[Federal Register: June 4, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 106)]
[Notices]
[Page 30779-30780]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
Notification of Request for Extension of Approval of Information
Collection Requirements--Safety Standard for Multi-Purpose Lighters
AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In the March 1, 2007 Federal Register (72 FR 9310), the
Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC or 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 notice. The Commission now announces that
it is submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request
for extension of approval of that collection of information 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
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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, 2007. The Commission is
requesting an extension of approval 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, 4330 East West
Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814.
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: 16.
Estimated number of models tested per respondent per year: 2.
Estimated average number of hours per respondent per model: 50
hours per year.
Estimated number of hours for all respondents: 1,600 per year.
Estimated cost of collection for all respondents: $71,212 per year.
Comments: Comments on this request for reinstatement of approval of
information collection requirements should be submitted by July 5, 2007
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) to the Office of the
Secretary by e-mail at cpsc-os@cpsc.gov, or mailed to the Office of the
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission, 4330 East West Highway,
Bethesda, MD 20814. Comments may also be sent via facsimile at (301)
504-0127.
Copies of this request for approval of information collection
requirements and supporting documentation are available from Linda
Glatz, Division of Policy and Planning, Office of Information
Technology and Technology Services, Consumer Product Safety Commission,
4330 East West Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814; telephone: (301) 504-7671
or by e-mail to lglatz@cpsc.gov.
Dated: May 29, 2007.
Todd A. Stevenson,
Secretary, Consumer Products Safety Commission.
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