Notice2023-03628
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
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Published
February 22, 2023
Issuing agencies
Federal Trade Commission
Abstract
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.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 35 (Wednesday, February 22, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10900-10901]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[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 <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: 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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