01-18694. Notification of Request for Extension of Approval of Information Collection Requirements; Procedures for Export of Noncomplying Products

AGENCY:

Consumer Product Safety Commission.

ACTION:

Notice.

SUMMARY:

In the April 30, 2001 Federal Register (66 FR 21375), 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 of information collection requirements in regulations codified at 16 CFR Part 1019, which establish procedures for export of noncomplying products. 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.

These regulations implement provisions of the Consumer Product Safety Act, the Federal Hazardous Substances Act, and the Flammable Fabrics Act that require persons and firms to notify the Commission before exporting any product that fails to comply with an applicable standard or regulation enforced under provisions of those laws. The Commission is required by law to transmit the information relating to the proposed exportation to the government of the country of intended destination.

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

Agency address: Consumer Product Safety Commission, Washington, DC 20207.

Title of information collection: Procedures for export of noncomplying products, 16 CFR part 1019.

Type of request: Extension of approval.

Frequency of collection: Varies depending upon volume of noncomplying goods exported.

General description of respondents: Exporters of products that fail to comply with standards or regulations enforced under provisions of the Consumer Product Safety Act, the Federal Hazardous Substances Act, or the Flammable Fabrics Act.

Estimated Number of respondents: 65 per year.

Estimated average number of responses per respondent: 1.15 per year.

Estimated number of responses for all respondents: 75 per year.

Estimated number of hours per response: 1.

Estimated number of hours for all respondents: 75 per year.

Estimated cost of collection for all respondents: $1,012.50.

Comments: Comments on this request for extension of approval of information collection requirements should be submitted by August 27, 2001 to (1) Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk Officer for CPSC, Office of Management and Budget, Washington DC 20503; telephone: [phone], and (2) the Office of the Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission, Washington, DC 20207. Comments may also be sent to the Office of the Secretary by facsimile at [phone] or by e-mail at [e-mail].

Copies of this request for an extension of an information collection requirement are available from Linda L. Glatz, Office of Planning and Evaluation, Consumer Product Safety Commission, Washington, DC 20207; telephone: [phone], extension 2226, or by e-mail to [e-mail].

Dated: July 23, 2001.

Todd A. Stevenson,

Acting Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission.