Notice2025-07400

Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Extension

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Published
April 30, 2025

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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 agency's shared enforcement with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) of the CFPB's rule on Duties of Consumer Reporting Agencies Regarding Disclosures to Consumers (Rule). That clearance expires on April 30, 2025.

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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 82 (Wednesday, April 30, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17936-17937]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-07400]


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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION


Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; Extension

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 
agency's shared enforcement with the Consumer Financial Protection 
Bureau (CFPB) of the CFPB's rule on Duties of Consumer Reporting 
Agencies Regarding Disclosures to Consumers (Rule). That clearance 
expires on April 30, 2025.

DATES: Comments must be received by May 30, 2025.

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: Ryan Mehm, Attorney, Bureau of 
Consumer Protection, (202) 326-2918, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#9deff0f8f5f0ddfbe9feb3faf2eb"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a2d0cfc7cacfe2c4d6c18cc5cdd4">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>, Federal Trade 
Commission, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20580.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: Regulation V, Subpart N (12 CFR 1022.130--1022.138).
    OMB Control Number: 3084-0128.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Annual Burden: After halving the updated estimates to split the PRA 
burden with the CFPB regarding the Rule, the FTC's burden totals are 
121,818 hours, $3,135,077 in associated labor costs,\1\ and $4,010,500 
in capital/non-labor costs.
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    \1\ This estimate is updated from the prior estimate of 
$2,973,410 that was included in the 60-Day Federal Register notice 
and is based on more current information from the Bureau of Labor 
Statistics. See Table 1, National employment and wage data from the 
Occupational Employment Statistics survey by occupation, May 2024, 
at <a href="https://www.bls.gov/news.release/ocwage.t01.htm">https://www.bls.gov/news.release/ocwage.t01.htm</a>, which was made 
publicly available on April 2, 2025.
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    Abstract: The FTC shares enforcement authority with the CFPB for 
subpart N of Regulation V. Subpart N requires nationwide consumer 
reporting agencies and nationwide consumer specialty reporting agencies 
to provide to consumers, upon request, one free file disclosure within 
any 12-month period. Generally, it requires the nationwide consumer 
reporting agencies, as defined in Section 603(p) of the Fair Credit 
Reporting Act (FCRA), 15 U.S.C. 1681a(p), to create and operate a 
centralized source that provides consumers with the ability to request 
their free annual file disclosures from each of the nationwide consumer 
reporting agencies through a centralized internet website, toll-free 
telephone number, and postal address. Subpart N also requires the 
nationwide consumer reporting agencies to establish a standardized form 
for internet and mail requests for annual file disclosures and provides 
a model standardized form that may be used to comply with that 
requirement. It additionally requires nationwide specialty consumer 
reporting agencies, as defined in Section 603(w) of the FCRA, 15 U.S.C. 
1681a(w), to establish a streamlined process for consumers to request 
annual file disclosures. This streamlined process must include a toll-
free telephone number for consumers to make such requests.

Request for Comment

    On February 13, 2025, the FTC sought public comment on the 
information collection requirements associated with the Rule. 90 FR 
9549. The Commission received no 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

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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. 2025-07400 Filed 4-29-25; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6750-01-P


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