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OMB Control No:
3084-0108
ICR Reference No:
201511-3084-004
Status:
Historical Active
Previous ICR Reference No:
201410-3084-004
Agency/Subagency:
FTC
Agency Tracking No:
Title:
The Used Car Rule
Type of Information Collection:
Revision of a currently approved collection
Common Form ICR:
No
Type of Review Request:
Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action:
Approved without change
Conclusion Date:
12/12/2016
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)
Date Received in OIRA:
11/10/2016
Terms of Clearance:
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
Expiration Date
12/31/2019
36 Months From Approved
01/31/2017
Responses
66,614,829
0
61,793,888
Time Burden (Hours)
2,275,699
0
2,296,226
Cost Burden (Dollars)
10,487,457
0
8,687,400
Abstract:
Following public comments on its 2012 proposed amendments (ICR Ref. No. 201206-3084-002) and 2014 supplemental proposed amendments (ICR Ref. No. 201410-3084-004) to its Used Motor Vehicle Trade Regulation Rule (“Rule” or “Used Car Rule”), the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC” or “Commission”) amends the Rule by: (1) adding a Buyers Guide statement recommending that consumers obtain a vehicle history report (“VHR”), check for safety recalls, and visit an FTC website for more information; (2) revising the Buyers Guide statement describing the meaning of an “As Is” sale in which a dealer offers a vehicle for sale without a warranty; (3) adding boxes to the front of the Buyers Guide where dealers could indicate additional warranty and service contract coverage; and (4) adding a Spanish statement to the English Buyers Guide advising Spanish-speaking consumers, who cannot read the English Buyers Guide, to ask for a Spanish Buyers Guide if the dealer conducts a sale in Spanish.
Authorizing Statute(s):
US Code:
15 USC 2301-2132
Name of Law: Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act
Citations for New Statutory Requirements:
None
Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:
Stage of Rulemaking:
Federal Register Citation:
Date:
3084-AB05
Final or interim final rulemaking
81 FR 81664
11/18/2016
Federal Register Notices & Comments
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR?
No
Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR:
9
IC Title
Form No.
Form Name
Displaying Buyers Guides on used cars
Entering data on Buyers Guides for used cars with warranty
Entering data on Buyers Guides on used cars w/o a warranty
Optional disclosures concerning non-dealer warranties
Revising Buyers Guides as necessary
Spanish lang. sales: data entry on Buyers Guides for used cars w/o wty
Spanish lang. sales: data entry on Buyers Guides for used cars with wty
Spanish lang. sales: displaying Buyers Guides on used cars
Used Car Dealers Ordering & Stocking Buyers Guides
Used cars for vehicle history disclosures
ICR Summary of Burden
Total Approved
Previously Approved
Change Due to New Statute
Change Due to Agency Discretion
Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses
66,614,829
61,793,888
0
6,991,638
-2,170,697
0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)
2,275,699
2,296,226
0
58,264
-78,791
0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)
10,487,457
8,687,400
0
2,097,491
-297,434
0
Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion:
Yes
Burden Increase Due to:
Changing Regulations
Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion:
No
Burden Reduction Due to:
Short Statement:
The estimates for optional disclosures under the final amendments, applied to the updated estimate of 27,966,551 used cars sold per year, yields an estimated incremental burden of 58,264 hours. Estimating that dealers will make the optional disclosures on 25% of the 27,966,551 used cars offered for sale, and assuming further a cost of thirty cents per preprinted Buyers Guide, incremental purchase costs per year will total $2,097,491. Apart from the incremental effects of the rule amendments, the downward adjustments to estimates concern the pre-existing ICs for which newer, lower estimated number of used car dealers and used cars sold apply. Those adjustments aggregate to 77,108 fewer hours and a reduction of $297,434 for incremental purchase costs for Buyer Guides per used vehicle.
Annual Cost to Federal Government:
$0
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:
John Hallerud 312 960-5615 jhallerud@ftc.gov
Common Form ICR:
No
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
(a) It is necessary for the proper performance of agency functions;
(b) It avoids unnecessary duplication;
(c) It reduces burden on small entities;
(d) It uses plain, coherent, and unambiguous language that is understandable to respondents;
(e) Its implementation will be consistent and compatible with current reporting and recordkeeping practices;
(f) It indicates the retention periods for recordkeeping requirements;
(g) It informs respondents of the information called for under 5 CFR 1320.8 (b)(3) about:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
(h) It was developed by an office that has planned and allocated resources for the efficient and effective management and use of the information to be collected.
(i) It uses effective and efficient statistical survey methodology (if applicable); and
(j) It makes appropriate use of information technology.
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
Certification Date:
11/10/2016
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