Notice2021-25104
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
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Published
November 18, 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 Pay-Per-Call Rule (Rule). That clearance expires on November 30, 2021.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 220 (Thursday, November 18, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64491-64492]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-25104]
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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 Pay-Per-Call Rule (Rule). That
clearance expires on November 30, 2021.
DATES: Comments must be received by December 20, 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: P. Connell McNulty, Attorney, Division
of Marketing Practices, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Federal Trade
Commission, Mail Code CC-5201, 600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC
20580, (202) 326-2061.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Trade Regulation Rule Pursuant to the Telephone Disclosure
and Dispute Resolution Act of 1992 (``Pay-Per-Call Rule''), 16 CFR part
308.
OMB Control Number: 3084-0102.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Abstract: The existing reporting and disclosure requirements of the
Pay-Per-Call Rule are mandated by the Telephone Disclosure and Dispute
Resolution Act of 1992 (TDDRA) to help prevent unfair and deceptive
acts and practices in the advertising and operation of pay-per-call
services and in the collection of charges for telephone-billed
purchases. The information obtained by the Commission pursuant to the
reporting requirement is used for law enforcement purposes. The
disclosure requirements ensure that consumers are told about the costs
of
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using a pay-per-call service, that they will not be liable for
unauthorized non-toll charges on their telephone bills, and how to deal
with disputes about telephone-billed purchases.
Likely Respondents: telecommunications common carriers (subject to
the reporting requirement only, unless acting as a billing entity),
information providers (vendors) offering one or more pay-per-call
services or programs, and billing entities.
Estimated Annual Hours Burden: 1,029,570 hours (18 + 1,029,552).
Reporting: 18 hours for reporting by common carriers.
Disclosure: 1,029,552 [(21,240 hours for advertising by vendors +
21,732 hours for preamble disclosure which applies to every pay-per-
call service + 7,080 burden hours for telephone-billed charges in
billing statements (applies to vendors; applies to common carriers if
acting as billing entity) + 11,500 burden hours for dispute resolution
procedures in billing statements (applies to billing entities) +
968,000 hours for disclosures related to consumers reporting a billing
error (applies to billing entities)].
Estimated annual cost burden: $50,456,136 (solely relating to labor
costs).\1\
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\1\ Non-labor (e.g., capital/other start-up) costs are generally
subsumed in activities otherwise undertaken in the ordinary course
of business (e.g., business records from which only existing
information must be reported to the Commission, pay-per-call
advertisements or audiotext to which cost or other disclosures are
added, etc.). To the extent that entities incur operating or
maintenance expenses, or purchase outside services to satisfy the
Rule's requirements, staff believe those expenses are also included
in (or, if contracted out, would be comparable to) the annual burden
hour and cost estimates provided below (where such costs are labor-
related), or are otherwise included in the ordinary cost of doing
business (regarding non-labor costs).
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Request for Comment
On August 18, 2021, the FTC sought public comment on the
information collection requirements associated with the Rule. 86 FR
46254. 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. 2021-25104 Filed 11-17-21; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6750-01-P
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