82 FR 26103 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request
FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 107 (June 6, 2017)
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[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 107 (Tuesday, June 6, 2017)] [Notices] [Pages 26103-26105] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2017-11600] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission (``FTC'' or ``Commission''). ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 information collection requirements contained in its Trade Regulation Rule on Disclosure Requirements and Prohibitions Concerning Franchising (``Franchise Rule'' or ``Rule''). That clearance expires on November 30, 2017. DATES: Comments must be submitted by August 7, 2017. 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 ``Franchise Rule, PRA Comment, FTC File No. P094400'' on your comment, and file your comment online at https://ftcpublic.commentworks.com/ftc/franchiserulePRA 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 Craig Tregillus, Attorney, Division of Marketing Practices, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Federal Trade Commission, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Room 8607, Washington, DC 20580, (202) 326- 2970. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the PRA, 44 U.S.C. 3501-3521, federal agencies must obtain approval from OMB for each collection of information they conduct or sponsor. ``Collection of information'' means agency requests or requirements that members of the public submit reports, keep records, or provide information to a third party. 44 U.S.C. 3502(3); 5 CFR 1320.3(c). As required by section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA, the FTC is providing this opportunity for public comment before requesting that OMB extend the existing clearance for the information collection requirements contained in the Franchise Rule, 16 CFR part 436 (OMB Control No. 3084-0107). The FTC invites comments on: (1) Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information will have practical utility; (2) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (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 on those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses. The Franchise Rule ensures that consumers who are considering a franchise investment have access to the material information they need to make an informed investment decision provided in a format that facilitates comparisons of different franchise offerings. The Rule requires that franchisors disclose this information to consumers and maintain records to facilitate enforcement of the Rule. Amendments to the Rule promulgated on March 30, 2007, which took effect after a one-year phase-in on July 1, 2008, merged the Rule's disclosure requirements with the disclosure format accepted by 15 states that have franchise registration or disclosure laws.\1\ The amended Rule has significantly minimized any compliance burden beyond what is already required by state law. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ 72 FR 15544 et seq. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The amended Rule requires franchisors to furnish prospective purchasers with a Franchise Disclosure Document (``FDD'') that provides information relating to the franchisor, its business, the nature of the proposed franchise, and any representations by the franchisor about financial performance regarding actual or potential sales, income, or profits made to a prospective franchise purchaser. The franchisor must preserve materially different copies of its FDD for 3 years, as well as information that provides a reasonable basis for any financial performance representation it elects to make. These requirements are subject to the PRA and underlie the Commission's pursuit of renewed OMB clearance. Estimated annual hours burden: 16,750 hours. Based on a review of trade publications and information from state regulatory authorities, staff believes that, on average, from year to year, there are approximately 2,500 sellers of franchises covered by the Rule, with perhaps about 10% of that total reflecting an equal amount of new and departing business entrants.\2\ Commission staff's burden hour estimate reflects the incremental tasks that the Rule may impose beyond the information and recordkeeping requirements imposed by state law and/or followed by franchisors who have been using the FDD disclosure format nationwide. This estimate likely overstates the actual incremental burden because some franchisors, for various reasons, may not be covered by the Rule (e.g., they sell only franchises that qualify for the Rule's large franchise investment exemption of at least $1 million). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \2\ This number, which was also used in the FTC's 2014 clearance request, appears to be consistent with the number of business format franchise offerings registered in compliance with state franchise laws, and listed in franchise directories. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Staff estimates that the average annual disclosure burden to update existing disclosure documents will be three hours each for the 2,250 established franchisors, or 6,750 hours cumulatively for them, and 30 hours apiece each year for the 250 or so new-entrant franchisors to prepare their initial disclosure documents, or 7,500 hours, cumulatively, for the latter group. These estimates parallel staff's 2014 estimates for the amended Rule.\3\ No public comments were received on those prior estimates. Accordingly, the FTC retains them for this analysis subject to further opportunity for public comment. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \3\ See 79 FR 41284 (Jul. 15, 2014); 79 FR 59771 (Oct. 3, 2014) (``2014 Notices''). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Under the Rule, a franchisor is required to retain copies of receipts of disclosure documents, as well as materially different versions of its disclosure documents. Such recordkeeping requirements, however, are consistent with, or less burdensome than, those imposed by the states that have franchise registration and disclosure laws. Accordingly, staff [[Page 26104]] believes that incremental recordkeeping burden, if any, would be de minimis. Covered franchisors also may need to maintain a record of the single additional FDD for use in non-registration states, which may differ from FDDs used in registration states. This may require as much as an additional hour of recordkeeping per year. Assuming, as FTC staff has in the past, an hour of incremental recordkeeping per covered franchisor, this yields an additional cumulative total of 2,500 hours for all covered franchisors. Based on the above assumptions and estimates, average annual burden for new and established franchisors during a prospective three-year clearance would be 16,750 hours ((30 hours of annual disclosure burden x 250 new franchisors) + (3 hours of average annual disclosure burden x 2,250 established franchisors) + (1 hour of annual recordkeeping burden x 2,500 franchisors)). Estimated annual labor cost burden: $3,600,000. Labor costs are derived by applying appropriate hourly cost figures to the burden hours described above. The hourly rates used below are estimated averages. Commission staff anticipates that an attorney will prepare the disclosure document. Applying the above assumptions to an estimated hourly attorney rate of $250 \4\ yields the following annual totals: $7,500 (30 hours x $250) per new franchisor (or, $1,875,000, cumulatively, for 250 new franchisors) and $750 (3 hours x $250) per established franchisor (or, $1,687,500, cumulatively, for 2,250 established franchisors). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \4\ Commission staff believes this is a reasonable proxy for mean hourly attorney rates for franchisor consultation on compliance with the Rule's disclosure and recordkeepings requirements. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The FTC additionally anticipates that recordkeeping under the Rule will be performed by clerical staff at approximately $15 per hour.\5\ Thus, 2,500 hours of recordkeeping burden per year for all covered franchisors will amount to a total annual labor cost of $37,500. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \5\ Based on mean hourly wages for file clerks found in ``Occupational Employment and Wages--May 2016,'' U.S. Department of Labor, released March 31, 2017, Table 1, available at https://www.bls.gov/news.release/ocwage.nr0.htm. In contrast to labor costing above for attorneys, see note 4 supra and accompanying text, FTC staff has drawn upon BLS wage data for file clerks because staff believes it presents a representative proxy for recordkeeping tasks under the Rule. The mean hourly wage rate for ``lawyers'' within this BLS table, however, is just $67.25, which staff believes greatly understates the hourly cost for lawyer consultation tied to the Rule. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cumulatively, then, total estimated labor cost under the Rule is $3,600,000 (($7,500 attorney costs x 250 new franchisors = $1,875,000) + ($750 attorney costs x 2,250 established franchisors = $1,687,500) + ($15 clerical costs x 2,500 franchisors = $37,500)). Estimated non-labor costs: $8,000,000 In developing cost estimates initially for this Rule, FTC staff consulted with practitioners who prepare disclosure documents for a cross-section of franchise systems. The FTC believes that its cost estimates remain representative of the costs incurred by franchise systems generally. In addition, many franchisors establish and maintain Web sites for ordinary business purposes, including advertising their goods or services and to facilitate communication with the public. Accordingly, any costs franchisors would incur specifically as a result of electronic disclosure under the Rule appear to be minimal. As set forth in the 2014 Notices, FTC staff estimates that the non- labor burden incurred by franchisors under the Franchise Rule differs based on the length of the disclosure document and the number of them produced. Staff estimates that 2,000 franchisors (80% of total franchisors covered by the Rule) will print and mail 100 disclosure documents at $35 each. Thus, these franchisors would each incur an estimated $3,500 in printing and mailing costs. Staff estimates that the remaining 20% of covered franchisors (500) will transmit 50% of their 100 disclosure documents electronically, at $5 per electronic disclosure. Thus, these franchisors will each incur $2,000 in distribution costs (($250 for electronic disclosure [$5 for electronic disclosure x 50 disclosure documents]) + ($1,750 for printing and mailing [$35 for printing and mailing x 50 disclosure documents])). Accordingly, the cumulative annual non-labor costs for the Rule is approximately $8,000,000 (($3,500 printing and mailing costs x 2,000 franchisors = $7,000,000) + ($250 electronic distribution costs + $1,750 printing and mailing costs) x 500 franchisors = $1,000,000)). Request for Comment: You can file a comment online or on paper. For the FTC to consider your comment, we must receive it on or before August 7, 2017. Write ``Franchise Rule, PRA Comment, FTC File No. P094400'' 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 https://www.ftc.gov/policy/public-comments. 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/franchiserulePRA, 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 ``Franchise Rule, PRA Comment, FTC File No. P094400'' on your comment and on the envelope, and 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, Washington, DC 20024. If possible, please submit your paper comment to the Commission by courier or overnight service. Because your comment will be placed on the publicly accessible FTC Web site at https://www.ftc.gov/, you are solely responsible for making sure that your comment does not include any sensitive or confidential information. In particular, your comment should not include any sensitive personal information, such as your or anyone else's Social Security number; date of birth; driver's license number or other state identification number, or foreign country equivalent; passport number; financial account number; or credit or debit card number. You are also solely responsible for making sure that your comment does not include any sensitive health information, such as medical records or other individually identifiable health information. In addition, your comment should not include any ``trade secret or any commercial or financial information which . . . is privileged or confidential''--as provided by Section 6(f) of the FTC Act, 15 U.S.C. 46(f), and FTC Rule 4.10(a)(2), 16 CFR 4.10(a)(2)--including in particular competitively sensitive information such as costs, sales statistics, inventories, formulas, patterns, devices, manufacturing processes, or customer names. Comments containing material for which confidential treatment is requested must be filed in paper form, [[Page 26105]] must be clearly labeled ``Confidential,'' and must comply with FTC Rule 4.9(c). In particular, the written request for confidential treatment that accompanies the comment must include the factual and legal basis for the request, and must identify the specific portions of the comment to be withheld from the public record. See FTC Rule 4.9(c). Your comment will be kept confidential only if the General Counsel grants your request in accordance with the law and the public interest. Once your comment has been posted on the public FTC Web site--as legally required by FTC Rule 4.9(b)--we cannot redact or remove your comment from the FTC Web site, unless you submit a confidentiality request that meets the requirements for such treatment under FTC Rule 4.9(c), and the General Counsel grants that request. Visit the FTC Web site 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 August 7, 2017. For information on the Commission's privacy policy, including routine uses permitted by the Privacy Act, see https://www.ftc.gov/site-information/privacy-policy. David C. Shonka, Acting General Counsel. [FR Doc. 2017-11600 Filed 6-5-17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6750-01-P
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By Order of the Federal Maritime agencies must obtain approval from potential sales, income, or profits made
Commission. OMB for each collection of information to a prospective franchise purchaser.
Dated: June 1, 2017. they conduct or sponsor. ‘‘Collection of The franchisor must preserve materially
Rachel E. Dickon, information’’ means agency requests or different copies of its FDD for 3 years,
Assistant Secretary. requirements that members of the public as well as information that provides a
[FR Doc. 2017–11658 Filed 6–5–17; 8:45 am] submit reports, keep records, or provide reasonable basis for any financial
BILLING CODE 6731–AA–P
information to a third party. 44 U.S.C. performance representation it elects to
3502(3); 5 CFR 1320.3(c). As required by make. These requirements are subject to
section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA, the the PRA and underlie the Commission’s
FTC is providing this opportunity for pursuit of renewed OMB clearance.
FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION Estimated annual hours burden:
public comment before requesting that
Agency Information Collection OMB extend the existing clearance for 16,750 hours.
the information collection requirements Based on a review of trade
Activities; Proposed Collection;
contained in the Franchise Rule, 16 CFR publications and information from state
Comment Request
part 436 (OMB Control No. 3084–0107). regulatory authorities, staff believes
AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission The FTC invites comments on: (1) that, on average, from year to year, there
(‘‘FTC’’ or ‘‘Commission’’). Whether the proposed collection of are approximately 2,500 sellers of
ACTION: Notice. information is necessary for the proper franchises covered by the Rule, with
performance of the functions of the perhaps about 10% of that total
SUMMARY: The FTC intends to ask the agency, including whether the reflecting an equal amount of new and
Office of Management and Budget information will have practical utility; departing business entrants.2
(‘‘OMB’’) to extend for an additional (2) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate Commission staff’s burden hour
three years the current Paperwork of the burden of the proposed collection estimate reflects the incremental tasks
Reduction Act (‘‘PRA’’) clearance for of information, including the validity of that the Rule may impose beyond the
information collection requirements the methodology and assumptions used; information and recordkeeping
contained in its Trade Regulation Rule (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, requirements imposed by state law and/
on Disclosure Requirements and and clarity of the information to be or followed by franchisors who have
Prohibitions Concerning Franchising collected; and (4) ways to minimize the been using the FDD disclosure format
(‘‘Franchise Rule’’ or ‘‘Rule’’). That burden of the collection of information nationwide. This estimate likely
clearance expires on November 30, on those who are to respond, including overstates the actual incremental burden
2017. through the use of appropriate because some franchisors, for various
DATES: Comments must be submitted by automated, electronic, mechanical, or reasons, may not be covered by the Rule
August 7, 2017. other technological collection (e.g., they sell only franchises that
ADDRESSES: Interested parties may file a techniques or other forms of information qualify for the Rule’s large franchise
comment online or on paper, by technology, e.g., permitting electronic investment exemption of at least $1
following the instructions in the submission of responses. million).
The Franchise Rule ensures that Staff estimates that the average annual
Request for Comment part of the
consumers who are considering a disclosure burden to update existing
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section
franchise investment have access to the disclosure documents will be three
below. Write ‘‘Franchise Rule, PRA
material information they need to make hours each for the 2,250 established
Comment, FTC File No. P094400’’ on
an informed investment decision franchisors, or 6,750 hours cumulatively
your comment, and file your comment
provided in a format that facilitates for them, and 30 hours apiece each year
online at https://
comparisons of different franchise for the 250 or so new-entrant franchisors
ftcpublic.commentworks.com/ftc/
offerings. The Rule requires that to prepare their initial disclosure
franchiserulePRA by following the
franchisors disclose this information to documents, or 7,500 hours,
instructions on the web-based form. If
consumers and maintain records to cumulatively, for the latter group. These
you prefer to file your comment on
facilitate enforcement of the Rule. estimates parallel staff’s 2014 estimates
paper, mail your comment to the Amendments to the Rule promulgated for the amended Rule.3 No public
following address: Federal Trade on March 30, 2007, which took effect comments were received on those prior
Commission, Office of the Secretary, after a one-year phase-in on July 1, estimates. Accordingly, the FTC retains
600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Suite 2008, merged the Rule’s disclosure them for this analysis subject to further
CC–5610 (Annex J), Washington, DC requirements with the disclosure format opportunity for public comment.
20580, or deliver your comment to the accepted by 15 states that have franchise Under the Rule, a franchisor is
following address: Federal Trade registration or disclosure laws.1 The required to retain copies of receipts of
Commission, Office of the Secretary, amended Rule has significantly disclosure documents, as well as
Constitution Center, 400 7th Street SW., minimized any compliance burden materially different versions of its
5th Floor, Suite 5610 (Annex J), beyond what is already required by state disclosure documents. Such
Washington, DC 20024. law. recordkeeping requirements, however,
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The amended Rule requires are consistent with, or less burdensome
Requests for additional information franchisors to furnish prospective than, those imposed by the states that
should be addressed to Craig Tregillus, purchasers with a Franchise Disclosure have franchise registration and
Attorney, Division of Marketing Document (‘‘FDD’’) that provides disclosure laws. Accordingly, staff
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Practices, Bureau of Consumer information relating to the franchisor,
Protection, Federal Trade Commission, its business, the nature of the proposed 2 This number, which was also used in the FTC’s
600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Room franchise, and any representations by 2014 clearance request, appears to be consistent
8607, Washington, DC 20580, (202) 326– with the number of business format franchise
the franchisor about financial offerings registered in compliance with state
2970. performance regarding actual or franchise laws, and listed in franchise directories.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 3 See 79 FR 41284 (Jul. 15, 2014); 79 FR 59771
PRA, 44 U.S.C. 3501–3521, federal 1 72 FR 15544 et seq. (Oct. 3, 2014) (‘‘2014 Notices’’).
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believes that incremental recordkeeping amount to a total annual labor cost of practicable, on the public Commission
burden, if any, would be de minimis. $37,500. Web site, at https://www.ftc.gov/policy/
Covered franchisors also may need to Cumulatively, then, total estimated public-comments.
maintain a record of the single labor cost under the Rule is $3,600,000 Postal mail addressed to the
additional FDD for use in non- (($7,500 attorney costs × 250 new Commission is subject to delay due to
registration states, which may differ franchisors = $1,875,000) + ($750 heightened security screening. As a
from FDDs used in registration states. attorney costs × 2,250 established result, we encourage you to submit your
This may require as much as an franchisors = $1,687,500) + ($15 clerical comments online. To make sure that the
additional hour of recordkeeping per costs × 2,500 franchisors = $37,500)). Commission considers your online
Estimated non-labor costs: $8,000,000 comment, you must file it at https://
year. Assuming, as FTC staff has in the In developing cost estimates initially
past, an hour of incremental ftcpublic.commentworks.com/ftc/
for this Rule, FTC staff consulted with franchiserulePRA, by following the
recordkeeping per covered franchisor, practitioners who prepare disclosure
this yields an additional cumulative instructions on the web-based form.
documents for a cross-section of When this Notice appears at http://
total of 2,500 hours for all covered franchise systems. The FTC believes www.regulations.gov/#!home, you also
franchisors. that its cost estimates remain may file a comment through that Web
Based on the above assumptions and representative of the costs incurred by site.
estimates, average annual burden for franchise systems generally. In addition, If you file your comment on paper,
new and established franchisors during many franchisors establish and maintain write ‘‘Franchise Rule, PRA Comment,
a prospective three-year clearance Web sites for ordinary business FTC File No. P094400’’ on your
would be 16,750 hours ((30 hours of purposes, including advertising their comment and on the envelope, and mail
annual disclosure burden × 250 new goods or services and to facilitate your comment to the following address:
franchisors) + (3 hours of average communication with the public. Federal Trade Commission, Office of the
annual disclosure burden × 2,250 Accordingly, any costs franchisors Secretary, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue
established franchisors) + (1 hour of would incur specifically as a result of NW., Suite CC–5610 (Annex J),
annual recordkeeping burden × 2,500 electronic disclosure under the Rule Washington, DC 20580, or deliver your
franchisors)). appear to be minimal. comment to the following address:
Estimated annual labor cost burden: As set forth in the 2014 Notices, FTC Federal Trade Commission, Office of the
$3,600,000. staff estimates that the non-labor burden Secretary, Constitution Center, 400 7th
incurred by franchisors under the Street, SW., 5th Floor, Suite 5610,
Labor costs are derived by applying
Franchise Rule differs based on the Washington, DC 20024. If possible,
appropriate hourly cost figures to the
length of the disclosure document and please submit your paper comment to
burden hours described above. The
the number of them produced. Staff the Commission by courier or overnight
hourly rates used below are estimated
estimates that 2,000 franchisors (80% of service.
averages. total franchisors covered by the Rule) Because your comment will be placed
Commission staff anticipates that an will print and mail 100 disclosure on the publicly accessible FTC Web site
attorney will prepare the disclosure documents at $35 each. Thus, these at https://www.ftc.gov/, you are solely
document. Applying the above franchisors would each incur an responsible for making sure that your
assumptions to an estimated hourly estimated $3,500 in printing and comment does not include any sensitive
attorney rate of $250 4 yields the mailing costs. Staff estimates that the or confidential information. In
following annual totals: $7,500 (30 remaining 20% of covered franchisors particular, your comment should not
hours × $250) per new franchisor (or, (500) will transmit 50% of their 100 include any sensitive personal
$1,875,000, cumulatively, for 250 new disclosure documents electronically, at information, such as your or anyone
franchisors) and $750 (3 hours × $250) $5 per electronic disclosure. Thus, these else’s Social Security number; date of
per established franchisor (or, franchisors will each incur $2,000 in birth; driver’s license number or other
$1,687,500, cumulatively, for 2,250 distribution costs (($250 for electronic state identification number, or foreign
established franchisors). disclosure [$5 for electronic disclosure country equivalent; passport number;
The FTC additionally anticipates that × 50 disclosure documents]) + ($1,750 financial account number; or credit or
recordkeeping under the Rule will be for printing and mailing [$35 for debit card number. You are also solely
performed by clerical staff at printing and mailing × 50 disclosure responsible for making sure that your
approximately $15 per hour.5 Thus, documents])). comment does not include any sensitive
2,500 hours of recordkeeping burden Accordingly, the cumulative annual health information, such as medical
per year for all covered franchisors will non-labor costs for the Rule is records or other individually
approximately $8,000,000 (($3,500 identifiable health information. In
4 Commission staff believes this is a reasonable printing and mailing costs × 2,000 addition, your comment should not
proxy for mean hourly attorney rates for franchisor franchisors = $7,000,000) + ($250 include any ‘‘trade secret or any
consultation on compliance with the Rule’s electronic distribution costs + $1,750 commercial or financial information
disclosure and recordkeepings requirements.
5 Based on mean hourly wages for file clerks
printing and mailing costs) × 500 which . . . is privileged or
found in ‘‘Occupational Employment and Wages— franchisors = $1,000,000)). confidential’’—as provided by Section
May 2016,’’ U.S. Department of Labor, released Request for Comment: You can file a 6(f) of the FTC Act, 15 U.S.C. 46(f), and
March 31, 2017, Table 1, available at https:// comment online or on paper. For the FTC Rule 4.10(a)(2), 16 CFR 4.10(a)(2)—
www.bls.gov/news.release/ocwage.nr0.htm. In FTC to consider your comment, we including in particular competitively
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contrast to labor costing above for attorneys, see
note 4 supra and accompanying text, FTC staff has
must receive it on or before August 7, sensitive information such as costs,
drawn upon BLS wage data for file clerks because 2017. Write ‘‘Franchise Rule, PRA sales statistics, inventories, formulas,
staff believes it presents a representative proxy for Comment, FTC File No. P094400’’ on patterns, devices, manufacturing
recordkeeping tasks under the Rule. The mean your comment. Your comment— processes, or customer names.
hourly wage rate for ‘‘lawyers’’ within this BLS
table, however, is just $67.25, which staff believes
including your name and your state— Comments containing material for
greatly understates the hourly cost for lawyer will be placed on the public record of which confidential treatment is
consultation tied to the Rule. this proceeding, including, to the extent requested must be filed in paper form,
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must be clearly labeled ‘‘Confidential,’’ FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: (to • 8:00–9:00 a.m., CDT—Tribal Caucus
and must comply with FTC Rule 4.9(c). obtain a roster of members, agenda or (Open only to elected tribal leaders
In particular, the written request for minutes of the non-confidential portions and by invitation)
confidential treatment that accompanies of this meeting.) • 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m., CDT—TAC
the comment must include the factual Mrs. Bonnie Campbell, Committee Meeting (Open to the public)
and legal basis for the request, and must Management Officer, Office of August 9, 2017
identify the specific portions of the Extramural Research Education and • 8:00–9:00 a.m., EDT—Tribal Caucus
comment to be withheld from the public Priority Populations, AHRQ, 5600 (Open only to elected tribal leaders
record. See FTC Rule 4.9(c). Your Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland and by invitation)
comment will be kept confidential only 20857, Telephone (301) 427–1554. • 9:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m., CDT—TAC
if the General Counsel grants your Meeting (Open to the public)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
request in accordance with the law and
meeting will be closed to the public in • 3:00–5:00 p.m., CDT—Tribal
the public interest. Once your comment Consultation Session (Open to the
accordance with 5 U.S.C. App. 2 section
has been posted on the public FTC Web public).
10(d), 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(4), and 5 U.S.C.
site—as legally required by FTC Rule Please note that the TAC reserves the
552b(c)(6). In accordance with section
4.9(b)—we cannot redact or remove right to call a tribal caucus at any time
10 (a)(2) of the Federal Advisory
your comment from the FTC Web site, during the public portions of the TAC
Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App. 2), AHRQ
unless you submit a confidentiality meeting, and those who are not elected
request that meets the requirements for announces the meeting of the scientific
peer review group listed above, which is tribal leaders will be asked to step out
such treatment under FTC Rule 4.9(c), of the meeting room during any ad hoc
and the General Counsel grants that a subcommittee of AHRQ’s Health
Services Research Initial Review Group caucus periods.
request. Place: The CDC/ATSDR TAC Meeting
Visit the FTC Web site to read this Committee. This subcommittee meeting
will be closed to the public in and Biannual Tribal Consultation
Notice. The FTC Act and other laws that
accordance with the provisions set forth Session will be held at the Artesian
the Commission administers permit the
in 5 U.S.C. App. 2 section 10(d), 5 Hotel, 1001 W. 1st Street, Sulphur, OK
collection of public comments to
U.S.C. 552b(c)(4), and 5 U.S.C. 73086.
consider and use in this proceeding as
552b(c)(6) The grant applications and Status: The meeting and consultation
appropriate. The Commission will
the discussions could disclose session are in-person only and open to
consider all timely and responsive
public comments that it receives on or confidential trade secrets or commercial the public except during tribal caucus as
before August 7, 2017. For information property such as patentable material, described in the time and date section.
on the Commission’s privacy policy, and personal information concerning Attendees must pre-register for the TAC
including routine uses permitted by the individuals associated with the grant meeting and/or Tribal Consultation
Privacy Act, see https://www.ftc.gov/ applications, the disclosure of which Session by 5:00 p.m. (EDT) on Friday,
site-information/privacy-policy. would constitute a clearly unwarranted July 7, 2017, at the following link:
invasion of personal privacy. www.cdc.gov/tribal/meetings.html.
David C. Shonka, Agenda items for these meetings are Purpose: The purpose of the TAC and
Acting General Counsel. subject to change as priorities dictate. consultation meetings is to advance
[FR Doc. 2017–11600 Filed 6–5–17; 8:45 am] CDC/ATSDR support for and
Sharon B. Arnold, collaboration with American Indian and
BILLING CODE 6750–01–P
Deputy Director. Alaska Native (AI/AN) tribes and to
[FR Doc. 2017–11587 Filed 6–5–17; 8:45 am] improve the health of AI/AN tribes by
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND BILLING CODE 4160–90–P pursuing goals that include assisting in
HUMAN SERVICES eliminating the health disparities faced
by AI/AN tribes; ensuring that access to
Agency for Healthcare Research and DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND critical health and human services and
Quality HUMAN SERVICES public health services is maximized to
advance or enhance the social, physical,
Notice of Meeting Centers for Disease Control and and economic status of AI/ANs; and
Prevention promoting health equity for all Indian
AGENCY: Agency for Healthcare Research
and Quality (AHRQ), HHS. Office for State, Tribal, Local and people and communities. To advance
ACTION: Notice of one AHRQ Territorial Support (OSTLTS) these goals, CDC/ATSDR conducts
Subcommittee Meeting by Telephone government-to-government
Conference. In accordance with Presidential consultations with elected tribal
Executive Order No. 13175, November officials or their authorized
SUMMARY: The subcommittee listed 6, 2000, and the Presidential representatives. Consultation is an
below is part of AHRQ’s Health Services Memorandum of November 5, 2009, and enhanced form of communication that
Research Initial Review Group September 23, 2004, Consultation and emphasizes trust, respect, and shared
Committee. Grant applications are to be Coordination with Indian Tribal responsibility. It is an open and free
reviewed and discussed at this meeting. Governments, CDC/Agency for Toxic exchange of information and opinion
Name of Subcommittee: Health Care Substances and Disease Registry among parties that leads to mutual
Research Training 2. (ATSDR), announces the following understanding.
mstockstill on DSK30JT082PROD with NOTICES
DATES: July 13, 2017 (Open from 1:00 meeting and Tribal Consultation Matters for Discussion: This TAC
p.m. to 1:30 a.m. and closed for Session: Meeting and Biannual Tribal
remainder of the meeting). Name: CDC/ATSDR Tribal Advisory Consultation Session will provide
Place: Agency for Healthcare Research Committee (TAC) Meeting and 17th opportunities for tribal leaders to speak
and Quality, 5600 Fishers Lane, Biannual Tribal Consultation Session. openly about the public health issues
Conference Room TBD, Rockville, MD Dates And Times: affecting their tribes. These meetings
20857. August 8, 2017 will include discussions about tribal
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