82 FR 39434 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 159 (August 18, 2017)

Page Range		39434-39435
FR Document		2017-17445

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 its OMB clearance for the 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.

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 159 (Friday, August 18, 2017)

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 159 (Friday, August 18, 2017)]
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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION


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

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

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 its OMB clearance for the 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 September 18, 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/franchiserulePRA2, 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, 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., Mailstop CC-8528, Washington, DC 20580, (202) 
326-2970.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: Franchise Rule, 16 CFR part 436.
    OMB Control Number: 3084-0107.
    Type of Review: Extension of currently approved collection.
    Abstract: On June 6, 2017, the Commission sought comment on the 
information collection requirements associated with the Franchise Rule. 
82 FR 26103. 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 a second opportunity for the public to 
comment while seeking OMB approval to renew the pre-existing clearance 
for the Rule.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 16,750 hours.
    Estimated Number of Respondents, Estimated Average Burden per Year 
per Respondent: (250 new franchisors x 30 hours of annual disclosure 
burden) + (2,250 established franchisors x 3 hours of average annual 
disclosure burden) + (2,500 franchisors x 1 hour of annual 
recordkeeping burden).\1\
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    \1\ The details and assumptions underlying these estimates and 
for estimated annual labor and non-labor costs were set forth in the 
June 6, 2017 Federal Register notice.
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    Estimated Annual Labor Cost: $3,600,000.
    Estimated Capital or Other Non-Labor Cost: $8,000,000.
    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 
September 18, 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 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.
    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, or to send them 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/franchiserulePRA2 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 it 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, 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, 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.

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    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 September 18, 
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.
    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 are subject to 
delays due to heightened security precautions. Thus, comments instead 
can also be sent via email to wliberante@omb.eop.gov.

David C. Shonka,
Acting General Counsel.
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The FTC Act and other laws that the Officer by fax at (202) 395–6974 technical assistance and consultation on
Commission administers permit the (attention: AHRQ’s desk officer) or by implementing TeamSTEPPS and has
collection of public comments to email at OIRA_submission@ developed user networks, various
consider and use in this proceeding as omb.eop.gov (attention: AHRQ’s desk educational venues, and other channels
appropriate. The Commission will officer). of learning for continued support and
consider all timely and responsive FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: the improvement of teamwork in health
public comments that it receives on or Doris Lefkowitz, AHRQ Reports care. Since the inception of the National
before September 18, 2017. For Clearance Officer, (301) 427–1477, or by Implementation Program, AHRQ has
information on the Commission’s email at doris.lefkowitz@AHRQ.hhs.gov. trained more than 6,000 participants to
privacy policy, including routine uses SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
serve as TeamSTEPPS Master Trainers.
permitted by the Privacy Act, see The success of the National
https://www.ftc.gov/site-information/ Proposed Project Implementation Program resulted in
privacy-policy. TeamSTEPPS 2.0 Online Master Trainer increased requests for in-person
Comments on the information Course training, with wait lists for training at
collection requirements subject to times exceeding 500 individuals. AHRQ
review under the PRA should This notice announces the intention has been unable to match the demand
additionally be submitted to OMB. If of the Agency for Healthcare Research for TeamSTEPPS Master Training.
sent by U.S. mail, they should be and Quality (AHRQ) to request that the To address this prevailing need,
addressed to Office of Information and Office of Management and Budget AHRQ developed TeamSTEPPS 2.0
Regulatory Affairs, Office of (OMB) approve the proposed Online Master Trainer course, which
Management and Budget, Attention: information collection project: mirrors the TeamSTEPPS 2.0 core
Desk Officer for the Federal Trade ‘‘TeamSTEPPS 2.0 Online Master curriculum and provides equivalent
Commission, New Executive Office Trainer Course.’’ In accordance with the training to the in-person classes offered
Building, Docket Library, Room 10102, Paperwork Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C. through the National Implementation
725 17th Street NW., Washington, DC 3501–3521, AHRQ invites the public to Program.
20503. Comments sent to OMB by U.S. comment on this proposed information As part of this initiative, AHRQ seeks
postal mail are subject to delays due to collection. to continue to conduct an evaluation of
In accordance with the Paperwork the TeamSTEPPS 2.0 Online Master
heightened security precautions. Thus,
Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104– Trainer program. This evaluation seeks
comments instead can also be sent via
13 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)), AHRQ to understand the effectiveness of
email to wliberante@omb.eop.gov.
invites the public to comment on this TeamSTEPPS 2.0 Online Master
David C. Shonka, proposed information collection. As Training and what revisions might be
Acting General Counsel. part of its effort to fulfill its mission required to improve the training
[FR Doc. 2017–17445 Filed 8–17–17; 8:45 am] goals, AHRQ, in collaboration with the program.
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U.S. Department of Defense’s TRICARE This research has the following goals:
Management Activity, developed (1) Conduct a formative assessment of
TeamSTEPPS® (Team Strategies and the TeamSTEPPS 2.0 Online Master
Tools for Enhancing Performance and Trainer program to determine what
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
Patient Safety) to provide an evidence- improvements should be made to the
HUMAN SERVICES
based suite of tools and strategies for training and how it is delivered, and
Agency for Healthcare Research and training teamwork-based patient safety (2) Identify how trained participants
Quality to health care professionals. use and implement the TeamSTEPPS
TeamSTEPPS includes multiple tools and resources.
Agency Information Collection toolkits, which are all tied to, or are The TeamSTEPPS 2.0 Online Master
Activities: Proposed Collection; variants of, the core curriculum. Trainer program is led by Reingold, Inc.
Comment Request TeamSTEPPS resources have been This study is being conducted by
developed for primary care, rapid Reingold’s subcontractor, IMPAQ
AGENCY: Agency for Healthcare Research response systems, long-term care, and International (IMPAQ). This study is
and Quality, HHS. patients with limited English being conducted pursuant to AHRQ’s
ACTION: Notice. proficiency. statutory authority to conduct and
The main objective of the support research on health care and on
SUMMARY: This notice announces the TeamSTEPPS program is to improve systems for the delivery of such care,
intention of the Agency for Healthcare patient safety by training health care including activities with respect to the
Research and Quality to request that the staff in various teamwork, quality, effectiveness, efficiency,
Office of Management and Budget communication, and patient safety appropriateness, and value of health
approve the proposed information concepts, tools, and techniques and care services and with respect to quality
collection project: ‘‘TeamSTEPPS 2.0 ultimately helping to build national measurement and improvement, 42
Online Master Trainer Course.’’ capacity for supporting teamwork-based
This proposed information collection U.S.C. 299a(a)(1) and (2).
patient safety efforts in health care
was previously published in the Federal organizations. Method of Collection
Register on May 18, 2017, and allowed Created in 2007, AHRQ’s National To achieve this project’s goals, AHRQ
60 days for public comment. AHRQ did Implementation Program trains Master will train participants using the
mstockstill on DSK30JT082PROD with NOTICES

not receive any substantive comments. Trainers who have stimulated the use TeamSTEPPS 2.0 Online Master Trainer
The purpose of this notice is to allow an and adoption of TeamSTEPPS in health program and then survey these
additional 30 days for public comment. care delivery systems. These individuals participants 6 months post-training.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be were trained during two-day, in-person Each activity is briefly described below.
received by September 18, 2017. classes using the TeamSTEPPS core 1. TeamSTEPPS 2.0 Online Master
ADDRESSES: Written comments should curriculum at regional training centers Trainer Course. This training program,
be submitted to: AHRQ’s OMB Desk across the U.S. AHRQ has also provided which includes 13 accredited hours of

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