[Federal Register: November 16, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 220)]
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ANTITRUST MODERNIZATION COMMISSION

 
Notice of Public Hearings

AGENCY: Antitrust Modernization Commission.

ACTION: Notice of public hearings.

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SUMMARY: The Antitrust Modernization Commission will hold public 
hearings on December 1 and 5, 2005. The topics of the hearings are 
Government Civil Remedies, Statutory Immunities and Exemptions, and 
Antitrust in Regulated Industries.

DATES: December 1, 2005, 10 to 12 p.m. and 1:15 to 4:30 p.m. December 
5, 2005, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Interested members of the public may attend. 
Registration is not required.

ADDRESSES: For December 1: Federal Trade Commission, Conference Center, 
601 New Jersey Avenue, NW., Washington, DC. For December 5: Rayburn 
House Office Building, Room 2237, Independence Ave. and South Capitol 
Street, SW., Washington, DC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andrew J. Heimert, Executive Director 
& General Counsel, Antitrust Modernization Commission: telephone: (202) 
233-0701; e-mail: info@amc.gov. Mr. Heimert is also the Designated 
Federal Officer (DFO) for the Antitrust Modernization Commission.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of these hearings is for the 
Antitrust Modernization Commission to take testimony and receive 
evidence regarding Government Civil Remedies, Statutory Immunities and 
Exemptions, and Antitrust in Regulated Industries. The hearing on 
Government Civil Remedies will consist of one panel on December 1, 
2005, and will begin at 10 a.m. and conclude at 12 p.m. The hearing on 
Statutory Immunities and Exemptions will consist of three panels on 
December 1, beginning at 1:15 p.m. and concluding at 4:30 p.m. The 
hearing on Antitrust in Regulated Industries will consist of two 
panels, and will be held on December 5, 2005, beginning at 1 p.m. and 
concluding at 5 p.m. Materials relating to the hearings, including 
lists of witnesses and the prepared statements of the witnesses, will 
be made available on the Commission's Web site (http://www.amc.gov) in 

advance of the hearings.
    Interested members of the public may submit written testimony on 
the subject of the hearing in the form of comments, pursuant to the 
Commission's request for comments. See 70 FR 28902 (May 19, 2005). 
Members of the public will not be provided with an opportunity to make 
oral remarks at the hearings.
    The AMC is holding this hearing pursuant to its authorizing 
statute. Antitrust Modernization Commission Act of 2002, Pub. L. No. 
107-273, Sec.  11057(a), 116 Stat. 1758, 1858.

    Dated: November 9, 2005.

    By direction of the Antitrust Modernization Commission.
Andrew J. Heimert,
Executive Director & General Counsel, Antitrust Modernization 
Commission.
[FR Doc. 05-22673 Filed 11-15-05; 8:45 am]

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