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OMB Control No: 3084-0069	ICR Reference No: 202504-3084-001
Status: Historical Inactive	Previous ICR Reference No: 202402-3084-001
Agency/Subagency: FTC	Agency Tracking No:
Title: The Energy Labeling Rule
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Comment filed on proposed rule and continue	Conclusion Date: 04/18/2025
	Date Received in OIRA: 04/04/2025
Terms of Clearance: OMB files this comment in accordance with 5 CFR 1320.11(c). This OMB action is not an approval to conduct or sponsor an information collection under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This action has no effect on any current approvals. If OMB has assigned this ICR a new OMB Control Number, the OMB Control Number will not appear in the active inventory. For future submissions of this information collection, reference the OMB Control Number provided. Resubmit when proposed rule is finalized.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	04/30/2027	36 Months From Approved	04/30/2027
Responses	100,247,879	0	100,247,879
Time Burden (Hours)	821,651	0	821,651
Cost Burden (Dollars)	3,000,000	0	3,000,000

Abstract: The Federal Trade Commission’s Energy Labeling Rule (Rule) contains testing, reporting, recordkeeping, and labeling requirements for manufacturers of major household products (refrigerators, refrigerator freezers, and freezers; dishwashers; clothes washers; water heaters; room air conditioners; furnaces; central air conditioners; heat pumps; pool heaters; fluorescent lamp ballasts; lamp products; plumbing fittings; plumbing fixtures; ceiling fans; consumer specialty lamps; and televisions). The Federal Trade Commission (FTC or Commission) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that would amend the Rule. The proposed amendments include new labeling requirements for air cleaners, clothes dryers, miscellaneous refrigerator products, and portable electric spas (collectively referred below as “new labeled products”) that constitute information collections under the PRA. The proposed amendments also contain requirements which reduce the manufacturers’ burden associated with labeling certain appliances and increase the burden for retailers by requiring them to ensure displayed products bear labels. Accordingly, the Commission is seeking OMB clearance specific to the Rule amendments.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 42 USC 6291 et seq. Name of Law: The Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: US Code: 42 USC 6291 et seq. Name of Law: Energy Policy and Conservation Act

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
3084-AB15	Proposed rulemaking	89 FR 7566	02/02/2024

Federal Register Notices & Comments
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

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: Yes

Burden Reduction Due to: Changing Regulations

Short Statement: The Commission is proposing a program change that will reduce the estimated burden on manufacturers by 143 hours annually (derived from 1,500 (reporting) + 25,000 (labeling) + 24 (affixing labels on newly covered products)] - 26,667 (affixing labels on previously covered products]). It is expected to increase annual burden by 11,667 hours for retailer showroom labeling, 15,400 hours for testing, 417 hours for online label posting, 83 hours for recordkeeping, and 1,600 hours for online and retail catalog disclosures.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $200,000

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

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. 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? No

Agency Contact: Hong Park 202 326-2158 hpark@ftc.gov

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