Proposed Extension of Approval of Information Collection; Comment Request--Safety Standard for Automatic Residential Garage Door Operators |
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Todd A. Stevenson
October 4, 2012
[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 193 (Thursday, October 4, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60686-60687]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-24487]
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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
[Docket No. CPSC-2013-0001]
Proposed Extension of Approval of Information Collection; Comment
Request--Safety Standard for Automatic Residential Garage Door
Operators
AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. chapter
35), the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC or Commission)
requests comments on a proposed request for extension of approval of a
collection of information from manufacturers and importers of
residential garage door operators. The collection of information
consists of testing and recordkeeping requirements in certification
regulations implementing the Safety Standard for Automatic Residential
Garage Door Operators (16 CFR part 1211). The Commission will consider
all comments received in response to this notice, before requesting
approval of this extension of a collection of information from the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
DATES: The Office of the Secretary must receive written comments not
later than December 3, 2012.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CPSC-2013-
0001, by any of the following methods:
Electronic Submissions
Submit electronic comments in the following way:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
To ensure timely processing of comments, the Commission is no
longer accepting comments submitted by electronic mail (email), except
through www.regulations.gov.
Written Submissions
Submit written submissions in the following way:
Mail/Hand delivery/Courier (for paper, disk, or CD-ROM
submissions), preferably in five copies, to: Office of the Secretary,
Consumer Product Safety Commission, Room 502, 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
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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
electronically. 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.
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:
rsquibb@cpsc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 1990, Congress enacted legislation, under
provisions of the Consumer Product Safety Act (CPSA) (15 U.S.C. 2051 et
seq.), requiring that residential garage door operators comply with the
provisions of a standard published by Underwriters Laboratories (UL) to
protect against entrapment. The entrapment protection requirements of
UL Standard 325 are codified into the Safety Standard for Automatic
Residential Garage Door Operators, 16 CFR Part 1211. Automatic
residential garage door operators must comply with the latest edition
of the Commission's regulations at 16 CFR part 1211.
OMB approved the collection of information concerning the Safety
Standard for Automatic Residential Garage Door Operators under control
number 3041-0125. OMB's most recent approval will expire on December
31, 2012. The Commission now proposes to request an extension of
approval of this collection of information.
A. Certification Requirements
Section 203 of Public Law 101-608 requires that UL Standard 325
shall be considered to be a consumer product safety standard under
section 9 of the CPSA (15 U.S.C. 2058. The Commission's regulations
provide that manufacturers and importers of automatic residential
garage door operators subject to the safety standard shall issue
certificates of compliance. 16 CFR 1112.20. Section 14(b) of the CPSA
(15 U.S.C. 2063(b)) authorizes the Commission to issue regulations to
prescribe a reasonable testing program to support certificates of
compliance with a consumer product safety standard under the CPSA or
similar rule, ban, standard, or regulation under any other act enforced
by the Commission. 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.
On December 22, 1992, the Commission issued rules prescribing
requirements for a reasonable testing program to support certificates
of compliance with the Safety Standard for Automatic Residential Garage
Door Operators (57 FR 60449). These regulations also require
manufacturers, importers, and private labelers of residential garage
door operators to establish and maintain records to demonstrate
compliance with the requirements for testing to support certification
of compliance. 16 CFR Part 1211, Subparts B and C. The Commission uses
the information compiled and maintained by manufacturers and importers
of residential garage door operators to protect consumers from risks of
death and injury resulting from entrapment accidents associated with
garage door operators. More specifically, the Commission uses this
information to determine whether the products produced and imported by
those firms comply with the standard. The Commission also uses this
information to facilitate corrective action if any residential garage
door operators fail to comply with the standard in a manner that
creates a substantial risk of injury to the public.
B. Estimated Burden
Commission staff estimates that about 23 firms are subject to the
testing and recordkeeping requirements of the certification
regulations. Staff estimates that each respondent will spend 40 hours
annually on the collection of information, for a total of about 920
hours. The estimated total annual cost to industry is approximately
$25,429, based on 920 hours x $27.64 (Bureau of Labor Statistics, total
compensation for all sales and office workers in goods-producing
private industries: http://www.bls.gov/ncs).
Commission staff will expend approximately 6 staff months reviewing
records required to be maintained for automatic residential garage door
operators. The annual cost to the federal government of the collection
of information in these regulations is estimated to be $86,031. This
estimate uses an annual total compensation of $119,238 (the equivalent
of a GS-14 step 5 employee, with an additional 30.7 percent added for
benefits.)
C. 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: October 1, 2012.
Todd A. Stevenson,
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission.
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