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Federal Trade Commission
(FTC or Commission).
ACTION: Notice.
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
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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.
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as other related filings required by the
Board, are available for immediate
inspection at the Federal Reserve Bank
indicated. The applications will also be
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persons may express their views in
writing on the standards enumerated in
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proposal also involves the acquisition of
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Unless otherwise noted, comments
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The information collection
requirements described below will be
submitted to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for review, as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act (PRA). The FTC seeks public
comments on its proposal to extend for
three years the current PRA clearances
for information collection requirements
contained in the rules and regulations
under the Fur Products Labeling Act
(Fur Rules or Rules). The clearance
expires on May 31, 2018.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before May 8, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Interested parties may file a
comment online or on paper by
following the instructions in the
Request for Comments part of the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section
below. Write ‘‘Paperwork Reduction
Act: FTC File No. P072108’’ on your
comment, and file your comment online
at https://ftcpublic.commentworks.com/
ftc/furrulespra1 by following the
instructions on the web-based form. If
you prefer to file your comment on
paper, mail or deliver your comment to
the following address: Federal Trade
Commission, Office of the Secretary,
600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite
CC–5610 (Annex J), Washington, DC
20580, or deliver your comment to the
following address: Federal Trade
Commission, Office of the Secretary,
Constitution Center, 400 7th Street SW,
5th Floor, Suite 5610 (Annex J),
Washington, DC 20024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for copies of the collection of
information and supporting
documentation should be addressed to
Jock K. Chung, Attorney, Division of
Enforcement, Bureau of Consumer
Protection, Federal Trade Commission,
Mail Code CC–9528, 600 Pennsylvania
SUMMARY:
Formations of, Acquisitions by, and
Mergers of Bank Holding Companies
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Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System, March 6, 2018.
Ann E. Misback,
Secretary of the Board.
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Proposed Information Collection
Activities
Under the Paperwork Reduction Act
(PRA), 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520, federal
agencies must get OMB approval for
each collection of information they
conduct, sponsor, or require.
‘‘Collection of information’’ means
agency requests or requirements to
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 PRA clearance
for the information collection
requirements associated with the
Commission’s rules and regulations
under the Fur Products Labeling Act
(Fur Rules or Rules), 16 CFR part 301
(OMB Control Number 3084–0099).1
The FTC invites comments on: (1)
Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(2) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate
of the burden of the proposed collection
of information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(3) ways to enhance the quality, utility,
and clarity of the information to be
collected; and (4) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on those who are to respond. All
comments must be received on or before
May 8, 2018.
Burden Estimates
Staff’s burden estimates are based on
data from the Department of Labor’s
Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) and
data or other input from the Fur
Industry Council of America. The
relevant information collection
requirements in these rules and staff’s
corresponding burden estimates follow.
The estimates address the number of
hours needed and the labor costs
incurred to comply with the
requirements.
The Fur Products Labeling Act (Fur
Act) 2 prohibits the misbranding and
false advertising of fur products. The
Fur Rules establish disclosure
requirements that assist consumers in
making informed purchasing decisions,
and recordkeeping requirements that
1 The Commission issued the Fur Rules to
implement the Fur Products Labeling Act, 15 U.S.C.
69 et seq.
2 15 U.S.C. 69 et seq.
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assist the Commission in enforcing the
Rules. The Rules also provide a
procedure for exemption from certain
disclosure provisions under the Fur Act.
The Commission expects that recent
amendments to the Fur Act have
increased the cost of complying with the
Fur Rules as amended.3 Congress
eliminated the Commission’s power to
exempt from the labeling requirements
items where either the cost of the fur
trim to the manufacturer or the
manufacturer’s selling price for the
finished product is less than $150.4 As
a result, more garments are now subject
to the Fur Act and Rules, which will
impose higher recordkeeping and
labeling costs on manufacturers,
importers, and retailers.
Estimated annual hours burden:
249,541 hours (64,440 hours for
recordkeeping + 185,101 hours for
disclosure).
Recordkeeping: The Fur Rules require
that retailers, manufacturers, processors,
and importers of furs and fur products
keep certain records in addition to those
they may keep in the ordinary course of
business. Staff estimates that 1,230
retailers incur an average recordkeeping
burden of about 18 hours per year
(22,140 hours total); 90 manufacturers
incur an average recordkeeping burden
of about 60 hours per year (5,400 hours
total); and 1,230 importers of furs and
fur products incur an average
recordkeeping burden of 30 hours per
year (36,900 hours total). The combined
recordkeeping burden for the industry is
approximately 64,440 hours annually.
Disclosure: Staff estimates that 1,320
respondents (90 manufacturers + 1,230
retail sellers of fur garments) each
require an average of 30 hours per year
to determine label content (39,600 hours
total), and an average of ten hours per
year to draft and order labels (13,200
hours total). Staff estimates that the total
number of garments subject to the fur
labeling requirements annually is
approximately 1,610,000.5 Staff
estimates that for approximately 50
percent of these garments (805,000)
labels are attached manually, requiring
approximately four minutes per garment
for a total of 53,667 hours annually. For
the remaining 805,000, the process of
attaching labels is semi-automated and
requires an average of approximately
five seconds per item, for a total of 1,118
hours. Thus, the total burden for
attaching labels is 54,785 hours, and the
total burden for labeling garments is
107,585 hours per year (39,600 hours to
determine label content + 13,200 hours
to draft and order labels + 54,785 hours
to attach labels).
Staff estimates that the incremental
burden associated with the Fur Rules’
invoice disclosure requirement, beyond
the time that would be devoted to
preparing invoices in the absence of the
Rules, is approximately one minute per
invoice for garments and thirty seconds
per invoice for pelts.6 The invoice
Task
disclosure requirement applies to fur
garments, which are generally sold
individually, and fur pelts, which are
generally sold in groups of at least 50,
on average. Assuming invoices are
prepared for sales of 1,610,000
garments, the invoice disclosure
requirement entails an estimated burden
of 26,833 hours (1,610,000 invoices ×
one minute). Based on information from
the Fur Industry Council of America,
staff estimates total sales of 8,900,000
pelts annually. Assuming invoices are
prepared for sales of 178,000 groups
(derived from an estimated 8,900,000
pelts ÷ 50) of imported and domestic
pelts, the invoice disclosure
requirement entails an estimated total
burden of 1,483 hours (178,000 total
invoices × thirty seconds). Thus, the
total burden for invoice disclosures is
28,316 hours.
Staff estimates that the Fur Rules’
advertising disclosure requirements
impose an average burden of 40 hours
per year for each of the approximately
1,230 domestic fur retailers, or a total of
49,200 hours.
Thus, staff estimates the total
disclosure burden to be approximately
185,101 hours (107,585 hours for
labeling + 28,316 hours for invoices +
49,200 hours for advertising).
Estimated annual cost burden:
$4,996,243 (solely relating to labor
costs). The chart below summarizes the
total estimated costs.
Hourly rate
Burden hours
Labor cost
Determine label content ...............................................................................................................
Draft and order labels ..................................................................................................................
Attach labels ................................................................................................................................
Invoice disclosures ......................................................................................................................
Prepare advertising disclosures ..................................................................................................
Recordkeeping .............................................................................................................................
$28.00
18.00
7 11.00
18.00
28.00
18.00
39,600
13,200
54,785
28,316
49,200
64,440
$1,108,800
237,600
602,635
509,688
1,377,600
1,159,920
Total ......................................................................................................................................
........................
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4,996,243
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Staff believes that there are no current
start-up costs or other capital costs
associated with the Fur Rules. Because
the labeling of fur products has been an
integral part of the manufacturing
process for decades, manufacturers have
in place the capital equipment
necessary to comply with the Rules’
labeling requirements.8 Industry sources
indicate that much of the information
required by the Fur Act and Rules
would be included on the product label
even absent the Rules. Similarly,
invoicing, recordkeeping, and
advertising disclosures are tasks
performed in the ordinary course of
business so that covered firms would
incur no additional capital or other nonlabor costs as a result of the Act or the
Rules.
Request for Comments
You can file a comment online or on
paper. May 8, 2018. Write ‘‘Paperwork
Reduction Act: FTC File No. P072108’’
on your comment. Your comment—
including your name and your state—
will be placed on the public record of
this proceeding, including, to the extent
practicable, on the public Commission
website, at https://www.ftc.gov/policy/
3 Final Rule, 79 FR 30445 (May 28, 2014)
(effective date of November 19, 2014).
4 Truth in Fur Labeling Act, Public Law 111–313.
5 The total number of imported fur garments, furtrimmed garments, and fur accessories is estimated
to be approximately 1,400,000 based on industry
data. Estimated domestic production totals 210,000.
6 The invoice disclosure burden for PRA purposes
excludes the time that respondents would spend for
invoicing, apart from the Fur Rules, in the ordinary
course of business. See 5 CFR 1320.3(b)(2).
7 Per industry sources, most fur labeling is done
in the United States. This rate is reflective of an
average domestic hourly wage for such tasks
performed in the United States, which is derived
from recent BLS statistics.
8 Although items previously exempt from the
labeling requirements must now be labeled
regarding their fur content, the Textile and Wool
Rules, found at 16 CFR 303 and 16 CFR 300,
respectively, already required many such items to
have fiber content labels. Hence, manufacturers
likely have in place the equipment needed to
comply with the additional labeling requirements.
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public-comments. Postal mail addressed
to the Commission is subject to delay
due to heightened security screening. As
a result, we encourage you to submit
your comments online. To make sure
that the Commission considers your
online comment, you must file it at
https://ftcpublic.commentworks.com/
ftc/furrulespra1 by following the
instructions on the web based form. If
this Notice appears at https://
www.regulations.gov, you also may file
a comment through that website.
If you file your comment on paper,
write ‘‘Paperwork Reduction Act: FTC
File No. P072108’’ on your comment
and on the envelope, and mail your
comment to the following address:
Federal Trade Commission, Office of the
Secretary, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue
NW, Suite CC–5610 (Annex C),
Washington, DC 20580, or deliver your
comment to the following address:
Federal Trade Commission, Office of the
Secretary, Constitution Center, 400 7th
Street SW, 5th Floor, Suite 5610,
Washington, DC 20024. If possible,
submit your paper comment to the
Commission by courier or overnight
service.
Because your comment will be placed
on the publicly accessible FTC website
at https://www.ftc.gov, you are solely
responsible for making sure that your
comment does not include any sensitive
or confidential information. In
particular, your comment should not
include any sensitive personal
information, such as your or anyone
else’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 making sure 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 ‘‘trade secret or any
commercial or financial information
which . . . is privileged or
confidential’’—as provided by 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.
Comments containing material 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).
In particular, the written request for
confidential treatment that accompanies
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the comment must include the factual
and legal basis for the request, and must
identify the specific portions of the
comment to be withheld from the public
record. See FTC Rule 4.9(c). Your
comment will be kept confidential only
if the General Counsel grants your
request in accordance with the law and
the public interest. Once your comment
has been posted on the public FTC
website—as legally required by FTC
Rule 4.9(b)—we cannot redact or
remove your comment from the FTC
website, unless you submit a
confidentiality request that meets the
requirements for such treatment under
FTC Rule 4.9(c), and the General
Counsel grants that request.
Visit the Commission website at
https://www.ftc.gov to read this Notice.
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 on or
before May 8, 2018. You can find more
information, including routine uses
permitted by the Privacy Act, in the
Commission’s privacy policy, at https://
www.ftc.gov/site-information/privacypolicy.
David C. Shonka,
Acting General Counsel.
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BILLING CODE 6750–01–P
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
[30Day–18–0199]
Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork
Reduction Act Review
In accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
has submitted the information
collection request titled Application for
Permit to Import Biological Agents and
Vectors of Human Disease into the
United States and Application for
Permit to Import or Transport Live Bats
(42 CFR 71.54) to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval. CDC previously
published a ‘‘Proposed Data Collection
Submitted for Public Comment and
Recommendations’’ notice on
September 26, 2017 to obtain comments
from the public and affected agencies.
CDC received three comments related to
the previous notice. This notice serves
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to allow an additional 30 days for public
and affected agency comments.
CDC will accept all comments for this
proposed information collection project.
The Office of Management and Budget
is particularly interested in comments
that:
(a) Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility;
(b) Evaluate the accuracy of the
agencies estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
(c) Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected;
(d) Minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including, 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
(e) Assess information collection
costs.
To request additional information on
the proposed project or to obtain a copy
of the information collection plan and
instruments, call (404) 639–7570 or
send an email to omb@cdc.gov. Direct
written comments and/or suggestions
regarding the items contained in this
notice to the Attention: CDC Desk
Officer, Office of Management and
Budget, 725 17th Street NW,
Washington, DC 20503 or by fax to (202)
395–5806. Provide written comments
within 30 days of notice publication.
Proposed Project
Import Permit Applications (42 CFR
71.54) (OMB Control Number 0920–
0199, expires 12/31/2019)—Revision—
Office of Public Health Preparedness
and Response (OPHPR), Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
On September 26, 2017, CDC
published a 60-day Federal Register
notice (82 FR 44795) seeking public
comments to initiate a revision of the
information collection projects titled
‘‘Application for Permit to Import
Biological Agents, Infectious Substances
and Vectors of Human Disease into the
United States’’ and ‘‘Application for
Permit to Import or Transport Live
Bats.’’ As a result of this notice, CDC
received three comments. One
commenter requested that we make the
‘‘Application for Permit to Import
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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission (FTC or Commission).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The information collection requirements described below will
be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review,
as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). The FTC seeks public
comments on its proposal to extend for three years the current PRA
clearances for information collection requirements contained in the
rules and regulations under the Fur Products Labeling Act (Fur Rules or
Rules). The clearance expires on May 31, 2018.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before May 8, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Interested parties may file a comment online or on paper by
following the instructions in the Request for Comments part of the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section below. Write ``Paperwork Reduction
Act: FTC File No. P072108'' on your comment, and file your comment
online at https://ftcpublic.commentworks.com/ftc/furrulespra1 by
following the instructions on the web-based form. If you prefer to file
your comment on paper, mail or deliver your comment to the following
address: Federal Trade Commission, Office of the Secretary, 600
Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite CC-5610 (Annex J), Washington, DC 20580,
or deliver your comment to the following address: Federal Trade
Commission, Office of the Secretary, Constitution Center, 400 7th
Street SW, 5th Floor, Suite 5610 (Annex J), Washington, DC 20024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for copies of the collection
of information and supporting documentation should be addressed to Jock
K. Chung, Attorney, Division of Enforcement, Bureau of Consumer
Protection, Federal Trade Commission, Mail Code CC-9528, 600
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20580, (202) 326-2984.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Proposed Information Collection Activities
Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), 44 U.S.C. 3501-3520,
federal agencies must get OMB approval for each collection of
information they conduct, sponsor, or require. ``Collection of
information'' means agency requests or requirements to 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 PRA clearance for the
information collection requirements associated with the Commission's
rules and regulations under the Fur Products Labeling Act (Fur Rules or
Rules), 16 CFR part 301 (OMB Control Number 3084-0099).\1\ The FTC
invites comments on: (1) Whether the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency,
including whether the information will have practical utility; (2) the
accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed
collection of information, including the validity of the methodology
and assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) ways to minimize
the burden of the collection of information on those who are to
respond. All comments must be received on or before May 8, 2018.
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\1\ The Commission issued the Fur Rules to implement the Fur
Products Labeling Act, 15 U.S.C. 69 et seq.
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Burden Estimates
Staff's burden estimates are based on data from the Department of
Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) and data or other input from
the Fur Industry Council of America. The relevant information
collection requirements in these rules and staff's corresponding burden
estimates follow. The estimates address the number of hours needed and
the labor costs incurred to comply with the requirements.
The Fur Products Labeling Act (Fur Act) \2\ prohibits the
misbranding and false advertising of fur products. The Fur Rules
establish disclosure requirements that assist consumers in making
informed purchasing decisions, and recordkeeping requirements that
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assist the Commission in enforcing the Rules. The Rules also provide a
procedure for exemption from certain disclosure provisions under the
Fur Act.
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\2\ 15 U.S.C. 69 et seq.
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The Commission expects that recent amendments to the Fur Act have
increased the cost of complying with the Fur Rules as amended.\3\
Congress eliminated the Commission's power to exempt from the labeling
requirements items where either the cost of the fur trim to the
manufacturer or the manufacturer's selling price for the finished
product is less than $150.\4\ As a result, more garments are now
subject to the Fur Act and Rules, which will impose higher
recordkeeping and labeling costs on manufacturers, importers, and
retailers.
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\3\ Final Rule, 79 FR 30445 (May 28, 2014) (effective date of
November 19, 2014).
\4\ Truth in Fur Labeling Act, Public Law 111-313.
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Estimated annual hours burden: 249,541 hours (64,440 hours for
recordkeeping + 185,101 hours for disclosure).
Recordkeeping: The Fur Rules require that retailers, manufacturers,
processors, and importers of furs and fur products keep certain records
in addition to those they may keep in the ordinary course of business.
Staff estimates that 1,230 retailers incur an average recordkeeping
burden of about 18 hours per year (22,140 hours total); 90
manufacturers incur an average recordkeeping burden of about 60 hours
per year (5,400 hours total); and 1,230 importers of furs and fur
products incur an average recordkeeping burden of 30 hours per year
(36,900 hours total). The combined recordkeeping burden for the
industry is approximately 64,440 hours annually.
Disclosure: Staff estimates that 1,320 respondents (90
manufacturers + 1,230 retail sellers of fur garments) each require an
average of 30 hours per year to determine label content (39,600 hours
total), and an average of ten hours per year to draft and order labels
(13,200 hours total). Staff estimates that the total number of garments
subject to the fur labeling requirements annually is approximately
1,610,000.\5\ Staff estimates that for approximately 50 percent of
these garments (805,000) labels are attached manually, requiring
approximately four minutes per garment for a total of 53,667 hours
annually. For the remaining 805,000, the process of attaching labels is
semi-automated and requires an average of approximately five seconds
per item, for a total of 1,118 hours. Thus, the total burden for
attaching labels is 54,785 hours, and the total burden for labeling
garments is 107,585 hours per year (39,600 hours to determine label
content + 13,200 hours to draft and order labels + 54,785 hours to
attach labels).
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\5\ The total number of imported fur garments, fur-trimmed
garments, and fur accessories is estimated to be approximately
1,400,000 based on industry data. Estimated domestic production
totals 210,000.
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Staff estimates that the incremental burden associated with the Fur
Rules' invoice disclosure requirement, beyond the time that would be
devoted to preparing invoices in the absence of the Rules, is
approximately one minute per invoice for garments and thirty seconds
per invoice for pelts.\6\ The invoice disclosure requirement applies to
fur garments, which are generally sold individually, and fur pelts,
which are generally sold in groups of at least 50, on average. Assuming
invoices are prepared for sales of 1,610,000 garments, the invoice
disclosure requirement entails an estimated burden of 26,833 hours
(1,610,000 invoices x one minute). Based on information from the Fur
Industry Council of America, staff estimates total sales of 8,900,000
pelts annually. Assuming invoices are prepared for sales of 178,000
groups (derived from an estimated 8,900,000 pelts / 50) of imported and
domestic pelts, the invoice disclosure requirement entails an estimated
total burden of 1,483 hours (178,000 total invoices x thirty seconds).
Thus, the total burden for invoice disclosures is 28,316 hours.
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\6\ The invoice disclosure burden for PRA purposes excludes the
time that respondents would spend for invoicing, apart from the Fur
Rules, in the ordinary course of business. See 5 CFR 1320.3(b)(2).
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Staff estimates that the Fur Rules' advertising disclosure
requirements impose an average burden of 40 hours per year for each of
the approximately 1,230 domestic fur retailers, or a total of 49,200
hours.
Thus, staff estimates the total disclosure burden to be
approximately 185,101 hours (107,585 hours for labeling + 28,316 hours
for invoices + 49,200 hours for advertising).
Estimated annual cost burden: $4,996,243 (solely relating to labor
costs). The chart below summarizes the total estimated costs.
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Task Hourly rate Burden hours Labor cost
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Determine label content......................................... $28.00 39,600 $1,108,800
Draft and order labels.......................................... 18.00 13,200 237,600
Attach labels................................................... 7 11.00 54,785 602,635
Invoice disclosures............................................. 18.00 28,316 509,688
Prepare advertising disclosures................................. 28.00 49,200 1,377,600
Recordkeeping................................................... 18.00 64,440 1,159,920
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Total....................................................... .............. .............. 4,996,243
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Staff believes that there are no current start-up costs or other
capital costs associated with the Fur Rules. Because the labeling of
fur products has been an integral part of the manufacturing process for
decades, manufacturers have in place the capital equipment necessary to
comply with the Rules' labeling requirements.\8\ Industry sources
indicate that much of the information required by the Fur Act and Rules
would be included on the product label even absent the Rules.
Similarly, invoicing, recordkeeping, and advertising disclosures are
tasks performed in the ordinary course of business so that covered
firms would incur no additional capital or other non-labor costs as a
result of the Act or the Rules.
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\7\ Per industry sources, most fur labeling is done in the
United States. This rate is reflective of an average domestic hourly
wage for such tasks performed in the United States, which is derived
from recent BLS statistics.
\8\ Although items previously exempt from the labeling
requirements must now be labeled regarding their fur content, the
Textile and Wool Rules, found at 16 CFR 303 and 16 CFR 300,
respectively, already required many such items to have fiber content
labels. Hence, manufacturers likely have in place the equipment
needed to comply with the additional labeling requirements.
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Request for Comments
You can file a comment online or on paper. May 8, 2018. Write
``Paperwork Reduction Act: FTC File No. P072108'' on your comment. Your
comment--including your name and your state--will be placed on the
public record of this proceeding, including, to the extent practicable,
on the public Commission website, at https://www.ftc.gov/policy/
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public-comments. Postal mail addressed to the Commission is subject to
delay due to heightened security screening. As a result, we encourage
you to submit your comments online. To make sure that the Commission
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Because your comment will be placed on the publicly accessible FTC
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sure that your comment does not include any sensitive or confidential
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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.
Comments containing material for which confidential treatment is
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must identify the specific portions of the comment to be withheld from
the public record. See FTC Rule 4.9(c). Your comment will be kept
confidential only if the General Counsel grants your request in
accordance with the law and the public interest. Once your comment has
been posted on the public FTC website--as legally required by FTC Rule
4.9(b)--we cannot redact or remove your comment from the FTC website,
unless you submit a confidentiality request that meets the requirements
for such treatment under FTC Rule 4.9(c), and the General Counsel
grants that request.
Visit the Commission website at https://www.ftc.gov to read this
Notice. 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 on or before May 8, 2018.
You can find more information, including routine uses permitted by the
Privacy Act, in the Commission's privacy policy, at https://www.ftc.gov/site-information/privacy-policy.
David C. Shonka,
Acting General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2018-04825 Filed 3-8-18; 8:45 am]
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