[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 119 (Thursday, June 20, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51886-51887]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-13489]


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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 Textile Fiber Products 
Identification Act (``Textile Rules''). That clearance expires on June 
30, 2024.

DATES: Comments must be filed by July 22, 2024.

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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 Textile Fiber Products Identification Act, 16 CFR part 303.
    OMB Control Number: 3084-0101.
    Type of Review: Extension without change of currently approved 
collection.
    Abstract: The Textile Fiber Products Identification Act (``Textile 
Act'') \1\ prohibits the misbranding and false advertising of textile 
fiber products. The Textile Rules establish disclosure requirements 
that assist consumers in making informed purchasing decisions, and 
recordkeeping requirements that assist the Commission in enforcing the 
Rules. The Rules also contain a petition procedure for requesting the 
establishment of generic names for textile fibers.
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    \1\ 15 U.S.C. 70 et seq.
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    Likely Respondents: Manufacturers, importers, processors, and 
marketers of textile fiber products.
    Frequency of Response: Third party disclosure; recordkeeping 
requirement.
    Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 43,234,317 hours (1,180,725 
recordkeeping hours + 42,053,592 disclosure hours).
    Estimated Annual Cost Burden: $329,576,903.84.\2\
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    \2\ 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 3659), 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 
3659 (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 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 Textile Rules' requirements and the basis for the 
calculations summarized above, see 89 FR 3659.
    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. 2024-13489 Filed 6-18-24; 8:45 am]
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