[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 53 (Thursday, March 19, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14387-14389]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-06352]


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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission (FTC or Commission).

ACTION: Notice and request for comment.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, 
the FTC is seeking public comments on its request to OMB to extend for 
three years the current PRA clearances for information collection 
requirements contained in three product labeling rules enforced by the 
Commission. Those clearances expire on March 31, 2015.

DATES: Comments must be received by April 20, 2015.

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. Write ``Apparel Rules: FTC 
File No. P074201'' on your comment, and file your comment online at 
https://ftcpublic.commentworks.com/ftc/apparelrulespra2 by following 
the instructions on the web-based form. If

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you prefer to file your comment on paper, mail or deliver your comment 
to the following address: Federal Trade Commission, Office of the 
Secretary, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Suite CC-5610 (Annex J), 
Washington, DC 20580, or deliver your comment to the following address: 
Federal Trade Commission, Office of the Secretary, Constitution Center, 
400 7th Street SW., 5th Floor, Suite 5610 (Annex J), Washington, DC 
20024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for copies of the collection 
of information and supporting documentation 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., Room CC-9528, Washington, DC 20580.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Rules and regulations under the Wool Products Labeling Act 
of 1939 (``Wool Rules''), 16 CFR part 300.
    OMB Control Number: 3084-0100.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Abstract: The Wool Products Labeling Act of 1939 (``Wool Act'') \1\ 
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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    \1\ 15 U.S.C. 68 et seq.
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    On January 9, 2015, the Commission sought comment on the 
information collection requirements in the Wool Rules. 80 FR 1411. No 
comments were received. As required by OMB regulations, 5 CFR part 
1320, the FTC is providing this second opportunity for public comment.
    Likely Respondents: Manufacturers, importers, processors and 
marketers of wool products.
    Frequency of Response: Third party disclosure; recordkeeping 
requirement.
    Estimated annual hours burden: 1,888,000 hours (160,000 
recordkeeping hours + 1,720,000 disclosure hours).
    Recordkeeping: 160,000 hours [4,000 wool firms incur an average 40 
hours per firm].
    Disclosure: 1,720,000 hours [240,000 hours for determining label 
content + 480,000 hours to draft and order labels + 1,000,000 hours to 
attach labels].
    Estimated annual cost burden: $22,620,000 (solely relating to labor 
costs).

    Title: Rules and regulations under the Textile Fiber Products 
Identification Act (``Textile Rules''), 16 CFR part 303.
    OMB Control Number: 3084-0101.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Abstract: The Textile Fiber Products Identification Act (``Textile 
Act'') \2\ 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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    \2\ 15 U.S.C. 70 et seq.
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    On January 9, 2015, the Commission sought comment on the 
information collection requirements in the Textile Rules. 80 FR 1411. 
No comments were received. As required by OMB regulations, 5 CFR part 
1320, the FTC is providing this second opportunity for public comment.
    Likely Respondents: Manufacturers, importers, processors and 
marketers of textile fiber products.
    Frequency of Response: Third party disclosure; recordkeeping 
requirement.
    Estimated annual hours burden: 39,186,772 hours (1,237,015 
recordkeeping hours + 37,949,757 disclosure hours).
    Recordkeeping: 1,237,015 hours (approximately 19,031 textile firms 
incur average burden of 65 hours per firm)
    Disclosure: 37,949,757 hours (1,471,730 hours to determine label 
content + 1,811,360 hours to draft and order labels + 34,666,667 hours 
to attach labels)
    Estimated annual cost burden: $280,754,000, rounded to the nearest 
thousand (solely relating to labor costs).

    Title: The Care Labeling of Textile Wearing Apparel and Certain 
Piece Goods As Amended (``Care Labeling Rule''), 16 CFR 423.
    OMB Control Number: 3084-0103.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Abstract: 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.
    On January 9, 2015, the Commission sought comment on the 
information collection requirements in the Care Labeling Rule. 80 FR 
1411. No comments were received. As required by OMB regulations, 5 CFR 
part 1320, the FTC is providing this second opportunity for public 
comment.
    Estimated annual hours burden: 34,742,227 hours (solely relating to 
disclosure \3\) (derived from 2,264,200 hours to determine care 
instructions + 1,811,360 hours to draft and order labels + 30,666,667 
hours to attach labels).
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    \3\ 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 in some circumstances can rely on current 
technical literature or past experience.
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    Likely Respondents: Manufacturers or importers of textile apparel.
    Frequency of Response: Third party disclosure.
    Estimated Annual Cost Burden: $258,329,000, rounded to the nearest 
thousand (solely relating to labor costs).
    Request for Comments
    You can file a comment online or on paper. For the Commission to 
consider your comment, we must receive it on or before April 20, 2015. 
Write ``Apparel Rules: FTC File No. P074201'' on your comment. Your 
comment--including your name and your state--will be placed on the 
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, 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, like medical records or other 
individually identifiable health information. In addition, do not 
include any ``[t]rade secret or any commercial or financial information 
which is . . . privileged or confidential,'' as discussed 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, do not include competitively sensitive 
information such as costs, sales statistics, inventories, formulas, 
patterns, devices,

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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 are required 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 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, we encourage you to submit 
your comment online, or to send it to the Commission by courier or 
overnight service. To make sure that the Commission considers your 
online comment, you must file it at https://ftcpublic.commentworks.com/ftc/apparelrulespra2, 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, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Suite CC-5610 (Annex J), 
Washington, DC 20580, or deliver your comment to the following address: 
Federal Trade Commission, Office of the Secretary, Constitution Center, 
400 7th Street SW., 5th Floor, Suite 5610 (Annex J), Washington, DC 
20024. If possible, submit your paper comment to the Commission by 
courier or overnight service.
    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 April 20, 
2015. 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.shtm.
    Comments on the information collection requirements subject to 
review under the PRA should also be submitted to OMB. If sent by U.S. 
mail, address comments to: Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for 
the Federal Trade Commission, New Executive Office Building, Docket 
Library, Room 10102, 725 17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20503. 
Comments sent to OMB by U.S. postal mail, however, are subject to 
delays due to heightened security precautions. Thus, comments instead 
should be sent by facsimile to (202) 395-5167.

David C. Shonka,
Principal Deputy General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2015-06352 Filed 3-18-15; 8:45 am]
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