Notice2024-08012
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Extension
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Published
April 16, 2024
Issuing agencies
Federal Trade Commission
Abstract
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 current PRA clearance for its information collection requirements in the Power Output Claims for Amplifiers Utilized in Home Entertainment Products ("Amplifier Rule" or "Rule"). This clearance expires on April 30, 2024.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 74 (Tuesday, April 16, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26883-26884]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-08012]
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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
current PRA clearance for its information collection requirements in
the Power Output Claims for Amplifiers Utilized in Home Entertainment
Products (``Amplifier Rule'' or ``Rule''). This clearance expires on
April 30, 2024.
DATES: Comments must be filed by May 16, 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 <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
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website produced by the Office of Management and Budget (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: Hong Park, Attorney, Division of
Enforcement, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Federal Trade Commission,
(202) 326-2158, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#620a12031009220416014c050d14"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7b130b1a09103b1d0f18551c140d">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Amplifier Rule, 16 CFR part 432.
OMB Control Number: 3084-0105.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Estimated Annual Hours of Burden: 462 hours (308 testing hours; 154
disclosure hours).
Likely Respondents and Estimated Burden: (a) Testing--High fidelity
manufacturers--308 new products/year x 1 hour each = 308 hours; and (b)
Disclosures--High fidelity manufacturers--[(308 new products/year x 1
specification sheet) + (308 new products/year x 1 brochure)] x 15
minutes per specification sheet or brochure = 154 hours.
Frequency of Response: Periodic.
Estimated Annual Labor Cost: $28,019 per year ($17,131 for testing
+ $10,888 for disclosures).
Abstract: The Amplifier Rule assists consumers by standardizing the
measurement and disclosure of power output and related performance
characteristics of amplifiers in stereos and other home entertainment
equipment. The Rule also specifies the test conditions necessary to
make the disclosures that the Rule requires.
Request for Comment
On January 19, 2024, the FTC sought public comment on the
information collection requirements associated with the Rule. 89 FR
3658. No germane comments were received. 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
Rule.
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. 2024-08012 Filed 4-15-24; 8:45 am]
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