81_FR_55610 81 FR 55449 - Collection of Information; Proposed Extension of Approval; Comment Request-Publicly Available Consumer Product Safety Information Database

81 FR 55449 - Collection of Information; Proposed Extension of Approval; Comment Request-Publicly Available Consumer Product Safety Information Database

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION

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FR Document2016-19811

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 for the Publicly Available Consumer Product Safety Information Database. 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-2010-0041]


Collection of Information; Proposed Extension of Approval; 
Comment Request--Publicly Available Consumer Product Safety Information 
Database

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 for the Publicly Available Consumer Product 
Safety Information Database. 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: Submit written or electronic comments on the collection of 
information by October 18, 2016.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CPSC-2010-
0041, by any of the following methods:
    You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CPSC-2010-0041, 
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

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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-2010-0041, 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 212 of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 
(CPSIA) added section 6A to the Consumer Product Safety Act (CPSA), 
which requires the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC or 
Commission) to establish and maintain a publicly available, searchable 
database on the safety of consumer products and other products or 
substances regulated by the Commission (Database). Among other things, 
section 6A of the CPSA requires the Commission to collect reports of 
harm from the public for potential publication in the publicly 
available Database, and to collect and publish comments about reports 
of harm from manufacturers.
    The Commission announced that a proposed collection of information 
in conjunction with the Database, called the Publicly Available 
Consumer Product Safety Information Database, had been submitted to OMB 
for review and clearance under 44 U.S.C. 3501-3520 in a proposed rule 
published on May 24, 2010 (75 FR 29156). The Commission issued a final 
rule on the Database on December 9, 2010 (75 FR 76832). The final rule 
interprets various statutory requirements in section 6A of the CPSA 
pertaining to the information to be included in the Database and also 
establishes provisions regarding submitting reports of harm; providing 
notice of reports of harm to manufacturers; publishing reports of harm 
and manufacturer comments in the Database; and dealing with 
confidential and materially inaccurate information.
    OMB approved the collection of information for the Database under 
control number 3041-0146. OMB's most recent extension of approval on 
December 2, 2013 will expire on December 31, 2016. Accordingly, the 
Commission now proposes to request an extension of approval of this 
collection of information.

B. Information Collected Through the Database

    The primary purpose of this information collection is to populate 
the publicly searchable Database of consumer product safety information 
mandated by section 6A of the CPSA. The Database information collection 
has four components: Reports of harm, manufacturer comments, branding 
information, and the Small Batch Manufacturer Registry (SBMR).
    Reports of Harm: Reports of harm communicate information regarding 
an injury, illness, or death, or any risk (as determined by CPSC) of 
injury, illness, or death, relating to the use of a consumer product. 
Reports can be submitted to the CPSC by consumers; local, state, or 
federal government agencies; health care professionals; child service 
providers; public safety entities; and others. Reports may be submitted 
in one of three ways: Via the CPSC Web site (www.SaferProducts.gov), by 
telephone via a CPSC call center, or by email, fax, or mail using the 
incident report form (available for download or printing via the CPSC 
Web site). Reports may also originate as a free-form letter or email. 
Submitters must consent to inclusion of their report of harm in the 
publicly searchable Database.
    Manufacturer Comments: A manufacturer or private labeler may submit 
a comment related to a report of harm after the CPSC transmits the 
report to the manufacturer or private labeler identified in the report. 
Manufacturer comments may be submitted through the business portal, by 
email, mail, or fax. The business portal is a feature of the Database 
that allows manufacturers who register on the business portal to 
receive reports of harm and comment on such reports through the 
business portal. Use of the business portal expedites the receipt of 
reports of harm and business response times.
    A manufacturer may request that the Commission designate 
information in a report of harm as confidential. Such a request may be 
made using the business portal, by email, by mail, or by fax. 
Additionally, any person or entity reviewing a report of harm or 
manufacturer comment, either before or after publication in the 
Database, may request that the report or comment, or portions of the 
report or comment, be excluded from the Database because it contains 
materially inaccurate information. Such a request may be made by 
manufacturers using the business portal, by email, mail or fax, and may 
be submitted by anyone else by email, mail, or fax.
    Branding Information: Using the business portal, registered 
businesses may voluntarily submit branding information to assist CPSC 
in correctly and timely routing reports of harm involving their 
products to them. Brand names may be licensed to another entity for use 
in labeling consumer products manufactured by that entity. CPSC's 
understanding of licensing arrangements for consumer products ensures 
that the correct manufacturer is timely notified regarding a report of 
harm.
    Small Batch Manufacturers Registry: The business portal also 
contains the SBMR, which is the online mechanism by which ``small batch 
manufacturers'' (as defined in the CPSA) can identify themselves to 
obtain relief from certain third party testing requirements for 
children's products. To register as a small batch manufacturer, a 
business must attest that the company's income level and the number of 
units of the covered product manufactured for which relief is sought 
both fall within the statutory limits to receive relief from third 
party testing.

C. Estimated Burden

1. Estimated Annual Burden for Respondents

    We estimate the burden of this collection of information as 
follows:

                         Table 1--Estimated Annual Reporting Burden for Reports of Harm
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                                     Number of       Response      Total annual     Minutes per    Total burden,
         Collection type            respondents    frequency \1\     responses       response      in hours \2\
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Reports of Harm--submitted                 6,582            1.03           6,790              12           1,358
 through website................
Reports of Harm--submitted by              2,632            1.01           2,643              10             441
 phone..........................
Reports of Harm--submitted by                780            6.67           5,206              20           1,735
 mail, email, fax...............
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    Total.......................           9,994  ..............          14,639  ..............           3,534
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\1\ Frequency of responses is calculated by dividing the number of responses by the number of respondents.
\2\ Numbers have been rounded.


                     Table 2--Estimated Annual Reporting Burden for Manufacturer Submissions
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                                     Number of       Response      Total annual     Minutes per    Total burden,
         Collection type            respondents    frequency \1\     responses       response      in hours \2\
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Manufacturer Comments--submitted             532            6.23           3,317             117           6,468
 through Web site...............
Manufacturer Comments--submitted             283            1.22             346             147             848
 by mail, email, fax............
Requests to Treat Information as              12            1.08              13              42               9
 Confidential--submitted through
 Web site.......................
Requests to Treat Information as               0             n/a               0              72               0
 Confidential--submitted by
 mail, email, fax...............
Requests to Treat Information as             131            1.82             238             165             655
 Materially Inaccurate--
 submitted through Web site.....
Requests to Treat Information as              79            1.06              84             195             273
 Materially Inaccurate--
 submitted by mail, email, fax..
Voluntary Brand Identification..             829            1.48           1,228              10             205
Small Batch Manufacturer                   2,208               1           2,208              10             368
 Identification.................
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    Total.......................           4,074  ..............           7,434  ..............           8,826
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    Based on the data set forth in Tables 1 and 2 above, the annual 
reporting cost is estimated to be $719,381. This estimate is based on 
the sum of two estimated total figures for reports of harm and 
manufacturer submissions. The estimated number of respondents and 
responses are based on the actual responses received in FY 2015. We 
assume that the number of responses and respondents will be similar in 
future years.
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    \1\ Frequency of response is calculated by dividing the number 
of responses by the number of respondents.
    \2\ Numbers have been rounded.
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    Reports of Harm: Table 1 sets forth the data used to estimate the 
burden associated with submitting reports of harm. We had previously 
estimated the time associated with the electronic and telephone 
submission of reports of harm at 12 and 10 minutes, respectively, and 
because we have had no indication that these estimates are not 
appropriate or accurate, we used those figures for present purposes as 
well. We estimate that the time associated with a paper or PDF form 
would be 20 minutes, on average.
    To estimate the costs for submitting reports of harm, we multiplied 
the estimated total burden hours associated with reports of harm (1,358 
hours + 441 hours + 1,735 hours = 3,534 hours) by an estimated total 
compensation for all workers in private industry of $32.06 per hour,\3\ 
which results in an estimated cost of $113,300 (3,534 hours x $32.06 
per hour = $113,300).
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    \3\ U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Table 
9 of the Employer Costs for Employee Compensation (ECEC), Private 
Industry, goods-producing and service-providing industries, by 
occupational group, June 2016 (data extracted on 06/23/2016 from 
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/ecec.t09.htm.
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    Manufacturer Submissions: Table 2 sets forth the data used to 
estimate the burden associated with manufacturers' submissions to the 
Database. We observed that a large percentage of the general comments 
come from a few businesses and assumed that the experience of a 
business that submits many comments each year would be different from 
one that submits only a few. Accordingly, we divided all responding 
businesses into three groups, based on the number of general comments 
submitted in FY 2015; and then we selected several businesses from each 
group to contact. The first group we contacted consisted of businesses 
that submitted 50 or more comments in FY 2015, accounting for 31 
percent of all general comments received. The second group we contacted 
included businesses that submitted six to 49 comments, accounting for 
39 percent of all general comments received. The last group contacted 
included businesses that submitted no more than five comments, 
accounting for 30 percent of all general comments received.\4\ We asked 
each company contacted how long it typically takes to research, 
compose, and enter a comment, a claim of materially inaccurate 
information, or a confidential information claim.
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    \4\ In the last group one company was excluded as an outlier.
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    To estimate the burden associated with submitting a general comment 
through the business portal regarding a report of harm, we averaged the 
burden provided by each company within each group and then calculated a 
weighted average from the three groups, weighting each group by the 
proportion of comments received from that group. We found that the 
average time to submit a general comment regarding a report of harm is 
117 minutes based on the data in Table 3 (((15 minutes + 45 minutes + 
30 minutes + 15 minutes)/4 companies) * .31 + ((105 minutes + 45 
minutes + 150 minutes + 15 minutes)/4 companies) * .39 + ((240 minutes 
+ 60 minutes + 480 minutes)/3 companies) * .30 = 117 minutes).

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  Table 3--Estimated Burden To Enter a General Comment in the Database
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                                                              General
                 Group                       Company         comments
                                                             (minutes)
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Group 1................................               A               15
    (>=50 comments)....................               B               45
                                                       C              30
                                                      D               15
Group 2................................               A              105
    (6-49 comments)....................               B               45
                                                       C             150
                                                      D               15
Group 3................................               A              240
    (>=5 comments).....................               B               60
                                                       C             480
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    Registered businesses generally submit comments through our Web 
site. Unregistered businesses submit comments by mail, email, or fax. 
We estimate that for unregistered businesses, submitting comments takes 
a little longer because we often must ask the businesses to amend their 
submissions to include the required certifications. Thus, we estimated 
that on average, comments submitted by mail, email, or fax take 30 
minutes longer than those submitted through our Web site (117 minutes + 
30 minutes = 147 minutes).
    The submission of a claim of materially inaccurate information is a 
relatively rare event for all respondents. Accordingly, we averaged all 
responses together. Eight of the businesses contacted had submitted 
claims of materially inaccurate information. We found that the average 
time to submit a claim that a report of harm contains a material 
inaccuracy is 165 minutes ((30 minutes + 90 minutes + 45 minutes + 90 
minutes + 60 minutes + 660 minutes + 45 minutes + 300 minutes)/8 
companies = 165 minutes).
    Registered businesses generally submit claims through the business 
portal. Unregistered businesses submit claims by mail, email, or fax. 
We estimate that submitting claims by mail, email, or fax takes a 
little longer because we often must ask the businesses to amend their 
submission to include the required certifications. Thus, we estimated 
that on average, claims submitted by mail, email, or fax take 30 
minutes longer than those submitted through our Web site (165 minutes + 
30 minutes = 195 minutes).
    The submission of a claim of confidential information is a 
relatively rare event for all respondents; accordingly, we averaged all 
responses together. Five of the businesses contacted had submitted 
claims of confidential information. We found that the average time to 
submit a claim that a report of harm contains confidential information 
is 42 minutes ((45 minutes + 15 minutes + 60 minutes + 30 minutes + 60 
minutes)/5 companies = 42 minutes).
    Registered businesses generally submit confidential information 
claims through the business portal. Unregistered businesses submit 
confidential information claims by mail, email, or fax. We estimate 
that submitting claims in this way takes a little longer because we 
often must ask the businesses to amend their submission to include the 
required certifications. Thus, we estimate that a confidential 
information claim submitted by mail, email, or fax would take 30 
minutes longer than those submitted through our Web site (42 minutes + 
30 minutes = 72 minutes).
    For voluntary brand identification, we estimate that a response 
would take 10 minutes on average. Most responses consist only of the 
brand name and a product description. In many cases a business will 
submit multiple entries in a brief period of time and we can see from 
the date and time stamps on these records that an entry often takes 
less than two minutes. CPSC staff enters the same data in a similar 
form based on our own research, and that experience was also factored 
into our estimate.
    For small batch manufacturer identification, we estimate that a 
response would take 10 minutes on average. The form consists of three 
check boxes and the information should be readily accessible to the 
respondent.
    The responses summarized in Table 2 are generally submitted by 
manufacturers. To avoid underestimating the cost associated with the 
collection of this data, we assigned the higher hourly wage associated 
with a manager or professional in goods-producing industries to these 
tasks. To estimate the cost of manufacturer submissions we multiplied 
the estimated total burden hours in Table 2 (8,826 hours) by an 
estimated total compensation for a manager or professional in goods-
producing industries of $68.67 per hour,\5\ which results in an 
estimated cost of $606,081 (8,826 hours x $68.67 per hour = $606,081).
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    \5\ U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Table 
9 of the Employer Costs for Employee Compensation (ECEC), Private 
Industry, goods-producing and service-providing industries, by 
occupational group, June 2016 (data extracted on 06/23/2016 from 
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/ecec.t09.htm.
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    Therefore, the total estimated annual cost to respondents is 
$719,381 ($113,300 burden for reports of harm + $606,081 burden for 
manufacturer submissions = $719,381).

2. Estimated Annual Burden on Government

    We estimate the annualized cost to the CPSC to be $954,531. This 
figure is based on the costs for four categories of work for the 
Database: Reports of Harm, Materially Inaccurate Information Claims, 
Manufacturer Comments, and Small Batch Identification. Each category is 
described below. No government cost is associated with Voluntary Brand 
Identification because this information is entered directly into the 
Database by the manufacturer with no processing required by the 
government. The information assists the government in directing reports 
of harm to the correct manufacturer. We did not attempt to calculate 
separately the government cost for claims of confidential information 
because the number of claims is so small. The time to process these 
claims is included with claims of materially inaccurate information.
    Reports of Harm: The Reports of Harm category includes many 
different tasks. Some costs related to this category are from two data 
entry contracts. Tasks related to these contracts include clerical 
coding of the report, such as

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identifying the type of consumer product reported and the appropriate 
associated hazard, as well as performing quality control on the data in 
the report. Contractor A spends an estimated 5,267 hours per year 
performing these tasks. With an hourly rate of $33.31 for contractor 
services, the annual cost to the government of contract A is $175,444. 
Contractor B spends an estimated 2,539 hours per year performing these 
tasks. With an hourly rate of $58.09 for contractor services, the 
annual cost to the government of contract B is $147,491.
    The Reports of Harm category also includes sending consent requests 
for reports when necessary, processing that consent when received, 
determining whether a product is out of CPSC's jurisdiction, and 
confirming that pictures and attachments do not have any personally 
identifiable information. The Reports category also entails notifying 
manufacturers when one of their products is reported, completing a risk 
of harm determination form for every report eligible for publication, 
referring some reports to a Subject Matter Expert (SME) within the CPSC 
for a determination on whether the reports meet the requirement of 
having a risk of harm, and determining whether a report meets all the 
statutory and regulatory requirements for publication. Detailed costs 
are:

                                Table 4--Estimated Costs for Reports of Harm Task
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                                                                     Number of         Total
                           Grade level                                 hours       compensation    Total annual
                                                                     (annual)        per hour          cost
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Contract A......................................................           5,267          $33.31        $175,444
Contract B......................................................           2,539           58.09         147,491
7...............................................................             200           34.78           6,956
9...............................................................             300           42.69          12,807
12..............................................................           5,528           61.91         342,238
13..............................................................             428           73.37          31,402
14..............................................................           1,068           86.99          92,905
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    Total.......................................................          15,330  ..............         809,243
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    Materially Inaccurate Information (MII) Claims: The MII claims 
category includes reviewing and responding to claims, participating in 
meetings where the claims are discussed, and completing a risk of harm 
determination on reports when a company alleges that a report does not 
describe a risk of harm.

                                  Table 5--Estimated Costs for MII Claims Task
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                                                                     Number of         Total
                           Grade level                                 hours       compensation    Total annual
                                                                     (annual)        per hour          cost
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12..............................................................             275          $61.91         $17,025
13..............................................................             167           73.37          12,253
14..............................................................             323           86.99          28,098
15..............................................................              50          101.99           5,100
SES.............................................................              50          109.97           5,499
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    Total.......................................................             865  ..............       67,975.00
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    Manufacturer Comments: The Comments category includes reviewing and 
accepting or rejecting comments.

                             Table 6--Estimated Costs for Manufacturer Comments Task
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                                                                     Number of         Total
                           Grade level                                 hours       compensation    Total annual
                                                                     (annual)        per hour          cost
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12..............................................................              62          $61.91          $3,838
13..............................................................             109           73.37           7,997
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    Total.......................................................             171  ..............          11,835
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    Small Batch Manufacturer Identification: The Small Batch 
Manufacturer Identification category includes time spent posting the 
list of small batch registrations, as well as answering manufacturers' 
questions on registering as a Small Batch company and what the 
implications to that company of small batch registration.

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                                  Table 7--Estimated Costs for Small Batch Task
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                                                                     Number of         Total
                           Grade level                                 hours       compensation    Total annual
                                                                     (annual)        per hour          cost
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15..............................................................             642         $101.99         $65,478
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    Total.......................................................             642  ..............         $65,478
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    We estimate the annualized cost to the CPSC of $954,531 by adding 
the four categories of work related to the Database summarized in 
Tables 4 through 7 (Reports of Harm ($809,243) + MII Claims ($67,975) + 
Manufacturer Comments ($11,835) + Small Batch Identification ($65,478) 
= $954,531).
    This information collection renewal request based on an estimated 
12,360 burden hours per year for the Database is a decrease of 7,485 
hours since this collection of information was last approved by OMB in 
2013. The decrease in burden is due primarily to the fact that the 
number of incoming reports of harm has decreased, and the number of 
claims based on those reports has decreased as well. While comments did 
not decline significantly, they did shift to the more efficient online 
submissions. We note a large increase in small batch manufacturer 
activity, which has been rising steadily for years. However, this 
increase was not large enough to offset the decreases in other areas.

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: February 16, 2016.
Todd A. Stevenson,
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission.
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                                                    8410–01–279–7750—Skirt, Gabardine,                      7210–00–NIB–0161—Pillow, Medical,                     Electronic Submissions: Submit
                                                      Lined, Marine Corps, Women’s, Blue,                     Blue, 26″ x 20″                                   electronic comments to the Federal
                                                      18L                                                   7210–00–NIB–0162—Pillow, Bed, Flame                 eRulemaking Portal at: http://
                                                    8410–01–279–7751—Skirt, Gabardine,                        Resistant, Pink, 26″ x 20″                        www.regulations.gov. Follow the
                                                      Lined, Marine Corps, Women’s, Blue,                 Mandatory Source(s) of Supply: Blind                  instructions for submitting comments.
                                                      20S                                                     Industries & Services of Maryland,
                                                    8410–01–279–7752—Skirt, Gabardine,
                                                                                                                                                                The Commission does not accept
                                                                                                              Baltimore, MD                                     comments submitted by electronic mail
                                                      Lined, Marine Corps, Women’s, Blue,                 Contracting Activity: Department of Veterans
                                                      20R                                                                                                       (email), except through
                                                                                                              Affairs
                                                    8410–01–279–7753—Skirt, Gabardine,                                                                          www.regulations.gov. The Commission
                                                      Lined, Marine Corps, Women’s, Blue,                 NSN(s)—Product Name(s):                               encourages you to submit electronic
                                                      20L                                                   5970–01–245–7042—Tape, Electrical                   comments by using the Federal
                                                  Contracting Activity: Defense Logistics                     Insulation, Black, 1″ W x 108 ft                  eRulemaking Portal, as described above.
                                                      Agency Troop Support                                Mandatory Source(s) of Supply: Cincinnati               Written Submissions: Submit written
                                                  NSN(s)—Product Name(s):                                     Association for the Blind, Cincinnati, OH         submissions by mail/hand delivery/
                                                    7520–01–385–7362—Pencil, Mechanical,                    Blind Industries & Services of Maryland,            courier to: Office of the Secretary,
                                                      Side Action, Green Barrel, 0.7 mm                       Baltimore, MD
                                                    7520–01–354–2305—Pencil, Mechanical,                                                                        Consumer Product Safety Commission,
                                                                                                          NSN(s)—Product Name(s):                               Room 820, 4330 East West Highway,
                                                      Push Action, Red Barrel and Lead, Extra
                                                      Bold Point (1.1 mm)                                   5970–01–560–5355—Tape, Insulation,                  Bethesda, MD 20814; telephone (301)
                                                  Mandatory Source(s) of Supply: San Antonio                  Electrical, High Voltage, Black, 2″ x 108′        504–7923.
                                                      Lighthouse for the Blind, San Antonio,              Mandatory Source(s) of Supply: Blind                    Instructions: All submissions received
                                                      TX                                                      Industries & Services of Maryland,                must include the agency name and
                                                  Contracting Activity: General Services                      Baltimore, MD                                     docket number for this notice. All
                                                      Administration, New York, NY                        Contracting Activity: Defense Logistics               comments received may be posted
                                                  NSN(s)—Product Name(s):                                     Agency Aviation                                   without change, including any personal
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                                                    7510–01–443–2121—Toner, Cartridges,                                                                         identifiers, contact information, or other
                                                      New                                                 Barry S. Lineback,
                                                                                                          Director, Business Operations.
                                                                                                                                                                personal information provided, to:
                                                    7510–00–NIB–0633—Skilcraft Toner
                                                      Cartridge                                                                                                 http://www.regulations.gov. Do not
                                                                                                          [FR Doc. 2016–19842 Filed 8–18–16; 8:45 am]
                                                    7510–00–NIB–0642—Skilcraft Toner                                                                            submit confidential business
                                                                                                          BILLING CODE 6353–01–P                                information, trade secret information, or
                                                      Cartridge
                                                  Mandatory Source(s) of Supply: Alabama                                                                        other sensitive or protected information
                                                      Industries for the Blind, Talladega, AL                                                                   that you do not want to be available to


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                                                  the public. If furnished at all, such                   confidential and materially inaccurate                such reports through the business
                                                  information should be submitted in                      information.                                          portal. Use of the business portal
                                                  writing.                                                  OMB approved the collection of                      expedites the receipt of reports of harm
                                                    Docket: For access to the docket to                   information for the Database under                    and business response times.
                                                  read background documents or                            control number 3041–0146. OMB’s most                     A manufacturer may request that the
                                                  comments received, go to: http://                       recent extension of approval on                       Commission designate information in a
                                                  www.regulations.gov, and insert the                     December 2, 2013 will expire on                       report of harm as confidential. Such a
                                                  docket number CPSC–2010–0041, into                      December 31, 2016. Accordingly, the                   request may be made using the business
                                                  the ‘‘Search’’ box, and follow the                      Commission now proposes to request an                 portal, by email, by mail, or by fax.
                                                  prompts.                                                extension of approval of this collection              Additionally, any person or entity
                                                  FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For                    of information.                                       reviewing a report of harm or
                                                  further information contact: Robert H.                  B. Information Collected Through the                  manufacturer comment, either before or
                                                  Squibb, Consumer Product Safety                         Database                                              after publication in the Database, may
                                                  Commission, 4330 East West Highway,                                                                           request that the report or comment, or
                                                  Bethesda, MD 20814; (301) 504–7815, or                    The primary purpose of this                         portions of the report or comment, be
                                                  by email to: rsquibb@cpsc.gov.                          information collection is to populate the             excluded from the Database because it
                                                  SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:                              publicly searchable Database of                       contains materially inaccurate
                                                                                                          consumer product safety information                   information. Such a request may be
                                                  A. Background                                           mandated by section 6A of the CPSA.                   made by manufacturers using the
                                                     Section 212 of the Consumer Product                  The Database information collection has               business portal, by email, mail or fax,
                                                  Safety Improvement Act of 2008                          four components: Reports of harm,                     and may be submitted by anyone else by
                                                  (CPSIA) added section 6A to the                         manufacturer comments, branding                       email, mail, or fax.
                                                  Consumer Product Safety Act (CPSA),                     information, and the Small Batch                         Branding Information: Using the
                                                  which requires the Consumer Product                     Manufacturer Registry (SBMR).                         business portal, registered businesses
                                                  Safety Commission (CPSC or                                Reports of Harm: Reports of harm                    may voluntarily submit branding
                                                  Commission) to establish and maintain                   communicate information regarding an                  information to assist CPSC in correctly
                                                  a publicly available, searchable database               injury, illness, or death, or any risk (as            and timely routing reports of harm
                                                  on the safety of consumer products and                  determined by CPSC) of injury, illness,               involving their products to them. Brand
                                                  other products or substances regulated                  or death, relating to the use of a                    names may be licensed to another entity
                                                  by the Commission (Database). Among                     consumer product. Reports can be                      for use in labeling consumer products
                                                  other things, section 6A of the CPSA                    submitted to the CPSC by consumers;                   manufactured by that entity. CPSC’s
                                                  requires the Commission to collect                      local, state, or federal government                   understanding of licensing
                                                  reports of harm from the public for                     agencies; health care professionals;                  arrangements for consumer products
                                                  potential publication in the publicly                   child service providers; public safety                ensures that the correct manufacturer is
                                                  available Database, and to collect and                  entities; and others. Reports may be                  timely notified regarding a report of
                                                  publish comments about reports of harm                  submitted in one of three ways: Via the               harm.
                                                  from manufacturers.                                     CPSC Web site
                                                                                                                                                                   Small Batch Manufacturers Registry:
                                                     The Commission announced that a                      (www.SaferProducts.gov), by telephone
                                                                                                                                                                The business portal also contains the
                                                  proposed collection of information in                   via a CPSC call center, or by email, fax,
                                                                                                                                                                SBMR, which is the online mechanism
                                                  conjunction with the Database, called                   or mail using the incident report form
                                                                                                                                                                by which ‘‘small batch manufacturers’’
                                                  the Publicly Available Consumer                         (available for download or printing via
                                                                                                                                                                (as defined in the CPSA) can identify
                                                  Product Safety Information Database,                    the CPSC Web site). Reports may also
                                                                                                                                                                themselves to obtain relief from certain
                                                  had been submitted to OMB for review                    originate as a free-form letter or email.
                                                                                                                                                                third party testing requirements for
                                                  and clearance under 44 U.S.C. 3501–                     Submitters must consent to inclusion of
                                                                                                                                                                children’s products. To register as a
                                                  3520 in a proposed rule published on                    their report of harm in the publicly
                                                                                                                                                                small batch manufacturer, a business
                                                  May 24, 2010 (75 FR 29156). The                         searchable Database.
                                                                                                                                                                must attest that the company’s income
                                                  Commission issued a final rule on the                     Manufacturer Comments: A
                                                                                                                                                                level and the number of units of the
                                                  Database on December 9, 2010 (75 FR                     manufacturer or private labeler may
                                                                                                                                                                covered product manufactured for
                                                  76832). The final rule interprets various               submit a comment related to a report of
                                                                                                                                                                which relief is sought both fall within
                                                  statutory requirements in section 6A of                 harm after the CPSC transmits the report
                                                                                                                                                                the statutory limits to receive relief from
                                                  the CPSA pertaining to the information                  to the manufacturer or private labeler
                                                                                                                                                                third party testing.
                                                  to be included in the Database and also                 identified in the report. Manufacturer
                                                  establishes provisions regarding                        comments may be submitted through                     C. Estimated Burden
                                                  submitting reports of harm; providing                   the business portal, by email, mail, or
                                                                                                                                                                1. Estimated Annual Burden for
                                                  notice of reports of harm to                            fax. The business portal is a feature of
                                                                                                                                                                Respondents
                                                  manufacturers; publishing reports of                    the Database that allows manufacturers
                                                  harm and manufacturer comments in                       who register on the business portal to                  We estimate the burden of this
                                                  the Database; and dealing with                          receive reports of harm and comment on                collection of information as follows:

                                                                                TABLE 1—ESTIMATED ANNUAL REPORTING BURDEN FOR REPORTS OF HARM
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                                                                                                                         Number of            Response         Total annual       Minutes per    Total burden,
                                                                          Collection type                               respondents          frequency 1        responses          response       in hours 2

                                                  Reports of Harm—submitted through website ....................                  6,582                1.03              6,790              12           1,358
                                                  Reports of Harm—submitted by phone ...............................              2,632                1.01              2,643              10             441
                                                  Reports of Harm—submitted by mail, email, fax .................                   780                6.67              5,206              20           1,735




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                                                                               TABLE 1—ESTIMATED ANNUAL REPORTING BURDEN FOR REPORTS OF HARM—Continued
                                                                                                                                                Number of            Response                Total annual         Minutes per              Total burden,
                                                                                   Collection type                                             respondents          frequency 1               responses            response                 in hours 2

                                                        Total ..............................................................................           9,994      ........................         14,639       ........................           3,534
                                                     1 Frequencyof responses is calculated by dividing the number of responses by the number of respondents.
                                                     2 Numbers have been rounded.



                                                                                 TABLE 2—ESTIMATED ANNUAL REPORTING BURDEN FOR MANUFACTURER SUBMISSIONS
                                                                                                                                                Number of            Response                Total annual         Minutes per              Total burden,
                                                                                   Collection type                                             respondents          frequency 1               responses            response                 in hours 2

                                                  Manufacturer Comments—submitted through Web site .....                                                    532                    6.23              3,317                        117              6,468
                                                  Manufacturer Comments—submitted by mail, email, fax ....                                                  283                    1.22                346                        147                848
                                                  Requests to Treat Information as Confidential—submitted
                                                    through Web site ..............................................................                         12                     1.08                 13                         42                  9
                                                  Requests to Treat Information as Confidential—submitted
                                                    by mail, email, fax ............................................................                         0                      n/a                     0                      72                  0
                                                  Requests to Treat Information as Materially Inaccurate—
                                                    submitted through Web site .............................................                                131                    1.82                238                       165                 655
                                                  Requests to Treat Information as Materially Inaccurate—
                                                    submitted by mail, email, fax ...........................................                             79                       1.06                 84                        195                273
                                                  Voluntary Brand Identification ..............................................                          829                       1.48              1,228                         10                205
                                                  Small Batch Manufacturer Identification ..............................                               2,208                          1              2,208                         10                368

                                                        Total ..............................................................................           4,074      ........................           7,434      ........................           8,826



                                                     Based on the data set forth in Tables                                   hours + 1,735 hours = 3,534 hours) by                            comments received. The last group
                                                  1 and 2 above, the annual reporting cost                                   an estimated total compensation for all                          contacted included businesses that
                                                  is estimated to be $719,381. This                                          workers in private industry of $32.06                            submitted no more than five comments,
                                                  estimate is based on the sum of two                                        per hour,3 which results in an estimated                         accounting for 30 percent of all general
                                                  estimated total figures for reports of                                     cost of $113,300 (3,534 hours × $32.06                           comments received.4 We asked each
                                                  harm and manufacturer submissions.                                         per hour = $113,300).                                            company contacted how long it
                                                  The estimated number of respondents                                          Manufacturer Submissions: Table 2                              typically takes to research, compose,
                                                  and responses are based on the actual                                      sets forth the data used to estimate the                         and enter a comment, a claim of
                                                  responses received in FY 2015. We                                          burden associated with manufacturers’                            materially inaccurate information, or a
                                                  assume that the number of responses                                        submissions to the Database. We                                  confidential information claim.
                                                  and respondents will be similar in                                         observed that a large percentage of the
                                                  future years.                                                              general comments come from a few                                   To estimate the burden associated
                                                     Reports of Harm: Table 1 sets forth                                     businesses and assumed that the                                  with submitting a general comment
                                                  the data used to estimate the burden                                       experience of a business that submits                            through the business portal regarding a
                                                  associated with submitting reports of                                      many comments each year would be                                 report of harm, we averaged the burden
                                                  harm. We had previously estimated the                                      different from one that submits only a                           provided by each company within each
                                                  time associated with the electronic and                                    few. Accordingly, we divided all                                 group and then calculated a weighted
                                                  telephone submission of reports of harm                                    responding businesses into three                                 average from the three groups,
                                                  at 12 and 10 minutes, respectively, and                                    groups, based on the number of general                           weighting each group by the proportion
                                                  because we have had no indication that                                     comments submitted in FY 2015; and                               of comments received from that group.
                                                  these estimates are not appropriate or                                     then we selected several businesses                              We found that the average time to
                                                  accurate, we used those figures for                                        from each group to contact. The first                            submit a general comment regarding a
                                                  present purposes as well. We estimate                                      group we contacted consisted of                                  report of harm is 117 minutes based on
                                                  that the time associated with a paper or                                   businesses that submitted 50 or more                             the data in Table 3 (((15 minutes + 45
                                                  PDF form would be 20 minutes, on                                           comments in FY 2015, accounting for 31                           minutes + 30 minutes + 15 minutes)/4
                                                  average.                                                                   percent of all general comments                                  companies) * .31 + ((105 minutes + 45
                                                     To estimate the costs for submitting                                    received. The second group we                                    minutes + 150 minutes + 15 minutes)/
                                                  reports of harm, we multiplied the                                         contacted included businesses that                               4 companies) * .39 + ((240 minutes + 60
                                                  estimated total burden hours associated                                    submitted six to 49 comments,                                    minutes + 480 minutes)/3 companies) *
                                                  with reports of harm (1,358 hours + 441                                    accounting for 39 percent of all general                         .30 = 117 minutes).
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                                                    1 Frequency of response is calculated by dividing                          3 U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor                    06/23/2016 from http://www.bls.gov/news.release/
                                                  the number of responses by the number of                                   Statistics, Table 9 of the Employer Costs for                    ecec.t09.htm.
                                                  respondents.                                                               Employee Compensation (ECEC), Private Industry,                    4 In the last group one company was excluded as
                                                    2 Numbers have been rounded.                                             goods-producing and service-providing industries,
                                                                                                                                                                                              an outlier.
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                                                                                      TABLE 3—ESTIMATED BURDEN TO ENTER A GENERAL COMMENT IN THE DATABASE
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 General
                                                                                                                                   Group                                                                                         Company        comments
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                (minutes)

                                                  Group 1 ....................................................................................................................................................................     A                       15
                                                      (>=50 comments) .............................................................................................................................................                B                       45
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   C                       30
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   D                       15
                                                  Group 2 ....................................................................................................................................................................     A                      105
                                                      (6–49 comments) ..............................................................................................................................................               B                       45
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   C                      150
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   D                       15
                                                  Group 3 ....................................................................................................................................................................     A                      240
                                                      (>=5 comments) ...............................................................................................................................................               B                       60
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   C                      480



                                                     Registered businesses generally                                          a report of harm contains confidential                                       hours in Table 2 (8,826 hours) by an
                                                  submit comments through our Web site.                                       information is 42 minutes ((45 minutes                                       estimated total compensation for a
                                                  Unregistered businesses submit                                              + 15 minutes + 60 minutes + 30 minutes                                       manager or professional in goods-
                                                  comments by mail, email, or fax. We                                         + 60 minutes)/5 companies = 42                                               producing industries of $68.67 per
                                                  estimate that for unregistered                                              minutes).                                                                    hour,5 which results in an estimated
                                                  businesses, submitting comments takes                                          Registered businesses generally                                           cost of $606,081 (8,826 hours × $68.67
                                                  a little longer because we often must ask                                   submit confidential information claims                                       per hour = $606,081).
                                                  the businesses to amend their                                               through the business portal.                                                   Therefore, the total estimated annual
                                                  submissions to include the required                                         Unregistered businesses submit                                               cost to respondents is $719,381
                                                  certifications. Thus, we estimated that                                     confidential information claims by mail,                                     ($113,300 burden for reports of harm +
                                                  on average, comments submitted by                                           email, or fax. We estimate that                                              $606,081 burden for manufacturer
                                                  mail, email, or fax take 30 minutes                                         submitting claims in this way takes a                                        submissions = $719,381).
                                                  longer than those submitted through our                                     little longer because we often must ask
                                                  Web site (117 minutes + 30 minutes =                                        the businesses to amend their                                                2. Estimated Annual Burden on
                                                  147 minutes).                                                               submission to include the required                                           Government
                                                     The submission of a claim of                                             certifications. Thus, we estimate that a                                        We estimate the annualized cost to
                                                  materially inaccurate information is a                                      confidential information claim                                               the CPSC to be $954,531. This figure is
                                                  relatively rare event for all respondents.                                  submitted by mail, email, or fax would                                       based on the costs for four categories of
                                                  Accordingly, we averaged all responses                                      take 30 minutes longer than those                                            work for the Database: Reports of Harm,
                                                  together. Eight of the businesses                                           submitted through our Web site (42                                           Materially Inaccurate Information
                                                  contacted had submitted claims of                                           minutes + 30 minutes = 72 minutes).                                          Claims, Manufacturer Comments, and
                                                  materially inaccurate information. We                                          For voluntary brand identification, we                                    Small Batch Identification. Each
                                                  found that the average time to submit a                                     estimate that a response would take 10                                       category is described below. No
                                                  claim that a report of harm contains a                                      minutes on average. Most responses                                           government cost is associated with
                                                  material inaccuracy is 165 minutes ((30                                     consist only of the brand name and a                                         Voluntary Brand Identification because
                                                  minutes + 90 minutes + 45 minutes + 90                                      product description. In many cases a                                         this information is entered directly into
                                                  minutes + 60 minutes + 660 minutes +                                        business will submit multiple entries in                                     the Database by the manufacturer with
                                                  45 minutes + 300 minutes)/8 companies                                       a brief period of time and we can see                                        no processing required by the
                                                  = 165 minutes).                                                             from the date and time stamps on these                                       government. The information assists the
                                                     Registered businesses generally                                          records that an entry often takes less                                       government in directing reports of harm
                                                  submit claims through the business                                          than two minutes. CPSC staff enters the                                      to the correct manufacturer. We did not
                                                  portal. Unregistered businesses submit                                      same data in a similar form based on our                                     attempt to calculate separately the
                                                  claims by mail, email, or fax. We                                           own research, and that experience was                                        government cost for claims of
                                                  estimate that submitting claims by mail,                                    also factored into our estimate.                                             confidential information because the
                                                  email, or fax takes a little longer because                                    For small batch manufacturer                                              number of claims is so small. The time
                                                  we often must ask the businesses to                                         identification, we estimate that a                                           to process these claims is included with
                                                  amend their submission to include the                                       response would take 10 minutes on                                            claims of materially inaccurate
                                                  required certifications. Thus, we                                           average. The form consists of three                                          information.
                                                  estimated that on average, claims                                           check boxes and the information should                                          Reports of Harm: The Reports of Harm
                                                  submitted by mail, email, or fax take 30                                    be readily accessible to the respondent.                                     category includes many different tasks.
                                                  minutes longer than those submitted                                            The responses summarized in Table 2                                       Some costs related to this category are
                                                  through our Web site (165 minutes + 30                                      are generally submitted by                                                   from two data entry contracts. Tasks
                                                  minutes = 195 minutes).                                                     manufacturers. To avoid                                                      related to these contracts include
                                                     The submission of a claim of                                             underestimating the cost associated
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                                                                                                                                                                                                           clerical coding of the report, such as
                                                  confidential information is a relatively                                    with the collection of this data, we
                                                  rare event for all respondents;                                             assigned the higher hourly wage                                                5 U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor

                                                  accordingly, we averaged all responses                                      associated with a manager or                                                 Statistics, Table 9 of the Employer Costs for
                                                  together. Five of the businesses                                            professional in goods-producing                                              Employee Compensation (ECEC), Private Industry,
                                                                                                                                                                                                           goods-producing and service-providing industries,
                                                  contacted had submitted claims of                                           industries to these tasks. To estimate the                                   by occupational group, June 2016 (data extracted on
                                                  confidential information. We found that                                     cost of manufacturer submissions we                                          06/23/2016 from http://www.bls.gov/news.release/
                                                  the average time to submit a claim that                                     multiplied the estimated total burden                                        ecec.t09.htm.



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                                                  identifying the type of consumer                                              rate of $58.09 for contractor services, the                               notifying manufacturers when one of
                                                  product reported and the appropriate                                          annual cost to the government of                                          their products is reported, completing a
                                                  associated hazard, as well as performing                                      contract B is $147,491.                                                   risk of harm determination form for
                                                  quality control on the data in the report.                                      The Reports of Harm category also                                       every report eligible for publication,
                                                  Contractor A spends an estimated 5,267                                        includes sending consent requests for                                     referring some reports to a Subject
                                                  hours per year performing these tasks.                                        reports when necessary, processing that                                   Matter Expert (SME) within the CPSC
                                                  With an hourly rate of $33.31 for                                             consent when received, determining                                        for a determination on whether the
                                                  contractor services, the annual cost to                                       whether a product is out of CPSC’s                                        reports meet the requirement of having
                                                  the government of contract A is                                               jurisdiction, and confirming that                                         a risk of harm, and determining whether
                                                  $175,444. Contractor B spends an                                              pictures and attachments do not have                                      a report meets all the statutory and
                                                  estimated 2,539 hours per year                                                any personally identifiable information.                                  regulatory requirements for publication.
                                                  performing these tasks. With an hourly                                        The Reports category also entails                                         Detailed costs are:

                                                                                                            TABLE 4—ESTIMATED COSTS FOR REPORTS OF HARM TASK
                                                                                                                                                                                                          Number of          Total                   Total annual
                                                                                                                   Grade level                                                                              hours         compensation                   cost
                                                                                                                                                                                                           (annual)         per hour

                                                  Contract A ....................................................................................................................................               5,267                  $33.31            $175,444
                                                  Contract B ....................................................................................................................................               2,539                   58.09             147,491
                                                  7 ...................................................................................................................................................           200                   34.78               6,956
                                                  9 ...................................................................................................................................................           300                   42.69              12,807
                                                  12 .................................................................................................................................................          5,528                   61.91             342,238
                                                  13 .................................................................................................................................................            428                   73.37              31,402
                                                  14 .................................................................................................................................................          1,068                   86.99              92,905

                                                         Total ......................................................................................................................................          15,330     ........................        809,243



                                                    Materially Inaccurate Information                                           claims, participating in meetings where                                   on reports when a company alleges that
                                                  (MII) Claims: The MII claims category                                         the claims are discussed, and                                             a report does not describe a risk of
                                                  includes reviewing and responding to                                          completing a risk of harm determination                                   harm.

                                                                                                                    TABLE 5—ESTIMATED COSTS FOR MII CLAIMS TASK
                                                                                                                                                                                                          Number of          Total                   Total annual
                                                                                                                   Grade level                                                                              hours         compensation                   cost
                                                                                                                                                                                                           (annual)         per hour

                                                  12 .................................................................................................................................................           275                   $61.91             $17,025
                                                  13 .................................................................................................................................................           167                    73.37              12,253
                                                  14 .................................................................................................................................................           323                    86.99              28,098
                                                  15 .................................................................................................................................................            50                   101.99               5,100
                                                  SES ..............................................................................................................................................              50                   109.97               5,499

                                                         Total ......................................................................................................................................            865      ........................      67,975.00



                                                    Manufacturer Comments: The
                                                  Comments category includes reviewing
                                                  and accepting or rejecting comments.

                                                                                                    TABLE 6—ESTIMATED COSTS FOR MANUFACTURER COMMENTS TASK
                                                                                                                                                                                                          Number of          Total                   Total annual
                                                                                                                   Grade level                                                                              hours         compensation                   cost
                                                                                                                                                                                                           (annual)         per hour

                                                  12 .................................................................................................................................................            62                  $61.91               $3,838
                                                  13 .................................................................................................................................................           109                   73.37                7,997

                                                         Total ......................................................................................................................................            171      ........................         11,835
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                                                    Small Batch Manufacturer                                                    includes time spent posting the list of                                   registering as a Small Batch company
                                                  Identification: The Small Batch                                               small batch registrations, as well as                                     and what the implications to that
                                                  Manufacturer Identification category                                          answering manufacturers’ questions on                                     company of small batch registration.




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                                                  55454                                      Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 161 / Friday, August 19, 2016 / Notices

                                                                                                                 TABLE 7—ESTIMATED COSTS FOR SMALL BATCH TASK
                                                                                                                                                                                                         Number of          Total                   Total annual
                                                                                                                  Grade level                                                                              hours         compensation                   cost
                                                                                                                                                                                                          (annual)         per hour

                                                  15 .................................................................................................................................................           642                $101.99              $65,478

                                                         Total ......................................................................................................................................            642     ........................        $65,478



                                                     We estimate the annualized cost to                                           Dated: February 16, 2016.                                              context and provide any necessary
                                                  the CPSC of $954,531 by adding the four                                       Todd A. Stevenson,                                                       background information. Written
                                                  categories of work related to the                                             Secretary, Consumer Product Safety                                       statements can be submitted to the
                                                  Database summarized in Tables 4                                               Commission.                                                              Designated Federal Officer (DFO) at the
                                                  through 7 (Reports of Harm ($809,243)                                         [FR Doc. 2016–19811 Filed 8–18–16; 8:45 am]                              Air Force address detailed below at any
                                                  + MII Claims ($67,975) + Manufacturer                                         BILLING CODE 6355–01–P                                                   time. However, if a written statement is
                                                  Comments ($11,835) + Small Batch                                                                                                                       not received at least 10 calendar days
                                                  Identification ($65,478) = $954,531).                                                                                                                  before the first day of the meeting which
                                                     This information collection renewal                                        DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE                                                    is the subject of this notice, then it may
                                                  request based on an estimated 12,360                                                                                                                   not be provided to or considered by the
                                                                                                                                Department of the Air Force                                              BoV until its next open meeting. The
                                                  burden hours per year for the Database
                                                  is a decrease of 7,485 hours since this                                       Board of Visitors of the U.S. Air Force                                  DFO will review all timely submissions
                                                  collection of information was last                                            Academy; Notice of Meeting                                               with the BoV Chairman and ensure they
                                                  approved by OMB in 2013. The decrease                                                                                                                  are provided to members of the BoV
                                                                                                                                AGENCY:  U.S. Air Force Academy Board                                    before the meeting that is the subject of
                                                  in burden is due primarily to the fact                                        of Visitors, Department of Defense.
                                                  that the number of incoming reports of                                                                                                                 this notice. If after review of timely
                                                                                                                                ACTION: Meeting notice.                                                  submitted written comments and the
                                                  harm has decreased, and the number of
                                                  claims based on those reports has                                             SUMMARY:   In accordance with 10 U.S.C.                                  BoV Chairman and DFO deem
                                                  decreased as well. While comments did                                         Section 9355, the U.S. Air Force                                         appropriate, they may choose to invite
                                                  not decline significantly, they did shift                                     Academy (USAFA) Board of Visitors                                        the submitter of the written comments
                                                  to the more efficient online                                                  (BoV) will hold a meeting at the Center                                  to orally present the issue during an
                                                  submissions. We note a large increase in                                      for Character and Leadership                                             open portion of the BoV meeting that is
                                                  small batch manufacturer activity,                                            Development Building, U.S. Air Force                                     the subject of this notice. Members of
                                                  which has been rising steadily for years.                                     Academy, Colorado Springs, CO on Sept                                    the BoV may also petition the Chairman
                                                  However, this increase was not large                                          7 & 8, 2016. On Wednesday, Sept 7, the                                   to allow specific personnel to make oral
                                                  enough to offset the decreases in other                                       meeting will begin at 1300 and conclude                                  presentations before the BoV. In
                                                  areas.                                                                        at 1600. On Thursday, Sept 8, the                                        accordance with 41 CFR Section 102–
                                                                                                                                meeting will begin at 8:00 a.m. and                                      3.140(d), any oral presentations before
                                                  D. Request for Comments                                                       conclude at 1515. The purpose of this                                    the BoV shall be in accordance with
                                                                                                                                meeting is to review morale and                                          agency guidelines provided pursuant to
                                                     The Commission solicits written                                            discipline, social climate, curriculum,                                  a written invitation and this paragraph.
                                                  comments from all interested persons                                          instruction, infrastructure, fiscal affairs,                             Direct questioning of BoV members or
                                                  about the proposed collection of                                              academic methods, and other matters                                      meeting participants by the public is not
                                                  information. The Commission                                                   relating to the Academy. Specific topics
                                                                                                                                                                                                         permitted except with the approval of
                                                  specifically solicits information relevant                                    for this meeting include a
                                                                                                                                                                                                         the DFO and Chairman. For the benefit
                                                  to the following topics:                                                      Superintendent’s Update; USAFA Non-
                                                                                                                                Profits Update; Religious Respect                                        of the public, rosters that list the names
                                                     • Whether the collection of                                                                                                                         of BoV members and any releasable
                                                  information described above is                                                Update; USAFA Academics Update;
                                                                                                                                USAFA’s Climate Assessment Survey                                        materials presented during the open
                                                  necessary for the proper performance of                                                                                                                portions of this BoV meeting shall be
                                                  the Commission’s functions, including                                         Results. Public attendance at this
                                                                                                                                USAFA BoV meeting shall be                                               made available upon request.
                                                  whether the information would have
                                                                                                                                accommodated on a first-come, first-                                     FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:     For
                                                  practical utility;
                                                                                                                                served basis up to the reasonable and                                    additional information or to attend this
                                                     • Whether the estimated burden of                                          safe capacity of the meeting room. In                                    BoV meeting, contact Major James
                                                  the proposed collection of information                                        addition, any member of the public                                       Kuchta, Accessions and Training
                                                  is accurate;                                                                  wishing to provide input to the USAFA                                    Division, AF/A1PT, 1040 Air Force
                                                     • Whether the quality, utility, and                                        BoV should submit a written statement                                    Pentagon, Washington, DC 20330, (703)
                                                  clarity of the information to be collected                                    in accordance with 41 CFR Section 102–
                                                                                                                                                                                                         695–4066, James.L.Kuchta.mil@
                                                  could be enhanced; and                                                        3.140(c) and section 10(a)(3) of the
                                                                                                                                                                                                         mail.mil.
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                                                     • Whether the burden imposed by the                                        the procedures described in this                                         Henry Williams,
                                                  collection of information could be                                            paragraph. Written statements must                                       Acting Air Force Federal Register Officer.
                                                  minimized by use of automated,                                                address the following details: The issue,                                [FR Doc. 2016–19783 Filed 8–18–16; 8:45 am]
                                                  electronic or other technological                                             discussion, and a recommended course
                                                  collection techniques, or other forms of                                      of action. Supporting documentation                                      BILLING CODE 5001–10–P

                                                  information technology.                                                       may also be included as needed to
                                                                                                                                establish the appropriate historical


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Document Created: 2016-08-19 01:35:20
Document Modified: 2016-08-19 01:35:20
CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
AE 2.106:
PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice.
DatesSubmit written or electronic comments on the collection of information by October 18, 2016.
FR Citation81 FR 55449 

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