Federal Register #2026-20347

CPSC Seeks Comments on Extending Button Cell and Coin Battery Safety Information Collection

The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is seeking public comments on extending approval of its button cell and coin battery safety information collection. - Government buyer: CPSC; the request concerns renewal of an information collection reviewed by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Control Number 3041-0195. - Notice type: This is a request for public comment, not a procurement or contract award. - Affected parties: Manufacturers and importers of button cell and coin batteries, and manufacturers and importers of non-children’s products that contain or are designed to use these batteries. - Safety requirements covered: Child-resistant battery compartments and physical warnings on relevant battery and product packaging, accompanying literature, and, where practicable, the products themselves. Digital information does not replace required physical warnings. - Estimated information-collection burden: 15,363 annual respondents, an estimated three responses per respondent each year, and 184,356 total annual burden hours. - OEMs, vendors, products, and services: None are identified as being offered or requested.

Description

The Consumer Product Safety Commission submitted a request to the Office of Management and Budget to extend approval of information collection requirements associated with the Safety Standard for Button Cell or Coin Batteries and Consumer Products Containing Such Batteries. The collection covers manufacturers and importers of button cell or coin batteries and certain consumer products containing or designed to use those batteries. The standard includes child-resistant battery compartment performance requirements and labeling requirements intended to reduce injuries and deaths from children ingesting these batteries. Comments on the information collection are due November 4, 2026.

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