Notice2021-16956
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
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Published
August 9, 2021
Issuing agencies
Federal Trade Commission
Abstract
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.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 150 (Monday, August 9, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43543-43544]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[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 <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. Find this particular
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function. The
<a href="http://reginfo.gov">reginfo.gov</a> 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]
BILLING CODE 6750-01-P
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