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1FTC Rule 4.2(d), 16 CFR 4.2(d). The comment 

must be accompanied by an explicit request for 

confidential treatment, including the factual and 

legal basis for the request, and must identify the 

specific portions of the comment to be withheld 

from the public record. The request will be granted 

or denied by the Commission’s General Counsel, 

consistent with applicable law and the public 

interest. See FTC Rule 4.9(c), 16 CFR 4.9(c). 

Beach and Hendry Counties, FL, Wait 

Period Ends: 02/09/2009, Contact: 

Tori White 561–472–3517. 

Amended Notices 

EIS No. 20080484, Draft EIS, NOA, AK, 

Bering Sea Chinook Salmon Bycatch 

Management, Establish New Measures 

to Minimize Chinook Salmon 

Bycatch, To Amend the Fishery 

Management Plan, Implementation, 

Bering Sea Pollock Fishery, AK, 

Comment Period Ends: 02/23/2009, 

Contact: Gretchen Harrington 907– 

586–7228. 

Revision to FR Notice Published 12/ 

05/2008: Extending Comment Period 

from 02/03/2009 to 02/23/2009. 

Dated: January 6, 2009. 

Robert W. Hargrove, 

Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office 

of Federal Activities. 

[FR Doc. E9–212 Filed 1–8–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION 

Meetings; Sunshine Act 

AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING: Federal 

Maritime Commission. 

TIME AND DATE: January 14, 2009– 

10 a.m. 

PLACE: 800 North Capitol Street, NW., 

First Floor Hearing Room, Washington, 

DC. 

STATUS: A portion of the meeting will 

be in Open Session and the remainder 

of the meeting will be in Closed Session. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 

Open Session 

(1) Budget Status Report. 

(2) Docket No. 02–15 Passenger Vessel 

Financial Responsibility—Request of 

Commissioner Brennan. 

Closed Session 

(1) FMC Agreement No. 201199: Port 

Fee Services Agreement. 

(2) FMC Agreement No. 011223–043: 

Transpacific Stabilization Agreement. 

(3) Staff Briefing Regarding Global 

Economic Downturn and Potential 

Impact on Stakeholders. 

(4) Internal Administrative Practices 

and Personnel Matters. 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

Karen V. Gregory, Secretary, (202) 523– 

5725. 

Karen V. Gregory, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–408 Filed 1–7–09; 4:15 pm] 

BILLING CODE 6730–01–P 

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission for OMB 

Review; Comment Request 

AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission 

(‘‘FTC’’ or ‘‘Commission’’). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The FTC is seeking public 

comments on its proposal to extend 

through February 28, 2012, the current 

Paperwork Reduction Act (‘‘PRA’’) 

clearance for information collection 

requirements contained in its 

regulations under the Fair Packaging 

and Labeling Act (‘‘FPLA’’). That 

clearance expires on February 28, 2009. 

DATES: Comments must be filed by 

February 9, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Interested parties are 

invited to submit written comments 

electronically or in paper form. 

Comments should refer to ‘‘Fair 

Packaging & Labeling Regs, PRA 

Comments, P074200’’ to facilitate the 

organization of comments. Please note 

that comments will be placed on the 

public record of this proceeding— 

including on the publicly accessible 

FTC website, at (http://www.ftc.gov/os/ 

publiccomments.shtm)—and therefore 

should not include any sensitive or 

confidential information. In particular, 

comments should not include any 

sensitive personal information, such as 

an individual’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. Comments 

also should not include any sensitive 

health information, such as medical 

records or other individually 

identifiable health information. In 

addition, comments should not include 

any ‘‘[t]rade secrets and commercial or 

financial information obtained from a 

person and privileged or 

confidential. . . .,’’ as provided in Section 

6(f) of the FTC Act, 15 U.S.C. 46(f), and 

Commission Rule 4.10(a)(2), 16 CFR 

4.10(a)(2). Comments containing 

material for which confidential 

treatment is requested must be filed in 

paper form, must be clearly labeled 

‘‘Confidential,’’ and must comply with 

FTC Rule 4.9(c).1

Because paper mail addressed to the 

FTC is subject to delay due to 

heightened security screening, please 

consider submitting your comments in 

electronic form. Comments filed in 

electronic form should be submitted by 

using the following weblink: (https:// 

secure.commentworks.com/ftcFPLAregs) (and following the 

instructions on the web-based form). To 

ensure that the Commission considers 

an electronic comment, you must file it 

on the web-based form at the weblink 

(https://secure.commentworks.com/ftcFPLAregs). If this Notice appears at 

(http://www.regulations.gov/search/ 

index.jsp), you may also file an 

electronic comment through that 

website. The Commission will consider 

all comments that regulations.gov 

forwards to it. You may also visit the 

FTC website at http://www.ftc.govto 

read the Notice and the news release 

describing it. 

A comment filed in paper form 

should include the ‘‘Fair Packaging & 

Labeling Regs, PRA Comments, 

P074200’’ reference both in the text and 

on the envelope, and should be mailed 

or delivered to the following address: 

Federal Trade Commission, Office of the 

Secretary, Room H-135 (Annex J), 600 

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, 

DC 20580. The FTC is requesting that 

any comment filed in paper form be sent 

by courier or overnight service, if 

possible, because U.S. postal mail in the 

Washington area and at the Commission 

is subject to delay due to heightened 

security precautions. 

All comments should additionally be 

submitted to: Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs of OMB, Attention: 

Desk Officer for the Federal Trade 

Commission. Comments should be 

submitted via facsimile to (202) 395- 

6974 because U.S. Postal Mail is subject 

to lengthy delays due to heightened 

security precautions. 

The FTC Act and other laws 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, 

whether filed in paper or electronic 

form. Comments received will be 

available to the public on the FTC 

website, to the extent practicable, at 

(http://www.ftc.gov/os/ 

publiccomments.shtm). As a matter of 

discretion, the Commission makes every 

effort to remove home contact 

information for individuals from the 

public comments it receives before 

placing those comments on the FTC 

website. More information, including 

routine uses permitted by the Privacy 

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2 ‘‘Consumer commodity’’ means any article, 

product, or commodity of any kind or class which 

is customarily produced or distributed for sale 

through retail sales agencies or instrumentalities for 

consumption by individuals, or use by individuals 

for purposes of personal care or in the performance 

of services ordinarily rendered within the 

household, and which usually is consumed or 

expended in the course of such consumption or 

use.’’ 16 CFR 500.2(c). For the precise scope of the 

term’s coverage see 16 CFR 500.2(c); 503.2; 503.5. 

See also (http://www.ftc.gov/os/statutes/fpla/ 

outline.html). 

3To the extent that the FPLA-implementing 

regulations require sellers of consumer 

commodities to keep records that substantiate 

‘‘cents off,’’ ‘‘introductory offer,’’ and/or ‘‘economy 

size’’ claims, staff believes that most, if not all, of 

the records that sellers maintain would be kept in 

the ordinary course of business, regardless of the 

legal mandates. 

4Staff has drawn upon the U.S. Census Bureau’s 

2002 economic census, the most recent census 

available providing data for purposes of staff’s 

instant estimates. See (http://www.census.gov/econ/ 

census02/guide/SUBSUMM.HTM) and (http:// 

www.census.gov/prod/ec02/ec0231sg1.pdf) (Table 

2). 

5Although the estimates are non-rounded figures, 

they remain estimates as they are the sum total of 

projected industry codes subject to the FPLA. But, 

even allowing for industries that may apply, the 

Census data do not separately break out nonhousehold products from household use and, 

accordingly, overstate what is actually subject to the 

FPLA. 

6 ‘‘Specialized clerical support’’ consists of 

graphic design specialists, working by computer to 

design the appearance and layout of product 

packaging, including appropriate display of the 

disclosures required by the FPLA regulations. 

7Based generally on the National Compensation 

Survey: Occupational Earnings in the United States, 

2007, U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor 

Statistics (August 2008) (‘‘BLS National 

Compensation Survey’’) (citing the mean hourly 

earnings for management occupations, legal 

occupations/lawyers, and assorted clerical 

positions), available at (http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/ 

sp/nctb0300.pdf). Clerical estimates are derived 

from the above source data, applying roughly a midrange of mean hourly rates for potentially 

applicable clerical types, e.g., computer operators, 

data entry and information processing workers. 

Act, may be found in the FTC’s privacy 

policy, at (http://www.ftc.gov/ftc/ 

privacy.shtm). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the proposed information 

requirements should be sent to Stephen 

Ecklund, Investigator, Division of 

Enforcement, Bureau of Consumer 

Protection, Federal Trade Commission, 

600 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., 

Washington, D.C. 20580, (202) 326- 

2841. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

PRA, 44 U.S.C. 3501-3521, Federal 

agencies must obtain approval from 

OMB for each collection of information 

they conduct or sponsor. ‘‘Collection of 

information’’ means agency requests or 

requirements that members of the public 

submit reports, keep records, or provide 

information to a third party. 44 U.S.C. 

3502(3); 5 CFR 1320.3(c). As required by 

the PRA, the FTC is providing this 

opportunity for public comment before 

requesting that OMB extend the existing 

paperwork clearance for the regulations 

noted herein. 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A). 

On October 10, 2008, the Commission 

sought public comments concerning the 

proposed collection of information. See 

73 FR 60286. No comments were 

received. Pursuant to the OMB 

regulations that implement the PRA (5 

CFR Part 1320), the Commission is 

providing this second opportunity for 

public comment while seeking OMB 

clearance for the FPLA regulations. All 

comments should be filed as prescribed 

in the ADDRESSES section above, and 

must be received on or before February 

9, 2009. 

The FPLA, 15 U.S.C. 1451-1461, was 

enacted to eliminate consumer 

deception concerning product size 

representations and package content 

information. The regulations that 

implement the FPLA, 16 CFR Parts 500 

- 503, establish requirements for the 

manner and form of labeling applicable 

to manufacturers, packagers, and 

distributors of ‘‘consumer 

commodities.’’2 Section 4 of the FPLA 

specifically 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 a company that is 

responsible for the product. 

Estimated annual hours burden: 

7,570,740 total burden hours (solely 

relating to disclosure3) 

As in the past, Commission staff has 

used Census data4 to estimate the 

number of companies subject to the 

FPLA. Staff conservatively estimates5

that approximately 757,074 

manufacturers, packagers, distributors, 

and retailers of consumer commodities 

make disclosures at an average burden 

of ten hours per entity, for a total 

disclosure burden of 7,570,740 hours. 

Estimated annual cost burden: 

$158,985,540 (solely relating to labor 

costs) 

The estimated annual labor cost 

burden associated with the FPLA 

disclosure requirements consists of an 

estimated hour of managerial and/or 

professional time per covered entity (at 

an estimated average hourly rate of $55), 

plus two hours of specialized clerical 

support6 (at an estimated average hourly 

rate of $25), and seven hours of clerical 

time per covered entity (at an estimated 

average hourly rate of $15), for a total 

of $158,985,540 ($210 blended labor 

cost per covered entity x 757,074 

entities).7

Total capital and start-up costs are de 

minimis. For many years, the packaging 

and labeling activities that require 

capital and start-up costs have been 

performed by covered entities in the 

ordinary course of business 

independent of the FPLA and 

implementing regulations. Similarly, 

firms provide in the ordinary course of 

business the information that the statute 

and regulations require be placed on 

packages and labels. 

William Blumenthal 

General Counsel 

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Billing code 6750–01–S 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Agency for Toxic Substances and 

Disease Registry 

[ATSDR–249] 

Announcement of Final Priority Data 

Needs for Two Priority Hazardous 

Substances 

AGENCY: Agency for Toxic Substances 

and Disease Registry (ATSDR), U.S. 

Department of Health and Human 

Services (HHS). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

final priority data needs for two priority 

hazardous substances (see Table 1) as 

part of the continuing development and 

implementation of the ATSDR 

Substance-Specific Applied Research 

Program (SSARP). The notice also 

serves as a continuous call for voluntary 

research proposals. 

The exposure and toxicity priority 

data needs in this notice were distilled 

from the data needs identified in 

ATSDR’s toxicological profiles by the 

logical scientific approach described in 

a decision guide published in the 

Federal Register on September 11, 1989 

(54 FR 37618). The priority data needs 

represent essential information to 

improve the database for conducting 

public health assessments. Research to 

address these priority data needs will 

help to determine the types or levels of 

exposure that may present significant 

risks of adverse health effects in people 

exposed to the hazardous substances. 

The priority data needs announced in 

this notice reflect the opinion of 

ATSDR, in consultation with other 

federal programs, about the research 

needed pursuant to ATSDR’s authority 

under the Comprehensive 

Environmental Response, 

Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 

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