Federal Register: November 20, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 225)

DOCID: fr20no08-65 FR Doc E8-27534

SUBJECT CATEGORY:

Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request

DATES: Comments must be received on or before January 20, 2009.

DOCUMENT 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 is seeking public comments on its proposal to extend through March 31, 2012 the current PRA clearances for information collection requirements contained in four consumer financial regulations promulgated by the Federal Reserve Board and enforced by the Commission. Those clearances expire on March 31, 2009.

SUMMARY:

Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals,

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION

The four regulations covered by this notice are:
(1) Regulations promulgated under The Equal Credit Opportunity Act, 15 U.S.C. 1691 et seq. (``ECOA'') (``Regulation B'') (OMB Control Number: 30840087);
(2) Regulations promulgated under The Electronic Fund Transfer Act, 15 U.S.C. 1693 et seq. (``EFTA'') (``Regulation E'') (OMB Control Number: 30840085);
(3) Regulations promulgated under The Consumer Leasing Act, 15 U.S.C. 1667 et seq., (``CLA'') (``Regulation M'') (OMB Control Number: 30840086); and
(4) Regulations promulgated under The TruthInLending Act, 15 U.S.C. 1601 et seq. (``TILA'') (``Regulation Z'') (OMB Control Number: 30840088).

Under the PRA, 44 U.S.C. 35013521, 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 the PRA, the FTC is providing this opportunity for public comment before requesting that OMB extend the existing paperwork clearance for the regulations noted herein. 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A).

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.

Each of these four rules impose certain recordkeeping and disclosure requirements associated with providing credit or with other financial transactions. As detailed below, the FTC staff has calculated the PRA burden for each rule based on the compliance costs of entities over which the FTC has jurisdiction. All of these rules require covered entities to keep certain records. FTC staff believes that these entities would likely retain these records in the normal course of business even absent the recordkeeping requirements in the rules.\2\ Covered entities, however, may incur some burden associated with ensuring that they do not prematurely dispose of relevant records (i.e., during the period of time when they are required to retain records by the applicable rule).
\2\ PRA ``burden'' does not include effort expended in the ordinary course of business, regardless of any regulatory

requirement. 5 CFR 1320.3(b)(2).

Disclosure requirements involve both setup and monitoring costs as well as certain transactionspecific costs. ``Setup'' burden, incurred by new entrants only, includes identifying the applicable disclosure requirements, determining compliance obligations, and designing and developing compliance systems and procedures. ``Monitoring'' burden, incurred by all covered entities, includes reviewing changes to regulatory requirements, making necessary revisions to compliance systems and procedures, and monitoring the ongoing operation of systems and procedures to ensure continued compliance. ``Transactionrelated'' burden refers to the effort associated with providing the various required disclosures in individual transactions. While this burden varies with the number of transactions, the figures shown for transactionrelated burden in the tables that follow are estimated averages.

The actual range of compliance burden experienced by covered entities, and reflected in those averages, varies widely. Depending on the extent to which covered entities have developed computerbased systems and procedures for providing the required disclosures (and/or the extent to which entities utilize electronic transactions, communications, and/or electronic recordkeeping), and the efficacy of those systems and procedures, some entities may have little burden, while others may have a higher burden.\3\
\3\ For example, large companies may use computerbased and/or electronic means to provide required disclosures, including issuing some disclosures en masse, e.g., notices of changes in terms. Smaller companies may have less automated compliance systems but may nonetheless rely on electronic mechanisms for disclosures and recordkeeping. Regardless of size, some entities may utilize compliance systems that are fully integrated into their general business operational system; as such, they may have minimal additional burden. Other entities may have incorporated fewer of these approaches into their systems and may have a higher burden.

Calculating the burden associated with the four regulations' disclosure requirements is very difficult because of the highly diverse group of affected entities. The ``respondents'' included in the following burden calculations consist of credit and lease advertisers, creditors, financial institutions, service providers, certain government agencies and others involved in delivering electronic fund transfers (``EFTs'') of government benefits, and lessors.\4\ The burden estimates represent FTC staff's best assessment, based on its knowledge and expertise relating to the financial services industry. To derive these estimates, FTC staff considered the wide variations in covered entities': (1) size and location; (2) credit or lease products offered, extended, or advertised, and their particular terms; (3) types of EFTs used; (4) types and occurrences of adverse actions; (5) types of appraisal reports utilized; and (6) computer systems and electronic features of compliance operations.
\4\ The Commission generally does not have jurisdiction over banks, thrifts, and federal credit unions under the applicable regulations.

The required disclosures do not impose PRA burden on some covered entities because the entities make those disclosures in the ordinary course of business. In addition, as noted above, some entities use computerbased and/or electronic means of providing the required disclosures, while others rely on methods requiring more manual effort.

The cost estimates detailed below relate solely to labor costs and include the time necessary to train employees how to comply with the regulations. The applicable PRA requirements impose minimal capital or other nonlabor costs, as affected entities generally have the necessary equipment for other business purposes. Similarly, FTC staff estimates that compliance with these rules entails minimal printing and copying costs beyond that associated with documenting financial transactions in the ordinary course of business.
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1. Regulation B

The ECOA prohibits discrimination in the extension of credit. The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (``FRB'') promulgated Regulation B, 12 CFR 202, to implement the ECOA. Regulation B establishes disclosure requirements to assist customers in understanding their rights under the ECOA and recordkeeping requirements to assist in detecting unlawful discrimination and other violations. The FTC enforces the ECOA as to all creditors except those (such as federally chartered or insured depository institutions) that are subject to the regulatory authority of another federal agency.

Estimated annual hours burden: 3,129,437 hours, rounded to the nearest thousand (1,153,500 recordkeeping hours + 1,975,937 disclosure hours)

Recordkeeping: FTC staff estimates that Regulation B's general recordkeeping requirements affect 1,000,000 credit firms within the Commission's jurisdiction, at an average annual burden of one hour per firm, for a total of 1,000,000 hours. Staff also estimates that the requirement that mortgage creditors monitor information about race/ national origin, sex, age, and marital status imposes a maximum burden of one minute each\5\ for approximately 9 million credit
applications,\6\ for a total of 150,000 hours. Staff also estimates that keeping records of selftesting pursuant to the regulation would affect 2,500 firms, with an average annual burden of one hour per firm, for a total of 2,500 hours, and that recordkeeping of any corrective action for selftesting would affect 250 firms in a given year, with an average annual burden of four hours per firm, for a total of 1,000 hours. The total estimated recordkeeping burden is 1,153,500 hours. \5\ Regulation B contains model forms that creditors may use to gather and retain the required information.
\6\ The decrease in credit applications relative to prior FTC estimates is based on industry data regarding the approximate number of mortgage purchase and refinance originations.

Disclosure: Regulation B requires that creditors (i.e., entities that regularly participate in a credit decision, including setting the terms of the credit) provide notice whenever they take adverse action. It requires entities that extend various types of mortgage credit to provide a copy of the appraisal report to applicants or to notify them of their right to a copy of the report (and thereafter provide a copy of the report, upon the applicant's request). It also requires that, for accounts that spouses may use or for which they are contractually liable, creditors who report credit history must do so in a manner reflecting both spouses' participation. Further, it requires creditors that collect applicant characteristics for purposes of conducting a selftest to disclose to those applicants that providing the information is optional, that the creditor will not take the information into account in any aspect of the credit transaction, and, if applicable, that the information will be noted by visual observation or surname if the applicant chooses not to provide it.\7\
\7\ The disclosure may be provided orally or in writing. Regulation B provides a model form to assist creditors in providing the disclosure.

Regulation B applies to retailers, mortgage lenders, mortgage brokers, finance companies, utilities (for some requirements), and others. Below is FTC staff's best estimate of burden applicable to the wide spectrum of these entities within the FTC's jurisdiction. Regulation B: DisclosuresBurden Hours Setup/Monitoring\1\ Transactionrelated\2\
Average Total Setup/ Average Total Total Burden Disclosures Burden per Monitoring Number of Burden per Transactions (hours) Respondents Respondent Burden Transactions Transaction Burden (hours) (hours) (minutes) (hours) Credit history reporting 250,000 .25 62,500 125,000,000 .25 520,833 583,333 Adverse action notices 1,000,000 .5 500,000 200,000,000 .25 833,333 1,333,333 Appraisal notices 20,000 .5 10,000 4,500,000 .25 18,750 28,750 Appraisal reports 20,000 .5 10,000 4,500,000 .25 18,750 28,750 Selftest disclosures 2,500 .5 1,250 125,000 .25 521 1,771 Total ............ ............ ............ ............ ............ ............ 1,975,937 \1\ With respect to appraisal notices and appraisal reports, the above figures reflect a decrease in applicable mortgage entities. The figures assume that approximately half of those entities (.5 x 40,000, or 20,000 businesses) would not otherwise provide this information and thus would be affected. The figures also assume that all applicable entities would provide notices first and thereafter provide the reports upon request. \2\ The above figures reflect a decrease in mortgage transactions compared to prior FTC estimates. They assume that half of applicable mortgage transactions (.5 x 9,000,000, or 4,500,000) would not otherwise provide the appraisal notices and reports and thus would be affected.

Estimated annual cost burden: $83,456,633 rounded to the nearest thousand ($22,005,000 recordkeeping cost + $61,451,633 disclosure cost)

FTC staff calculated labor costs by applying appropriate hourly cost figures to the burden hours described above. The hourly rates used below ($41 for managerial or professional time, $30 for skilled technical time, and $16 for clerical time) are averages, based on the most currently available Bureau of Labor Statistics cost figures posted online.\8\
\8\ http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ncswage2007.htm (National Compensation Survey: Occupational Earnings in the United States 2007, US Department of Labor released August 2008, Bulletin 2704, Table 3 (``Fulltime civilian workers,'' mean and median hourly wages).

Recordkeeping: FTC staff estimates that the general recordkeeping responsibility of one hour per creditor would involve approximately 90 percent clerical time and 10 percent skilled technical time. Keeping records of race/national origin, sex, age, and marital status requires an estimated one minute of skilled technical time. Keeping records of the selftest responsibility and of any corrective actions requires an estimated one hour and four hours, respectively, of skilled technical time. As shown in the table below, the total recordkeeping cost is $22,005,000.

Disclosure: For each notice or information item listed, FTC staff estimates that the burden hours consist of 10 percent managerial time and 90 percent skilled technical time. As
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shown below, the total disclosure cost is $61,451,633.
Regulation B: Recordkeeping and DisclosuresCost Managerial Skilled Technical Clerical Total Cost Required Task Time (hours) Cost ($41/ Time (hours) Cost ($30/ Time (hours) Cost ($16/ ($) hr.) hr.) hr.) General recordkeeping 0 $0 100,000 $3,000,000 900,000 $14,400,000 $17,400,000 Other recordkeeping 0 $0 150,000 $4,500,000 0 $0 $4,500,000 Recordkeeping of test 0 $0 2,500 $75,000 0 $0 $75,000 Recordkeeping of corrective action 0 $0 1,000 $30,000 0 $0 $30,000 ............ ............ ............ ............ ............ ............ ............ Total Recordkeeping ............ ............ ............ ............ ............ ............ $22,005,000 ............ ............ ............ ............ ............ ............ ............ Credit history reporting 58,333 $2,391,653 525,000 $15,750,000 0 $0 $18,141,653 Adverse action notices 133,333 $5,466,653 1,200,000 $36,000,000 0 $0 $41,466,653 Appraisal notices 2,875 $117,875 25,875 $776,250 0 $0 $894,125 Appraisal reports 2,875 $117,875 25,875 $776,250 0 $0 $894,125 Selftest disclosure 177 $7,257 1,594 $47,820 0 $0 $55,077 ............ ............ ............ ............ ............ ............ ............ Total Disclosures ............ ............ ............ ............ ............ ............ $61,451,633 Total Recordkeeping and Disclosures ............ ............ ............ ............ ............ ............ $83,456,633 2. Regulation E

The EFTA requires accurate disclosure of the costs, terms, and rights relating to EFT services provided to consumers. The FRB promulgated Regulation E, 12 CFR 205, to implement the EFTA. Regulation E establishes disclosure requirements to assist consumers and establishes recordkeeping requirements to assist in enforcing the EFTA. The FTC enforces the EFTA as to all entities providing EFT services, except those (such as federally chartered or insured depository institutions) that are subject to the regulatory authority of another federal agency.

Estimated annual hours burden: 3,731,342 hours (600,000 recordkeeping hours + approximately 3,131,342 disclosure hours)

Recordkeeping: FTC staff estimates that Regulation E's recordkeeping requirements affect 600,000 firms within the Commission's jurisdiction that offer EFT services to consumers, at an average annual burden of one hour per firm, for a total of 600,000 hours.

Disclosure: Regulation E applies to financial institutions (including certain retailers and various electronic commerce entities, such as other payees), service providers, various federal and state agencies offering EFTs, and others. Below is FTC staff's best estimate of burden applicable to this highly broad spectrum of covered entities. Regulation E: DisclosuresBurden Hours Setup/Monitoring Transactionrelated
Average Total Setup/ Average Total Total Burden Disclosures\1\ Burden per Monitoring Number of Burden per Transactions (hours) Respondents Respondent Burden Transactions Transaction Burden (hours) (hours) (minutes) (hours) Initial terms 100,000 .5 50,000 1,000,000 .02 333 50,333 Change in terms 25,000 .5 12,500 33,000,000 .02 11,000 23,500 Periodic statements 100,000 .5 50,000 1,200,000,00 .02 400,000 450,000 0 Error resolution 100,000 .5 50,000 1,000,000 5 83,333 133,333 Transaction receipts\2\ 100,000 .5 50,000 5,000,000,00 .02 1,666,667 1,716,667 0 Preauthorized transfers 500,000 .5 250,000 1,000,000 .25 4,167 254,167 Service provider notices 100,000 .25 25,000 1,000,000 .25 4,167 29,167 Govt. benefit notices 10,000 .5 5,000 100,000,000 .25 416,667 421,667 ATM\3\ 500 .25 125 250,000 .25 1,041 1,166 Electronic check conversion\4\ 100,000 .5 50,000 3,500,000 .02 1,167 51,167 Payroll cards\5\ 100 .5 50 2,500 3 125 175 Total ............ ............ ............ ............ ............ ............ 3,131,342 \1\ This reflects an increase in entities offering EFT services to consumers. \2\ Regulation E now exempts EFTs of $15 or less from receipt requirements, which could decrease the burden of providing transaction receipts. However, use of the exemption could involve reprogramming costs. Due to the relatively recent change, the burden associated with transaction receipts has not been changed.
\3\ Regulation E now permits ATM operators that do not charge fees for services in all circumstances to disclose on signs that a fee ``may'' (rather than ``will'') be charged. However, making this change would require replacing existing signage, which could increase disclosure burden. Due to the relatively recent change and its voluntary nature, the burden associated with ATM notice has not been revised. \4\ Regulation E now includes requirements for electronic check conversion. \5\ Regulation E now includes requirements for payroll cards. [[Page 70351]]

Estimated annual cost burden: $107,825,124, rounded to the nearest thousand ($10,440,000 recordkeeping cost + $97,385,124 disclosure cost)

\9\ See note 8.

Recordkeeping: For the 600,000 recordkeeping hours, FTC staff estimates that 10 percent of the burden hours require skilled technical time and 90 percent require clerical time. As shown below, the total recordkeeping cost is $10,440,000.

The CLA requires accurate disclosure of the costs and terms of leases to consumers. The FRB promulgated Regulation M, 12 CFR 213, to implement the CLA. Regulation M establishes disclosure requirements that assist consumers in comparison shopping and in understanding the terms of leases and recordkeeping requirements that assist enforcement of the CLA. The FTC enforces the CLA as to all lessors and advertisers except those that are subject to the regulatory authority of another federal agency (such as federally chartered or insured depository institutions).

Estimated annual hours burden: 225,000 hours, rounded to the nearest thousand (120,000 recordkeeping hours + 104,875 disclosure hours)

Recordkeeping: FTC staff estimates that Regulation M's recordkeeping requirements affect approximately 120,000 firms within the Commission's jurisdiction that lease products to consumers, at an average annual burden of one hour per firm, for a total of 120,000 hours.

Disclosure: Regulation M applies to automobile lessors (such as auto dealers, independent leasing companies, and manufacturers' captive finance companies), computer lessors (such as computer dealers and other retailers), furniture lessors, various electronic commerce lessors, diverse types of lease advertisers, and others. Below is FTC staff's best estimate of burden applicable to the wide spectrum of these entities within the FTC's jurisdiction.
Regulation M: DisclosuresBurden Hours Setup/Monitoring Transactionrelated
Average Total Setup/ Average Total Total Burden Disclosures Burden per Monitoring Number of Burden per Transactions (hours) Respondents Respondent Burden Transactions Transaction Burden (hours) (hours) (minutes) (hours) Auto Leases\1\ 45,000 .75 33,750 2,000,000 .50 16,667 50,417 Other Leases\2\ 75,000 .50 37,500 750,000 .25 3,125 40,625 Advertising 20,000 .50 10,500 800,000 .25 3,333 13,833 Total ............ ............ ............ ............ ............ ............ 104,875 \1\ This category focuses on consumer vehicle leases. Vehicle leases are subject to more lease disclosure requirements (pertaining to computation of payment obligations) than other lease transactions. (Only consumer leases for more than four months are covered.) See 15 U.S.C. 1667(1); 12 CFR 213.2(e)(1). This reflects a decrease in auto leasing entities and transactions, relative to prior FTC estimates. \2\ This category focuses on all types of consumer leases other than vehicle leases. It includes leases for computers, other electronics, small appliances, furniture, and other transactions. (Only consumers leases for more than four months are covered.) See 15 U.S.C. 1667(1); 12 CFR 213.2(e)(1). This reflects a decrease in consumer leasing entities and transactions, relative to prior FTC estimates. [[Page 70352]]

Estimated annual cost burden: $5,349,618, rounded to the nearest thousand ($2,088,000 recordkeeping cost + $3,261,618 disclosure cost)

\10\ See note 8.

Recordkeeping: For the 120,000 recordkeeping hours, FTC staff estimates that 10 percent of the burden hours require skilled technical time and 90 percent require clerical time. As shown in the table below, the total recordkeeping cost is $2,088,000.

The TILA was enacted to foster comparison credit shopping and informed credit decision making by requiring creditors and others to provide accurate disclosure of the costs and terms of credit to consumers. The FRB promulgated Regulation Z, 12 CFR 226, to implement the TILA. Regulation Z establishes disclosure requirements to assist consumers and recordkeeping requirements to assist enforcement of the TILA. The FTC enforces the TILA as to all creditors and advertisers except those that are subject to the regulatory authority of another federal agency (such as federally chartered or insured depository institutions).

Estimated annual hours burden: 12,415,413 hours, rounded to the nearest thousand (1,000,000 recordkeeping hours + 11,415,413 disclosure hours)

Recordkeeping: FTC staff estimates that Regulation Z's recordkeeping requirements affect approximately 1,000,000 firms within the Commission's jurisdiction that offer credit, at an average annual burden of one hour per firm, for a total of 1,000,000 hours.

Disclosure: Regulation Z disclosure requirements pertain to open end and closedend credit. The Regulation applies to various types of entities, including mortgage companies; finance companies; auto dealerships; student loan companies; merchants who extend credit for goods or services, credit advertisers; and others. Below is FTC staff's best estimate of burden applicable to the wide spectrum of these entities within the FTC's jurisdiction.
Regulation Z: DisclosuresBurden Hours Setup/Monitoring Transactionrelated
Average Total Setup/ Average Total Total Burden Disclosures\1\ Burden per Monitoring Number of Burden per Transactions (hours) Respondents Respondent Burden Transactions Transaction Burden (hours) (hours) (minutes) (hours) Openend credit: ............ ............ ............ ............ ............ ............ ............ Initial terms 90,000 .5 45,000 40,000,000 .25 166,666 211,666 Rescission notices 7,500 .5 3,750 400,000 .25 1,6665,416 Change in terms 20,000 .5 10,000 125,000,000 .125 260,416 270,416 Periodic statements 90,000 .5 45,000 3,500,000,00 .0625 3,645,833 3,690,833 0 Error resolution 90,000 .5 45,000 8,000,000 5 666,666 711,666 Credit and charge card accounts 50,000 .5 25,000 25,000,000 .25 104,166 129,166 Home equity lines of credit 7,500 .5 3,750 3,500,000 .25 14,583 18,333 Advertising 200,000 .5 100,000 600,000 .5 5,000 105,000 ............ ............ ............ ............ ............ ............ ............ Closedend credit: ............ ............ ............ ............ ............ ............ ............ Credit disclosures 700,000 .5 350,000 200,000,000 1.5 5,000,000 5,350,000 Rescission notices 75,000 .5 37,500 30,000,000 1 500,000 537,500 Variable rate mortgages 70,000 .5 35,000 2,000,000 1.5 50,000 85,000 High rate/highfee mortgages 40,000 .5 20,000 500,000 1.5 12,500 32,500 [[Page 70353]]
Reverse mortgages 50,000 .5 25,000 175,000 12,917 27,917 Advertising\2\ 450,000 .5 225,000 900,000 115,000 240,000 ............ ............ ............ ............ ............ ............ ............ Total openend credit ............ ............ ............ ............ ............ ............ 5,142,496 Total closedend credit ............ ............ ............ ............ ............ ............ 6,272,917 Total credit ............ ............ ............ ............ ............ ............ 11,415,413 \1\ Generally, openend and closedend entities and transactions have decreased, but reverse mortgages have increased, relative to prior FTC estimates. \2\ Advertising time for setup for openend and closedend mortgage transactions is estimated to increase based on new rules effective October 1, 2009, but the number of transactions have decreased, relative to prior FTC estimates.

Estimated annual cost burden: $372,419,363, rounded to the nearest thousand ($17,400,000 recordkeeping cost + $355,019,363 disclosure cost)

\2\ See note 8.

Recordkeeping: For the 1,000,000 recordkeeping hours, FTC staff estimates that 10 percent of the burden hours require skilled technical time and 90 percent require clerical time. As shown in the table below, the total recordkeeping cost is $17,400,000.

Disclosure: For each notice or information item listed, FTC staff estimates that 10 percent of the burden hours require managerial time and 90 percent require skilled technical time. As shown in the table below, the total disclosure cost is $355,019,363.
Regulation Z: Recordkeeping and DisclosuresCost Managerial Skilled Technical Clerical Total Cost Required Task Time (hours) Cost ($41/ Time (hours) Cost ($30/ Time (hours) Cost ($16/ ($) hr.) hr.) hr.) Recordkeeping 0 $0 100,000 $3,000,000 900,000 $14,400,000 $17,400,000 ............ ............ ............ ............ ............ ............ ............ Openend credit Disclosures: ............ ............ ............ ............ ............ ............ ............ Initial terms 21,167 $867,847 190,499 $5,714,970 0 $0 $6,582,817 Rescission notices 542 $22,222 4,874 $146,220 0 $0 $168,442 Change in terms 27,042 $1,108,722 243,374 $7,301,220 0 $0 $8,409,942 Periodic statements 369,083 $15,132,403 3,321,750 $99,652,500 0 $0 $114,784,903 Error resolution 71,167 $2,917,847 640,499 $19,214,970 0 $0 $22,132,817 Credit and charge card accounts 12,917 $529,597 116,249 $3,487,470 0 $0 $4,017,067 Home equity lines of credit 1,833 $75,153 16,500 $495,000 0 $0 $570,153 Advertising 10,500 $430,500 94,500 $2,835,000 0 $0 $3,265,500 Total openend credit ............ ............ ............ ............ ............ ............ $159,931,641 ............ ............ ............ ............ ............ ............ ............ Closedend credit Disclosures: ............ ............ ............ ............ ............ ............ ............ Credit disclosures 535,000 $21,935,000 4,815,000 $144,450,000 0 $0 $166,385,000 Rescission notices 53,750 $2,203,750 483,750 $14,512,500 0 $0 $16,716,250 Variable rate mortgages 8,500 $348,500 76,500 $2,295,000 0 $0 $2,643,500 Highrate/highfee mortgages 3,250 $133,250 29,250 $877,500 0 $0 $1,010,750 Reverse mortgages 2,792 $114,472 25,125 $753,750 0 $0 $868,222 Advertising 24,000 $984,000 216,000 $6,480,000 0 $0 $7,464,000 Total closedend credit ............ ............ ............ ............ ............ ............ $195,087,722 ............ ............ ............ ............ ............ ............ ............ Total Disclosures ............ ............ ............ ............ ............ ............ $355,019,363 Total Recordkeeping and Disclosures ............ ............ ............ ............ ............ ............ $372,419,363 [[Page 70354]]
William Blumenthal,
General Counsel.
[FR Doc. E827534 Filed 111908: 8:45 am]
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Requests for additional information or copies of the proposed information requirements should be addressed to Carole Reynolds or James Chen, Attorneys, Division of Financial Practices, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Federal Trade Commission, 600 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20580, (202) 3263230 or (202) 3262659.

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