[Federal Register: June 25, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 122)]
[Notices]               
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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION

 
Notice of Submission for OMB Review of Collection of Information 
Approval Extension and Request for Comments--Safety Standard for Multi-
Purpose Lighters

AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In the Federal Register of March 30, 2004 (69 FR 16526), the 
Consumer Product Safety Commission published a notice in accordance 
with provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 
chapter 35) to announce the agency's intention to seek extension of 
approval of the collection of information in the Safety Standard for 
Multi-Purpose Lighters. 16 CFR part 1212. No comments were received in 
response to the March 30, 2004 notice. The Commission now announces 
that it has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a 
request for extension of approval of that collection of information 
without change for a period of three years from the date of approval.
    Section 14(a) of the Consumer Product Safety Act (CPSA) (15 U.S.C. 
2063(a)) requires manufacturers, importers, and private labelers of a 
consumer product subject to a consumer product safety standard to issue 
a certificate stating that the product complies with all applicable 
consumer product safety standards. Section 14(a) of the CPSA also 
requires that the certificate of compliance must be based on a test of 
each product or upon a reasonable testing program.
    Section 14(b) of the CPSA authorizes the Commission to issue 
regulations to prescribe a reasonable testing program to support 
certificates of compliance with a consumer product safety standard. 
Section 16(b) of the CPSA (15 U.S.C. 2065(b)) authorizes the Commission 
to issue rules to require that firms ``establish and maintain'' records 
to permit the Commission to determine compliance with rules issued 
under the authority of the CPSA.
    The Commission has issued regulations prescribing requirements for 
a reasonable testing program to support certificates of compliance with 
the standard for multi-purpose lighters. These regulations require 
manufacturers and importers to submit a description of each model of 
lighter, results of prototype qualification tests for compliance with 
the standard, and other information before the introduction of each 
model of lighter into commerce. These regulations also require 
manufacturers, importers, and private labelers of multi-purpose 
lighters to establish and maintain records to demonstrate successful 
completion of all required tests to support the certificates of 
compliance that they issue. 16 CFR part 1212, subpart B.
    The Commission uses the information compiled and maintained by 
manufacturers, importers, and private labelers of multi-purpose 
lighters to protect consumers from risks of accidental deaths and burn 
injuries associated with those lighters. More specifically, the 
Commission uses this information to determine whether lighters comply 
with the standard by resisting operation by young children. The 
Commission also uses this information to obtain corrective actions if 
multipurpose lighters fail to comply with the standard in a manner that 
creates a substantial risk of injury to the public.
    OMB approved the collection of information in the certification 
regulations for multi-purpose lighters under control number 3041-0130. 
OMB's current approval will expire on July 31, 2004. The Commission is 
requesting an extension of approval without change for these collection 
of information requirements.

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

    Agency address: Consumer Product Safety Commission, Washington, DC 
20207.
    Title of information collection: Safety Standard for Multi-Purpose 
Lighters. 16 CFR part 1212.
    Type of request: Extension of approval.
    General description of respondents: Manufacturers and importers of 
multi-purpose lighters.
    Estimated number of respondents: 100.
    Estimated average number of hours per respondent: 100 per year.
    Estimated number of hours for all respondents: 10,000 per year.
    Estimated cost of collection for all respondents: $244,800 per 
year.
    Comments: Comments on this request for reinstatement of approval of 
information collection requirements should be submitted by July 26, 
2004, to (1) The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attn: 
OMB Desk Officer for CPSC, Office of Management and Budget, Washington, 
DC 20503; telephone: (202) 395-7340, and (2) the Office of the 
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission, Washington, DC 20207. 
Written comments may also be sent to the Office of the Secretary by 
facsimile at (301) 504-0127 or by e-mail at cpsc-os@cpsc.gov.
    Copies of this request for renewal of the information collection 
requirements and supporting documentation are available from Linda 
Glatz, management and program analyst, Office of Planning and 
Evaluation, Consumer Product

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Safety Commission, Washington, DC 20207; telephone: (301) 504-7671.

    Dated: June 15, 2004.
Todd A. Stevenson,
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission.
[FR Doc. 04-14387 Filed 6-24-04; 8:45 am]
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