[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 68 (Monday, April 9, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15144-15146]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-07126]
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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request
AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission (FTC).
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 Care Labeling of Textile Wearing Apparel
and Certain Piece Goods As Amended (Care Labeling Rule). The clearance
expires on April 30, 2018.
DATES: Comments must be received by May 9, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Interested parties may file a comment online or on paper by
following the instructions in the Request for Comments part of the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section below. Write ``Care Labeling Rule:
FTC File No. P072108'' on your comment, and file your comment online at
https://
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ftcpublic.commentworks.com/ftc/carelabelingrulepra2 by following 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 or
copies of the proposed information requirements should be addressed to
Hampton Newsome, Attorney, Division of Enforcement, Bureau of Consumer
Protection, Federal Trade Commission, Mail Code CC-9528, 600
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20580, (202) 326-2889.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: The Care Labeling of Textile Wearing Apparel and Certain
Piece Goods As Amended (Care Labeling Rule), 16 CFR 423.
OMB Control Number: 3084-0103.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Abstract: The Care Labeling Rule requires manufacturers and
importers to attach a permanent care label to all covered textile
clothing in order to assist consumers in making purchase decisions and
in determining what method to use to clean their apparel. Also,
manufacturers and importers of piece goods used to make textile
clothing must provide the same care information on the end of each bolt
or roll of fabric.
On January 16, 2018, the Commission sought comment on the
information collection requirements in the Care Labeling Rule. 83 FR
2156. No germane comments were received.\1\ As required by OMB
regulations, 5 CFR part 1320, the FTC is providing this second
opportunity for public comment.
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\1\ The Commission received five non-germane comments.
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Estimated Annual Hours Burden: 32,600,587 hours (solely relating to
disclosure \2\) (1,074,400 hours to determine care instructions +
859,520 hours to draft and order labels + 30,666,666 hours to attach
labels).
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\2\ The Care Labeling Rule imposes no specific recordkeeping
requirements. Although the Rule requires manufacturers and importers
to have reliable evidence to support the recommended care
instructions, companies in some circumstances can rely on current
technical literature or past experience.
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Likely Respondents: Manufacturers or importers of textile apparel.
Frequency of Response: Third party disclosure.
Estimated Annual Cost Burden: $214,221,229 (solely relating to
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 May 9, 2018. Write ``Care
Labeling Rule: FTC File No. P072108'' 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 website, at http://www.ftc.gov/os/publiccomments.shtm.
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/carelabelingrulepra2 by following the instructions on the web-based
form. When this Notice appears at http://www.regulations.gov, you also
may file a comment through that website.
If you file your comment on paper, write ``Care Labeling Rule: FTC
File No. P072108'' 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, Washington, DC 20024. If
possible, submit your paper comment to the Commission by courier or
overnight service. 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 are
subject to delays due to heightened security precautions. Thus,
comments can also be sent via email to [email protected].
Because your comment will be placed on the publicly accessible FTC
website at https://www.ftc.gov, you are solely responsible for making
sure that your comment does not include any sensitive or confidential
information. In particular, your comment should not include any
sensitive personal information, such as your or anyone else'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 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.
Comments containing material for which confidential treatment is
requested must be filed in paper form, must be clearly labeled
``Confidential,'' and must comply with FTC Rule 4.9(c). 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). Your comment will be kept
confidential only if the General Counsel grants your request in
accordance with the law and the public interest. Once your comment has
been posted on the public FTC website--as legally required by FTC Rule
4.9(b)--we cannot redact or remove your comment from the FTC website,
unless you submit a confidentiality request that meets the requirements
for such treatment under FTC Rule 4.9(c), and the General Counsel
grants that request.
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 May 9, 2018.
For information on the Commission's privacy policy, including routine
uses permitted by the
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Privacy Act, see https://www.ftc.gov/site-information/privacy-policy.
David C. Shonka,
Acting General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2018-07126 Filed 4-6-18; 8:45 am]
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