81 FR 79487 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Extension

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 219 (November 14, 2016)

The information collection requirements described below will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (``OMB'') for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (``PRA''). The FTC is seeking public comments on its proposal to extend for an additional three years the current PRA clearance for reporting requirements in its Antitrust Improvements Act Rules (``HSR Rules'') and corresponding Notification and Report Form for Certain Mergers and Acquisitions (``Notification and Report Form''). That clearance expires on December 31, 2016.

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 219 (Monday, November 14, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 79487-79488]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-27264]


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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION


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

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The information collection requirements described below will 
be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (``OMB'') for 
review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (``PRA''). The FTC 
is seeking public comments on its proposal to extend for an additional 
three years the current PRA clearance for reporting requirements in its 
Antitrust Improvements Act Rules (``HSR Rules'') and corresponding 
Notification and Report Form for Certain Mergers and Acquisitions 
(``Notification and Report Form''). That clearance expires on December 
31, 2016.

DATES: Comments must be filed by December 14, 2016.

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 ``HSR PRA Clearance 
Extension, P169300'' on your comment and file your comment online at 
https://ftcpublic.commentworks.com/ftc/hsrrulespra2, 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: Robert L. Jones, Assistant Director, 
Premerger Notification Office, Bureau of Competition, Federal Trade 
Commission, Room CC-5301, 600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 
20580, or by telephone to (202) 326-2740.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 12, 2016, the Commission sought 
comment on the reporting requirements associated with the HSR Rules and 
corresponding Notification and Report Form. 81 FR 53484. No relevant 
comments were received. Pursuant to the OMB regulations, 5 CFR part 
1320, that implement the PRA, 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq., the FTC is 
providing this second opportunity for public comment while seeking OMB 
approval to renew the pre-existing clearance for those information 
collection requirements. For more details about the requirements of the 
HSR Rules, the background behind these information collection 
provisions, and the basis for the calculations summarized below, see 81 
FR 53484.

Burden Statement

    The following burden estimates are primarily based on FTC data 
concerning the number of HSR filings and staff's informal consultations 
with HSR counsel; the explanations behind them appear in the August 12, 
2016 Federal Register Notice alluded to above. Minor revisions below to 
some of the prior calculations reflect the assumption that a 
transaction withdrawn and later refiled will entail two filings per 
transaction.
    Estimated total annual hours: 168,486 hours.

[(4,553 non-index filings x 37 hours/each) + (10 index filings x 2 
hours/each) + (1 withdrawn transaction later restarted x 5 hours))]

    Estimated total annual labor cost: $77,503,560.
    Estimated total annual non-labor cost: $0.
    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 December 14, 2016. Write ``HSR PRA Clearance Extension, 
P169300'' 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

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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), 16 CFR 
4.10(a)(2). In particular, do not include competitively sensitive 
information such as costs, sales statistics, inventories, formulas, 
patterns devices, manufacturing processes, or customer names.
    If you want the Commission to give your comment confidential 
treatment, you must file it in paper form, with a request for 
confidential treatment, and you have to follow the procedure explained 
in FTC Rule 4.9(c).\1\ 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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    \1\ 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 your comment and file your comment 
online at https://ftcpublic.commentworks.com/ftc/hsrrulespra2 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 ``HSR PRA Clearance 
Extension, P169300'' on your comment and on the envelope, 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. If possible, submit your paper comment to the Commission by 
courier or overnight service.
    Comments on the disclosure 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.
    The FTC Act and other laws that the Commission administers permit 
the collection of public comments to consider and use in this 
proceeding as appropriate. The Commission will consider all timely and 
responsive public comments that it receives on or before December 14, 
2016. For information on the Commission's privacy policy, including 
routine uses permitted by the Privacy Act, see http://www.ftc.gov/ftc/privacy.htm.

David C. Shonka,
Acting General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2016-27264 Filed 11-10-16; 8:45 am]
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