Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request, 10900-10901 [2023-03628]

Agencies

• FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 35 (Wednesday, February 22, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10900-10901]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-03628]


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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION


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

AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission.

ACTION: Notice and request for comment.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Trade Commission (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 FTC's portion of the information 
collection requirements contained in the FTC's Consumer Product 
Warranty Rule (Warranty Rule or Rule). The current clearance expires on 
February 28, 2023.

DATES: Comments must be received by March 24, 2023.

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: Laura Basford, Attorney, Division of 
Marketing Practices, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Federal Trade 
Commission, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20580, (202) 
326-2343.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: Rule Concerning Disclosure of Written Consumer Product 
Warranty Terms and Conditions.
    OMB Control Number: 3084-0111.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Abstract: The Warranty Rule is one of three rules \1\ that the FTC 
implemented pursuant to requirements of the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act, 
15 U.S.C. 2301 et seq. (Warranty Act or Act).\2\ The Warranty Rule 
specifies the information that must appear in a written warranty on a 
consumer product \3\ costing more than $15. The Rule tracks Section 
102(a) of the Warranty Act,\4\ specifying information that must appear 
in the written warranty and, for certain disclosures, mandates the 
exact language that must be used.\5\

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Neither the Warranty Rule nor the Act requires that a manufacturer or 
retailer warrant a consumer product in writing, but if they choose to 
do so, the warranty must comply with the Rule.
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    \1\ The other two rules relate to the pre-sale availability of 
warranty terms and minimum standards for informal dispute settlement 
mechanisms that are incorporated into a written warranty.
    \2\ 40 FR 60168 (Dec. 31, 1975).
    \3\ The definition of consumer product excludes products 
purchased solely for commercial or industrial use. 16 CFR 701.1(b).
    \4\ 15 U.S.C. 2302(a).
    \5\ 40 FR 60168, 60169-60170.
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    Estimated Annual Hours Burden: 216,752 hours.
    Estimated Annual Labor Cost Burden: $29,652,215.
    On October 27, 2022, the FTC sought comment on the information 
collection requirements associated with the Rule. 87 FR 65065. The FTC 
received no germane comments during the public comment period. Pursuant 
to 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 Rule. For more details about the Rule requirements and the 
basis for the calculations summarized below, see 87 FR 65065.
    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. 2023-03628 Filed 2-21-23; 8:45 am]
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