82 FR 45288 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 187 (September 28, 2017)

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FR Document		2017-20846

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 the Commission's Business Opportunity Rule (``Rule''). That clearance expires on January 31, 2018.

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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection;
Comment Request

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 for information collection
requirements contained in the Commission's Business Opportunity Rule
(``Rule''). That clearance expires on January 31, 2018.

DATES: Comments must be submitted by November 27, 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 ``Business Opportunity
Rule Paperwork Comment, FTC File No. P114408'' on your comment, and
file your comment online at https://ftcpublic.commentworks.com/ftc/BusinessOpportunityRulePRA 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 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: 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 Business
Opportunity Rule, 16 CFR part 437 (OMB Control Number 3084-0142).
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 Business Opportunity Rule requires business opportunity sellers
to furnish to prospective purchasers a disclosure document that
provides information relating to the seller, the seller's business, the
nature of the proposed business opportunity, as well as additional
information regarding any claims about actual or potential sales,
income, or profits for a prospective business opportunity purchaser.
The seller must also preserve information that forms a reasonable basis
for such claims. These disclosure and recordkeeping requirements are
subject to the PRA.
The Rule is designed to ensure that prospective purchasers of a
business opportunity receive information that will help them evaluate
the opportunity that is presented to them. Sellers must disclose five
key items of information in a simple, one-page document:
The seller's identifying information;
whether the seller makes a claim about the purchaser's
likely earnings (and, if the seller checks the ``yes'' box, the seller
must provide information supporting any such claims);
whether the seller, its affiliates or key personnel have
been involved in certain legal actions (and, if yes, the seller must
provide a separate list of those actions);
whether the seller has a cancellation or refund policy
(and, if yes, the seller must provide a separate document stating the
material terms of such policies); and
a list of persons who bought the business opportunity
within the previous three years.
Misrepresentations and omissions are prohibited under the Rule, and
for sales conducted in languages other than English, all disclosures
must be provided in the language in which the sale is conducted.

PRA Burden Analysis

Subject to public comment to shed further light, the FTC retains
its respondent population estimates from its prior OMB clearance for
the information collection requirements

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under the Rule.\1\ Thus, FTC staff estimates there are approximately
3,050 business opportunity sellers covered by the Rule, including
vending machine, rack display, work-at-home, and other opportunity
sellers. Staff also estimates that approximately 10% of the 3,050
business opportunity sellers covered by the Rule reflects an equal
amount of new and departing business entrants (thus, for simplicity,
staff assumes that, for a given year, there are 2,745 existing business
opportunity sellers plus 305 new entrants to the field). Additionally,
staff estimates that approximately 165 of business opportunity sellers
market business opportunities in Spanish (in addition to English) and
approximately 95 sellers market in languages other than English or
Spanish \2\ (in addition to English).
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\1\ 79 FR 73074 (Dec. 9, 2014).
\2\ To estimate how many of the 3,050 sellers market business
opportunities in languages other than English, FTC staff relies upon
2015 United States Census Bureau (``Census'') data. http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_12_1YR_S1601&prodType=table. Calculations
based upon this data reveal that approximately 5.4% of the United
States population speaks Spanish at home and speaks English less
than ``very well.'' Calculations based upon that same survey reveal
that approximately 3.1% of the United States population speaks a
language other than Spanish or English at home and speak English
less than ``very well.'' Staff thus projected that 5.4% of all
entities selling business opportunities market in Spanish and 3.1%
of all entities selling business opportunities market in languages
other than English or Spanish.
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A. Estimated Hours Burden

The burden estimates for compliance will vary depending on the
particular business opportunity seller's prior experience with the
Rule. Commission staff estimates that the projected 2,745 existing
business opportunity sellers will require no more than approximately
two hours to update the disclosure document [5,490 total hours]. Staff
further projects that the estimated 305 new business opportunity
sellers will require no more than approximately five hours to develop
the disclosure document [1,525 total hours]. Both existing and new
business opportunity sellers will require approximately one hour to
file and store records [3,050 total hours], for a cumulative total of
10,065 hours [5,490 hours + 1,525 hours + 3,050 hours] per year to meet
the Rule's disclosure and recordkeeping requirements.

B. Estimated Labor Cost

Labor costs are determined by applying applicable wage rates to
associated burden hours. Commission staff assumes that an attorney
likely would prepare or update the disclosure document at an estimated
hourly rate of $250. Accordingly, staff estimates that cumulative labor
costs are $2,516,250 [10,065 hours x $250 per hour].

C. Estimated Non-Labor Costs

1. Printing and Mailing of the Disclosure Document
Business opportunity sellers must also incur costs to print and
distribute the single-page disclosure document, plus any attachments.
These costs vary based upon the length of the attachments and the
number of copies produced to meet the expected demand. Commission staff
estimates that 3,050 business opportunity sellers will print and mail
approximately 1,000 disclosure documents per year at a cost of $1.00
per document, for a total cost of $3,050,000. Conceivably, many
business opportunity sellers will elect to furnish disclosures
electronically; thus, the total cost could be much less.

2. Translating the Required Disclosures Into a Language Other Than
English

The Rule requires that sellers update their disclosures. The costs
associated with translating the disclosures will vary depending upon a
business opportunity seller's prior experience with the Rule and the
language the seller uses to market the opportunity. For example,
existing and new business opportunity sellers marketing in Spanish will
not incur costs to translate the disclosure document as Appendices A
and B to the Rule provide, respectively, illustrations of the requisite
disclosure documents in English and Spanish. Existing sellers,
regardless of the non-English language used to present disclosures, may
incur translation costs to update the document. New entrants that
market business opportunities in languages other than English or
Spanish (in addition to an assumed use of disclosure documents in
English) will incur translation costs to translate Appendix A from
English and to enter equivalent responses in these other languages.
As stated above, using assumptions informed by Census data (see
footnote 2), FTC staff estimates that 165 sellers market business
opportunities in Spanish and an additional 95 sellers market in
languages other than English or Spanish. This includes an estimated 10
new entrants in the latter sub-category (based on the assumption that
10% yearly of a given group consists of new entrants with an equal
offset for departing business entities). Those new entrants will incur
initial translation costs to draft a disclosure document consistent
with Appendix A to the Rule.
There are 485 words in Appendix A to the Rule. Therefore, the total
cost burden to translate the disclosure document for the 10 new
business opportunity sellers marketing in a language other than English
or Spanish will be approximately $849 [10 sellers x (17.5 cents \3\ per
word x 485 words)].
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\3\ Staff estimates that it will cost approximately 17.5 cents
to translate each word into the language the sellers use to market
the opportunities.
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For purposes of this PRA analysis, staff assumes that both new and
existing business opportunity sellers marketing business opportunities
in languages other than English [260 sellers]: (1) Are marketing in
both English and another language; (2) are not incorporating any
existing materials into their disclosure document; (3) have been the
subject of civil or criminal legal actions; (4) are making earnings
claims; (5) have a refund or cancellation policy; and (6) because of
all of the above assumptions, require approximately 250 words
(approximately one standard, double-spaced page) to translate their
updates, in the case of existing business opportunity sellers, or
supply and translate their initial disclosures, in the case of new
business opportunity sellers. Therefore, the total cost to translate
the updates or to translate from English the initial disclosures is
approximately $11,375 [260 sellers x (17.5 cents per word x 250
words)].
Thus, cumulative estimated non-labor costs are $3,062,224
($3,050,000 + $849 + $11,375).

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 November 27, 2017. Write
``Business Opportunity Rule Paperwork Comment, FTC File No. P114408''
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

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Commission considers your online comment, you must file it at https://ftcpublic.commentworks.com/ftc/BusinessOpportunityRulePRA_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 ``Business Opportunity
Rule Paperwork Comment, FTC File No. P114408'' 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.
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,
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.
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pursuant to the Home Owners’ Loan Act three years the current Paperwork the methodology and assumptions used;
(12 U.S.C. 1461 et seq.) (HOLA), Reduction Act (‘‘PRA’’) clearance for (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility,
Regulation LL (12 CFR part 238), and information collection requirements and clarity of the information to be
Regulation MM (12 CFR part 239), and contained in the Commission’s Business collected; and (4) ways to minimize the
all other applicable statutes and Opportunity Rule (‘‘Rule’’). That burden of the collection of information
regulations to become a savings and clearance expires on January 31, 2018. on those who are to respond, including
loan holding company and/or to acquire DATES: Comments must be submitted by through the use of appropriate
the assets or the ownership of, control November 27, 2017. automated, electronic, mechanical, or
of, or the power to vote shares of a ADDRESSES: Interested parties may file a other technological collection
savings association and nonbanking comment online or on paper, by techniques or other forms of information
companies owned by the savings and following the instructions in the technology, e.g., permitting electronic
loan holding company, including the Request for Comment part of the submission of responses.
companies listed below. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section The Business Opportunity Rule
The applications listed below, as well below. Write ‘‘Business Opportunity requires business opportunity sellers to
as other related filings required by the Rule Paperwork Comment, FTC File No. furnish to prospective purchasers a
Board, are available for immediate P114408’’ on your comment, and file disclosure document that provides
inspection at the Federal Reserve Bank your comment online at https:// information relating to the seller, the
indicated. The application also will be ftcpublic.commentworks.com/ftc/ seller’s business, the nature of the
available for inspection at the offices of BusinessOpportunityRulePRA by proposed business opportunity, as well
the Board of Governors. Interested following the instructions on the web- as additional information regarding any
persons may express their views in based form. If you prefer to file your claims about actual or potential sales,
writing on the standards enumerated in comment on paper, mail your comment income, or profits for a prospective
the HOLA (12 U.S.C. 1467a(e)). If the to the following address: Federal Trade business opportunity purchaser. The
proposal also involves the acquisition of Commission, Office of the Secretary, seller must also preserve information
a nonbanking company, the review also 600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Suite that forms a reasonable basis for such
includes whether the acquisition of the CC–5610 (Annex J), Washington, DC claims. These disclosure and
nonbanking company complies with the 20580, or deliver your comment to the recordkeeping requirements are subject
standards in section 10(c)(4)(B) of the following address: Federal Trade to the PRA.
HOLA (12 U.S.C. 1467a(c)(4)(B)). Unless Commission, Office of the Secretary, The Rule is designed to ensure that
otherwise noted, nonbanking activities Constitution Center, 400 7th Street SW., prospective purchasers of a business
will be conducted throughout the 5th Floor, Suite 5610, Washington, DC opportunity receive information that
United States. 20024. will help them evaluate the opportunity
Unless otherwise noted, comments FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: that is presented to them. Sellers must
regarding each of these applications Requests for additional information disclose five key items of information in
must be received at the Reserve Bank should be addressed to Christine M. a simple, one-page document:
indicated or the offices of the Board of
Governors not later than October 23,
Todaro, Attorney, Division of Marketing • The seller’s identifying information;
Practices, Bureau of Consumer • whether the seller makes a claim
2017. Protection, Federal Trade Commission,
A. Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland about the purchaser’s likely earnings
600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., CC– (and, if the seller checks the ‘‘yes’’ box,
(Nadine Wallman, Vice President) 1455
8528, Washington, DC 20580, (202) 326– the seller must provide information
East Sixth Street, Cleveland, Ohio
3711. supporting any such claims);
44101–2566. Comments can also be sent
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the • whether the seller, its affiliates or
electronically to
Comments.applications@clev.frb.org: PRA, 44 U.S.C. 3501–3521, federal key personnel have been involved in
1. First Mutual Holding Co., agencies must obtain approval from certain legal actions (and, if yes, the
Lakewood, Ohio; to acquire Doolin OMB for each collection of information seller must provide a separate list of
Security Savings Bank, FSB, New they conduct or sponsor. ‘‘Collection of those actions);
information’’ means agency requests or
Martinsville, West Virginia. • whether the seller has a
requirements that members of the public
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve cancellation or refund policy (and, if
submit reports, keep records, or provide
System, September 25, 2017. yes, the seller must provide a separate
information to a third party. 44 U.S.C.
Yao-Chin Chao, document stating the material terms of
3502(3); 5 CFR 1320.3(c). As required by
Assistant Secretary of the Board. such policies); and
section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA, the
[FR Doc. 2017–20811 Filed 9–27–17; 8:45 am] FTC is providing this opportunity for • a list of persons who bought the
BILLING CODE P public comment before requesting that business opportunity within the
OMB extend the existing clearance for previous three years.
the information collection requirements Misrepresentations and omissions are
FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION contained in the Business Opportunity prohibited under the Rule, and for sales
Rule, 16 CFR part 437 (OMB Control conducted in languages other than
Agency Information Collection Number 3084–0142). English, all disclosures must be
Activities; Proposed Collection; The FTC invites comments on: (1) provided in the language in which the
Comment Request Whether the proposed collection of sale is conducted.
AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission information is necessary for the proper PRA Burden Analysis
(‘‘FTC’’ or ‘‘Commission’’). performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether the Subject to public comment to shed
ACTION: Notice.
information will have practical utility; further light, the FTC retains its
SUMMARY: The FTC intends to ask the (2) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate respondent population estimates from
Office of Management and Budget of the burden of the proposed collection its prior OMB clearance for the
(‘‘OMB’’) to extend for an additional of information, including the validity of information collection requirements

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under the Rule.1 Thus, FTC staff document at an estimated hourly rate of costs to draft a disclosure document
estimates there are approximately 3,050 $250. Accordingly, staff estimates that consistent with Appendix A to the Rule.
business opportunity sellers covered by cumulative labor costs are $2,516,250 There are 485 words in Appendix A
the Rule, including vending machine, [10,065 hours × $250 per hour]. to the Rule. Therefore, the total cost
rack display, work-at-home, and other burden to translate the disclosure
opportunity sellers. Staff also estimates C. Estimated Non-Labor Costs document for the 10 new business
that approximately 10% of the 3,050 1. Printing and Mailing of the Disclosure opportunity sellers marketing in a
business opportunity sellers covered by Document language other than English or Spanish
the Rule reflects an equal amount of will be approximately $849 [10 sellers ×
new and departing business entrants Business opportunity sellers must (17.5 cents 3 per word × 485 words)].
(thus, for simplicity, staff assumes that, also incur costs to print and distribute For purposes of this PRA analysis,
for a given year, there are 2,745 existing the single-page disclosure document, staff assumes that both new and existing
business opportunity sellers plus 305 plus any attachments. These costs vary business opportunity sellers marketing
new entrants to the field). Additionally, based upon the length of the business opportunities in languages
staff estimates that approximately 165 of attachments and the number of copies other than English [260 sellers]: (1) Are
business opportunity sellers market produced to meet the expected demand. marketing in both English and another
business opportunities in Spanish (in Commission staff estimates that 3,050 language; (2) are not incorporating any
addition to English) and approximately business opportunity sellers will print existing materials into their disclosure
95 sellers market in languages other and mail approximately 1,000 document; (3) have been the subject of
than English or Spanish 2 (in addition to disclosure documents per year at a cost civil or criminal legal actions; (4) are
English). of $1.00 per document, for a total cost making earnings claims; (5) have a
of $3,050,000. Conceivably, many refund or cancellation policy; and (6)
A. Estimated Hours Burden business opportunity sellers will elect to because of all of the above assumptions,
The burden estimates for compliance furnish disclosures electronically; thus, require approximately 250 words
will vary depending on the particular the total cost could be much less. (approximately one standard, double-
business opportunity seller’s prior spaced page) to translate their updates,
experience with the Rule. Commission 2. Translating the Required Disclosures
Into a Language Other Than English in the case of existing business
staff estimates that the projected 2,745 opportunity sellers, or supply and
existing business opportunity sellers The Rule requires that sellers update translate their initial disclosures, in the
will require no more than their disclosures. The costs associated case of new business opportunity
approximately two hours to update the with translating the disclosures will sellers. Therefore, the total cost to
disclosure document [5,490 total hours]. vary depending upon a business translate the updates or to translate from
Staff further projects that the estimated opportunity seller’s prior experience English the initial disclosures is
305 new business opportunity sellers with the Rule and the language the approximately $11,375 [260 sellers ×
will require no more than seller uses to market the opportunity. (17.5 cents per word × 250 words)].
approximately five hours to develop the For example, existing and new business Thus, cumulative estimated non-labor
disclosure document [1,525 total hours]. opportunity sellers marketing in costs are $3,062,224 ($3,050,000 + $849
Both existing and new business Spanish will not incur costs to translate + $11,375).
opportunity sellers will require the disclosure document as Appendices
approximately one hour to file and store Request for Comment
A and B to the Rule provide,
records [3,050 total hours], for a You can file a comment online or on
respectively, illustrations of the
cumulative total of 10,065 hours [5,490 paper. For the FTC to consider your
requisite disclosure documents in
hours + 1,525 hours + 3,050 hours] per comment, we must receive it on or
English and Spanish. Existing sellers,
year to meet the Rule’s disclosure and before November 27, 2017. Write
regardless of the non-English language
recordkeeping requirements. ‘‘Business Opportunity Rule Paperwork
used to present disclosures, may incur
B. Estimated Labor Cost translation costs to update the Comment, FTC File No. P114408’’ on
document. New entrants that market your comment. Your comment—
Labor costs are determined by
business opportunities in languages including your name and your state—
applying applicable wage rates to
other than English or Spanish (in will be placed on the public record of
associated burden hours. Commission
addition to an assumed use of this proceeding, including, to the extent
staff assumes that an attorney likely
disclosure documents in English) will practicable, on the public Commission
would prepare or update the disclosure
incur translation costs to translate Web site, at http://www.ftc.gov/os/
1 79 FR 73074 (Dec. 9, 2014). Appendix A from English and to enter publiccomments.shtm. As a matter of
2 To estimate how many of the 3,050 sellers equivalent responses in these other discretion, the Commission tries to
market business opportunities in languages other languages. remove individuals’ home contact
than English, FTC staff relies upon 2015 United information from comments before
States Census Bureau (‘‘Census’’) data. http:// As stated above, using assumptions
placing them on the Commission Web
factfinder2.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/ informed by Census data (see footnote
pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_12_1YR_ site.
2), FTC staff estimates that 165 sellers
S1601&prodType=table. Calculations based upon Postal mail addressed to the
market business opportunities in
this data reveal that approximately 5.4% of the Commission is subject to delay due to
United States population speaks Spanish at home Spanish and an additional 95 sellers
heightened security screening. As a
and speaks English less than ‘‘very well.’’ market in languages other than English
Calculations based upon that same survey reveal result, we encourage you to submit your
or Spanish. This includes an estimated
that approximately 3.1% of the United States comments online, or to send them to the
population speaks a language other than Spanish or 10 new entrants in the latter sub-
Commission by courier or overnight
English at home and speak English less than ‘‘very category (based on the assumption that
well.’’ Staff thus projected that 5.4% of all entities
service. To make sure that the
10% yearly of a given group consists of
selling business opportunities market in Spanish
and 3.1% of all entities selling business
new entrants with an equal offset for 3 Staff estimates that it will cost approximately

opportunities market in languages other than departing business entities). Those new 17.5 cents to translate each word into the language
English or Spanish. entrants will incur initial translation the sellers use to market the opportunities.

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