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

Résumé

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 pr