E9-14950. Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request-Flammability Standards for Children's Sleepwear

AGENCY:

Consumer Product Safety Commission.

ACTION:

Notice.

SUMMARY:

In the Federal Register of April 16, 2009, 74 FR 17636, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC or Commission) published a notice in accordance with provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) to announce the CPSC's intention to seek extension of approval of collections of information in the flammability standards for children's sleepwear and implementing regulations.

No comments were received in response to that notice. Therefore, by publication of this notice, the Commission announces that it has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request for extension of approval of that collection of information without change.

The standards and regulations are codified as the Standard for the Flammability of Children's Sleepwear: Sizes 0 Through 6X (FF3-71), 16 CFR Part 1615; and the Standard for the Flammability of Children's Sleepwear: Sizes 7 Through 14 (FF5-74), 16 CFR Part 1616. The flammability standards and implementing regulations prescribe requirements for testing and recordkeeping by manufacturers and importers of children's sleepwear subject to the standards. The information in the records required by the regulations allows the Commission to determine if items of children's sleepwear comply with the applicable standard. This information also enables the Commission to obtain corrective actions if items of children's sleepwear fail to comply with the applicable standard in a manner which creates a substantial risk of injury.

Additional Information About the Request for Reinstatement of Approval of Collections of Information

Agency address: Consumer Product Safety Commission, 4330 East West Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814.

Title of information collection: Standard for the Flammability of Children's Sleepwear: Sizes 0 Through 6X, 16 CFR Part 1615; Standard for the Flammability of Children's Sleepwear: Sizes 7 Through 14, 16 CFR Part 1616.

Type of request: Extension of approval without change.

General description of respondents: Manufacturers and importers of children's sleepwear in sizes 0 through 14.

Estimated number of respondents: 62.

Estimated average number of hours per respondent: 6,000 per year.

Estimated number of hours for all respondents: 372,000 per year.

Estimated cost of collection for all respondents: $20,415,360 per year.

Comments: Comments on this request for extension of approval of information collection requirements should be captioned “Children's Sleepwear; Paperwork Reduction Act” and submitted by July 27, 2009 to (1) the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk Officer for CPSC, Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC 20503; telephone: [phone], and (2) by e-mail to [e-mail], by facsimile to [phone], or by mail to the Office of the Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission, 4330 East West Highway, Bethesda, Maryland 20814.

Copies of this request for extension of the information collection requirements and supporting documentation are available from Linda Glatz, Division of Policy and Planning, Office of Information Technology and Technology Services, Consumer Product Safety Commission, 4330 East West Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814; telephone: [phone] or by e-mail to [e-mail].

Dated: June 19, 2009.

Alberta E. Mills,

Acting Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission.