Agency Information Collection Activities; Reinstatement of Existing Collection; Comment Request, 20914-20915 [05-8045]

Download as PDF 20914 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 77 / Friday, April 22, 2005 / Notices Dated: April 18, 2005. Mark J. Tenhundfeld, General Counsel. [FR Doc. 05–8037 Filed 4–21–05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6725–01–P FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION Agency Information Collection Activities; Reinstatement of Existing Collection; Comment Request Federal Trade Commission (Commission or FTC). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies The companies listed in this notice have applied to the Board for approval, pursuant to the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 1841 et seq.) (BHC Act), Regulation Y (12 CFR part 225), and all other applicable statutes and regulations to become a bank holding company and/or to acquire the assets or the ownership of, control of, or the power to vote shares of a bank or bank holding company and all of the banks and nonbanking companies owned by the bank holding company, including the companies listed below. The applications listed below, as well as other related filings required by the Board, are available for immediate inspection at the Federal Reserve Bank indicated. The application also will be available for inspection at the offices of the Board of Governors. Interested persons may express their views in writing on the standards enumerated in the BHC Act (12 U.S.C. 1842(c)). If the proposal also involves the acquisition of a nonbanking company, the review also includes whether the acquisition of the nonbanking company complies with the standards in section 4 of the BHC Act (12 U.S.C. 1843). Unless otherwise noted, nonbanking activities will be conducted throughout the United States. Additional information on all bank holding companies may be obtained from the National Information Center Web site at https://www.ffiec.gov/nic/. Unless otherwise noted, comments regarding each of these applications must be received at the Reserve Bank indicated or the offices of the Board of Governors not later than May 16, 2005. A. Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia (Michael E. Collins, Senior Vice President) 100 North 6th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19105– 1521: 1. Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania, Souderton, Pennsylvania; to retain 8.53 percent of the voting shares of New Century Bank, Phoenixville, Pennsylvania. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, April 18, 2005. Robert deV. Frierson, Deputy Secretary of the Board. [FR Doc. 05–8100 Filed 4–21–05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6210–01–P VerDate jul<14>2003 16:59 Apr 21, 2005 Jkt 205001 SUMMARY: The FTC intends to conduct a survey of consumers to advance its understanding of the incidence of consumer fraud and to allow the FTC to better serve people who experience fraud. The survey is a follow-up to the FTC’s Consumer Fraud Survey conducted in 2003 and released in August 2004. Before gathering this information, the FTC is seeking public comments on its proposed consumer research. Comments will be considered before the FTC submits a request for Office of Management and Budget (OMB) review under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), 44 U.S.C. 3501– 3520. DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before June 21, 2005. ADDRESSES: Interested parties are invited to submit written comments. Comments should refer to ‘‘Consumer Fraud Survey: FTC File No. P014412’’ to facilitate the organization of comments. A comment filed in paper form should include this reference both in the text and on the envelope and should be mailed or delivered to the following address: Federal Trade Commission/ Office of the Secretary, Room H–159 (Annex E), 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20580. The FTC is requesting that any comment filed in paper form be sent by courier or overnight service, if possible, because U.S. postal mail in the Washington area and at the Commission is subject to delay due to heightened security precautions. Alternatively, comments may be filed in electronic form (in ASCII format, WordPerfect, or Microsoft Word) as part of or as an attachment to e-mail messages directed to the following e-mail box: consumersurvey@ftc.gov. If the comment contains any material for which confidential treatment is requested, it must be filed in paper form, and the first page of the document must be clearly labeled ‘‘Confidential.’’ 1 1 Commission Rule 4.2(d), 16 CFR 4.2(d). The comment must be accompanied by an explicit request for confidential treatment, including the factual and legal basis for the request, and must identify the specific portions of the comment to be withheld from the public record. The request will be granted or denied by the Commission’s General Counsel, consistent with applicable law and the public interest. See Commission Rule 4.9(c), 16 CFR 4.9(c). PO 00000 Frm 00060 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 The FTC Act and other laws the Commission administers permit the collection of public comments to consider and use in this proceeding as appropriate. All timely and responsive public comments will be considered by the Commission and will be available to the public on the FTC Web site, to the extent practicable, at https://www.ftc.gov. As a matter of discretion, the FTC makes every effort to remove home contact information for individuals from the public comments it receives before placing those comments on the FTC Web site. More information, including routine uses permitted by the Privacy Act, may be found in the FTC’s privacy policy at https://www.ftc.gov/ftc/ privacy.htm. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information should be addressed to Nathaniel C. Wood, Assistant Director, Officer of Consumer and Business Education, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Federal Trade Commission, 601 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., NJ–2267, Washington, DC 20580, (202) 326–3407, consumersurvey@ftc.gov. Under the PRA, federal agencies must obtain approval from OMB for each collection of information they conduct or sponsor. ‘‘Collection of information’’ means agency requests or requirements that members of the public submit reports, keep records, or provide information to a third party. 44 U.S.C. 3502(3), 5 CFR 1320.3(c). In 2003, OMB approved the FTC’s request to conduct a survey on consumer fraud and assigned OMB Control Number 3084–0125. The FTC completed the consumer research in June 2003 and issued its report, Consumer Fraud in the United States: An FTC Survey, in August 2004.2 As required by section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA, the FTC is providing this opportunity for public comment before requesting that OMB reinstate the clearance for the survey, which expired in December 2003. The FTC invites comments on: (1) Whether the proposed collections of information are necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the FTC, including whether the information will have practical utility; (2) the accuracy of the FTC’s estimate of the burden of the proposed collections of information; (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) ways to minimize the burden of collecting information on those who are to respond, including SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 2 The Report is available at https://www.ftc.gov/ reports/consumerfraud/040805confraudrpt.pdf. E:\FR\FM\22APN1.SGM 22APN1 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 77 / Friday, April 22, 2005 / Notices through the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses. and will not require start-up, capital, or labor expenditures by respondents. John D. Graubert, Acting General Counsel. [FR Doc. 05–8045 Filed 4–21–05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6750–01–P 1. Description of the Collection of Information and Proposed Use The FTC proposes to survey up to 10,000 consumers in order to gather specific information on the incidence of consumer fraud in the general population. This information will be collected on a voluntary basis, and the identities of the consumers will remain confidential. Subject to OMB approval for the survey, the FTC has contracted with a consumer research firm to identify consumers and conduct the survey. The results will assist the FTC in determining the incidence of consumer fraud in the general population and whether the type and frequency of consumer frauds is changing, and will inform the FTC about how best to combat consumer fraud. The FTC intends to use a larger sample size than the 2003 survey to allow for a more in-depth analysis of the resulting data. The additional data points will allow for statistically significant samples for particular types of fraud and particular demographic characteristics. The questions will be very similar to the 2003 survey so that the results from the 2003 survey can be used as a baseline for a time-series analysis.3 The FTC may choose to conduct another follow-up survey in approximately two years. 2. Estimated Hours Burden The FTC will pretest the survey on approximately 100 respondents to ensure that all questions are easily understood. This pretest will take approximately 15 minutes per person and 25 hours as a whole (100 respondents × 15 minutes each). Answering the consumer survey will require approximately 15 minutes per respondent and 2,500 hours as a whole (10,000 respondents × 15 minutes each). Thus, cumulative total burden hours for the first year of the clearance will approximate 2,525 hours. 3. Estimated Cost Burden The cost per respondent should be negligible. Participation is voluntary 3 The survey instrument for the 2003 Consumer Fraud Survey is attached as Appendix A to the Report. VerDate jul<14>2003 15:27 Apr 21, 2005 Jkt 205001 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Centers for Disease Control and Prevention A Public Health Action Plan To Combat Antimicrobial Resistance (Part I: Domestic Issues); Meeting for Public Comment on the Antimicrobial Resistance Interagency Task Force Annual Report The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and National Institutes of Health (NIH) announce an open meeting concerning antimicrobial resistance. Name: ‘‘A Public Health Action Plan to Combat Antimicrobial Resistance (Part I: Domestic Issues)’’: Meeting for Public Comment on the Antimicrobial Resistance Interagency Task Force Annual Report. Time and Date: 1:30 p.m.–5 p.m., June 29, 2005. Place: Hyatt Regency Bethesda, Haverford/Baccarat Suite, One Bethesda Metro Center, 7400 Wisconsin Avenue at Old Georgetown Road, Bethesda, Maryland, 20814; Telephone: 1–301– 657–1234; Fax: 1–301–657–6453. Status: Open to the public, limited by the space available. Purpose: To present the third annual report of progress by Federal agencies in accomplishing activities outlined in ‘‘A Public Health Action Plan to Combat Antimicrobial Resistance (Part I: Domestic Issues),’’ and solicit comments from the public regarding the annual report. The Action Plan serves as a blueprint for activities of Federal agencies to address antimicrobial resistance. The focus of the plan is on domestic issues. Matters to be Discussed: The agenda will consist of welcome, introductory comments, followed by discussion of four focus areas in sequential plenary sessions lasting up to 45 minutes each. The four focus areas are: Surveillance, Prevention and Control, Research, and Product Development. Session leaders will give a 10 to 15 minute overview at the beginning of each session, then open the meeting for general discussion. Comments and suggestions from the public for Federal agencies related to PO 00000 Frm 00061 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 20915 each of the focus areas will be taken under advisement by the Antimicrobial Resistance Interagency Task Force. The agenda does not include development of consensus positions, guidelines, or discussions or endorsements of specific commercial products. The Action Plan, Annual Report, and meeting agenda will be available at https://www.cdc.gov/drugresistance. The public meeting is sponsored by the CDC, FDA, and NIH, in collaboration with seven other Federal agencies and departments involved in developing and writing ‘‘A Public Health Action Plan to Combat Antimicrobial Resistance (Part I: Domestic Issues).’’ Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate. Limited time will be available for oral questions, comments, and suggestions from the public. Depending on the number wishing to comment, a time limit of three minutes may be imposed. In the interest of time, visual aids will not be permitted, although written material may be submitted to the Task Force. Written comments and suggestions from the public are encouraged and can be submitted at the meeting or should be received by the contact person (below) by regular mail or e-mail listed below no later than July 31, 2005. Persons who anticipate attending the meeting are requested to send written notification to the contact person (below) by June 17, 2005, including name, organization (if applicable), address, phone, fax, and e-mail address. Ms. Vickie Garrett, Antimicrobial Resistance, Office of the Director, NCID, CDC, mail stop C–12, 1600 Clifton Road, NE., Atlanta, Georgia 30333; telephone 404–639–2603; fax 404–639–4197; or email aractionplan@cdc.gov. The Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, has been delegated the authority to sign Federal Register notices pertaining to announcements of meetings and other committee management activities for both CDC and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dated: April 18, 2005. Alvin Hall, Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. [FR Doc. 05–8090 Filed 4–21–05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4163–18–P E:\FR\FM\22APN1.SGM 22APN1

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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION


Agency Information Collection Activities; Reinstatement of 
Existing Collection; Comment Request

AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission (Commission or FTC).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The FTC intends to conduct a survey of consumers to advance 
its understanding of the incidence of consumer fraud and to allow the 
FTC to better serve people who experience fraud. The survey is a 
follow-up to the FTC's Consumer Fraud Survey conducted in 2003 and 
released in August 2004. Before gathering this information, the FTC is 
seeking public comments on its proposed consumer research. Comments 
will be considered before the FTC submits a request for Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) review under the Paperwork Reduction Act 
(PRA), 44 U.S.C. 3501-3520.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before June 21, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Interested parties are invited to submit written comments. 
Comments should refer to ``Consumer Fraud Survey: FTC File No. 
P014412'' to facilitate the organization of comments. A comment filed 
in paper form should include this reference both in the text and on the 
envelope and should be mailed or delivered to the following address: 
Federal Trade Commission/Office of the Secretary, Room H-159 (Annex E), 
600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20580. The FTC is 
requesting that any comment filed in paper form be sent by courier or 
overnight service, if possible, because U.S. postal mail in the 
Washington area and at the Commission is subject to delay due to 
heightened security precautions. Alternatively, comments may be filed 
in electronic form (in ASCII format, WordPerfect, or Microsoft Word) as 
part of or as an attachment to e-mail messages directed to the 
following e-mail box: consumersurvey@ftc.gov. If the comment contains 
any material for which confidential treatment is requested, it must be 
filed in paper form, and the first page of the document must be clearly 
labeled ``Confidential.'' \1\
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    \1\ Commission Rule 4.2(d), 16 CFR 4.2(d). The comment must be 
accompanied by an explicit request for confidential treatment, 
including the factual and legal basis for the request, and must 
identify the specific portions of the comment to be withheld from 
the public record. The request will be granted or denied by the 
Commission's General Counsel, consistent with applicable law and the 
public interest. See Commission Rule 4.9(c), 16 CFR 4.9(c).
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    The FTC Act and other laws the Commission administers permit the 
collection of public comments to consider and use in this proceeding as 
appropriate. All timely and responsive public comments will be 
considered by the Commission and will be available to the public on the 
FTC Web site, to the extent practicable, at https://www.ftc.gov. As a 
matter of discretion, the FTC makes every effort to remove home contact 
information for individuals from the public comments it receives before 
placing those comments on the FTC Web site. More information, including 
routine uses permitted by the Privacy Act, may be found in the FTC's 
privacy policy at https://www.ftc.gov/ftc/privacy.htm.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information 
should be addressed to Nathaniel C. Wood, Assistant Director, Officer 
of Consumer and Business Education, Bureau of Consumer Protection, 
Federal Trade Commission, 601 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., NJ-2267, 
Washington, DC 20580, (202) 326-3407, consumersurvey@ftc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the PRA, federal agencies must obtain 
approval from OMB for each collection of information they conduct or 
sponsor. ``Collection of information'' means agency requests or 
requirements that members of the public submit reports, keep records, 
or provide information to a third party. 44 U.S.C. 3502(3), 5 CFR 
1320.3(c). In 2003, OMB approved the FTC's request to conduct a survey 
on consumer fraud and assigned OMB Control Number 3084-0125. The FTC 
completed the consumer research in June 2003 and issued its report, 
Consumer Fraud in the United States: An FTC Survey, in August 2004.\2\ 
As required by section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA, the FTC is providing 
this opportunity for public comment before requesting that OMB 
reinstate the clearance for the survey, which expired in December 2003.
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    \2\ The Report is available at https://www.ftc.gov/reports/
consumerfraud/040805confraudrpt.pdf.
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    The FTC invites comments on: (1) Whether the proposed collections 
of information are necessary for the proper performance of the 
functions of the FTC, including whether the information will have 
practical utility; (2) the accuracy of the FTC's estimate of the burden 
of the proposed collections of information; (3) ways to enhance the 
quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and 
(4) ways to minimize the burden of collecting information on those who 
are to respond, including

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through the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or 
other technological collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses.

1. Description of the Collection of Information and Proposed Use

    The FTC proposes to survey up to 10,000 consumers in order to 
gather specific information on the incidence of consumer fraud in the 
general population. This information will be collected on a voluntary 
basis, and the identities of the consumers will remain confidential. 
Subject to OMB approval for the survey, the FTC has contracted with a 
consumer research firm to identify consumers and conduct the survey. 
The results will assist the FTC in determining the incidence of 
consumer fraud in the general population and whether the type and 
frequency of consumer frauds is changing, and will inform the FTC about 
how best to combat consumer fraud.
    The FTC intends to use a larger sample size than the 2003 survey to 
allow for a more in-depth analysis of the resulting data. The 
additional data points will allow for statistically significant samples 
for particular types of fraud and particular demographic 
characteristics. The questions will be very similar to the 2003 survey 
so that the results from the 2003 survey can be used as a baseline for 
a time-series analysis.\3\ The FTC may choose to conduct another 
follow-up survey in approximately two years.
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    \3\ The survey instrument for the 2003 Consumer Fraud Survey is 
attached as Appendix A to the Report.
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2. Estimated Hours Burden

    The FTC will pretest the survey on approximately 100 respondents to 
ensure that all questions are easily understood. This pretest will take 
approximately 15 minutes per person and 25 hours as a whole (100 
respondents x 15 minutes each). Answering the consumer survey will 
require approximately 15 minutes per respondent and 2,500 hours as a 
whole (10,000 respondents x 15 minutes each). Thus, cumulative total 
burden hours for the first year of the clearance will approximate 2,525 
hours.

3. Estimated Cost Burden

    The cost per respondent should be negligible. Participation is 
voluntary and will not require start-up, capital, or labor expenditures 
by respondents.

John D. Graubert,
Acting General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 05-8045 Filed 4-21-05; 8:45 am]
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