83 FR 2992 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request
FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 14 (January 22, 2018)
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| FR Document | 2018-00980 |
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 14 (Monday, January 22, 2018)] [Notices] [Pages 2992-2994] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2018-00980] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission (FTC or Commission). ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 seeks public comments on its proposal to extend for three years the current PRA clearances for information collection requirements contained in the Commission's rules and regulations under the Textile Fiber Products Identification Act (Textile Rules). The clearance expires on April 30, 2018. DATES: Comments must be received on or before March 23, 2018. 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 ``Textile Rules: FTC File No. P072108'' on your comment, and file your comment online at https://ftcpublic.commentworks.com/ftc/textilerulespra1 by following the instructions on the web-based form. If you prefer to file your comment on paper, mail or deliver 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 copies of the collection of information and supporting documentation should be addressed to Jock K. Chung, Attorney, Division of Enforcement, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Federal Trade Commission, Mail Code CC-9528, 600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20580, (202) 326-2984. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Proposed Information Collection Activities Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), 44 U.S.C. 3501-3520, federal agencies must get OMB approval for each collection of information they conduct, sponsor, or require. ``Collection of information'' means agency requests or requirements to 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 PRA clearance for the information collection requirements associated with the Commission's rules and regulations under the Textile Fiber Products Identification Act (Textile Rules), 16 CFR part 303 (OMB Control Number 3084-0101). 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. All comments must be received on or before March 23, 2018. Burden Estimates Staff's burden estimates are based on data from the Department of Commerce's Bureau of the Census, the International Trade Commission, the Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), and data or other input from the main industry association, the American Apparel and Footwear Association (AAFA), and from SICCode.com, which specializes in the business classification of SIC (Standard Industrial Classification) and NAICS (North American Industry Classification System) codes for business identification, verification, and targeting. The AAFA, a national trade association which represents U.S. apparel, footwear and other sewn products companies and their suppliers, has stated that ``[t]he use of labels on textiles and apparels is beneficial to consumers, manufacturers, and business in general as it allows for the necessary flow of information along the supply chain.'' \1\ The relevant information collection requirements in these rules and staff's corresponding burden estimates follow. The estimates address the number of hours needed and the labor costs incurred to comply with the requirements. Staff believes that a significant portion of hours and labor costs currently attributable to burden below are time and financial resources usually and customarily incurred by persons in the course of their regular activity (e.g., industry participants already have and/or would have fiber content labels regardless of the rule(s)) and could be excluded from PRA-related burden.\2\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ Page one from comment by Kevin M. Burke, President and CEO, American Apparel & Footwear Association, March 26, 2012, Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking; Request for Public Comment; Rules and Regulations under the Wool Products Labeling Act of 1939; 77 FR 4498 (Jan. 30, 2012). \2\ 5 CFR 1320.3(b)(2). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Textile Fiber Products Identification Act (``Textile Act'') \3\ prohibits the misbranding and false advertising of textile fiber products. The Textile Rules establish disclosure requirements that assist consumers in making informed purchasing decisions, [[Page 2993]] and recordkeeping requirements that assist the Commission in enforcing the Rules. The Rules also contain a petition procedure for requesting the establishment of generic names for textile fibers. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \3\ 15 U.S.C. 70 et seq. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Estimated annual hours burden: 37,007,147 hours (782,600 recordkeeping hours + 36,224,547 disclosure hours). Recordkeeping: Staff estimates that approximately 12,040 textile firms are subject to the Textile Rules' recordkeeping requirements. Based on an average burden of 65 hours per firm, the total recordkeeping burden is 782,600 hours. Disclosure: Approximately 10,744 textile firms, producing or importing about 20.8 billion textile fiber products annually, are subject to the Textile Rules' disclosure requirements.\4\ Staff estimates the burden of determining label content to be 65 hours per year per firm, or a total of 698,360 hours and the burden of drafting and ordering labels to be 80 hours per firm per year, or a total of 859,520 hours.\5\ Staff believes that the process of attaching labels is now fully automated and integrated into other production steps for about 40 percent of all affected products. For the remaining 12.48 billion items (60 percent of 20.8 billion), the process is semi- automated and requires an average of approximately ten seconds per item, for a total of 34,666,667 hours per year. Thus, the total estimated annual disclosure burden for all firms is 36,224,547 hours (698,360 hours to determine label content + 859,520 hours to draft and order labels + 34,666,667 hours to attach labels).\6\ Staff believes that any additional burden associated with advertising disclosure requirements or the filing of generic fiber name petitions would be minimal (less than 10,000 hours) and can be subsumed within the burden estimates set forth above. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \4\ The estimated consumption of garments in the U.S. in 2012 was 19.4 billion. However, staff estimates that 1 billion garments are exempt from the Textile Act (i.e., any kind of headwear and garments made from something other than a textile fiber product, such as leather) or are subject to a special exemption for hosiery products sold in packages where the label information is contained on the package. Based on available data, staff estimates that an additional 3 billion household textile products (non-garments, such as sheets, towels, blankets) were consumed. However, approximately 0.6 billion of all of these garments and household products are subject to the Wool Act, not the Textile Act, because they contain some amount of wool. Thus, the estimated net total products subject to the Textile Act is 20.8 billion (19.4-1 + 3 = 21.4-0.6 = 20.8 billion). \5\ In 2007, Congress amended the Wool Act to explicitly define ``cashmere'' and certain terms used to describe superfine wool (e.g., ``Super 80s,'' ``Super 90s,'' etc.). See Public Law 109-428. In 2014, the Commission revised the Wool Rules to incorporate these amendments as well as to clarify and streamline certain provisions and to allow more flexibility in marketing wool products (e.g., allowing the use of certain hang-tags that do not disclose a product's full fiber content). The Commission sought comment on the increased burden, if any, imposed by these changes but did not receive any comments asserting that the amendments would increase compliance costs. See 79 FR 32157 (June 4, 2014). \6\ The Commission revised the Textile Rules in 2006 in response to amendments to the Textile Act. See 70 FR 73369 (Dec. 12, 2005). These amendments concerned the placement of labels on packages of certain types of socks and, therefore, do not place any additional disclosure burden on covered entities. In 2014, the Commission revised the Textile Rules to clarify and streamline certain provisions and to allow more flexibility in marketing textile products (e.g., allowing the use of certain hang-tags that do not disclose the product's full fiber content). The Commission sought comment on the increased burden, if any, imposed by these changes but did not receive any comments asserting that the amendments would increase compliance costs. See 79 FR 18766 (Apr. 4, 2014). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Estimated annual cost burden: $239,778,909 (solely relating to labor costs). The chart below summarizes the total estimated costs. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Task Hourly rate Burden hours Labor cost ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Determine label content......................................... $28.00 698,360 $19,554,080 Draft and order labels.......................................... 18.00 859,520 15,471,360 Attach labels................................................... \7\ 5.50 34,666,667 190,666,669 Recordkeeping................................................... 18.00 782,600 14,086,800 ----------------------------------------------- Total....................................................... .............. .............. 239,778,909 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Staff believes that there are no current start-up costs or other capital costs associated with the Textile Rules. Because the labeling of textile products has been an integral part of the manufacturing process for decades, manufacturers have in place the capital equipment necessary to comply with the Rules' labeling requirements. Industry sources indicate that much of the information required by the Textile Act and Rules would be included on the product label even absent their requirements. Similarly, recordkeeping, invoicing, and advertising disclosures are tasks performed in the ordinary course of business; therefore, covered firms would incur no additional capital or other non-labor costs as a result of the Rules. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \7\ For imported products, the labels generally are attached in the country where the products are manufactured. According to information compiled by an industry trade association using data from the U.S. Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration and the U.S. Census Bureau, approximately 97.5% of apparel used in the United States is imported. With the remaining 2.5% attributable to U.S. production at an approximate domestic hourly wage of $11 to attach labels, staff has calculated a weighted average hourly wage of $5.50 per hour attributable to U.S. and foreign labor combined. The estimated percentage of imports supplied by particular countries is based on trade data for the year ending in September 2014 compiled by the Office of Textiles and Apparel, International Trade Administration. Wages in major textile exporting countries, factored into the above hourly wage estimate, were based on 2012 data from the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. See Table 1.1 Indexes of hourly compensation costs in manufacturing, U.S. dollar basis, 1996-2012 (Index, U.S. = 100) available at: http://www.bls.gov/fls/#compensation. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Request for Comments You can file a comment online or on paper. March 23, 2018. Write ``Textile Rules: FTC File No. P072108'' 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 website, 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/textilerulespra1 by following the instructions on the web based form. If this Notice appears at https://www.regulations.gov, you also may file a comment through that website. If you file your comment on paper, write ``Textile Rules: FTC File No. P072108'' 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 C), Washington, DC 20580, or deliver your comment to the following address: Federal Trade [[Page 2994]] 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 website 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 website--as legally required by FTC Rule 4.9(b)--we cannot redact or remove your comment from the FTC website, 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 Commission website at https://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 March 23, 2018. You can find more information, including routine uses permitted by the Privacy Act, in the Commission's privacy policy, at https://www.ftc.gov/site-information/privacy-policy. David C. Shonka, Acting General Counsel. [FR Doc. 2018-00980 Filed 1-19-18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6750-01-P
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sales statistics, inventories, formulas, Rules). The clearance expires on April (2) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate
patterns, devices, manufacturing 30, 2018. of the burden of the proposed collection
processes, or customer names. DATES: Comments must be received on of information, including the validity of
Comments containing material for or before March 23, 2018. the methodology and assumptions used;
which confidential treatment is ADDRESSES: Interested parties may file a (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility,
requested must be filed in paper form, comment online or on paper by and clarity of the information to be
must be clearly labeled ‘‘Confidential,’’ following the instructions in the collected; and (4) ways to minimize the
and must comply with FTC Rule 4.9(c). Request for Comments part of the burden of the collection of information
In particular, the written request for SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section on those who are to respond. All
confidential treatment that accompanies below. Write ‘‘Textile Rules: FTC File comments must be received on or before
the comment must include the factual No. P072108’’ on your comment, and March 23, 2018.
and legal basis for the request, and must file your comment online at https:// Burden Estimates
identify the specific portions of the ftcpublic.commentworks.com/ftc/
comment to be withheld from the public Staff’s burden estimates are based on
textilerulespra1 by following the data from the Department of
record. See FTC Rule 4.9(c). Your instructions on the web-based form. If
comment will be kept confidential only Commerce’s Bureau of the Census, the
you prefer to file your comment on International Trade Commission, the
if the General Counsel grants your paper, mail or deliver your comment to
request in accordance with the law and Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor
the following address: Federal Trade Statistics (BLS), and data or other input
the public interest. Once your comment Commission, Office of the Secretary,
has been posted on the public FTC from the main industry association, the
600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite American Apparel and Footwear
website—as legally required by FTC CC–5610 (Annex J), Washington, DC
Rule 4.9(b)—we cannot redact or Association (AAFA), and from
20580, or deliver your comment to the SICCode.com, which specializes in the
remove your comment from the FTC following address: Federal Trade business classification of SIC (Standard
website, unless you submit a Commission, Office of the Secretary, Industrial Classification) and NAICS
confidentiality request that meets the Constitution Center, 400 7th Street SW, (North American Industry Classification
requirements for such treatment under 5th Floor, Suite 5610 (Annex J), System) codes for business
FTC Rule 4.9(c), and the General Washington, DC 20024. identification, verification, and
Counsel grants that request. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: targeting. The AAFA, a national trade
The FTC Act and other laws that the Requests for copies of the collection of association which represents U.S.
Commission administers permit the information and supporting apparel, footwear and other sewn
collection of public comments to documentation should be addressed to products companies and their suppliers,
consider and use in this proceeding as Jock K. Chung, Attorney, Division of has stated that ‘‘[t]he use of labels on
appropriate. The Commission will Enforcement, Bureau of Consumer textiles and apparels is beneficial to
consider all timely and responsive Protection, Federal Trade Commission, consumers, manufacturers, and business
public comments that it receives on or Mail Code CC–9528, 600 Pennsylvania in general as it allows for the necessary
before March 23, 2018. For information Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20580, (202) flow of information along the supply
on the Commission’s privacy policy, 326–2984. chain.’’ 1 The relevant information
including routine uses permitted by the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: collection requirements in these rules
Privacy Act, see https://www.ftc.gov/ and staff’s corresponding burden
site-information/privacy-policy. Proposed Information Collection
Activities estimates follow. The estimates address
David C. Shonka, the number of hours needed and the
Acting General Counsel.
Under the Paperwork Reduction Act labor costs incurred to comply with the
(PRA), 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520, federal requirements. Staff believes that a
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agencies must get OMB approval for significant portion of hours and labor
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each collection of information they costs currently attributable to burden
conduct, sponsor, or require. below are time and financial resources
‘‘Collection of information’’ means usually and customarily incurred by
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agency requests or requirements to persons in the course of their regular
Agency Information Collection submit reports, keep records, or provide activity (e.g., industry participants
Activities; Proposed Collection; information to a third party. 44 U.S.C. already have and/or would have fiber
Comment Request 3502(3); 5 CFR 1320.3(c). As required by content labels regardless of the rule(s))
section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA, the and could be excluded from PRA-
AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission FTC is providing this opportunity for related burden.2
(FTC or Commission). public comment before requesting that The Textile Fiber Products
ACTION: Notice. OMB extend the existing PRA clearance Identification Act (‘‘Textile Act’’) 3
for the information collection prohibits the misbranding and false
SUMMARY: The information collection requirements associated with the advertising of textile fiber products. The
requirements described below will be Commission’s rules and regulations Textile Rules establish disclosure
submitted to the Office of Management under the Textile Fiber Products requirements that assist consumers in
and Budget (OMB) for review, as Identification Act (Textile Rules), 16 making informed purchasing decisions,
required by the Paperwork Reduction CFR part 303 (OMB Control Number
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Act (PRA). The FTC seeks public 3084–0101). 1 Page one from comment by Kevin M. Burke,
comments on its proposal to extend for The FTC invites comments on: (1) President and CEO, American Apparel & Footwear
three years the current PRA clearances Whether the proposed collection of Association, March 26, 2012, Advance Notice of
Proposed Rulemaking; Request for Public Comment;
for information collection requirements information is necessary for the proper Rules and Regulations under the Wool Products
contained in the Commission’s rules performance of the functions of the Labeling Act of 1939; 77 FR 4498 (Jan. 30, 2012).
and regulations under the Textile Fiber agency, including whether the 2 5 CFR 1320.3(b)(2).
Products Identification Act (Textile information will have practical utility; 3 15 U.S.C. 70 et seq.
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health information, such as medical (NCHS), ICD–10 Coordination and priorities dictate.
records or other individually Maintenance (C&M) Committee Security Considerations: Due to
identifiable health information. In Meeting increased security requirements CMS
addition, your comment should not has instituted stringent procedures for
AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and entrance into the building by non-
include any ‘‘trade secret or any Prevention (CDC), Department of Health
commercial or financial information government employees. Attendees will
and Human Services (HHS). need to present valid government-issued
which . . . is privileged or
ACTION: Notice of meeting. picture identification, and sign-in at the
confidential’’—as provided by Section
6(f) of the FTC Act, 15 U.S.C. 46(f), and SUMMARY: The CDC, National Center for security desk upon entering the
FTC Rule 4.10(a)(2), 16 CFR 4.10(a)(2)— Health Statistics (NCHS), Classifications building.
including in particular competitively and Public Health Data Standards Staff, Attendees who wish to attend the
sensitive information such as costs, announces the following meeting of the March 6–7, 2018, ICD–10–CM C&M
sales statistics, inventories, formulas, ICD–10 Coordination and Maintenance meeting must submit their name and
patterns, devices, manufacturing (C&M) Committee meeting. This organization by March 1, 2018, for
processes, or customer names. meeting is open to the public, limited inclusion on the visitor list. This visitor
Comments containing material for only by the space available. The meeting list will be maintained at the front desk
which confidential treatment is room accommodates approximately 240 of the CMS building and used by the
requested must be filed in paper form, people. The meeting will be broadcast guards to admit visitors to the meeting.
must be clearly labeled ‘‘Confidential,’’ live via Webcast at http://www.cms.gov/ Participants who attended previous
and must comply with FTC Rule 4.9(c). live/. Coordination and Maintenance meetings
In particular, the written request for will no longer be automatically added to
DATES: The meeting will be held on
confidential treatment that accompanies the visitor list. You must request
March 6, 2018, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
the comment must include the factual inclusion of your name prior to each
EST and March 7, 2018x, 9:00 a.m. to
and legal basis for the request, and must meeting you wish attend.
5:00 p.m. EST.
identify the specific portions of the Please register to attend the meeting
ADDRESSES: Centers for Medicare and
comment to be withheld from the public on-line at: http://www.cms.hhs.gov/
record. See FTC Rule 4.9(c). Your Medicaid Services (CMS) Auditorium, apps/events/.
comment will be kept confidential only 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, Please contact Mady Hue (410–786–
if the General Counsel grants your Maryland 21244. 4510) or Marilu.hue@cms.hhs.gov for
request in accordance with the law and FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: questions about the registration process.
the public interest. Once your comment Traci Ramirez, Program Specialist, CDC,
Note: CMS and NCHS no longer provide
has been posted on the public FTC 3311 Toledo Rd., Hyattsville, MD 20782;
paper copies of handouts for the meeting.
website—as legally required by FTC telephone (301) 458–4454; Email Electronic copies of all meeting materials
Rule 4.9(b)—we cannot redact or address TRamirez@cdc.gov. will be posted on the CMS and NCHS
remove your comment from the FTC SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: websites prior to the meeting at http://
website, unless you submit a Purpose: The ICD–10 Coordination www.cms.hhs.gov/
confidentiality request that meets the and Maintenance (C&M) Committee is a ICD9ProviderDiagnosticCodes/03_
requirements for such treatment under public forum for the presentation of meetings.asp#TopOfPage and https://
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Counsel grants that request.
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