[Federal Register: June 23, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 120)]
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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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os@cpsc.gov. 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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