fax ..........................................................................................
Requests to Treat Information as Materially Inaccurate—submitted
through website ................................................................................
Requests to Treat Information as Materially Inaccurate—submitted
by mail, email, fax ............................................................................
Voluntary Brand Identification ..............................................................
Small Batch Manufacturer Identification ..............................................
Total ..............................................................................................
Response
frequency 1
Total
annual
responses
Minutes
per response
Total
burden,
in hours 2
437
115
4.53
1.44
1,980
166
117
147
3,861
407
1
1.00
1
42
1
0
N/A
0
72
0
97
1.46
142
165
391
22
513
1,747
1.23
1.00
1.00
27
513
1,747
195
10
10
88
86
291
2,932
....................
4,576
........................
5,125
Based on the data set forth in Tables
1 and 2 above, the annual reporting cost
is estimated to be $443,089. This
estimate is based on the sum of two
estimated total figures for reports of
harm and manufacturer or private
labeler submissions. The estimated
number of respondents and responses
are based on the actual responses
received in FY 2022. We assume that
the number of responses and
respondents will be similar in future
years.
Reports of Harm: Table 1 sets forth
the data used to estimate the burden
associated with submitting reports of
harm. Since the previous renewal of the
collection, the number of annual reports
of harm submitted by mail, email or fax
decreased from 15,314 to 1,098; reports
of harm submitted by phone decreased
from 1,418 to 1,373; and reports of harm
submitted through the website increased
from 6,023 to 6,522.
We had previously estimated the time
associated with the electronic and
telephone submission of reports of harm
at 12 and 10 minutes, respectively; and
because we have had no indication that
these estimates are not appropriate or
accurate, we used those figures for
present purposes as well. We estimate
that the time associated with a paper or
PDF form would be 20 minutes, on
average.
To estimate the costs for submitting
reports of harm, we multiplied the
estimated total burden hours associated
with reports of harm (1,304 hours + 229
hours + 366 hours = 1,899 hours) by an
estimated total compensation for all
workers in private industry of $38.61
per hour,3 which results in an estimated
cost of $73,320 (1,899 hours × $38.61
per hour = $73,320 FY22).
Manufacturer Submissions: Tables 2
and 3 set forth the data used to estimate
the burden associated with
manufacturer and private labeler
submissions to the Database. We
observed that a large percentage of the
general comments come from a few
businesses, and we assumed that the
experience of a business that submits
many comments each year would be
different from one that submits only a
few. Accordingly, previously, we
divided all responding businesses into
three groups based on the number of
general comments submitted, and then
we selected several businesses to
contact from each group. The first group
contacted consisted of businesses that
submitted 50 or more comments,
accounting for 31 percent of all general
comments received. The second group
contacted included businesses that
submitted 6 to 49 comments, accounting
for 39 percent of all general comments
received. The last group contacted
included businesses that submitted no
more than 5 comments, accounting for
30 percent of all general comments
received. We asked each company how
long it typically takes to research,
compose, and enter a comment or a
claim of materially inaccurate
information.
To estimate the burden associated
with submitting a general comment
regarding a report of harm through the
business portal, we averaged the burden
provided by each company within each
group, and then we calculated a
weighted average from the three groups,
weighting each group by the proportion
of comments received from that group.
We found that the average time to
submit a general comment regarding a
report of harm is 117 minutes, based on
the data in Table 3 (((15 minutes + 45
minutes + 30 minutes + 15 minutes)/4
companies)*.31 + ((105 minutes + 45
minutes + 150 minutes + 15 minutes)/
4 companies)*.39 + ((240 minutes + 60
minutes + 480 minutes)/3
companies)*.30 = 117 minutes).
3 U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor
Statistics, Table 4 of the Employer Costs for
Employee Compensation (ECEC), Private Industry
workers, by occupational group, Mar 2022 (data
extracted on 10/3/2022 from: https://www.bls.gov/
news.release/archives/ecec_06162022.pdf.
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TABLE 3—ESTIMATED BURDEN TO ENTER A GENERAL COMMENT IN THE DATABASE
Group
Company
Group 1 (≤50 comments) ..................................................
Group 2 (6–49 comments) ...............................................
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Group 3 (≤5 comments) ....................................................
Registered businesses generally
submit comments through the CPSC
website. Unregistered businesses submit
comments by mail, email, or fax. We
estimate that submitting comments via
mail, email, or fax takes a little longer
because often, we must ask businesses
to amend their submissions to include
the required certifications. Thus, we
estimated that, on average, comments
submitted by mail, email, or fax take 30
minutes longer than comments
submitted through the CPSC website
(117 minutes + 30 minutes = 147
minutes).
The submission of a claim of
materially inaccurate information is a
relatively rare event for all respondents,
so we averaged all responses together.
Eight of the businesses contacted had
submitted claims of materially
inaccurate information. We found that
the average time to submit a claim that
a report of harm contains a material
inaccuracy is 165 minutes ((30 minutes
+ 90 minutes + 45 minutes + 90 minutes
+ 60 minutes + 660 minutes + 45
minutes + 300 minutes)/8 companies =
165 minutes).
Registered businesses generally
submit claims of materially inaccurate
information through the business portal.
Unregistered businesses submit such
claims by mail, email, or fax. We
estimate that submitting claims via mail,
email, or fax takes a little longer because
we often must ask businesses to amend
their submission to include the required
certifications. Thus, we estimate that, on
average, claims submitted by mail,
email, or fax take 30 minutes longer
than those submitted through the CPSC
website (165 minutes + 30 minutes =
195 minutes).
The submission of a claim of
confidential information is another
relatively rare event for all respondents,
so we averaged all responses together.
Five of the businesses contacted had
submitted claims of confidential
information. We found that the average
time to submit a claim that a report of
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harm contains confidential information
through the CPSC website is 42 minutes
((45 minutes + 15 minutes + 60 minutes
+ 30 minutes + 60 minutes)/5
companies = 42 minutes).
Registered businesses generally
submit confidential information claims
through the business portal.
Unregistered businesses submit
confidential information claims by mail,
email, or fax. We estimate that
submitting claims by mail, email, or fax
takes a little longer because often, we
must ask businesses to amend their
submission to include the required
certifications. Thus, we estimate that a
confidential information claim
submitted by mail, email, or fax would
take 30 minutes longer than those
submitted through the CPSC website (42
minutes + 30 minutes = 72 minutes).
For voluntary brand identification, we
estimate that a response would take 10
minutes, on average. Most responses
consist only of the brand name and a
product description. In many cases, a
business will submit multiple entries in
a brief period of time, and we can see
from the date and time stamps on these
records that an entry often takes less
than 2 minutes. CPSC staff enters the
same data in a similar form, based on
our own research, and that experience
was also factored into our estimate.
For small batch manufacturer
identification, we estimate that a
response would take 10 minutes, on
average. The form consists of three
check boxes and the information should
be readily accessible to the respondent.
The responses summarized in Table 2
are generally submitted by
manufacturers. To avoid
underestimating the cost associated
with the collection of this data, we
assigned the higher hourly wage
associated with a manager or
professional in goods-producing
industries to these tasks. To estimate the
cost of manufacturer submissions, we
multiplied the estimated total burden
hours in Table 2 (5,125 hours), by an
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15 minutes.
45 minutes.
30 minutes.
15 minutes.
105 minutes.
45 minutes.
150 minutes.
15 minutes.
240 minutes.
60 minutes.
480 minutes.
estimated total compensation for a
manager or professional in goodsproducing industries of $72.15 per
hour,4 which results in an estimated
cost of $ 369,769 (5,125 hours × $72.15
per hour = $369,769).
Therefore, the total estimated annual
cost to respondents is $443,089 ($73,320
burden for reports of harm + $369,769
burden for manufacturer submissions =
$443,089).
2. Estimated Annual Burden on
Government
We estimate the annualized cost to
the CPSC to be $981,516. This figure is
based on the costs for four categories of
work for the Database: Reports of Harm,
Materially Inaccurate Information
Claims, Manufacturer Comments, and
Small Batch Identification. Each
category is described below. No
government cost is associated with
firms’ voluntary brand identification
because this information is entered
directly into the Database by the
manufacturer with no processing
required by the government. The
information assists the government in
directing reports of harm to the correct
manufacturer. Because we only have
one request to treat information as
confidential in FY 2022, we included
the government’s time to process this
claim with the claims of materially
inaccurate information.
Reports of Harm: The Reports of Harm
category includes many different tasks.
Some costs related to this category are
from two data entry contracts. Tasks
related to these contracts include
clerical coding of the report, such as
identifying the type of consumer
product reported and the appropriate
associated hazard, as well as performing
quality control on the data in the report.
Contractor A spends an estimated 4,940
4 U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor
Statistics, Table 4 of the Employer Costs for
Employee Compensation (ECEC), Private Industry
workers, by occupational group, Mar 2022 (data
extracted on 8/2/2022 from: https://www.bls.gov/
news.release/ecec.t04.htm.
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hours per year performing these tasks.
With an hourly rate of $34.53 for
contractor services, the annual cost to
the government of contract A is
$170,578.
The Reports of Harm category also
includes sending consent requests for
reports when necessary, processing that
consent when received, determining
whether a product is out of CPSC’s
jurisdiction, and confirming that
pictures and attachments do not have
any personally identifiable information.
The Reports of Harm category also
entails notifying manufacturers or
private labelers when one of their
products is reported, completing a risk
of harm determination form for every
report eligible for publication, referring
some reports to a subject matter expert
within the CPSC for a determination
whether the reports meet the
requirement of having a risk of harm,
and determining whether a report meets
all the statutory and regulatory
requirements for publication. Detailed
costs are:
TABLE 4—ESTIMATED COSTS FOR REPORTS OF HARM TASK
Number of hours
(annual)
Grade level
Total
compensation
per hour
Total annual
cost
Contract A ..........................................................................................................................
7 .........................................................................................................................................
9 .........................................................................................................................................
12 .......................................................................................................................................
13 .......................................................................................................................................
14 .......................................................................................................................................
4,940
2,912
1,456
3,328
1,248
832
$34.53
40.44
49.47
71.74
85.31
100.81
$170,578
117,761
72,028
238,751
106,467
83,874
Total ............................................................................................................................
14,716
..........................
789,459
Materially Inaccurate Information
(MII) Claims: The MII claims category
includes reviewing and responding to
claims, participating in meetings where
the claims are discussed, and
completing a risk of harm determination
on reports when a company alleges that
a report does not describe a risk of
harm.
TABLE 5—ESTIMATED COSTS FOR MII CLAIMS TASK
Number of hours
(Annual)
Grade level
Total
compensation
per hour
Total annual
cost
12 .......................................................................................................................................
13 .......................................................................................................................................
14 .......................................................................................................................................
15 .......................................................................................................................................
SES ....................................................................................................................................
312
208
312
21
42
$71.74
85.31
100.81
118.57
132.43
$22,383
17,744
31,453
2,490
5,562
Total ............................................................................................................................
895
..........................
79,632
Manufacturer Comments: The
Comments category includes reviewing
and accepting or rejecting comments.
TABLE 6—ESTIMATED COSTS FOR MANUFACTURER COMMENTS TASK
Number of hours
(Annual)
Grade level
Total annual
cost
12 .......................................................................................................................................
13 .......................................................................................................................................
62
104
$71.74
85.31
$4,448
8,872
Total ............................................................................................................................
166
..........................
13,320
Small Batch Manufacturer
Identification: The Small Batch
Manufacturer Identification category
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Total
compensation
per hour
includes time spent posting the list of
small batch registrations, as well as
answering companies’ questions on
registering as a Small Batch
Manufacturer and the implications of
small batch registration.
TABLE 7—ESTIMATED COSTS FOR SMALL BATCH TASK
Number of hours
(annual)
Grade level
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Number of hours
(annual)
Grade level
Total ............................................................................................................................
We estimate the annualized cost to
the CPSC of $958,533, by adding the
four categories of work related to the
Database summarized in Tables 4
through 7 (Reports of Harm ($789,459)
+ MII Claims ($79,632) + Manufacturer
Comments ($13,320) + Small Batch
Identification ($76,122) = $958,533).
This information collection renewal
request is based on an estimated 7,024
burden hours per year for the Database,
which represents a decrease of 6,319
hours since this collection of
information was last approved by OMB
in 2019. Total burden from reports of
harm decreased by 4,647 hours (from
6,546 to 1,899), and total burden for
manufacturer’s submission decreased by
1,672 hours, from 6,797 to 5,125.
Declines in total burden hours are
attributed to a decline in the number of
reports of harm submitted by mail,
email, and fax. However, CPSC staff
discovered that the 2019 update for this
control number contained an error that
increased the estimated burden, by
inadvertently including a large number
of death certificates collected by CPSC
staff in the reports of harm submitted by
mail, email, and fax. In addition, for this
update there was a decrease in small
batch manufacturer activity.
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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.
• Whether the burden imposed by the
collection of information could be
minimized by using automated,
electronic, or other technological
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information technology.
Alberta E. Mills,
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety
Commission.
[FR Doc. 2022–26643 Filed 12–7–22; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6355–01–P
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
Committee Renewal of Department of
Defense Federal Advisory
Committees—Department of Defense
Wage Committee
Department of Defense (DoD).
Committee renewal of federal
advisory committee.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The DoD is publishing this
notice to announce that it is renewing
the Department of Defense Wage
Committee (‘‘the DoD Wage
Committee’’).
SUMMARY:
Jim
Freeman, Advisory Committee
Management Officer for the Department
of Defense, 703–697–1142.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The DoD
Wage Committee is being renewed,
pursuant to 5 CFR 532.227(a), as
directed by 5 U.S.C. 5343(c), and in
accordance with the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (FACA) (5 U.S.C.,
Appendix) and 41 CFR 102–3.50(c), and
as part of the renewal process, the DoD
is filing a new DoD Wage Committee
charter along with its membership
balance plan. The charter and contact
information for the DoD Wage
Committee’s Designated Federal Officer
(DFO) are found at https://
www.facadatabase.gov/FACA/apex/
FACAPublicAgencyNavigation.
The DoD Wage Committee provides
independent advice and
recommendations on matters relating to
the conduct of wage surveys and the
establishment of wage schedules for all
appropriated fund and nonappropriated fund wage areas. The DoD
Wage Committee, as directed by 5 CFR
532.209 and 532.227 and the Office of
Personnel Management Operating
Manual, Federal Wage System,
Appropriated and Non-Appropriated
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Secretary of Defense or the Deputy
Secretary of Defense (‘‘the DoD
Appointing Authority’’), through the
Under Secretary of Defense for
Personnel and Readiness (USD(P&R)),
independent advice and
recommendations on all matters relating
to the conduct of wage surveys and the
establishment of wage schedules for all
appropriated fund and nonappropriated fund wage areas of bluecollar employees within the Federal
Wage System.
The DoD Wage Committee shall: (a)
consider and makes recommendations
to the DoD on any matter involved in
developing specifications for a wage
survey on which the DoD proposes not
to accept the recommendations of a
local wage survey committee and any
matters on which a minority report has
been filed; (b) consider the survey data,
upon completion of a wage survey, of
the local wage survey committee’s
report and recommendations, and the
statistical analyses and proposed pay
schedules derived from them, as well as
any other data or recommendations
pertinent to the survey, and
recommends wage schedules to the payfixing authority; and (c) have a majority
of the DoD Wage Committee to
constitute a decision and
recommendation of the DoD Wage
Committee, but a member of the
minority may file a report with the DoD
Wage Committee’s recommendations.
All DoD Wage Committee work will be
in response to written terms of reference
approved by the DoD Appointing
Authority or the USD(P&R), unless
otherwise provided by in statute or
Presidential directive.
The DoD Wage Committee; pursuant
to 5 CFR 532.227(b), shall consist of five
members, with the chairperson and two
members designated by the head of the
DoD. Of the remaining two members,
pursuant to 5 CFR 532.227(b)(1), one
member shall be designated by each of
the two labor organizations having the
largest number of wage employees
covered by exclusive recognition in the
DoD. The other two members shall have
management backgrounds.
The appointment of DoD Wage
Committee members will be approved
by the DoD Appointing Authority, for a
term of service of one-to-two years, with
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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
[Docket No. CPSC-2010-0041]
Collection of Information; Proposed Extension of Approval;
Comment Request--Publicly Available Consumer Product Safety Information
Database
AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the
Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) requests comments on a
proposed extension of approval of a collection of information for the
Publicly Available Consumer Product Safety Information Database. The
CPSC will consider all comments received in response to this notice
before requesting an extension of approval of this collection of
information from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
DATES: Submit written or electronic comments on the collection of
information by February 6, 2023.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CPSC-2010-
0041, 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. CPSC typically does not accept
comments submitted by electronic mail (email), except as described
below. CPSC encourages you to submit electronic comments by using the
Federal eRulemaking Portal.
Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier/Confidential Written Submissions: Submit
comments by mail, hand delivery, or courier to: Office of the
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission, 4330 East-West Highway,
Bethesda, MD 20814; telephone: (301) 504-7479. If you wish to submit
confidential business information, trade secret information, or other
sensitive or protected information that you do not want to be available
to the public, you may submit such comments by mail, hand delivery, or
courier, or you may email them to: [email protected].
Instructions: All submissions must include the agency name and
docket number. CPSC may post all comments without change, including any
personal identifiers, contact information, or other personal
information provided, to: https://www.regulations.gov. Do not submit
through this website: confidential business information, trade secret
information, or other sensitive or protected information that you do
not want to be available to the public. If you wish to submit such
information, please submit it according to the instructions for mail/
hand delivery/courier/confidential written submissions.
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-2010-0041, into the ``Search'' box, and follow the
prompts.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information, or a copy of
the supporting statement, contact: Cynthia
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Gillham, Consumer Product Safety Commission, 4330 East-West Highway,
Bethesda, MD 20814; (301) 504-7791, or by email to: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A. Background
Section 212 of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008
(CPSIA) added section 6A to the Consumer Product Safety Act (CPSA),
which requires the CPSC to establish and maintain a publicly available,
searchable database (Database) on the safety of consumer products and
other products or substances regulated by the CPSC. Among other things,
section 6A of the CPSA requires the CPSC to collect reports of harm
from the public for potential publication in the publicly available
Database, and to collect and publish comments from manufacturers about
reports of harm.
In a proposed rule published on May 24, 2010 (75 FR 29156), the
CPSC announced that a proposed collection of information in conjunction
with the Database, called the Publicly Available Consumer Product
Safety Information Database, had been submitted to OMB for review and
clearance under 44 U.S.C. 3501-3520. The CPSC issued a final rule on
the Database on December 9, 2010 (75 FR 76832). The final rule
interprets various statutory requirements in section 6A of the CPSA
pertaining to the information to be included in the Database. The final
rule also establishes provisions regarding submitting reports of harm;
providing notice of reports of harm to manufacturers; publishing
reports of harm and manufacturer comments in the Database; and dealing
with confidential and materially inaccurate information.
OMB approved the collection of information for the Database under
control number 3041-0146. OMB's most recent extension of approval,
issued on March 31, 2020, will expire on March 31, 2023. Accordingly,
the CPSC now proposes to request an extension of approval of this
collection of information.
B. Information Collected Through the Database
The primary purpose of this information collection is to populate
the publicly searchable Database of consumer product safety information
mandated by section 6A of the CPSA. The Database information collection
has four components: reports of harm, manufacturer comments, branding
information, and the Small Batch Manufacturer Registry (SBMR).
Reports of Harm: Reports of harm communicate information regarding
an injury, illness, or death, or any risk (as determined by CPSC) of
injury, illness, or death, relating to the use of a consumer product or
other product or substance regulated by the CPSC. Reports can be
submitted to the CPSC by consumers; local, state, or federal government
agencies; healthcare professionals; child service providers; public
safety entities; and others. Reports may be submitted via the CPSC
website (www.SaferProducts.gov), by telephone via a CPSC call center,
or by email, fax, or mail using the incident report form (available for
download or printing via the CPSC website). Reports may also originate
as a free-form letter or email. Submitters must consent to including
their report of harm in the publicly searchable Database.
Manufacturer Comments: Pursuant to the CPSIA, CPSC transmits a
report of harm to the manufacturer or private labeler identified in the
report, and the manufacturer or private labeler may then submit a
comment to CPSC related to the report of harm (hereinafter
``manufacturer comment''). Manufacturer comments may be submitted
through the business portal, by email, mail, or fax. The business
portal is a feature of the Database that allows manufacturers and
private labelers who register on the business portal to receive reports
of harm and comment on such reports through the business portal. Use of
the business portal expedites the receipt of reports of harm and
business response times.
A manufacturer or private labeler may request that the CPSC
designate information in a report of harm as confidential. Such a
request may be made using the business portal, by email, by mail, or by
fax. Additionally, any person or entity reviewing a report of harm or
comment from a manufacturer or private labeler, either before or after
publication in the Database, may request that the report or comment, or
portions of the report or comment, be excluded from the Database
because it contains materially inaccurate information. Such a request
may be made by manufacturers or private labelers using the business
portal, by email, mail or fax, and may be submitted by anyone else by
email, mail, or fax.
Branding Information: Using the business portal, registered
businesses may voluntarily submit branding information to assist CPSC
in correctly and timely routing to them reports of harm involving their
products. Brand names may be licensed to another entity for use in
labeling consumer products manufactured by that entity. CPSC's
understanding of licensing arrangements for consumer products helps to
ensure that the correct manufacturer or private labeler is timely
notified regarding a report of harm.
Small Batch Manufacturers Registry: The business portal also
contains the SBMR, which is the online mechanism by which ``small batch
manufacturers'' (as defined in the CPSA) can identify themselves to
obtain relief from certain third-party testing requirements for
children's products. To register as a small batch manufacturer, a
business must attest that the company's income level, and the number of
units of the covered product manufactured for which relief is sought,
both fall within the statutory limits to receive relief from third
party testing.
C. Estimated Burden
1. Estimated Annual Burden for Respondents
We estimate the burden of this collection of information as
follows:
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\1\ Frequency of responses is calculated by dividing the number
of responses by the number of respondents.
\2\ Numbers have been rounded.
Table 1--Estimated Annual Reporting Burden for Reports of Harm
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Response Total Total
Collection type Number of frequency annual Minutes per burden, in
respondents \1\ responses response hours \2\
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Reports of Harm--submitted through website.. 4,498 1.45 6,522 12 1,304
Reports of Harm--submitted by phone......... 1,032 1.33 1,373 10 229
Reports of Harm--submitted by mail, email, 296 3.71 1,098 20 366
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Total................................... 5,826 ........... 8,993 .............. 1,899
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Table 2--Estimated Annual Reporting Burden for Manufacturer Submissions
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Response Total Total
Collection type Number of frequency annual Minutes per burden, in
respondents \1\ responses response hours \2\
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Manufacturer Comments--submitted through 437 4.53 1,980 117 3,861
website....................................
Manufacturer Comments--submitted by mail, 115 1.44 166 147 407
email, fax.................................
Requests to Treat Information as 1 1.00 1 42 1
Confidential--submitted through website....
Requests to Treat Information as 0 N/A 0 72 0
Confidential--submitted by mail, email, fax
Requests to Treat Information as Materially 97 1.46 142 165 391
Inaccurate--submitted through website......
Requests to Treat Information as Materially 22 1.23 27 195 88
Inaccurate--submitted by mail, email, fax..
Voluntary Brand Identification.............. 513 1.00 513 10 86
Small Batch Manufacturer Identification..... 1,747 1.00 1,747 10 291
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Total................................... 2,932 ........... 4,576 .............. 5,125
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Based on the data set forth in Tables 1 and 2 above, the annual
reporting cost is estimated to be $443,089. This estimate is based on
the sum of two estimated total figures for reports of harm and
manufacturer or private labeler submissions. The estimated number of
respondents and responses are based on the actual responses received in
FY 2022. We assume that the number of responses and respondents will be
similar in future years.
Reports of Harm: Table 1 sets forth the data used to estimate the
burden associated with submitting reports of harm. Since the previous
renewal of the collection, the number of annual reports of harm
submitted by mail, email or fax decreased from 15,314 to 1,098; reports
of harm submitted by phone decreased from 1,418 to 1,373; and reports
of harm submitted through the website increased from 6,023 to 6,522.
We had previously estimated the time associated with the electronic
and telephone submission of reports of harm at 12 and 10 minutes,
respectively; and because we have had no indication that these
estimates are not appropriate or accurate, we used those figures for
present purposes as well. We estimate that the time associated with a
paper or PDF form would be 20 minutes, on average.
To estimate the costs for submitting reports of harm, we multiplied
the estimated total burden hours associated with reports of harm (1,304
hours + 229 hours + 366 hours = 1,899 hours) by an estimated total
compensation for all workers in private industry of $38.61 per hour,\3\
which results in an estimated cost of $73,320 (1,899 hours x $38.61 per
hour = $73,320 FY22).
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\3\ U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Table
4 of the Employer Costs for Employee Compensation (ECEC), Private
Industry workers, by occupational group, Mar 2022 (data extracted on
10/3/2022 from: https://www.bls.gov/news.release/archives/ecec_06162022.pdf.
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Manufacturer Submissions: Tables 2 and 3 set forth the data used to
estimate the burden associated with manufacturer and private labeler
submissions to the Database. We observed that a large percentage of the
general comments come from a few businesses, and we assumed that the
experience of a business that submits many comments each year would be
different from one that submits only a few. Accordingly, previously, we
divided all responding businesses into three groups based on the number
of general comments submitted, and then we selected several businesses
to contact from each group. The first group contacted consisted of
businesses that submitted 50 or more comments, accounting for 31
percent of all general comments received. The second group contacted
included businesses that submitted 6 to 49 comments, accounting for 39
percent of all general comments received. The last group contacted
included businesses that submitted no more than 5 comments, accounting
for 30 percent of all general comments received. We asked each company
how long it typically takes to research, compose, and enter a comment
or a claim of materially inaccurate information.
To estimate the burden associated with submitting a general comment
regarding a report of harm through the business portal, we averaged the
burden provided by each company within each group, and then we
calculated a weighted average from the three groups, weighting each
group by the proportion of comments received from that group. We found
that the average time to submit a general comment regarding a report of
harm is 117 minutes, based on the data in Table 3 (((15 minutes + 45
minutes + 30 minutes + 15 minutes)/4 companies)*.31 + ((105 minutes +
45 minutes + 150 minutes + 15 minutes)/4 companies)*.39 + ((240 minutes
+ 60 minutes + 480 minutes)/3 companies)*.30 = 117 minutes).
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Table 3--Estimated Burden To Enter a General Comment in the Database
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Group Company General comments
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Group 1 (<=50 comments)....... Company A............. 15 minutes.
Company B............. 45 minutes.
Company C............. 30 minutes.
Company D............. 15 minutes.
Group 2 (6-49 comments)....... Company A............. 105 minutes.
Company B............. 45 minutes.
Company C............. 150 minutes.
Company D............. 15 minutes.
Group 3 (<=5 comments)........ Company A............. 240 minutes.
Company B............. 60 minutes.
Company C............. 480 minutes.
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Registered businesses generally submit comments through the CPSC
website. Unregistered businesses submit comments by mail, email, or
fax. We estimate that submitting comments via mail, email, or fax takes
a little longer because often, we must ask businesses to amend their
submissions to include the required certifications. Thus, we estimated
that, on average, comments submitted by mail, email, or fax take 30
minutes longer than comments submitted through the CPSC website (117
minutes + 30 minutes = 147 minutes).
The submission of a claim of materially inaccurate information is a
relatively rare event for all respondents, so we averaged all responses
together. Eight of the businesses contacted had submitted claims of
materially inaccurate information. We found that the average time to
submit a claim that a report of harm contains a material inaccuracy is
165 minutes ((30 minutes + 90 minutes + 45 minutes + 90 minutes + 60
minutes + 660 minutes + 45 minutes + 300 minutes)/8 companies = 165
minutes).
Registered businesses generally submit claims of materially
inaccurate information through the business portal. Unregistered
businesses submit such claims by mail, email, or fax. We estimate that
submitting claims via mail, email, or fax takes a little longer because
we often must ask businesses to amend their submission to include the
required certifications. Thus, we estimate that, on average, claims
submitted by mail, email, or fax take 30 minutes longer than those
submitted through the CPSC website (165 minutes + 30 minutes = 195
minutes).
The submission of a claim of confidential information is another
relatively rare event for all respondents, so we averaged all responses
together. Five of the businesses contacted had submitted claims of
confidential information. We found that the average time to submit a
claim that a report of harm contains confidential information through
the CPSC website is 42 minutes ((45 minutes + 15 minutes + 60 minutes +
30 minutes + 60 minutes)/5 companies = 42 minutes).
Registered businesses generally submit confidential information
claims through the business portal. Unregistered businesses submit
confidential information claims by mail, email, or fax. We estimate
that submitting claims by mail, email, or fax takes a little longer
because often, we must ask businesses to amend their submission to
include the required certifications. Thus, we estimate that a
confidential information claim submitted by mail, email, or fax would
take 30 minutes longer than those submitted through the CPSC website
(42 minutes + 30 minutes = 72 minutes).
For voluntary brand identification, we estimate that a response
would take 10 minutes, on average. Most responses consist only of the
brand name and a product description. In many cases, a business will
submit multiple entries in a brief period of time, and we can see from
the date and time stamps on these records that an entry often takes
less than 2 minutes. CPSC staff enters the same data in a similar form,
based on our own research, and that experience was also factored into
our estimate.
For small batch manufacturer identification, we estimate that a
response would take 10 minutes, on average. The form consists of three
check boxes and the information should be readily accessible to the
respondent.
The responses summarized in Table 2 are generally submitted by
manufacturers. To avoid underestimating the cost associated with the
collection of this data, we assigned the higher hourly wage associated
with a manager or professional in goods-producing industries to these
tasks. To estimate the cost of manufacturer submissions, we multiplied
the estimated total burden hours in Table 2 (5,125 hours), by an
estimated total compensation for a manager or professional in goods-
producing industries of $72.15 per hour,\4\ which results in an
estimated cost of $ 369,769 (5,125 hours x $72.15 per hour = $369,769).
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\4\ U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Table
4 of the Employer Costs for Employee Compensation (ECEC), Private
Industry workers, by occupational group, Mar 2022 (data extracted on
8/2/2022 from: https://www.bls.gov/news.release/ecec.t04.htm.
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Therefore, the total estimated annual cost to respondents is
$443,089 ($73,320 burden for reports of harm + $369,769 burden for
manufacturer submissions = $443,089).
2. Estimated Annual Burden on Government
We estimate the annualized cost to the CPSC to be $981,516. This
figure is based on the costs for four categories of work for the
Database: Reports of Harm, Materially Inaccurate Information Claims,
Manufacturer Comments, and Small Batch Identification. Each category is
described below. No government cost is associated with firms' voluntary
brand identification because this information is entered directly into
the Database by the manufacturer with no processing required by the
government. The information assists the government in directing reports
of harm to the correct manufacturer. Because we only have one request
to treat information as confidential in FY 2022, we included the
government's time to process this claim with the claims of materially
inaccurate information.
Reports of Harm: The Reports of Harm category includes many
different tasks. Some costs related to this category are from two data
entry contracts. Tasks related to these contracts include clerical
coding of the report, such as identifying the type of consumer product
reported and the appropriate associated hazard, as well as performing
quality control on the data in the report. Contractor A spends an
estimated 4,940
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hours per year performing these tasks. With an hourly rate of $34.53
for contractor services, the annual cost to the government of contract
A is $170,578.
The Reports of Harm category also includes sending consent requests
for reports when necessary, processing that consent when received,
determining whether a product is out of CPSC's jurisdiction, and
confirming that pictures and attachments do not have any personally
identifiable information. The Reports of Harm category also entails
notifying manufacturers or private labelers when one of their products
is reported, completing a risk of harm determination form for every
report eligible for publication, referring some reports to a subject
matter expert within the CPSC for a determination whether the reports
meet the requirement of having a risk of harm, and determining whether
a report meets all the statutory and regulatory requirements for
publication. Detailed costs are:
Table 4--Estimated Costs for Reports of Harm Task
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Total
Grade level Number of hours compensation Total annual
(annual) per hour cost
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Contract A................................................. 4,940 $34.53 $170,578
7.......................................................... 2,912 40.44 117,761
9.......................................................... 1,456 49.47 72,028
12......................................................... 3,328 71.74 238,751
13......................................................... 1,248 85.31 106,467
14......................................................... 832 100.81 83,874
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Total.................................................. 14,716 ............... 789,459
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Materially Inaccurate Information (MII) Claims: The MII claims
category includes reviewing and responding to claims, participating in
meetings where the claims are discussed, and completing a risk of harm
determination on reports when a company alleges that a report does not
describe a risk of harm.
Table 5--Estimated Costs for MII Claims Task
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Total
Grade level Number of hours compensation Total annual
(Annual) per hour cost
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12......................................................... 312 $71.74 $22,383
13......................................................... 208 85.31 17,744
14......................................................... 312 100.81 31,453
15......................................................... 21 118.57 2,490
SES........................................................ 42 132.43 5,562
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Total.................................................. 895 ............... 79,632
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Manufacturer Comments: The Comments category includes reviewing and
accepting or rejecting comments.
Table 6--Estimated Costs for Manufacturer Comments Task
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Total
Grade level Number of hours compensation Total annual
(Annual) per hour cost
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12......................................................... 62 $71.74 $4,448
13......................................................... 104 85.31 8,872
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Total.................................................. 166 ............... 13,320
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Small Batch Manufacturer Identification: The Small Batch
Manufacturer Identification category includes time spent posting the
list of small batch registrations, as well as answering companies'
questions on registering as a Small Batch Manufacturer and the
implications of small batch registration.
Table 7--Estimated Costs for Small Batch Task
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Total
Grade level Number of hours compensation Total annual
(annual) per hour cost
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15......................................................... 642 $118.57 $76,122
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Total.................................................. 642 ............... 76,122
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We estimate the annualized cost to the CPSC of $958,533, by adding
the four categories of work related to the Database summarized in
Tables 4 through 7 (Reports of Harm ($789,459) + MII Claims ($79,632) +
Manufacturer Comments ($13,320) + Small Batch Identification ($76,122)
= $958,533).
This information collection renewal request is based on an
estimated 7,024 burden hours per year for the Database, which
represents a decrease of 6,319 hours since this collection of
information was last approved by OMB in 2019. Total burden from reports
of harm decreased by 4,647 hours (from 6,546 to 1,899), and total
burden for manufacturer's submission decreased by 1,672 hours, from
6,797 to 5,125. Declines in total burden hours are attributed to a
decline in the number of reports of harm submitted by mail, email, and
fax. However, CPSC staff discovered that the 2019 update for this
control number contained an error that increased the estimated burden,
by inadvertently including a large number of death certificates
collected by CPSC staff in the reports of harm submitted by mail,
email, and fax. In addition, for this update there was a decrease in
small batch manufacturer activity.
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.
Whether the burden imposed by the collection of
information could be minimized by using automated, electronic, or other
technological collection techniques, or other forms of information
technology.
Alberta E. Mills,
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission.
[FR Doc. 2022-26643 Filed 12-7-22; 8:45 am]
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