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Download as PDF jlentini on DSKJ8SOYB1PROD with NOTICES 144 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 1 / Monday, January 3, 2011 / Notices reasonably available quantity as ‘‘the quantity of iron, steel, or relevant manufactured good is available or will be available at the time needed and place needed, and in the proper form or specification as specified in the project plans and design.’’ The Town has incorporated specific technical design requirements for installation of filter media at their three Well Houses. The purpose of the ARRA is to stimulate economic recovery in part by funding current infrastructure construction, not to delay projects that are ‘‘shovel ready’’ by requiring utilities, such as the Town, to revise their standards and specifications, institute a new bidding process, and potentially choose a more costly, less efficient project. The imposition of ARRA Buy American requirements on such projects otherwise eligible for State Revolving Fund assistance would result in unreasonable delay and thus displace the ‘‘shovel ready’’ status for this project. To further delay construction is in direct conflict with a fundamental economic purpose of the ARRA, which is to create or retain jobs. The OIA has reviewed this waiver request and to the best of our knowledge at the time of review has determined that the supporting documentation provided by the Town is sufficient to meet the criteria listed under Section 1605(b) and in the April 28, 2009, ‘‘Implementation of Buy American provisions of Public Law 111–5, the ‘American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009’ Memorandum:’’ Iron, steel, and the manufactured goods are not produced in the United States in sufficient and reasonably available quantities and of a satisfactory quality. The basis for this project waiver is the authorization provided in Section 1605(b)(2). Due to the lack of production of this product in the United States in sufficient and reasonably available quantities and of a satisfactory quality in order to meet the Town’s technical specifications, a waiver from the Buy American requirement is justified. The March 31, 2009 Delegation of Authority Memorandum provided Regional Administrators with the authority to issue exceptions to Section 1605 of ARRA within the geographic boundaries of their respective regions and with respect to requests by individual grant recipients. Having established both a proper basis to specify the particular good required for this project, and that this manufactured good was not available from a producer in the United States, the Town of Smyrna is hereby granted a waiver from the Buy American requirements of Section 1605(a) of Public Law 111–5 for VerDate Mar<15>2010 20:45 Dec 30, 2010 Jkt 223001 the purchase of GreensandPlus filter media using ARRA funds as specified in the Town of Smyrna’s request of October 1, 2010. This supplementary information constitutes the detailed written justification required by Section 1605(c) for waivers ‘‘based on a finding under subsection (b).’’ Authority: Pub. L. 111–5, section 1605. Dated: December 9, 2010. W.C. Early, Acting Regional Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region III. [FR Doc. 2010–33111 Filed 12–30–10; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM Change in Bank Control Notices; Acquisitions of Shares of a Bank or Bank Holding Company The notificants listed below have applied under the Change in Bank Control Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)) and § 225.41 of the Board’s Regulation Y (12 CFR 225.41) to acquire shares of a bank or bank holding company. The factors that are considered in acting on the notices are set forth in paragraph 7 of the Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)(7)). The notices are available for immediate inspection at the Federal Reserve Bank indicated. The notices also will be available for inspection at the offices of the Board of Governors. Interested persons may express their views in writing to the Reserve Bank indicated for that notice or to the offices of the Board of Governors. Comments must be received not later than January 20, 2011. A. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis (Jacqueline G. King, Community Affairs Officer) 90 Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55480–0291: 1. Richard M. Connor, Jr., Laona, Wisconsin, to acquire and retain 25 percent or more of the voting shares of Northern Wisconsin Bank Holding Company, Inc., and thereby indirectly acquire and retain voting shares of Laona State Bank, both of Laona, Wisconsin. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, December 28, 2010. Jennifer J. Johnson, Secretary of the Board. [FR Doc. 2010–33080 Filed 12–30–10; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6210–01–P PO 00000 Frm 00064 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Extension AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission (‘‘FTC’’ or ‘‘Commission’’). ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: The information collection requirements described below has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (‘‘OMB’’) for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (‘‘PRA’’). The FTC is seeking public comments on its proposal to extend through February 28, 2014, the current clearance under OMB Control Number 3084–0108 for information collection requirements contained in its Used Motor Vehicle Trade Regulation Rule (‘‘Used Car Rule’’ or ‘‘Rule’’). That clearance expires on February 28, 2011. DATES: Comments must be filed by February 2, 2011. ADDRESSES: Interested parties are invited to submit written comments electronically or in paper form by following the instructions in the Request for Comments part of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section below. Comments in electronic form should be submitted by using the following Web link: https:// ftc.public.commentworks.com/ftc/ UsedCarRulePRA2 (and following the instructions on the Web-based form). Comments filed in paper form should be mailed or delivered to the following address: Federal Trade Commission, Office of the Secretary, Room H–135 (Annex J), 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20580, in the manner detailed in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section below. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information should be addressed to John C. Hallerud, Attorney, Midwest Region, Federal Trade Commission, 55 West Monroe, Suite 1825, Chicago, Illinois 60603, (312) 960–5634. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Used Car Rule facilitates informed purchasing decisions by requiring used car dealers to disclose information about warranty coverage, if any, and the mechanical condition of used cars that they offer for sale. The Rule requires that used car dealers display a form called a ‘‘Buyers Guide’’ on each used car offered for sale that, among other things, discloses information about warranty coverage. Request for Comments Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (‘‘PRA’’), 44 U.S.C. 3501–3521, Federal agencies must obtain approval from E:\FR\FM\03JAN1.SGM 03JAN1 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 1 / Monday, January 3, 2011 / Notices jlentini on DSKJ8SOYB1PROD with NOTICES 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). As required by section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA, the FTC is providing this opportunity for public comment before requesting that OMB extend the existing paperwork clearance for the regulations noted herein. Comments should refer to ‘‘Used Car Rule: FTC File No. P067609’’ to facilitate the organization of comments. Please note that your comment B including your name and your State B will be placed on the public record of this proceeding, including on the publicly accessible FTC Web site, at https:// www.ftc.gov/os/publiccomments.shtm. Because comments will be made public, they should not include any sensitive personal information, such as any individual’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. Comments also should not include any sensitive health information, such as medical records or other individually identifiable health information. In addition, comments should not include ‘‘[t]rade secret or any commercial or financial information which is obtained from any person and which is privileged or confidential’’ as provided in Section 6(f) of the Federal Trade Commission Act (‘‘FTC Act’’), 15 U.S.C. 46(f), and FTC Rule 4.10(a)(2), 16 CFR 4.10(a)(2). Comments containing matter for which confidential treatment is requested must be filed in paper form, must be clearly labeled ‘‘Confidential,’’ and must comply with FTC Rule 4.9(c).1 Because paper mail addressed to the FTC is subject to delay due to heightened security screening, please consider submitting your comments in electronic form. Comments filed in electronic form should be submitted using the following Web link https:// ftc.public.commentworks.com/ftc/ UsedCarRulePRA2 (and following the instructions on the Web-based form). To ensure that the Commission considers an electronic comment, you must file it 1 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 FTC Rule 4.9(c), 16 CFR 4.9(c). VerDate Mar<15>2010 20:45 Dec 30, 2010 Jkt 223001 on the Web-based form at the Web link https://ftc.public.commentworks.com/ ftc/UsedCarRulePRA2. If this Notice appears at https://www.regulations.gov/ search/index.jsp, you may also file an electronic comment through that Web site. The Commission will consider all comments that regulations.gov forwards to it. All comments should additionally be sent to OMB. Comments may be submitted by U.S. Postal Mail to: Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for Federal Trade Commission, New Executive Office Building, Docket Library, Room 10102, 725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503. Comments, however, should be submitted via facsimile to (202) 395–5167 because U.S. Postal Mail is subject to lengthy delays due to heightened security precautions. The FTC Act and other laws that the Commission administers permit the collection of public comments to consider and use in this proceeding as appropriate. The Commission will consider all timely and responsive public comments that it receives, whether filed in paper or electronic form. Comments received will be available to the public on the FTC Web site, to the extent practicable, at https:// www.ftc.gov/os/publiccomments.shtm. 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.shtm. Burden Statement On October 12, 2010, the FTC sought comment on the information collection requirements associated with the Rule, 16 CFR part 455. 75 FR 62538. No comments were received. Accordingly, the FTC retains its previously published burden estimates. Estimated total annual hours burden: 1,974,589 hours. The Rule has no recordkeeping requirements. The estimated burden relating solely to disclosure requirements is 1,974,589 hours. As explained in more detail below, this estimate is based on the number of used car dealers (53,735 2), the number of 2 CNW Marketing Research, Inc. As of July 2010, CNW lists 15,631 new vehicle franchised outlets with used car operations and 38,104 independent used car outlets, for a total of 53,735 used car dealers. PO 00000 Frm 00065 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 145 used cars sold by dealers annually (approximately 24,531,374 3), and the time needed to fulfill the information collection tasks required by the Rule.4 The Rule requires that used car dealers display a one-page, double-sided Buyers Guide on each used car that they offer for sale. The component tasks associated with the Rule’s required display of Buyers Guides include: (1) Ordering and stocking Buyers Guides; (2) entering data on Buyers Guides; (3) displaying the Buyers Guides on vehicles; (4) revising Buyers Guides as necessary; and (5) complying with the Rule’s requirements for sales conducted in Spanish. 1. Ordering and Stocking Buyers Guides: Dealers should need no more than an average of two hours per year to obtain Buyers Guides, which are readily available from many commercial printers or can be produced by an office word-processing or desk-top publishing system.5 Based on a population of 53,735 dealers, the annual hours burden for producing or obtaining and stocking Buyers Guides is 107,470 hours. 2. Entering Data on Buyers Guides: The amount of time required to enter applicable data on Buyers Guides may vary substantially, depending on whether a dealer has automated the process. For used cars sold ‘‘as is,’’ copying vehicle-specific data from dealer inventories to Buyers Guides and checking the ‘‘No Warranty’’ box may take two to three minutes per vehicle if done by hand, and only seconds for those dealers who have automated the process or use pre-printed forms. Staff estimates that this task will require an average of two minutes per Buyers Guide. Similarly, for used cars sold under warranty, the time required to check the ‘‘Warranty’’ box and to add warranty information, such as the 3 Id. This figure reflects total used car sales by franchised and independent dealers in 2009, the most recent complete annual figures available. 4 Some dealers opt to contract with outside contractors to perform the various tasks associated with complying with the Rule. Staff assumes that outside contractors would require about the same amount of time and incur similar cost as dealers to perform these tasks. Accordingly, the hour and cost burden totals shown, while referring to ‘‘dealers,’’ incorporate the time and cost borne by outside companies in performing the tasks associated with the Rule. In addition, the time estimates that follow repeat those that the FTC published in the 2007 PRA clearance renewal-related Federal Register notices (72 FR 46487 (Aug. 20, 2007); 72 FR 71911 71912 (Dec. 19, 2007)) without receiving public comment. Absent prospective specific industry estimates to the contrary, staff will continue to apply these estimates, which staff believes are reasonable. 5 Buyers Guides are also available online from the FTC’s Web site, https://www.ftc.gov, as links to A Dealer’s Guide to the Used Car Rule at https:// www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/business/autos/ bus13.shtm. E:\FR\FM\03JAN1.SGM 03JAN1 jlentini on DSKJ8SOYB1PROD with NOTICES 146 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 1 / Monday, January 3, 2011 / Notices additional information required in the Percentage of Labor/Parts and the Systems Covered/Duration sections of the Buyers Guide, will depend on whether the dealer uses a manual or automated process or Buyers Guides that are pre-printed with the dealer’s standard warranty terms. Staff estimates that these tasks will take an average of one additional minute, i.e., cumulatively, an average total time of three minutes for each used car sold under warranty. Staff estimates that approximately fifty percent of used cars sold by dealers are sold ‘‘as is,’’ with the other half sold under warranty. Therefore, staff estimates that the overall time required to enter data on Buyers Guides consists of 408,856 hours for used cars sold without a warranty (24,531,374 vehicles × 50% × 2 minutes per vehicle) and 613,284 hours for used cars sold under warranty (24,531,374 vehicles × 50% × 3 minutes per vehicle) for a cumulative estimated total of 1,022,140 hours. 3. Displaying Buyers Guides on Vehicles: Although the time required to display the Buyers Guides on each used car may vary substantially, FTC staff estimates that dealers will spend an average of 1.75 minutes per vehicle to match the correct Buyers Guide to the vehicle and to display it on the vehicle. The estimated burden associated with this task is approximately 715,498 hours for the 24,531,374 vehicles sold in 2009 (24,531,374 vehicles × 1.75 minutes per vehicle). 4. Revising Buyers Guides as Necessary: If negotiations between the buyer and seller over warranty coverage produce a sale on terms other than those originally entered on the Buyers Guide, the dealer must revise the Buyers Guide to reflect the actual terms of sale. According to the original rulemaking record, bargaining over warranty coverage rarely occurs. Staff notes that consumers often do not need to negotiate over warranty coverage because they can find vehicles that are offered with the desired warranty coverage online or in other ways before ever contacting a dealer. Accordingly, staff assumes that the Buyers Guide will be revised in no more than two percent of sales, with an average time of two minutes per revision. Therefore, staff estimates that dealers annually will spend approximately 16,354 hours revising Buyers Guides (24,531,374 vehicles × 2% × 2 minutes per vehicle). 5. Spanish Language Sales: The Rule requires that contract disclosures be made in Spanish if a sale is conducted in Spanish.6 The Rule permits 6 16 CFR 455.5. VerDate Mar<15>2010 20:10 Dec 30, 2010 Jkt 223001 displaying both an English and a Spanish language Buyers Guide to comply with this requirement.7 Many dealers with large numbers of Spanishspeaking customers likely will post both English and Spanish Buyers Guides to avoid potential compliance violations. Calculations from United States Census Bureau surveys indicate that approximately 6.5 percent of the United States population speaks Spanish at home, without also speaking fluent English.8 Staff therefore projects that approximately 6.5 percent of used car sales will be conducted in Spanish. Dealers will incur the additional burden of completing and displaying a second Buyers Guide in 6.5 percent of sales assuming that dealers choose to comply with the Rule by posting both English and Spanish Buyers Guides. The annual hours burden associated with completing and posting Buyers Guides is 1,737,638 hours (1,022,140 hours for entering data on Buyers Guides plus 715,498 hours for displaying Buyers Guides). Therefore, staff estimates that the additional burden caused by the Rule’s requirement that dealers display Spanish language Buyers Guides when conducting sales in Spanish is 112,947 hours (1,737,638 hours × 6.5%). The other components of the annual hours burden, i.e., purchasing Buyers Guides and revising them for changes in warranty coverage, remain unchanged. Estimated annual cost burden: $26,301,525 in labor costs and $4,906,275 in non-labor costs. 1. Labor costs: Labor costs are derived by applying appropriate hourly cost figures to the burden hours described above. Staff has determined that all of the tasks associated with ordering forms, entering data on Buyers Guides, posting Buyers Guides on vehicles, and revising them as needed, including the corresponding tasks associated with Spanish Buyers Guides, are typically done by clerical or low-level administrative personnel. Using a clerical cost rate of $13.32 per hour 9 and an estimated burden of 1,974,589 7 Id. 8 U.S. Census Bureau, Table S1601. Language Spoken at Home. 2008 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates, available at: https:// factfinder.census.gov/servlet/STTable?_bm=y&qr_name=ACS_2008_1YR_G00_S1601&geo_id=01000US&ds_name=ACS_2008_1YR_G00_&-_lang=en&redoLog=false&-CONTEXT’st. The table indicates that 12.2% of the United States population 5 years or older speaks Spanish or Spanish Creole in the home and 46.7% of these in-home Spanish speakers speak English less than ‘‘very well.’’ 9 The hourly rate is based on Bureau of Labor Statistics estimate of the mean hourly wage for office clerks, general. Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2009, available at https:// www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes439061.htm#nat. PO 00000 Frm 00066 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 hours for disclosure requirements, the total labor cost burden would be approximately $26,301,525. 2. Capital or other non-labor costs: Although the cost of Buyers Guides can vary considerably, based on industry input staff estimates that the average cost of each Buyers Guide is twenty cents. The estimated cost of Buyers Guides for the 24,531,374 used cars sold by dealers in 2009 is approximately $4,906,275. In making this estimate, staff conservatively assumes that all dealers will purchase preprinted forms instead of producing them internally, although dealers may produce them at minimal expense using current office automation technology. Capital and start-up costs associated with the Rule are minimal. David C. Shonka, Acting General Counsel. [FR Doc. 2010–33110 Filed 12–30–10; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6750–01–P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Meeting of the Advisory Committee on Minority Health; Correction AGENCY: Office of Minority Health, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, Office of the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services. ACTION: Notice: Correction. SUMMARY: The Department of Health and Human Services published a notice in the Federal Register of December 21, 2010 announcing a meeting of the Advisory Committee on Minority Health. It was announced that this meeting would be held on Monday, January 10, 2011 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Tuesday, January 11, 2011 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Due to unforseen circumstances the meeting date has been changed. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Monica A. Baltimore, Phone: 240–453– 2882 Fax: 240–453–2883. Correction In the Federal Register of December 21, 2010, Vol. 75, No. 244, on page 80055, in the 2nd column, correct the DATES caption to read: The meeting will be held on Monday, February 21, 2011 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Tuesday, February 22, 2011 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. E:\FR\FM\03JAN1.SGM 03JAN1

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Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Extension

AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission (``FTC'' or ``Commission'').

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The information collection requirements described below has 
been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (``OMB'') for 
review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (``PRA''). The FTC 
is seeking public comments on its proposal to extend through February 
28, 2014, the current clearance under OMB Control Number 3084-0108 for 
information collection requirements contained in its Used Motor Vehicle 
Trade Regulation Rule (``Used Car Rule'' or ``Rule''). That clearance 
expires on February 28, 2011.

DATES: Comments must be filed by February 2, 2011.

ADDRESSES: Interested parties are invited to submit written comments 
electronically or in paper form by following the instructions in the 
Request for Comments part of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section 
below. Comments in electronic form should be submitted by using the 
following Web link: https://ftc.public.commentworks.com/ftc/UsedCarRulePRA2 (and following the instructions on the Web-based form). 
Comments filed in paper form should be mailed or delivered to the 
following address: Federal Trade Commission, Office of the Secretary, 
Room H-135 (Annex J), 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 
20580, in the manner detailed in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section 
below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information 
should be addressed to John C. Hallerud, Attorney, Midwest Region, 
Federal Trade Commission, 55 West Monroe, Suite 1825, Chicago, Illinois 
60603, (312) 960-5634.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Used Car Rule facilitates informed 
purchasing decisions by requiring used car dealers to disclose 
information about warranty coverage, if any, and the mechanical 
condition of used cars that they offer for sale. The Rule requires that 
used car dealers display a form called a ``Buyers Guide'' on each used 
car offered for sale that, among other things, discloses information 
about warranty coverage.

Request for Comments

    Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (``PRA''), 44 U.S.C. 3501-3521, 
Federal agencies must obtain approval from

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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). As 
required by section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA, the FTC is providing this 
opportunity for public comment before requesting that OMB extend the 
existing paperwork clearance for the regulations noted herein.
    Comments should refer to ``Used Car Rule: FTC File No. P067609'' to 
facilitate the organization of comments. Please note that your comment 
B including your name and your State B will be placed on the public 
record of this proceeding, including on the publicly accessible FTC Web 
site, at https://www.ftc.gov/os/publiccomments.shtm.
    Because comments will be made public, they should not include any 
sensitive personal information, such as any individual'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. Comments also 
should not include any sensitive health information, such as medical 
records or other individually identifiable health information. In 
addition, comments should not include ``[t]rade secret or any 
commercial or financial information which is obtained from any person 
and which is privileged or confidential'' as provided in Section 6(f) 
of the Federal Trade Commission Act (``FTC Act''), 15 U.S.C. 46(f), and 
FTC Rule 4.10(a)(2), 16 CFR 4.10(a)(2). Comments containing matter for 
which confidential treatment is requested must be filed in paper form, 
must be clearly labeled ``Confidential,'' and must comply with FTC Rule 
4.9(c).\1\
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    \1\ 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 FTC Rule 4.9(c), 16 CFR 
4.9(c).
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    Because paper mail addressed to the FTC is subject to delay due to 
heightened security screening, please consider submitting your comments 
in electronic form. Comments filed in electronic form should be 
submitted using the following Web link https://ftc.public.commentworks.com/ftc/UsedCarRulePRA2 (and following the 
instructions on the Web-based form). To ensure that the Commission 
considers an electronic comment, you must file it on the Web-based form 
at the Web link https://ftc.public.commentworks.com/ftc/UsedCarRulePRA2. If this Notice appears at https://www.regulations.gov/search/index.jsp, you may also file an electronic comment through that 
Web site. The Commission will consider all comments that 
regulations.gov forwards to it.
    All comments should additionally be sent to OMB. Comments may be 
submitted by U.S. Postal Mail to: Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for 
Federal Trade Commission, New Executive Office Building, Docket 
Library, Room 10102, 725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503. 
Comments, however, should be submitted via facsimile to (202) 395-5167 
because U.S. Postal Mail is subject to lengthy delays due to heightened 
security precautions.
    The FTC Act and other laws that the Commission administers permit 
the collection of public comments to consider and use in this 
proceeding as appropriate. The Commission will consider all timely and 
responsive public comments that it receives, whether filed in paper or 
electronic form. Comments received will be available to the public on 
the FTC Web site, to the extent practicable, at https://www.ftc.gov/os/publiccomments.shtm. 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.shtm.

Burden Statement

    On October 12, 2010, the FTC sought comment on the information 
collection requirements associated with the Rule, 16 CFR part 455. 75 
FR 62538. No comments were received. Accordingly, the FTC retains its 
previously published burden estimates.
    Estimated total annual hours burden: 1,974,589 hours.
    The Rule has no recordkeeping requirements. The estimated burden 
relating solely to disclosure requirements is 1,974,589 hours. As 
explained in more detail below, this estimate is based on the number of 
used car dealers (53,735 \2\), the number of used cars sold by dealers 
annually (approximately 24,531,374 \3\), and the time needed to fulfill 
the information collection tasks required by the Rule.\4\
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    \2\ CNW Marketing Research, Inc. As of July 2010, CNW lists 
15,631 new vehicle franchised outlets with used car operations and 
38,104 independent used car outlets, for a total of 53,735 used car 
dealers.
    \3\ Id. This figure reflects total used car sales by franchised 
and independent dealers in 2009, the most recent complete annual 
figures available.
    \4\ Some dealers opt to contract with outside contractors to 
perform the various tasks associated with complying with the Rule. 
Staff assumes that outside contractors would require about the same 
amount of time and incur similar cost as dealers to perform these 
tasks. Accordingly, the hour and cost burden totals shown, while 
referring to ``dealers,'' incorporate the time and cost borne by 
outside companies in performing the tasks associated with the Rule. 
In addition, the time estimates that follow repeat those that the 
FTC published in the 2007 PRA clearance renewal-related Federal 
Register notices (72 FR 46487 (Aug. 20, 2007); 72 FR 71911 71912 
(Dec. 19, 2007)) without receiving public comment. Absent 
prospective specific industry estimates to the contrary, staff will 
continue to apply these estimates, which staff believes are 
reasonable.
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    The Rule requires that used car dealers display a one-page, double-
sided Buyers Guide on each used car that they offer for sale. The 
component tasks associated with the Rule's required display of Buyers 
Guides include: (1) Ordering and stocking Buyers Guides; (2) entering 
data on Buyers Guides; (3) displaying the Buyers Guides on vehicles; 
(4) revising Buyers Guides as necessary; and (5) complying with the 
Rule's requirements for sales conducted in Spanish.
    1. Ordering and Stocking Buyers Guides: Dealers should need no more 
than an average of two hours per year to obtain Buyers Guides, which 
are readily available from many commercial printers or can be produced 
by an office word-processing or desk-top publishing system.\5\ Based on 
a population of 53,735 dealers, the annual hours burden for producing 
or obtaining and stocking Buyers Guides is 107,470 hours.
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    \5\ Buyers Guides are also available online from the FTC's Web 
site, https://www.ftc.gov, as links to A Dealer's Guide to the Used 
Car Rule at https://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/business/autos/bus13.shtm.
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    2. Entering Data on Buyers Guides: The amount of time required to 
enter applicable data on Buyers Guides may vary substantially, 
depending on whether a dealer has automated the process. For used cars 
sold ``as is,'' copying vehicle-specific data from dealer inventories 
to Buyers Guides and checking the ``No Warranty'' box may take two to 
three minutes per vehicle if done by hand, and only seconds for those 
dealers who have automated the process or use pre-printed forms. Staff 
estimates that this task will require an average of two minutes per 
Buyers Guide. Similarly, for used cars sold under warranty, the time 
required to check the ``Warranty'' box and to add warranty information, 
such as the

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additional information required in the Percentage of Labor/Parts and 
the Systems Covered/Duration sections of the Buyers Guide, will depend 
on whether the dealer uses a manual or automated process or Buyers 
Guides that are pre-printed with the dealer's standard warranty terms. 
Staff estimates that these tasks will take an average of one additional 
minute, i.e., cumulatively, an average total time of three minutes for 
each used car sold under warranty.
    Staff estimates that approximately fifty percent of used cars sold 
by dealers are sold ``as is,'' with the other half sold under warranty. 
Therefore, staff estimates that the overall time required to enter data 
on Buyers Guides consists of 408,856 hours for used cars sold without a 
warranty (24,531,374 vehicles x 50% x 2 minutes per vehicle) and 
613,284 hours for used cars sold under warranty (24,531,374 vehicles x 
50% x 3 minutes per vehicle) for a cumulative estimated total of 
1,022,140 hours.
    3. Displaying Buyers Guides on Vehicles: Although the time required 
to display the Buyers Guides on each used car may vary substantially, 
FTC staff estimates that dealers will spend an average of 1.75 minutes 
per vehicle to match the correct Buyers Guide to the vehicle and to 
display it on the vehicle. The estimated burden associated with this 
task is approximately 715,498 hours for the 24,531,374 vehicles sold in 
2009 (24,531,374 vehicles x 1.75 minutes per vehicle).
    4. Revising Buyers Guides as Necessary: If negotiations between the 
buyer and seller over warranty coverage produce a sale on terms other 
than those originally entered on the Buyers Guide, the dealer must 
revise the Buyers Guide to reflect the actual terms of sale. According 
to the original rulemaking record, bargaining over warranty coverage 
rarely occurs. Staff notes that consumers often do not need to 
negotiate over warranty coverage because they can find vehicles that 
are offered with the desired warranty coverage online or in other ways 
before ever contacting a dealer. Accordingly, staff assumes that the 
Buyers Guide will be revised in no more than two percent of sales, with 
an average time of two minutes per revision. Therefore, staff estimates 
that dealers annually will spend approximately 16,354 hours revising 
Buyers Guides (24,531,374 vehicles x 2% x 2 minutes per vehicle).
    5. Spanish Language Sales: The Rule requires that contract 
disclosures be made in Spanish if a sale is conducted in Spanish.\6\ 
The Rule permits displaying both an English and a Spanish language 
Buyers Guide to comply with this requirement.\7\ Many dealers with 
large numbers of Spanish-speaking customers likely will post both 
English and Spanish Buyers Guides to avoid potential compliance 
violations.
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    \6\ 16 CFR 455.5.
    \7\ Id.
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    Calculations from United States Census Bureau surveys indicate that 
approximately 6.5 percent of the United States population speaks 
Spanish at home, without also speaking fluent English.\8\ Staff 
therefore projects that approximately 6.5 percent of used car sales 
will be conducted in Spanish. Dealers will incur the additional burden 
of completing and displaying a second Buyers Guide in 6.5 percent of 
sales assuming that dealers choose to comply with the Rule by posting 
both English and Spanish Buyers Guides. The annual hours burden 
associated with completing and posting Buyers Guides is 1,737,638 hours 
(1,022,140 hours for entering data on Buyers Guides plus 715,498 hours 
for displaying Buyers Guides). Therefore, staff estimates that the 
additional burden caused by the Rule's requirement that dealers display 
Spanish language Buyers Guides when conducting sales in Spanish is 
112,947 hours (1,737,638 hours x 6.5%). The other components of the 
annual hours burden, i.e., purchasing Buyers Guides and revising them 
for changes in warranty coverage, remain unchanged.
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    \8\ U.S. Census Bureau, Table S1601. Language Spoken at Home. 
2008 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates, available at: 
https://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/STTable?_bm=y&-qr_name=ACS_2008_1YR_G00_S1601&-geo_id=01000US&-ds_name=ACS_2008_1YR_G00_&-_lang=en&-redoLog=false&-CONTEXT'st. The table indicates 
that 12.2% of the United States population 5 years or older speaks 
Spanish or Spanish Creole in the home and 46.7% of these in-home 
Spanish speakers speak English less than ``very well.''
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    Estimated annual cost burden: $26,301,525 in labor costs and 
$4,906,275 in non-labor costs.
    1. Labor costs: Labor costs are derived by applying appropriate 
hourly cost figures to the burden hours described above. Staff has 
determined that all of the tasks associated with ordering forms, 
entering data on Buyers Guides, posting Buyers Guides on vehicles, and 
revising them as needed, including the corresponding tasks associated 
with Spanish Buyers Guides, are typically done by clerical or low-level 
administrative personnel. Using a clerical cost rate of $13.32 per hour 
\9\ and an estimated burden of 1,974,589 hours for disclosure 
requirements, the total labor cost burden would be approximately 
$26,301,525.
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    \9\ The hourly rate is based on Bureau of Labor Statistics 
estimate of the mean hourly wage for office clerks, general. 
Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2009, available at https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes439061.htm#nat.
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    2. Capital or other non-labor costs: Although the cost of Buyers 
Guides can vary considerably, based on industry input staff estimates 
that the average cost of each Buyers Guide is twenty cents. The 
estimated cost of Buyers Guides for the 24,531,374 used cars sold by 
dealers in 2009 is approximately $4,906,275. In making this estimate, 
staff conservatively assumes that all dealers will purchase preprinted 
forms instead of producing them internally, although dealers may 
produce them at minimal expense using current office automation 
technology. Capital and start-up costs associated with the Rule are 
minimal.

David C. Shonka,
Acting General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2010-33110 Filed 12-30-10; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6750-01-P
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