80_FR_34537 80 FR 34422 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission; Comment Request; Extension

80 FR 34422 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission; Comment Request; Extension

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 115 (June 16, 2015)

Page Range34422-34433
FR Document2015-14802

The FTC intends to ask the Office of Management and Budget (``OMB'') to extend for an additional three years the current Paperwork Reduction Act (``PRA'') clearance for the FTC's enforcement of the information collection requirements in four consumer financial regulations enforced by the Commission. Those clearances expire on June 30, 2015.

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 115 (Tuesday, June 16, 2015)
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 115 (Tuesday, June 16, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34422-34433]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-14802]


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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission; Comment 
Request; Extension

AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission (``FTC'' or ``Commission'').

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The FTC intends to ask the Office of Management and Budget 
(``OMB'') to extend for an additional three years the current Paperwork 
Reduction Act (``PRA'') clearance for the FTC's enforcement of the 
information collection requirements in four consumer financial 
regulations enforced by the Commission. Those clearances expire on June 
30, 2015.

DATES: Comments must be filed by July 16, 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 ``Regs BEMZ, PRA 
Comments, P084812'' on your comment and file your comment online at 
https://ftcpublic.commentworks.com/ftc/RegsBEMZpra2 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 additional information or 
copies of the proposed information requirements should be addressed to 
Carole Reynolds or Thomas Kane, Attorneys, Division of Financial 
Practices, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Federal Trade Commission, 600 
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20580, (202) 326-3224.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The four regulations covered by this notice 
are:
    (1) Regulations promulgated under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, 
15 U.S.C. 1691 et seq. (``ECOA'') (``Regulation B'') (OMB Control 
Number: 3084-0087);
    (2) Regulations promulgated under the Electronic Fund Transfer Act, 
15 U.S.C. 1693 et seq. (``EFTA'') (``Regulation E'') (OMB Control 
Number: 3084-0085);
    (3) Regulations promulgated under the Consumer Leasing Act, 15 
U.S.C. 1667 et seq. (``CLA'') (``Regulation M'') (OMB Control Number: 
3084-0086); and
    (4) Regulations promulgated under the Truth-In-Lending Act, 15 
U.S.C. 1601 et seq. (``TILA'') (``Regulation Z'') (OMB Control Number: 
3084-0088).
    The FTC enforces these statutes as to all businesses engaged in 
conduct these laws cover unless these businesses (such as federally 
chartered or insured depository institutions) are subject to the 
regulatory authority of another federal agency.
    Under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act 
(``Dodd-Frank Act''), Public Law 111-203, 124 Stat. 1376 (2010), almost 
all rulemaking authority for the ECOA, EFTA, CLA, and TILA transferred 
from the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) to 
the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) on July 21, 2011 
(``transfer date''). To

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implement this transferred authority, the CFPB published interim final 
rules for new regulations in 12 CFR part 1002 (Regulation B), 12 CFR 
part 1005 (Regulation E), 12 CFR part 1013 (Regulation M), and 12 CFR 
part 1026 (Regulation Z) for those entities under its rulemaking 
jurisdiction.\1\ Although the Dodd-Frank Act transferred most 
rulemaking authority under ECOA, EFTA, CLA, and TILA to the CFPB, the 
Board retained rulemaking authority for certain motor vehicle dealers 
\2\ under all of these statutes and also for certain interchange-
related requirements under EFTA.\3\
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    \1\ 12 CFR part 1002 (Reg. B) (76 FR 79442, Dec. 21, 2011); 12 
CFR part 1005 (Reg. E) (76 FR 81020, Dec. 27, 2011); 12 CFR part 
1013 (Reg. M) (76 FR 78500, Dec. 19, 2011); 12 CFR part 1026 (Reg. 
Z) (76 FR 79768, Dec. 22, 2011).
    \2\ Generally, these are dealers ``predominantly engaged in the 
sale and servicing of motor vehicles, the leasing and servicing of 
motor vehicles, or both.'' See Dodd-Frank Act, sec. 1029(a)-(c).
    \3\ See Dodd-Frank Act, sec. 1075 (these requirements are 
implemented through Board Regulation II, 12 CFR part 235, rather 
than EFTA's implementing Regulation E).
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    As a result of the Dodd-Frank Act, the FTC and the CFPB now share 
the authority to enforce Regulations B, E, M, and Z for entities for 
which the FTC had enforcement authority before the Act, except for 
certain motor vehicle dealers. Because of this shared enforcement 
jurisdiction, the two agencies have divided the FTC's previously-
cleared PRA burden between them,\4\ except that the FTC has assumed all 
of the part of that burden associated with motor vehicle dealers (for 
brevity, referred to in the burden summaries below as a ``carve-
out'').\5\ The division of PRA burden hours not attributable to motor 
vehicle dealers is reflected in the CFPB's PRA clearance requests to 
OMB, as well as in the FTC's burden estimates below.
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    \4\ The CFPB also factored into its burden estimates respondents 
over which it has jurisdiction but the FTC does not.
    \5\ See Dodd-Frank Act sec. 1029 (a), as limited by subsection 
(b). Subsection (b) does not preclude CFPB regulatory oversight 
regarding, among others, businesses that extend retail credit or 
retail leases for motor vehicles in which the credit or lease 
offered is provided directly from those businesses, rather than 
unaffiliated third parties, to consumers. It is not practicable, 
however, for PRA purposes, to estimate the portion of dealers that 
engage in one form of financing versus another (and that would or 
would not be subject to CFPB oversight). Thus, FTC staff's ``carve-
out'' for this PRA burden analysis reflects a general estimated 
volume of motor vehicle dealers. This attribution does not change 
actual enforcement authority.
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    As a result of the Dodd-Frank Act, the FTC generally has sole 
authority to enforce Regulations B, E, M, and Z regarding certain motor 
vehicle dealers predominantly engaged in the sale and servicing of 
motor vehicles, the leasing and servicing of motor vehicles, or both, 
that, among other things, assign their contracts to unaffiliated third 
parties.\6\ Because the FTC has exclusive jurisdiction to enforce these 
rules for such motor vehicle dealers and retains its concurrent 
authority with the CFPB for other types of motor vehicle dealers, and 
in view of the different types of motor vehicle dealers, the FTC is 
including for itself the entire PRA burden for all motor vehicle 
dealers in the burden estimates below.
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    \6\ See Dodd-Frank Act, sec 1029(a)-(c).
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    The regulations impose certain recordkeeping and disclosure 
requirements associated with providing credit or with other financial 
transactions. Under the PRA, 44 U.S.C. 3501-3521, Federal agencies must 
get OMB approval for each collection of information they conduct or 
sponsor. ``Collection of information'' includes agency requests or 
requirements to submit reports, keep records, or provide information to 
a third party. See 44 U.S.C. 3502(3); 5 CFR 1320.3(c).
    All four of these regulations require covered entities to keep 
certain records, but FTC staff believes these records are kept in the 
normal course of business even absent the particular recordkeeping 
requirements.\7\ Covered entities, however, may incur some burden 
associated with ensuring that they do not prematurely dispose of 
relevant records (i.e., during the time span they must retain records 
under the applicable regulation).
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    \7\ PRA ``burden'' does not include ``time, effort, and 
financial resources'' expended in the ordinary course of business, 
regardless of any regulatory requirement. See 5 CFR 1320.3(b)(2).
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    The regulations also require covered entities to make disclosures 
to third-parties. Related compliance involves set-up/monitoring and 
transaction-specific costs. ``Set-up'' burden, incurred only by covered 
new entrants, includes their identifying the applicable required 
disclosures, determining how best to comply, and designing and 
developing compliance systems and procedures. ``Monitoring'' burden, 
incurred by all covered entities, includes their time and costs to 
review changes to regulatory requirements, make necessary revisions to 
compliance systems and procedures, and to monitor the ongoing operation 
of systems and procedures to ensure continued compliance. 
``Transaction-related'' burden refers to the time and cost associated 
with providing the various required disclosures in individual 
transactions.
    The required disclosures do not impose PRA burden on some covered 
entities because they make those disclosures in their normal course of 
activities. For other covered entities that do not, their compliance 
burden will vary widely depending on the extent to which they have 
developed effective computer-based or electronic systems and procedures 
to communicate and document required disclosures.\8\
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    \8\ For example, large companies may use computer-based and/or 
electronic means to provide required disclosures, including issuing 
some disclosures en masse, e.g., notice of changes in terms. Smaller 
companies may have less automated compliance systems but may 
nonetheless rely on electronic mechanisms for disclosures and 
recordkeeping. Regardless of size, some entities may utilize 
compliance systems that are fully integrated into their general 
business operational system; if so, they may have minimal additional 
burden. Other entities may have incorporated fewer of these 
approaches into their systems and thus may have a higher burden.
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    Calculating the burden associated with the four regulations' 
disclosure requirements is very difficult because of the highly diverse 
group of affected entities. The ``respondents'' included in the 
following burden calculations consist of, among others, credit and 
lease advertisers, creditors, owners (such as purchasers and assignees) 
of credit obligations, financial institutions, service providers, 
certain government agencies and others involved in delivering 
electronic fund transfers (``EFTs'') of government benefits, and 
lessors.\9\ The burden estimates represent FTC staff's best assessment, 
based on its knowledge and expertise relating to the financial services 
industry, of the average time to complete the aforementioned tasks 
associated with recordkeeping and disclosure. Staff considered the wide 
variations in covered entities' (1) size and location; (2) credit or 
lease products offered, extended, or advertised, and their particular 
terms; (3) EFT types used; (4) types and frequency of adverse actions 
taken; (5) types of appraisal reports utilized; and (6) computer 
systems and electronic features of compliance operations.
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    \9\ The Commission generally does not have jurisdiction over 
banks, thrifts, and federal credit unions under the applicable 
regulations.
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    The cost estimates that follow relate solely to labor costs, and 
they include the time necessary to train employees how to comply with 
the regulations. Staff calculated labor costs by multiplying 
appropriate hourly wage rates by the burden hours described above. The 
hourly rates used were $56 for managerial oversight, $42 for skilled 
technical services, and $17 for clerical work. These figures are 
averages drawn

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from Bureau of Labor Statistics data.\10\ Further, the FTC cost 
estimates assume the following labor category apportionments, except 
where otherwise indicated below: recordkeeping--10% skilled technical, 
90% clerical; disclosure--10% managerial, 90% skilled technical.
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    \10\ These inputs are based broadly on mean hourly data found 
within the ``Bureau of Labor Statistics, Economic News Release,'' 
March 25, 2015, Table 1, ``National employment and wage data from 
the Occupational Employment Statistics survey by occupation, May 
2014.'' http://www.bls.gov/news.release/ocwage.t01.htm.
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    The applicable PRA requirements impose minimal capital or other 
non-labor costs. Affected entities generally already have the necessary 
equipment for other business purposes. Similarly, FTC staff estimates 
that compliance with these rules entails minimal printing and copying 
costs beyond that associated with documenting financial transactions in 
the ordinary course of business.
    On April 2, 2015, the FTC sought public comment on the information 
collection requirements associated with these four regulations. 80 FR 
17749. The Commission received a comment from the National Automobile 
Dealers Association (``NADA'') pertaining to regulatory burden 
affecting Regulations B, M, and Z. The comment repeats many of the 
points NADA made in its comments submitted in 2012 when the FTC last 
sought renewed OMB clearance regarding the FTC's enforcement oversight 
of the recordkeeping and disclosure provisions of these regulations 
issued by the Federal Reserve Board and Consumer Financial Protection 
Bureau.\11\
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    \11\ NADA's 2015 comment and related 2012 comment are available 
at https://ftcpublic.commentworks.com/ftc/RegsBEMZpra2. The 
remaining (two) commenters' submissions were not relevant to the 
statutes and regulations at issue.
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    As before, NADA asserts that the FTC's burden estimates greatly 
underestimate its members' \12\ regulatory burdens under these rules, 
particularly those under Regulations B, M, and Z. Despite the FTC's 
prior and continuing explanation in its Federal Register Notices 
regarding the terms ``setup,'' ``monitoring,'' and ``transaction-
related,'' NADA has misinterpreted FTC estimates of disclosure time per 
transaction as the estimated time the FTC accords to monitoring to 
review compliance.\13\ Rather, FTC estimates of ``monitoring'' burden 
address covered entities' time and costs to review changes to 
regulatory requirements, make necessary revisions to compliance systems 
and procedures, and to monitor the ongoing operation of systems and 
procedures to ensure continued compliance. ``Transaction-related'' 
burden, by contrast, refers to the disclosure time and cost per 
individual transaction, thus, generally, of much lesser magnitude than 
``monitoring'' (or ``setup'') burden. And, as stated in the FTC's April 
27, 2012 Federal Register Notice--and as still applicable here--the 
population of affected motor vehicle dealers is one component of a much 
larger universe of such entities.\14\
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    \12\ NADA states that it represents approximately 16,000 new car 
and truck dealers, both domestic and import, with over 32,500 
separate franchises. Id.
    \13\ In NADA's 2015 comment, it misread the 15 second and 60 
second estimates the FTC accorded to disclosure time per lease and 
credit advertisement, respectively, as the time the FTC estimated 
for dealer monitoring of advertisements for respective compliance 
under Regulations M and Z. In actuality, the FTC estimate for the 
latter monitoring category, and as reappearing in the Regulation M 
and Z disclosure hour tables in this Notice, is 30 minutes for lease 
advertising and 30 minutes for closed-end credit advertising.
    \14\ See 77 FR 25170, 25174.
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    In addition, NADA's comment states that, for both Regulations Z and 
M, respectively, the estimates that assumed an average of two 
advertising transactions per respondent for credit, and forty per 
respondent for leasing, are not adequate, and that dealers advertise 
hundreds, if not thousands, of vehicles per year with many ads being 
subject to Regulations Z or M.
    However, the FTC's estimates of transaction time and volume are 
intended as averages: for Regulation Z, highly diverse entities and 
types of transactions are covered, and for both regulations, some 
respondents may have more covered ads, and others may have fewer (if 
any). Moreover, the number of vehicles advertised is not the issue for 
compliance with the requirements; rather, the question is whether 
specific terms used in the advertisements trigger the disclosure 
responsibilities of these regulations.\15\ Some entities' 
advertisements may not include terms that are covered by these 
requirements at all, or they may be subject to exceptions such that 
disclosures are inapplicable.\16\
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    \15\ Further, to facilitate compliance, both regulations permit 
the use of illustrative transactions to make the necessary 
disclosures. That is, where a range of terms is possible or offered, 
the ad may use examples of typical transactions and include the 
required disclosures, rather than stating a wide list of 
transactions and terms for multiple vehicles. See 12 CFR 
1013.7(d)(1)-1, Supp. 1, and 12 CFR 213.7(d)(1)-1, Supp. 1, CFPB and 
FRB Regulation M Official Staff Commentaries, respectively (leases); 
12 CFR 1026.24(d)(2)-5, Supp. 1, and 12 CFR 226.24(d)(2)-5, Supp. 1, 
CFPB and FRB Regulation Z Official Staff Commentaries, respectively 
(credit).
    \16\ For example, some advertisements may promote sale prices 
rather than credit or lease terms, and are not subject to 
Regulations Z or M. Other ads generally may promote the availability 
of financing or leasing without specific terms, such as ``welcome 
college graduates and military.'' Some ads may offer terms that do 
not trigger advertising responsibilities under Regulations Z or M, 
such as ``take years to repay'' or ``we offer long-term leasing.'' 
Still other ads may promote terms that are subject to exceptions 
under Regulation Z, and disclosures would not be required, such as 
``no downpayment required,'' in credit ads.
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    Nonetheless, in recognition of motor vehicle dealers' substantially 
greater proportion of overall covered entities under Regulation M, the 
FTC estimates for that regulation have been partially revised in 
response to some of NADA's comments. This is covered in more detail in 
the discussion of Regulation M and related burden calculation 
tables.\17\
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    \17\ The FTC has retained its burden and cost estimates for 
Regulations B and Z. As noted above, these regulations apply to a 
wide variety of entities and transactions. Some entities provide 
disclosures in the ordinary course of business--which is not 
included in PRA burden; others have minimal setup burden and few 
transactions covered by the requirements, while other entities may 
have more setup and transaction-related burden. The FTC's estimates 
reflect these complex considerations. Moreover, based on the FTC's 
administrative experience in this enforcement area, some dealers use 
the same or similar advertisements for many of their franchises or 
locations-- an approach that can facilitate compliance by limiting 
the number of applicable advertisements for which disclosures are 
provided, and hence, costs.
     In addition, we note that the report developed for NADA and 
attached to NADA's comment by the Center for Automotive Research 
(``CAR Report'') addresses the impact on franchised automobile 
dealerships related to many federal statutes, regulations, and 
requirements. NADA stated these requirements cover diverse issues 
but that the regulations in this matter still ``represent a material 
portion of dealers' regulatory obligations.'' See, e.g., NADA 
comment, CAR Report at 2, 3, 19-34. However, NADA's specific points 
refer to a generalized concern about regulatory burden for 
automobile dealers. Because franchised automobile dealers are a 
component of a broad, highly diverse population of credit entities 
and transactions, we believe that the estimates for Regulations B 
and Z remain reasonable, bearing in mind the complexity of this 
assessment for such a wide-ranging group.
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    The following discussion and tables present FTC estimates under the 
PRA of recordkeeping and disclosure average time and labor costs, 
excluding that which the FTC believes entities incur customarily in the 
ordinary course of business\18\ and information compiled and produced 
in response to FTC law enforcement investigations or prosecutions.\19\
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    \18\ See supra note 7 and accompanying text.
    \19\ See 5 CFR 1320.4(a) (excluding information collected in 
response to, among other things, a federal civil action or ``during 
the conduct of an administrative action, investigation, or audit 
involving an agency against specific individuals or entities'').
    FTC enforcement initiatives are based on diverse statutory and 
regulatory requirements. Some actions are brought in partnership 
with other federal and state agencies and encompass matters enforced 
by those agencies, not solely issues related to Regulations M and Z. 
Further, even where Regulations M and Z matters also are involved in 
FTC actions, or are in the broader initiative or enforcement sweep 
of automobile actions, the actions frequently include charges of 
unfair and/or deceptive practices under Section 5 of the FTC Act, 15 
U.S.C. 45(a), and/or may involve warranty violations under the 
Magnuson Moss Warranty Act, 15 U.S.C. 2301-2312, and other issues 
not pertinent to this PRA submission. See, e.g., FTC, Press Release, 
FTC, Multiple Law Enforcement Partners Announce Crackdown on 
Deception, Fraud in Auto Sales, Financing and Leasing, Mar. 26, 
2015, available at https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2015/03/ftc-multiple-law-enforcement-partners-announce-crackdown. 
The FTC also frequently issues business ``blog'' guidance with its 
enforcement initiatives to guide and facilitate compliance. See, 
e.g., Lesley Fair, Operation Ruse Control: Six tips if cars are up 
your alley, FTC BUSINESS CENTER BLOG (Mar. 26, 2015), available at 
https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/blogs/business-blog/2015/03/operation-ruse-control-6-tips-if-cars-are-your-alley; Lesley Fair, 
``Advertise auto promotions car-fully,'' FTC BUSINESS CENTER BLOG 
(Dec. 23, 2014), available at https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/blogs/business-blog/2014/12/advertise-auto-promotions-car-fully.

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1. Regulation B

    The ECOA prohibits discrimination in the extension of credit. 
Regulation B implements the ECOA, establishing disclosure requirements 
to assist customers in understanding their rights under the ECOA and 
recordkeeping requirements to assist agencies in enforcement. 
Regulation B applies to retailers, mortgage lenders, mortgage brokers, 
finance companies, and others.

Recordkeeping

    FTC staff estimates that Regulation B's general recordkeeping 
requirements affect 530,080 credit firms subject to the Commission's 
jurisdiction, at an average annual burden of 1.25 hours per firm for a 
total of 662,600 hours.\20\ Staff also estimates that the requirement 
that mortgage creditors monitor information about race/national origin, 
sex, age, and marital status imposes a maximum burden of one minute 
each (of skilled technical time) for approximately 2.9 million credit 
applications (based on industry data regarding the approximate number 
of mortgage purchase and refinance originations), for a total of 48,333 
hours.\21\ Staff also estimates that recordkeeping of self-testing 
subject to the regulation would affect 1,375 firms, with an average 
annual burden of one hour (of skilled technical time) per firm, for a 
total of 1,375 hours, and that recordkeeping of any corrective action 
as a result of self-testing would affect 10% of them, i.e., 138 firms, 
with an average annual burden of four hours (of skilled technical time) 
per firm, for a total of 552 hours.\22\ Keeping records of race/
national origin, sex, age, and marital status requires an estimated one 
minute of skilled technical time.
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    \20\ Section 1071 of the Dodd-Frank Act amends the ECOA to 
require financial institutions to collect and report information 
concerning credit applications by women- or minority-owned 
businesses and small businesses, effective on the July 21, 2011 
transfer date. Both the CFPB and the Board have exempted affected 
entities from complying with this requirement until a date set by 
the prospective final rules these agencies issue to implement the 
Dodd-Frank Act's requirements. The Commission will address PRA 
burden for its enforcement of these requirements after the CFPB and 
the Board have issued the associated final rules.
    \21\ Regulation B contains model forms that creditors may use to 
gather and retain the required information.
    \22\ In contrast to banks, for example, entities under FTC 
jurisdiction are not subject to audits for compliance with 
Regulation B; rather they may be subject to FTC investigations and 
enforcement actions. This may impact the level of self-testing (as 
specifically defined by Regulation B) in a given year, and staff has 
sought to address such factors in its burden estimates.
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Disclosure

    Regulation B requires that creditors (i.e., entities that regularly 
participate in the decision whether to extend credit under Regulation 
B) provide notices whenever they take adverse action, such as denial of 
a credit application. It requires entities that extend mortgage credit 
with first liens to provide a copy of the appraisal report or other 
written valuation to applicants.\23\ Finally, Regulation B also 
requires that for accounts which spouses may use or for which they are 
contractually liable, creditors who report credit history must do so in 
a manner reflecting both spouses' participation. Further, it requires 
creditors that collect applicant characteristics for purposes of 
conducting a self-test to disclose to those applicants that: (1) 
Providing the information is optional; (2) the creditor will not take 
the information into account in any aspect of the credit transactions; 
and (3) if applicable, the information will be noted by visual 
observation or surname if the applicant chooses not to provide it.\24\
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    \23\ While the rule also requires the creditor to provide a 
short written disclosure regarding the appraisal process, the 
disclosure is now provided by the CFPB, and is thus not a 
``collection of information'' for PRA purposes. See 5 CFR 
1320.3(c)(2) and CFPB, Final Rule, Disclosure and Delivery 
Requirements for Copies of Appraisals and Other Written Valuations 
Under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (Regulation B), 78 FR 7216, 
7247 (Jan. 31, 2013). Accordingly, it is not included in burden 
estimates below.
    \24\ The disclosure may be provided orally or in writing. The 
model form provided by Regulation B assists creditors in providing 
the written disclosure.
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Burden Totals

Recordkeeping: 712,860 hours (637,310 + 75,550 carve-out for motor 
vehicles); $15,031,620 ($13,550,520 + $1,481,100 carve-out for motor 
vehicles), associated labor costs
Disclosures: 1,166,563 hours (1,036,040 + 130,523 carve-out for motor 
vehicles); $50,628,816 ($44,964,122 + $5,664,694 carve-out for motor 
vehicles), associated labor costs

                                                         Regulation B--Disclosures--Burden Hours
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               Disclosures                                Average burden   Total setup/      Number of      burden per         Total          (hours)
                                            Respondents   per respondent    monitoring     transactions     transaction     transaction
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Credit history reporting................         132,520             .25          33,130      66,260,000             .25         276,083         309,213
Adverse action notices..................         530,080             .75         397,560     106,016,000             .25         441,733         839,293
Appraisal reports/written valuations....           5,000            1              5,000       1,450,000             .50          12,083          17,083
Self-test disclosures...................           1,375             .5              688          68,750             .25             286             974
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    Total...............................  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............       1,166,563
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\1\ The estimates assume that all applicable entities would be affected, with respect to appraisal reports and other written valuations (with the FTC
  having approximately one-half of that amount). An increase in burden is noted due to changed rules requiring provision of appraisals reports as well
  as other written valuations, for first lien mortgages. The former ``Appraisal disclosure'' item was deleted; the information is now supplied by the
  rule.
\2\ The transaction-related figures reflect a decrease in mortgage transactions, compared to prior FTC estimates. The figures assume that approximately
  three-quarters of applicable mortgage transactions (.75 x 2,900,000, or 2,175,000) would not otherwise provide this information, and that another
  725,000 transactions (not closed, etc.) would be affected; the FTC would have one-half of the total, or 1,450,000.


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                                                  Regulation B--Recordkeeping and Disclosures--Cost 25
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                                                    Managerial                   Skilled Technical                   Clerical
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              Required task                                 Cost  ($56/                     Cost  ($42/                     Cost  ($17/   Total cost ($)
                                           Time  (hours)       hr.)        Time  (hours)       hr.)        Time  (hours)       hr.)
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General recordkeeping...................               0              $0          66,260      $2,782,920         596,340     $10,137,780     $12,920,700
Other recordkeeping.....................               0               0          48,333       2,029,986               0               0       2,029,986
Recordkeeping of self-test..............               0               0           1,375          57,750               0               0          57,750
Recordkeeping of corrective action......               0               0             552          23,184               0               0          23,184
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    Total Recordkeeping.................  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............      15,031,620
Disclosures:
    Credit history reporting............          30,921       1,731,576         278,292      11,688,264               0               0      13,419,840
    Adverse action notices..............          83,929       4,700,024         755,364      31,725,288               0               0      36,425,312
    Appraisal reports...................           1,708          95,648          15,375         645,750               0               0         741,398
    Self-test disclosure................              97           5,432             877          36,834               0               0          42,266
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        Total Disclosures...............  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............      50,628,816
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            Total Recordkeeping and       ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............      65,660,436
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2. Regulation E
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    \25\ NADA's comment, in part, refers to dealer burden related to 
credit reports and the provision of credit score disclosures, which 
fall under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. 1681 et seq., 
and the Risk-Based Pricing Rule, 16 CFR part 640. They are not the 
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    The EFTA requires that covered entities provide consumers with 
accurate disclosure of the costs, terms, and rights relating to EFT and 
certain other services. Regulation E implements the EFTA, establishing 
disclosure and other requirements to aid consumers and recordkeeping 
requirements to assist agencies with enforcement. It applies to 
financial institutions, retailers, gift card issuers and others that 
provide gift cards, service providers, various federal and state 
agencies offering EFTs, etc. Staff estimates that Regulation E's 
recordkeeping requirements affect 327,460 firms offering EFT services 
to consumers and that are subject to the Commission's jurisdiction, at 
an average annual burden of one hour per firm, for a total of 327,460 
hours.

Burden Totals

Recordkeeping: 327,460 hours (312,500 + 15,040 carve-out); $6,385,470 
($6,092,190 + $293,280 carve-out), associated labor costs
Disclosures: 7,179,270 hours (7,162,563 + 16,707 carve-out); 
$311,588,654 ($310,863,566 + $725,088 carve-out), associated labor 
costs

                                                         Regulation E--Disclosures--Burden Hours
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                                                      Setup/Monitoring                                Transaction-related
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                                                           Average      Total setup/                          Average                      Total burden
             Disclosures                                 burden per      monitoring        Number of        burden per         Total          (hours)
                                         Respondents     respondent        burden         transactions      transaction     transaction
                                                           (hours)         (hours)                           (minutes)    burden (hours)
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Initial terms........................          50,000              .5          25,000            500,000             .02             167          25,167
Change in terms......................          12,500              .5           6,250         16,500,000             .02           5,500          11,750
Periodic statements..................          50,000              .5          25,000        600,000,000             .02         200,000         225,000
Error resolution.....................          50,000              .5          25,000            500,000               5          41,667          66,667
Transaction receipts.................          50,000              .5          25,000      2,500,000,000             .02         833,333         858,333
Preauthorized transfers \1\..........         257,520              .5         128,760          6,438,000             .25          26,825         155,585
Service provider notices.............          50,000             .25          12,500            500,000             .25           2,083          14,583
Govt. benefit notices................           5,000              .5           2,500         50,000,000             .25         208,333         210,833
ATM notices..........................             250             .25              63         50,000,000             .25         208,333         208,396
Electronic check conversion \2\......          57,520              .5          28,760          1,150,400             .02             383          29,143
Payroll cards........................             125              .5              63            500,000               3          25,000          25,063
Overdraft services...................          50,000              .5          25,000          2,500,000             .02             833          25,833

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Gift cards \3\.......................          25,000              .5          12,500      1,250,000,000             .02         416,667         429,167
Remittance transfers \4\
    Disclosures......................           5,000            1.25           6,250        100,000,000              .9       1,500,000       1,506,250
    Error resolution.................           5,000            1.25           6,250        125,000,000              .9       1,875,000       1,881,250
    Agent compliance.................           5,000            1.25           6,250        100,000,000              .9       1,500,000       1,506,250
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        Total........................  ..............  ..............  ..............  .................  ..............  ..............       7,179,270
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\1\ Preauthorized transfer respondents and transactions have decreased slightly.
\2\ Electronic check conversion respondents and transactions have decreased slightly.
\3\ Gift card entities and transactions under FTC jurisdiction (which excludes banks and bank transactions) have decreased.
\4\ Remittance transfer respondents now focus primarily on those that may offer services and are responsible for legal requirements (not separate
  inclusion of their offices). Legal changes have eased compliance, but they require system changes causing an increase in setup burden and a decrease
  in transaction burden. Remittance transfers have increased substantially but error resolutions have increased to a smaller degree due to changes in
  legal requirements. The resulting transaction burden in each category for remittance transfers has increased due to the upswing in transaction volume.


                                                    Regulation E--Recordkeeping and Disclosures--Cost
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                                                    Managerial                   Skilled technical                   Clerical
              Required task              ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total cost ($)
                                           Time  (hours)  Cost ($56/hr.)   Time  (hours)  Cost ($42/hr.)   Time  (hours)  Cost ($17/hr.)
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Recordkeeping...........................               0              $0          32,746      $1,375,332         294,714      $5,010,138      $6,385,470
Disclosures:
    Initial terms.......................           2,517         140,952          22,650         951,300               0               0       1,092,252
    Change in terms.....................           1,175          65,800          10,750         451,500               0               0         517,300
    Periodic statements.................          22,500       1,260,000         202,500       8,505,000               0               0       9,765,000
    Error resolution....................           6,667         373,352          60,000       2,520,000               0               0       2,893,352
    Transaction receipts................          85,833       4,806,648         772,500      32,445,000               0               0      37,251,648
    Preauthorized transfers.............          15,558         871,248         140,027       5,881,134               0               0       6,752,382
    Service provider notices............           1,458          81,648          13,125         551,250               0               0         632,898
    Govt. benefit notices...............          21,083       1,180,648         189,750       7,969,500               0               0       9,150,148
    ATM notices.........................          20,840       1,167,040         187,556       7,877,352               0               0       9,044,392
    Electronic check conversion.........           2,914         163,184          26,229       1,101,618               0               0       1,264,802
    Payroll cards.......................           2,506         140,336          22,557         947,394               0               0       1,087,730
    Overdraft services..................           2,583         144,648          23,250         976,500               0               0       1,121,148
    Gift cards..........................          85,833       2,403,352         386,250      16,222,500               0               0      18,626,852
Remittance transfers:
    Disclosures.........................         150,625       8,435,000       1,355,625      56,936,250               0               0      65,371,250
    Error resolution....................         188,125      10,535,000       1,693,125      71,111,250               0               0      81,646,250
    Agent compliance....................         150,625       8,435,000       1,355,625      56,936,250               0               0      65,371,250
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        Total Disclosures...............  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............     311,588,654
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
            Total Recordkeeping and       ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............     317,974,124
             Disclosures................
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3. Regulation M

    The CLA requires that covered entities provide consumers with 
accurate disclosure of the costs and terms of leases. Regulation M 
implements the CLA, establishing disclosure requirements to help 
consumers comparison shop and understand the terms of leases and 
recordkeeping requirements. It applies to vehicle lessors (such as auto 
dealers, independent leasing companies, and manufacturers' captive 
finance companies), computer lessors (such as computer dealers and 
other retailers),

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furniture lessors, various electronic commerce lessors, diverse types 
of lease advertisers, and others.
    Staff estimates that Regulation M's recordkeeping requirements 
affect approximately 32,577 firms within the FTC's jurisdiction leasing 
products to consumers at an average annual burden of one hour per firm, 
for a total of 32,577 hours.
    In its June 1, 2015 comment, NADA asserts that ``daily compliance 
burdens at a dealership often must be handled by managerial, not 
clerical staff.'' \26\ NADA also asserts that ``[m]any dealers are 
small businesses that do not benefit from sophisticated records 
retention or computer systems, and cannot leverage robust compliance 
structures. Even larger dealer groups often do not have the economy of 
scale necessary to justify in-house legal counsel, compliance staff, or 
other expert or technical resources. As a result, they rely heavily on 
outside counsel, consultants, and computer and other experts to help 
them to comply with their regulatory obligations--and pay the 
concomitant fees associated with those third party services.''
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    \26\ However, the only apportioning in the FTC's estimates to 
clerical staff was for recordkeeping. The remaining attributions, 
for disclosure, had been to managerial (10%) and skilled technical 
(90%) staff.
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    While Regulation M covers not only NADA's membership of franchised 
car and truck dealers, but also independent motor vehicle dealers and 
non-motor vehicle dealers, NADA's constituency comprises a 
significantly large proportion of the overall affected population to 
warrant a reassessment of and adjustment to FTC staff's prior estimates 
of labor cost burden under Regulation M. It is not practicable, 
however, to make projections about and provide estimates regarding the 
additional or alternative use of such outside sources to maintain 
regulatory compliance (neither has NADA attempted to do so in its 
comment). Instead, the FTC's revised labor cost estimates increase 
apportionment to managerially performed tasks from 10% to 90%, and 
remove ``clerical'' support, while allocating the remaining 10% to 
skilled technical staff.\27\ It is worth noting that in NADA's survey 
of its members in 2012--reincorporated in NADA's 2015 comment--the 
purported average response for labor apportionment for all facets of 
complying with Regulation M was no more than 61.5% for managerial 
staff, 24.7% for technical staff, and 13.9% for clerical staff. 
Accordingly, FTC staff believes that its reapportionment of labor 
costing under Regulation M is a fair response to these varying 
propositions and conditions.
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    \27\ As noted above, although NADA made these same assertions 
for Regulations B and Z as it had for Regulation M, NADA's members 
comprise a significantly smaller proportion of those regulations' 
covered entities than they do for Regulation M. In FTC staff's view, 
to adopt the same revised assumptions and adjustments for those 
regulations as made here for Regulation M would unduly skew the 
results for Regulations B and Z. Accordingly, the FTC has retained 
its prior analysis regarding those regulations. See supra note 17.
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    \28\ Recordkeeping and disclosure burden estimates for 
Regulation M are more substantial for motor vehicle leases than for 
other leases, including burden estimates based on market changes and 
regulatory definitions of coverage. As noted above, for purposes of 
burden calculations, and in view of the different types of motor 
vehicle dealers, the FTC is including the entire PRA burden for all 
motor vehicle dealers in the burden estimates below.
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Recordkeeping: 32,577 hours (5,000 + 27,577 carve-out); $1,778,700 
($273,000 + $1,505,700 carve-out), associated labor costs
Disclosures: 73,933 hours (2,986 + 70,947 carve-out); $4,036,732 
($163,030 + $3,873,702 carve-out), associated labor costs

                                                         Regulation M--Disclosures--Burden Hours
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                                                         Setup/monitoring                               Transaction-related
                                         ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                           Total setup/                       Average          Total       Total burden
               Disclosures                                Average burden    monitoring       Number of      burden per      transaction       (hours)
                                            Respondents   per respondent      burden       transactions     transaction       burden
                                                              (hours)         (hours)                        (minutes)        (hours)
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Motor Vehicle Leases \1\................          27,577            1             27,577       4,000,000             .50          33,333          60,910
Other Leases \2\........................           5,000             .50           2,500         100,000             .25             417           2,917
Advertising \3\.........................          15,181             .50           7,591         603,490             .25           2,515          10,106
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    Total...............................  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............          73,933
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\1\ This category focuses on consumer vehicle leases. Vehicle leases are subject to more lease disclosure requirements (pertaining to computation of
  payment obligations) than other lease transactions. (Only consumer leases for more than four months are covered.) See 15 U.S.C. 1667(1); 12 CFR
  1013.2(e)(1). While the number of respondents for vehicle leases has decreased, the number of vehicle lease transactions has increased, with market
  changes, from past FTC estimates. Additionally, leases up to $54,600 (plus an annual adjustment) are now covered. The resulting total burden has
  increased.
\2\ This category focuses on all types of consumer leases other than vehicle leases. It includes leases for computers, other electronics, small
  appliances, furniture, and other transactions. (Only consumer leases for more than four months are covered.) See 15 U.S.C. 1667(1); 12 CFR
  1013.2(e)(1). The number of respondents has decreased, based on market changes in companies and types of transactions they offer; the number of such
  transactions has also declined, based on types of transactions offered that are covered by the CLA. Leases up to $54,600 (plus an annual adjustment)
  are now covered. The resulting total burden has decreased.
\3\ Respondents for advertising have increased as have lease advertisements, based on market changes, from past FTC estimates. More types of lease
  advertisements are occurring. The resulting total burden has increased.


                                                    Regulation M--Recordkeeping and Disclosures--Cost
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                                                    Managerial                   Skilled technical                   Clerical
                                         ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
              Required task                                 Cost  ($56/                     Cost  ($42/                     Cost  ($17/   Total cost ($)
                                           Time  (hours)       hr.)        Time  (hours)       hr.)       Total  (hours)       hr.)
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Recordkeeping...........................          29,319      $1,641,864           3,258        $136,836               0               0      $1,778,700
Disclosures:

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    Motor Vehicle Leases................          54,819       3,069,864           6,091         255,822               0               0       3,325,686
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    Other Leases........................           2,625         147,000             292          12,264               0               0         159,264
    Advertising.........................           9,095         509,320           1,011          42,462               0               0         551,782
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        Total Disclosures...............  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............       4,036,732
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
            Total Recordkeeping and       ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............       5,815,432
             Disclosures................
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4. Regulation Z

    The TILA was enacted to foster comparison credit shopping and 
informed credit decision making by requiring creditors and others to 
provide accurate disclosures regarding the costs and terms of credit to 
consumers. Regulation Z implements the TILA, establishing disclosure 
requirements to assist consumers and recordkeeping requirements to 
assist agencies with enforcement. These requirements pertain to open-
end and closed-end credit and apply to various types of entities, 
including mortgage companies; finance companies; auto dealerships; 
private education loan companies; merchants who extend credit for goods 
or services; credit advertisers; acquirers of mortgages; and others. 
New requirements have been established in the mortgage area, including 
for high cost mortgages, higher-priced mortgage loans,\29\ ability to 
pay of mortgage consumers, mortgage servicing, loan originators, and 
certain integrated mortgage disclosures.
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    \29\ While Regulation Z also requires the creditor to provide a 
short written disclosure regarding the appraisal process for higher-
priced mortgage loans, the disclosure is now provided by the CFPB. 
As a result, it is not a ``collection of information'' for PRA 
purposes; it is therefore excluded from the burden estimates below. 
See 5 CFR 1320.3(c)(2), and CFPB, Final Rule, Appraisals for Higher-
Priced Mortgage Loans, 78 FR 10368, 10430 (Feb. 13, 2013), and 
Supplemental Final Rule, Appraisals for Higher-Priced Mortgage 
Loans, 78 FR 78520, 78575 (Dec. 26, 2013).
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    FTC staff estimates that Regulation Z's recordkeeping requirements 
affect approximately 530,080 entities subject to the Commission's 
jurisdiction, at an average annual burden of 1.25 hours per entity with 
.25 additional hours per entity for 5,000 entities (ability to pay), 
and 5 additional hours per entity for 5,000 entities (loan 
originators).

Burden Totals

Recordkeeping: 688,850 hours (613,650 + 75,200 carve-out); $13,432,575 
($11,966,175 + $1,466,400 carve-out), associated labor costs
Disclosures: 13,008,452 hours (11,964,361 + 1,044,091 carve-out); 
$553,563,761 ($508,250,213 + $45,313,548 carve-out), associated labor 
costs

                                                         Regulation Z--Disclosures--Burden Hours
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                                                      Setup/monitoring                                Transaction-related
                                      ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                           Average      Total setup/                          Average          Total       Total burden
           Disclosures \1\                               burden per      monitoring        Number of        burden per      transaction       (hours)
                                         Respondents   respondent \2\      burden         transactions      transaction       burden
                                                           (hours)         (hours)                        \3\  (minutes)      (hours)
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Open-end credit:
    Initial terms....................          45,000             .75          33,750         20,000,000            .375         125,000         158,750
    Rescission notices \4\...........           1,500              .5             750              8,000             .25              33             783
    Subsequent disclosures...........          10,000             .75           7,500         62,500,000            .188         195,833         203,333
    Periodic statements..............          45,000             .75          33,750      1,750,000,000           .0938       2,735,833       2,769,583
    Error resolution.................          45,000             .75          33,750          4,000,000               6         400,000         433,750
    Credit and charge card accounts..          25,000             .75          18,750         12,500,000            .375          78,125          96,875
    Settlement of estate debts.......          45,000             .75          33,750          1,000,000            .375           6,250          40,000
    Special credit card requirements.          25,000             .75          18,750         12,500,000            .375          78,125          96,875
    Home equity lines of credit \5\..           1,500              .5             750             10,000             .25              42             792

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    Home equity lines of credit--high             500               2           1,000              5,000               2             167           1,167
     cost mortgages \6\..............
    College student credit card                 2,500              .5           1,250            250,000             .25           1,042           2,292
     marketing--ed. institutions.....
    College student credit card                   300             .75             225             18,000             .75             225             450
     marketing--card issuer reports..
    Posting and reporting of credit            25,000             .75          18,750         12,500,000            .375          78,125          96,875
     card agreements.................
    Advertising......................         100,000             .75          75,000            300,000             .75           3,750          78,750
    Sale, transfer, or assignment of            1,500              .5             750          1,750,000             .25           7,292           8,042
     mortgages \7\...................
    Appraiser misconduct reporting...         625,000             .75         468,750         12,500,000            .375          78,125         546,875
    Mortgage servicing \8\...........           2,500              .5           1,250            500,000              .5           4,167           5,417
    Loan originators \9\.............           2,500               2           5,000             25,000               5           2,083           7,083
Closed-end credit:
    Credit disclosures \10\..........         380,080             .75         285,060        163,054,320            2.25       6,114,537       6,399,597
    Rescission notices \11\..........           5,000              .5           2,500          7,500,000               1         125,000         127,500
    Redisclosures....................         200,000              .5         100,000          1,000,000            2.25          37,500         137,500
    Integrated mortgage disclosures             5,000              10          50,000         15,000,000             3.5         875,000         925,000
     \12\............................
    Variable rate mortgages \13\.....           5,000               1           5,000            500,000            1.75          14,583          19,583
    High cost mortgages \14\.........           3,000               1           3,000             75,000               2           2,500           5,500
    Higher priced mortgages \15\.....           3,000               1           3,000             25,000               2             833           3,833
    Reverse mortgages \16\...........           7,500              .5           3,750             35,000               1             583           4,333
    Advertising \17\.................         248,360              .5         124,180          2,483,600               1          41,393         165,573
    Private education loans..........             100              .5              50             50,000             1.5           1,250           1,300
    Sale, transfer, or assignment of          100,000              .5          50,000          5,000,000             .25          20,833          70,833
     mortgages.......................
    Ability to pay/qualified mortgage           5,000             .75           3,750                  0               0               0           3,750
     \18\............................
    Appraiser misconduct reporting...         625,000             .75         468,750         12,500,000            .375          78,125         546,875
    Mortgage servicing \19\..........           5,000               1           5,000          1,000,000            2.25          37,500          42,500
    Loan originators \20\............           2,500               2           5,000             25,000               5           2,083           7,083
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        Total open-end credit........  ..............  ..............  ..............  .................  ..............  ..............       4,547,692
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        Total closed-end credit......  ..............  ..............  ..............  .................  ..............  ..............       8,460,760
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            Total credit.............  ..............  ..............  ..............  .................  ..............  ..............      13,008,452
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\1\ Regulation Z requires disclosures for closed-end and open-end credit. TILA and Regulation Z now cover credit up to $54,600 plus an annual adjustment
  (except that real estate credit and private education loans are covered regardless of amount), generally causing an increase in transactions. In some
  instances noted below, market changes have reduced estimated PRA burden. In other instances noted below, changes to Regulation Z have increased
  estimated PRA burden. The overall effect of these competing factors, combined with the FTC sharing with the CFPB estimated PRA burden (for all but
  motor vehicle dealers) yields a net increase from the FTC's prior reported estimate for open-end credit and for closed-end credit.
\2\ Burden per respondent in some categories has increased compared to prior FTC estimates, due to changes in rules.
\3\ Burden per transaction in some categories has increased compared to prior FTC estimates, due to changes in rules.
\4\ Respondents for mortgages involving rescission have decreased, as have transactions.
\5\ Respondents for home equity lines of credit have decreased, as have transactions.
\6\ Regulation Z high cost mortgage rules now cover certain open-end mortgages, and a new counseling rule also applies.
\7\ Respondents for sale, transfer or assignment of mortgages have decreased.
\8\ Regulation Z has expanded various mortgage servicing requirements for prompt crediting and payoff responses.
\9\ Regulation Z includes new loan originator compensation requirements.
\10\ Respondents for credit disclosures have decreased, as have transactions.
\11\ Respondents for mortgages involving rescission have decreased.
\12\ Regulation Z now has integrated mortgage disclosure requirements for loan estimates and loan closing documents, with other requirements.
\13\ Respondents for variable rate mortgages have decreased but Regulation Z has expanded mortgage disclosure requirements affecting subsequent
  disclosures, increasing burden.
\14\ Regulation Z high rate/high fee mortgages are now called ``high cost'' mortgages. Respondents in high cost mortgages have decreased, but the rules
  cover more types of mortgages and include a counseling requirement, increasing burden. However, these types of transactions have decreased, reducing
  total burden.
\15\ Respondents for higher priced mortgages have decreased. However, Regulation Z now has certain appraisal requirements for higher-priced mortgages,
  increasing burden. However, these types of transactions have decreased, reducing total burden.
\16\ Reverse mortgage respondents and transactions have decreased.
\17\ Advertising respondents have increased, as have transactions, causing an increased total burden.
\18\ Regulation Z now includes ability to pay rules that affect setup costs.
\19\ Regulation Z has expanded various mortgage servicing requirements for prompt crediting and payoff responses. It also requires periodic statements
  (or a coupon book, for fixed-rate mortgages).
\20\ Regulation Z includes new loan originator compensation requirements.


                                                    Regulation Z--Recordkeeping and Disclosures--Cost
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                                                    Managerial                   Skilled technical                   Clerical
              Required task              ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total cost ($)
                                           Time  (hours)  Cost ($56/hr.)   Time  (hours)  Cost ($42/hr.)   Time  (hours)  Cost ($17/hr.)
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Recordkeeping...........................               0              $0          68,885      $2,893,170         619,965     $10,539,405     $13,432,575
Open-end credit Disclosures:
    Initial terms.......................          15,875         889,000         142,875       6,000,750               0               0       6,889,750
    Rescission notices..................              78           4,368             705          29,610               0               0          33,978
    Subsequent disclosures..............          20,333       1,138,648         183,000       7,686,000               0               0       8,824,648
    Periodic statements.................         276,958      15,509,648       2,492,625     104,690,250               0               0     120,199,898
    Error resolution....................          43,375       2,429,000         390,375      16,395,750               0               0      18,824,750
    Credit and charge card accounts.....           9,688         474,712          87,187       2,615,610               0               0       3,090,322
    Settlement of estate debts..........           4,000         196,000          36,000       1,080,000               0               0       1,276,000
    Special credit card requirements....           9,688         474,712          87,187       2,615,610               0               0       3,090,322
    Home equity lines of credit.........             458          22,442           4,126         123,780               0               0         146,222

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    Home equity lines of credit--high                117           6,552            1050          44,100               0               0          50,662
     cost mortgages.....................
    College student credit card                      229          11,221           2,063          61,890               0               0          73,111
     marketing--ed institutions.........
    College student credit card                       45           2,205             405          12,150               0               0          14,355
     marketing--card issuer reports.....
    Posting and reporting of credit card           9,688         474,712          87,187       2,615,610               0               0       3,090,322
     agreements.........................
    Advertising.........................           7,875         385,875          70,875       2,126,250               0               0       2,512,125
    Sale, transfer, or assignment of                 823          40,327           7,407         222,210               0               0         262,537
     mortgages..........................
    Appraiser misconduct reporting......          54,687       2,679,663         492,188      14,765,640               0               0      17,445,303
    Mortgage servicing..................             542          30,352           4,875         204,750               0               0         235,102
    Loan originators....................             708          39,648           6,375         267,750               0               0         307,398
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        Total open-end credit...........  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............     186,366,805
Closed-end credit Disclosures:
    Credit disclosures..................         639,960      35,837,760       5,759,637     241,904,754               0               0     277,742,514
    Rescission notices..................          12,750         714,000         114,750       4,819,500               0               0       5,533,500
    Redisclosures.......................          13,750         770,000         123,750       5,197,500               0               0       5,967,500
    Integrated mortgage disclosures.....          92,500       5,180,000         832,500      34,965,000               0               0      40,145,000
    Variable rate mortgages.............           1,958         109,648          17,625         740,250               0               0         849,898
    High cost mortgages.................             550          30,800           4,950         207,900               0               0         238,700
    Higher priced mortgages.............             383          21,448           3,450         144,900               0               0         166,348
    Reverse mortgages...................             433          24,248           3,900         163,800               0               0         188,048
    Advertising.........................          16,557         927,192         149,016       6,258,672               0               0       7,185,864
    Private education loans.............             130           7,280           1,170          49,140               0               0          56,420
    Sale, transfer, or assignment of               7,083         396,648          63,750       2,677,500               0               0       3,074,148
     mortgages..........................
    Ability to pay/qualified mortgage...             375          21,000           3,375         141,750               0               0         162,750
    Appraiser misconduct reporting......          54,687       3,062,472         492,188      20,671,896               0               0      23,734,368
    Mortgage servicing..................           4,250         238,000          38,250       1,606,500               0               0       1,844,500
    Loan originators....................             708          39,648           6,375         267,750               0               0         307,398
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Total closed-end credit.........  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............     367,196,956
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Total Disclosures...............  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............     553,563,761
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
            Total Recordkeeping and       ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............     566,996,336
             Disclosures................
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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 July 16, 2015. Write ``Regs BEMZ, PRA Comments, P084812'' on 
your comment. Your comment--including your name and your state--will be 
placed on the public record of this proceeding,

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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 doesn't include any 
sensitive health information, like medical records or other 
individually identifiable health information. In addition, don't 
include any ``[t]rade secret or any commercial or financial information 
. . . 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, don't 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)).\30\ Your comment will be kept confidential only if 
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legal basis for the request, and must identify the specific portions 
of the comment to be withheld from the public record. See FTC Rule 
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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/RegsBEMZpra2, by following the instructions on the web-based form. 
When 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 ``Regs BEMZ, PRA Comments, 
P084812'' 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), 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 July 16, 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.
    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.

Christian S. White,
Acting Principal Deputy General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2015-14802 Filed 6-15-15; 8:45 am]
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                                                                      Date first accepted by the commission                                                  Docket No.                                   Matter name

                                                    45.   05/01/12      ................................................................................              C   4355    Kinder Morgan/El Paso.
                                                    46.   06/11/12      ................................................................................              C   4363    Johnson & Johnson/Synthes.
                                                    47.   08/06/12      ................................................................................              C   4366    Renown Health/Reno Heart Physicians.
                                                    48.   10/12/12      ................................................................................              C   4381    Magnesium Elektron.
                                                    49.   10/31/12      ................................................................................              C   4380    Corning, Inc.
                                                    50.   11/15/12      ................................................................................              C   4376    Hertz Global Holdings.
                                                    51.   11/26/12      ................................................................................              C   4377    Robert Bosch.



                                                         Questionnaires

                                                                            Supermarkets and drug stores

                                                    1.   06/04/07     ..................................................................................              C   4191    Rite Aid/Eckerd.
                                                    2.   06/05/07     ..................................................................................              D   9324    Whole Foods.
                                                    3.   11/27/07     ..................................................................................              C   4209    A&P/Pathmark.
                                                    4.   08/04/10     ..................................................................................              C   4295    Topps.
                                                    5.   06/15/12     ..................................................................................              C   4367    Giant/Safeway.

                                                                                         Funeral homes

                                                    6. 11/22/06 ..................................................................................                    C 4174      SCI/Alderwoods.
                                                    7. 11/24/09 ..................................................................................                    C 4275      SCI/Palm.
                                                    8. 3/25/10 ....................................................................................                   C 4284      SCI/Keystone.

                                                                                Hospitals and other clinics

                                                    9. 03/30/06 ..................................................................................                    C   4159    Fresenius AG.
                                                    10. 10/07/09 ................................................................................                     D   9338    Carilion Clinic.
                                                    11. 11/25/10 ................................................................................                     C   4309    Universal/PSI.
                                                    12. 07/21/11 ................................................................................                     C   4339    Cardinal/Biotech.
                                                    13. 09/02/11 ................................................................................                     C   4334    Davita/DSI.
                                                    14. 02/28/12 ................................................................................                     C   4348    Fresenius AG.
                                                    15. 10/5/12 ..................................................................................                    C   4372    Universal/Ascend.



                                                      By direction of the Commission.                                            SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section                               U.S.C. 1691 et seq. (‘‘ECOA’’)
                                                    Donald S. Clark,                                                             below. Write ‘‘Regs BEMZ, PRA                                   (‘‘Regulation B’’) (OMB Control Number:
                                                    Secretary.                                                                   Comments, P084812’’ on your comment                             3084–0087);
                                                    [FR Doc. 2015–14707 Filed 6–15–15; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                                                 and file your comment online at https://                           (2) Regulations promulgated under
                                                                                                                                 ftcpublic.commentworks.com/ftc/                                 the Electronic Fund Transfer Act, 15
                                                    BILLING CODE 6750–01–P
                                                                                                                                 RegsBEMZpra2 by following the                                   U.S.C. 1693 et seq. (‘‘EFTA’’)
                                                                                                                                 instructions on the web-based form. If                          (‘‘Regulation E’’) (OMB Control Number:
                                                    FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION                                                     you prefer to file your comment on                              3084–0085);
                                                                                                                                 paper, mail or deliver your comment to                             (3) Regulations promulgated under
                                                    Agency Information Collection                                                the following address: Federal Trade                            the Consumer Leasing Act, 15 U.S.C.
                                                    Activities; Submission; Comment                                              Commission, Office of the Secretary,                            1667 et seq. (‘‘CLA’’) (‘‘Regulation M’’)
                                                    Request; Extension                                                           600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite                               (OMB Control Number: 3084–0086); and
                                                                                                                                 CC–5610 (Annex J), Washington, DC                                  (4) Regulations promulgated under
                                                    AGENCY:   Federal Trade Commission                                           20580, or deliver your comment to the                           the Truth-In-Lending Act, 15 U.S.C.
                                                    (‘‘FTC’’ or ‘‘Commission’’).                                                 following address: Federal Trade                                1601 et seq. (‘‘TILA’’) (‘‘Regulation Z’’)
                                                    ACTION: Notice.                                                              Commission, Office of the Secretary,                            (OMB Control Number: 3084–0088).
                                                                                                                                 Constitution Center, 400 7th Street SW.,                           The FTC enforces these statutes as to
                                                    SUMMARY:   The FTC intends to ask the                                        5th Floor, Suite 5610 (Annex J),                                all businesses engaged in conduct these
                                                    Office of Management and Budget                                              Washington, DC 20024.                                           laws cover unless these businesses
                                                    (‘‘OMB’’) to extend for an additional                                        FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:                                (such as federally chartered or insured
                                                    three years the current Paperwork                                            Requests for additional information or                          depository institutions) are subject to
                                                    Reduction Act (‘‘PRA’’) clearance for the                                    copies of the proposed information                              the regulatory authority of another
                                                    FTC’s enforcement of the information                                         requirements should be addressed to                             federal agency.
                                                    collection requirements in four                                              Carole Reynolds or Thomas Kane,                                    Under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street
                                                    consumer financial regulations enforced                                      Attorneys, Division of Financial                                Reform and Consumer Protection Act
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                                                    by the Commission. Those clearances                                          Practices, Bureau of Consumer                                   (‘‘Dodd-Frank Act’’), Public Law 111–
                                                    expire on June 30, 2015.                                                     Protection, Federal Trade Commission,                           203, 124 Stat. 1376 (2010), almost all
                                                    DATES: Comments must be filed by July                                        600 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,                                     rulemaking authority for the ECOA,
                                                    16, 2015.                                                                    Washington, DC 20580, (202) 326–3224.                           EFTA, CLA, and TILA transferred from
                                                    ADDRESSES: Interested parties may file a                                     SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The four                             the Board of Governors of the Federal
                                                    comment online or on paper, by                                               regulations covered by this notice are:                         Reserve System (Board) to the Consumer
                                                    following the instructions in the                                               (1) Regulations promulgated under                            Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) on
                                                    Request for Comment part of the                                              the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, 15                            July 21, 2011 (‘‘transfer date’’). To


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                                                    implement this transferred authority,                    and servicing of motor vehicles, or both,             entities because they make those
                                                    the CFPB published interim final rules                   that, among other things, assign their                disclosures in their normal course of
                                                    for new regulations in 12 CFR part 1002                  contracts to unaffiliated third parties.6             activities. For other covered entities that
                                                    (Regulation B), 12 CFR part 1005                         Because the FTC has exclusive                         do not, their compliance burden will
                                                    (Regulation E), 12 CFR part 1013                         jurisdiction to enforce these rules for               vary widely depending on the extent to
                                                    (Regulation M), and 12 CFR part 1026                     such motor vehicle dealers and retains                which they have developed effective
                                                    (Regulation Z) for those entities under                  its concurrent authority with the CFPB                computer-based or electronic systems
                                                    its rulemaking jurisdiction.1 Although                   for other types of motor vehicle dealers,             and procedures to communicate and
                                                    the Dodd-Frank Act transferred most                      and in view of the different types of                 document required disclosures.8
                                                    rulemaking authority under ECOA,                         motor vehicle dealers, the FTC is
                                                    EFTA, CLA, and TILA to the CFPB, the                     including for itself the entire PRA                      Calculating the burden associated
                                                    Board retained rulemaking authority for                  burden for all motor vehicle dealers in               with the four regulations’ disclosure
                                                    certain motor vehicle dealers 2 under all                the burden estimates below.                           requirements is very difficult because of
                                                    of these statutes and also for certain                      The regulations impose certain                     the highly diverse group of affected
                                                    interchange-related requirements under                   recordkeeping and disclosure                          entities. The ‘‘respondents’’ included in
                                                    EFTA.3                                                   requirements associated with providing                the following burden calculations
                                                       As a result of the Dodd-Frank Act, the                credit or with other financial                        consist of, among others, credit and
                                                    FTC and the CFPB now share the                           transactions. Under the PRA, 44 U.S.C.                lease advertisers, creditors, owners
                                                    authority to enforce Regulations B, E, M,                3501–3521, Federal agencies must get                  (such as purchasers and assignees) of
                                                    and Z for entities for which the FTC had                 OMB approval for each collection of                   credit obligations, financial institutions,
                                                    enforcement authority before the Act,                    information they conduct or sponsor.                  service providers, certain government
                                                    except for certain motor vehicle dealers.                ‘‘Collection of information’’ includes                agencies and others involved in
                                                    Because of this shared enforcement                       agency requests or requirements to                    delivering electronic fund transfers
                                                    jurisdiction, the two agencies have                      submit reports, keep records, or provide              (‘‘EFTs’’) of government benefits, and
                                                    divided the FTC’s previously-cleared                     information to a third party. See 44                  lessors.9 The burden estimates represent
                                                    PRA burden between them,4 except that                    U.S.C. 3502(3); 5 CFR 1320.3(c).                      FTC staff’s best assessment, based on its
                                                    the FTC has assumed all of the part of                      All four of these regulations require              knowledge and expertise relating to the
                                                    that burden associated with motor                        covered entities to keep certain records,             financial services industry, of the
                                                    vehicle dealers (for brevity, referred to                but FTC staff believes these records are              average time to complete the
                                                    in the burden summaries below as a                       kept in the normal course of business                 aforementioned tasks associated with
                                                    ‘‘carve-out’’).5 The division of PRA                     even absent the particular                            recordkeeping and disclosure. Staff
                                                    burden hours not attributable to motor                   recordkeeping requirements.7 Covered                  considered the wide variations in
                                                    vehicle dealers is reflected in the                      entities, however, may incur some                     covered entities’ (1) size and location;
                                                    CFPB’s PRA clearance requests to OMB,                    burden associated with ensuring that                  (2) credit or lease products offered,
                                                    as well as in the FTC’s burden estimates                 they do not prematurely dispose of                    extended, or advertised, and their
                                                    below.                                                   relevant records (i.e., during the time
                                                       As a result of the Dodd-Frank Act, the                                                                      particular terms; (3) EFT types used; (4)
                                                                                                             span they must retain records under the
                                                    FTC generally has sole authority to                                                                            types and frequency of adverse actions
                                                                                                             applicable regulation).
                                                    enforce Regulations B, E, M, and Z                                                                             taken; (5) types of appraisal reports
                                                                                                                The regulations also require covered
                                                    regarding certain motor vehicle dealers                                                                        utilized; and (6) computer systems and
                                                                                                             entities to make disclosures to third-
                                                    predominantly engaged in the sale and                                                                          electronic features of compliance
                                                                                                             parties. Related compliance involves
                                                    servicing of motor vehicles, the leasing                 set-up/monitoring and transaction-                    operations.
                                                                                                             specific costs. ‘‘Set-up’’ burden,                       The cost estimates that follow relate
                                                       1 12 CFR part 1002 (Reg. B) (76 FR 79442, Dec.
                                                                                                             incurred only by covered new entrants,                solely to labor costs, and they include
                                                    21, 2011); 12 CFR part 1005 (Reg. E) (76 FR 81020,
                                                    Dec. 27, 2011); 12 CFR part 1013 (Reg. M) (76 FR
                                                                                                             includes their identifying the applicable             the time necessary to train employees
                                                    78500, Dec. 19, 2011); 12 CFR part 1026 (Reg. Z)         required disclosures, determining how                 how to comply with the regulations.
                                                    (76 FR 79768, Dec. 22, 2011).                            best to comply, and designing and                     Staff calculated labor costs by
                                                       2 Generally, these are dealers ‘‘predominantly
                                                                                                             developing compliance systems and                     multiplying appropriate hourly wage
                                                    engaged in the sale and servicing of motor vehicles,     procedures. ‘‘Monitoring’’ burden,
                                                    the leasing and servicing of motor vehicles, or
                                                                                                                                                                   rates by the burden hours described
                                                    both.’’ See Dodd-Frank Act, sec. 1029(a)–(c).            incurred by all covered entities,                     above. The hourly rates used were $56
                                                       3 See Dodd-Frank Act, sec. 1075 (these                includes their time and costs to review               for managerial oversight, $42 for skilled
                                                    requirements are implemented through Board               changes to regulatory requirements,                   technical services, and $17 for clerical
                                                    Regulation II, 12 CFR part 235, rather than EFTA’s       make necessary revisions to compliance
                                                    implementing Regulation E).
                                                                                                                                                                   work. These figures are averages drawn
                                                       4 The CFPB also factored into its burden estimates
                                                                                                             systems and procedures, and to monitor
                                                    respondents over which it has jurisdiction but the       the ongoing operation of systems and                    8 For example, large companies may use

                                                    FTC does not.                                            procedures to ensure continued                        computer-based and/or electronic means to provide
                                                       5 See Dodd-Frank Act sec. 1029 (a), as limited by     compliance. ‘‘Transaction-related’’                   required disclosures, including issuing some
                                                    subsection (b). Subsection (b) does not preclude         burden refers to the time and cost                    disclosures en masse, e.g., notice of changes in
                                                    CFPB regulatory oversight regarding, among others,                                                             terms. Smaller companies may have less automated
                                                    businesses that extend retail credit or retail leases
                                                                                                             associated with providing the various                 compliance systems but may nonetheless rely on
                                                                                                             required disclosures in individual                    electronic mechanisms for disclosures and
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                                                    for motor vehicles in which the credit or lease
                                                    offered is provided directly from those businesses,      transactions.                                         recordkeeping. Regardless of size, some entities
                                                    rather than unaffiliated third parties, to consumers.       The required disclosures do not                    may utilize compliance systems that are fully
                                                    It is not practicable, however, for PRA purposes, to                                                           integrated into their general business operational
                                                    estimate the portion of dealers that engage in one
                                                                                                             impose PRA burden on some covered                     system; if so, they may have minimal additional
                                                    form of financing versus another (and that would                                                               burden. Other entities may have incorporated fewer
                                                                                                               6 SeeDodd-Frank Act, sec 1029(a)-(c).               of these approaches into their systems and thus may
                                                    or would not be subject to CFPB oversight). Thus,
                                                    FTC staff’s ‘‘carve-out’’ for this PRA burden analysis     7 PRA ‘‘burden’’ does not include ‘‘time, effort,   have a higher burden.
                                                    reflects a general estimated volume of motor vehicle     and financial resources’’ expended in the ordinary      9 The Commission generally does not have

                                                    dealers. This attribution does not change actual         course of business, regardless of any regulatory      jurisdiction over banks, thrifts, and federal credit
                                                    enforcement authority.                                   requirement. See 5 CFR 1320.3(b)(2).                  unions under the applicable regulations.



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                                                    from Bureau of Labor Statistics data.10                  ‘‘monitoring’’ burden address covered                      Nonetheless, in recognition of motor
                                                    Further, the FTC cost estimates assume                   entities’ time and costs to review                       vehicle dealers’ substantially greater
                                                    the following labor category                             changes to regulatory requirements,                      proportion of overall covered entities
                                                    apportionments, except where                             make necessary revisions to compliance                   under Regulation M, the FTC estimates
                                                    otherwise indicated below:                               systems and procedures, and to monitor                   for that regulation have been partially
                                                    recordkeeping—10% skilled technical,                     the ongoing operation of systems and                     revised in response to some of NADA’s
                                                    90% clerical; disclosure—10%                             procedures to ensure continued                           comments. This is covered in more
                                                    managerial, 90% skilled technical.                       compliance. ‘‘Transaction-related’’                      detail in the discussion of Regulation M
                                                       The applicable PRA requirements                       burden, by contrast, refers to the                       and related burden calculation tables.17
                                                    impose minimal capital or other non-                     disclosure time and cost per individual                    The following discussion and tables
                                                    labor costs. Affected entities generally                 transaction, thus, generally, of much                    present FTC estimates under the PRA of
                                                    already have the necessary equipment                     lesser magnitude than ‘‘monitoring’’ (or                 recordkeeping and disclosure average
                                                    for other business purposes. Similarly,                  ‘‘setup’’) burden. And, as stated in the                 time and labor costs, excluding that
                                                    FTC staff estimates that compliance                      FTC’s April 27, 2012 Federal Register                    which the FTC believes entities incur
                                                    with these rules entails minimal                         Notice—and as still applicable here—                     customarily in the ordinary course of
                                                    printing and copying costs beyond that                   the population of affected motor vehicle                 business18 and information compiled
                                                    associated with documenting financial                    dealers is one component of a much                       and produced in response to FTC law
                                                    transactions in the ordinary course of                   larger universe of such entities.14                      enforcement investigations or
                                                    business.                                                   In addition, NADA’s comment states                    prosecutions.19
                                                       On April 2, 2015, the FTC sought                      that, for both Regulations Z and M,
                                                    public comment on the information                        respectively, the estimates that assumed                 Other ads generally may promote the availability of
                                                                                                                                                                      financing or leasing without specific terms, such as
                                                    collection requirements associated with                  an average of two advertising                            ‘‘welcome college graduates and military.’’ Some
                                                    these four regulations. 80 FR 17749. The                 transactions per respondent for credit,                  ads may offer terms that do not trigger advertising
                                                    Commission received a comment from                       and forty per respondent for leasing, are                responsibilities under Regulations Z or M, such as
                                                    the National Automobile Dealers                          not adequate, and that dealers advertise                 ‘‘take years to repay’’ or ‘‘we offer long-term
                                                                                                                                                                      leasing.’’ Still other ads may promote terms that are
                                                    Association (‘‘NADA’’) pertaining to                     hundreds, if not thousands, of vehicles                  subject to exceptions under Regulation Z, and
                                                    regulatory burden affecting Regulations                  per year with many ads being subject to                  disclosures would not be required, such as ‘‘no
                                                    B, M, and Z. The comment repeats many                    Regulations Z or M.                                      downpayment required,’’ in credit ads.
                                                    of the points NADA made in its                              However, the FTC’s estimates of                          17 The FTC has retained its burden and cost

                                                                                                             transaction time and volume are                          estimates for Regulations B and Z. As noted above,
                                                    comments submitted in 2012 when the                                                                               these regulations apply to a wide variety of entities
                                                    FTC last sought renewed OMB clearance                    intended as averages: for Regulation Z,                  and transactions. Some entities provide disclosures
                                                    regarding the FTC’s enforcement                          highly diverse entities and types of                     in the ordinary course of business—which is not
                                                    oversight of the recordkeeping and                       transactions are covered, and for both                   included in PRA burden; others have minimal setup
                                                                                                                                                                      burden and few transactions covered by the
                                                    disclosure provisions of these                           regulations, some respondents may have                   requirements, while other entities may have more
                                                    regulations issued by the Federal                        more covered ads, and others may have                    setup and transaction-related burden. The FTC’s
                                                    Reserve Board and Consumer Financial                     fewer (if any). Moreover, the number of                  estimates reflect these complex considerations.
                                                    Protection Bureau.11                                     vehicles advertised is not the issue for                 Moreover, based on the FTC’s administrative
                                                                                                                                                                      experience in this enforcement area, some dealers
                                                       As before, NADA asserts that the                      compliance with the requirements;                        use the same or similar advertisements for many of
                                                    FTC’s burden estimates greatly                           rather, the question is whether specific                 their franchises or locations— an approach that can
                                                    underestimate its members’ 12 regulatory                 terms used in the advertisements trigger                 facilitate compliance by limiting the number of
                                                    burdens under these rules, particularly                  the disclosure responsibilities of these                 applicable advertisements for which disclosures are
                                                                                                                                                                      provided, and hence, costs.
                                                    those under Regulations B, M, and Z.                     regulations.15 Some entities’
                                                                                                                                                                         In addition, we note that the report developed for
                                                    Despite the FTC’s prior and continuing                   advertisements may not include terms                     NADA and attached to NADA’s comment by the
                                                    explanation in its Federal Register                      that are covered by these requirements                   Center for Automotive Research (‘‘CAR Report’’)
                                                    Notices regarding the terms ‘‘setup,’’                   at all, or they may be subject to                        addresses the impact on franchised automobile
                                                    ‘‘monitoring,’’ and ‘‘transaction-                       exceptions such that disclosures are                     dealerships related to many federal statutes,
                                                                                                                                                                      regulations, and requirements. NADA stated these
                                                    related,’’ NADA has misinterpreted FTC                   inapplicable.16                                          requirements cover diverse issues but that the
                                                    estimates of disclosure time per                                                                                  regulations in this matter still ‘‘represent a material
                                                    transaction as the estimated time the                    estimated for dealer monitoring of advertisements        portion of dealers’ regulatory obligations.’’ See, e.g.,
                                                    FTC accords to monitoring to review                      for respective compliance under Regulations M and        NADA comment, CAR Report at 2, 3, 19–34.
                                                                                                             Z. In actuality, the FTC estimate for the latter         However, NADA’s specific points refer to a
                                                    compliance.13 Rather, FTC estimates of                   monitoring category, and as reappearing in the           generalized concern about regulatory burden for
                                                                                                             Regulation M and Z disclosure hour tables in this        automobile dealers. Because franchised automobile
                                                       10 These inputs are based broadly on mean hourly      Notice, is 30 minutes for lease advertising and 30       dealers are a component of a broad, highly diverse
                                                    data found within the ‘‘Bureau of Labor Statistics,      minutes for closed-end credit advertising.               population of credit entities and transactions, we
                                                    Economic News Release,’’ March 25, 2015, Table 1,           14 See 77 FR 25170, 25174.                            believe that the estimates for Regulations B and Z
                                                    ‘‘National employment and wage data from the                15 Further, to facilitate compliance, both            remain reasonable, bearing in mind the complexity
                                                    Occupational Employment Statistics survey by             regulations permit the use of illustrative               of this assessment for such a wide-ranging group.
                                                    occupation, May 2014.’’ http://www.bls.gov/              transactions to make the necessary disclosures. That        18 See supra note 7 and accompanying text.
                                                    news.release/ocwage.t01.htm.                             is, where a range of terms is possible or offered, the      19 See 5 CFR 1320.4(a) (excluding information
                                                       11 NADA’s 2015 comment and related 2012
                                                                                                             ad may use examples of typical transactions and          collected in response to, among other things, a
                                                    comment are available at https://                        include the required disclosures, rather than stating    federal civil action or ‘‘during the conduct of an
                                                    ftcpublic.commentworks.com/ftc/RegsBEMZpra2.             a wide list of transactions and terms for multiple       administrative action, investigation, or audit
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                                                    The remaining (two) commenters’ submissions were         vehicles. See 12 CFR 1013.7(d)(1)–1, Supp. 1, and        involving an agency against specific individuals or
                                                    not relevant to the statutes and regulations at issue.   12 CFR 213.7(d)(1)–1, Supp. 1, CFPB and FRB              entities’’).
                                                       12 NADA states that it represents approximately       Regulation M Official Staff Commentaries,                   FTC enforcement initiatives are based on diverse
                                                    16,000 new car and truck dealers, both domestic          respectively (leases); 12 CFR 1026.24(d)(2)–5, Supp.     statutory and regulatory requirements. Some actions
                                                    and import, with over 32,500 separate franchises.        1, and 12 CFR 226.24(d)(2)–5, Supp. 1, CFPB and          are brought in partnership with other federal and
                                                    Id.                                                      FRB Regulation Z Official Staff Commentaries,            state agencies and encompass matters enforced by
                                                       13 In NADA’s 2015 comment, it misread the 15          respectively (credit).                                   those agencies, not solely issues related to
                                                    second and 60 second estimates the FTC accorded             16 For example, some advertisements may               Regulations M and Z. Further, even where
                                                    to disclosure time per lease and credit                  promote sale prices rather than credit or lease          Regulations M and Z matters also are involved in
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                                                    1. Regulation B                                                         refinance originations), for a total of                                      accounts which spouses may use or for
                                                                                                                            48,333 hours.21 Staff also estimates that                                    which they are contractually liable,
                                                      The ECOA prohibits discrimination in                                  recordkeeping of self-testing subject to                                     creditors who report credit history must
                                                    the extension of credit. Regulation B                                   the regulation would affect 1,375 firms,                                     do so in a manner reflecting both
                                                    implements the ECOA, establishing                                       with an average annual burden of one                                         spouses’ participation. Further, it
                                                    disclosure requirements to assist                                       hour (of skilled technical time) per firm,                                   requires creditors that collect applicant
                                                    customers in understanding their rights                                 for a total of 1,375 hours, and that                                         characteristics for purposes of
                                                    under the ECOA and recordkeeping                                        recordkeeping of any corrective action                                       conducting a self-test to disclose to
                                                    requirements to assist agencies in                                      as a result of self-testing would affect                                     those applicants that: (1) Providing the
                                                    enforcement. Regulation B applies to                                    10% of them, i.e., 138 firms, with an                                        information is optional; (2) the creditor
                                                    retailers, mortgage lenders, mortgage                                   average annual burden of four hours (of                                      will not take the information into
                                                    brokers, finance companies, and others.                                 skilled technical time) per firm, for a                                      account in any aspect of the credit
                                                    Recordkeeping                                                           total of 552 hours.22 Keeping records of                                     transactions; and (3) if applicable, the
                                                                                                                            race/national origin, sex, age, and                                          information will be noted by visual
                                                       FTC staff estimates that Regulation B’s                              marital status requires an estimated one                                     observation or surname if the applicant
                                                    general recordkeeping requirements                                      minute of skilled technical time.                                            chooses not to provide it.24
                                                    affect 530,080 credit firms subject to the
                                                    Commission’s jurisdiction, at an average                                Disclosure                                                                   Burden Totals
                                                    annual burden of 1.25 hours per firm for                                   Regulation B requires that creditors
                                                    a total of 662,600 hours.20 Staff also                                  (i.e., entities that regularly participate in                                Recordkeeping: 712,860 hours (637,310
                                                    estimates that the requirement that                                     the decision whether to extend credit                                          + 75,550 carve-out for motor
                                                    mortgage creditors monitor information                                  under Regulation B) provide notices                                            vehicles); $15,031,620 ($13,550,520 +
                                                    about race/national origin, sex, age, and                               whenever they take adverse action, such                                        $1,481,100 carve-out for motor
                                                    marital status imposes a maximum                                        as denial of a credit application. It                                          vehicles), associated labor costs
                                                    burden of one minute each (of skilled                                   requires entities that extend mortgage                                       Disclosures: 1,166,563 hours (1,036,040
                                                    technical time) for approximately 2.9                                   credit with first liens to provide a copy                                      + 130,523 carve-out for motor
                                                    million credit applications (based on                                   of the appraisal report or other written                                       vehicles); $50,628,816 ($44,964,122 +
                                                    industry data regarding the approximate                                 valuation to applicants.23 Finally,                                            $5,664,694 carve-out for motor
                                                    number of mortgage purchase and                                         Regulation B also requires that for                                            vehicles), associated labor costs

                                                                                                                  REGULATION B—DISCLOSURES—BURDEN HOURS
                                                                                                                 Setup/monitoring 1                                                              Transaction-related 2

                                                                                                                                                 Total setup/                                             Average                      Total               Total burden
                                                          Disclosures                                             Average burden                  monitoring                 Number of                  burden per                 transaction               (hours)
                                                                                       Respondents                per respondent                   burden                   transactions                transaction                   burden
                                                                                                                      (hours)                      (hours)                                               (minutes)                   (hours)

                                                    Credit history reporting                     132,520                                 .25               33,130              66,260,000                               .25                276,083              309,213
                                                    Adverse action notices                       530,080                                 .75              397,560             106,016,000                               .25                441,733              839,293
                                                    Appraisal reports/writ-
                                                      ten valuations .........                       5,000                           1                        5,000              1,450,000                             .50                   12,083              17,083
                                                    Self-test disclosures ...                        1,375                               .5                     688                 68,750                             .25                      286                 974

                                                         Total ....................   ........................    ..........................   ........................   ........................   ........................   ........................      1,166,563
                                                       1 The estimates assume that all applicable entities would be affected, with respect to appraisal reports and other written valuations (with the
                                                    FTC having approximately one-half of that amount). An increase in burden is noted due to changed rules requiring provision of appraisals reports
                                                    as well as other written valuations, for first lien mortgages. The former ‘‘Appraisal disclosure’’ item was deleted; the information is now supplied
                                                    by the rule.
                                                      2 The transaction-related figures reflect a decrease in mortgage transactions, compared to prior FTC estimates. The figures assume that ap-
                                                    proximately three-quarters of applicable mortgage transactions (.75 x 2,900,000, or 2,175,000) would not otherwise provide this information, and
                                                    that another 725,000 transactions (not closed, etc.) would be affected; the FTC would have one-half of the total, or 1,450,000.

                                                    enforcement sweep of automobile actions, the                            CENTER BLOG (Dec. 23, 2014), available at https://                           compliance with Regulation B; rather they may be
                                                    actions frequently include charges of unfair and/or                     www.ftc.gov/news-events/blogs/business-blog/2014/                            subject to FTC investigations and enforcement
                                                    deceptive practices under Section 5 of the FTC Act,                     12/advertise-auto-promotions-car-fully.                                      actions. This may impact the level of self-testing (as
                                                    15 U.S.C. 45(a), and/or may involve warranty                              20 Section 1071 of the Dodd-Frank Act amends
                                                                                                                                                                                                         specifically defined by Regulation B) in a given
                                                    violations under the Magnuson Moss Warranty Act,                        the ECOA to require financial institutions to collect                        year, and staff has sought to address such factors
                                                    15 U.S.C. 2301–2312, and other issues not pertinent                     and report information concerning credit
                                                                                                                                                                                                         in its burden estimates.
                                                    to this PRA submission. See, e.g., FTC, Press                           applications by women- or minority-owned
                                                                                                                                                                                                            23 While the rule also requires the creditor to
                                                    Release, FTC, Multiple Law Enforcement Partners                         businesses and small businesses, effective on the
                                                    Announce Crackdown on Deception, Fraud in Auto                          July 21, 2011 transfer date. Both the CFPB and the                           provide a short written disclosure regarding the
                                                    Sales, Financing and Leasing, Mar. 26, 2015,                            Board have exempted affected entities from                                   appraisal process, the disclosure is now provided
                                                    available at https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-                     complying with this requirement until a date set by                          by the CFPB, and is thus not a ‘‘collection of
                                                                                                                            the prospective final rules these agencies issue to
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                                                    releases/2015/03/ftc-multiple-law-enforcement-                                                                                                       information’’ for PRA purposes. See 5 CFR
                                                    partners-announce-crackdown. The FTC also                               implement the Dodd-Frank Act’s requirements. The                             1320.3(c)(2) and CFPB, Final Rule, Disclosure and
                                                    frequently issues business ‘‘blog’’ guidance with its                   Commission will address PRA burden for its                                   Delivery Requirements for Copies of Appraisals and
                                                    enforcement initiatives to guide and facilitate                         enforcement of these requirements after the CFPB
                                                                                                                                                                                                         Other Written Valuations Under the Equal Credit
                                                    compliance. See, e.g., Lesley Fair, Operation Ruse                      and the Board have issued the associated final
                                                                                                                            rules.                                                                       Opportunity Act (Regulation B), 78 FR 7216, 7247
                                                    Control: Six tips if cars are up your alley, FTC
                                                                                                                              21 Regulation B contains model forms that                                  (Jan. 31, 2013). Accordingly, it is not included in
                                                    BUSINESS CENTER BLOG (Mar. 26, 2015),
                                                    available at https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/blogs/                     creditors may use to gather and retain the required                          burden estimates below.
                                                                                                                                                                                                            24 The disclosure may be provided orally or in
                                                    business-blog/2015/03/operation-ruse-control-6-                         information.
                                                    tips-if-cars-are-your-alley; Lesley Fair, ‘‘Advertise                     22 In contrast to banks, for example, entities under                       writing. The model form provided by Regulation B
                                                    auto promotions car-fully,’’ FTC BUSINESS                               FTC jurisdiction are not subject to audits for                               assists creditors in providing the written disclosure.



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                                                                                                       REGULATION B—RECORDKEEPING AND DISCLOSURES—COST 25
                                                                                                          Managerial                                           Skilled Technical                                            Clerical
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Total cost
                                                           Required task                         Time                        Cost                         Time                       Cost                       Time                       Cost                    ($)
                                                                                                (hours)                    ($56/hr.)                     (hours)                   ($42/hr.)                   (hours)                   ($17/hr.)

                                                    General recordkeeping                                       0                         $0                   66,260              $2,782,920                      596,340              $10,137,780             $12,920,700
                                                    Other recordkeeping ....                                    0                          0                   48,333               2,029,986                            0                        0               2,029,986
                                                    Recordkeeping of self-
                                                      test ............................                         0                           0                     1,375                    57,750                              0                         0           57,750
                                                    Recordkeeping of cor-
                                                      rective action ............                               0                          0                         552                   23,184                             0                           0          23,184

                                                        Total Record-
                                                           keeping ..............         ........................    ........................     ........................   ........................   ........................   ........................     15,031,620
                                                    Disclosures:
                                                        Credit history re-
                                                           porting ...............                     30,921                 1,731,576                       278,292               11,688,264                                 0                          0      13,419,840
                                                        Adverse action no-
                                                           tices ...................                   83,929                 4,700,024                       755,364               31,725,288                                0                           0      36,425,312
                                                        Appraisal reports ...                           1,708                    95,648                        15,375                  645,750                                0                           0         741,398
                                                        Self-test disclosure                               97                     5,432                           877                   36,834                                0                           0          42,266

                                                                Total Disclo-
                                                                  sures ..........        ........................    ........................     ........................   ........................   ........................   ........................     50,628,816

                                                                       Total Rec-
                                                                         ord-
                                                                         keeping
                                                                         and Dis-
                                                                         closures         ........................    ........................     ........................   ........................   ........................   ........................     65,660,436



                                                    2. Regulation E                                                           retailers, gift card issuers and others that                                   Burden Totals
                                                       The EFTA requires that covered                                         provide gift cards, service providers,
                                                                                                                              various federal and state agencies                                             Recordkeeping: 327,460 hours (312,500
                                                    entities provide consumers with                                                                                                                            + 15,040 carve-out); $6,385,470
                                                    accurate disclosure of the costs, terms,                                  offering EFTs, etc. Staff estimates that
                                                                                                                              Regulation E’s recordkeeping                                                     ($6,092,190 + $293,280 carve-out),
                                                    and rights relating to EFT and certain
                                                    other services. Regulation E implements                                   requirements affect 327,460 firms                                                associated labor costs
                                                    the EFTA, establishing disclosure and                                     offering EFT services to consumers and                                         Disclosures: 7,179,270 hours (7,162,563
                                                    other requirements to aid consumers                                       that are subject to the Commission’s                                             + 16,707 carve-out); $311,588,654
                                                    and recordkeeping requirements to                                         jurisdiction, at an average annual                                               ($310,863,566 + $725,088 carve-out),
                                                    assist agencies with enforcement. It                                      burden of one hour per firm, for a total                                         associated labor costs
                                                    applies to financial institutions,                                        of 327,460 hours.

                                                                                                                      REGULATION E—DISCLOSURES—BURDEN HOURS
                                                                                                              Setup/Monitoring                                                                     Transaction-related

                                                                                                                       Average                   Total setup/                                                 Average                                          Total burden
                                                          Disclosures                                                                                                                                                                    Total
                                                                                                                     burden per                   monitoring                   Number of                    burden per                                           (hours)
                                                                                      Respondents                                                                                                                                     transaction
                                                                                                                     respondent                    burden                     transactions                  transaction             burden (hours)
                                                                                                                       (hours)                     (hours)                                                   (minutes)

                                                    Initial terms .............                 50,000                              .5                   25,000                      500,000                                .02                    167               25,167
                                                    Change in terms ....                        12,500                              .5                    6,250                   16,500,000                                .02                  5,500               11,750
                                                    Periodic statements                         50,000                              .5                   25,000                  600,000,000                                .02                200,000              225,000
                                                    Error resolution ......                     50,000                              .5                   25,000                      500,000                                  5                 41,667               66,667
                                                    Transaction receipts                        50,000                              .5                   25,000                2,500,000,000                                .02                833,333              858,333
                                                    Preauthorized trans-
                                                       fers 1 ...................             257,520                               .5                 128,760                        6,438,000                             .25                  26,825             155,585
                                                    Service provider no-
                                                       tices ....................               50,000                            .25                    12,500                         500,000                             .25                    2,083             14,583
                                                    Govt. benefit no-
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                                                       tices ....................                 5,000                            .5                      2,500                    50,000,000                              .25               208,333               210,833
                                                    ATM notices ...........                         250                           .25                         63                    50,000,000                              .25               208,333               208,396
                                                    Electronic check
                                                       conversion 2 ........                    57,520                              .5                   28,760                       1,150,400                             .02                     383              29,143
                                                    Payroll cards ..........                       125                              .5                       63                         500,000                               3                  25,000              25,063
                                                    Overdraft services ..                       50,000                              .5                   25,000                       2,500,000                             .02                     833              25,833

                                                      25 NADA’s comment, in part, refers to dealer                            of credit score disclosures, which fall under the Fair                         the Risk-Based Pricing Rule, 16 CFR part 640. They
                                                    burden related to credit reports and the provision                        Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. 1681 et seq., and                              are not the subject of this PRA submission.



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                                                                                                      REGULATION E—DISCLOSURES—BURDEN HOURS—Continued
                                                                                                             Setup/Monitoring                                                                    Transaction-related

                                                                                                                     Average                   Total setup/                                                 Average                                          Total burden
                                                         Disclosures                                                                                                                                                                   Total
                                                                                                                   burden per                   monitoring                   Number of                    burden per                                           (hours)
                                                                                   Respondents                                                                                                                                      transaction
                                                                                                                   respondent                    burden                     transactions                  transaction             burden (hours)
                                                                                                                     (hours)                     (hours)                                                   (minutes)

                                                    Gift cards 3 .............                 25,000                             .5                   12,500                1,250,000,000                                .02                416,667              429,167
                                                    Remittance trans-
                                                      fers 4
                                                         Disclosures .....                       5,000                        1.25                       6,250                  100,000,000                                .9             1,500,000             1,506,250
                                                         Error resolution                        5,000                        1.25                       6,250                  125,000,000                                .9             1,875,000             1,881,250
                                                         Agent compli-
                                                           ance .............                    5,000                         1.25                      6,250                  100,000,000                                 .9            1,500,000             1,506,250

                                                               Total .........    ........................    ........................   ........................     ..............................   ........................   ........................      7,179,270
                                                       1 Preauthorized    transfer respondents and transactions have decreased slightly.
                                                       2 Electronic check conversion respondents and transactions have decreased slightly.
                                                       3 Gift card entities and transactions under FTC jurisdiction (which excludes banks and bank transactions) have decreased.
                                                       4 Remittance transfer respondents now focus primarily on those that may offer services and are responsible for legal requirements (not sepa-
                                                    rate inclusion of their offices). Legal changes have eased compliance, but they require system changes causing an increase in setup burden and
                                                    a decrease in transaction burden. Remittance transfers have increased substantially but error resolutions have increased to a smaller degree due
                                                    to changes in legal requirements. The resulting transaction burden in each category for remittance transfers has increased due to the upswing in
                                                    transaction volume.

                                                                                                       REGULATION E—RECORDKEEPING AND DISCLOSURES—COST
                                                                                                        Managerial                                           Skilled technical                                            Clerical
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Total cost
                                                          Required task                        Time                        Cost                         Time                       Cost                       Time                       Cost                    ($)
                                                                                              (hours)                    ($56/hr.)                     (hours)                   ($42/hr.)                   (hours)                   ($17/hr.)

                                                    Recordkeeping .............                               0                          $0                   32,746             $1,375,332                       294,714               $5,010,138             $6,385,470
                                                    Disclosures:
                                                        Initial terms ...........                      2,517                   140,952                        22,650                  951,300                                0                          0       1,092,252
                                                        Change in terms ...                            1,175                    65,800                        10,750                  451,500                                0                          0         517,300
                                                        Periodic state-
                                                           ments .................                   22,500                 1,260,000                       202,500                8,505,000                                 0                          0       9,765,000
                                                        Error resolution .....                        6,667                   373,352                        60,000                2,520,000                                 0                          0       2,893,352
                                                        Transaction re-
                                                           ceipts .................                  85,833                 4,806,648                       772,500              32,445,000                                  0                          0      37,251,648
                                                        Preauthorized
                                                           transfers ............                    15,558                    871,248                      140,027                 5,881,134                                0                          0       6,752,382
                                                        Service provider
                                                           notices ...............                     1,458                     81,648                       13,125                   551,250                              0                           0         632,898
                                                        Govt. benefit no-
                                                           tices ...................                 21,083                 1,180,648                       189,750                7,969,500                                 0                          0       9,150,148
                                                        ATM notices ..........                       20,840                 1,167,040                       187,556                7,877,352                                 0                          0       9,044,392
                                                        Electronic check
                                                           conversion .........                       2,914                   163,184                        26,229                1,101,618                                0                           0       1,264,802
                                                        Payroll cards .........                       2,506                   140,336                        22,557                  947,394                                0                           0       1,087,730
                                                        Overdraft services                            2,583                   144,648                        23,250                  976,500                                0                           0       1,121,148
                                                        Gift cards ..............                    85,833                 2,403,352                       386,250               16,222,500                                0                           0      18,626,852
                                                    Remittance transfers:
                                                        Disclosures ...........                    150,625                 8,435,000                     1,355,625               56,936,250                                 0                           0      65,371,250
                                                        Error resolution .....                     188,125                10,535,000                     1,693,125               71,111,250                                 0                           0      81,646,250
                                                        Agent compliance                           150,625                 8,435,000                     1,355,625               56,936,250                                 0                           0      65,371,250

                                                               Total Disclo-
                                                                 sures ..........       ........................    ........................     ........................   ........................   ........................   ........................    311,588,654

                                                                      Total Rec-
                                                                        ord-
                                                                        keeping
                                                                        and Dis-
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                                                    3. Regulation M                                                         implements the CLA, establishing                                               to vehicle lessors (such as auto dealers,
                                                       The CLA requires that covered                                        disclosure requirements to help                                                independent leasing companies, and
                                                    entities provide consumers with                                         consumers comparison shop and                                                  manufacturers’ captive finance
                                                    accurate disclosure of the costs and                                    understand the terms of leases and                                             companies), computer lessors (such as
                                                    terms of leases. Regulation M                                           recordkeeping requirements. It applies                                         computer dealers and other retailers),


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                                                    furniture lessors, various electronic                                  other experts to help them to comply                                           while allocating the remaining 10% to
                                                    commerce lessors, diverse types of lease                               with their regulatory obligations—and                                          skilled technical staff.27 It is worth
                                                    advertisers, and others.                                               pay the concomitant fees associated                                            noting that in NADA’s survey of its
                                                       Staff estimates that Regulation M’s                                 with those third party services.’’                                             members in 2012—reincorporated in
                                                    recordkeeping requirements affect                                         While Regulation M covers not only                                          NADA’s 2015 comment—the purported
                                                    approximately 32,577 firms within the                                  NADA’s membership of franchised car                                            average response for labor
                                                    FTC’s jurisdiction leasing products to                                 and truck dealers, but also independent                                        apportionment for all facets of
                                                    consumers at an average annual burden                                  motor vehicle dealers and non-motor                                            complying with Regulation M was no
                                                    of one hour per firm, for a total of                                   vehicle dealers, NADA’s constituency                                           more than 61.5% for managerial staff,
                                                    32,577 hours.                                                          comprises a significantly large                                                24.7% for technical staff, and 13.9% for
                                                       In its June 1, 2015 comment, NADA                                   proportion of the overall affected                                             clerical staff. Accordingly, FTC staff
                                                    asserts that ‘‘daily compliance burdens                                population to warrant a reassessment of                                        believes that its reapportionment of
                                                    at a dealership often must be handled by                               and adjustment to FTC staff’s prior                                            labor costing under Regulation M is a
                                                    managerial, not clerical staff.’’ 26 NADA                              estimates of labor cost burden under                                           fair response to these varying
                                                    also asserts that ‘‘[m]any dealers are                                 Regulation M. It is not practicable,                                           propositions and conditions.
                                                    small businesses that do not benefit                                   however, to make projections about and
                                                                                                                                                                                                          Burden Totals 28
                                                    from sophisticated records retention or                                provide estimates regarding the
                                                    computer systems, and cannot leverage                                  additional or alternative use of such                                          Recordkeeping: 32,577 hours (5,000 +
                                                    robust compliance structures. Even                                     outside sources to maintain regulatory                                           27,577 carve-out); $1,778,700
                                                    larger dealer groups often do not have                                 compliance (neither has NADA                                                     ($273,000 + $1,505,700 carve-out),
                                                    the economy of scale necessary to justify                              attempted to do so in its comment).                                              associated labor costs
                                                    in-house legal counsel, compliance staff,                              Instead, the FTC’s revised labor cost                                          Disclosures: 73,933 hours (2,986 +
                                                    or other expert or technical resources.                                estimates increase apportionment to                                              70,947 carve-out); $4,036,732
                                                    As a result, they rely heavily on outside                              managerially performed tasks from 10%                                            ($163,030 + $3,873,702 carve-out),
                                                    counsel, consultants, and computer and                                 to 90%, and remove ‘‘clerical’’ support,                                         associated labor costs

                                                                                                                 REGULATION M—DISCLOSURES—BURDEN HOURS
                                                                                                                 Setup/monitoring                                                                   Transaction-related

                                                                                                                                                Total setup/                                               Average                      Total               Total burden
                                                           Disclosures                                           Average burden                  monitoring                 Number of                    burden per                 transaction               (hours)
                                                                                       Respondents               per respondent                   burden                   transactions                  transaction                   burden
                                                                                                                     (hours)                      (hours)                                                 (minutes)                   (hours)

                                                    Motor Vehicle
                                                      Leases 1 ..................                  27,577                           1                      27,577               4,000,000                                .50                  33,333              60,910
                                                    Other Leases 2 ...........                      5,000                            .50                    2,500                 100,000                                .25                     417               2,917
                                                    Advertising 3 ...............                  15,181                            .50                    7,591                 603,490                                .25                   2,515              10,106

                                                         Total ....................   ........................   ..........................   ........................   ........................     ........................   ........................         73,933
                                                       1 This category focuses on consumer vehicle leases. Vehicle leases are subject to more lease disclosure requirements (pertaining to computa-
                                                    tion of payment obligations) than other lease transactions. (Only consumer leases for more than four months are covered.) See 15 U.S.C.
                                                    1667(1); 12 CFR 1013.2(e)(1). While the number of respondents for vehicle leases has decreased, the number of vehicle lease transactions has
                                                    increased, with market changes, from past FTC estimates. Additionally, leases up to $54,600 (plus an annual adjustment) are now covered. The
                                                    resulting total burden has increased.
                                                       2 This category focuses on all types of consumer leases other than vehicle leases. It includes leases for computers, other electronics, small ap-
                                                    pliances, furniture, and other transactions. (Only consumer leases for more than four months are covered.) See 15 U.S.C. 1667(1); 12 CFR
                                                    1013.2(e)(1). The number of respondents has decreased, based on market changes in companies and types of transactions they offer; the num-
                                                    ber of such transactions has also declined, based on types of transactions offered that are covered by the CLA. Leases up to $54,600 (plus an
                                                    annual adjustment) are now covered. The resulting total burden has decreased.
                                                       3 Respondents for advertising have increased as have lease advertisements, based on market changes, from past FTC estimates. More types
                                                    of lease advertisements are occurring. The resulting total burden has increased.

                                                                                                       REGULATION M—RECORDKEEPING AND DISCLOSURES—COST
                                                                                                        Managerial                                        Skilled technical                                              Clerical
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Total cost
                                                          Required task                        Time                       Cost                       Time                       Cost                         Total                      Cost                    ($)
                                                                                              (hours)                   ($56/hr.)                   (hours)                   ($42/hr.)                     (hours)                   ($17/hr.)

                                                    Recordkeeping .............                      29,319              $1,641,864                         3,258                $136,836                                  0                           0      $1,778,700
                                                    Disclosures:
asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES




                                                      26 However, the only apportioning in the FTC’s                       regulations’ covered entities than they do for                                 vehicle leases than for other leases, including
                                                    estimates to clerical staff was for recordkeeping.                     Regulation M. In FTC staff’s view, to adopt the same                           burden estimates based on market changes and
                                                    The remaining attributions, for disclosure, had been                   revised assumptions and adjustments for those                                  regulatory definitions of coverage. As noted above,
                                                    to managerial (10%) and skilled technical (90%)                        regulations as made here for Regulation M would                                for purposes of burden calculations, and in view of
                                                    staff.                                                                 unduly skew the results for Regulations B and Z.
                                                                                                                                                                                                          the different types of motor vehicle dealers, the FTC
                                                      27 As noted above, although NADA made these                          Accordingly, the FTC has retained its prior analysis
                                                                                                                           regarding those regulations. See supra note 17.                                is including the entire PRA burden for all motor
                                                    same assertions for Regulations B and Z as it had
                                                    for Regulation M, NADA’s members comprise a                              28 Recordkeeping and disclosure burden estimates                             vehicle dealers in the burden estimates below.
                                                    significantly smaller proportion of those                              for Regulation M are more substantial for motor



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                                                                                       REGULATION M—RECORDKEEPING AND DISCLOSURES—COST—Continued
                                                                                                     Managerial                                          Skilled technical                                            Clerical
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Total cost
                                                          Required task                     Time                       Cost                         Time                       Cost                       Total                      Cost                    ($)
                                                                                           (hours)                   ($56/hr.)                     (hours)                   ($42/hr.)                   (hours)                   ($17/hr.)

                                                         Motor Vehicle
                                                          Leases ...............                  54,819                3,069,864                          6,091                   255,822                              0                           0       3,325,686

                                                         Other Leases ........                      2,625                  147,000                           292                    12,264                              0                           0         159,264
                                                         Advertising ............                   9,095                  509,320                         1,011                    42,462                              0                           0         551,782

                                                               Total Disclo-
                                                                 sures ..........    ........................   ........................     ........................   ........................   ........................   ........................      4,036,732

                                                                     Total Rec-
                                                                       ord-
                                                                       keeping
                                                                       and Dis-
                                                                       closures      ........................   ........................     ........................   ........................   ........................   ........................      5,815,432



                                                    4. Regulation Z                                                     finance companies; auto dealerships;                                           average annual burden of 1.25 hours per
                                                                                                                        private education loan companies;                                              entity with .25 additional hours per
                                                      The TILA was enacted to foster                                    merchants who extend credit for goods                                          entity for 5,000 entities (ability to pay),
                                                    comparison credit shopping and                                      or services; credit advertisers; acquirers                                     and 5 additional hours per entity for
                                                    informed credit decision making by                                  of mortgages; and others. New                                                  5,000 entities (loan originators).
                                                    requiring creditors and others to provide                           requirements have been established in
                                                    accurate disclosures regarding the costs                                                                                                           Burden Totals
                                                                                                                        the mortgage area, including for high
                                                    and terms of credit to consumers.                                   cost mortgages, higher-priced mortgage                                         Recordkeeping: 688,850 hours (613,650
                                                    Regulation Z implements the TILA,                                   loans,29 ability to pay of mortgage                                              + 75,200 carve-out); $13,432,575
                                                    establishing disclosure requirements to                             consumers, mortgage servicing, loan                                              ($11,966,175 + $1,466,400 carve-out),
                                                    assist consumers and recordkeeping                                  originators, and certain integrated                                              associated labor costs
                                                    requirements to assist agencies with                                mortgage disclosures.                                                          Disclosures: 13,008,452 hours
                                                    enforcement. These requirements                                        FTC staff estimates that Regulation Z’s                                       (11,964,361 + 1,044,091 carve-out);
                                                    pertain to open-end and closed-end                                  recordkeeping requirements affect                                                $553,563,761 ($508,250,213 +
                                                    credit and apply to various types of                                approximately 530,080 entities subject                                           $45,313,548 carve-out), associated
                                                    entities, including mortgage companies;                             to the Commission’s jurisdiction, at an                                          labor costs

                                                                                                                REGULATION Z—DISCLOSURES—BURDEN HOURS
                                                                                                         Setup/monitoring                                                                    Transaction-related

                                                                                                              Average                      Total setup/                                                 Average                      Total               Total burden
                                                        Disclosures 1                                        burden per                     monitoring                   Number of                    burden per                 transaction               (hours)
                                                                                  Respondents               respondent 2                     burden                     transactions                 transaction 3                  burden
                                                                                                               (hours)                       (hours)                                                   (minutes)                   (hours)

                                                    Open-end credit:
                                                       Initial terms .....                   45,000                         .75                    33,750                     20,000,000                            .375                 125,000              158,750
                                                       Rescission no-
                                                          tices 4 ...........                 1,500                            .5                       750                            8,000                          .25                         33              783
                                                       Subsequent
                                                          disclosures ..                     10,000                         .75                      7,500                   62,500,000                             .188                 195,833              203,333
                                                       Periodic state-
                                                          ments ...........                  45,000                         .75                    33,750                1,750,000,000                            .0938               2,735,833             2,769,583
                                                       Error resolution                      45,000                         .75                    33,750                    4,000,000                                6                 400,000               433,750
                                                       Credit and
                                                          charge card
                                                          accounts ......                    25,000                         .75                    18,750                    12,500,000                             .375                  78,125               96,875
                                                       Settlement of
                                                          estate debts                       45,000                         .75                    33,750                       1,000,000                          .375                      6,250             40,000
                                                       Special credit
                                                          card require-
asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES




                                                          ments ...........                  25,000                         .75                    18,750                    12,500,000                             .375                  78,125               96,875
                                                       Home equity
                                                          lines of cred-
                                                          it 5 ................               1,500                           .5                        750                          10,000                           .25                         42              792

                                                      29 While Regulation Z also requires the creditor to               result, it is not a ‘‘collection of information’’ for                          Mortgage Loans, 78 FR 10368, 10430 (Feb. 13,
                                                    provide a short written disclosure regarding the                    PRA purposes; it is therefore excluded from the                                2013), and Supplemental Final Rule, Appraisals for
                                                    appraisal process for higher-priced mortgage loans,                 burden estimates below. See 5 CFR 1320.3(c)(2),                                Higher-Priced Mortgage Loans, 78 FR 78520, 78575
                                                    the disclosure is now provided by the CFPB. As a                    and CFPB, Final Rule, Appraisals for Higher-Priced                             (Dec. 26, 2013).



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                                                                                               REGULATION Z—DISCLOSURES—BURDEN HOURS—Continued
                                                                                                    Setup/monitoring                                           Transaction-related

                                                                                                        Average           Total setup/                                 Average              Total         Total burden
                                                        Disclosures 1                                  burden per          monitoring            Number of           burden per         transaction         (hours)
                                                                                 Respondents          respondent 2          burden              transactions        transaction 3          burden
                                                                                                         (hours)            (hours)                                   (minutes)           (hours)

                                                        Home equity
                                                           lines of cred-
                                                           it—high cost
                                                           mortgages 6                       500                     2             1,000                   5,000                    2            167             1,167
                                                        College student
                                                           credit card
                                                           marketing—
                                                           ed. institu-
                                                           tions .............              2,500                    .5            1,250                 250,000               .25             1,042             2,292
                                                        College student
                                                           credit card
                                                           marketing—
                                                           card issuer
                                                           reports .........                 300                    .75              225                  18,000               .75               225               450
                                                        Posting and re-
                                                           porting of
                                                           credit card
                                                           agreements                   25,000                      .75           18,750            12,500,000                .375            78,125            96,875
                                                        Advertising ......             100,000                      .75           75,000               300,000                 .75             3,750            78,750
                                                        Sale, transfer,
                                                           or assign-
                                                           ment of mort-
                                                           gages 7 ........                 1,500                    .5              750                1,750,000              .25             7,292             8,042
                                                        Appraiser mis-
                                                           conduct re-
                                                           porting .........           625,000                      .75          468,750            12,500,000                .375            78,125           546,875
                                                        Mortgage serv-
                                                           icing 8 ...........              2,500                    .5            1,250                 500,000                 .5            4,167             5,417
                                                        Loan origina-
                                                           tors 9 ............              2,500                    2             5,000                  25,000                    5          2,083             7,083
                                                    Closed-end credit:
                                                        Credit disclo-
                                                           sures 10 ........           380,080                      .75          285,060           163,054,320                2.25         6,114,537         6,399,597
                                                        Rescission no-
                                                           tices 11 .........            5,000                       .5            2,500                7,500,000                1          125,000            127,500
                                                        Redisclosures                  200,000                       .5          100,000                1,000,000             2.25           37,500            137,500
                                                        Integrated
                                                           mortgage
                                                           disclosures 12                   5,000                   10            50,000            15,000,000                 3.5          875,000            925,000
                                                        Variable rate
                                                           mortgages 13                     5,000                    1             5,000                 500,000              1.75            14,583            19,583
                                                        High cost mort-
                                                           gages 14 .......                 3,000                    1             3,000                  75,000                    2          2,500             5,500
                                                        Higher priced
                                                           mortgages 15                     3,000                    1             3,000                  25,000                    2            833             3,833
                                                        Reverse mort-
                                                           gages 16 .......              7,500                       .5            3,750                   35,000                   1            583             4,333
                                                        Advertising 17 ...             248,360                       .5          124,180                2,483,600                   1         41,393           165,573
                                                        Private edu-
                                                           cation loans                      100                     .5               50                  50,000               1.5             1,250             1,300
                                                        Sale, transfer,
                                                           or assign-
                                                           ment of mort-
                                                           gages ...........           100,000                       .5           50,000                5,000,000              .25            20,833            70,833
                                                        Ability to pay/
                                                           qualified
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                                                           mortgage 18 ..                   5,000                   .75            3,750                       0                    0                 0          3,750
                                                        Appraiser mis-
                                                           conduct re-
                                                           porting .........           625,000                      .75          468,750            12,500,000                .375            78,125           546,875
                                                        Mortgage serv-
                                                           icing 19 .........               5,000                    1             5,000                1,000,000             2.25            37,500            42,500
                                                        Loan origina-
                                                           tors 20 ...........              2,500                    2             5,000                  25,000                    5          2,083             7,083




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                                                                                        Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 115 / Tuesday, June 16, 2015 / Notices                                                                                                  34431

                                                                                                     REGULATION Z—DISCLOSURES—BURDEN HOURS—Continued
                                                                                                             Setup/monitoring                                                                  Transaction-related

                                                                                                                 Average                      Total setup/                                                Average                      Total               Total burden
                                                        Disclosures 1                                           burden per                     monitoring                 Number of                     burden per                 transaction               (hours)
                                                                                  Respondents                  respondent 2                     burden                   transactions                  transaction 3                  burden
                                                                                                                  (hours)                       (hours)                                                  (minutes)                   (hours)

                                                               Total open-
                                                                 end
                                                                 credit ....     ........................     ........................   ........................   ..............................   ........................   ........................      4,547,692

                                                               Total
                                                                 closed-
                                                                 end
                                                                 credit ....     ........................     ........................   ........................   ..............................   ........................   ........................      8,460,760

                                                                     Total
                                                                       cre-
                                                                       dit ..    ........................     ........................   ........................   ..............................   ........................   ........................     13,008,452
                                                       1 Regulation Z requires disclosures for closed-end and open-end credit. TILA and Regulation Z now cover credit up to $54,600 plus an annual
                                                    adjustment (except that real estate credit and private education loans are covered regardless of amount), generally causing an increase in trans-
                                                    actions. In some instances noted below, market changes have reduced estimated PRA burden. In other instances noted below, changes to Reg-
                                                    ulation Z have increased estimated PRA burden. The overall effect of these competing factors, combined with the FTC sharing with the CFPB
                                                    estimated PRA burden (for all but motor vehicle dealers) yields a net increase from the FTC’s prior reported estimate for open-end credit and for
                                                    closed-end credit.
                                                       2 Burden per respondent in some categories has increased compared to prior FTC estimates, due to changes in rules.
                                                       3 Burden per transaction in some categories has increased compared to prior FTC estimates, due to changes in rules.
                                                       4 Respondents for mortgages involving rescission have decreased, as have transactions.
                                                       5 Respondents for home equity lines of credit have decreased, as have transactions.
                                                       6 Regulation Z high cost mortgage rules now cover certain open-end mortgages, and a new counseling rule also applies.
                                                       7 Respondents for sale, transfer or assignment of mortgages have decreased.
                                                       8 Regulation Z has expanded various mortgage servicing requirements for prompt crediting and payoff responses.
                                                       9 Regulation Z includes new loan originator compensation requirements.
                                                       10 Respondents for credit disclosures have decreased, as have transactions.
                                                       11 Respondents for mortgages involving rescission have decreased.
                                                       12 Regulation Z now has integrated mortgage disclosure requirements for loan estimates and loan closing documents, with other requirements.
                                                       13 Respondents for variable rate mortgages have decreased but Regulation Z has expanded mortgage disclosure requirements affecting sub-
                                                    sequent disclosures, increasing burden.
                                                       14 Regulation Z high rate/high fee mortgages are now called ‘‘high cost’’ mortgages. Respondents in high cost mortgages have decreased, but
                                                    the rules cover more types of mortgages and include a counseling requirement, increasing burden. However, these types of transactions have
                                                    decreased, reducing total burden.
                                                       15 Respondents for higher priced mortgages have decreased. However, Regulation Z now has certain appraisal requirements for higher-priced
                                                    mortgages, increasing burden. However, these types of transactions have decreased, reducing total burden.
                                                       16 Reverse mortgage respondents and transactions have decreased.
                                                       17 Advertising respondents have increased, as have transactions, causing an increased total burden.
                                                       18 Regulation Z now includes ability to pay rules that affect setup costs.
                                                       19 Regulation Z has expanded various mortgage servicing requirements for prompt crediting and payoff responses. It also requires periodic
                                                    statements (or a coupon book, for fixed-rate mortgages).
                                                       20 Regulation Z includes new loan originator compensation requirements.



                                                                                                      REGULATION Z—RECORDKEEPING AND DISCLOSURES—COST
                                                                                                       Managerial                                          Skilled technical                                            Clerical
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Total cost
                                                          Required task                       Time                         Cost                       Time                       Cost                       Time                       Cost                    ($)
                                                                                             (hours)                     ($56/hr.)                   (hours)                   ($42/hr.)                   (hours)                   ($17/hr.)

                                                    Recordkeeping .............                               0                          $0                 68,885             $2,893,170                       619,965             $10,539,405             $13,432,575
                                                    Open-end credit Disclo-
                                                      sures:
                                                        Initial terms ...........                   15,875                     889,000                    142,875                 6,000,750                                0                         0        6,889,750
                                                        Rescission notices                              78                       4,368                        705                    29,610                                0                         0           33,978
                                                        Subsequent disclo-
                                                           sures ..................                 20,333                  1,138,648                     183,000                7,686,000                                 0                          0       8,824,648
                                                        Periodic state-
                                                           ments .................                276,958                 15,509,648                   2,492,625             104,690,250                                  0                          0      120,199,898
asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES




                                                        Error resolution .....                     43,375                  2,429,000                     390,375              16,395,750                                  0                          0       18,824,750
                                                        Credit and charge
                                                           card accounts ....                         9,688                    474,712                      87,187               2,615,610                                 0                          0       3,090,322
                                                        Settlement of es-
                                                           tate debts ..........                      4,000                    196,000                      36,000                1,080,000                                0                         0        1,276,000
                                                        Special credit card
                                                           requirements .....                         9,688                    474,712                      87,187               2,615,610                                 0                          0       3,090,322
                                                        Home equity lines
                                                           of credit .............                          458                  22,442                       4,126                 123,780                                0                         0          146,222



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                                                                                          REGULATION Z—RECORDKEEPING AND DISCLOSURES—COST—Continued
                                                                                                       Managerial                                        Skilled technical                                            Clerical
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Total cost
                                                          Required task                       Time                       Cost                       Time                       Cost                       Time                       Cost                   ($)
                                                                                             (hours)                   ($56/hr.)                   (hours)                   ($42/hr.)                   (hours)                   ($17/hr.)

                                                         Home equity lines
                                                           of credit—high
                                                           cost mortgages ..                             117                     6,552                       1050                    44,100                             0                           0         50,662
                                                         College student
                                                           credit card mar-
                                                           keting—ed insti-
                                                           tutions ................                      229                   11,221                       2,063                    61,890                             0                           0         73,111
                                                         College student
                                                           credit card mar-
                                                           keting—card
                                                           issuer reports ....                             45                   2,205                          405                  12,150                               0                          0         14,355
                                                         Posting and report-
                                                           ing of credit card
                                                           agreements .......                         9,688                 474,712                      87,187                 2,615,610                               0                           0      3,090,322
                                                         Advertising ............                     7,875                 385,875                      70,875                 2,126,250                               0                           0      2,512,125
                                                         Sale, transfer, or
                                                           assignment of
                                                           mortgages .........                          823                    40,327                      7,407                   222,210                              0                           0        262,537
                                                         Appraiser mis-
                                                           conduct reporting                        54,687               2,679,663                      492,188               14,765,640                                0                           0     17,445,303
                                                         Mortgage servicing                            542                  30,352                        4,875                  204,750                                0                           0        235,102
                                                         Loan originators ....                         708                  39,648                        6,375                  267,750                                0                           0        307,398

                                                               Total open-end
                                                                 credit ..........     ........................   ........................   ........................   ........................   ........................   ........................   186,366,805
                                                    Closed-end credit Dis-
                                                      closures:
                                                         Credit disclosures                       639,960               35,837,760                   5,759,637              241,904,754                                 0                          0     277,742,514
                                                         Rescission notices                        12,750                  714,000                     114,750                4,819,500                                 0                          0       5,533,500
                                                         Redisclosures .......                     13,750                  770,000                     123,750                5,197,500                                 0                          0       5,967,500
                                                         Integrated mort-
                                                            gage disclosures                        92,500                5,180,000                     832,500               34,965,000                                 0                          0     40,145,000
                                                         Variable rate mort-
                                                            gages .................                   1,958                 109,648                       17,625                  740,250                                0                          0        849,898
                                                         High cost mort-
                                                            gages .................                      550                   30,800                       4,950                 207,900                                0                         0         238,700
                                                         Higher priced mort-
                                                            gages .................                    383                    21,448                      3,450                  144,900                                0                          0         166,348
                                                         Reverse mortgages                             433                    24,248                      3,900                  163,800                                0                          0         188,048
                                                         Advertising ............                   16,557                   927,192                    149,016                6,258,672                                0                          0       7,185,864
                                                         Private education
                                                            loans ..................                     130                     7,280                      1,170                    49,140                              0                         0          56,420
                                                         Sale, transfer, or
                                                            assignment of
                                                            mortgages .........                       7,083                 396,648                       63,750                2,677,500                               0                           0      3,074,148
                                                         Ability to pay/quali-
                                                            fied mortgage ....                           375                  21,000                        3,375                 141,750                                0                         0         162,750
                                                         Appraiser mis-
                                                            conduct reporting                       54,687               3,062,472                      492,188               20,671,896                                0                           0     23,734,368
                                                         Mortgage servicing                          4,250                 238,000                       38,250                1,606,500                                0                           0      1,844,500
                                                         Loan originators ....                         708                  39,648                        6,375                  267,750                                0                           0        307,398

                                                               Total closed-
                                                                 end credit ...        ........................   ........................   ........................   ........................   ........................   ........................   367,196,956

                                                               Total Disclo-
                                                                 sures ..........      ........................   ........................   ........................   ........................   ........................   ........................   553,563,761

                                                                     Total Rec-
                                                                       ord-
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                                                                       keeping
                                                                       and Dis-
                                                                       closures        ........................   ........................   ........................   ........................   ........................   ........................   566,996,336



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                                                    inventories, formulas, patterns devices,
                                                    manufacturing processes, or customer                      Comments on the information                          9000–0075 by any of the following
                                                    names.                                                  collection requirements subject to                     methods:
                                                                                                            review under the PRA should                               • Regulations.gov: http://
                                                       If you want the Commission to give
                                                                                                            additionally be submitted to OMB. If                   www.regulations.gov. Submit comments
                                                    your comment confidential treatment,
                                                                                                            sent by U.S. mail, they should be                      via the Federal eRulemaking portal by
                                                    you must file it in paper form, with a
                                                                                                            addressed to Office of Information and                 searching for Information Collection
                                                    request for confidential treatment, and
                                                                                                            Regulatory Affairs, Office of                          9000–0075—Government Property.
                                                    you have to follow the procedure
                                                                                                            Management and Budget, Attention:                      Select the link ‘‘Comment Now’’ that
                                                    explained in FTC Rule 4.9(c)).30 Your
                                                                                                                                                                   corresponds with ‘‘Information
                                                    comment will be kept confidential only                  Desk Officer for the Federal Trade
                                                                                                                                                                   Collection 9000–0075: Government
                                                    if the FTC General Counsel, in his or her               Commission, New Executive Office
                                                                                                                                                                   Property’’. Follow the instructions
                                                    sole discretion, grants your request in                 Building, Docket Library, Room 10102,
                                                                                                                                                                   provided on the screen. Please include
                                                    accordance with the law and the public                  725 17th Street NW., Washington, DC                    your name, company name (if any), and
                                                    interest.                                               20503. Comments sent to OMB by U.S.                    ‘‘Information Collection 9000–0075;
                                                       Postal mail addressed to the                         postal mail, however, are subject to                   Government Property’’ on your attached
                                                    Commission is subject to delay due to                   delays due to heightened security                      document.
                                                    heightened security screening. As a                     precautions. Thus, comments instead                       • Mail: General Services
                                                    result, we encourage you to submit your                 should be sent by facsimile to (202)                   Administration, Regulatory Secretariat
                                                    comments online. To make sure that the                  395–5806.                                              Division (MVCB), 1800 F Street NW.,
                                                    Commission considers your online                                                                               Washington, DC 20405. ATTN: Ms.
                                                    comment, you must file it at https://                   Christian S. White,
                                                                                                                                                                   Flowers/IC 9000–0075.
                                                    ftcpublic.commentworks.com/ftc/                         Acting Principal Deputy General Counsel.
                                                    RegsBEMZpra2, by following the                          [FR Doc. 2015–14802 Filed 6–15–15; 8:45 am]              Instructions: Please submit comments
                                                    instructions on the web-based form.                                                                            only and cite Information Collection
                                                                                                            BILLING CODE 6750–01–P
                                                    When this Notice appears at http://                                                                            9000–0075, in all correspondence
                                                    www.regulations.gov/#!home, you also                                                                           related to this collection. All comments
                                                                                                                                                                   received will be posted without change
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                                                    may file a comment through that Web
                                                    site.                                                                                                          to http://www.regulations.gov, including
                                                                                                                                                                   any personal and/or business
                                                      30 In particular, the written request for                                                                    confidential information provided.
                                                    confidential treatment that accompanies the                                                                    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
                                                    comment must include the factual and legal basis                                                               Curtis E. Glover, Sr., Procurement
                                                    for the request, and must identify the specific
                                                    portions of the comment to be withheld from the
                                                                                                                                                                   Analyst, Office of Acquisition Policy,
                                                    public record. See FTC Rule 4.9(c), CFR 4.9(c), 16                                                             GSA (202) 501–1448 or email
                                                    CFR 4.9(c).                                                                                                    curtis.glover@gsa.gov.


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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
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AE 2.106:
PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice.
DatesComments must be filed by July 16, 2015.
ContactRequests for additional information or
FR Citation80 FR 34422 

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