Notification of Request for Reinstatement of Approval of Information Collection RequirementsSound Levels for Toy Caps

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION

Notification of Request for Reinstatement of Approval of

Information Collection Requirements--Sound Levels for Toy Caps

AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In the April 6, 1999 Federal Register (64 FR 16710), the

Consumer Product Safety Commission published a notice in accordance

with provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35),

to announce the agency's intention to seek a reinstatement of approval

for a period of three years from the date of approval by the Office of

Management and Budget of information collection requirements in a

regulation exempting certain toy caps from a banning rule. The

Commission now announces that it has submitted to the Office of

Management and Budget a request for reinstatement of approval of that

collection of information.

A regulation codified at 16 CFR 1500.18(a)(5) bans toy caps

producing peak sound levels at or above 138 decibels (dB). Another

regulation codified at 16 CFR 1500.86(a)(6) exempts toy caps producing

sound levels between 138 and 158 dB from the banning rule if they bear

a specified warning label and if firms intending to distribute such

caps: (1) Notify the Commission of their intent to distribute such

caps; (2) participate in a program to develop toy caps producing sound

levels below 138 dB; and (3) report quarterly to the Commission

concerning the status of their programs to develop caps with reduced

sound levels.

The Commission requests reinstatement of approval of the

information collection requirements in the rule codified at 16 CFR

1500.86(a)(6) to obtain current and periodically-updated information

from all manufacturers concerning the status of programs to reduce

sound levels of toy caps. The Commission will use this information to

monitor industry efforts to reduce the sound levels of toy caps, and to

ascertain which firms are currently manufacturing or importing toy caps

with peak sound levels between 138 and 158 db.

Additional Details About the Request for Extension of Approval of

Information Collection Requirements

Agency address: Consumer Product Safety Commission, Washington, DC

20207.

Title of information collection: Information Collection

Requirements for Sound Levels for Toy Caps; 16 CFR 1500.86(a)(6)(ii)

and (iii).

Type of request: Reinstatement of approval.

Frequency of collection: One-time notification before beginning

distribution; status report four times each year.

General description of respondents: Manufacturers and importers of

toy caps.

Estimated number of respondents: 10.

Estimated average number of hours per respondent: 4 per year.

Estimated number of hours for all respondents: 40 per year.

Comments: Comments on this request for reinstatement of approval of

information collection requirements should be submitted by July 23,

1999 to (1) 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-

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[email protected]. Copies of this request for reinstatement of approval of

information collection requirements are available from Linda Glatz,

management and program analyst, Office of Planning and Evaluation,

Consumer Product Safety Commission, Washington, DC 20207; telephone:

(301) 492-0416, extension 2226.

Dated: June 17, 1999.

Sadye E. Dunn,

Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission.

[FR Doc. 99-15876 Filed 6-22-99; 8:45 am]

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