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5FTC staff recently contacted two manufacturing 

associations—the Association of Home Appliance 

Manufacturers and the National Association of 

Manufacturers—but we have not received any 

additional information that further clarifies this 

estimate. 

6Because some manufacturers likely make 

products that are not priced above $15 or not 

intended for household use—and thus would not be 

subject to the Rule—this figure is likely an 

overstatement. 

7Staff has derived an hourly wage rate for legal 

professionals based upon industry knowledge. The 

clerical wage rate used in this Notice is based on 

recent data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics 

National Compensation Survey. 

warrantors would now disclose this 

information even if there were no 

statute or rule requiring them to do so, 

staff’s estimates likely overstate the 

PRA-related burden attributable to the 

Rule. Moreover, the Warranty Rule has 

been in effect since 1976, and 

warrantors have long since modified 

their warranties to include the 

information the Rule requires. 

Based on conversations with various 

warrantors’ representatives over the 

years, staff has concluded that eight 

hours per year is a reasonable estimate 

of warrantors’ PRA-related burden 

attributable to the Warranty Rule.5 This 

estimate takes into account ensuring 

that new warranties and changes to 

existing warranties comply with the 

Rule. Based on recent Census data, staff 

now estimates that there are 15,922 

manufacturers covered by the Rule.6

This results in an annual burden 

estimate of approximately 127,376 

hours (15,922 manufacturers × 8 hours 

of burden per year). 

Total annual labor costs: $16,941,000, 

rounded to the nearest thousand. 

Labor costs are derived by applying 

appropriate hourly cost figures to the 

burden hours described above. The 

work required to comply with the 

Warranty Rule—ensuring that new 

warranties and changes to existing 

warranties comply with the Rule— 

requires a mix of legal analysis and 

clerical support. Staff estimates that half 

of the total burden hours (63,688 hours) 

requires legal analysis at an average 

hourly wage of $250 for legal 

professionals,7 resulting in a labor cost 

of $15,922,000. Assuming that the 

remaining half of the total burden hours 

requires clerical work at an average 

hourly wage of $16, the resulting labor 

cost is approximately $1,019,008. Thus, 

the total annual labor cost is 

approximately $16,941,008 ($15,922,000 

for legal professionals + $1,019,008 for 

clerical workers). 

Total annual capital or other 

nonlabor costs: $0. 

The Rule imposes no appreciable 

current capital or start-up costs. As 

stated above, warrantors have already 

modified their warranties to include the 

information the Rule requires. Rule 

compliance does not require the use of 

any capital goods, other than ordinary 

office equipment, which providers 

would already have available for general 

business use. 

Willard K. Tom, 

General Counsel. 

[FR Doc. 2010–25983 Filed 10–14–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6750–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Office of the Secretary 

5th Annual PHEMCE Stakeholders 

Workshop and BARDA Industry Day 

AGENCY: Department of Health and 

Human Services, Office of the Secretary. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Health and 

Human Services (HHS) is pleased to 

announce the upcoming 5th Annual 

Public Health Emergency Medical 

Countermeasures Enterprise (PHEMCE) 

Stakeholders Workshop and BARDA 

Industry Day to be held January 10–12, 

2011 at the Walter E. Washington 

Convention Center in Washington, DC. 

This annual PHEMCE event will bring 

together private- and public-sector 

stakeholders including: Federal 

Officials, International Governments, 

Industry, Healthcare Providers, First 

Responders, Community-Based 

Organizations, and other interested 

audiences. Attendees will have 

opportunities to participate in Medical 

Countermeasure focused forums on: 

• Pre-Event Positioning of Medical 

Countermeasures. 

• Emergency Planning for Vulnerable 

Populations. 

• Industry Feedback on Contracting 

Issue. 

• Medical Countermeasures 

Development: Expanding the Pipeline 

and Exploring Multi-Use Potential. 

• BARDA Industry Day Presentations. 

This free Workshop will also address 

current state of public health emergency 

medical countermeasure preparedness 

plans and opportunities to enhance 

national response capabilities. BARDA 

Industry Day provides a unique 

opportunity for biotechnology and 

pharmaceutical industry representatives 

to showcase their latest advances in 

vaccines, therapeutics, diagnostics, and 

platform technologies targeting 

chemical, biological, radiological, 

nuclear, and naturally emerging threats, 

including pandemic influenza. 

DATES: The 5th Annual PHEMCE 

Stakeholders Workshop and BARDA 

Industry Day will be held January 10– 

12, 2011. Each day will begin at 9 a.m. 

ADDRESSES: The Workshop will be held 

at the Walter E. Washington Convention 

Center, 801 Mount Vernon Place, NW., 

Washington, DC 20001. 

Registration: There is no fee to attend; 

however, space is limited and 

registration is required. Registration and 

the preliminary agenda are available 

online at: http:// 

www.medicalcountermeasures.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: L. 

Paige Rogers, Office of Policy and 

Planning, Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Preparedness and 

Response at 330 Independence Ave., 

SW., Room G640, Washington, DC 

20201, e-mail at BARDA@hhs.gov, or by 

phone at 202–260–0365. 

Dated: September 16, 2010. 

Nicole Lurie, 

Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and 

Response. 

[FR Doc. 2010–26047 Filed 10–14–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4150–37–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

[Document Identifier: OS–0990–New; 30-day 

notice] 

Agency Information Collection 

Request; 30-Day Public Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HHS. 

In compliance with the requirement 

of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Office of the Secretary (OS), Department 

of Health and Human Services, is 

publishing the following summary of a 

proposed collection for public 

comment. Interested persons are invited 

to send comments regarding this burden 

estimate or any other aspect of this 

collection of information, including any 

of the following subjects: (1) The 

necessity and utility of the proposed 

information collection for the proper 

performance of the agency’s functions; 

(2) the accuracy of the estimated 

burden; (3) ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and (4) the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology to 

minimize the information collection 

burden. 

To obtain copies of the supporting 

statement and any related forms for the 

proposed paperwork collections 

referenced above, e-mail your request, 

including your address, phone number, 

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OMB number, and OS document 

identifier, to 

Sherette.funncoleman@hhs.gov, or call 

the Reports Clearance Office on (202) 

690–5683. Send written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collections within 30 days 

of this notice directly to the OS OMB 

Desk Officer; faxed to OMB at 202–395– 

5806. 

Proposed Project: ONC State HIE 

Performance Measures and Progress 

Report—OMB No. 0990–NEW—Office 

of the National Coordinator for Health 

Information Technology. 

Abstract: The purpose of the State 

Health Information Exchange 

Cooperative Agreement Program, as 

authorized by Section 3013 of the 

American Recovery and Reinvestment 

Act is to provide grants to States and 

Qualified State Designated Entities is to 

facilitate and expand the secure, 

electronic movement and use of health 

information among organizations 

according to national recognized 

standards. As part of that project, States 

and Qualified State Designated Entities 

are required to provide biannual 

program progress reports and report on 

performance measures during the 

implementation phase of the 

cooperative agreement. This request is 

for those two data gathering 

requirements. The data collection will 

last four years, which is the duration of 

the project, and this request is for the 

data collection for the first three years 

of that project period. 

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN TABLE

Forms (if necessary) Type of respondent Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(in hrs.) 

Total burden 

hours 

Evaluation performance measures ... State government or Qualified State 

Designated Entity.

56 2 175 19,600 

Program progress report ................... State government or Qualified State 

Designated Entity.

56 2 8 896 

Total ........................................... ........................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ 20,496 

Terry Nicolosi, 

Director, Office of Resources Management; 

Office of the Chief Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2010–25917 Filed 10–14–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4150–45–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

[Document Identifier: OS–0990–NEW; 30- 

day notice] 

Agency Information Collection 

Request; 30-Day Public Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HHS. 

In compliance with the requirement 

of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Office of the Secretary (OS), Department 

of Health and Human Services, is 

publishing the following summary of a 

proposed collection for public 

comment. Interested persons are invited 

to send comments regarding this burden 

estimate or any other aspect of this 

collection of information, including any 

of the following subjects: (1) The 

necessity and utility of the proposed 

information collection for the proper 

performance of the agency’s functions; 

(2) the accuracy of the estimated 

burden; (3) ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and (4) the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology to 

minimize the information collection 

burden. 

To obtain copies of the supporting 

statement and any related forms for the 

proposed paperwork collections 

referenced above, e-mail your request, 

including your address, phone number, 

OMB number, and OS document 

identifier, to 

Sherette.funncoleman@hhs.gov, or call 

the Reports Clearance Office on (202) 

690–5683. Send written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collections within 30 days 

of this notice directly to the OS OMB 

Desk Officer; faxed to OMB at 202–395– 

5806. 

Proposed Project: ONC State HIE State 

Plans—OMB No. 0990–NEW—Office of 

the National Coordinator for Health 

Information Technology. 

Abstract: The purpose of the State 

Health Information Exchange 

Cooperative Agreement Program, as 

authorized by Section 3013 of the 

American Recovery and Reinvestment 

Act is to provide grants to States and 

Qualified State Designated Entities is to 

facilitate and expand the secure, 

electronic movement and use of health 

information among organizations 

according to national recognized 

standards. Section 3013 requires States 

and Qualified State Designated Entities 

to have approved State Plans, consisting 

of strategic and operational components, 

before funding can be used for 

implementation activities. The State 

Plans must be submitted to the National 

Coordinator for Health Information 

Technology during the first year of the 

project period in order to receive 

implementation funding through the 

cooperative agreement. Annual updates 

to the State plans will be required in the 

three remaining project periods. The 

data collection will last four years, 

which is the duration of the project, and 

this request is for the data collection for 

the first three years of that project 

period. 

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN TABLE

Forms (if necessary) Type of respondent Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(in hrs.) 

Total burden 

hours 

State Plans (Strategic and Operational).State Government or Qualified State 

Designated Entity.

56 1 10,024 561,244 

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