89 FR 119 pgs. 51887-51888 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Extension
Type: NOTICEVolume: 89Number: 119Pages: 51887 - 51888
Pages: 51887, 51888FR document: [FR Doc. 2024-13485 Filed 6-18-24; 8:45 am]
Agency: Federal Trade Commission
Official PDF Version: PDF Version
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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Extension
AGENCY:
Federal Trade Commission.
ACTION:
Notice.
SUMMARY:
The Federal Trade Commission ("FTC" or "Commission") requests that the Office of Management and Budget ("OMB") extend for an additional three years the current Paperwork Reduction Act ("PRA") clearance for information collection requirements contained in the Commission's rules and regulations under the Wool Products Labeling Act of 1939 ("Wool Rules"). That clearance expires on June 30, 2024.
DATES:
Comments must be filed by July 22, 2024.
ADDRESSES:
Interested parties may file a comment online or on paper, by following the instructions in the Request for Comment part of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section below. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information collection by selecting "Currently under 30-day Review-Open for Public Comments" or by using the search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jock K. Chung, Attorney, Division of Enforcement, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Federal Trade Commission, Mail Code CC-9528, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20580, (202) 326-2984.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title of Collection: Rules and Regulations under the Wool Products Labeling Act of 1939, 16 CFR part 300.
OMB Control Number: 3084-0100.
Type of Review: Extension without change of currently approved collection.
Abstract: The Wool Products Labeling Act of 1939 ("Wool Act") prohibits the misbranding of wool products. The Wool Rules establish disclosure requirements that assist consumers in making informed purchasing decisions and recordkeeping requirements that assist the Commission in enforcing the Rules.
Likely Respondents: Manufacturers, importers, processors, and marketers of wool products.
Frequency of Response: Third party disclosure; recordkeeping requirement.
Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 2,046,667 hours (160,000 recordkeeping hours + 1,886,667 disclosure hours).
Estimated Annual Cost Burden: $29,969,068.84. 1
Footnotes:
1 ?The hourly wage rates are updated from the 60-Day Federal Register Notice, which was published in the Federal Register on January 19, 2024 (89 FR 3655), and now are based on data through May 2023 from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment Statistics Survey at https://www.bls.gov/news.release/ocwage.htm (released on Apr. 3, 2024).
Estimated Annual Non-Labor Costs: $0 or de minimis.
Request for Comment:
[top] On January 19, 2024, the FTC sought public comment on the information collection requirements associated with the Rules. 89 FR 3655 (Jan. 19, 2024). No relevant comments were received during the public comment period. Pursuant to OMB regulations, 5 CFR part 1320, that implement the PRA, 44
Your comment-including your name and your state-will be placed on the public record of this proceeding. Because your comment will be made public, you are solely responsible for making sure that your comment does not include any sensitive personal information, such as anyone's Social Security number; date of birth; driver's license number or other state identification number or foreign country equivalent; passport number; financial account number; or credit or debit card number. You are also solely responsible for ensuring that your comment does not include any sensitive health information, such as medical records or other individually identifiable health information. In addition, your comment should not include any "[t]rade secret or any commercial or financial information which is . . . privileged or confidential"-as provided in Section 6(f) of the FTC Act, 15 U.S.C. 46(f), and FTC Rule 4.10(a)(2), 16 CFR 4.10(a)(2)-including, in particular, competitively sensitive information, such as costs, sales statistics, inventories, formulas, patterns devices, manufacturing processes, or customer names.
Josephine Liu,
Assistant General Counsel for Legal Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2024-13485 Filed 6-18-24; 8:45 am]
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