[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 119 (Thursday, June 20, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51887-51888]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-13485]


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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 contained in the 
Commission's rules and regulations under the Wool Products Labeling Act 
of 1939 (``Wool Rules''). That clearance expires on June 30, 2024.

DATES: Comments must be filed by July 22, 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jock K. Chung, Attorney, Division of 
Enforcement, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Federal Trade Commission, 
Mail Code CC-9528, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20580, 
(202) 326-2984.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title of Collection: Rules and Regulations under the Wool Products 
Labeling Act of 1939, 16 CFR part 300.
    OMB Control Number: 3084-0100.
    Type of Review: Extension without change of currently approved 
collection.
    Abstract: The Wool Products Labeling Act of 1939 (``Wool Act'') 
prohibits the misbranding of wool products. The Wool Rules establish 
disclosure requirements that assist consumers in making informed 
purchasing decisions and recordkeeping requirements that assist the 
Commission in enforcing the Rules.
    Likely Respondents: Manufacturers, importers, processors, and 
marketers of wool products.
    Frequency of Response: Third party disclosure; recordkeeping 
requirement.
    Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 2,046,667 hours (160,000 
recordkeeping hours + 1,886,667 disclosure hours).
    Estimated Annual Cost Burden: $29,969,068.84.\1\
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    \1\ The hourly wage rates are updated from the 60-Day Federal 
Register Notice, which was published in the Federal Register on 
January 19, 2024 (89 FR 3655), and now are based on data through May 
2023 from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment 
Statistics Survey at https://www.bls.gov/news.release/ocwage.htm 
(released on Apr. 3, 2024).
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    Estimated Annual Non-Labor Costs: $0 or de minimis.
    Request for Comment:
    On January 19, 2024, the FTC sought public comment on the 
information collection requirements associated with the Rules. 89 FR 
3655 (Jan. 19, 2024). No relevant comments were received during the 
public comment period. Pursuant to OMB regulations, 5 CFR part 1320, 
that implement the PRA, 44

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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 Rules. For more details about the Wool Rules' 
requirements and the basis for the calculations summarized above, see 
89 FR 3655.
    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 ensuring 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 ``[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)--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. 2024-13485 Filed 6-18-24; 8:45 am]
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