[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 106 (Tuesday, June 2, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 33670]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-11877]


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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 June 30, 2020.

DATES: Comments must be filed by July 2, 2020.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular 
information collection by selecting ``Currently under Review--Open for 
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patricia H. Poss, Division of 
Marketing Practices, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Federal Trade 
Commission, 600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20580, 
[email protected], (202) 326-2413.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), the FTC has submitted to the Office of 
Management and Budget (``OMB'') this request for extension of the 
previously approved collection of information discussed below.
    Title of Collection: Funeral Industry Practice Rule, 16 CFR 453.
    OMB Control Number: 3084-0025.
    Type of Review: Extension without change of currently approved 
collection.
    Affected Public: Private Sector: Businesses and other for-profit 
entities.
    Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 19,136.
    Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 164,006.
    Estimated Annual Labor Costs: $5,429,859.

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 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.

Request for Comment

    On February 4, 2020, the FTC sought public comment on the 
information collection requirements in the Funeral Rule. 85 FR 6185 
(Feb. 4, 2020). No relevant comments were received. Pursuant to the OMB 
regulations, 5 CFR part 1320, the FTC is providing this second 
opportunity for public comment while seeking OMB approval to renew 
clearance for the Rule's information collection requirements.
    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, 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, do 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). In particular, do not include 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. 2020-11877 Filed 6-1-20; 8:45 am]
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