[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 227 (Tuesday, November 25, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70185-70186]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-27894]
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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request
AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission (FTC or Commission).
ACTION: Notice and request for comment.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995,
the FTC is seeking public comments on its request to OMB for a three-
year extension of the current PRA clearance for information collection
requirements contained in the Trade Regulation Rule entitled Power
Output Claims for Amplifiers Utilized in Home Entertainment Products
(Amplifier Rule or Rule), 16 CFR part 432 (OMB Control Number 3084-
0105). That clearance expires on December 31, 2014.
DATES: Comments must be received by December 26, 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 ``Amplifier Rule: FTC
File No. P974222'' on your comment, and file your comment online at
https://ftcpublic.commentworks.com/ftc/amplifierrulepra2 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, 600
Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Suite CC-5610 (Annex J), Washington, DC 20580,
or deliver your comment to the following address: Federal Trade
Commission, Office of the Secretary, Constitution Center, 400 7th
Street SW., 5th Floor, Suite 5610 (Annex J), Washington, DC 20024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for copies of the collection
of information and supporting documentation should be addressed to Jock
K. Chung, Attorney, Division of Enforcement, Bureau of Consumer
Protection, Federal Trade Commission, Mail Code CC-9528, 600
Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20580, (202) 326-2984.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Amplifier Rule, 16 CFR part 432.
OMB Control Number: 3084-0105.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Abstract: The Amplifier Rule assists consumers by standardizing the
measurement and disclosure of power output and other 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.
On August 18, 2014, the Commission sought comment on the
information collection requirements in the Amplifier Rule (79 FR
48748). No comments were received. As required by OMB regulations, 5
CFR part 1320, the FTC is providing this second opportunity for public
comment.
Estimated Annual Hours Burden: 450 hours (300 testing-related
hours; 150 disclosure-related hours).
Likely Respondents and Estimated Burden
(a) Testing--High fidelity manufacturers--300 new products/year x 1
hour each = 300 hours; and
(b) Disclosures--High fidelity manufacturers--[(300 new products/
year x 1 specification sheet) + (300 new products/year x 1 brochure)] x
15 minutes each = 150 hours.
Frequency of Response: Periodic.
Estimated Annual Labor Cost: $22,200 per year ($14,100 for testing
+ $8,100 for disclosures).
Request for Comments
You can file a comment online or on paper. For the Commission to
consider your comment, we must receive it on or before December 26,
2014. Write ``Amplifier Rule: FTC File No. P974222'' 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, 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
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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 . . . privileged or confidential,'' as discussed 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 are required to follow the procedure
explained in FTC Rule 4.9(c), 16 CFR 4.9(c). Your comment will be kept
confidential only if the FTC General Counsel grants your request in
accordance with the law and the public interest.
Postal mail addressed to the Commission is subject to delay due to
heightened security screening. As a result, we encourage you to submit
your comment online, or to send it to the Commission by courier or
overnight service. To make sure that the Commission considers your
online comment, you must file it at https://ftcpublic.commentworks.com/ftc/amplifierrulepra2, by following the instructions on the Web-based
form. If this Notice appears at http://www.regulations.gov, you also
may file a comment through that Web site.
If you file your comment on paper, write ``Amplifier Rule: FTC File
No. P974222'' on your comment and on the envelope, and mail or deliver
it to the following address: Federal Trade Commission, Office of the
Secretary, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Suite CC-5610 (Annex J),
Washington, DC 20580, or deliver your comment to the following address:
Federal Trade Commission, Office of the Secretary, Constitution Center,
400 7th Street SW., 5th Floor, Suite 5610 (Annex J), Washington, DC
20024. 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 December 26,
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.shtm.
Comments on the information collection requirements subject to
review under the PRA should also be submitted to OMB. If sent by U.S.
mail, address comments 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.
David C. Shonka,
Principal Deputy General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2014-27894 Filed 11-24-14; 8:45 am]
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