Agency Information Collection Activities; Extension of Approval of Information Collection; Notification Requirements for Coal and Wood Burning Appliances, 10817-10818 [2025-03157]

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• Consumer Product Safety Commission

[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 38 (Thursday, February 27, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10817-10818]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-03157]


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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION

[Docket No. CPSC-2012-0024]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Extension of Approval 
of Information Collection; Notification Requirements for Coal and Wood 
Burning Appliances

AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety Commission.

ACTION: Notice of information collection; request for comment.

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SUMMARY: As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 
Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC or Commission) announces that 
the Commission has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) a request for extension of approval of information collection 
regarding notification requirements for coal and wood burning 
appliances. OMB previously approved the collection of information under 
Control Number 3041-0040. OMB's most recent extension of approval will 
expire on March 31, 2025. On December 3, 2024, CPSC published a notice 
in the Federal Register to announce the agency's intention to seek 
extension of approval of the collection of information. The Commission 
did not receive any public comments. Therefore, by publication of this 
notice, the Commission announces that CPSC has submitted to the OMB a 
request for extension of approval of that collection of information.

DATES: Submit comments on the collection of information by March 31, 
2025.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments about this request by email: 
[email protected] or fax: 202-395-6881. Comments by mail 
should be sent to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 
Attn: OMB Desk Officer for the CPSC, Office of Management and Budget, 
Room 10235, 725 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20503. Written comments 
that are sent to OMB also should be submitted electronically at https://www.regulations.gov, under Docket No. CPSC-2012-0024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cynthia Gillham, Consumer Product 
Safety Commission, 4330 East West Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814; (301) 
504-7791, or by email to: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: CPSC seeks to renew the following currently 
approved collection of information:
    Title: Notification Requirements for Coal and Wood Burning 
Appliances.
    OMB Number: 3041-0040.
    Type of Review: Renewal of collection.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Affected Public: Manufacturers and importers of coal and wood 
burning appliances.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: We estimate five responses 
annually.
    Estimated Time per Response: We estimate three hours per submission 
and 30 minutes for collecting and mailing the information to the CPSC.
    Total Estimated Annual Burden: The total estimated annual burden is 
17.5 hours (5 submissions x 3.5 hours).
    Total Estimated Annual Cost to Respondents: The total estimated 
annualized respondent cost is approximately $795, based on an average 
total hourly employee compensation rate of $45.41 for private industry 
workers in goods producing

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industries (17.5 hours x $45.41 = $794.68) (U.S. Bureau of Labor 
Statistics, Employer Costs for Employee Compensation, Table 4, June 
2024, https://www.bls.gov/news.release/archives/ecec_09102024.pdf).
    General Description of Collection: In 16 CFR part 1406, Coal and 
Wood Burning Appliances--Notification of Performance and Technical 
Data, issued under Section 27(e) of the Consumer Product Safety Act, 15 
U.S.C. 2076(e), CPSC requires that certain performance and technical 
data be supplied on labeling attached to or accompanying each model of 
coal and wood burning stoves, freestanding fireplaces, similar 
appliances, and in instruction manuals provided with the appliances so 
consumers will be aware of important safety information concerning the 
installation, operation, and maintenance of these appliances. In 
addition, catalogs and other point-of-sale literature are required to 
contain appropriate clearances and other information. The rule also 
contains a requirement that manufacturers provide to the Commission 
copies of the notice (label) and the directions (instruction manual). 
Manufacturers must also provide the Commission with a statement of the 
reasons supporting the manufacturer's conclusion that clearance 
distances stated in the notice to consumers are appropriate for 
preventing fires, for each stove model manufactured. This information 
must also be supplied when there is any change in the required data or 
when a new model is introduced.
    All known manufacturers are believed to have already complied with 
the requirements for providing information in labels, manuals, 
catalogs, and point-of-sale literature and the requirements for 
submitting all labels and owner's manuals. For the known manufacturers, 
there should be no additional burden associated with the requirements 
of 16 CFR part 1406, except when existing models are changed, or new 
models are introduced. We anticipate that there will be no more than 
five submissions annually as a result of new stove models coming into 
the market or new firms entering the market.

Alberta E. Mills,
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission.
[FR Doc. 2025-03157 Filed 2-26-25; 8:45 am]
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