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###### Federal Trade Commission

# AGENCY:

Federal Trade Commission (FTC).

# ACTION:

Notice and request for comment.

# SUMMARY:

The FTC requests that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) extend for three years the current Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) clearance for information collection requirements contained in the Trade Regulation Rule entitled Power Output Claims for Amplifiers Utilized in Home Entertainment Products (Amplifier Rule or Rule). That clearance expires on January 31, 2021.

# DATES:

Comments must be received by February 22, 2021.

# ADDRESSES:

                        Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice to                         *www.reginfo.gov/​public/​do/​PRAMain.*                         Find this particular information collection by selecting “Currently under 30-day Review—Open for Public Comments” or by using the search function. The                         *reginfo.gov*                         web link is a United States Government website produced by OMB and the General Services Administration (GSA). Under PRA requirements, OMB's Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) reviews Federal information collections.                    

      ( print page 6331)    

# FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

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:

*Title:*                     Amplifier Rule, 16 CFR part 432.                

*OMB Control Number:*                     3084-0105.                

*Type of Review:*                     Extension of a currently approved collection.                

*Estimated Annual Hours of Burden:*                     450 hours (300 testing-related hours; 150 disclosure-related hours).                

*Likely Respondents and Estimated Burden:*

(a) Testing—High fidelity manufacturers—300 new products/year × 1 hour each = 300 hours; and

(b) Disclosures—High fidelity manufacturers—[(300 new products/year × 1 specification sheet) + (300 new products/year × 1 brochure)] × 15 minutes per specification sheet or brochure = 150 hours.

*Frequency of Response:*                     Periodic.                

*Estimated Annual Labor Cost:*                     $26,130 per year ($15,897 for testing + $10,233 for disclosures).                

*Abstract:*                     The Amplifier Rule assists consumers by standardizing the measurement and disclosure of power output and other performance characteristics of amplifiers in stereos and other home entertainment equipment. The Rule also specifies the test conditions necessary to make the disclosures that the Rule requires.                

## Request for Comment

                    On November 2, 2020, the FTC sought public comment on the information collection requirements associated with the Rule. 85 FR 69331. The Commission received no germane comments. Pursuant to the OMB regulations, 5 CFR part 1320, that implement the PRA, 44 U.S.C. 3501*et seq.,*                     the FTC is providing this second opportunity for public comment while seeking OMB approval to renew the pre-existing clearance for the Rule.                

Your comment—including your name and your state—will be placed on the public record of this proceeding. Because your comment will be made public, you are solely responsible for making sure that your comment does not include any sensitive personal information, such as anyone's Social Security number; date of birth; driver's license number or other state 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.

Josephine Liu,

Assistant General Counsel for Legal Counsel.

[FR Doc. 2021-01156 Filed 1-19-21; 8:45 am]

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