[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 37 (Friday, February 23, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13719-13720]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-03726]


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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION


Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; Extension

AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), 
the Federal Trade Commission (FTC or Commission) is seeking public 
comment on its proposal to extend for an additional three years the 
Office of Management and Budget clearance for its Energy Labeling Rule 
(the Rule). The current clearance expires on February 29, 2024.

DATES: Comments must be filed by March 25, 2024.

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. 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 30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using 
the search function. The reginfo.gov web link is a United States 
Government website produced by the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) and the General Services Administration (GSA). Under PRA 
requirements, OMB's Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) 
reviews Federal information collections.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Hampton Newsome, Attorney, Division of 
Enforcement, Federal Trade Commission, Room CC-9528, 600 Pennsylvania 
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20580, (202) 326-2889.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: Energy Labeling Rule.
    OMB Control Number: 3084-0069.
    Type of Review: Extension without change of currently approved 
collection.
    Estimated Annual Hours Burden: 821,651 [which is derived from 
693,320 hours (testing) + 2,646 hours (reporting) + 807 hours 
(recordkeeping) + 112,272 hours (labeling) + 6,800 hours (retail

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and online catalog disclosures) +5,806 hours (online label posting)].
    Estimated annual labor cost burden: $24,690,012 in labor costs 
[which is derived from $22,255,572 (testing) + $50,195 (reporting) + 
$15,309 (recordkeeping) + $2,129,800 (labeling) + $128,996 (online and 
catalog disclosures) + $110,140 (online label posting)].
    Estimated annual non-labor cost burden: $3,000,000.

Request for Comment

    On December 5, 2023, the FTC sought public comment on the 
information collection requirements associated with the Rule. 88 FR 
84330. One comment only stated, ``Good,'' but added nothing further. No 
other germane comments were received. Pursuant to the OMB regulations, 
5 CFR part 1320, that implement the PRA, 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq., the 
FTC is providing this second opportunity for public comment while 
seeking OMB approval to renew the pre-existing clearance for the Rule.
    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, 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, such as medical records or 
other individually identifiable health information. In addition, your 
comment should not include any ``trade secret or any commercial or 
financial information which . . . is privileged or confidential''--as 
provided by 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)--including in particular 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. 2024-03726 Filed 2-22-24; 8:45 am]
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