Notice2023-07186
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Extension
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Published
April 6, 2023
Issuing agencies
Federal Trade Commission
Abstract
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 associated with its Funeral Industry Practice Rule ("Funeral Rule" or "Rule"). That clearance expires on July 31, 2023.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 66 (Thursday, April 6, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20521-20522]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-07186]
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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Extension
AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: 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 associated with its
Funeral Industry Practice Rule (``Funeral Rule'' or ``Rule''). That
clearance expires on July 31, 2023.
DATES: Comments must be filed by May 8, 2023.
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 <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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Melissa Dickey, Division of Marketing
Practices, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Federal Trade Commission, 600
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20580, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d8b5bcb1bbb3bda198beacbbf6bfb7ae"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="107d7479737b7569507664733e777f66">[email protected]</span></a>, (202) 326-
2662.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title of Collection: Funeral Industry Practice Rule, 16 CFR part
453.
OMB Control Number: 3084-0025.
Type of Review: Extension without change of currently approved
collection.
Abstract: The Funeral Rule ensures that consumers who are
purchasing funeral goods and services have access to accurate itemized
price information so they can purchase only the funeral goods and
services they want or need. Among other things, the Rule requires a
funeral provider to: (1) provide consumers a copy of the funeral
provider's General Price List that
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itemizes the goods and services it offers; (2) show consumers a Casket
Price List and an Outer Burial Container Price List at the outset of
any discussion of those items or their prices, and in any event before
showing consumers caskets or vaults; (3) provide price information from
its price lists over the telephone; and (4) give consumers a Statement
of Funeral Goods and Services Selected after determining the funeral
arrangements with consumers. The Rule requires that funeral providers
disclose this information to consumers and maintain records documenting
their compliance with the Rule.
Affected Public: Private Sector: Businesses and other for-profit
entities.
Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 18,874.
Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 173,936.
Estimated Annual Labor Costs: $5,387,875.
Request for Comment:
On December 19, 2022, the FTC sought public comment on the
information collection requirements in the Funeral Rule. 87 FR 77610
(Dec. 19, 2022). 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 87 FR 77610.
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 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), 16CFR 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. 2023-07186 Filed 4-5-23; 8:45 am]
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