Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Federal Register: July 8, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 129)
Notices
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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
Proposed Extension of Approval of Information Collection; Comment
Request--Omnidirectional Citizens Band Base Station Antennas
AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35), the Consumer Product Safety Commission requests comments on a proposed extension of approval of a collection of information from manufacturers and importers of citizens band base station antennas. The collection of information is in regulations implementing the Safety
Standard for Omnidirectional Citizens Band Base Station Antennas (16
CFR Part 1204). These regulations establish testing and recordkeeping requirements for manufacturers and importers of antennas subject to the standard. 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: The Office of the Secretary must receive comments not later than
September 8, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should be captioned ``Citizens Band Base
Station Antennas'' and e-mailed to the Office of the Secretary at cpsc- os@cpsc.gov. Comments may also be sent by facsimile to (301) 504-0127, or by mail to the Office of the Secretary, Consumer Product Safety
Commission, 4330 East-West Highway, Bethesda, Maryland 20814.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information about the proposed collection of information call or write 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.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Background
In 1982, the Commission issued the Safety Standard for
Omnidirectional Citizens Band Antennas (16 CFR Part 1204) to reduce risks of death and serious injury that may result if an omnidirectional antenna contacts an overhead power line while being erected or removed from its site. The standard contains performance tests to demonstrate that an antenna will not transmit a harmful electric current if it contacts an electric power line with a voltage of 14,500 volts phase- to-ground. Certification regulations implementing the standard require manufacturers, importers, and private labelers of antennas subject to the standard to perform tests to demonstrate that those products meet the requirements of the standard, and to maintain records of those tests. The certification regulations are codified at 16 CFR Part 1204,
Subpart B.
The Commission uses the information compiled and maintained by manufacturers, importers, and private labelers of antennas subject to the standard to help protect the public from risks of injury or death associated with omnidirectional citizens band base station antennas.
More specifically, this information helps the Commission determine that antennas subject to the standard comply with all applicable requirements. The Commission also uses this information to obtain corrective actions if omnidirectional citizens band base station antennas fail to comply with the standard in a manner which creates a substantial risk of injury to the public.
OMB approved the collection of information in the certification regulations under control number 3041-0006. OMB's most recent extension of approval expires on September 30, 2009. The Commission now proposes to request an extension of approval without change for the collection of information in the certification regulations.
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Estimated Burden
The Commission staff estimates that about 5 firms manufacture or import citizens band base station antennas subject to the standard. The
Commission staff estimates that the certification regulations will impose an average annual burden of about 220 hours on each of those firms. That burden will result from conducting the testing required by the regulations and maintaining records of the results of that testing.
The total annual burden imposed by the regulations on manufacturers and importers of citizens
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band base station antennas is approximately 1,100 hours.
The hourly wage for the testing and recordkeeping required to conduct the testing and maintain records required by the regulations is about $54.88 (average total compensation for management, professional, and related for all workers, goods-producing industries, Bureau of
Labor Statistics, September 2008, for an estimated annual cost to the industry of $60,400.
The Commission staff will expend approximately 40 hours reviewing records required to be maintained for omnidirectional citizens band base station antennas. The annual cost to the Federal government of the collection of information in these regulations is estimated to be
$3,200.
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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: June 30, 2009.
Todd A. Stevenson,
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission.
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