# Agency Information Collection Activities; Extension of Collection; Standards for the Flammability of Children's Sleepwear
**AGENCY:**
Consumer Product Safety Commission.
**ACTION:**
Notice of information collection; request for comment.
**SUMMARY:**
As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC or Commission) announces that the Commission has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request for extension of approval of information collection requirements associated with the Standard for the Flammability of Children's Sleepwear: Sizes 0 Through 6X and the Standard for the Flammability of Children's Sleepwear: Sizes 7 Through 14. OMB previously approved the collection of information under control number 3041-0027. OMB's most recent extension of approval will expire on September 30, 2025. On July 11, 2025, CPSC published a notice in the *Federal Register* to announce the agency's intention to seek extension of approval of the collection of information. The Commission received one public comment in support of the Commission's safety standard for children's sleepwear. Therefore, by publication of this notice, the Commission announces that CPSC has submitted to the OMB a request for extension of approval of that collection of information.
**DATES:**
Submit comments on the collection of information by October 24, 2025.
**ADDRESSES:**
Submit comments about this request by email: *[email protected]* or fax: 202-395-6881. Comments by mail should be sent to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk Officer for the CPSC, Office of Management and Budget, Room 10235, 725 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20503. Written comments that are sent to OMB also should be submitted electronically at *http://www.regulations.gov,* under Docket No. CPSC-2012-0055.
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Cynthia Gillham, Consumer Product Safety Commission, 4330 East-West Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814; (301) 504-7791, or by email to: *[email protected].*
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
CPSC seeks to renew the following currently approved collection of information:
*Title:* Standard for the Flammability of Children's Sleepwear: Sizes 0 Through 6X; and the Standard for the Flammability of Children's Sleepwear: Sizes 7 Through 14.
*OMB Number:* 3041-0027.
*Type of Review:* Renewal of collection.
*Frequency of Response:* On occasion.
*Affected Public:* Manufacturers and importers of children's sleepwear.
*General Description of Collection:* The Standard for the Flammability of Children's Sleepwear: Sizes 0 through 6X (16 CFR part 1615) and the Standard for the Flammability of Children's Sleepwear: Sizes 7 through 14 (16 CFR part 1616) address the fire hazard associated with small- flame ignition sources for children's sleepwear manufactured for sale in, or imported into, the United States. The standards also require manufacturers and importers of children's sleepwear to collect information resulting from product testing and maintenance of the testing records. 16 CFR part 1615, subpart B; 16 CFR part 1616; subpart B.
*Estimated Number of Respondents:* Based on a review of past inspections and published industry information, CPSC staff estimates that there could be as many as 615 domestic children's apparel manufacturers in the United States subject to the rule. However, not all these manufacturers will produce children's sleepwear. Therefore, this figure is likely an overestimate of the actual number of firms responding to the collection of information in any given year.
Furthermore, using the Harmonized Tariff System (HTS) codes for children's sleepwear, CPSC staff found approximately 3,641 importers that supply children's sleepwear to the U.S. market. Many of the 615 domestic manufacturers, along with many large U.S. retailers, may be among the importers, so this too could be an overestimate of respondents to the information collection. If all 615 U.S. producers and all 3,641 importers introduced new children's sleepwear garments each year, the total number of respondents to the information collection would be 4,256 (615 + 3,641). As noted above, the actual number of respondents is likely lower.
*Estimated Time per Response:* PRA burden associated with testing and recordkeeping of each sleepwear item is approximately three hours.
*Total Estimated Annual Burden:* The 50 largest domestic manufacturers and the 100 largest importers may each introduce an average of 100 new children's sleepwear items annually. The annual burden for the 50 large domestic manufacturers and the 100 largest importers is estimated at 45,000 hours for PRA burden associated with testing and recordkeeping (150 firms × 100 items × 3 hours). Without adjusting for possible double-counting, CPSC staff estimates that the remaining 565 manufacturers and 3,541 importers may each introduce an average of 10 new children's sleepwear items, for a total burden of 123,180 hours (4,106 × 10 items × 3 hours.) Therefore, the total estimated potential annual burden imposed by the standard and regulations on all manufacturers and importers of children's sleepwear will be about 168,180 hours (45,000 + 123,180).
*Total Estimated Annual Cost to Respondents:* Using compensation data available from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, “Employer Costs for Employee Compensation,” December 2024, Table 4, total compensation for management, professional, and related workers in goods-producing private industries, *http://www.bls.gov/ncs,* the annual cost to the industry is estimated to be $12,748,044 based on an hourly wage of $75.80 × 168,180 hours.
Alberta E. Mills,
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission.