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1Staff estimates 2,500 models of amplifiers or 

amplifier-integrated devices are sold in the U.S. 

each year and that approximately 2,050 models are 

marketed with amplifier power output-related 

claims that would subject them to the Rule’s 

requirements. Of these 2,050 models, staff estimates 

approximately 80% or 1,640 of the models have 

nominally new model numbers but only 15% or 

308 of the models require new testing and 

disclosures because the products are either entirely 

new or have significant changes from their prior 

iteration. 

2The wage rates for electronics engineers and 

advertising and promotions managers are based on 

recent data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics 

Occupational Employment Statistics Survey at 

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

sales statistics, inventories, formulas, 

patterns, devices, manufacturing 

processes, or customer names. 

Josephine Liu, 

Assistant General Counsel for Legal Counsel. 

[FR Doc. 2024–01002 Filed 1–18–24; 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: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(‘‘PRA’’), the Federal Trade Commission 

(‘‘FTC’’ or ‘‘Commission’’) is seeking 

public comment on its proposal to 

extend for an additional three years the 

Office of Management and Budget 

clearance for information collection 

requirements in the Trade Regulation 

Rule entitled Power Output Claims for 

Amplifiers Utilized in Home 

Entertainment Products (‘‘Amplifier 

Rule’’ or ‘‘Rule’’). This clearance expires 

on April 30, 2024. 

DATES: Comments must be filed by 

March 19, 2024. 

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 ‘‘Amplifier Rule, PRA 

Comment, P085405,’’ 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: 

Hong Park, Attorney, Division of 

Enforcement, Bureau of Consumer 

Protection, Federal Trade Commission, 

(202) 326–2158, hpark@ftc.gov. 

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: 

462 hours (308 testing hours; 154 

disclosure hours). 

Likely Respondents and Estimated 

Burden: 

(a) Testing—High fidelity 

manufacturers—308 new products/year 

× 1 hour each = 308 hours; and 

(b) Disclosures—High fidelity 

manufacturers—[(308 new products/ 

year × 1 specification sheet) + (308 new 

products/year × 1 brochure)] × 15 

minutes per specification sheet or 

brochure = 154 hours. 

Frequency of Response: Periodic. 

Estimated Annual Labor Cost: $28,019 

per year ($17,131 for testing + $10,888 

for disclosures). 

Abstract: The Amplifier Rule assists 

consumers by standardizing the 

measurement and disclosure of power 

output and related 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. 

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 Rule. 

Burden Estimates: 

Estimated annual hours of burden: 

462 hours (308 testing hours; 154 

disclosure hours). 

The Rule’s provisions require 

manufacturers making certain amplifier 

power output-related claims to test the 

power output in accordance with a 

specified FTC protocol. The 

Commission staff estimates that 

approximately 308 new models of 

covered products 1 (i.e., amplifiers, 

receivers, and amplifier-integrated 

devices typically marketed to 

consumers with amplifier power outputrelated claims) come on the market each 

year. High fidelity manufacturers 

routinely conduct performance tests on 

these new models prior to sale. Because 

manufacturers conduct such tests, the 

Rule imposes no additional costs except 

to the extent that the FTC protocol is 

more time-consuming than alternative 

testing procedures. In this regard, a 

warm-up period that the Rule requires 

before measurements are taken may add 

approximately one hour to the time 

testing would otherwise entail. Thus, 

staff estimates that the Rule imposes 

approximately 308 hours (1 hour × 308 

new models) of added testing burden 

annually. 

In addition, the Rule requires 

disclosures if a seller makes a triggering 

power output-related claim for a 

covered product in an advertisement, 

specification sheet, or product brochure. 

This requirement does not impose any 

additional costs on sellers because, 

absent the Rule, media advertisements, 

as well as manufacturer specification 

sheets and product brochures, would 

contain a power specification obtained 

using an alternative to the Rule-required 

testing protocol. The Rule, however, 

also requires disclosure of harmonic 

distortion, power bandwidth, and 

impedance ratings in manufacturer 

specification sheets and product 

brochures that might not otherwise be 

included. 

Staff assumes that manufacturers 

produce one specification sheet and one 

brochure each year for each new model. 

The burden of disclosing the harmonic 

distortion, bandwidth, and impedance 

information on the specification sheets 

and brochures is limited to the time 

needed to draft and review the language 

pertaining to the aforementioned 

specifications. Staff estimates the time 

involved for this task to be a maximum 

of fifteen minutes (or 0.25 hours) for 

each new specification sheet or 

brochure for a total of 154 hours 

(derived from [(308 new models × 1 

specification sheet) + (308 new models 

× 1 brochure)] × 0.25 hours for each 

specification sheet or brochure). The 

total annual burden imposed by the 

Rule, therefore, is approximately 462 

burden hours for testing and 

disclosures. 

Estimated annual labor cost burden: 

$28,019. 

Generally, electronics engineers 

perform the testing of amplifiers. Staff 

estimates a labor cost of $17,131 for 

such testing (308 hours for testing × 

$55.62 mean hourly wages). Staff 

assumes advertising or promotions 

managers prepare the disclosures 

contained in product brochures and 

manufacturer specification sheet and 

estimates a labor cost of $10,888 (154 

hours for disclosures × $70.70 mean 

hourly wages). Accordingly, staff 

estimates the total labor costs associated 

with the Rule to be approximately 

$28,019 per year ($17,131 for testing + 

$10,888 for disclosures).2

The Rule imposes no capital or other 

non-labor costs because its requirements 


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1 15 U.S.C. 70 et seq. 

are incidental to testing and advertising 

done in the ordinary course of business. 

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 March 

19, 2024. 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 ‘‘Amplifier Rule, PRA Comment, 

P085405,’’ 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. 

If possible, submit your paper comment 

to the Commission by overnight service. 

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 March 19, 2024. 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. 2024–01006 Filed 1–18–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6750–01–P 

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION 

[File No. P072108] 

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 Commission’s rules 

and regulations under the Textile Fiber 

Products Identification Act (‘‘Textile 

Rules’’). That clearance expires on June 

30, 2024. 

DATES: Comments must be filed by 

March 19, 2024. 

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 ‘‘Textile Rules; PRA 

Comment: FTC File No. P072108’’ on 

your comment, and file your comment 

online at https://www.regulations.gov by 

following the instructions on the webbased 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 

K. Chung, Attorney, Division of 

Enforcement, Bureau of Consumer 

Protection, Federal Trade Commission, 

Mail Code CC–9528, 600 Pennsylvania 

Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20580, 

(202) 326–2984. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title of Collection: Rules and 

Regulations under the Textile Fiber 

Products Identification Act, 16 CFR part 

303. 

OMB Control Number: 3084–0101. 

Type of Review: Extension without 

change of currently approved collection. 

Abstract: The Textile Fiber Products 

Identification Act (Textile Act) 1

prohibits the misbranding and false 

advertising of textile fiber products. The 

Textile Rules establish disclosure 

requirements that assist consumers in 

making informed purchasing decisions, 

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. 

Likely Respondents: Manufacturers, 

importers, processors, and marketers of 

textile fiber products. 

Frequency of Response: Third party 

disclosure; recordkeeping requirement. 

Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 

43,234,317 hours (1,180,725 

recordkeeping hours + 42,053,592 

disclosure hours). 

Recordkeeping: 1,180,725 hours 

(approximately 18,165 textile firms 

incur average burden of 65 hours per 

firm). 

Disclosure: 42,053,592 hours (621,725 

hours to determine label content + 

765,200 hours to draft and order labels 

+ 40,666,667 hours to attach labels). 

Estimated Annual Cost Burden: 

$324,538,414.59. 


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