Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 198 / Monday, October 16, 2017 / Notices 48085 

Washington, DC 20024. If possible, 

submit your paper comment to the 

Commission by courier or overnight 

service. 

Comments on the information 

collection requirements subject to 

review under the PRA should 

additionally be submitted to OMB. If 

sent by U.S. mail, they should be 

addressed to Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, Office of 

Management and Budget, Attention: 

Desk Officer for the Federal Trade 

Commission, New Executive Office 

Building, Docket Library, Room 10102, 

725 17th Street NW., Washington, DC 

20503. Comments sent to OMB by U.S. 

postal mail are subject to delays due to 

heightened security precautions. Thus, 

comments can also be sent via email to 

wliberante@omb.eop.gov. 

Because your comment will be placed 

on the publicly accessible FTC Web site 

at https://www.ftc.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 be filed in paper form, 

must be clearly labeled ‘‘Confidential,’’ 

and must 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 on the public FTC Web 

site—as legally required by FTC Rule 

4.9(b)—we cannot redact or remove 

your comment from the FTC Web site, 

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 November 15, 2017. 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. 

Christian S. White, 

Acting General Counsel. 

[FR Doc. 2017–22334 Filed 10–13–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6750–01–P 

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission 

(‘‘FTC’’ or ‘‘Commission’’). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The information collection 

requirements described below will be 

submitted to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for review, as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act (PRA). The FTC seeks public 

comments on its proposal to extend, for 

three years, the current PRA clearance 

for information collection requirements 

contained in its Trade Regulation Rule 

entitled Power Output Claims for 

Amplifiers Utilized in Home 

Entertainment Products (Amplifier Rule 

or Rule) (OMB Control Number 3084– 

0105). That clearance expires on January 

31, 2018. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted by 

December 15, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Interested parties may file a 

comment online or on paper by 

following the instructions in the 

Request for Comments part of the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section 

below. Write ‘‘Amplifier Rule: FTC File 

No. P974222’’ on your comment, and 

file your comment online at https://

ftcpublic.commentworks.com/ftc/ 

amplifierrulepra1 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, or deliver your comment to the 

following address: Federal Trade 

Commission, Office of the Secretary, 

Constitution Center, 400 7th Street SW., 

5th Floor, Suite 5610 (Annex J), 

Washington, DC 20024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information 

should be addressed to Jock K. Chung, 

Attorney, Division of Enforcement, 

Bureau of Consumer Protection, Federal 

Trade Commission, Mail Code CC–9528, 

600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20580, (202) 326–2984. 

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 

section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA, 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 Commission’s 

Amplifier Rule, 16 CFR part 432 (OMB 

Control Number 3084–0105). The FTC 

invites comments on: (1) Whether the 

proposed collection of information is 

necessary for the proper performance of 

the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; (2) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (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 

on those who are to respond, including 

through the use of appropriate 

automated, electronic, mechanical, or 

other technological collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology, e.g., permitting electronic 

submission of responses. 

The Amplifier Rule assists consumers 

by standardizing the measurement and 

disclosure of power output and other 

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. 


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1The 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. 

Amplifier Rule Burden Statement 

Estimated annual hours burden: 450 

hours (300 testing-related hours; 150 

disclosure-related hours). 

The Rule’s provisions require affected 

entities to test the power output of 

amplifiers in accordance with a 

specified FTC protocol. The 

Commission staff estimates that 

approximately 300 new amplifiers and 

receivers come on the market each year. 

High fidelity manufacturers routinely 

conduct performance tests on these new 

products 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 300 hours (1 hour × 300 

new products) of added testing burden 

annually. 

In addition, the Rule requires 

disclosures if a manufacturer makes a 

power output claim for a covered 

product in an advertisement, 

specification sheet, or product brochure. 

This requirement does not impose any 

additional costs on manufacturers 

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 

amplifier and receiver. 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 and 

brochure for a total of 150 hours 

(derived from [300 new products × 1 

specification sheet) + (300 new products 

× 1 brochure)] × 0.25 hours). 

The total annual burden imposed by 

the Rule, therefore, is approximately 

450 burden hours for testing and 

disclosures. 

Estimated annual cost burden: 

$23,463. 

Generally, electronics engineers 

perform the testing of amplifiers and 

receivers. Staff estimates a labor cost of 

$14,967 for such testing (300 hours for 

testing × $49.89 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 $8,496 (150 

hours for disclosures × $56.64 mean 

hourly wages). Accordingly, staff 

estimates the total labor costs associated 

with the Rule to be approximately 

$23,463 per year ($14,967 for testing + 

$8,496 for disclosures).1

The Rule imposes no capital or other 

non-labor costs because its requirements 

are incidental to testing and advertising 

done in the ordinary course of business. 

Request for Comment 

You can file a comment online or on 

paper. December 15, 2017. Write 

‘‘Amplifier Rule: FTC File No. P974222’’ 

on your comment. Your comment— 

including your name and your state— 

will be placed on the public record of 

this proceeding, including, to the extent 

practicable, on the public Commission 

Web site, at https://www.ftc.gov/policy/ 

public-comments. Postal mail addressed 

to the Commission is subject to delay 

due to heightened security screening. As 

a result, we encourage you to submit 

your comments online. To make sure 

that the Commission considers your 

online comment, you must file it at 

https://ftcpublic.commentworks.com/ 

ftc/amplifierrulepra1 by following the 

instructions on the web based form. If 

this Notice appears at https://

www.regulations.gov, you also may file 

a comment through that Web site. 

If you file your comment on paper, 

write ‘‘Amplifier Rule: FTC File No. 

P974222’’ on your comment and on the 

envelope, and mail your comment to the 

following address: Federal Trade 

Commission, Office of the Secretary, 

600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Suite 

CC–5610 (Annex C), Washington, DC 

20580, or deliver your comment to the 

following address: Federal Trade 

Commission, Office of the Secretary, 

Constitution Center, 400 7th Street SW., 

5th Floor, Suite 5610, Washington, DC 

20024. If possible, submit your paper 

comment to the Commission by courier 

or overnight service. 

Because your comment will be placed 

on the publicly accessible FTC Web site 

at www.ftc.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 be filed in paper form, 

must be clearly labeled ‘‘Confidential,’’ 

and must 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 on the public FTC Web 

site—as legally required by FTC Rule 

4.9(b)—we cannot redact or remove 

your comment from the FTC Web site, 

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. 

Visit the Commission Web site at 

https://www.ftc.gov to read this Notice. 

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 December 15, 2017. You can find 

more information, including routine 

uses permitted by the Privacy Act, in 


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the Commission’s privacy policy, at 

https://www.ftc.gov/site-information/ 

privacy-policy. 

Christian S. White, 

Acting General Counsel. 

[FR Doc. 2017–22335 Filed 10–13–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6750–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[Docket Number CDC–2017–0090, NIOSH– 

301] 

Application of Biological Monitoring 

Methods for Chemical Exposures in 

Occupational Health 

AGENCY: National Institute for 

Occupational Safety and Health 

(NIOSH) of the Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention (CDC), 

Department of Health and Human 

Services (HHS). 

ACTION: Notice of draft document for 

public comment. 

SUMMARY: The National Institute for 

Occupational Safety and Health of the 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention announces the availability of 

a draft chapter to be published in the 

NIOSH Manual of Analytical Methods 

(NMAM) entitled ‘‘Application of 

Biological Monitoring Methods for 

Chemical Exposures in Occupational 

Health’’ now available for public 

comment. To view the draft chapter and 

related materials, visit https://

www.regulations.gov and enter CDC– 

2017–0090 in the search field and click 

‘‘Search.’’ 

DATES: Electronic or written comments 

must be received by December 15, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by CDC–2017–0090 and 

docket number NIOSH–301, by any of 

the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

https://www.regulations.gov Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Mail: National Institute for 

Occupational Safety and Health, NIOSH 

Docket Office, 1090 Tusculum Avenue, 

MS C–34, Cincinnati, Ohio 45226–1998. 

Instructions: All information received 

in response to this notice must include 

the agency name and docket number 

[CDC–2017–0090; NIOSH–301]. All 

relevant comments received will be 

posted without change to https://

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided. For 

access to the docket to read background 

documents or comments received, go to 

https://www.regulations.gov. All 

information received in response to this 

notice will also be available for public 

examination and copying at the NIOSH 

Docket Office, 1150 Tusculum Avenue, 

Room 155, Cincinnati, OH 45226–1998. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dale 

Shoemaker, Ph.D., NIOSH/DART, 1090 

Tusculum Avenue, MS R–7, Cincinnati, 

OH 45226,(513) 841–4523 (not a tollfree number). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background: The NIOSH Manual of 

Analytical Methods (NMAM) was first 

published in 1974. Currently in its Fifth 

Edition, the NMAM contains 60 

methods and 11 chapters that can be 

used by the occupational safety and 

health professionals to measure worker 

exposures. NIOSH has written an 

updated chapter covering the 

application and validation of biological 

monitoring methods for chemical 

exposures to be included in the NMAM. 

NIOSH is requesting public comment on 

this draft. 

John Howard, 

Director, National Institute for Occupational 

Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control 

and Prevention. 

[FR Doc. 2017–22342 Filed 10–13–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4163–19–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

Performance Review Board Members 

AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC), Department of Health 

and Human Services (HHS). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention (CDC) located 

within the Department of Health and 

Human Services (HHS) is publishing the 

names of the Performance Review Board 

Members who are reviewing 

performance for Fiscal Year 2017. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sharon O’Brien, Deputy Director, 

Executive and Scientific Resources 

Office, Human Resources Office, Centers 

for Disease Control and Prevention, 

4770 Buford Highway NE., Mailstop K– 

15, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, Telephone 

(770) 488–1781. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title 5, 

U.S.C. Section 4314(c)(4) of the Civil 

Service Reform Act of 1978, Public Law 

95–454, requires that the appointment 

of Performance Review Board Members 

be published in the Federal Register. 

The following persons will serve on the 

CDC Performance Review Boards or 

Panels, which will oversee the 

evaluation of performance appraisals of 

Senior Executive Service members for 

the Fiscal Year 2017 review period: 

Branche, Christine, Co-Chair 

Shelton, Dana, Co-Chair 

Arispe, Irma 

Boyle, Coleen 

Curlee, Robert C. 

Dean, Hazel 

Henderson, Joseph 

Kosmos, Christine 

Kotch, Alan 

Qualters, Judith 

Smagh, Kevin 

Dated: October 10, 2017. 

Sandra Cashman, 

Executive Secretary, Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention. 

[FR Doc. 2017–22282 Filed 10–13–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4163–18–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[60Day–17–1061; Docket No. CDC–2017– 

0077] 

Proposed Data Collection Submitted 

for Public Comment and 

Recommendations 

AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC), Department of Health 

and Human Services (HHS). 

ACTION: Notice with comment period. 

SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of 

its continuing effort to reduce public 

burden and maximize the utility of 

government information, invites the 

general public and other Federal 

agencies to take this opportunity to 

comment on proposed and/or 

continuing information collections, as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995. This notice invites 

comment on the Behavioral Risk Factor 

Surveillance System (BRFSS), a system 

of customized telephone surveys 

conducted by U.S. states, territories, and 

the District of Columbia to produce 

state-level data about health-related risk 

behaviors, chronic health conditions, 

use of preventive services, and emerging 

health issues. 

DATES: CDC must receive written 

comments on or before December 15, 

2017. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by Docket No. CDC–2017– 

0077 by any of the following methods: 


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