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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. 

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 ‘‘Textile Rules; 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 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. 2024–01001 Filed 1–18–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6750–01–P 

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission for OMB 

Review; Comment Request; Extension 

AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Trade 

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

requests that the Office of Management 

and Budget (‘‘OMB’’) extend for an 

additional three years the current 

Paperwork Reduction Act (‘‘PRA’’) 

clearance for information collection 

requirements in the Trade Regulation 

Rule entitled Labeling and Advertising 

of Home Insulation (‘‘R-value Rule’’ or 

‘‘Rule’’). That clearance expires on 

March 31, 2024. 

DATES: Comments must be filed by 

February 20, 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. 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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Hampton Newsome, Attorney, Division 

of Enforcement, Federal Trade 

Commission, Room CC–9528, 600 

Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20580, (202) 326–2889. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title of Collection: R-value Rule, 16 

CFR part 460. 

OMB Control Number: 3084–0109. 

Type of Review: Extension without 

change of currently approved collection. 

Abstract: The R-value Rule establishes 

uniform standards for the substantiation 

and disclosure of accurate, material 

product information about the thermal 

performance characteristics of home 

insulation products. The R-value of an 

insulation signifies the insulation’s 

degree of resistance to the flow of heat. 

This information tells consumers how 

well a product is likely to perform as an 

insulator and allows consumers to 

determine whether the cost of the 

insulation is justified. 

Affected Public: Insulation 

manufacturers, installers, home 

builders, home sellers, insulation 

sellers. 

Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 

100,874 hours. 

Estimated Annual Labor Costs: 

$2,424,450.68 (solely related to labor 

costs). 

Request for Comment: On August 30, 

2023, the FTC sought public comment 

on the information collection 

requirements associated with the Rule. 

88 FR 59923 (Aug. 30, 2023). No 

relevant comments were received 

during the public comment period. 

Pursuant to 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. For more details about the 


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Rule requirements and the basis for the 

calculations summarized below, see 88 

FR 59923. 

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 ensuring 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 ‘‘[t]rade secret or 

any commercial or financial information 

which is . . . privileged or 

confidential’’—as provided in 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. 2024–01004 Filed 1–18–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6750–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Agency for Toxic Substances and 

Disease Registry 

[Docket No. ATSDR–2023–0005] 

Availability of Two Draft Toxicological 

Profiles 

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 two 

updated toxicological profiles: 

chloroform and chloroethane. 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 caused by exposure to 

the substances covered in these two 

profiles for review. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

received on or before April 18, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by Docket No. ATSDR–2023– 

0005 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–2023–0005. 

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, 4770 

Buford Highway, Mail Stop S106–5, 

Atlanta, GA 30329–4027; Email: 

ATSDRToxProfileFRNs@cdc.gov; Phone: 

1–800–232–4636. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: ATSDR 

has prepared drafts of two updated 

toxicological profiles 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 of the available literature 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 

two updated toxicological profiles 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–2023–0005 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 


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