[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 236 (Tuesday, December 9, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 73074-73075]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-28865]
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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.
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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 for an additional
three years its OMB clearance for the information collection
requirements contained in the Commission's Business Opportunity Rule
(``Rule''). That clearance expires on February 28, 2015.
DATES: Comments must be submitted by January 8, 2015.
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 ``Business Opportunity
Rule Paperwork Comment, FTC File No. P114408'' on your comment, and
file your comment online at https://ftcpublic.commentworks.com/ftc/BusinessOptionRulePRA2 by following
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the instructions on the web-based form. If you prefer to file your
comment on paper, mail 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 additional information
should be addressed to Christine M. Todaro, Attorney, Division of
Marketing Practices, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Federal Trade
Commission, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., CC-8528, Washington, DC 20580,
(202) 326-3711.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On September 11, 2014, the FTC sought public
comment on the information collection requirements associated with the
Rule (September 11, 2014 Notice \1\), 16 CFR part 437 (OMB Control
Number 3084-0142). No comments were received. 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 8, 2015.
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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) 395-5806.
Burden statement:
As detailed in the September 11, 2014 Notice, the FTC estimates
cumulative annual burden on affected entities to be 10,065 hours,
$2,516,250 in labor costs, and $3,062,139 in non-labor costs.
Request for Comment:
You can file a comment online or on paper. For the FTC to consider
your comment, we must receive it on or before January 8, 2015. Write
``Business Opportunity Rule Paperwork Comment, FTC File No. P114408''
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). 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).\2\ 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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\2\ 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, or to send them 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/BusinessOptionRulePRA2 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 ``Business Opportunity
Rule Paperwork Comment, FTC File No. P114408'' on your comment and on
the envelope, and mail 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 January 8,
2015. For information on the Commission's privacy policy, including
routine uses permitted by the Privacy Act, see http://www.ftc.gov/ftc/privacy.htm. For supporting documentation and other information
underlying the PRA discussion in this Notice, see http://www.reginfo.gov/public/jsp/PRA/praDashboard.jsp.
David C. Shonka,
Principal Deputy General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2014-28865 Filed 12-8-14; 8:45 am]
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