[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 74 (Tuesday, April 16, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26883-26884]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-08012]


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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 
current PRA clearance for its information collection requirements in 
the Power Output Claims for Amplifiers Utilized in Home Entertainment 
Products (``Amplifier Rule'' or ``Rule''). This clearance expires on 
April 30, 2024.

DATES: Comments must be filed by May 16, 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 
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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: Hong Park, Attorney, Division of 
Enforcement, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Federal Trade Commission, 
(202) 326-2158, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: Amplifier Rule, 16 CFR part 432.
    OMB Control Number: 3084-0105.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Estimated Annual Hours of Burden: 462 hours (308 testing hours; 154 
disclosure hours).
    Likely Respondents and Estimated Burden: (a) Testing--High fidelity 
manufacturers--308 new products/year x 1 hour each = 308 hours; and (b) 
Disclosures--High fidelity manufacturers--[(308 new products/year x 1 
specification sheet) + (308 new products/year x 1 brochure)] x 15 
minutes per specification sheet or brochure = 154 hours.
    Frequency of Response: Periodic.
    Estimated Annual Labor Cost: $28,019 per year ($17,131 for testing 
+ $10,888 for disclosures).
    Abstract: The Amplifier Rule assists consumers by standardizing the 
measurement and disclosure of power output and related performance 
characteristics of amplifiers in stereos and other home entertainment 
equipment. The Rule also specifies the test conditions necessary to 
make the disclosures that the Rule requires.

Request for Comment

    On January 19, 2024, the FTC sought public comment on the 
information collection requirements associated with the Rule. 89 FR 
3658. No 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. 2024-08012 Filed 4-15-24; 8:45 am]
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