[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 28, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 28CFR48.15]

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                    TITLE 28--JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION
 
              CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (Continued)
 
PART 48--NEWSPAPER PRESERVATION ACT--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 48.15  Temporary approval.

    (a) If the Attorney General concludes that one or more of the 
newspapers involved would otherwise fail before the procedures under 
these regulations can be completed, he may grant temporary approval of 
whatever form of joint or unified action would be lawful under the Act 
if performed as part of an approved joint newspaper operating 
arrangement, and that he concludes is:

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(1) Essential to the survival of the newspaper or newspapers; and (2) 
most likely capable of being terminated without impairment to the 
ability of both newspapers to resume independent operation should final 
approval eventually be denied.
    (b) Upon the filing of a request for temporary approval, the 
applicants shall publish notice of such application on the front pages 
of their respective newspapers for a period of three consecutive days in 
the case of daily newspapers or in the next issue in the case of weekly 
newspapers. The notice shall state:
    (1) That a request for temporary approval of a joint operating 
arrangement or other joint or unified action has been made to the 
Attorney General; and
    (2) That anyone wishing to protest the application for temporary 
approval may do so by delivering a statement of protest or telephoning 
his views to an employee of the Department of Justice, whose name, 
address and telephone number shall be designated by the Department upon 
receipt of the application for temporary approval, and that such 
protests must be received by the Department within five days of the 
first publication of notice in accordance with paragraph (a) of this 
section.
    (c) The notice required by this section shall be in addition to the 
notice required by Sec. 48.6.
    (d) Such temporary approval may be granted without hearing at any 
time following the expiration of the period provided for protests, but 
shall create no presumption that final approval will be granted.