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OMB Control No: 3084-0099	ICR Reference No: 201202-3084-005
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 200902-3084-001
Agency/Subagency: FTC	Agency Tracking No:
Title: The Fur Act Regulations (The Fur Products Labeling Act)
Type of Information Collection: Extension without change of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 04/03/2012
	Date Received in OIRA: 03/01/2012
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	04/30/2015	36 Months From Approved	04/30/2012
Responses	2,828,350	0	1,945,852
Time Burden (Hours)	168,098	0	120,640
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Abstract: The Fur Products Labeling Act (Fur Act) prohibits the misbranding and false advertising of fur products. The Fur 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 provide a procedure for exemption from certain disclosure provisions under the Fur Act.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 15 USC 69 et seq. Name of Law: Fur Products Labeling Act

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: PL: Pub.L. 111 - 313 2 Name of Law: Truth in Fur Labeling Act

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	76 FR 77230	12/12/2011
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	77 FR 10744	02/23/2012
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to New Statute	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	2,828,350	1,945,852	620,182	262,316
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	168,098	120,640	39,024	8,434
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: The Federal Trade Commission is requesting a change from its burden estimate of 121,000 hours under its current OMB clearance up to 168,098 hours. The increase of 47,098 hours is mostly attributable to a program change, which is an increase of 39,024 hours derived from recent statutory changes. There is a separate increase of 8,424 hours for an adjustment in agency estimates derived from changing market conditions and a revised burden estimate for the automatic attachment of labels (which increased from 2 seconds to 5 seconds). Amendments to the Fur Act in 2010 are expected to increase the cost of complying with the Fur Rules. Congress eliminated the Commission's power to exempt from the labeling requirements items where either the cost of the fur trim to the manufacturer or the manufacturer's selling price for the finished product is less than $150. As a result, more garments will be subject to the Fur Act and Rules, which will impose higher recordkeeping and labeling costs on manufacturers, importers, and retailers. Because the requirements started to apply to the previously exempted garments last year, the Commission has only limited information on the extent to which compliance costs will increase

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $50,000

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Is the Supporting Statement intended to be a Privacy Impact Assessment required by the E-Government Act of 2002? No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? Uncollected

Agency Contact: Richard Gold 202 326-3355 rgold@ftc.gov

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