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submitting comments, but find it
difficult to do so within the period of
time allowed by this notice, you should
advise the contact listed below as soon
as possible.
ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to
Nicole Ongele, FCC, via email PRA@
fcc.gov and to Nicole.Ongele@fcc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
additional information about the
information collection, contact Nicole
Ongele at (202) 418–2991.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OMB
Control Number: 3060–0813.
Title: Section 9.10, Enhanced 911
Emergency Calling Systems.
Form Number: Not applicable.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other-forprofit and State, Local and Tribal
governments.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 1,048 Respondents; 567
Responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.5–1
hours.
Frequency of Response: One-time
third-party disclosure requirements.
Obligation to Respond: Mandatory.
Statutory authority for this information
collection is contained in 47 U.S.C.
Sections 151, 152, 154(i), 154(j), 154(o),
251(e), 303(b), 303(g), 303(r), 316, and
403.
Total Annual Burden: 527 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No Cost.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No
Impact(s).
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
There is no need for confidentiality.
Needs and Uses: The information
collection entailed in a Public Safety
Answering Point (PSAP) request is
necessary to initiate E911 service and
serves as notice to the CMRS provider.
The notification requirement on PSAPs
will be used by the carriers to verify that
wireless E911 calls are referred to
PSAPs who have the technical
capability to use the data to the caller’s
benefit. If the carrier challenges the
validity of the request, the request will
be deemed valid if the PSAP making the
request provides the following
information:
A. Cost Recovery. The PSAP must
demonstrate that a mechanism is in
place by which the PSAP will recover
its costs of the facilities and equipment
necessary to receive and utilize the E911
data elements;
B. Necessary Equipment. The PSAP
must provide evidence that it has
ordered the equipment necessary to
receive and utilize the E911 data
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C. Necessary Facilities. The PSAP
must demonstrate that it has made a
timely request to the appropriate local
exchange carrier for the necessary
trunking and other facilities to enable
E911 data to be transmitted to the PSAP.
In the alternative, the PSAP may
demonstrate that a funding mechanism
is in place, that it is E911 capable using
a Non-Call Associated Signaling
technology, and that it has made a
timely request to the appropriate LEC
for the necessary ALI database upgrade.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
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5th Floor, Suite 5610 (Annex J),
Washington, DC 20024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Hampton Newsome, Attorney, Division
of Enforcement, Federal Trade
Commission, Room CC–9528, 600
Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20580, (202) 326–2889.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Use of Prenotification Negative
Option Plans (Negative Option Rule or
Rule), 16 CFR 425.1
OMB Control Number: 3084–0104.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Likely Respondents: Sellers of
prenotification subscription plans.
Estimated Annual Hours Burden:
9,750 hours.
FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Extension
Federal Trade Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), the Federal Trade Commission
(FTC or Commission) is seeking public
comment on its proposal to extend for
an additional three years the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
clearance for information collection
requirements in its Use of
Prenotification Negative Option Plans
(‘‘Negative Option Rule’’ or ‘‘Rule’’).
That clearance expires on December 31,
2020.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before October 2, 2020.
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 ‘‘Negative Option Rule;
PRA Comment: FTC File No. P072108’’
on your comment, and file your
comment online at https://
www.regulations.gov by following the
instructions on the web-based form. If
you prefer to file your comment on
paper, mail 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,
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Estimated Annual Cost Burden:
$572,300 (solely related to labor costs).
Estimated Capital or Other Non-Labor
Cost: $0 or de minimis.
Abstract: The Negative Option Rule
governs the operation of prenotification
subscription plans. Under these types of
plans—which can include things such
as a book of the month club, food of the
month club, or clothing items of the
month club—a seller provides a
consumer with automatic shipments of
merchandise unless the consumer
affirmatively notifies the seller they do
not want the shipment. The Rule
requires that a seller notify a member
that they will automatically ship
merchandise to the member and bill the
member for the merchandise if the
subscriber fails to expressly reject the
merchandise beforehand within a
prescribed time. The Rule protects
consumers by: (a) Requiring that
promotional materials disclose the
terms of membership clearly and
conspicuously; and (b) establishing
procedures for the administration of
such ‘‘negative option’’ plans.
Under the PRA, 44 U.S.C. 3501–3521,
the FTC is requesting that OMB renew
the clearance for the PRA burden
associated with the proposed collection.
Burden statement:
Estimated annual burden hours:
9,750.
1 The Commission recently published an Advance
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking seeking comments
on the need for amendments to the current Rule. 84
FR 52393 (Oct. 2, 2019). The present PRA Notice
is not part of that proceeding and merely seeks
comment on the existing burden estimates for the
current Rule, which applies only to
‘‘prenotification’’ negative option plans.
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Based on industry input, staff
estimates that approximately 75 existing
clubs each require annually about 100
hours to comply with the Rule’s
disclosure requirements. Approximately
10 new clubs come into being each year.
Industry estimates of the number of
existing clubs have fluctuated
significantly since the early 2000s.2
Industry sources also report to the
Commission that a substantial portion of
the existing clubs would make these
disclosures absent the Rule because they
help foster long-term relationships with
consumers.
Over the next three years, there will
be an average 85 existing firms per year
(75 + 85 + 95 ÷ 3). Thus, the average
annual hours of burden for existing
firms is expected to be 8,500 hours (85
clubs × 100 hours). The estimated 10
new clubs entering the market per year
require approximately 125 hours to
comply with the Rule, including start
up-time. Thus, the cumulative PRA
burden for new clubs is about 1,250
hours (10 clubs × 125 hours). Combined
with the estimated burden for
established clubs, the total annual
burden is 9,750 hours.
Estimated annual cost burden:
$572,300 (solely related to labor costs).
Based on recent data from the Bureau
of Labor Statistics,3 the mean hourly
wage for advertising managers is
approximately $69 per hour;
compensation for office and
administrative support personnel is
approximately $20 per hour. Assuming
that managers perform the bulk of the
work, and clerical personnel perform
associated tasks (e.g., placing
advertisements and responding to
inquiries about offerings or prices), the
total cost to the industry for the Rule’s
information collection requirements
would be approximately $572,300 [(80
hours managerial time × 85 existing
clubs × $69 per hour) + (20 hours
clerical time × 85 existing clubs × $20
per hour) + (90 hours managerial time
× 10 new clubs × $69 per hour) + (35
hours clerical time × 10 new clubs ×
$20)].
Because the Rule has been in effect
since 1974, the vast majority of the
negative option clubs have no current
start-up costs. For the new clubs that
enter the market each year, the costs
associated with the Rule’s disclosure
2 The industry estimates of existing firms subject
to the Rule’s disclosure requirements range from
190 (2005), 158 (2008), 45 (2011), 35 (2014) and 75
(2017). Such fluctuations have most likely derived
from changes in the national economy and trends
in the specific industries subject to the Rule.
3 Occupational Employment And Wages—May
2019, Table 1, at https://www.bls.gov/news.release/
ocwage.t01.htm.
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requirements, beyond the additional
labor costs discussed above, are de
minimis. Negative option clubs already
have access to the ordinary office
equipment necessary to comply with the
Rule. Similarly, the Rule imposes few,
if any, printing and distribution costs.
The required disclosures generally
constitute only a small addition to the
advertising for negative option plans.
Because printing and distribution
expenditures are incurred to market the
product regardless of the Rule, adding
the required disclosures results in
marginal incremental expense.
Request for Comments
Pursuant to Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of
the PRA, 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 maintaining records and
providing disclosures to consumers. All
comments must be received on or before
October 2, 2020.
You can file a comment online or on
paper. For the FTC to consider your
comment, we must receive it on or
before October 2, 2020. Write ‘‘Negative
Option Rule; PRA Comment: 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 the
https://www.regulations.gov website.
Due to the public health emergency in
response to the COVID–19 outbreak and
the agency’s heightened security
screening, postal mail addressed to the
Commission will be subject to delay. We
encourage you to submit your comments
online through the https://
www.regulations.gov website.
If you prefer to file your comment on
paper, write ‘‘Negative Option Rule;
PRA Comment: 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 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. If possible,
submit your paper comment to the
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Commission by courier or overnight
service.
Because your comment will become
publicly available at https://
www.regulations.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
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 publicly at
www.regulations.gov, we cannot redact
or remove your comment 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.
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 October 2, 2020. For information
on the Commission’s privacy policy,
including routine uses permitted by the
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Privacy Act, see https://www.ftc.gov/
site-information/privacy-policy.
Josephine Liu,
Assistant General Counsel for Legal Counsel.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
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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 Shigella
Hypothesis Generating Questionnaire
(SHGQ) 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 February
25, 2020 to obtain comments from the
public and affected agencies. CDC
received two comments related to the
previous notice. This notice serves 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.
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To request additional information on
the proposed project or to obtain a copy
of the information collection plan and
instruments, call (404) 639–7570.
Comments and recommendations for the
proposed information collection should
be sent within 30 days of publication of
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/
do/PRAMain Find this particular
information collection by selecting
‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open
for Public Comments’’ or by using the
search function. 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
Shigella Hypothesis Generating
Questionnaire—New—National Center
for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious
Diseases (NCEZID), Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
Shigella are a family of bacteria that
cause the diarrheal disease shigellosis. It
is estimated that Shigella causes about
500,000 cases of diarrhea in the United
States annually. From 2007 through
2017, there have been 1,046 outbreaks of
shigellosis in the United States, with
most of these outbreaks attributed to
person to person spread. Outbreaks of
shigellosis have been reported in a range
of settings such as community-wide,
daycares, schools, restaurants, and
retirement homes. Outbreaks of
shigellosis have impacted a range of
populations such as children, men who
have sex with men, people experiencing
homelessness, tight knit religious
communities, international travelers,
and refugees/displaced persons. Finally,
outbreaks of shigellosis have been
attributed to a range of transmission
modes including person-to-person/no
common source, sexual person-toperson contact, contaminated food, and
contaminated water. As part of Shigella
outbreak investigations, it is common
for state and local health departments to
conduct comprehensive interviews with
cases and contacts to identify how
individuals became sick with
shigellosis, to identify individuals who
could have come into contact with an
individual sick with shigellosis, and to
identify strategies to control the cluster
or outbreak. As person-to-person contact
is the most common mode of
transmission for shigellosis, and
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shigellosis is highly contagious, it can
be challenging to identify how
individuals could have become ill. As a
result, comprehensive hypothesis
generating questionnaires focused on a
range of settings, activities, and
potential modes of transmission are
needed to guide prevention and control
activities.
There is currently no national,
standardized hypothesis generating
interview data collection instrument for
use during single or multistate
shigellosis cluster or outbreak
investigations. More detailed data about
shigellosis cases involved in single or
multistate clusters or outbreaks are
needed to better characterize the
epidemiology of clusters and outbreaks
and to identify modes or settings of
importance by collecting the following
information. This information will not
only help inform routine cluster and
outbreak investigation activities but also
guide awareness efforts and appropriate
prevention strategies. To meet these
needs the Shigella Hypothesis
Generating Questionnaire (SHGQ) was
developed.
The SHGQ will be administered by
state and local public health officials via
telephone interviews with cases of
shigellosis or their proxy who are part
of a shigellosis cluster or outbreak. The
SHGQ will collect information on
demographics characteristics,
household information and family
member event and activity attendance,
clinical signs and symptoms, medical
care and treatment information, travel
history, contact with international
travelers or other ill individuals, event
and activity attendance, limited food
and water exposure, work, visit, and
volunteer locations, childcare and
school attendance, and recent sexual
partner(s) and activity.
This interview activity is consistent
with the state’s existing authority to
investigate reports of notifiable diseases
for routine surveillance purposes;
therefore, formal consent to participate
in the activity is not required. However,
cases may choose not to participate and
may choose not to answer any question
they do not wish to answer. It will take
health department personnel
approximately 45 minutes to administer
the questionnaire to an estimated 1500
patient respondents. This results in an
estimated annual burden to the public
of 1,125 hours.
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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Extension
AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA),
the Federal Trade Commission (FTC or Commission) is seeking public
comment on its proposal to extend for an additional three years the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) clearance for information
collection requirements in its Use of Prenotification Negative Option
Plans (``Negative Option Rule'' or ``Rule''). That clearance expires on
December 31, 2020.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before October 2, 2020.
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 ``Negative Option Rule;
PRA Comment: FTC File No. P072108'' on your comment, and file your
comment online at https://www.regulations.gov by following the
instructions on the web-based form. If you prefer to file your comment
on paper, mail 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: Hampton Newsome, Attorney, Division of
Enforcement, Federal Trade Commission, Room CC-9528, 600 Pennsylvania
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20580, (202) 326-2889.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Use of Prenotification Negative Option Plans (Negative
Option Rule or Rule), 16 CFR 425.\1\
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\1\ The Commission recently published an Advance Notice of
Proposed Rulemaking seeking comments on the need for amendments to
the current Rule. 84 FR 52393 (Oct. 2, 2019). The present PRA Notice
is not part of that proceeding and merely seeks comment on the
existing burden estimates for the current Rule, which applies only
to ``prenotification'' negative option plans.
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OMB Control Number: 3084-0104.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Likely Respondents: Sellers of prenotification subscription plans.
Estimated Annual Hours Burden: 9,750 hours.
Estimated Annual Cost Burden: $572,300 (solely related to labor
costs).
Estimated Capital or Other Non-Labor Cost: $0 or de minimis.
Abstract: The Negative Option Rule governs the operation of
prenotification subscription plans. Under these types of plans--which
can include things such as a book of the month club, food of the month
club, or clothing items of the month club--a seller provides a consumer
with automatic shipments of merchandise unless the consumer
affirmatively notifies the seller they do not want the shipment. The
Rule requires that a seller notify a member that they will
automatically ship merchandise to the member and bill the member for
the merchandise if the subscriber fails to expressly reject the
merchandise beforehand within a prescribed time. The Rule protects
consumers by: (a) Requiring that promotional materials disclose the
terms of membership clearly and conspicuously; and (b) establishing
procedures for the administration of such ``negative option'' plans.
Under the PRA, 44 U.S.C. 3501-3521, the FTC is requesting that OMB
renew the clearance for the PRA burden associated with the proposed
collection.
Burden statement:
Estimated annual burden hours: 9,750.
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Based on industry input, staff estimates that approximately 75
existing clubs each require annually about 100 hours to comply with the
Rule's disclosure requirements. Approximately 10 new clubs come into
being each year. Industry estimates of the number of existing clubs
have fluctuated significantly since the early 2000s.\2\ Industry
sources also report to the Commission that a substantial portion of the
existing clubs would make these disclosures absent the Rule because
they help foster long-term relationships with consumers.
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\2\ The industry estimates of existing firms subject to the
Rule's disclosure requirements range from 190 (2005), 158 (2008), 45
(2011), 35 (2014) and 75 (2017). Such fluctuations have most likely
derived from changes in the national economy and trends in the
specific industries subject to the Rule.
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Over the next three years, there will be an average 85 existing
firms per year (75 + 85 + 95 / 3). Thus, the average annual hours of
burden for existing firms is expected to be 8,500 hours (85 clubs x 100
hours). The estimated 10 new clubs entering the market per year require
approximately 125 hours to comply with the Rule, including start up-
time. Thus, the cumulative PRA burden for new clubs is about 1,250
hours (10 clubs x 125 hours). Combined with the estimated burden for
established clubs, the total annual burden is 9,750 hours.
Estimated annual cost burden: $572,300 (solely related to labor
costs).
Based on recent data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics,\3\ the
mean hourly wage for advertising managers is approximately $69 per
hour; compensation for office and administrative support personnel is
approximately $20 per hour. Assuming that managers perform the bulk of
the work, and clerical personnel perform associated tasks (e.g.,
placing advertisements and responding to inquiries about offerings or
prices), the total cost to the industry for the Rule's information
collection requirements would be approximately $572,300 [(80 hours
managerial time x 85 existing clubs x $69 per hour) + (20 hours
clerical time x 85 existing clubs x $20 per hour) + (90 hours
managerial time x 10 new clubs x $69 per hour) + (35 hours clerical
time x 10 new clubs x $20)].
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\3\ Occupational Employment And Wages--May 2019, Table 1, at
https://www.bls.gov/news.release/ocwage.t01.htm.
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Because the Rule has been in effect since 1974, the vast majority
of the negative option clubs have no current start-up costs. For the
new clubs that enter the market each year, the costs associated with
the Rule's disclosure requirements, beyond the additional labor costs
discussed above, are de minimis. Negative option clubs already have
access to the ordinary office equipment necessary to comply with the
Rule. Similarly, the Rule imposes few, if any, printing and
distribution costs. The required disclosures generally constitute only
a small addition to the advertising for negative option plans. Because
printing and distribution expenditures are incurred to market the
product regardless of the Rule, adding the required disclosures results
in marginal incremental expense.
Request for Comments
Pursuant to Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA, 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 maintaining records and providing disclosures to
consumers. All comments must be received on or before October 2, 2020.
You can file a comment online or on paper. For the FTC to consider
your comment, we must receive it on or before October 2, 2020. Write
``Negative Option Rule; PRA Comment: 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 the https://www.regulations.gov website.
Due to the public health emergency in response to the COVID-19
outbreak and the agency's heightened security screening, postal mail
addressed to the Commission will be subject to delay. We encourage you
to submit your comments online through the https://www.regulations.gov
website.
If you prefer to file your comment on paper, write ``Negative
Option Rule; PRA Comment: 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 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. If possible, submit your paper
comment to the Commission by courier or overnight service.
Because your comment will become publicly available at https://www.regulations.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 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 publicly at www.regulations.gov, we cannot redact or remove
your comment 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.
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 October 2,
2020. For information on the Commission's privacy policy, including
routine uses permitted by the
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Privacy Act, see https://www.ftc.gov/site-information/privacy-policy.
Josephine Liu,
Assistant General Counsel for Legal Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2020-16718 Filed 7-31-20; 8:45 am]
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