[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 45 (Wednesday, March 10, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13718-13719]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-04993]


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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION


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

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 the information collection requirements in the Fair 
Packaging and Labeling Act regulations (``FPLA Rules''). That clearance 
expires on April 30, 2021.

DATES: Comments must be filed by April 9, 2021.

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: Hampton Newsome, Attorney, Division of 
Enforcement, Bureau of Consumer Protection, (202) 326-2889, 600 
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20580.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title of Collection: Regulations Under Section 4 of the Fair 
Packaging and Labeling Act (FPLA), 16 CFR parts 500-503.
    OMB Control Number: 3084-0110.
    Type of Review: Extension without change of currently approved 
collection.
    Affected Public: Private Sector: Businesses and other for-profit 
entities.
    Abstract: The Fair Packaging and Labeling Act, 15 U.S.C. 1451 et 
seq., was enacted to enable consumers to obtain accurate package 
quantity information to facilitate value comparisons and prevent unfair 
or deceptive packaging and labeling of consumer commodities. Section 4 
of the FPLA requires packages or labels to be marked with: (1) A 
statement of identity; (2) a net quantity of contents disclosure; and 
(3) the name and place of business of the company responsible for the 
product. The FPLA regulations, 16 CFR parts 500-503, specify how 
manufacturers, packagers, and distributors of ``consumer commodities'' 
must comply with the Act's labeling requirements.\1\
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    \1\ The term consumer commodity or commodity means any article, 
product, or commodity of any kind or class which is customarily 
produced or distributed for sale through retail sales agencies or 
instrumentalities for consumption by individuals, or use by 
individuals for purposes of personal care or in the performance of 
services ordinarily rendered within the household, and which usually 
is consumed or expended in the course of such consumption or use. 16 
CFR 500.2(c). For the precise scope of the term's coverage, see 16 
CFR 500.2(c); 503.2; 503.5.

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    Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 6,832,210.
    Estimated Annual Labor Costs: $163,973,040.
    Estimated Annual Non-Labor Costs: $0.
    Request for Comment: On October 22, 2020, the Commission sought 
comment on the information collection requirements associated with the 
FPLA Rules. 85 FR 67350 (Oct. 22, 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 Rules' 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), 16 CFR 
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. 2021-04993 Filed 3-9-21; 8:45 am]
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