Rynek i konsumenci · 30/10/1996

Submission for OMB Review; Comment RequestSafety Standard for Cigarette Lighters

In the Federal Register of April 2, 1996 (61 FR 14557), the Consumer Product Safety Commission published a notice in accordance with provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) to announce the agency's intention to seek extension of approval of the collection of information in the Safety Standard for Cigarette Lighters (16 CFR Part 1210). By publication of this notice, the Commission announces that it has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget a request for reinstatement of approval of that collection of information without change through December 31, 1999. The Safety Standard for Cigarette Lighters requires disposable and novelty lighters to be manufactured with a mechanism to resist operation by children younger than five years of age. Certification regulations implementing the standard require manufacturers and importers to submit to the Commission a description of each model of lighter, results of prototype qualification tests for compliance with the standard, and a physical specimen of the lighter before the introduction of each model of lighter in commerce. The Commission uses the records of testing and other information required by the