82_FR_17904 82 FR 17834 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

82 FR 17834 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 70 (April 13, 2017)

Page Range17834-17835
FR Document2017-07486

In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the FTC is seeking public comments on its request to OMB for a three- year extension of the current PRA clearance for information collection requirements contained in its Informal Dispute Settlement Procedures Rule. That clearance expires on April 30, 2017.

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 70 (Thursday, April 13, 2017) 
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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION


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

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

ACTION: Notice and request for comment.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, 
the FTC is seeking public comments on its request to OMB for a three-
year extension of the current PRA clearance for information collection 
requirements contained in its Informal Dispute Settlement Procedures 
Rule. That clearance expires on April 30, 2017.

DATES: Comments must be received by May 15, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Interested parties may file a comment online or on paper by 
following the instructions in the Request for Comments part of the 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section below. Write ``Warranty Rules: 
Paperwork Comment, FTC File No. P044403'' on your comment, and file 
your comment online at https://ftcpublic.commentworks.com/ftc/idsprpra2 
by following the instructions on the web-based form. If you prefer to 
file your comment on paper, mail your comment to the following address: 
Federal Trade Commission, Office of the Secretary, 600 Pennsylvania 
Avenue NW, Suite CC-5610 (Annex J), Washington, DC 20580, or deliver 
your comment to the following address: Federal Trade Commission, Office 
of the Secretary, Constitution Center, 400 7th Street SW., 5th Floor, 
Suite 5610 (Annex J), Washington, DC 20024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the proposed information requirements should be addressed to 
Christine M. Todaro, Attorney, Division of Marketing Practices, Bureau 
of Consumer Protection, Federal Trade Commission, 600 Pennsylvania 
Avenue NW., CC-8528, Washington, DC 20580, (202) 326-3711.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: Informal Dispute Settlement Procedures Rule (the Dispute 
Settlement Rule or the Rule), 16 CFR 703.
    OMB Control Number: 3084-0113.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Abstract: The Informal Dispute Settlement Procedures Rule (the 
Dispute Settlement Rule or the Rule) specifies the minimum standards 
which must be met by any informal dispute settlement mechanism (IDSM) 
that is incorporated into a written consumer product warranty and which 
the consumer must use before pursuing legal remedies under the 
Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act, 15 U.S.C. 2301 et seq. (Warranty Act or 
Act) in court. These minimum standards for IDSMs include requirements 
concerning the mechanism's structure (e.g., funding, staffing, and 
neutrality), the qualifications of staff or decision makers, the 
mechanism's procedures for resolving disputes (e.g., notification, 
investigation, time limits for decisions, and follow-up), 
recordkeeping, and annual audits. The Rule requires that IDSMs 
establish written operating procedures and provide copies of those 
procedures upon request. The Rule applies only to those firms that 
choose to be bound by it by requiring consumers to use an IDSM. A 
warrantor is free to set up an IDSM that does not comply with the Rule 
as long as the warranty does not contain a prior resort requirement.
    On January 27, 2017, the Commission sought comment on the Rule's 
information collection requirements. 82 FR 8614. No germane comments 
were received.\1\ As required by OMB regulations, 5 CFR 1320, the FTC 
is providing this second opportunity for public comment.
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    Likely Respondents: Warrantors (Automobile Manufacturers) and 
Informal Dispute Settlement Mechanisms.
    Estimated Annual Hours Burden: 7,841 hours (derived from (5,364 
hours for recordkeeping + 1,788 hours for reporting + 689 hours for 
disclosures).
    Estimated Number of Respondents, Estimated Average Burden per 
Respondent:
    (a) Recordkeeping--IDSMs, 2, 30 minutes/case for 10,727 annual 
consumer cases;
    (b) Reporting--IDSMs, 2, 10 minutes/case for 10,727 annual consumer 
cases; &
    (c) Disclosures--Warrantors, 17, annual 30 hours each; IDSMs, 2, 5 
minutes/case for 2,145 consumer cases.
    Frequency of Response: Periodic.
    Total Annual Labor Cost: $159,265.
    Total Annual Capital or Other Non-Labor Cost: $312,759.

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 May 15, 2017. 
Write ``Warranty Rules: Paperwork Comment, FTC File No. P044403'' 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, such as anyone's Social Security 
number, date of birth, driver's license number or other state

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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 discussed 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 are required to follow the procedure 
explained in FTC Rule 4.9(c), 16 CFR 4.9(c). Your comment will be kept 
confidential only if the FTC General Counsel grants your request in 
accordance with the law and the public interest.
    Postal mail addressed to the Commission is subject to delay due to 
heightened security screening. As a result, we encourage you to submit 
your comment online, or to send it to the Commission by courier or 
overnight service. To make sure that the Commission considers your 
online comment, you must file it at https://ftcpublic.commentworks.com/ftc/idsprpra2, by following the instructions on the web-based form. If 
this Notice appears at http://www.regulations.gov, you also may file a 
comment through that Web site.
    If you file your comment on paper, write ``Warranty Rules: 
Paperwork Comment, FTC File No. P044403'' on your comment and on the 
envelope, and mail it to the following address: Federal Trade 
Commission, Office of the Secretary, Room H-113 (Annex J), 600 
Pennsylvania Avenue NW., 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.
    Visit the Commission Web site at http://www.ftc.gov to read this 
Notice. The FTC Act and other laws that the Commission administers 
permit the collection of public comments to consider and use in this 
proceeding as appropriate. The Commission will consider all timely and 
responsive public comments that it receives on or before May 15, 2017. 
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.shtm.
    Comments on the information collection requirements subject to 
review under the PRA should also be submitted to OMB. If sent by U.S. 
mail, address comments 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) 395-5167.

David C. Shonka,
Acting General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2017-07486 Filed 4-12-17; 8:45 am]
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17834 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 70 / Thursday, April 13, 2017 / Notices holding company and/or to acquire the That clearance expires on April 30, procedures upon request. The Rule assets or the ownership of, control of, or 2017. applies only to those firms that choose the power to vote shares of a bank or DATES: Comments must be received by to be bound by it by requiring bank holding company and all of the May 15, 2017. consumers to use an IDSM. A warrantor banks and nonbanking companies ADDRESSES: Interested parties may file a is free to set up an IDSM that does not owned by the bank holding company, comment online or on paper by comply with the Rule as long as the including the companies listed below. following the instructions in the warranty does not contain a prior resort The applications listed below, as well Request for Comments part of the requirement. as other related filings required by the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section On January 27, 2017, the Commission Board, are available for immediate below. Write ‘‘Warranty Rules: sought comment on the Rule’s inspection at the Federal Reserve Bank Paperwork Comment, FTC File No. information collection requirements. 82 indicated. The applications will also be P044403’’ on your comment, and file FR 8614. No germane comments were available for inspection at the offices of your comment online at https:// received.1 As required by OMB the Board of Governors. Interested ftcpublic.commentworks.com/ftc/ regulations, 5 CFR 1320, the FTC is persons may express their views in idsprpra2 by following the instructions providing this second opportunity for writing on the standards enumerated in on the web-based form. If you prefer to public comment. the BHC Act (12 U.S.C. 1842(c)). If the file your comment on paper, mail your Likely Respondents: Warrantors proposal also involves the acquisition of comment to the following address: (Automobile Manufacturers) and a nonbanking company, the review also Federal Trade Commission, Office of the Informal Dispute Settlement includes whether the acquisition of the Secretary, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue Mechanisms. nonbanking company complies with the NW, Suite CC–5610 (Annex J), Estimated Annual Hours Burden: standards in section 4 of the BHC Act Washington, DC 20580, or deliver your 7,841 hours (derived from (5,364 hours (12 U.S.C. 1843). Unless otherwise comment to the following address: for recordkeeping + 1,788 hours for noted, nonbanking activities will be Federal Trade Commission, Office of the reporting + 689 hours for disclosures). conducted throughout the United States. Secretary, Constitution Center, 400 7th Estimated Number of Respondents, Unless otherwise noted, comments Street SW., 5th Floor, Suite 5610 Estimated Average Burden per regarding each of these applications (Annex J), Washington, DC 20024. Respondent: must be received at the Reserve Bank (a) Recordkeeping—IDSMs, 2, 30 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: indicated or the offices of the Board of minutes/case for 10,727 annual Requests for additional information or consumer cases; Governors not later than May 5, 2017. copies of the proposed information A. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (b) Reporting—IDSMs, 2, 10 minutes/ requirements should be addressed to case for 10,727 annual consumer (Chapelle Davis, Assistant Vice Christine M. Todaro, Attorney, Division President) 1000 Peachtree Street NE., cases; & of Marketing Practices, Bureau of (c) Disclosures—Warrantors, 17, Atlanta, Georgia 30309. Comments can Consumer Protection, Federal Trade also be sent electronically to annual 30 hours each; IDSMs, 2, 5 Commission, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue minutes/case for 2,145 consumer cases. Applications.Comments@atl.frb.org: NW., CC–8528, Washington, DC 20580, 1. Sunrise Bancshares, Inc., Cocoa Frequency of Response: Periodic. (202) 326–3711. Total Annual Labor Cost: $159,265. Beach, Florida; to become a bank SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Total Annual Capital or Other Non- holding company by acquiring 100 Title: Informal Dispute Settlement percent of the outstanding voting shares Labor Cost: $312,759. Procedures Rule (the Dispute Settlement of Sunrise Bank, both of Cocoa Beach, Rule or the Rule), 16 CFR 703. Request for Comment Florida. OMB Control Number: 3084–0113. You can file a comment online or on Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve Type of Review: Extension of a paper. For the Commission to consider System, April 7, 2017. currently approved collection. your comment, we must receive it on or Ann E. Misback, Abstract: The Informal Dispute before May 15, 2017. Write ‘‘Warranty Secretary of the Board. Settlement Procedures Rule (the Dispute Rules: Paperwork Comment, FTC File [FR Doc. 2017–07435 Filed 4–12–17; 8:45 am] Settlement Rule or the Rule) specifies No. P044403’’ on your comment. Your BILLING CODE 6210–01–P the minimum standards which must be comment, including your name and met by any informal dispute settlement your state—will be placed on the public mechanism (IDSM) that is incorporated record of this proceeding, including, to into a written consumer product the extent practicable, on the public FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION warranty and which the consumer must Commission Web site, at http:// use before pursuing legal remedies www.ftc.gov/os/publiccomments.shtm. Agency Information Collection under the Magnuson-Moss Warranty As a matter of discretion, the Activities; Submission for OMB Act, 15 U.S.C. 2301 et seq. (Warranty Commission tries to remove individuals’ Review; Comment Request Act or Act) in court. These minimum home contact information from AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission standards for IDSMs include comments before placing them on the (‘‘FTC’’). requirements concerning the Commission Web site. ACTION: Notice and request for comment. mechanism’s structure (e.g., funding, Because your comment will be made staffing, and neutrality), the asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES public, you are solely responsible for SUMMARY: In compliance with the qualifications of staff or decision making sure that your comment does Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of makers, the mechanism’s procedures for not include any sensitive personal 1995, the FTC is seeking public resolving disputes (e.g., notification, information, such as anyone’s Social comments on its request to OMB for a investigation, time limits for decisions, Security number, date of birth, driver’s three-year extension of the current PRA and follow-up), recordkeeping, and license number or other state clearance for information collection annual audits. The Rule requires that requirements contained in its Informal IDSMs establish written operating 1 The Commission received two non-germane Dispute Settlement Procedures Rule. procedures and provide copies of those comments. VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:51 Apr 12, 2017 Jkt 241001 PO 00000 Frm 00041 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\13APN1.SGM 13APN1

Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 70 / Thursday, April 13, 2017 / Notices 17835 identification number or foreign country appropriate. The Commission will at https://ftcpublic.commentworks.com/ equivalent, passport number, financial consider all timely and responsive ftc/genericclearance by following the account number, or credit or debit card public comments that it receives on or instructions on the web-based form. If number. You are also solely responsible before May 15, 2017. You can find more you prefer to file your comment on for making sure that your comment does information, including routine uses paper, mail your comment to the not include any sensitive health permitted by the Privacy Act, in the following address: Federal Trade information, like medical records or Commission’s privacy policy, at http:// Commission, Office of the Secretary, other individually identifiable health www.ftc.gov/ftc/privacy.shtm. 600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Suite information. In addition, do not include Comments on the information CC–5610 (Annex J), Washington, DC any ‘‘[t]rade secret or any commercial or collection requirements subject to 20580, or deliver your comment to the financial information which is . . . review under the PRA should also be following address: Federal Trade privileged or confidential,’’ as discussed submitted to OMB. If sent by U.S. mail, Commission, Office of the Secretary, in Section 6(f) of the FTC Act, 15 U.S.C. address comments to: Office of Constitution Center, 400 7th Street SW., 46(f), and FTC Rule 4.10(a)(2), 16 CFR Information and Regulatory Affairs, 5th Floor, Suite 5610 (Annex J), 4.10(a)(2). In particular, do not include Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC 20024. competitively sensitive information Attention: Desk Officer for the Federal FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To such as costs, sales statistics, Trade Commission, New Executive request additional information, please inventories, formulas, patterns, devices, Office Building, Docket Library, Room contact Bridget Small at 202–326–3266. manufacturing processes, or customer 10102, 725 17th Street NW., SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: names. Washington, DC 20503. Comments sent If you want the Commission to give Title: Generic Clearance for the to OMB by U.S. postal mail, however, Collection of Qualitative Feedback on your comment confidential treatment, are subject to delays due to heightened you must file it in paper form, with a Agency Service Delivery security precautions. Thus, comments Abstract: The information collection request for confidential treatment, and instead should be sent by facsimile to you are required to follow the procedure activity will garner qualitative customer (202) 395–5167. and stakeholder feedback in an efficient, explained in FTC Rule 4.9(c), 16 CFR 4.9(c). Your comment will be kept David C. Shonka, timely manner, in accordance with the confidential only if the FTC General Acting General Counsel. Administration’s commitment to Counsel grants your request in [FR Doc. 2017–07486 Filed 4–12–17; 8:45 am] improving service delivery. By accordance with the law and the public qualitative feedback we mean BILLING CODE 6750–01–P interest. information that provides useful Postal mail addressed to the insights on perceptions and opinions, Commission is subject to delay due to FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION but are not statistical surveys that yield heightened security screening. As a quantitative results that can be result, we encourage you to submit your Division of Consumer and Business generalized to the population of study. comment online, or to send it to the Education; Agency Information This feedback will provide insights into Commission by courier or overnight Collection Activities: Proposed customer or stakeholder perceptions, service. To make sure that the Collection; Comment Request; Generic experiences and expectations, provide Commission considers your online Clearance for the Collection of an early warning of issues with service, comment, you must file it at https:// Qualitative Feedback on Agency or focus attention on areas where ftcpublic.commentworks.com/ftc/ Service Delivery communication, training or changes in idsprpra2, by following the instructions operations might improve delivery of AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission products or services. These collections on the web-based form. If this Notice (‘‘FTC’’ or ‘‘Commission’’). will allow for ongoing, collaborative and appears at http://www.regulations.gov, you also may file a comment through ACTION: 30-Day notice of submission of actionable communications between the that Web site. information collection approval from Agency and its customers and If you file your comment on paper, the Office of Management and Budget stakeholders. It will also allow feedback write ‘‘Warranty Rules: Paperwork (‘‘OMB’’) and request for comments. to contribute directly to the Comment, FTC File No. P044403’’ on improvement of program management. SUMMARY: As part of a Federal Feedback collected under this generic your comment and on the envelope, and mail it to the following address: Federal Government-wide effort to streamline clearance will provide useful Trade Commission, Office of the the process to seek feedback from the information, but it will not yield data Secretary, Room H–113 (Annex J), 600 public on service delivery, the FTC is that can be generalized to the overall Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, submitting a Generic Information population. This type of generic DC 20580, or deliver your comment to Collection Request (Generic ICR): clearance for qualitative information the following address: Federal Trade ‘‘Generic Clearance for the Collection of will not be used for quantitative Commission, Office of the Secretary, Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service information collections that are Constitution Center, 400 7th Street SW., Delivery’’ to OMB for approval under designed to yield reliably actionable 5th Floor, Suite 5610 (Annex J), the Paperwork Reduction Act. results, such as monitoring trends over Washington, DC 20024. If possible, DATES: Comments must be submitted time or documenting program submit your paper comment to the May 15, 2017. performance. Such data uses require asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Commission by courier or overnight ADDRESSES: Interested parties may file a more rigorous designs that address: The service. comment online or on paper, by target population to which Visit the Commission Web site at following the instructions in the generalizations will be made, the http://www.ftc.gov to read this Notice. Request for Comment part of the sampling frame, the sample design The FTC Act and other laws that the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section (including stratification and clustering), Commission administers permit the below. 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