81 FR 42669 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Third Party Conformity Assessment Body Registration Form
CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 126 (June 30, 2016)
Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 126 (June 30, 2016)
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| FR Document | 2016-15496 |
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 126 (Thursday, June 30, 2016)] [Notices] [Pages 42669-42670] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-15496] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION [Docket No. CPSC-2009-0088] Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Third Party Conformity Assessment Body Registration Form AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety Commission. ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (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 under the requirements pertaining to a third party conformity assessment body registration form, approved previously under OMB Control No. 3041-0143. The Commission will consider all comments received in response to this notice before requesting an extension of this collection of information from the Office of Management and Budget (``OMB''). DATES: Submit written or electronic comments on the collection of information by August 29, 2016. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CPSC-2009- 0088, 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 by mail/hand delivery/courier 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 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-2009-0088, into the ``Search'' box, and follow the prompts. 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: CPSC seeks to renew the following currently approved collection of information: Title: Third Party Conformity Assessment Body Registration Form. OMB Number: 3041-0143. Type of Review: Renewal of collection. Frequency of Response: On occasion. Affected Public: Third party conformity assessment bodies seeking acceptance of accreditation or continuing accreditation. [[Page 42670]] General Description of Collection The Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (``CPSIA'') requires third party testing be conducted by a third party conformity assessment body for any children's product, that is subject to a children's product safety rule, before importing for consumption or warehousing or distributing in commerce. The CPSIA allows accreditation of third party conformity assessment bodies to be conducted either by the Commission or by an independent accreditation organization designated by the Commission, and requires that the Commission maintain on its Web site an up-to-date list of entities that have been accredited to assess conformity with children's product safety rules. With the exception of firewalled third party conformity assessment bodies, the Commission has chosen to accept the accreditation of third party conformity assessment bodies that meet accreditation requirements of an independent accreditation organization. In order to assess a third party conformity assessment body's qualifications for acceptance by CPSC, information related to location, accreditation, and ownership must be collected from third party conformity assessment bodies. The CPSC uses an online collection form, CPSC Form 223, to gather information from third party conformity assessment bodies voluntarily seeking acceptance by CPSC. The information collected relates to location, accreditation, and ownership. The Commission staff uses this information to assess:A third party conformity assessment body's status as either an independent third party conformity assessment body, a government-owned or government-controlled conformity assessment body, or a firewalled conformity assessment body; Qualifications for acceptance by CPSC to test for compliance to specified children's product safety rules; and Eligibility for acceptance on the CPSC Web site. Part 1112 requires the collection of information in CPSC Form 223: Upon initial application by the third party conformity assessment body for acceptance by CPSC; Whenever there is a change to accreditation or ownership information; and At least every 2 years as part of a regular audit process. Burden Estimates The CPSC estimates the burden of the collection of information in CPSC Form 223 is as follows: Estimated Annual Reporting Burden ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Number of Frequency of Total annual Hours per Activity respondents responses responses response Total hours ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Initial Registration.......... 40 1 40 1 40 Re-Registration............... 243 1 243 1 243 Changes in Information........ 2 1 2 0.25 0.5 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total..................... .............. .............. .............. ................ 283.5 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These estimates are based on the following information: From March 23, 2015 to March 23, 2016, 39 new third party conformity assessment bodies have registered with the CPSC; 36 registered during the previous 12 months. Therefore, we estimate the number of third party conformity assessment bodies who would register initially each year for the next three years would be 40. Under 16 CFR part 1112, third party conformity assessment bodies are required to resubmit CPSC Form 223 every two years. Because all third party conformity assessment bodies have not submitted their first CPSC Form 223s at the same time, only about half would be expected to resubmit a CPSC Form 223 in any one year. As of March 2016, 487 third party conformity assessment bodies have registered with CPSC. Approximately half (243) of these firms would be required to re- register with CPSC each year. Under 16 CFR part 1112, third party conformity assessment bodies are required to ensure that the information submitted on CPSC Form 223 is current and must submit a new CPSC Form 223 whenever the information changes. Based on current experience with third party conformity assessment bodies, we estimate that two third party conformity assessment bodies will make revisions per year to update their information. A change in information is a change that does not require review of laboratory accreditation documents, such as scope or test methods. Examples of revised information include changes in the Web site URL, name of the laboratory, and name of point of contact. The total burden, therefore, is 283.5 hours, which we will round up to 284 hours. We estimate that hourly compensation for the time required for recordkeeping is $32.82 per hour (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, ``Employer Costs for Employee Compensation,'' Table 9, total compensation for sales, office, and related workers in goods- producing industries, December 2015: http://www.bls.gov/ncs). The total cost burden to the respondents is approximately $9,321 ($32.82 x 284 hours = $9,321.88). 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 27, 2016. Todd A. Stevenson, Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission. [FR Doc. 2016-15496 Filed 6-29-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6355-01-P
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Commission amended the compliance from http://www.cftc.gov that it may DATES: Submit written or electronic
regime for Commodity Pool Operators, deem to be inappropriate for comments on the collection of
which is part of a previously approved publication, such as obscene language. information by August 29, 2016.
information collection, through the All submissions that have been redacted ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
adoption of a compliance regime or removed that contain comments on identified by Docket No. CPSC–2009–
applicable to Commodity Pool the merits of the Information Collection 0088, by any of the following methods:
Operators of Registered Investment Request will be retained in the public Electronic Submissions: Submit
Companies, 78 FR 52308 (Aug. 22, comment file and will be considered as electronic comments to the Federal
2013). required under the Administrative
The disclosure, filing, and eRulemaking Portal at: http://
Procedure Act and other applicable www.regulations.gov. Follow the
recordkeeping requirements within part laws, and may be accessible under the
4 of the Commission’s regulations were instructions for submitting comments.
Freedom of Information Act. The Commission does not accept
established to assist customers, to Burden Statement: The respondent
facilitate the Commission and the comments submitted by electronic mail
burden for this collection is estimated to (email), except through
National Futures Association (‘‘NFA’’) be 4 hours 2 per response.
in monitoring compliance with the part www.regulations.gov. The Commission
Respondents/Affected Entities: encourages you to submit electronic
4 rules, and to enable the Commission Commodity Pool Operators, Commodity
to better monitor the market risks posed comments by using the Federal
Trading Advisors. eRulemaking Portal, as described above.
by the Commission’s registrants. The Estimated Number of Respondents:
information collections are necessary to Written Submissions: Submit written
48,046.
enable the Commission and NFA to submissions by mail/hand delivery/
Estimated Total Annual Burden
accomplish the purposes of the courier to: Office of the Secretary,
Hours on Respondents: 276,060 hours.3
compliance regime set forth in part 4 Consumer Product Safety Commission,
Frequency of Collection: Periodically.
enumerated above. Room 820, 4330 East West Highway,
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq. Bethesda, MD 20814; telephone (301)
With respect to the collection of
information, the CFTC invites Dated: June 24, 2016. 504–7923.
comments on: Robert N. Sidman, Instructions: All submissions received
• Whether the proposed collection of Deputy Secretary of the Commission. must include the agency name and
information is necessary for the proper [FR Doc. 2016–15472 Filed 6–29–16; 8:45 am] docket number for this notice. All
performance of the functions of the BILLING CODE 6351–01–P
comments received may be posted
Commission, including whether the without change, including any personal
information will have a practical use; identifiers, contact information, or other
• The accuracy of the Commission’s personal information provided, to:
estimate of the burden of the proposed CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY http://www.regulations.gov. Do not
collection of information, including the COMMISSION submit confidential business
validity of the methodology and information, trade secret information, or
assumptions used; [Docket No. CPSC–2009–0088] other sensitive or protected information
• Ways to enhance the quality, that you do not want to be available to
usefulness, and clarity of the Agency Information Collection the public. If furnished at all, such
information to be collected; and Activities; Proposed Collection; information should be submitted in
• Ways to minimize the burden of Comment Request; Third Party writing.
collection of information on those who Conformity Assessment Body Docket: For access to the docket to
are to respond, including through the Registration Form read background documents or
use of appropriate automated electronic, comments received, go to: http://
AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety
mechanical, or other technological www.regulations.gov, and insert the
Commission.
collection techniques or other forms of docket number CPSC–2009–0088, into
information technology; e.g., permitting ACTION: Notice.
the ‘‘Search’’ box, and follow the
electronic submission of responses. SUMMARY: As required by the Paperwork prompts.
All comments must be submitted in
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
English, or if not, accompanied by an
Chapter 35), the Consumer Product Robert H. Squibb, Consumer Product
English translation. Comments will be
Safety Commission (‘‘CPSC’’ or Safety Commission, 4330 East West
posted as received to http://
‘‘Commission’’) requests comments on a Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814; (301)
www.cftc.gov. You should submit only
proposed extension of approval of a 504–7815, or by email to: rsquibb@
information that you wish to make
collection of information under the cpsc.gov.
available publicly. If you wish the
requirements pertaining to a third party
Commission to consider information SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: CPSC
conformity assessment body registration
that you believe is exempt from seeks to renew the following currently
form, approved previously under OMB
disclosure under the Freedom of approved collection of information:
Control No. 3041–0143. The
Information Act, a petition for
Commission will consider all comments Title: Third Party Conformity
confidential treatment of the exempt
received in response to this notice Assessment Body Registration Form.
information may be submitted according
before requesting an extension of this OMB Number: 3041–0143.
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to the procedures established in § 145.9
collection of information from the Office Type of Review: Renewal of
of the Commission’s regulations.1
of Management and Budget (‘‘OMB’’). collection.
The Commission reserves the right,
but shall have no obligation, to review, Frequency of Response: On occasion.
2 This has been rounded down from 4.0348.
pre-screen, filter, redact, refuse or 3 The
Affected Public: Third party
estimated total burden hours for the
remove any or all of your submission collections have been rounded down slightly, based
conformity assessment bodies seeking
on the estimated burden hour per response of acceptance of accreditation or
1 17 CFR 145.9. 4.0348. continuing accreditation.
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General Description of Collection accreditation of third party conformity or government-controlled conformity
The Consumer Product Safety assessment bodies that meet assessment body, or a firewalled
Improvement Act of 2008 (‘‘CPSIA’’) accreditation requirements of an conformity assessment body;
requires third party testing be independent accreditation organization. • Qualifications for acceptance by
conducted by a third party conformity In order to assess a third party CPSC to test for compliance to specified
assessment body for any children’s conformity assessment body’s children’s product safety rules; and
product, that is subject to a children’s qualifications for acceptance by CPSC, • Eligibility for acceptance on the
product safety rule, before importing for information related to location, CPSC Web site.
consumption or warehousing or accreditation, and ownership must be Part 1112 requires the collection of
distributing in commerce. The CPSIA collected from third party conformity information in CPSC Form 223:
allows accreditation of third party assessment bodies. The CPSC uses an • Upon initial application by the
conformity assessment bodies to be online collection form, CPSC Form 223, third party conformity assessment body
conducted either by the Commission or to gather information from third party for acceptance by CPSC;
by an independent accreditation conformity assessment bodies • Whenever there is a change to
organization designated by the voluntarily seeking acceptance by CPSC. accreditation or ownership information;
Commission, and requires that the The information collected relates to and
Commission maintain on its Web site an location, accreditation, and ownership. • At least every 2 years as part of a
up-to-date list of entities that have been The Commission staff uses this regular audit process.
accredited to assess conformity with information to assess:
children’s product safety rules. With the • A third party conformity Burden Estimates
exception of firewalled third party assessment body’s status as either an The CPSC estimates the burden of the
conformity assessment bodies, the independent third party conformity collection of information in CPSC Form
Commission has chosen to accept the assessment body, a government-owned 223 is as follows:
ESTIMATED ANNUAL REPORTING BURDEN
Number of Frequency of Total annual Hours per
Activity Total hours
respondents responses responses response
Initial Registration ............................................................ 40 1 40 1 40
Re-Registration ................................................................ 243 1 243 1 243
Changes in Information .................................................... 2 1 2 0.25 0.5
Total .......................................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ ............................ 283.5
These estimates are based on the estimate that two third party conformity • Whether the collection of
following information: assessment bodies will make revisions information described above is
• From March 23, 2015 to March 23, per year to update their information. A necessary for the proper performance of
2016, 39 new third party conformity change in information is a change that the Commission’s functions, including
assessment bodies have registered with does not require review of laboratory whether the information would have
the CPSC; 36 registered during the accreditation documents, such as scope practical utility;
previous 12 months. Therefore, we or test methods. Examples of revised • Whether the estimated burden of
estimate the number of third party information include changes in the Web
conformity assessment bodies who the proposed collection of information
site URL, name of the laboratory, and is accurate;
would register initially each year for the name of point of contact.
next three years would be 40. • Whether the quality, utility, and
The total burden, therefore, is 283.5
• Under 16 CFR part 1112, third party clarity of the information to be collected
hours, which we will round up to 284
conformity assessment bodies are could be enhanced; and
hours. We estimate that hourly
required to resubmit CPSC Form 223 • Whether the burden imposed by the
compensation for the time required for
every two years. Because all third party collection of information could be
conformity assessment bodies have not recordkeeping is $32.82 per hour (U.S.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, ‘‘Employer minimized by use of automated,
submitted their first CPSC Form 223s at
Costs for Employee Compensation,’’ electronic or other technological
the same time, only about half would be
Table 9, total compensation for sales, collection techniques, or other forms of
expected to resubmit a CPSC Form 223
office, and related workers in goods- information technology.
in any one year. As of March 2016, 487
third party conformity assessment producing industries, December 2015: Dated: June 27, 2016.
bodies have registered with CPSC. http://www.bls.gov/ncs). The total cost
Todd A. Stevenson,
Approximately half (243) of these firms burden to the respondents is
approximately $9,321 ($32.82 × 284 Secretary, Consumer Product Safety
would be required to re-register with Commission.
CPSC each year. hours = $9,321.88).
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• Under 16 CFR part 1112, third party
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Request for Comments BILLING CODE 6355–01–P
conformity assessment bodies are
required to ensure that the information The Commission solicits written
submitted on CPSC Form 223 is current comments from all interested persons
and must submit a new CPSC Form 223 about the proposed collection of
whenever the information changes. information. The Commission
Based on current experience with third specifically solicits information relevant
party conformity assessment bodies, we to the following topics:
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| Contact | Robert H. Squibb, Consumer Product Safety Commission, 4330 East West Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814; (301) 504-7815, or by email to: [email protected] | |
| FR Citation | 81 FR 42669 |
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