Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request, 43543-43544 [2021-16956]

Agencies

• FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 150 (Monday, August 9, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43543-43544]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-16956]


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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION


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

AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission (FTC).

ACTION: Notice and request for comment.

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SUMMARY: The FTC requests that the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) extend for three years the current Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) 
clearance for information collection requirements contained in the 
Rules and Regulations under the Fur Products Labeling Act (Fur Rules or 
Rules). That clearance expires on August 31, 2021.

DATES: Comments must be received by September 8, 2021.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular 
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function. The 
reginfo.gov web link is a United States Government website produced by 
OMB and the General Services Administration (GSA). Under PRA 
requirements, OMB's Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) 
reviews Federal information collections.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 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: 
    Title: Rules and Regulations under the Fur Products Labeling Act, 
16 CFR part 301.
    OMB Control Number: 3084-0099.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Likely Respondents: Retailers, manufacturers, processors, and 
importers of furs and fur products.
    Frequency of Response: Third party disclosure; recordkeeping 
requirement.
    Estimated Annual Hours Burden: 303,001 hours (50,100 hours for 
recordkeeping + 252,901 hours for disclosure).
    Recordkeeping: 50,100 hours [950 retailers incur an average 
recordkeeping burden of about 18 hours per year (17,100 hours total); 
75 manufacturers incur an average recordkeeping burden of about 60 
hours per year (4,500 hours total); and 950 importers of furs and fur 
products incur an average recordkeeping burden of 30 hours per year 
(28,500 hours total)].
    Disclosure: 252,901 hours [(214,834 hours for labeling + 67 hours 
for invoices + 38,000 hours for advertising)].
    Estimated Annual Cost Burden: $5,194,259 (solely relating to labor 
costs).
    Abstract: The Fur Products Labeling Act (Fur Act) \1\ 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 
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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    \1\ 15 U.S.C. 69 et seq.
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Request for Comment

    On June 2, 2021, the FTC sought public comment on the information 
collection requirements associated with the Rule. 86 FR 29581. The 
Commission received no germane comments. Pursuant to the OMB 
regulations, 5 CFR part 1320, that implement the PRA, 44 U.S.C. 3501 et 
seq., the FTC is providing this second opportunity for public comment 
while seeking OMB approval to renew the pre-existing clearance for the 
Rules.
    Your comment--including your name and your state--will be placed on 
the public record of this proceeding. Because your comment will be made 
public, you are solely responsible for making sure that your comment 
does not include any sensitive personal information, such as anyone's 
Social Security number; date of birth; driver's license number or other 
state identification number, or foreign country equivalent; passport 
number; financial account number; or credit or debit card number. You 
are also solely responsible for 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.

Josephine Liu,
Assistant General Counsel for Legal Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2021-16956 Filed 8-6-21; 8:45 am]
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