[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 93 (Thursday, May 14, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27338-27339]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2026-09705]
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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Extension
AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission.
ACTION: Notice and request for comment.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Trade Commission (FTC or Commission) requests that
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) extend for three years the
current Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) clearance for its Funeral
Industry Practice Rule (``Funeral Rule'' or ``Rule''). The current
clearance expires on May 31, 2026.
DATES: Comments must be received by June 15, 2026.
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 and its accompanying supporting statement 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 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: Melissa Dickey, Attorney, Division of
Marketing Practices, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Federal Trade
Commission, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20580,
[email protected], (202) 326-2662.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: Funeral Industry Practice Rule, 16
CFR part 453.
OMB Control Number: 3084-0025.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Abstract: The Funeral Rule ensures that consumers who are
purchasing funeral goods and services have access to accurate itemized
price information so they can purchase only the funeral goods and
services they want or need. Among other things, the Rule requires a
funeral provider to: (1) provide consumers a copy of the funeral
provider's General Price List that itemizes the goods and services it
offers; (2) show consumers a Casket Price List and an Outer Burial
Container Price List at the outset of any discussion of those items or
their prices, and in any event before showing consumers caskets or
vaults; (3) provide price information from its price lists over the
telephone; and (4) give consumers a Statement of Funeral Goods and
Services Selected after determining the funeral arrangements with the
consumer during an ``arrangements conference.'' The Rule requires that
funeral providers disclose this information to consumers and maintain
records documenting their compliance with the Rule.
Affected Public: Private Sector: Businesses and other for-profit
entities.
Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 148,161.\1\
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\1\ Because the National Center for Health Statistics has
released more current information about the number of deaths in the
United States, the Commission has updated the estimates for annual
burden hours (previously 152,305), annual labor costs (previously
$5,067,797), and annual non-labor costs (previously $829,974) that
were included in the 60-day Federal Register notice. U.S. Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health
Statistics, Mortality in the United States, 2024, https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/databriefs/db548.htm (3,072,666 deaths in
2024 replaces the prior estimate of 3,279,857 deaths that was used
in the 60-day Federal Register notice).
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Estimated Annual Labor Costs: $4,897,023.
Estimated Annual Non-Labor Costs: $778,177.
Request for Comment
On January 26, 2026, the FTC sought comment on the information
collection requirements associated with the Rule. 91 FR 3198. The FTC
received no relevant comments 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 Rule. For more details about the Rule requirements
and the basis for the calculations summarized above, see 91 FR 3198.
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
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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. 2026-09705 Filed 5-13-26; 8:45 am]
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