[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 72 (Friday, April 16, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20158-20159]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-07798]


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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 in its rule 
governing Care Labeling of Textile Wearing Apparel and Certain Piece 
Goods As Amended (``Care Labeling Rule''). The current clearance 
expires on May 31, 2021.

DATES: Comments must be filed by May 17, 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: Care Labeling of Textile Wearing Apparel and 
Certain Piece Goods As Amended, 16 CFR 423.
    OMB Control Number: 3084-0103.
    Type of Review: Extension of currently approved collection.
    Affected Public: Private Sector: Businesses and other for-profit 
entities.
    Abstract: The Care Labeling Rule requires manufacturers and 
importers of textile wearing apparel and certain piece goods to attach 
labels to their products disclosing the care needed for the ordinary 
use of the product. The Rule also requires manufacturers or importers 
to possess a reasonable basis for care instructions, and allows the use 
of approved care symbols in lieu of words to disclose those 
instructions.

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    Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 27,489,476 hours.
    Estimated Annual Labor Costs: $187,184,518.
    Estimated Annual Non-Labor Costs: $0.
    Request for Comment: On November 12, 2020, the Commission sought 
comment on the information collection requirements associated with the 
Care Labeling Rule. 85 FR 71900 (Nov. 12, 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), 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. 2021-07798 Filed 4-15-21; 8:45 am]
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