[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 238 (Wednesday, December 11, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 75349-75350]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-29589]
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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Extension
AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission (``FTC'' or ``Commission'').
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The information collection requirements described below will
be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (``OMB'') for
review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (``PRA''). The FTC
is seeking public comments on its proposal to extend through January
31, 2017, the current PRA clearance for its shared enforcement
authority with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (``CFPB'') for
information collection requirements contained in the CFPB's Regulation
O. That clearance expires on January 31, 2014.
DATES: Comments must be filed by January 10, 2014.
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. Write ``Regulation O PRA
Comment, FTC File No. P134812'' on your comment and file your comment
online at https://ftcpublic.commentworks.com/ftc/regulationopra2 by
following the instructions on the web-based form. If you prefer to file
your comment on paper, mail or deliver your comment to the following
address: Federal Trade Commission, Office of the Secretary, Room H-113
(Annex J), 600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20580.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or
copies of the proposed information requirements should be addressed to
Rebecca Unruh, Attorney, Division of Financial Practices, Bureau of
Consumer Protection, Federal Trade Commission, 600 Pennsylvania Ave.
NW., Washington, DC 20580, (202) 326-3565.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 27, 2013, the FTC sought public
comment on the information collection requirements associated with
Regulation
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O (August 27, 2013 Notice \1\). Due to the federal government shutdown
(October 1, 2013-October 16, 2013), the FTC extended the comment period
to compensate for that interval and ensure that interested persons had
a full opportunity to file comments.\2\ No comments were received in
either instance. 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. All comments should be
filed as prescribed herein, and must be received on or before January
10, 2014.
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\1\ 78 FR 52915.
\2\ 78 FR 75649, 75650 (November 1, 2013) (comment period for
Regulation O extended to November 13, 2013).
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Comments on the information collection requirements subject to
review under the PRA should additionally be submitted to OMB. If sent
by U.S. mail, they should be addressed to Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, Attention: Desk
Officer for the Federal Trade Commission, New Executive Office
Building, Docket Library, Room 10102, 725 17th Street NW., Washington,
DC 20503. Comments sent to OMB by U.S. postal mail, however, are
subject to delays due to heightened security precautions. Thus,
comments instead should be sent by facsimile to (202) 395-5167.
Burden Statement
The FTC is seeking clearance for its assumed share of the estimated
PRA burden regarding the disclosure requirements under the FTC and CFPB
Rules. The FTC's assumed share of estimated PRA burden, explained in
the August 27, 2013 Notice, is 32,500 hours, $1,866,975 for labor
costs, and $250,000 for non-labor costs.\3\
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\3\ 78 FR at 52917.
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Request for Comment
You can file a comment online or on paper. For the Commission to
consider your comment, we must receive it on or before January 10,
2014. Write ``Regulation O PRA Comment, FTC File No. P134812'' on your
comment. Your comment--including your name and your state--will be
placed on the public record of this proceeding, including, to the
extent practicable, on the public Commission Web site, at http://www.ftc.gov/os/publiccomments.shtm. As a matter of discretion, the
Commission tries to remove individuals' home contact information from
comments before placing them on the Commission Web site.
Because your comment will be made public, you are solely
responsible for making sure that your comment does not include any
sensitive personal information, like 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, like medical records or other
individually identifiable health information. In addition, do not
include any ``[t]rade secret or any commercial or financial information
which is obtained from any person and 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). In particular, do
not include competitively sensitive information such as costs, sales
statistics, inventories, formulas, patterns, devices, manufacturing
processes, or customer names.
If you want the Commission to give your comment confidential
treatment, you must file it in paper form, with a request for
confidential treatment, and you have to follow the procedure explained
in FTC Rule 4.9(c), 16 CFR 4.9(c).\4\ Your comment will be kept
confidential only if the FTC General Counsel grants your request in
accordance with the law and the public interest.
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\4\ In particular, the written request for confidential
treatment that accompanies the comment must include the factual and
legal basis for the request, and must identify the specific portions
of the comment to be withheld from the public record. See FTC Rule
4.9(c), 16 CFR 4.9(c).
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Postal mail addressed to the Commission is subject to delay due to
heightened security screening. As a result, we encourage you to submit
your comments online. To make sure that the Commission considers your
online comment, you must file it at https://ftcpublic.commentworks.com/ftc/regulationopra2, by following the instructions on the web-based
form. If this Notice appears at http://www.regulations.gov/#!home, you
also may file a comment through that Web site.
If you file your comment on paper, write ``Regulation O PRA
Comment, FTC File No. P134812'' on your comment and on the envelope,
and mail or deliver it to the following address: Federal Trade
Commission, Office of the Secretary, Room H-113 (Annex J), 600
Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20580. If possible, submit your
paper comment to the Commission by courier or overnight service.
The FTC Act and other laws that the Commission administers permit
the collection of public comments to consider and use in this
proceeding as appropriate. The Commission will consider all timely and
responsive public comments that it receives on or before January 10,
2014. You can find more information, including routine uses permitted
by the Privacy Act, in the Commission's privacy policy, at http://www.ftc.gov/ftc/privacy.htm.
David C. Shonka,
Principal Deputy General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2013-29589 Filed 12-10-13; 8:45 am]
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