[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 119 (Thursday, June 19, 2008)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 34895]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-13899]
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Proposed Rules
Federal Register
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This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains notices to the public of
the proposed issuance of rules and regulations. The purpose of these
notices is to give interested persons an opportunity to participate in
the rule making prior to the adoption of the final rules.
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Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 119 / Thursday, June 19, 2008 /
Proposed Rules
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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
16 CFR Part 437
[Project No. R511993]
RIN 3084-AB04
Business Opportunity Rule
AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission.
ACTION: Extension of period to submit rebuttal comments in response to
the Revised Notice of Proposed Rulemaking.
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SUMMARY: In a Federal Register notice published on March 26, 2008,\1\
the FTC requested comment on its Revised Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
(``RNPR'' or ``Notice'') in connection with the Business Opportunity
Rule. The Notice stated that comments must be submitted on or before
May 27, 2008, and that rebuttal comments must be submitted on or before
June 16, 2008. In response to a request to extend the rebuttal comment
period received on June 5, 2008, the Commission has extended the
rebuttal comment period for an additional 15 days.
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\1\ The Notice was announced in a press release on March 18,
2008, available at: (http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2008/03/busrule.shtm)
(``Press Release'').
DATES: Rebuttal comments addressing the Revised Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking published at 73 FR 16110 for the Business Opportunity Rule
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must be submitted on or before July 1, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Interested parties are invited to submit written rebuttal
comments. Comments should refer to ``Business Opportunity Rule: File
No. R511993'' and may be submitted by any of the following methods. If,
however, the comment contains any material for which confidential
treatment is requested, it must be filed in paper form, and the first
page of the document must be clearly labeled ``Confidential.''\2\
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\2\ The comment must be accompanied by an explicit request for
confidential treatment, including the factual and legal basis for
the request, and must identify the specific portions of the comment
to be withheld from the public record. The request will be granted
or denied by the Commission's General Counsel, consistent with
applicable law and the public interest. See Commission Rule 4.9(c),
16 C.F.R 4.9(c) (2008).
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1. Web Site: Comments filed in electronic form should be submitted by
using the following web link: (https://secure.commentworks.com/ftc-bizopRNPR/) and following the instructions on the web-based form. To
ensure that the Commission considers an electronic comment, you must
file it on the web-based form at the weblink (https://secure.commentworks.com/ftc-bizopRNPR/). If this notice appears at
http://www.regulations.gov, you may also file an electronic comment
through that website. The Commission will consider all comments that
regulations.gov forwards to it. You may also visit the FTC website at
(http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2008/03/busrule.shtm) to read the RNPR and the
news release describing it.
2. Mail or Hand Delivery: A comment filed in paper form should include
``Business Opportunity Rule: File No. R511993`` both in the text and on
the envelope, and should be mailed or delivered to the following
address: Federal Trade Commission/Office of the Secretary, Room H-135
(Annex S), 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20580. The
Commission is requesting that any comment filed in paper form be sent
by courier or overnight service, if possible.
The FTC Act and other laws the Commission administers permit the
collection of public comments to consider and use in this proceeding as
appropriate. All timely and responsive public comments will be
considered by the Commission and will be available to the public on the
FTC website, to the extent practicable, at http://www.ftc.gov. As a
matter of discretion, the FTC makes every effort to remove home contact
information for individuals from the public comments it receives before
placing those comments on the FTC website. More information, including
routine uses permitted by the Privacy Act, may be found in the FTC's
privacy policy, at (http://www.ftc.gov/ftc/privacy.shtm).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Monica Vaca (202) 326-2245, Division
of Marketing Practices, Room 286, Bureau of Consumer Protection,
Federal Trade Commission, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC
20580.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 26, 2008, the Commission published
a Revised Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (``RNPR'' or ``Notice''), 73 FR
16110, which solicited comment on a revised proposal for the Business
Opportunity Rule. The Notice stated that the period for submitting
initial comments on this proposal would close on May 27, 2008, and that
the period for submitting rebuttal comments would close on June 16,
2008.
On June 5, 2008, the Commission received a request from Venable LLP
(``Venable'') seeking a 30-day extension of the rebuttal comment
period. In support of its extension request, Venable argues that there
were numerous substantive comments submitted in the initial comment
period that merit rebuttal. Nevertheless, the bulk of the initial
comments were submitted on the last day of the comment period and were
unavailable for public viewing for about one week after the comment
period closed. Thus, Venable seeks an extension.
The Commission believes that a 15-day extension should be
sufficient to enable Venable and all other commenters to prepare and
submit rebuttal comments without unduly delaying the progress of this
proceeding. Accordingly, the Commission has determined to extend the
rebuttal comment period until July 1, 2008.
By direction of the Commission.
Donald S. Clark,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8-13899 Filed 6-18-08: 8:45 am]
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