81 FR 40677 - Collection of Information; Proposed Extension of Approval; Comment Request-Follow-Up Activities for Product-Related Injuries

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION

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As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (``PRA'') (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Consumer Product Safety Commission (``CPSC'' or ``Commission'') requests comments on a proposed extension of approval of a collection of information from persons who have been involved in, or have witnessed incidents associated with, consumer products. The Commission 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'').
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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION

[Docket No. CPSC-2009-0102]


Collection of Information; Proposed Extension of Approval; 
Comment Request--Follow-Up Activities for Product-Related Injuries

AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (``PRA'') 
(44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Consumer Product Safety Commission 
(``CPSC'' or ``Commission'') requests comments on a proposed extension 
of approval of a collection of information from persons who have been 
involved in, or have witnessed incidents associated with, consumer 
products. The Commission 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: The Office of the Secretary must receive comments not later than 
August 22, 2016.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CPSC-2009-
0102, by any of the following methods:
    Electronic Submissions: Submit electronic comments to the Federal 
eRulemaking Portal at: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 
instructions for submitting comments. The Commission does not accept 
comments submitted by electronic mail (email), except through 
www.regulations.gov. The Commission encourages you to submit electronic 
comments by using the Federal eRulemaking Portal, as described above.
    Written Submissions: Submit written submissions in the following 
way: Mail/Hand delivery/Courier (for paper, disk, or CD-ROM 
submissions), preferably in five copies, to: Office of the Secretary, 
Consumer Product Safety Commission, Room 820, 4330 East-West Highway, 
Bethesda, MD 20814; telephone (301) 504-7923.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name 
and docket number for this notice. All comments received may be posted 
without change, including any personal identifiers, contact 
information, or other personal information provided, to: http://www.regulations.gov. Do not submit confidential business information, 
trade secret information, or other sensitive or protected information 
that you do not want to be available to the public. If furnished at 
all, such

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information should be submitted in writing.
    Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or 
comments received, go to: http://www.regulations.gov, and insert the 
docket number, CPSC-2009-0102, into the ``Search'' box, and follow the 
prompts.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information contact: 
Robert H. Squibb, Consumer Product Safety Commission, 4330 East-West 
Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814; (301) 504-7815, or by email to: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. Background

    Section 5(a) of the Consumer Product Safety Act, 15 U.S.C. 2054(a), 
requires the Commission to collect information related to the causes 
and prevention of death, injury, and illness associated with consumer 
products. That section also requires the Commission to conduct 
continuing studies and investigations of deaths, injuries, diseases, 
other health impairments, and economic losses resulting from accidents 
involving consumer products.
    The Commission obtains information about product-related deaths, 
injuries, and illnesses from a variety of sources, including 
newspapers, death certificates, consumer complaints, and medical 
facilities. In addition, the Commission receives information through 
its Internet Web site through forms reporting on product-related 
injuries or incidents.
    The Commission also operates a surveillance system known as the 
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (``NEISS'') that 
provides timely data on consumer product-related injuries treated as 
well as U.S. childhood poisonings. NEISS data comes from a 
statistically valid sample from approximately 100 hospital emergency 
departments. The NEISS system has been in operation since 1971. NEISS 
emergency department records are reviewed by hospital employees or 
contractors (``NEISS respondents'').
    From these sources, Commission staff selects cases of interest for 
further investigation by face-to-face or telephone interviews with 
persons who witnessed, or were injured in, incidents involving consumer 
products. The CPSC plans to begin conducting investigations through 
internet-based questionnaires in the next year to supplement telephone 
interviews. On-site investigations are usually made in cases where CPSC 
staff need photographs of the incident site, the product involved, or 
detailed information about the incident. This information can come from 
face-to-face interviews with persons who were injured or who witnessed 
the incident, as well as contact with state and local officials, 
including police, coroners, and fire investigators, and others with 
knowledge of the incident.
    The Commission uses the information to support the development and 
improvement of voluntary standards; rulemaking proceedings; information 
and education campaigns; compliance and enforcement efforts and related 
administrative and judicial proceedings. Commission activities are, in 
many cases, data driven, and incident data is crucial in advancing the 
agency's mission. In addition, the CPSC also collects information 
through NEISS for other federal agencies through Interagency Agreements 
including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (``CDC'') and 
the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (``NHTSA'').
    OMB approved the collection of information concerning product-
related injuries under control number 3041-0029. OMB's most recent 
extension of approval will expire on September 30, 2016. The Commission 
now proposes to request an extension of approval of this collection of 
information.

B. NEISS Estimated Burden

    The NEISS system collects information on consumer-product related 
injuries from about 100 hospitals in the U.S. Respondents to NEISS 
include hospitals that directly report information to NEISS and 
hospitals that allow CPSC contractors to collect the data on behalf of 
the agency. In FY 2015, there were 137 NEISS respondents (total 
hospitals and CPSC contractors). The NEISS respondents reviewed an 
estimated 5.05 million emergency department records and reported 
739,673 total cases.
    Collecting emergency department records for review each day takes 
about 10 minutes. Each record takes about 30 seconds to review. Coding 
and reporting records that involve consumer products or other injuries 
takes about 2 minutes per record. Coding and reporting additional 
special study information takes about 90 seconds per record. 
Respondents also spend about 36 hours per year in related activities 
(training, evaluations, and communicating with other hospital staff).
    The total burden hours for all NEISS respondents are estimated to 
be 81,210 for FY2015. The average burden hour per respondent is 593 
hours. However, the total burden hour on each respondent varies due to 
differences in size of the hospital (e.g., small rural hospitals versus 
large metropolitan hospitals). The smallest hospital reported 202 cases 
with a burden of about 111 hours, while the largest hospital reported 
60,405 cases with a burden of about 4,222 hours.
    The total costs to NEISS respondents for FY2015 are estimated to be 
$3,271,621 per year. NEISS respondents enter into contracts with CPSC 
and are compensated for these costs. The average cost per respondent is 
estimated to be about $23,880. The average cost per burden hour is 
estimated to be $40.29 per hour (including wages and overhead). 
However, the actual cost to each respondent varies due to the type of 
respondent (hospital versus CPSC contractor), size of hospital, and 
regional differences in wages and overhead. Therefore, the actual 
annual cost for any given respondent may vary between $1,199 at a small 
rural hospital and $281,953 at the largest metropolitan hospital.

C. Other Burden Hours

    In cases that require more information regarding product-related 
incidents or injuries, the CPSC staff conducted face-to-face interviews 
of approximately 220 persons each year. On average, an on-site 
interview takes about 4.5 hours. The CPSC staff also conducts about 
1760 in-depth investigations by telephone. Each in-depth telephone 
investigation requires about 20 minutes. In addition, the staff is 
planning to conduct about 200 internet-based questionnaires per year 
that require about 20 minutes each. The CPSC staff estimates 1,643 
annual burden hours on these respondents: 989 hours for face-to-face 
interviews; 587 hours for in-depth telephone interviews, and 67 hours 
for internet-based questionnaires. The burden required for reporting is 
estimated at $32.82 an hour (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 
``Employer Costs for Employee Compensation,'' March 2016, Table 9, 
Total compensation for all sales and office workers in goods-producing 
industries: http://www.bls.gov/ncs). At this valuation, the estimated 
annual cost to the public is about $53,923.
    This request for the approval of an estimated 82,853 (81,210 NEISS 
and 1,643 other) burden hours per year is an increase of 37,845 hours 
since this collection of information was last approved by OMB in 2013. 
The increase in the burden hours is largely due to the inclusion of 
information collected through NEISS for other federal agencies through 
Interagency Agreements including CDC and NHTSA, which were not 
otherwise accounted for by those agencies. In order to account for all 
the

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burden hours associated with the NEISS information collection, we have 
added those hours to the collection of information. The increase in 
burden hours also includes the increase associated with offering 
internet-based questionnaires in addition to in-person and telephone 
interviews.
    This information collection request excludes the burden associated 
with other publicly available Consumer Product Safety Information 
Databases, such as internet complaints, Hotline, and Medical Examiners 
and Coroners Alert Project (``MECAP'') reports, which are approved 
under OMB control number 3041-0146. This information collection request 
also excludes the burden associated with follow-up investigations 
conducted by other federal agencies.
    The annual cost to the government of the collection of the NEISS 
information is estimated to be about $4.9 million a year. This estimate 
includes $3.3 million in compensation to NEISS respondents described in 
section 12(a) above. This estimate also includes $1.603 million for 
about 150 CPSC professional staff months each year. The estimate of 
professional staff months includes the time required to: Oversee NEISS 
operations (e.g., administration, training, quality control); prepare 
questionnaires, interviewer guidelines, and other instruments and 
instructions used to collect the information; conduct face-to-face and 
telephone interviews; and evaluate responses obtained from interviews 
and completed forms. Each month of professional staff time costs the 
Commission about $10,683.83. This is based on a GS-12 mid-level 
salaried employee. The average yearly wage rate for a mid-level 
salaried GS-12 employee in the Washington, DC metropolitan area 
(effective as of January 2016) is $87,821 (GS-12, step 5). This 
represents 68.5 percent of total compensation (U.S. Bureau of Labor 
Statistics, ``Employer Costs for Employee Compensation,'' March 2016, 
Table 1, percentage of wages and salaries for all civilian management, 
professional, and related employees: http://www.bls.gov/ncs/). Adding 
an additional 31.5 percent for benefits brings average yearly 
compensation for a mid-level salaried GS-12 employee to $128,206.

D. Request for Comments

    The Commission solicits written comments from all interested 
persons about the proposed collection of information. The Commission 
specifically solicits information relevant to the following topics:
     Whether the collection of information described above is 
necessary for the proper performance of the Commission'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; and
     Whether the burden imposed by the collection of 
information could be minimized by use of automated, electronic or other 
technological collection techniques, or other forms of information 
technology.

    Dated: June 17, 2016.
Todd A. Stevenson,
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission.
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received on or before Friday, August 19, has met the national objectives, adhered COMMISSION
2016. to its Coastal Management Program
For specific dates, times, and [Docket No. CPSC–2009–0102]
document approved by the Secretary of
locations of the public meetings, see Commerce, and adhered to the terms of Collection of Information; Proposed
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. financial assistance awards funded Extension of Approval; Comment
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments under the Coastal Zone Management Request—Follow-Up Activities for
on the reserves and coastal program Act. When the evaluation is completed, Product-Related Injuries
NOAA intends to evaluate by any of the NOAA’s Office for Coastal Management
following methods: will place a notice in the Federal AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety
Public Meeting and Oral Comments: Register announcing the availability of Commission.
A public meeting will be held in the Final Evaluation Findings. ACTION: Notice.
Tuckerton, New Jersey for the Jacques Specific information on the periodic
Cousteau Reserve, Moss Point evaluation of reserves and coastal SUMMARY: As required by the Paperwork
Mississippi for the Grand Bay Reserve, management programs that are the Reduction Act of 1995 (‘‘PRA’’) (44
and Spanish Fort, Alabama for the subject of this notice are detailed below U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Consumer
Alabama Coastal Management Program. as follows: Product Safety Commission (‘‘CPSC’’ or
For specific locations, see ‘‘Commission’’) requests comments on a
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. Grand Bay National Estuarine Research proposed extension of approval of a
Written Comments: Please direct Reserve Evaluation collection of information from persons
written comments to Carrie Hall, You may participate or submit oral who have been involved in, or have
Evaluator, Policy, Planning and comments at the public meeting witnessed incidents associated with,
Communications, Office for Coastal scheduled as follows: consumer products. The Commission
Management, NOS/NOAA, 1305 East- Date: August 24, 2016. will consider all comments received in
West Highway, 11th Floor, N/OCM1, Time: 4:30 p.m., local time. response to this notice before requesting
Silver Spring, Maryland 20910, or email an extension of approval of this
Location: 6005 Bayou Heron Road,
comments Carrie.Hall@noaa.gov. collection of information from the Office
Room 100, Moss Point, Mississippi
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 36592. of Management and Budget (‘‘OMB’’).
Carrie Hall, Evaluator, Policy, Planning Written comments must be received DATES: The Office of the Secretary must
and Communications, Office for Coastal on or before September 2, 2016. receive comments not later than August
Management, NOS/NOAA, 1305 East- 22, 2016.
West Highway, 11th Floor, N/OCM1, Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
Silver Spring, Maryland 20910, or Research Reserve Evaluation identified by Docket No. CPSC–2009–
Carrie.Hall@noaa.gov. Copies of the You may participate or submit oral 0102, by any of the following methods:
program’s most recent evaluation and comments at the public meeting Electronic Submissions: Submit
performance report, as well as the scheduled as follows: electronic comments to the Federal
evaluation notification letter to the state Date: August 16, 2016. eRulemaking Portal at: http://
may be obtained upon request by www.regulations.gov. Follow the
Time: 6:30 p.m., local time.
contacting the person identified under instructions for submitting comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
Location: Cousteau Center, 130 Great
Bay Boulevard, Tuckerton, New Jersey, The Commission does not accept
Copies of the most recent final comments submitted by electronic mail
evaluation findings may also be 08087.
Written comments must be received (email), except through
downloaded or viewed on the Internet www.regulations.gov. The Commission
at http://coast.noaa.gov/czm/ on or before August 19, 2016.
encourages you to submit electronic
evaluations/evaluation_findings/ Alabama Coastal Management Program comments by using the Federal
index.html. Evaluation eRulemaking Portal, as described above.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Sections You may participate or submit oral Written Submissions: Submit written
312 and 315 of the Coastal Zone comments at the public meeting submissions in the following way: Mail/
Management Act (CZMA) require scheduled as follows: Hand delivery/Courier (for paper, disk,
NOAA to conduct periodic evaluations Date: August 10, 2016. or CD–ROM submissions), preferably in
of federally approved coastal Time: 5:30 p.m., local time. five copies, to: Office of the Secretary,
management programs and national Location: Five Rivers Tensaw Theater, Consumer Product Safety Commission,
estuarine research reserves. The process 30945 Five Rivers Boulevard, Spanish Room 820, 4330 East-West Highway,
includes a public meeting, Fort, Alabama 36527. Bethesda, MD 20814; telephone (301)
consideration of written public 504–7923.
Written comments must be received
comments and consultations with Instructions: All submissions received
on or before August 19, 2016.
interested Federal, state, and local must include the agency name and
agencies and members of the public. For (Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog 11.419; docket number for this notice. All
the evaluation of National Estuarine Coastal Zone Management Program comments received may be posted
Research Reserves, NOAA will consider Administration) without change, including any personal
the extent to which the state has met the Dated: June 2, 2015. identifiers, contact information, or other
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national objectives, adhered to its John King, personal information provided, to:
management plan approved by the Deputy Director, Office for Coastal http://www.regulations.gov. Do not
Secretary of Commerce, and adhered to Management, National Ocean Service, submit confidential business
the terms of financial assistance under National Oceanic and Atmospheric information, trade secret information, or
the Coastal Zone Management Act. The Administration. other sensitive or protected information
evaluation of Coastal Management [FR Doc. 2016–14607 Filed 6–21–16; 8:45 am] that you do not want to be available to
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burden hours associated with the NEISS necessary for the proper performance of President pro tempore of the Senate,
information collection, we have added the Commission’s functions, including two of whom are members of the Senate
those hours to the collection of whether the information would have Committee on Appropriations; (c) The
information. The increase in burden practical utility; Chair of the House Committee on
hours also includes the increase • Whether the estimated burden of Armed Services, or designee; (d) Four
associated with offering internet-based the proposed collection of information other members of the House of
questionnaires in addition to in-person is accurate; Representatives designated by the
and telephone interviews. • Whether the quality, utility, and Speaker of the House of Representatives,
This information collection request clarity of the information to be collected two of whom are members of the House
excludes the burden associated with could be enhanced; and Committee on Appropriations; and (e)
other publicly available Consumer • Whether the burden imposed by the Six persons designated by the President.
Product Safety Information Databases, collection of information could be
such as internet complaints, Hotline, Board members who are full-time or
minimized by use of automated,
and Medical Examiners and Coroners permanent part-time Federal officers or
electronic or other technological
Alert Project (‘‘MECAP’’) reports, which employees shall be appointed as regular
collection techniques, or other forms of
are approved under OMB control information technology. government employee members
number 3041–0146. This information pursuant to 41 CFR 102–3.130(a). Board
Dated: June 17, 2016. members who are not full-time or
collection request also excludes the
burden associated with follow-up Todd A. Stevenson, permanent part-time Federal officers or
investigations conducted by other Secretary, Consumer Product Safety employees shall be appointed as experts
federal agencies. Commission. or consultants pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109
The annual cost to the government of [FR Doc. 2016–14729 Filed 6–21–16; 8:45 am] to serve as special government
the collection of the NEISS information BILLING CODE 6355–01–P employee members. The Department of
is estimated to be about $4.9 million a Defense, as necessary and consistent
year. This estimate includes $3.3 with the Board’s mission and DoD
million in compensation to NEISS DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE policies and procedures, may establish
respondents described in section 12(a) subcommittees, task forces, or working
above. This estimate also includes Office of the Secretary
groups to support the Board, and all
$1.603 million for about 150 CPSC
Charter Renewal of Department of subcommittees must operate under the
professional staff months each year. The
estimate of professional staff months Defense Federal Advisory Committees provisions of FACA and the
includes the time required to: Oversee Government in the Sunshine Act.
AGENCY:Department of Defense. Subcommittees will not work
NEISS operations (e.g., administration,
Renewal of Federal Advisory
ACTION: independently of the Board and must
training, quality control); prepare
questionnaires, interviewer guidelines, Committee. report all recommendations and advice
and other instruments and instructions solely to the Board for full deliberation
SUMMARY: The Department of Defense
used to collect the information; conduct (DoD) is publishing this notice to and discussion. Subcommittees, task
face-to-face and telephone interviews; announce that it is renewing the charter forces, or working groups have no
and evaluate responses obtained from for the United States Naval Academy authority to make decisions and
interviews and completed forms. Each Board of Visitors (‘‘the Board’’). recommendations, verbally or in
month of professional staff time costs writing, on behalf of the Board. No
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim
the Commission about $10,683.83. This subcommittee or any of its members can
Freeman, Advisory Committee
is based on a GS–12 mid-level salaried update or report, verbally or in writing,
Management Officer for the Department
employee. The average yearly wage rate directly to the DoD or any Federal
of Defense, 703–692–5952.
for a mid-level salaried GS–12 employee officers or employees. The Board’s DFO,
in the Washington, DC metropolitan SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
pursuant to DoD policy, must be a full-
area (effective as of January 2016) is committee’s charter is being renewed in
accordance with the Federal Advisory time or permanent part-time DoD
$87,821 (GS–12, step 5). This represents employee, and must be in attendance for
68.5 percent of total compensation (U.S. Committee Act (FACA) of 1972 (5
U.S.C., Appendix, as amended) and 41 the duration of each and every Board/
Bureau of Labor Statistics, ‘‘Employer subcommittee meeting. The public or
Costs for Employee Compensation,’’ CFR 102–3.50(a). The charter and
contact information for the Board’s interested organizations may submit
March 2016, Table 1, percentage of
Designated Federal Officer (DFO) can be written statements to the Board
wages and salaries for all civilian
obtained at http:// membership about the Board’s mission
management, professional, and related
employees: http://www.bls.gov/ncs/). www.facadatabase.gov/. and functions. Such statements may be
Adding an additional 31.5 percent for The Board provides independent submitted at any time or in response to
benefits brings average yearly advice and recommendations to the the stated agenda of planned Board. All
compensation for a mid-level salaried President of the United States on the written statements must be submitted to
GS–12 employee to $128,206. state of morale and discipline, the Board’s DFO who will ensure the
curriculum, instruction, physical written statements are provided to the
D. Request for Comments equipment, fiscal affairs, academic membership for their consideration.
The Commission solicits written methods, and other matters relating to
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Dated: June 17, 2016.
comments from all interested persons the Academy that the Board decides to
consider. The Board shall be constituted Aaron Siegel,
about the proposed collection of
information. The Commission annually and composed of 15 members: Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison
specifically solicits information relevant (a) The Chair of the Senate Committee Officer, Department of Defense.
to the following topics: on Armed Services, or designee; (b) [FR Doc. 2016–14733 Filed 6–21–16; 8:45 am]
• Whether the collection of Three other members of the Senate BILLING CODE 5001–06–P
information described above is designated by the Vice President or the

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