Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Standard for the Flammability of Mattresses and Mattress Pads and Standard for the Flammability (Open Flame) of Mattress Sets
| Court | Consumer Product Safety Commission |
| Citation | 88 FR 58564 |
| Published date | 28 August 2023 |
| Record Number | 2023-18476 |
| Section | Notices |
Federal Register, Volume 88 Issue 165 (Monday, August 28, 2023)
[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 165 (Monday, August 28, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58564-58565]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-18476]
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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
[Docket No. CPSC-2010-0055]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Standard for the Flammability of Mattresses
and Mattress Pads and Standard for the Flammability (Open Flame) of
Mattress Sets
AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC or Commission) announces that
the Commission has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) a request for extension of approval for information collection
requirements set forth in the Standard for the Flammability of
Mattresses and Mattress Pads, and the Standard for the Flammability
(Open Flame) of Mattress Sets, approved previously under OMB control
number 3041-0014. On June 20, 2023, CPSC published a notice in the
Federal Register to announce the agency's intention to seek extension
of approval of the collection of information. The Commission has
received no comments. Therefore, by publication of this notice, the
Commission announces that CPSC has submitted to the OMB a request for
extension of approval of that collection of information, without
change.
DATES: Submit written or electronic comments not later than September
27, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments about this request by email:
[email protected] or fax: 202-395-6881. Comments by mail
should be sent to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Attn: OMB Desk Officer for the CPSC, Office of Management and Budget,
Room 10235, 725 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20503. Comments by mail
should be sent to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Attn: OMB Desk Officer for the CPSC, Office of Management and Budget,
Room 10235, 725 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20503. Written comments
that are sent to OMB also should be submitted electronically at: http://www.regulations.gov, under Docket No. CPSC-2010-0055.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cynthia Gillham, Consumer Product
Safety Commission, 4330 East West Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814; (301)
504-7791, or by email to: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A. Background
In 1972, the Commission promulgated under section 4 of the
Flammable Fabrics Act (FFA), 15 U.S.C. 1193, the Standard for the
Flammability of Mattresses and Mattresses Pads, 16 CFR part 1632 (part
1632), to reduce the unreasonable risk of burn injuries and deaths from
fires associated with mattresses and mattress pads. 49 FR 19796. Part
1632 prescribes requirements to test whether a mattress or mattress pad
will resist ignition from a smoldering cigarette. Part 1632 also
requires manufacturers to perform successfully prototype tests of each
combination of materials and construction methods used to produce their
mattresses or mattress pads. Manufacturers and importers must maintain
the records and test results specified under the standard for three
years.
Also, to reduce deaths and injuries related to mattress fires,
particularly those ignited by open-flame sources, such as lighters,
candles, and matches, the Commission promulgated the Standard for the
Flammability (Open Flame) of Mattress Sets, 16 CFR part 1633 (part
1633), under section 4 of the FFA. Part 1633 requires manufacturers to
maintain certain records to document compliance with the standard,
including maintaining records concerning prototype testing, pooling,
and confirmation testing, and quality assurance procedures and any
associated testing. The required records must be maintained for as long
as mattress sets based on the prototype are in production and be
retained for three years thereafter.
OMB previously approved the collection of information for parts
1632 and 1633 under control number 3041-0014, with an expiration date
of August 31, 2023. On June 20, 2023, the Commission published a notice
in the Federal Register (88 FR 39832), to announce the agency's
intention to seek extension of approval of the collection of
information for control number 3041-0014. The Commission has received
no comments. Therefore, by publication of this notice, the Commission
announces that CPSC has submitted to the OMB a request for extension of
approval of that collection of information, without change.
B. Burden Hours
Part 1632: Commission staff estimates 403 respondents produce
mattresses, and that each respondent will spend 26 hours for testing
and record keeping annually, for a total of 10,478 hours (403
establishments x 26 hours = 10,478). The hourly compensation for the
time required for record keeping is $72.68 (for management,
professional, and related occupations in goods-producing industries,
Bureau of Labor Statistics, March 2023). Staff's estimated annualized
cost to respondents is approximately $761,541 (10,478 hours x $72.68
per hour).
Part 1633: Part 1633 requires detailed documentation of prototype
identification and testing records, model and prototype specifications,
inputs used, name and location of suppliers, and confirmation of test
records, if establishments choose to pool a prototype. This
documentation is in addition to documentation already conducted by
mattress manufacturers to meet part 1632. Staff again estimates that
there are 403 respondents.
Using these estimates, including records of reported burden hours
since 2017, Commission staff estimates the recordkeeping requirements
to require about 4 hours and 44 minutes per establishment, per
qualified prototype. Most mattress manufacturers base their complying
production on 15 to 20 prototypes, although some larger manufacturers
reportedly are producing mattresses based on more than 100 prototypes.
Assuming that establishments qualify their production with an average
of 20 different qualified prototypes, recordkeeping time is about
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94.6 hours (4.73 hours x 20 prototypes) per establishment, per year.
This translates to an estimated annual recordkeeping time cost to all
mattress producers of 38,124 hours (94.6 hours x 403 establishments).
The hourly compensation for the time required for record keeping is
$72.68 (for management, professional, and related occupations in goods-
producing industries, Bureau of Labor Statistics, March 2023).\1\
Accordingly, the annual total estimated cost for recordkeeping is
approximately $2,770,852 (38,124 hours x $72.68 per hour). Pooling
among establishments or using a prototype qualification for longer than
1 year will reduce the hours required and associated cost, however.
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\1\ We updated this estimate from the June 20, 2023 notice (88
FR 39833) to use the more recent March 2023 Bureau of Labor
Statistics.
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The total estimated annual cost to the 403 establishments for the
burden hours associated with parts 1632 and 1633 is approximately $3.5
million ($761,541+ $2,770,852 = $3,532,393.
Alberta E. Mills,
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission.
[FR Doc. 2023-18476 Filed 8-25-23; 8:45 am]
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