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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Extension
Federal Trade Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Federal Trade
Commission (‘‘FTC’’ or ‘‘Commission’’)
requests that the Office of Management
and Budget (‘‘OMB’’) extend for an
additional three years the current
Paperwork Reduction Act (‘‘PRA’’)
clearance for information collection
requirements contained in the Fair
Packaging and Labeling Act regulations
(‘‘FPLA Rules’’). That clearance expires
on May 31, 2024.
DATES: Comments must be filed by April
25, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Interested parties may file a
comment online or on paper, by
following the instructions in the
Request for Comment part of the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section
below. 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jock
Chung, Attorney, Division of
Enforcement, Bureau of Consumer
Protection, Federal Trade Commission,
Room CC–9543, 600 Pennsylvania
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Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20580,
(202) 326–2984.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title of Collection: Regulations Under
Section 4 of the Fair Packaging and
Labeling Act (FPLA), 16 CFR parts 500–
503.
OMB Control Number: 3084–0110.
Type of Review: Extension without
change of currently approved collection.
Abstract: The Fair Packaging and
Labeling Act, 15 U.S.C. 1451 et seq., was
enacted to enable consumers to obtain
accurate package quantity information
to facilitate value comparisons and
prevent unfair or deceptive packaging
and labeling of consumer commodities.
Section 4 of the FPLA requires packages
or labels to be marked with: (1) A
statement of identity; (2) a net quantity
of contents disclosure; and (3) the name
and place of business of the company
responsible for the product. The FPLA
regulations, 16 CFR parts 500–503,
specify how manufacturers, packagers,
and distributors of ‘‘consumer
commodities’’ must comply with the
Act’s labeling requirements.
Affected Public: Private Sector:
Businesses and other for-profit entities.
Estimated Annual Burden Hours:
7,436,580.
Estimated Annual Labor Costs:
$188,799,893.
Estimated Annual Non-Labor Costs:
$0.
Request for Comment: On August 30,
2023, the FTC sought public comment
on the information collection
requirements contained in the FPLA
Rules. 88 FR 59925 (Aug. 30, 2023). No
relevant comments were received
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 88
FR 59925.
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 ensuring that your comment does
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not include any sensitive health
information, such as medical records or
other individually identifiable health
information. In addition, your comment
should not include any ‘‘[t]rade secret or
any commercial or financial information
which is . . . privileged or
confidential’’—as provided in 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.
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BILLING CODE 6750–01–P
FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Extension
Federal Trade Commission.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
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
clearance for information collection
requirements pertaining to the
Commission’s administrative activities,
consisting of: responding to applications
to the Commission pursuant to the
Commission’s Rules of Practice (Parts 1
and 4); the FTC’s consumer reporting
systems; and the FTC’s program
evaluation activities. The current
clearance expires on June 30, 2024.
DATES: Comments must be filed by May
28, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Interested parties may file a
comment online or on paper, by
following the instructions in the
Request for Comment part of the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section
below. Write ‘‘Administrative Activities,
PRA Comment, P085405,’’ on your
comment, and file your comment online
at https://www.regulations.gov by
following the instructions on the webbased 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: G.
Richard Gold, Attorney, Office of the
SUMMARY:
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General Counsel, Federal Trade
Commission, (202) 326–3355, rgold@
ftc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title of Collection: FTC
Administrative Activities.
OMB Control Number: 3084–0169.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Private Sector:
Businesses and other for-profit entities.
Estimated Annual Burden Hours:
1,414,080 hours.
Estimated Annual Labor Costs:
$21,600.
Discussion
Pursuant to its Rules of Practice, the
Commission collects information to
carry out its administrative
responsibilities. For example, any
person, partnership, or corporation may
request advice from the Commission or
FTC staff regarding a course of action
the requester contemplates. The
Commission’s rules require requesters to
provide the information necessary to
facilitate resolution of the requests,
including information on the question
to be resolved, the identity of the
companies or persons involved, and
other material facts. See FTC Rule 1.2,
16 CFR 1.2. As another example, the
FTC’s ethics regulations require former
employees who are seeking ethical
clearance to participate in FTC matters
to submit screening affidavits to
facilitate resolution of their requests.
See FTC Rule 4.1(b), 16 CFR 4.1(b).
Requests to participate must include,
among other things, a description of the
proceeding in which participation is
contemplated; the name of the
Commission office or division in which
the former employee was employed and
the position the employee occupied;
and a statement whether, while
employed by the Commission, the
former employee participated in any
proceeding or investigation concerning
the same company, individual, or
industry currently involved in the
matter in question. These requirements
prevent the improper use of confidential
nonpublic information acquired while
working at the FTC. The Commission’s
Rules of Practice also authorize outside
parties to request employee testimony,
through compulsory process or
otherwise, and to request documentary
material through compulsory process in
cases or matters to which the agency is
not a party. See FTC Rule 4.11(e), 16
CFR 4.11(e). These rules require persons
seeking testimony or material from the
Commission to submit a statement in
support of the request setting forth the
party’s interest in the case or matter, the
relevance of the desired testimony or
material, and a discussion of whether it
is reasonably available from other
sources.
The Commission receives
approximately 60 such requests
annually. Staff estimates respondents
will incur, on average, approximately 2
hours of burden to submit a request,
resulting in a cumulative 120 burden
hours per year (60 requests × 2 burden
hours). Based on an estimated average
wage of $150/hour for executive and
attorney wages, staff estimates a total
annual cost burden of $18,000 (120
hours × $150). Staff estimates that
requesters would incur no capital, startup, operation, maintenance, or other
similar costs associated with submitting
covered requests.
The FTC also allows consumers to
report fraud, identity theft, National Do
Not Call Registry violations, and other
violations of law through telephone
Number of
minutes/
activity
Number of
respondents
Activity
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hotlines and three online consumer
report forms. Consumers may call a
hotline phone number or log on to the
FTC’s website to report violations using
the applicable reporting forms. The
provision of this information is
voluntary. The FTC also conducts
customer satisfaction surveys regarding
the support that the Commission’s
Consumer Response Center provides to
consumers to obtain information about
the overall effectiveness of the call
center and online complaint intake
forms. This information assists Bureau
of Consumer Protection staff in carrying
out the agency’s consumer protection
mission. The FTC is also mandated by
Congress under the Identity Theft and
Assumption Deterrence Act of 1998, 18
U.S.C. 1001 et seq., to serve as the
central clearinghouse for identity theft
complaints.
As shown below this paragraph, the
time necessary to file a consumer report
or participate in related customer
satisfaction surveys will vary. FTC staff
estimates approximately 9,705,304
respondents will annually submit
information pursuant to these processes.
The time that each respondent will need
to spend will depend on the type of
consumer report being filed or the type
of survey being filled out, as well as the
method of participation (phone, online,
web chat). Aggregated across the
different types of activities, FTC staff
estimates that the associated burden
will be 1,413,936 hours per year over
the course of the three-year clearance.
The cost per respondent to file a
complaint is negligible. Participation is
voluntary and will not require any labor
expenditures by respondents. In
addition, there are no capital, start-up,
operation, maintenance, or other similar
costs for respondents.
Total hours
Misc. and fraud-related consumer complaints (phone) ...............................................................
Identity theft complaints (phone) .................................................................................................
CRC Customer Satisfaction Questionnaire (phone) ...................................................................
CRC Customer Satisfaction Questionnaire (online)—ReportFraud.ftc.gov ................................
CRC Customer Satisfaction Questionnaire (online)—IdentityTheft.gov ......................................
Misc. and fraud-related consumer complaints (online) ...............................................................
Identity theft complaints (online) ..................................................................................................
Misc. and fraud-related consumer complaints (Web chat) .........................................................
Identity theft complaints (Web chat) ............................................................................................
Misc. and fraud-related consumer complaints (Live Web chat) ..................................................
Identity theft complaints (Live Web chat) ....................................................................................
Do-Not-Call related consumer complaints (phone) .....................................................................
Do-Not-Call related consumer complaints (online) .....................................................................
476,175
293,597
13,376
22,241
4,728
4,364,003
3,119,075
77,614
104,282
3,950
23,934
1,022,325
8,473,199
8.7
7.2
4.3
3.1
3.1
5.16
9.8
5.57
4.6
9.6
9.9
3
2.5
69,045
35,232
959
1,149
244
375,304
509,449
7,205
7,995
632
3,949
51,116
353,050
Totals ....................................................................................................................................
9,705,304
........................
1,413,936
The FTC also conducts evaluations of
the effectiveness of its merger
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divestiture orders. Following an order of
divestiture in a merger matter, the FTC’s
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Bureau of Competition’s Compliance
Division conducts brief calls with
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acquirers of divested assets to assess the
effectiveness of these divestitures. In
2023, 2022, and 2021, the Commission
issued 9, 14, and 6 orders, respectively,
and a few required divestitures. For
interviews with purchasers of divested
assets, each interview typically takes
less than one hour to complete. FTC
staff estimates that it takes each
participant no more than one hour to
prepare for the interview. Accordingly,
staff estimates that, for each interview,
two individuals (typically a company
executive and an attorney) will devote
two hours each (one hour preparing and
one hour participating) to responding to
questions for a total of four hours.
Assuming that staff evaluates
approximately 4 divestitures per year
during the three-year clearance period,
staff estimates that the total hours
burden will be 16 hours per year (4
divestiture reviews × 4 hours for
preparing and participating). Staff may
include approximately two monitor
interviews a year, which would add at
most 4 hours (2 interviews × 2 hours for
preparing and participating). Interviews
of monitors typically involve only the
monitor and take approximately one
hour to complete with no more than one
hour to prepare for the interview. At
most, this yields a total burden of 24
burden hours per year. Staff estimates
that the total annual labor cost, based on
an estimated average of $150/hour for
executive and attorney wages, would be
$3,600 (24 hours × $150). There are no
capital, start-up, operation,
maintenance, or other similar costs to
respondents.
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Request for Comment
Pursuant to Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of
the PRA, the FTC invites comments on:
(1) whether the disclosure and
recordkeeping requirements are
necessary, including whether the
information will be practically useful;
(2) the accuracy of our burden estimates,
including whether the methodology and
assumptions used are valid; (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.
For the FTC to consider a comment,
we must receive it on or before May 28,
2024. 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.
You can file a comment online or on
paper. Due to heightened security
screening, postal mail addressed to the
Commission will be subject to delay. We
encourage you to submit your comments
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online through the https://
www.regulations.gov website.
If you file your comment on paper,
write ‘‘Administrative Activities, PRA
Comment, P085405,’’ on your comment
and on the envelope, and mail it to the
following address: Federal Trade
Commission, Office of the Secretary,
600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite
CC–5610 (Annex J), Washington, DC
20580.
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 (1) be filed in paper
form, (2) be clearly labeled
‘‘Confidential,’’ and (3) 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
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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 28, 2024. For information on
the Commission’s privacy policy,
including routine uses permitted by the
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
Disease, Disability, and Injury
Prevention and Control Special
Emphasis Panel (SEP)—PAR 20–280,
Cooperative Research Agreements
Related to the World Trade Center
Health Program (U01); RFA–OH–24–
002, Exploratory/Developmental Grants
on Lifestyle Medicine Research
Related to the World Trade Center
Health Program (R21); RFA–OH–24–
003, Exploratory/Developmental Grants
Related to the World Trade Center
Survivors (R21—No Applications With
Responders Accepted); and RFA–OH–
24–004, World Trade Center Health
Program Mentored Research Scientist
Career Development Award (K01);
Cancellation of Meeting
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, Department of Health and
Human Services.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
Notice is
hereby given of a change in the meeting
of the Disease, Disability, and Injury
Prevention and Control Special
Emphasis Panel (SEP)—PAR 20–280,
Cooperative Research Agreements
Related to the World Trade Center
Health Program (U01); RFA–OH–24–
002, Exploratory/Developmental Grants
on Lifestyle Medicine Research Related
to the World Trade Center Health
Program (R21); RFA–OH–24–003,
Exploratory/Developmental Grants
Related to the World Trade Center
Survivors (R21—No Applications with
Responders Accepted); and RFA–OH–
24–004, World Trade Center Health
Program Mentored Research Scientist
Career Development Award (K01);
March 19–21, 2024, 11 a.m.–6 p.m.,
EDT, video-assisted meeting, in the
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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 clearance for
information collection requirements pertaining to the Commission's
administrative activities, consisting of: responding to applications to
the Commission pursuant to the Commission's Rules of Practice (Parts 1
and 4); the FTC's consumer reporting systems; and the FTC's program
evaluation activities. The current clearance expires on June 30, 2024.
DATES: Comments must be filed by May 28, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Interested parties may file a comment online or on paper, by
following the instructions in the Request for Comment part of the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section below. Write ``Administrative
Activities, PRA Comment, P085405,'' 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: G. Richard Gold, Attorney, Office of
the
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General Counsel, Federal Trade Commission, (202) 326-3355,
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title of Collection: FTC Administrative Activities.
OMB Control Number: 3084-0169.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Private Sector: Businesses and other for-profit
entities.
Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 1,414,080 hours.
Estimated Annual Labor Costs: $21,600.
Discussion
Pursuant to its Rules of Practice, the Commission collects
information to carry out its administrative responsibilities. For
example, any person, partnership, or corporation may request advice
from the Commission or FTC staff regarding a course of action the
requester contemplates. The Commission's rules require requesters to
provide the information necessary to facilitate resolution of the
requests, including information on the question to be resolved, the
identity of the companies or persons involved, and other material
facts. See FTC Rule 1.2, 16 CFR 1.2. As another example, the FTC's
ethics regulations require former employees who are seeking ethical
clearance to participate in FTC matters to submit screening affidavits
to facilitate resolution of their requests. See FTC Rule 4.1(b), 16 CFR
4.1(b). Requests to participate must include, among other things, a
description of the proceeding in which participation is contemplated;
the name of the Commission office or division in which the former
employee was employed and the position the employee occupied; and a
statement whether, while employed by the Commission, the former
employee participated in any proceeding or investigation concerning the
same company, individual, or industry currently involved in the matter
in question. These requirements prevent the improper use of
confidential nonpublic information acquired while working at the FTC.
The Commission's Rules of Practice also authorize outside parties to
request employee testimony, through compulsory process or otherwise,
and to request documentary material through compulsory process in cases
or matters to which the agency is not a party. See FTC Rule 4.11(e), 16
CFR 4.11(e). These rules require persons seeking testimony or material
from the Commission to submit a statement in support of the request
setting forth the party's interest in the case or matter, the relevance
of the desired testimony or material, and a discussion of whether it is
reasonably available from other sources.
The Commission receives approximately 60 such requests annually.
Staff estimates respondents will incur, on average, approximately 2
hours of burden to submit a request, resulting in a cumulative 120
burden hours per year (60 requests x 2 burden hours). Based on an
estimated average wage of $150/hour for executive and attorney wages,
staff estimates a total annual cost burden of $18,000 (120 hours x
$150). Staff estimates that requesters would incur no capital, start-
up, operation, maintenance, or other similar costs associated with
submitting covered requests.
The FTC also allows consumers to report fraud, identity theft,
National Do Not Call Registry violations, and other violations of law
through telephone hotlines and three online consumer report forms.
Consumers may call a hotline phone number or log on to the FTC's
website to report violations using the applicable reporting forms. The
provision of this information is voluntary. The FTC also conducts
customer satisfaction surveys regarding the support that the
Commission's Consumer Response Center provides to consumers to obtain
information about the overall effectiveness of the call center and
online complaint intake forms. This information assists Bureau of
Consumer Protection staff in carrying out the agency's consumer
protection mission. The FTC is also mandated by Congress under the
Identity Theft and Assumption Deterrence Act of 1998, 18 U.S.C. 1001 et
seq., to serve as the central clearinghouse for identity theft
complaints.
As shown below this paragraph, the time necessary to file a
consumer report or participate in related customer satisfaction surveys
will vary. FTC staff estimates approximately 9,705,304 respondents will
annually submit information pursuant to these processes. The time that
each respondent will need to spend will depend on the type of consumer
report being filed or the type of survey being filled out, as well as
the method of participation (phone, online, web chat). Aggregated
across the different types of activities, FTC staff estimates that the
associated burden will be 1,413,936 hours per year over the course of
the three-year clearance. The cost per respondent to file a complaint
is negligible. Participation is voluntary and will not require any
labor expenditures by respondents. In addition, there are no capital,
start-up, operation, maintenance, or other similar costs for
respondents.
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Number of
Activity Number of minutes/ Total hours
respondents activity
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Misc. and fraud-related consumer complaints (phone)............. 476,175 8.7 69,045
Identity theft complaints (phone)............................... 293,597 7.2 35,232
CRC Customer Satisfaction Questionnaire (phone)................. 13,376 4.3 959
CRC Customer Satisfaction Questionnaire (online)-- 22,241 3.1 1,149
ReportFraud.ftc.gov............................................
CRC Customer Satisfaction Questionnaire (online)-- 4,728 3.1 244
IdentityTheft.gov..............................................
Misc. and fraud-related consumer complaints (online)............ 4,364,003 5.16 375,304
Identity theft complaints (online).............................. 3,119,075 9.8 509,449
Misc. and fraud-related consumer complaints (Web chat).......... 77,614 5.57 7,205
Identity theft complaints (Web chat)............................ 104,282 4.6 7,995
Misc. and fraud-related consumer complaints (Live Web chat)..... 3,950 9.6 632
Identity theft complaints (Live Web chat)....................... 23,934 9.9 3,949
Do-Not-Call related consumer complaints (phone)................. 1,022,325 3 51,116
Do-Not-Call related consumer complaints (online)................ 8,473,199 2.5 353,050
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Totals...................................................... 9,705,304 .............. 1,413,936
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The FTC also conducts evaluations of the effectiveness of its
merger divestiture orders. Following an order of divestiture in a
merger matter, the FTC's Bureau of Competition's Compliance Division
conducts brief calls with
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acquirers of divested assets to assess the effectiveness of these
divestitures. In 2023, 2022, and 2021, the Commission issued 9, 14, and
6 orders, respectively, and a few required divestitures. For interviews
with purchasers of divested assets, each interview typically takes less
than one hour to complete. FTC staff estimates that it takes each
participant no more than one hour to prepare for the interview.
Accordingly, staff estimates that, for each interview, two individuals
(typically a company executive and an attorney) will devote two hours
each (one hour preparing and one hour participating) to responding to
questions for a total of four hours. Assuming that staff evaluates
approximately 4 divestitures per year during the three-year clearance
period, staff estimates that the total hours burden will be 16 hours
per year (4 divestiture reviews x 4 hours for preparing and
participating). Staff may include approximately two monitor interviews
a year, which would add at most 4 hours (2 interviews x 2 hours for
preparing and participating). Interviews of monitors typically involve
only the monitor and take approximately one hour to complete with no
more than one hour to prepare for the interview. At most, this yields a
total burden of 24 burden hours per year. Staff estimates that the
total annual labor cost, based on an estimated average of $150/hour for
executive and attorney wages, would be $3,600 (24 hours x $150). There
are no capital, start-up, operation, maintenance, or other similar
costs to respondents.
Request for Comment
Pursuant to Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA, the FTC invites
comments on: (1) whether the disclosure and recordkeeping requirements
are necessary, including whether the information will be practically
useful; (2) the accuracy of our burden estimates, including whether the
methodology and assumptions used are valid; (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.
For the FTC to consider a comment, we must receive it on or before
May 28, 2024. 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.
You can file a comment online or on paper. Due to 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 file your comment on paper, write ``Administrative
Activities, PRA Comment, P085405,'' on your comment and on the
envelope, and mail it to the following address: Federal Trade
Commission, Office of the Secretary, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite
CC-5610 (Annex J), Washington, DC 20580.
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 (1) be filed in paper form, (2) be clearly labeled
``Confidential,'' and (3) 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 May 28, 2024.
For information on the Commission's privacy policy, including routine
uses permitted by the Privacy Act, see https://www.ftc.gov/site-information/privacy-policy.
Josephine Liu,
Assistant General Counsel for Legal Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2024-06351 Filed 3-25-24; 8:45 am]
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