98-16322. Notification of Request for Extension of Approval of Information Collection RequirementsTesting and Recordkeeping Requirements Under the Standard for the Flammability of Mattresses and Mattress Pads

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 118 (Friday, June 19, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 33635]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-16322]


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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION


Notification of Request for Extension of Approval of Information 
Collection Requirements--Testing and Recordkeeping Requirements Under 
the Standard for the Flammability of Mattresses and Mattress Pads

AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In the April 7, 1998 Federal Register (63 FR 16989), the 
Consumer Product Safety Commission published a notice in accordance 
with provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 
Chapter 35) to announce the agency's intention to seek an extension of 
approval through September 30, 2001, of information collection 
requirements in the Standard for the Flammability of Mattresses and 
Mattress Pads (16 CFR Part 1632).
    In response to the Federal Register notice, one comment was 
received, from the American Textile Manufacturers Institute (ATMI). In 
its comment, ATMI supported the extension of approval of the collection 
of information, adding that ``the costs incurred with this data 
collection are minimal and are now part of business practices for these 
two industry sectors.'' The Commission now announces that it has 
submitted to the Office of Management and Budget a request for 
extension of approval of that collection of information.
    The standard is intended to reduce unreasonable risks of burn 
injuries and deaths from fires associated with mattresses and mattress 
pads. The standard prescribes a test to assure that a mattress or 
mattress pad will resist ignition from a smoldering cigarette. The 
standard requires manufacturers to perform prototype tests of each 
combination of materials and construction methods used to produce 
mattresses or mattress pads and to obtain acceptable results from such 
testing. Sale or distribution of mattresses without successful 
completion of the testing required by the standard violates section 3 
of the Flammable Fabrics Act (15 USC 1192). An enforcement rule 
implementing the standard requires manufacturers to maintain records of 
testing performed in accordance with the standard and other information 
about the mattress or mattress pads which they produce.

Additional Information About the Request for Extension of Approval 
of Information Collection Requirements

    Agency address: Consumer Product Safety Commission, Washington, 
D.C. 20207.
    Title of information collection: Testing and Recordkeeping 
Requirements Under the Standard for the Flammability of Mattresses and 
Mattress Pads, 16 CFR Part 1632.
    Type of request: Extension of approval.
    Frequency of collection: Varies, depending upon the number of 
individual combinations of materials and methods of construction used 
to produce mattresses.
    General description of respondents: Manufacturers and importers of 
mattresses and mattress pads.
    Estimated Number of respondents: 850.
    Estimated average number of responses per respondent: 8 per year.
    Estimated number of responses for all respondents: 6,800 per year.
    Estimated number of hours per response: 3.25.
    Estimated number of hours for all respondents: 22,100 per year.
    Estimated cost of collection for all respondents: Unknown.
    Comments: Comments on this request for extension of approval of 
information collection requirements should be submitted by July 20, 
1998 to (1) the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attn: OMB 
Desk Officer for CPSC, Office of Management and Budget, Washington D.C. 
20503; telephone: [phone], and (2) the Office of the Secretary, 
Consumer Product Safety Commission, Washington, D.C. 20207.
    Copies of this request for an extension of an information 
collection requirement are available from Robert Frye, Director, Office 
of Planning and Evaluation, Consumer Product Safety Commission, 
Washington, DC 20207; telephone: [phone], extension 2243.

    Dated: June 15, 1998.
Sadye E. Dunn,
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission.
[FR Doc. 98-16322 Filed 6-18-98; 8:45 am]
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