[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 238 (Monday, December 12, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 77230-77234]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-31692]


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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION


Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request

AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The information collection requirements described below will 
be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (``OMB'') for 
review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (``PRA''). The FTC 
is seeking public comments on its proposal to extend through March 31, 
2015, the current PRA clearances for information collection 
requirements contained in four product labeling rules enforced by the 
Commission. Those clearances expire on March 31, 2012.

DATES: Comments must be received by February 10, 2012.

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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the proposed information requirements should be addressed to 
Robert M. Frisby, (202) 326-2098, or Lemuel Dowdy, (202) 326-2981, 
Attorneys, Division of Enforcement, Bureau of Consumer Protection, 600 
Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20580.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Proposed Information Collection Activities

    Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (``PRA''), 44 U.S.C. 3501-3520, 
federal agencies must get OMB approval for each collection of 
information they conduct, sponsor, or require. ``Collection of 
information'' means agency requests or requirements to submit reports, 
keep records, or provide information to a third party. 44 U.S.C. 
3502(3); 5 CFR 1320.3(c). As required by section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 
PRA, the FTC is providing this opportunity for public comment before 
requesting that OMB extend the existing PRA clearance for the 
information collection requirements associated with the Commission's 
rules and regulations under the Fur Products Labeling Act (``Fur 
Rules''), 16 CFR Part 301 (OMB Control Number 3084-0099); \1\ rules and 
regulations under the Wool Products Labeling Act of 1939 (``Wool 
Rules''), 16 CFR part 300 (OMB Control Number 3084-0100); \2\ rules and 
regulations under the Textile Fiber Products Identification Act 
(``Textile Rules''), 16 CFR part 303 (OMB Control Number 3084-0101); 
\3\ and the Care Labeling of Textile Wearing Apparel and Certain Piece 
Goods As Amended (``Care Labeling Rule''), 16 CFR part 423 (OMB Control 
Number 3084-0103).
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    \1\ The Commission issues the Fur Rules to implement the Fur 
Products Labeling Act, 15 U.S.C. 69 et seq.
    \2\ The Commission issues the Wool Rules to implement the Wool 
Products Labeling Act of 1939, 15 U.S.C. 68 et seq.
    \3\ The Commission issues the Textile Rules to implement the 
Textile Fiber Products Identification Act, 15 U.S.C. 70 et seq.
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    The FTC invites comments on: (1) Whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
the agency, including whether the information will have practical 
utility; (2) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed collection of information, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) ways 
to minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who 
are to respond.\4\ All comments must be received on or before February 
10, 2012.
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    \4\ As part of its regulatory review program, the Commission is 
currently reviewing the Care Labeling Rule as well as the Fur and 
Textile Rules. See Federal Trade Commission: Care Labeling of 
Textile Wearing Apparel and Certain Piece Goods as Amended: Advance 
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking; Request for Public Comment, 76 FR 
41148 (Jul. 13, 2011); Federal Trade Commission: Rules and 
Regulations Under the Fur Products Labeling Act: Advance Notice of 
Proposed Rulemaking: Request for Comment, 76 FR 13550 (Mar. 14, 
2011); and Federal Trade Commission: Rules and Regulations Under the 
Textile Fiber Products Identification Act: Advance Notice of 
Proposed Rulemaking; Request for Public Comment, 76 FR 68690 (Nov. 
7, 2011). The Commission also announced that this year it plans to 
initiate a review of the Wool Rules. Federal Trade Commission: 
Notice Announcing Ten-year Regulatory Review Schedule and Request 
for Public Comment on the Federal Trade Commission's Regulatory 
Review Program, 76 FR 41150 (Jul. 13, 2011).
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Burden Estimates

    Staff's burden estimates for the four rules in question are based 
on data from the Department of Commerce's Bureau of the Census, the 
International Trade Commission, the Department of Labor's Bureau of 
Labor Statistics (``BLS''), and data or other input from industry 
sources. The relevant information collection requirements in these 
rules and staff's corresponding burden estimates follow. The estimates 
address the number of hours needed and the labor costs incurred to 
comply with the requirements.

1. Fur Rules (OMB Control Number: 3084-0099)

    The Fur Products Labeling Act (``Fur Act'') \5\ prohibits the 
misbranding and false advertising of fur products. The Fur Rules 
establish disclosure requirements that assist consumers in making 
informed purchasing decisions, and recordkeeping requirements that 
assist the Commission in enforcing the Rules. The Rules also provide a

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procedure for exemption from certain disclosure provisions under the 
Fur Act.
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    \5\ 15 U.S.C. 69 et seq.
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    The Commission expects that recent amendments to the Fur Act will 
increase the cost of complying with the Fur Rules. Congress eliminated 
the Commission's power to exempt from the labeling requirements items 
where either the cost of the fur trim to the manufacturer or the 
manufacturer's selling price for the finished product is less than 
$150.\6\ As a result, more garments will be subject to the Fur Act and 
Rules, which will impose higher recordkeeping and labeling costs on 
manufacturers, importers, and retailers. Because the requirements 
started to apply to the previously exempted garments earlier this year, 
the Commission has only limited information on the extent to which 
compliance costs will increase. The Commission has some evidence that 
aggregate costs will rise substantially.\7\
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    \6\ Truth in Fur Labeling Act, Public Law 111-313.
    \7\ For example, one comment filed in the regulatory review of 
the Fur Rules stated that the elimination of the exemption required 
the commenter to spend over $1 million to label footwear that had 
left the factory. Deckers Outdoor Corporation at http://www.ftc.gov/os/comments/furlabeling/00016-59947.pdf.
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    Estimated annual hours burden: 168,105 hours (51,870 hours for 
recordkeeping + 116,228 hours for disclosure).
    Recordkeeping: The Fur Rules require that retailers, manufacturers, 
processors, and importers of furs and fur products keep certain records 
in addition to those they may keep in the ordinary course of business. 
Staff estimates that 1,230 retailers incur an average recordkeeping 
burden of about 13 hours per year (15,990 hours total); 90 
manufacturers incur an average recordkeeping burden of about 52 hours 
per year (4,680 hours total); and 1,200 importers of furs and fur 
products incur an average recordkeeping burden of 26 hours per year 
(31,200 hours total). The combined recordkeeping burden for the 
industry is approximately 51,870 hours annually.
    Disclosure: Staff estimates that 1,320 respondents (90 
manufacturers + 1,230 retail sellers of fur garments) each require an 
average of 26 hours per year to determine label content (34,320 hours 
total), and an average of seven hours per year to draft and order 
labels (9,240 hours total). Staff estimates that the total number of 
garments subject to the fur labeling requirements annually is 
approximately 1,336,000.\8\ Staff estimates that for approximately 50 
percent of these garments (668,000) labels are attached manually, 
requiring approximately four minutes per garment for a total of 44,533 
hours annually. For the remaining 668,000, the process of attaching 
labels is semi-automated and requires an average of approximately five 
seconds per item, for a total of 928 hours. Thus, the total burden for 
attaching labels is 45,461 hours, and the total burden for labeling 
garments is 89,021 hours per year (34,320 hours to determine label 
content + 9,240 hours to draft and order labels + 45,461 hours to 
attach labels).
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    \8\ The total number of imported fur garments, fur-trimmed 
garments, and fur accessories is estimated to be approximately 
1,156,000 based on International Trade Commission data. Estimated 
domestic production totals 180,000.
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    Staff estimates that the incremental burden associated with the Fur 
Rules' invoice disclosure requirement, beyond the time that would be 
devoted to preparing invoices in the absence of the Rules, is 
approximately one minute per invoice for garments and thirty seconds 
per invoice for pelts.\9\ The invoice disclosure requirement applies to 
fur garments, which are generally sold individually, and fur pelts, 
which are generally sold in groups of at least 50, on average. Assuming 
invoices are prepared for sales of 1,336,000 garments, the invoice 
disclosure requirement entails an estimated burden of 22,267 hours 
(1,336,000 invoices x one minute). Based on information from the 
International Trade Commission and the Fur Commission USA, staff 
estimates total sales of 7,498,000 pelts annually. Assuming invoices 
are prepared for sales of 149,960 groups (derived from an estimated 
7,498,000 million pelts / 50) of imported and domestic pelts, the 
invoice disclosure requirement entails an estimated total burden of 
1,250 hours (149,960 total invoices x thirty seconds). Thus, the total 
burden for invoice disclosures is 23,517 hours.
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    \9\ The invoice disclosure burden for PRA purposes excludes the 
time that respondents would spend for invoicing, apart from the Fur 
Rules, in the ordinary course of business. See 5 CFR 1320.3(b)(2).
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    Staff estimates that the Fur Rules' advertising disclosure 
requirements impose an average burden of three hours per year for each 
of the approximately 1,230 domestic fur retailers, or a total of 3,690 
hours.
    Thus, staff estimates the total disclosure burden to be 
approximately 116,228 hours (89,021 hours for labeling + 23,517 hours 
for invoices + 3,690 hours for advertising).
    Estimated annual cost burden: $2,806,665 (solely relating to labor 
costs). The chart below summarizes the total estimated costs.
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    \10\ Per industry sources, most fur labeling is done in the 
United States. This rate is reflective of an average domestic hourly 
wage for such tasks, which is derived from recent BLS statistics. 
Conversely, attaching labels with regard to the other rules 
discussed herein is mostly performed by foreign labor, as detailed 
in note 13.

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Determine label content...................................            $23.00            34,320          $789,360
Draft and order labels....................................             18.00             9,240           166,320
Attach labels.............................................         \10\ 9.00            45,461           409,149
Invoice disclosures.......................................             18.00            23,517           423,306
Prepare advertising disclosures...........................             23.00             3,690            84,870
Recordkeeping.............................................             18.00            51,870           933,660
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    Total.................................................  ................  ................         2,806,665
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    Staff believes that there are no current start-up costs or other 
capital costs associated with the Fur Rules. Because the labeling of 
fur products has been an integral part of the manufacturing process for 
decades, manufacturers have in place the capital equipment necessary to 
comply with the Rules' labeling requirements.\11\ Industry sources 
indicate that much of the information required by the Fur Act and Rules 
would be included on the product label even absent the Rules. 
Similarly, invoicing, recordkeeping, and advertising disclosures are 
tasks performed in the ordinary course of business so that covered 
firms would incur no additional capital or other non-

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labor costs as a result of the Act or the Rules.
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    \11\ Although items previously exempt from the labeling 
requirements must now be labeled regarding their fur content, the 
Textile and Wool Rules already required many such items to have 
fiber content labels. Hence, manufacturers likely have in place the 
equipment needed to comply with the labeling requirements.
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2. Wool Rules (OMB Control Number: 3084-0100)

    The Wool Products Labeling Act of 1939 (``Wool Act'') \12\ 
prohibits the misbranding of wool products. The Wool Rules establish 
disclosure requirements that assist consumers in making informed 
purchasing decisions and recordkeeping requirements that assist the 
Commission in enforcing the Rules.
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    \12\ 15 U.S.C. 68 et seq.
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    Estimated annual hours burden: 440,000 hours (80,000 recordkeeping 
hours + 360,000 disclosure hours).
    Recordkeeping: Staff estimates that approximately 4,000 wool firms 
are subject to the Wool Rules' recordkeeping requirements. Based on an 
average annual burden of 20 hours per firm, the total recordkeeping 
burden is 80,000 hours.
    Disclosure: Approximately 8,000 wool firms, producing or importing 
about 600,000,000 wool products annually, are subject to the Wool 
Rules' disclosure requirements. Staff estimates the burden of 
determining label content to be 15 hours per year per firm, or a total 
of 120,000 hours, and the burden of drafting and ordering labels to be 
5 hours per respondent per year, or a total of 40,000 hours. Staff 
believes that the process of attaching labels is now fully automated 
and integrated into other production steps for about 40 percent of all 
affected products. For the remaining 360,000,000 items (60 percent of 
600,000,000), the process is semi-automated and requires an average of 
approximately two seconds per item, for a total of 200,000 hours per 
year. Thus, the total estimated annual burden for all respondents is 
360,000 hours (120,000 hours for determining label content + 40,000 
hours to draft and order labels + 200,000 hours to attach labels). 
Staff believes that any additional burden associated with advertising 
disclosure requirements would be minimal (less than 10,000 hours) and 
can be subsumed within the burden estimates set forth above.
    Estimated annual cost burden: $5,920,000, rounded to the nearest 
thousand (solely relating to labor costs). The chart below summarizes 
the total estimated costs.
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    \13\ For imported products, the labels generally are attached in 
the country where the products are manufactured. According to 
information compiled by an industry trade association using data 
from the International Trade Commission, the U.S. Customs Service, 
and the U.S. Census Bureau, approximately 95% of apparel and other 
textile products used in the United States is imported. With the 
remaining 5% attributable to U.S. production at an approximate 
domestic hourly wage of $9 to attach labels, staff has calculated a 
weighted average hourly wage of $5 per hour attributable to U.S. and 
foreign labor combined. The estimated percentage of imports supplied 
by particular countries is based on trade data for the year ending 
in September 2011 compiled by the Office of Textiles and Apparel, 
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce. 
Wages in major textile exporting countries, factored into the above 
hourly wage estimate, were based on 2009 data from the U.S. 
Department of Labor, Bureau of International Labor Affairs. See 
Table 1.1 Production Workers: Indexes of hourly compensation costs 
in manufacturing, U.S. dollar basis, 1975-2009 (Index, U.S. = 100) 
available at: ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/suppl/ichcc.ichccpwsuppt1_1.txt.

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Determine label content...................................            $23.00           120,000        $2,760,000
Draft and order labels....................................             18.00            40,000           720,000
Attach labels.............................................         \13\ 5.00           200,000         1,000,000
Recordkeeping.............................................             18.00            80,000         1,440,000
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    Total.................................................  ................  ................         5,920,000
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     Staff believes that there are no current start-up costs or other 
capital costs associated with the Wool Rules. Because the labeling of 
wool products has been an integral part of the manufacturing process 
for decades, manufacturers have in place the capital equipment 
necessary to comply with the Rules. Based on knowledge of the industry, 
staff believes that much of the information required by the Wool Act 
and Rules would be included on the product label even absent their 
requirements. Similarly, recordkeeping and advertising disclosures are 
tasks performed in the ordinary course of business so that covered 
firms would incur no additional capital or other non-labor costs as a 
result of the Rules.

3. Textile Rules (OMB Control Number: 3084-0101)

    The Textile Fiber Products Identification Act (``Textile Act'') 
\14\ prohibits the misbranding and false advertising of textile fiber 
products. The Textile Rules establish disclosure requirements that 
assist consumers in making informed purchasing decisions, and 
recordkeeping requirements that assist the Commission in enforcing the 
Rules. The Rules also contain a petition procedure for requesting the 
establishment of generic names for textile fibers.
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    \14\ 15 U.S.C. 70 et seq.
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    Estimated annual hours burden: 7,528,142 hours (506,025 
recordkeeping hours + 7,022,117 disclosure hours).
    Recordkeeping: Staff estimates that approximately 20,241 textile 
firms are subject to the Textile Rules' recordkeeping requirements. 
Based on an average burden of 25 hours per firm, the total 
recordkeeping burden is 506,025 hours.
    Disclosure: Approximately 22,218 textile firms, producing or 
importing about 19.4 billion textile fiber products annually, are 
subject to the Textile Rules' disclosure requirements.\15\ Staff 
estimates the burden of determining label content to be 20 hours per 
year per firm, or a total of 444,360 hours and the burden of drafting 
and ordering labels to be 5 hours per respondent per year, or a total 
of 111,090 hours.\16\ Staff believes that the process of attaching 
labels is now fully automated and integrated into other production 
steps for about 40 percent of all affected products. For the remaining 
11.64 billion items (60 percent of 19.4 billion), the process is semi-
automated and requires an average of approximately two seconds per 
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for a total of 6,466,667 per year. Thus, the total estimated annual 
burden for all firms is 7,022,117 hours (444,360 hours to determine 
label content + 111,090 hours to draft and order labels + 6,466,667 
hours to attach labels).\17\ Staff believes that any additional burden 
associated with advertising disclosure requirements or the filing of 
generic fiber name petitions would be minimal (less than 10,000 hours) 
and can be subsumed within the burden estimates set forth above.
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    \15\ The apparent consumption of garments in the U.S. in 2009 
was 18 billion. Staff estimates that 1 billion garments are exempt 
from the Textile Act (i.e., any kind of headwear and garments made 
from something other than a textile fiber product, such as leather) 
or are subject to a special exemption for hosiery products sold in 
packages where the label information is contained on the package. 
Based on available data, staff estimates that an additional 3 
billion household textile products (non-garments, such as sheets, 
towels, blankets) were consumed. However, approximately 0.6 billion 
of all of these combined products (garments and non-garments) are 
subject to the Wool Act, not the Textile Act, because they contain 
some amount of wool. Thus, the estimated net total products subject 
to the Textile Act is 19.4 billion.
    \16\ In 2007, Congress amended the Wool Act to explicitly define 
``cashmere'' and certain terms used to describe superfine wool 
(e.g., ``Super 80s,'' ``Super 90s,'' etc.). See Public Law 109-428. 
The Commission anticipates revising the Wool Rules to incorporate 
these amendments. The Commission will seek comment on the increased 
burden, if any, imposed by these changes when it announces the 
revisions.
    \17\ The Commission revised the Textile Rules in 2006 in 
response to amendments to the Textile Act. See 70 FR 73369 (Dec. 12, 
2005). These amendments concerned the placement of labels on 
packages of certain types of socks and, therefore, do not place any 
additional disclosure burden on covered entities.
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    Estimated annual cost burden: $53,662,000, rounded to the nearest 
thousand (solely relating to labor costs). The chart below summarizes 
the total estimated costs.

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Determine label content...................................            $23.00           444,360       $10,220,280
Draft and order labels....................................             18.00           111,090         1,999,620
Attach labels.............................................         \18\ 5.00         6,466,667        32,333,335
Recordkeeping.............................................             18.00           506,025         9,108,450
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    Total.................................................  ................  ................        53,661,685
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    Staff believes that there are no current start-up costs or other 
capital costs associated with the Textile Rules. Because the labeling 
of textile products has been an integral part of the manufacturing 
process for decades, manufacturers have in place the capital equipment 
necessary to comply with the Rules' labeling requirements. Industry 
sources indicate that much of the information required by the Textile 
Act and Rules would be included on the product label even absent their 
requirements. Similarly, recordkeeping, invoicing, and advertising 
disclosures are tasks performed in the ordinary course of business so 
that covered firms would incur no additional capital or other non-labor 
costs as a result of the Rules.
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4. The Care Labeling Rule (OMB Control Number: 3084-0103)

    The Care Labeling Rule requires manufacturers and importers to 
attach a permanent care label to all covered textile clothing in order 
to assist consumers in making purchase decisions and in determining 
what method to use to clean their apparel. Also, manufacturers and 
importers of piece goods used to make textile clothing must provide the 
same care information on the end of each bolt or roll of fabric.
    Estimated annual hours burden: 6,666,477 hours (solely relating to 
disclosure \19\).
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    \19\ The Care Labeling Rule imposes no specific recordkeeping 
requirements. Although the Rule requires manufacturers and importers 
to have reliable evidence to support the recommended care 
instructions, companies may provide as support current technical 
literature or rely on past experience.
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    Staff estimates that approximately 22,218 manufacturers or 
importers of textile apparel, producing about 17 billion textile 
garments annually, are subject to the Rule's disclosure requirements. 
The burden of developing proper care instructions may vary greatly 
among firms, primarily based on the number of different lines of 
textile garments introduced per year that require new or revised care 
instructions. Staff estimates the burden of determining care 
instructions to be 43 hours each year per firm, for a cumulative total 
of 955,374 hours. Staff further estimates that the burden of drafting 
and ordering labels is 2 hours each year per respondent, for a total of 
44,436 hours. Staff believes that the process of attaching labels is 
fully automated and integrated into other production steps for about 40 
percent of the approximately 17 billion garments that are required to 
have care instructions on permanent labels.\20\ For the remaining 10.2 
billion items (60 percent of 17 billion), the process is semi-automated 
and requires an average of approximately two seconds per item, for a 
total of 5,666,667 hours per year. Thus, the total estimated annual 
burden for all firms is 6,666,477 hours (955,374 hours to determine 
care instructions + 44,436 hours to draft and order labels + 5,666,667 
hours to attach labels).
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    \20\ About 1 billion of the 18 billion garments produced 
annually are either not covered by the Care Labeling Rule (gloves, 
hats, caps, and leather, fur, plastic, or leather garments) or are 
subject to an exemption that allows care instructions to appear on 
packaging (hosiery).
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    Estimated annual cost burden: $51,107,000, rounded to the nearest 
thousand (solely relating to labor costs). The chart below summarizes 
the total estimated costs.

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Determine care instructions...............................            $23.00           955,374       $21,973,602
Draft and order labels....................................             18.00            44,436           799,848
Attach labels.............................................         \21\ 5.00         5,666,667        28,333,335
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    Total.................................................  ................  ................        51,106,785
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    Staff believes that there are no current start-up costs or other 
capital costs associated with the Care Labeling Rule. Because the 
labeling of textile products has been an integral part of the 
manufacturing process for decades, manufacturers have in place the 
capital equipment necessary to comply with the Rule's labeling 
requirements. Based on knowledge of the industry, staff believes that 
much of the information required by the Rule would be included on the 
product label even absent those requirements.
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Request for Comments

    You can file a comment online or on paper. Write ``https://ftcpublic.commentworks.com/ftc/apparelrulespra'' on your comment. Your 
comment--including your name and your state--will be placed on the

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public record of this proceeding, including, to the extent practicable, 
on the public Commission Web site, at http://www.ftc.gov/os/publiccomments.shtm. As a matter of discretion, the Commission tries to 
remove individuals' home contact information from comments before 
placing them on the Commission Web site.
    Because your comment will be made public, you are solely 
responsible for making sure that your comment does not include any 
sensitive personal information, like 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, like medical records or other 
individually identifiable health information. In addition, don't 
include any ``[t]rade secret or any commercial or financial information 
which is obtained from any person and 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), 16 CFR 4.10(a)(2). In particular, don't 
include competitively sensitive information such as costs, sales 
statistics, inventories, formulas, patterns, devices, manufacturing 
processes, or customer names.
    If you want the Commission to give your comment confidential 
treatment, you must file it in paper form, with a request for 
confidential treatment, and you have to follow the procedure explained 
in FTC Rule 4.9(c), 16 CFR 4.9(c). Your comment will be kept 
confidential only if the FTC General Counsel, in his or her sole 
discretion, grants your request in accordance with the law and the 
public interest.
    Postal mail addressed to the Commission is subject to delay due to 
heightened security screening. As a result, the Commission encourages 
you to submit your comments online. To make sure that the Commission 
considers your online comment, you must file it at https://ftcpublic.commentworks.com/ftc/apparelrulespra, by following the 
instructions on the web-based form. If this Notice appears at http://www.regulations.gov, you also may file a comment through that Web site.
    If you file your comment on paper, write ``Apparel Rules: FTC File 
No. P074201'' on your comment and on the envelope, and mail or deliver 
it to the following address: Federal Trade Commission, Office of the 
Secretary, Room H-113 (Annex J), 600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., 
Washington, DC 20580. If possible, submit your paper comment to the 
Commission by courier or overnight service.
    Visit the Commission Web site at http://www.ftc.gov to read this 
Notice and the news release describing it. The FTC Act and other laws 
that the Commission administers permit the collection of public 
comments to consider and use in this proceeding as appropriate. The 
Commission will consider all timely and responsive public comments that 
it receives on or before February 10, 2012. You can find more 
information, including routine uses permitted by the Privacy Act, in 
the Commission's privacy policy, at http://www.ftc.gov/ftc/privacy.htm.

Willard K. Tom,
General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2011-31692 Filed 12-9-11; 8:45 am]
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