80 FR 66005 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Extension

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 208 (October 28, 2015)

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FR Document		2015-27446

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 \1\ for the FTC's shared enforcement with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (``CFPB'') of the disclosure requirements in subpart N of Regulation V (``Rule''). That clearance expires on December 31, 2015. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 208 (Wednesday, October 28, 2015)

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 208 (Wednesday, October 28, 2015)]
[Notices]
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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Extension

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The 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 \1\ for the FTC's shared enforcement
with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (``CFPB'') of the
disclosure requirements in subpart N of Regulation V (``Rule''). That
clearance expires on December 31, 2015.
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\1\ OMB Control No. 3084-0137.

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DATES: Comments must be filed by November 27, 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 ``Subpart N of
Regulation V, PRA Comment, P125403,'' on your comment. File your
comment online at https://ftcpublic.commentworks.com/ftc/regulationVsubpartNpra2 by following the instructions on the Web-based
form. If you prefer to file your comment on paper, mail your comment to
the following address: Federal Trade Commission, Office of the
Secretary, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Suite CC-5610 (Annex J),
Washington, DC 20580, or deliver your comment to the following address:
Federal Trade Commission, Office of the Secretary, Constitution Center,
400 7th Street SW., 5th Floor, Suite 5610 (Annex J), Washington, DC
20024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information
should be addressed to Ryan Mehm, Attorney, Bureau of Consumer
Protection, (202) 326-2918, Federal Trade Commission, 600 Pennsylvania
Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20580.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 6, 2015, the FTC sought public
comment on the information collection requirements associated with
subpart N (80 FR 46988). No relevant comments were received. That
Notice details staff's methodology behind the estimates restated here
in summary form, while also providing an overview of the Rule and the
underlying authorizing statute.
Pursuant to the OMB regulations, 5 CFR part 1320, that implement
the PRA, 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq., the FTC is providing a second
opportunity for the public to comment on:
(1) Whether the disclosure requirements are necessary, including
whether the information will be practically useful; (2) the accuracy of
our burden estimates, including whether the methodology and assumptions
used are valid; (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity
of the information to be collected; and (4) ways to minimize the burden
of the collection of information.
As before, the Commission specifically seeks more recent estimates
of the number of requests consumers are making for free annual file
disclosures. In addition to data on the number of requests, data on how
the number of requests has changed over time, and how these requests
are being received--by Internet, phone, or by mail--would be most
helpful toward refining the FTC's burden estimates.
The following summarizes the FTC net burden estimates \2\ resulting
from the analysis detailed in the August 6, 2015 Notice.
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\2\ Because the FTC shares enforcement authority with the CFPB
for subpart N, the two agencies are splitting between them the
related estimate of PRA burden for firms under their co-enforcement
jurisdiction.
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1. Annual File Disclosures Provided Through the Internet:
a. 8,320 hours
b. $545,126 in labor costs to negotiate or renegotiate outsourced
service contracts
2. Annual File Disclosures Requested Over the Telephone:
a. 6,240 hours
b. $408,845 in labor costs to negotiate or renegotiate outsourced
service contracts
3. Annual File Disclosures Requiring Processing by Mail:
a. 347,083 hours
b. $5,747,694 in labor costs
4. Instructions to Consumers:
a. 34,708 hours
b. $574,764 in labor costs
5. Non-labor/capital costs: $11,931,500 (costs paid to third-party
contractors to phone and internet capacity to handle increasing
consumer request volume)
6. Net Burden to FTC After 50:50 Split with the CFPB
a. 198,176 hours
b. $3,638,215 associated labor costs
c. $5,965,750 non-labor/capital costs
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 November 27, 2015. Write ``Subpart N of Regulation V, PRA
Comment, P125403'' on your comment. Your comment--including your name
and your state--will be placed on the public record of this proceeding,
including to the extent practicable, on the public Commission Web site,
at http://www.ftc.gov/os/publiccomments.shtm. As a matter of
discretion, the Commission tries to remove individuals' home contact
information from comments before placing them on the Commission Web
site.
Because your comment will be made public, you are solely
responsible for making sure that your comment does not include any
sensitive personal information, like anyone's Social Security number,
date of birth, driver's license number or other state identification
number or foreign country equivalent, passport number, financial
account number, or credit or debit card number. You are also solely
responsible for making sure that your comment does not include any
sensitive health information, like medical records or other
individually identifiable health information. In addition, do not
include any ``[t]rade secret or any commercial or financial information
which is . . . 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), 16CFR
4.10(a)(2). In particular, do not include competitively sensitive
information such as costs, sales statistics, inventories, formulas,
patterns, devices, manufacturing processes, or customer names.
If you want the Commission to give your comment confidential
treatment, you must file it in paper form, with a request for
confidential treatment, and you have to follow the procedure explained
in FTC Rule 4.9(c).\3\ Your comment will be kept confidential only if
the FTC General Counsel grants your request in accordance with the law
and the public interest.
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\3\ In particular, the written request for confidential
treatment that accompanies the comment must include the factual and
legal basis for the request, and must identify the specific portions
of the comment to be withheld from the public record. See FTC Rule
4.9(c), 16 CFR 4.9(c).
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Postal mail addressed to the Commission is subject to delay due to
heightened security screening. As a result, we encourage you to submit
your comments online. To make sure that the Commission considers your
online comment, you must file it at https://ftcpublic.commentworks.com/ftc/regulationVsubpartNpra2, 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.

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If you file your comment on paper, write ``Subpart N of Regulation
V, PRA Comment, P125403,'' on your comment and on the envelope. You can
mail your comment to the following address: Federal Trade Commission,
Office of the Secretary, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Suite CC-5610
(Annex J), Washington, DC 20580, or deliver your comment to the
following address: Federal Trade Commission, Office of the Secretary,
Constitution Center, 400 7th Street SW., 5th Floor, Suite 5610 (Annex
J), Washington, DC 20024.
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 November 27,
2015. You can find more information, including routine uses permitted
by the Privacy Act, in the Commission's privacy policy, at http://www.ftc.gov/ftc/privacy.htm.
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.

David C. Shonka,
Principal Deputy General Counsel.
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If you file your comment on paper, public meeting on Monday, November advisory-boards/pmab) for any
write ‘‘Subpart N of Regulation V, PRA 16, 2015. materials available in advance of the
Comment, P125403,’’ on your comment DATES: Effective: October 28, 2015. meeting, and for meeting minutes that
and on the envelope. You can mail your Meeting date: The meeting will be will be made available after the meeting.
comment to the following address: held on Monday, November 16, 2015, Detailed meeting minutes will be posted
Federal Trade Commission, Office of the beginning at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Standard within 90 days of the meeting.
Secretary, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue Time (EST), ending no later than 1:00 Procedures for Providing Public
NW., Suite CC–5610 (Annex J), p.m., EST. Comments
Washington, DC 20580, or deliver your ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
comment to the following address: the Eisenhower Executive Office In general, public statements will be
Federal Trade Commission, Office of the Building, 1650 Pennsylvania Avenue posted on the PMAB Web site (http://
Secretary, Constitution Center, 400 7th NW., Washington, DC. www.whitehouse.gov/administration/
Street SW., 5th Floor, Suite 5610 advisory-boards/pmab). Non-electronic
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
(Annex J), Washington, DC 20024. documents will be made available for
Brad Golson, Designated Federal public inspection and copying in PMAB
The FTC Act and other laws that the
Officer, President’s Management offices at GSA, 1800 F Street NW.,
Commission administers permit the
Advisory Board, Office of Executive Washington, DC 20405, on official
collection of public comments to
Councils, GSA, 1800 F Street NW., business days between the hours of 10
consider and use in this proceeding as
Washington, DC 20006, at 202–969– a.m., and 5 p.m., EST. You can make an
appropriate. The Commission will
7989, or via email at brad.golson@ appointment to inspect statements by
consider all timely and responsive
gsa.gov. telephoning 202–695–9554. All
public comments that it receives on or
before November 27, 2015. You can find SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: statements, including attachments and
more information, including routine other supporting materials received, are
Background
uses permitted by the Privacy Act, in part of the public record and subject to
the Commission’s privacy policy, at The PMAB was established to provide public disclosure. Any statements
http://www.ftc.gov/ftc/privacy.htm. independent advice and submitted in connection with the PMAB
Comments on the information recommendations to the President and meeting will be made available to the
collection requirements subject to the President’s Management Council on public under the provisions of the
review under the PRA should a wide range of issues related to the Federal Advisory Committee Act.
additionally be submitted to OMB. If development of effective strategies for The public is invited to submit
sent by U.S. mail, they should be the implementation of best business written statements for this meeting until
addressed to Office of Information and practices to improve Federal 12:30 p.m., EST, on Friday, November
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Government management and 13, by either of the following methods:
Management and Budget, Attention: operation. Electronic or Paper Statements: Submit
Desk Officer for the Federal Trade Agenda electronic statements to Mr. Golson,
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725 17th Street NW., Washington, DC to obtain recommendations from PMAB statements in triplicate to Mr. Golson at
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postal mail, however, are subject to the FedStat process used by the Office
Dated: October 21, 2015.
delays due to heightened security of Management and Budget (OMB), to
assess effective management practices, Christine Harada,
precautions. Thus, comments instead Associate Administrator, Office of
should be sent by facsimile to (202) and of the Federal Information
Technology Acquisition Reform Act Government-wide Policy, General Services
395–5806. Administration.
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