[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 145 (Friday, July 28, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 38839]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-18595]
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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
Regulations under the Comprehensive Smokeless Tobacco Health
Education Act of 1986; Information Collection Requirement
AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission.
ACTION: Notice of application to OMB under the Paperwork Reduction Act
(44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) for clearance of information collection
requirements contained in the Regulations under the Comprehensive
Smokeless Tobacco Health Education Act of 1986.
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SUMMARY: This publication provides notice that the Federal Trade
Commission is seeking renewed approval for three years from OMB for the
information collection requirements contained in the Regulations under
the Comprehensive Smokeless Tobacco Health Education Act of 1986. The
present OMB approval for the information collection requirements is
scheduled to expire on August 31, 1995.
The Smokeless Tobacco Act requires, among other things, that
manufacturers, packagers, and importers of smokeless tobacco products
include health warnings on packages and in advertisements. The Act also
requires each manufacturer, packager, and importer of a smokeless
tobacco product to submit a plan to the Commission that specifies the
methods used to rotate, display, and distribute the warning statements
required to appear in advertising and labeling. Section 3(d) directs
the Commission to approve plans that provide for rotation, display, and
distribution of the warning statements in accordance with the
regulations. All the affected companies have previously filed plans,
but the plan submission requirement continues to apply to a company
that amends its plans, or to a new company that enters the market.
Estimate of Information Collection Burden
In 1986, staff estimates that as many as ten domestic and four
foreign smokeless tobacco companies would submit plans specifying the
method used to rotate, display, and distribute health warnings in their
labeling and advertising. This prediction was accurate. Fourteen plans
were received.
When the regulations were first proposed, representatives of the
Smokeless Tobacco Council, Inc., indicated that six companies that it
represented would require a total of 700 to 800 hours (or about 133
hours apiece, on average) to prepare the required plans. We also
assumed that the other companies, whose plans were prepared by other
representatives, would require more time, on average, and used 150
hours per plan to account for the remainder of the expected
submissions. Based on these assumptions staff estimated that no more
than 2,000 hours would be spent to prepare and submit compliance plans.
(Six companies total=800 hours, plus eight companies at 150 hours=1,200
hours.) The Commission provided a burden estimate to OMB of 2,000 hours
for the reporting requirements.
In 1992, the Commission proposed amendments to the rotation of
health warnings on point-of-sale and non-point-of-sale promotional
materials. Pursuant to the proposed amendment, affected firms will have
to submit new plans for Commission approval. The amendment of
previously submitted plans to incorporate plans for promotional
materials should require less time than was devoted to the original
submissions. As in 1992, there is no substantial basis for calculating
the proportion of the original burden estimate that will be
attributable to the amendment process and accordingly, the Commission
proposes to retain the existing burden estimate for purposes of seeking
this extension.
DATES: Comments on this application must be submitted on or before
August 28, 1995.
ADDRESSES: Send comments both to the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, New Executive
Office Building, Room 3228, Washington, D.C. 20503, ATN: Desk Officer
for the Federal Trade Commission, and the Office of the Secretary, Room
159, Federal Trade Commission, Washington, D.C. 20580. Copies of the
application may be obtained from the Public Reference Section, Room
130, Federal Trade Commission, Washington, D.C. 20580.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Phillip S. Priesman, Attorney, Federal Trade Commission, Washington,
D.C. 20580 (202) 326-2484.
Stephen Calkins,
General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 95-18595 Filed 7-27-95; 8:45 am]
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