81 FR 5010 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Third Party Testing of Children's Products
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[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 19 (Friday, January 29, 2016)] [Notices] [Pages 5010-5013] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-01699] [[Page 5010]] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION [Docket No. CPSC-2010-0038] Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Third Party Testing of Children's Products AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety Commission. ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: In accordance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act (``PRA'') of 1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 35), the Consumer Product Safety Commission (``Commission'' or ``CPSC'') announces that the Commission has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (``OMB'') a request for extension of approval of a collection of information for Third Party Testing of Children's Products, approved previously under OMB Control No. 3041-0159. In the Federal Register of November 16, 2015 (80 FR 70762), the CPSC published a notice to announce the agency's intention to seek extension of approval of the collection of information. The Commission received one comment, which is addressed in this notice. By publication of this notice, the Commission announces that CPSC has submitted to the OMB a request for extension of approval of that collection of information, without change. DATES: Submit written or electronic comments on the collection of information by February 29, 2016. ADDRESSES: Submit comments about this request by email: OIRA[email protected] or fax: 202-395-6881. Comments by mail should be sent to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk Officer for the CPSC, Office of Management and Budget, Room 10235, 725 17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20503. In addition, written comments that are sent to OMB also should be submitted electronically at: http://www.regulations.gov, under Docket No. CPSC- 2010-0038. 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: Comment on the Proposed Extension: CPSC received one comment from the government of India that raised several issues on the proposed extension of approval of the collection of information related to moving the marking and labeling burden requirements for section 104 rules into the collection of information for Third Party Testing of Children's Products. A summary of the issues raised and our responses appear below. For the reasons discussed below, CPSC has not made any amendments to the proposed renewal as a result of the comment. Issue 1: The commenter stated that the ``proposed rule'' would require ``manufacturers of children's products . . . to follow all the paperwork requirements associated with the section 104 rules.'' The commenter objected to the proposed paperwork requirements, stating that the requirements would ``significantly increase the burden on the manufacturers and importers of children's products.'' The commenter described the types of increased burden anticipated, and asked the CPSC ``whether there was any injury or risk attached or reported from the listed products which lead to the proposed regulation.'' Response 1: The commenter appears to misunderstand the intent of CPSC's Federal Register notice. CPSC did not issue a proposed rule that would change the paperwork requirements for children's products generally, or for rules on durable infant and toddler products issued pursuant to section 104 of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (``CPSIA'') (``section 104 rules''). Rather, CPSC's notice was intended to make stakeholders aware that CPSC is seeking approval from OMB of a renewal of an existing collection of information, which is a process required by the PRA. For information collection renewals, the PRA requires agencies to estimate the burden to stakeholders and the burden to the U.S. government to meet existing paperwork requirements. Addressing the renewal of an existing collection of information, CPSC's notice does not require any manufacturer or importer to increase, alter, amend, or decrease a paperwork burden associated with any rule issued by the CPSC, including section 104 rules. CPSC's Federal Register notice fulfilled CPSC's obligation under the PRA to notify the public about the estimated burden calculation for the information collection for Third Party Testing of Children's Products and to seek approval of the renewal from OMB. To increase CPSC's administrative efficiency, CPSC proposed to consolidate the existing paperwork burden estimate for 14 rules that were created pursuant to section 104 into one OMB control number for Third Party Testing of Children's Products. The marking and labeling requirements for each of the 14 section 104 rules, set forth in Table 1, were established in separate prior rulemaking proceedings, which were all subject to notice and comment rulemaking. Moving the estimated burden for meeting marking and labeling requirements for these 14 section 104 rules does not change the existing paperwork burden for manufacturers and importers. If OMB approves the renewal of the collection of information for Third Party Testing of Children's Products, including existing paperwork requirements for marking and labeling of products subject to a section 104 rule, CPSC will account for the burden of testing and labeling of children's products under one OMB control number, 3041-0159, instead of using the 15 separate OMB control numbers in use today. To avoid confusion, and as shown in Table 1, CPSC will discontinue use of the 14 OMB control numbers currently in use for section 104 rules. Issue 2: The commenter highlighted Article 5.1.2 of the World Trade Organization Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade regarding unnecessary obstacles to international trade. Article 5.1.2 states: conformity assessment procedures are not prepared, adopted or applied with a view to or with the effect of creating unnecessary obstacles to international trade. This means, inter alia, that conformity assessment procedures shall not be more strict or be applied more strictly than is necessary to give the importing Member adequate confidence that products conform with the applicable technical regulations or standards, taking account of the risks non- conformity would create. Response 2: After reviewing Article 5.1.2, CPSC does not believe that the Article is applicable to the CPSC's proposed renewal of the collection of information for Third Party Testing of Children's Products or the proposed reallocation of the paperwork burden for section 104 rules. CPSC's notice does not alter or amend any existing technical regulation or paperwork requirement for children's products. Rather, for administrative purposes, CPSC is consolidating existing collections of information. Issue 3: The commenter stated that the ``quality, utility and clarity'' of the products could be derived from general marking procedures provided for ``in the infant products,'' and the commenter asked about the necessity of adding marking and labeling requirements for section 104 rules, and also inquired about how the proposed requirement would be implemented. [[Page 5011]] Response 3: CPSC will not implement changes to marking and labeling requirements faced by industry because CPSC is not changing or adding any marking or labeling requirements for children's products or for section 104 rules. The marking and labeling requirements for each of the 14 section 104 rules were established in separate prior rulemaking proceedings, which were all subject to notice and comment rulemaking. Issue 4: The commenter stated that implementation of the proposed requirement ``may lead to unnecessary delay and escalate the cost'' for export of children's products to the United States. The commenter stated that because the ``proposed regulation'' could create ``a huge cost for Indian exports of children's products, India may like to seek bilateral consultation with USA to sort out the issue.'' Response 4: Discontinuing use of 14 existing OMB control numbers for section 104 rules and moving the burden allocation into one OMB control number for Third Party Testing of Children's Products will not create any new requirements for manufacturers or importers, and therefore, will not cause delay or increased costs. Going forward, CPSC's use of a single OMB control number should reduce burden and costs for CPSC to meet PRA renewal requirements, which must be updated every 3 years. Description of the Collection: CPSC has submitted the following currently approved collection of information to OMB for extension: Title: Third Party Testing of Children's Products OMB Number: 3041-0159 Type of Review: Renewal of collection for third party testing of children's products and inclusion of the previously approved burden for marking and labeling of durable infant and toddler products into this collection of information. General Description of Collection Testing and Certification: On November 8, 2011, the Commission issued two rules for implementing third party testing and certification of children's products, as required by section 14 of the Consumer Product Safety Act (``CPSA''):Testing and Labeling Pertaining to Product Certification (76 FR 69482, codified at 16 CFR part 1107; ``the testing rule''); and Conditions and Requirements for Relying on Component Part Testing or Certification, or Another Party's Finished Product Testing or Certification to Meet Testing and Certification Requirements (76 FR 69547, codified at 16 CFR part 1109; ``the component part rule''). The testing rule establishes requirements for manufacturers to conduct initial third party testing and certification of children's products, testing when there has been a material change in the product, continuing testing (periodic testing), and guarding against undue influence. A final rule on Representative Samples for Periodic Testing of Children's Products (77 FR 72205, Dec. 5, 2012) amended the testing rule to require that representative samples be selected for periodic testing of children's products. The component part rule is a companion to the testing rule that is intended to reduce third party testing burdens by providing all parties involved in the required testing and certifying of children's products the flexibility to conduct or rely upon testing where it is the easiest and least expensive. Certification of a children's product can be based upon one or more of the following: (a) Component part testing; (b) component part certification; (c) another party's finished product testing; or (d) another party's finished product certification. Records required by the testing rule and the rule on selecting representative samples appear in 16 CFR 1107.26. Required records include a certificate, and records documenting third party testing and related sampling plans. These requirements largely overlap the recordkeeping requirements in the component part rule, codified at 16 CFR 1109.5(g). Duplicate recordkeeping is not required; records need to be created and maintained only once to meet the applicable recordkeeping requirements. The component part rule also requires records that enable tracing a product or component back to the entity that had a product tested for compliance, and also requires attestations of due care to ensure test result integrity. Section 104 Rules: The Commission has issued 14 section 104 rules. Section 104 rules issued to date appear in Table 1. Each section 104 rule contains requirements for marking, labeling, and instructional literature: Each product and the shipping container must have a permanent label or marking that identifies the name and address (city, state, and zip code) of the manufacturer, distributor, or seller. A permanent code mark or other product identification shall be provided on the infant carrier and its package or shipping container, if multiple packaging is used. The code will identify the date (month and year) of manufacture and permit future identification of any given model. Each standard also requires products to include easy-to-read and understand instructions regarding assembly, maintenance, cleaning, use, and adjustments, where applicable. OMB has assigned control numbers for the estimated burden to comply with marking and labeling requirements in each section 104 rule. With this renewal, CPSC is moving the marking and labeling burden requirements for section 104 rules into the collection of information for Third Party Testing of Children's Products. The paperwork burdens associated with the section 104 rules are appropriately included in the collection for Third Party Testing of Children's Products because all of the section 104 products are also required to be third party tested. Having all of the burden hours under one collection for children's products provides one OMB control number and eases the administrative burden of renewing multiple collections. CPSC will discontinue using the OMB control numbers currently assigned to individual section 104 rules. The discontinued OMB control numbers are listed in Table 1. Frequency of Response: On occasion. Affected Public: Manufacturers and importers of children's products subject to a children's product safety rule. Estimated Number of Respondents: Testing and Certification: CPSC reviewed every category in the NAICS and selected categories that included firms that could manufacture or sell any consumer product that could be covered by a consumer product safety rule. Using data from the U.S. Census Bureau, we determined that there were approximately 34,000 manufacturers, about 77,000 wholesalers, and about 133,000 retailers in these categories. However, these categories also include many non-children's products, which are not covered by any children's product safety rules. Therefore, these numbers would constitute an overestimate of the number of firms that are subject to the recordkeeping requirements. Section 104 Rules: Table 1 summarizes the durable infant and toddler products subject to the marking and labeling requirements being moved into OMB control number 3041-0159. [[Page 5012]] Table 1--Estimated Burden for Marking and Labeling in Section 104 Rules -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total Discontinued OMB Control No. 16 CFR Part Description Mfrs. Models respondent hours -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3041-0145...................................... 1215 Safety Standard for Infant Bath Seats.. 7 2 14 3041-0141...................................... 1216 Safety Standard for Infant Walkers..... 16 4 64 3041-0150...................................... 1217 Safety Standard for Toddler Beds....... 78 10 780 3041-0157...................................... 1218 Safety Standard for Bassinets and 62 5 310 Cradles. 3041-0147...................................... 1219 Safety Standard for Full-Size Cribs.... 78 11 858 3041-0147...................................... 1220 Safety Standard for Non-Full-Size Cribs 24 4 96 3041-0152...................................... 1221 Safety Standard for Play Yards......... 31 4 124 3041-0160...................................... 1222 Safety Standard for Infant Bedside 5 2 10 Sleepers. 3041-0155...................................... 1223 Safety Standard for Swings............. 10 11 110 3041-0149...................................... 1224 Safety Standard for Portable Bedrails.. 17 2 34 3041-0158...................................... 1225 Safety Standard for Hand-Held Infant 71 2 142 Carriers. 3041-0162...................................... 1226 Safety Standard for Soft Infant and 54 2 108 Toddler Carriers. 3041-0164...................................... 1227 Safety Standard for Carriages and 85 8 680 Strollers. 3041-0166...................................... 1230 Safety Standard for Frame Child 16 3 48 Carriers (not effective until 9/2016). ----------------------------------------------- Total burden hours......................... .............. ....................................... .............. .............. 3,378 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Estimated Time per Response: Testing and Certification: Based on comments received during rulemaking for the testing rule, we estimate recordkeeping for approximately 300,000 non-apparel children's products per year, with an average of 5 hours of recordkeeping burden associated with each product. We also estimate recordkeeping for approximately 1.3 million children's apparel and footwear products per year, with an average of 3 hours of recordkeeping burden associated with each product. Manufacturers that are required to conduct periodic testing have an additional recordkeeping burden estimated at 4 hours per representative sampling plan. Section 104 Rules: Each section 104 rule contains a similar analysis for marking and labeling that estimates the time to make any necessary changes to marking and labeling requirements at one hour per model. Total Estimated Annual Burden: Testing and Certification: The total estimated annual burden for recordkeeping associated with the testing rule is 5.4 million hours (300,000 non-apparel children's products x 5 hours per non-apparel children's product + 1,300,000 children's apparel products x 3 hours per children's apparel product = 1.5 million hours + 3.9 million hours, or a total of 5.4 million hours). Representative Sampling Plans for Periodic Testing: We estimate that if each product line averages 50 individual models or styles, then a total of 32,000 individual representative sampling plans (1.6 million children's products / 50 models or styles) would need to be developed and documented. This would require 128,000 hours (32,000 plans x 4 hours per plan). If each product line averages 10 individual models or styles, then a total of 160,000 different representative sampling plans (1.6 million children's products / 10 models or styles) would need to be documented. This would require 640,000 hours (160,000 plans x 4 hours per plan). Accordingly, the requirement to document the basis for selecting representative samples could increase the estimated annual burden by up to 640,000 hours. Component Part Testing: The component part rule shifts some testing costs and some recordkeeping costs to component part and finished product suppliers because some testing will be performed by these parties rather than by the finished product certifiers (manufacturers and importers). Even if a finished product certifier can rely entirely on component part and finished product suppliers for all required testing, however, the finished product supplier will still have some recordkeeping burden to create and maintain a finished product certificate. Therefore, although the component part testing rule may reduce the total cost of the testing required by the testing and certification rule, the rule increases the estimated annual recordkeeping burden for those who choose to use component part testing. Because we do not know how many companies participate in component part testing and supply test reports or certifications to other certifiers in the supply chain, we have no concrete data to estimate the recordkeeping and third party disclosure requirements in the component part rule. Likewise, no clear method exists for estimating the number of finished product certifiers who conduct their own component part testing. In the component part rulemaking, we suggested that the recordkeeping burden for the component part testing rule could amount to 10 percent of the burden estimated for the testing and labeling rule. 76 FR 69546, 69579 (Nov. 8, 2011). Currently, we have no basis to change this estimate. In addition to recordkeeping, the component part rule requires third party disclosure of test reports and certificates, if any, to a certifier who intends to rely on such documents to issue its own certificate. Without data, allocation of burden estimation between the recordkeeping and third party disclosure requirements is difficult. However, based on our previous analysis, we continue to estimate that creating and maintaining records accounts for approximately 90 percent of the burden, while the third party disclosure burden is much less, perhaps approximately 10 percent. Therefore, if we continue to use the estimate that component part testing will amount to about 10 percent of the burden estimated for the testing rule, then the hour burden of the component part rule is estimated to be about 540,000 hours total annually (10% of 5.4 million hours); allocating 486,000 hours for recordkeeping and 54,000 hours for third party disclosure. Section 104 Rules: The burden for marking and labeling for each section 104 rule is provided in Table 1. The estimated total number of respondent hours is 3,378. [[Page 5013]] Dated: January 26, 2016. Todd A. 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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY labeling burden requirements for section marking and labeling requirements for
COMMISSION 104 rules into the collection of each of the 14 section 104 rules, set
information for Third Party Testing of forth in Table 1, were established in
[Docket No. CPSC–2010–0038]
Children’s Products. A summary of the separate prior rulemaking proceedings,
Agency Information Collection issues raised and our responses appear which were all subject to notice and
Activities; Proposed Collection; below. For the reasons discussed below, comment rulemaking. Moving the
Comment Request; Third Party Testing CPSC has not made any amendments to estimated burden for meeting marking
of Children’s Products the proposed renewal as a result of the and labeling requirements for these 14
comment. section 104 rules does not change the
AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety Issue 1: The commenter stated that existing paperwork burden for
Commission. the ‘‘proposed rule’’ would require manufacturers and importers. If OMB
ACTION: Notice. ‘‘manufacturers of children’s products approves the renewal of the collection
. . . to follow all the paperwork of information for Third Party Testing of
SUMMARY: In accordance with the requirements associated with the Children’s Products, including existing
requirements of the Paperwork section 104 rules.’’ The commenter paperwork requirements for marking
Reduction Act (‘‘PRA’’) of 1995 (44 objected to the proposed paperwork and labeling of products subject to a
U.S.C. chapter 35), the Consumer requirements, stating that the section 104 rule, CPSC will account for
Product Safety Commission requirements would ‘‘significantly the burden of testing and labeling of
(‘‘Commission’’ or ‘‘CPSC’’) announces increase the burden on the children’s products under one OMB
that the Commission has submitted to manufacturers and importers of control number, 3041–0159, instead of
the Office of Management and Budget children’s products.’’ The commenter using the 15 separate OMB control
(‘‘OMB’’) a request for extension of described the types of increased burden numbers in use today. To avoid
approval of a collection of information anticipated, and asked the CPSC confusion, and as shown in Table 1,
for Third Party Testing of Children’s ‘‘whether there was any injury or risk CPSC will discontinue use of the 14
Products, approved previously under attached or reported from the listed OMB control numbers currently in use
OMB Control No. 3041–0159. In the products which lead to the proposed for section 104 rules.
Federal Register of November 16, 2015 regulation.’’
(80 FR 70762), the CPSC published a Response 1: The commenter appears Issue 2: The commenter highlighted
notice to announce the agency’s to misunderstand the intent of CPSC’s Article 5.1.2 of the World Trade
intention to seek extension of approval Federal Register notice. CPSC did not Organization Agreement on Technical
of the collection of information. The issue a proposed rule that would change Barriers to Trade regarding unnecessary
Commission received one comment, the paperwork requirements for obstacles to international trade. Article
which is addressed in this notice. By children’s products generally, or for 5.1.2 states:
publication of this notice, the rules on durable infant and toddler conformity assessment procedures are not
Commission announces that CPSC has products issued pursuant to section 104 prepared, adopted or applied with a view to
submitted to the OMB a request for of the Consumer Product Safety or with the effect of creating unnecessary
extension of approval of that collection Improvement Act of 2008 (‘‘CPSIA’’) obstacles to international trade. This means,
(‘‘section 104 rules’’). Rather, CPSC’s inter alia, that conformity assessment
of information, without change. procedures shall not be more strict or be
DATES: Submit written or electronic notice was intended to make applied more strictly than is necessary to
comments on the collection of stakeholders aware that CPSC is seeking give the importing Member adequate
information by February 29, 2016. approval from OMB of a renewal of an confidence that products conform with the
ADDRESSES: Submit comments about
existing collection of information, applicable technical regulations or standards,
this request by email: OIRA_ which is a process required by the PRA. taking account of the risks non-conformity
submission@omb.eop.gov or fax: 202– For information collection renewals, the would create.
395–6881. Comments by mail should be PRA requires agencies to estimate the
burden to stakeholders and the burden Response 2: After reviewing Article
sent to the Office of Information and 5.1.2, CPSC does not believe that the
Regulatory Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk to the U.S. government to meet existing
paperwork requirements. Addressing Article is applicable to the CPSC’s
Officer for the CPSC, Office of proposed renewal of the collection of
the renewal of an existing collection of
Management and Budget, Room 10235, information for Third Party Testing of
information, CPSC’s notice does not
725 17th Street NW., Washington, DC Children’s Products or the proposed
require any manufacturer or importer to
20503. In addition, written comments reallocation of the paperwork burden for
increase, alter, amend, or decrease a
that are sent to OMB also should be section 104 rules. CPSC’s notice does
paperwork burden associated with any
submitted electronically at: http:// not alter or amend any existing
rule issued by the CPSC, including
www.regulations.gov, under Docket No. technical regulation or paperwork
section 104 rules.
CPSC–2010–0038. CPSC’s Federal Register notice requirement for children’s products.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: fulfilled CPSC’s obligation under the Rather, for administrative purposes,
Robert H. Squibb, Consumer Product PRA to notify the public about the CPSC is consolidating existing
Safety Commission, 4330 East West estimated burden calculation for the collections of information.
Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814; (301) information collection for Third Party Issue 3: The commenter stated that
504–7815, or by email to: rsquibb@ Testing of Children’s Products and to the ‘‘quality, utility and clarity’’ of the
cpsc.gov. seek approval of the renewal from OMB. products could be derived from general
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: To increase CPSC’s administrative marking procedures provided for ‘‘in the
Comment on the Proposed Extension: efficiency, CPSC proposed to infant products,’’ and the commenter
CPSC received one comment from the consolidate the existing paperwork asked about the necessity of adding
government of India that raised several burden estimate for 14 rules that were marking and labeling requirements for
issues on the proposed extension of created pursuant to section 104 into one section 104 rules, and also inquired
approval of the collection of information OMB control number for Third Party about how the proposed requirement
related to moving the marking and Testing of Children’s Products. The would be implemented.
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Dated: January 26, 2016. Any associated form(s) for this Average Burden per Response: 4
Todd A. Stevenson, collection may be located within this minutes.
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety same electronic docket and downloaded Frequency: Annually, on occasion.
Commission. for review/testing. Follow the The administration has placed an
[FR Doc. 2016–01699 Filed 1–28–16; 8:45 am] instructions at http:// increased emphasis upon recovery of
BILLING CODE 6355–01–P www.regulations.gov for submitting health care expenses under the TPCP, as
comments. Please submit comments on authorized by 10 U.S.C. 1095 and
any given form identified by docket 1097b, and also from civilians and other
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE number, form number, and title. federal agencies as authorized by 10
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To U.S.C. 1079b and 1085. Completion of
Office of the Secretary request more information on this this form, while increasing total burden
proposed information collection or to hours, will aid in increasing revenue to
[Docket ID DOD–2012–HA–0160] improve services, operating efficiency
obtain a copy of the proposal and
associated collection instruments, and effectiveness within the Military
Proposed Collection; Comment
please write to the Defense Health Health System. Funds collected return
Request
Agency Uniform Business Office, directly to the operation and
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Defense Health Headquarters, 7700 maintenance budget of the MTF where
Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs Arlington Blvd., Falls Church, Virginia the care was delivered and are used to
ACTION: Notice. 22042, ATTN: DeLisa E. Prater, Program improve the quality of healthcare. Often
Manager, 703–681–3492. ext. 6757 (DSN the funds allow the continuation of
SUMMARY: In compliance with the 761). programs or purchasing of equipment at
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the the facilities for which there would
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Office of the Assistant Secretary of otherwise not be funding. This
Title; Associated Form; and OMB
Defense for Health Affairs announces a information is collected either during
Number: Third Party Collection
proposed public information collection the admission and/or discharge process
Program/Medical Services Account/
and seeks public comment on the for an inpatient stay or during the
Other Health Insurance; DD Form 2569;
provisions thereof. Comments are registration process for an outpatient
OMB Control Number 0720–0055.
invited on: (a) Whether the proposed visit or as soon as practical thereafter.
Needs and Uses: The information
collection of information is necessary Dated: January 26, 2016.
collection requirement is necessary to
for the proper performance of the
obtain health insurance policy Morgan E. Park,
functions of the agency, including
information used for coordination of Alternate OSD Federal Register, Liaison
whether the information shall have
health care benefits and billing third Officer, Department of Defense.
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
party payers and other federal agencies [FR Doc. 2016–01702 Filed 1–28–16; 8:45 am]
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
for health care provided to their BILLING CODE 5001–06–P
proposed information collection; (c)
beneficiaries and also to civilian non-
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
Uniformed Service beneficiaries for
clarity of the information to be
health care provided to them. DoD ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
implemented the Third Party Collection AGENCY
burden of the information collection on
Program (TPCP) in FY87 based on the
respondents, including through the use [ER–FRL–9025–3]
authority granted in 10 U.S.C. 1095 and
of automated collection techniques or
implemented by 32 CFR 220 in
other forms of information technology. Environmental Impact Statements;
accordance with the Consolidated
DATES: Consideration will be given to all Notice of Availability
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of
comments received by March 29, 2016. 1986 (COBRA) (Pub. L. 99–272, section Responsible Agency: Office of Federal
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 2001, April 7, 1986). Under the TPCP, Activities, General Information (202)
identified by docket number and title, DoD is authorized to collect from third- 564–7146 or http://www2.epa.gov/nepa.
by any of the following methods: party payers the cost of inpatient and Weekly receipt of Environmental
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// outpatient services rendered to DoD Impact Statements (EISs), Filed 01/18/
www.regulations.gov. Follow the beneficiaries who have other health 2016 Through 01/22/2016, Pursuant to
instructions for submitting comments. insurance. Military treatment facilities 40 CFR 1506.9.
• Mail: Department of Defense, Office (MTFs) are required to make this form
of the Deputy Chief Management Notice
available to third-party payers upon
Officer, Directorate of Oversight and request. A third-party payer may not Section 309(a) of the Clean Air Act
Compliance, Regulatory and Audit request any other assignment of benefits requires that EPA make public its
Matters Office, 9010 Defense Pentagon, form from the subscriber. Also, for comments on EISs issued by other
Washington, DC 20301–9010. civilian non-Uniformed Services Federal agencies. EPA’s comment letters
Instructions: All submissions received beneficiary and interagency patients, DD on EISs are available at: https://
must include the agency name, docket Form 2569 is necessary and serves as an cdxnodengn.epa.gov/cdx-nepa-public/
number and title for this Federal assignment of benefits, approval to action/eis/search.
Register document. The general policy submit claims to payers on behalf of the EIS No. 20160016, Final, FHWA, TX,
for comments and other submissions
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patient and authorization to release SH 249 Extension, Contact: Carlos
from members of the public is to make medical information. Swonke 512–416–2734, Under MAP–
these submissions available for public Affected Public: Individuals or 21 Section 1319 FHWA has issued a
viewing on the Internet at http:// households. single FEIS and ROD. Therefore, the
www.regulations.gov as they are Annual Burden Hours: 260,000. 30-day wait/review period under
received without change, including any Number of Respondents: 3,900,000. NEPA does not apply to this action.
personal identifiers or contact Responses per Respondent: 1. EIS No. 20160017, Draft, USFS, AK,
information. Annual Responses: 3,900,000. Shoreline II Oufitter/Guide (formerly
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