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2The wage rates for skilled technical personnel 

(engineering technologists and technicians, except 

drafters), clerical personnel (file clerks), and sales 

persons (sales and related occupations) are based on 

are based on recent data from the Bureau of Labor 

Statistics Occupational Employment Statistics 

Survey. See U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Table 

1. National Employment and Wage Data from the 

Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics 

Survey by Occupation (May 2022), https://

www.bls.gov/news.release/ocwage.t01.htm. 

compliance with third-party disclosure 

requirements, based on 3,360 hours 

(3,360 hours × $19.02 per hour for 

clerical personnel); and $2,354,159.78 

for disclosure compliance by installers, 

new home sellers, and retailers (97,199 

hours × $24.22 per hour for sales 

persons).2

There are no significant current 

capital or other non-labor costs 

associated with this Rule. Because the 

Rule has been in effect since 1980, 

members of the industry are familiar 

with its requirements and already have 

in place the equipment for conducting 

tests and storing records. New products 

are introduced infrequently. Because the 

required disclosures are placed on 

packaging or on the product itself, the 

Rule’s additional disclosure 

requirements do not cause industry 

members to incur any significant 

additional non-labor associated costs. 

Request for Comment 

Pursuant to Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 

the PRA, the FTC invites comments on: 

(1) whether the disclosure and 

recordkeeping requirements are 

necessary, including whether the 

information will be practically useful; 

(2) the accuracy of our burden estimates, 

including whether the methodology and 

assumptions used are valid; (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. 

For the FTC to consider a comment, 

we must receive it on or before October 

30, 2023. Your comment, including your 

name and your state, will be placed on 

the public record of this proceeding, 

including the https://

www.regulations.gov website. 

You can file a comment online or on 

paper. Due to heightened security 

screening, postal mail addressed to the 

Commission will be subject to delay. We 

encourage you to submit your comments 

online through the https://

www.regulations.gov website. 

If you file your comment on paper, 

write ‘‘R-value Rule; PRA Comment: 

FTC File No. P072108,’’ 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. 

Because your comment will become 

publicly available at https://

www.regulations.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 (1) be filed in paper 

form, (2) be clearly labeled 

‘‘Confidential,’’ and (3) 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 publicly at 

www.regulations.gov, we cannot redact 

or remove your comment 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 October 30, 2023. 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. 

Josephine Liu, 

Assistant General Counsel for Legal Counsel. 

[FR Doc. 2023–18767 Filed 8–29–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6750–01–P 

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request; Extension 

AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Trade 

Commission (‘‘FTC’’ or ‘‘Commission’’) 

is seeking public comments on its 

proposal to extend for an additional 

three years the current Paperwork 

Reduction Act (‘‘PRA’’) clearance for 

information collection requirements 

contained in the Fair Packaging and 

Labeling Act regulations (‘‘FPLA 

Rules’’). That clearance expires on 

March 31, 2024. 

DATES: Comments must be filed by 

October 30, 2023. 

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 ‘‘FPLA Rules, PRA 

Comment, P074200’’ on your comment, 

and file your comment online at https:// 

www.regulations.gov 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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jock 

Chung, Attorney, Division of 

Enforcement, Bureau of Consumer 

Protection, Federal Trade Commission, 

Room CC–9543, 600 Pennsylvania 

Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20580, 

(202) 326–2984. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title of Collection: Regulations Under 

Section 4 of the Fair Packaging and 

Labeling Act (FPLA), 16 CFR parts 500– 

503. 

OMB Control Number: 3084–0110. 

Type of Review: Extension without 

change of currently approved collection. 

Abstract: The Fair Packaging and 

Labeling Act, 15 U.S.C. 1451 et seq., was 

enacted to enable consumers to obtain 

accurate package quantity information 

to facilitate value comparisons and 

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1FTC staff based this estimate on a combination 

of U.S. Census Bureau (‘‘Census’’) data and 

information from the North American Industry 

Classification System (‘‘NAICS’’). FTC staff 

identified categories of retailers, wholesalers, and 

manufacturers under its jurisdiction that supply 

consumer commodities as defined in the FPLA 

Rules. FTC staff estimated the number of retailers 

(317,973) based on 2021 Census data compiling 

NAICS subsector codes 445, 452, and 453, 

respectively, for food and beverage stores, general 

merchandise stores, and miscellaneous store 

retailers. See https://data.census.gov/

table?n=445:452:453&tid=CBP2021.CB2100CBP

&nkd=EMPSZES∼001,LFO∼001. FTC staff estimated 

the number of wholesalers (354,180) using 2021 

Census data concerning the number of firms 

covered by NAICS subset code 42 for merchant 

wholesalers, except manufacturers’ sales branches 

and offices (NAICS subsector code 425). See https:// 

data.census.gov/table?n=42

&tid=CBP2021.CB2100CBP&nkd=EMPSZES∼

001,LFO∼001 (reflecting that NAICS subset code 42 

covers 390,842 entities); https://data.census.gov/

table?n=425&tid=CBP2021.CB2100CBP&

nkd=EMPSZES∼001,LFO∼001 (reflecting that 

NAICS subsector code 425 covers 36,662 entities). 

FTC staff estimated the number of covered 

manufacturers (71,505) by compiling the estimated 

number of manufacturing entities covered by 

NAICS codes 321999, 322220, 322299, 324191, 

324199, 325520, 3256, 325992, 325998, 326111, 

326130, 326140, 326199, 327910, 331315, 339999. 

See https://www.naics.com/six-digit-naics/

?v=2022&code=31-33. 

2Based on the mean hourly wage rate for 

‘‘General and Operations Managers’’ ($59.07), 

available from Bureau of Labor Statistics, Economic 

News Release, April 25, 2023, Table 1, ‘‘National 

employment and wage data from the Occupational 

Employment Statistics survey by occupation, May 

2022’’ (‘‘BLS Table 1’’), available at https://

www.bls.gov/news.release/ocwage.htm. 

3This wage estimate consists of work time for 

graphic designers who design the appearance and 

layout of product packaging, including the 

appropriate display of the disclosures required by 

the FPLA Rules. The corresponding wage estimate 

is based on mean hourly wages for ‘‘Graphic 

designers’’ ($31.01). See BLS Table 1. 4See id. The clerical wage estimate is based on 

the mean hourly wages for ‘‘data entry and 

information processing workers’’ ($18.97). 5Rounded from $188,799,893.04. 

and labeling of consumer commodities. 

Section 4 of the FPLA requires packages 

or labels to be marked with: (1) A 

statement of identity; (2) a net quantity 

of contents disclosure; and (3) the name 

and place of business of the company 

responsible for the product. The FPLA 

regulations, 16 CFR parts 500–503, 

specify how manufacturers, packagers, 

and distributors of ‘‘consumer 

commodities’’ must comply with the 

Act’s labeling requirements. 

Affected Public: Private Sector: 

Businesses and other for-profit entities. 

Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 

7,436,580. 

Estimated Annual Labor Costs: 

$188,799,893. 

Estimated Annual Non-Labor Costs: 

$0. 

As required by section 3506(c)(2)(A) 

of the PRA, 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A), 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 FPLA Rules. 

Burden Estimates 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

743,658. 

FTC staff estimates there are 

approximately 743,658 retailers, 

wholesalers, and manufacturers that sell 

consumer commodities that are subject 

to the FPLA Rules’ labeling 

requirements.1

Burden Hours: 7,436,580 hours. 

FTC staff estimates that covered 

entities spend approximately 10 hours 

per year to comply with the FPLA 

Rule’s labeling requirements. As a 

result, the FTC estimates that the total 

burden hours attributable to FTC 

requirements is 7,436,580 hours 

(743,658 respondents × 10 hours). 

Labor Costs: $188,799,893. 

FTC staff derives labor costs by 

applying estimated hourly cost figures 

to the burden hours described above. 

Commission staff estimates the hours 

spent to comply with the FPLA Rules’ 

labeling requirements will break down 

as follows: 1 hour of managerial and/or 

professional time per covered entity, at 

an hourly wage of $59.07,2 2 hours of 

graphic design support, at an hourly 

wage of $31.01,3 7 hours of clerical time 

per covered entity, at an hourly wage of 

$18.97,4 for a total of $188,799,893 5

($253.88 blended labor cost per covered 

entity × 743,658 entities). 

Capital/Non-Labor Costs: $0. 

Commission staff believes that the 

FPLA Rules impose negligible capital or 

other non-labor costs, as the affected 

entities are likely to have the necessary 

supplies and/or equipment already (e.g., 

offices and computers) for the 

information collections discussed 

above. 

Request for Comment 

Pursuant to Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 

the PRA, the FTC invites comments on: 

(1) whether the disclosure and 

recordkeeping requirements are 

necessary, including whether the 

information will be practically useful; 

(2) the accuracy of our burden estimates, 

including whether the methodology and 

assumptions used are valid; (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. 

For the FTC to consider a comment, 

we must receive it on or before October 

30, 2023. Your comment, including your 

name and your state, will be placed on 

the public record of this proceeding, 

including the https://

www.regulations.gov website. 

You can file a comment online or on 

paper. Due to heightened security 

screening, postal mail addressed to the 

Commission will be subject to delay. We 

encourage you to submit your comments 

online through the https://

www.regulations.gov website. 

If you file your comment on paper, 

write ‘‘FPLA Rules, PRA Comment, 

P074200’’ 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. 

Because your comment will become 

publicly available at https://

www.regulations.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 (1) be filed in paper 

form, (2) be clearly labeled 

‘‘Confidential,’’ and (3) 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 publicly at 

www.regulations.gov, we cannot redact 

or remove your comment unless you 

submit a confidentiality request that 

meets the requirements for such 


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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 October 30, 2023. 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. 

Josephine Liu, 

Assistant General Counsel for Legal Counsel. 

[FR Doc. 2023–18766 Filed 8–29–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6750–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Agency for Toxic Substances and 

Disease Registry 

[Docket No. ATSDR–2023–0004] 

Availability of Five Draft Toxicological 

Profiles and One Draft Interaction 

Profile 

AGENCY: Agency for Toxic Substances 

and Disease Registry (ATSDR), 

Department of Health and Human 

Services (HHS). 

ACTION: Notice with comment period. 

SUMMARY: The Agency for Toxic 

Substances and Disease Registry 

(ATSDR), within the Department of 

Health and Human Services (HHS), 

announces the opening of a docket to 

obtain comments on drafts of five 

updated toxicological profiles, and one 

draft interaction profile: Creosote, 

Nickel, 1,2-Dichloroethene, Vinyl 

acetate, Acrylonitrile, and the 

Interaction Profile for Selected Metallic 

Ions. This action is necessary as this is 

the opportunity for members of the 

public and organizations to submit 

comments on drafts of the profiles. The 

intended effect of this action is to 

ensure that the public can note any 

pertinent additional information or 

reports on studies about the health 

effects of these six profiles for review. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

received on or before November 28, 

2023. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by Docket No. ATSDR–2023– 

0004 by either of the methods listed 

below. Do not submit comments by 

email. ATSDR does not accept 

comments by email. 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Mail: Agency for Toxic Substances 

and Disease Registry, Office of 

Innovation and Analytics, 4770 Buford 

Highway, Mail Stop S106–5, Atlanta, 

GA 30341–3717. Attn: Docket No. 

ATSDR–2023–0004. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name and 

Docket Number. All relevant comments 

received will be posted without change 

to http://www.regulations.gov, including 

any personal information provided. For 

access to the docket to read background 

documents or comments received, go to 

http://www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Farhana Rahman, Agency for Toxic 

Substances and Disease Registry, Office 

of Innovation and Analytics, 1600 

Clifton Rd. NE, Mail Stop S106–5, 

Atlanta, GA 30329–4027; Email: 

ATSDRToxProfileFRNs@cdc.gov; Phone: 

1–800–232–4636. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: ATSDR 

has prepared drafts of five updated 

toxicological profiles and one 

interaction profile based on current 

understanding of the health effects and 

availability of new studies and other 

information since their initial release. 

All toxicological profiles issued as 

‘‘Drafts for Public Comment’’ represent 

the result of ATSDR’s evidence-based 

evaluations to provide important 

toxicological information on priority 

hazardous substances to the public and 

health professionals. ATSDR considers 

key studies for these substances during 

the profile development process, using 

a systematic review approach. To that 

end, ATSDR is seeking public 

comments and additional information or 

reports on studies about the health 

effects of these substances for review 

and potential inclusion in the profiles. 

ATSDR will evaluate the quality and 

relevance of such data or studies for 

possible inclusion in the profile. 

Legislative Background 

The Superfund Amendments and 

Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA) [42 

U.S.C. 9601 et seq.] amended the 

Comprehensive Environmental 

Response, Compensation, and Liability 

Act of 1980 (CERCLA or Superfund) [42 

U.S.C. 9601 et seq.] by establishing 

certain requirements for ATSDR and the 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 

(EPA) regarding the hazardous 

substances most commonly found at 

facilities on the CERCLA National 

Priorities List. Among these statutory 

requirements is a mandate for the 

Administrator of ATSDR to prepare 

toxicological profiles for each substance 

included on the priority list of 

hazardous substances [also called the 

Substance Priority List (SPL)]. This list 

identifies 275 hazardous substances that 

ATSDR has determined pose the most 

significant potential threat to human 

health. The SPL is available online at 

http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/SPL. ATSDR 

is also mandated to revise and publish 

updated toxicological profiles, as 

necessary, to reflect updated health 

effects and other information. 

In addition, CERCLA provides ATSDR 

with the authority to prepare 

toxicological profiles for substances not 

found on the SPL. CERCLA authorizes 

ATSDR to establish and maintain an 

inventory of literature, research, and 

studies on the health effects of toxic 

substances (CERCLA Section 

104(i)(1)(B); 42 U.S.C. 9604(i)(1)(B)); to 

respond to requests for health 

consultations (CERCLA Section 

104(i)(4); 42 U.S.C. 9604(i)(4)); and to 

support the site-specific response 

actions conducted by the agency 

(CERCLA Section 104(i)(6); 42 U.S.C. 

9604(i)(6)). 

ATSDR has now prepared drafts of 

five updated toxicological profiles, and 

one interaction profile based on current 

understanding of the health effects and 

availability of new studies and other 

information since their initial release. 

Availability 

The draft toxicological profiles and 

interaction profile are available online 

at http://www.regulations.gov, Docket 

No. ATSDR–2023–0004 and at http://

www.atsdr.cdc.gov/ToxProfiles. 

Public Participation 

Interested persons or organizations 

are invited to participate by submitting 

written views, recommendations, and 

data. Please note that comments 

received, including attachments and 

other supporting materials, are part of 

the public record and are subject to 

public disclosure. Comments will be 

posted on https://www.regulations.gov. 

Therefore, do not include any 

information in your comment or 

supporting materials that you consider 

confidential or inappropriate for public 

disclosure. If you include your name, 

contact information, or other 

information that identifies you in the 

body of your comments, that 

information will be on public display. 

ATSDR will review all submissions and 

may choose to redact, or withhold, 

submissions containing private or 

proprietary information such as Social 

Security numbers, medical information, 

inappropriate language, or duplicate/ 

near duplicate examples of a mass-mail 


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