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B. Solicitation of Public Comment
This notice is soliciting comments
from members of the public and affected
parties concerning the collection of
information described in Section A on
the following:
(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;
(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
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology, e.g., permitting
electronic submission of responses.
HUD encourages interested parties to
submit comment in response to these
questions.
Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35.
Dated: April 14, 2016.
Merrie Nichols-Dixon,
Deputy Director, Office of Policy, Programs
and Legislative Initiatives.
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INTERNATIONAL TRADE
COMMISSION
Notice of Receipt of Complaint;
Solicitation of Comments Relating to
the Public Interest
U.S. International Trade
Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
Notice is hereby given that
the U.S. International Trade
Commission has received a complaint
entitled Certain Air Mattress Bed
Systems and Components Thereof DN
3143; the Commission is soliciting
comments on any public interest issues
raised by the complaint or
complainant’s filing under section
210.8(b) of the Commission’s Rules of
Practice and Procedure (19 CFR
210.8(b)).
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Lisa
R. Barton, Secretary to the Commission,
U.S. International Trade Commission,
500 E Street SW., Washington, DC
20436, telephone (202) 205–2000. The
public version of the complaint can be
accessed on the Commission’s
Electronic Document Information
System (EDIS) at EDIS 1, and will be
available for inspection during official
business hours (8:45 a.m. to 5:15 p.m.)
in the Office of the Secretary, U.S.
International Trade Commission, 500 E
Street SW., Washington, DC 20436,
telephone (202) 205–2000.
General information concerning the
Commission may also be obtained by
accessing its Internet server at United
States International Trade Commission
(USITC) at USITC 2. The public record
for this investigation may be viewed on
the Commission’s Electronic Document
Information System (EDIS) at EDIS 3.
Hearing-impaired persons are advised
that information on this matter can be
obtained by contacting the
Commission’s TDD terminal on (202)
205–1810.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Commission has received a complaint
and a submission pursuant to section
210.8(b) of the Commission’s Rules of
Practice and Procedure filed on behalf
of Select Comfort Corporation and
Select Comfort SC Corporation on April
20, 2016. The complaint alleges
violations of section 337 of the Tariff
Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1337) in the
importation into the United States, the
sale for importation, and the sale within
the United States after importation of
certain air mattress bed systems and
components thereof. The complaint
names as respondents American
National Manufacturing Inc. of Corona,
CA; Elements of Rest Inc. of Atlanta,
GA; Responsive Surface Technology
LLC of Atlanta, GA; and Dires LLC
d/b/a Personal Comfort Bed of Orlando,
FL. The complainant requests that the
Commission issue a limited exclusion
order, cease and desist orders and
impose a bond upon respondents’
alleged infringing articles during the 60FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
1 Electronic Document Information System
(EDIS): https://edis.usitc.gov.
2 United States International Trade Commission
(USITC): https://edis.usitc.gov.
3 Electronic Document Information System
(EDIS): https://edis.usitc.gov.
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Hourly cost
per response
$21.03
Annual cost
$550.502
day Presidential review period pursuant
to 19 U.S.C. §1337(j).
Proposed respondents, other
interested parties, and members of the
public are invited to file comments, not
to exceed five (5) pages in length,
inclusive of attachments, on any public
interest issues raised by the complaint
or section 210.8(b) filing. Comments
should address whether issuance of the
relief specifically requested by the
complainant in this investigation would
affect the public health and welfare in
the United States, competitive
conditions in the United States
economy, the production of like or
directly competitive articles in the
United States, or United States
consumers.
In particular, the Commission is
interested in comments that:
(i) explain how the articles potentially
subject to the requested remedial orders
are used in the United States;
(ii) identify any public health, safety,
or welfare concerns in the United States
relating to the requested remedial
orders;
(iii) identify like or directly
competitive articles that complainant,
its licensees, or third parties make in the
United States which could replace the
subject articles if they were to be
excluded;
(iv) indicate whether complainant,
complainant’s licensees, and/or third
party suppliers have the capacity to
replace the volume of articles
potentially subject to the requested
exclusion order and/or a cease and
desist order within a commercially
reasonable time; and
(v) explain how the requested
remedial orders would impact United
States consumers.
Written submissions must be filed no
later than by close of business, eight
calendar days after the date of
publication of this notice in the Federal
Register. There will be further
opportunities for comment on the
public interest after the issuance of any
final initial determination in this
investigation.
Persons filing written submissions
must file the original document
electronically on or before the deadlines
stated above and submit 8 true paper
copies to the Office of the Secretary by
noon the next day pursuant to section
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210.4(f) of the Commission’s Rules of
Practice and Procedure (19 CFR
210.4(f)). Submissions should refer to
the docket number (‘‘Docket No. 3143’’)
in a prominent place on the cover page
and/or the first page. (See Handbook for
Electronic Filing Procedures, Electronic
Filing Procedures 4). Persons with
questions regarding filing should
contact the Secretary (202–205–2000).
Any person desiring to submit a
document to the Commission in
confidence must request confidential
treatment. All such requests should be
directed to the Secretary to the
Commission and must include a full
statement of the reasons why the
Commission should grant such
treatment. See 19 CFR 201.6. Documents
for which confidential treatment by the
Commission is properly sought will be
treated accordingly. All nonconfidential
written submissions will be available for
public inspection at the Office of the
Secretary and on EDIS 5.
This action is taken under the
authority of section 337 of the Tariff Act
of 1930, as amended (19 U.S.C. § 1337),
and of sections 201.10 and 210.8(c) of
the Commission’s Rules of Practice and
Procedure (19 CFR §§ 201.10, 210.8(c)).
By order of the Commission.
Issued: April 20, 2016.
Lisa R. Barton,
Secretary to the Commission.
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Patricia A. Brink
Director of Civil Enforcement.
Antitrust Division
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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United States v. Charleston Area
Medical Center, Inc. and St. Mary’s
Medical Center, Inc.: Proposed Final
Judgment and Competitive Impact
Statement
FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF
WEST VIRGINIA
CHARLESTON DIVISION
Notice is hereby given pursuant to the
Antitrust Procedures and Penalties Act,
15 U.S.C. 16(b)–(h), that a proposed
Final Judgment, Stipulation, and
Competitive Impact Statement have
been filed with the United States
District Court for the Southern District
of West Virginia in United States of
America v. Charleston Area Medical
Center, Inc. and St. Mary’s Medical
Center, Inc., Civil Action No. 2:16–cv–
03664. On April 14, 2016, the United
States filed a Complaint alleging that
Charleston Area Medical Center, Inc.
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and St. Mary’s Medical Center, Inc.
unlawfully agreed to allocate territories
for the marketing of competing
healthcare services and unlawfully
limited competition. The proposed
Final Judgment, filed at the same time
as the Complaint, enjoins Defendants
from limiting competition in this
manner and requires Defendants to
institute comprehensive antitrust
compliance programs to ensure that
Defendants do not establish similar
unlawful agreements and similar
limitations on competition in the future.
Copies of the Complaint, proposed
Final Judgment, and Competitive Impact
Statement are available for inspection
on the Antitrust Division’s Web site at
https://www.justice.gov/atr and at the
Office of the Clerk of the United States
District Court for the Southern District
of West Virginia. Copies of these
materials may be obtained from the
Antitrust Division upon request and
payment of the copying fee set by
Department of Justice regulations.
Public comment is invited within 60
days of the date of this notice. Such
comments, including the name of the
submitter, and responses thereto, will be
posted on the Antitrust Division’s Web
site, filed with the Court, and, under
certain circumstances, published in the
Federal Register. Comments should be
directed to Peter Mucchetti, Chief,
Litigation I, Antitrust Division,
Department of Justice, 450 Fifth Street
NW., Suite 4100, Washington, DC 20530
(telephone: 202–307–0001).
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff, v. CHARLESTON AREA
MEDICAL CENTER, INC. and ST.
MARY’S MEDICAL CENTER, INC.,
Defendants.
CASE NO.: 2:16–cv–03664
JUDGE: John T. Copenhaver, Jr.
FILED: 04/14/2016
COMPLAINT
The United States of America brings
this civil antitrust action to enjoin an
agreement by Charleston Area Medical
Center, Inc. (‘‘CAMC’’) and St. Mary’s
Medical Center, Inc. (‘‘St. Mary’s)
(collectively, ‘‘Defendants’’) that
unlawfully allocated territories for the
marketing of competing healthcare
services and limited competition
between the Defendants.
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NATURE OF THE ACTION
1. Defendants CAMC and St. Mary’s
are healthcare providers that operate
general acute-care hospitals in
Charleston, Kanawha County, West
Virginia, and Huntington, Cabell
County, West Virginia, respectively.
CAMC and St. Mary’s compete with
each other to provide healthcare
services. Marketing is a key component
of this competition and includes both
print and outdoor advertising, such as
newspaper advertisements and
billboards.
2. CAMC and St. Mary’s agreed to
limit marketing of competing healthcare
services. According to St. Mary’s
Director of Marketing, St. Mary’s ‘‘had
an agreement with CAMC that St.
Mary’s would not advertise on
billboards or in print in Kanawha
County and that CAMC would not
advertise on billboards or in print in
Cabell County.’’ He also testified that
‘‘the agreement between St. Mary’s and
CAMC is still in place today.’’
3. Defendants’ agreement has
disrupted the competitive process and
harmed patients and physicians. Among
other things, the agreement has
deprived patients of information they
otherwise would have had when making
important healthcare decisions and has
denied physicians working for the
Defendants the opportunity to advertise
their services to potential patients.
4. Defendants’ agreement is a naked
restraint of trade that is per se unlawful
under Section 1 of the Sherman Act, 15
U.S.C. 1.
JURISDICTION, VENUE, AND
INTERSTATE COMMERCE
5. The United States brings this action
pursuant to Section 4 of the Sherman
Act, 15 U.S.C. 4, to prevent and restrain
Defendants’ violations of Section 1 of
the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. 1.
6. This Court has subject matter
jurisdiction over this action under
Section 4 of the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C.
4, and 28 U.S.C. 1331, 1337(a), 1345,
and 1367.
7. Venue is proper in the Southern
District of West Virginia, Charleston
Division, under 28 U.S.C. 1391 and
Section 12 of the Clayton Act, 15 U.S.C.
22. Each Defendant transacts business
within the Southern District of West
Virginia, and all Defendants reside in
the Southern District of West Virginia.
8. Defendants engage in interstate
commerce and in activities substantially
affecting interstate commerce.
Defendants provide healthcare services
to patients for which employers, health
plans, and individual patients remit
payments across state lines. Defendants
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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION
Notice of Receipt of Complaint; Solicitation of Comments Relating
to the Public Interest
AGENCY: U.S. International Trade Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade
Commission has received a complaint entitled Certain Air Mattress Bed
Systems and Components Thereof DN 3143; the Commission is soliciting
comments on any public interest issues raised by the complaint or
complainant's filing under section 210.8(b) of the Commission's Rules
of Practice and Procedure (19 CFR 210.8(b)).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa R. Barton, Secretary to the
Commission, U.S. International Trade Commission, 500 E Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20436, telephone (202) 205-2000. The public version of
the complaint can be accessed on the Commission's Electronic Document
Information System (EDIS) at EDIS \1\, and will be available for
inspection during official business hours (8:45 a.m. to 5:15 p.m.) in
the Office of the Secretary, U.S. International Trade Commission, 500 E
Street SW., Washington, DC 20436, telephone (202) 205-2000.
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\1\ Electronic Document Information System (EDIS): https://edis.usitc.gov.
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General information concerning the Commission may also be obtained
by accessing its Internet server at United States International Trade
Commission (USITC) at USITC \2\. The public record for this
investigation may be viewed on the Commission's Electronic Document
Information System (EDIS) at EDIS \3\. Hearing-impaired persons are
advised that information on this matter can be obtained by contacting
the Commission's TDD terminal on (202) 205-1810.
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\2\ United States International Trade Commission (USITC): https://edis.usitc.gov.
\3\ Electronic Document Information System (EDIS): https://edis.usitc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Commission has received a complaint and
a submission pursuant to section 210.8(b) of the Commission's Rules of
Practice and Procedure filed on behalf of Select Comfort Corporation
and Select Comfort SC Corporation on April 20, 2016. The complaint
alleges violations of section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C.
1337) in the importation into the United States, the sale for
importation, and the sale within the United States after importation of
certain air mattress bed systems and components thereof. The complaint
names as respondents American National Manufacturing Inc. of Corona,
CA; Elements of Rest Inc. of Atlanta, GA; Responsive Surface Technology
LLC of Atlanta, GA; and Dires LLC d/b/a Personal Comfort Bed of
Orlando, FL. The complainant requests that the Commission issue a
limited exclusion order, cease and desist orders and impose a bond upon
respondents' alleged infringing articles during the 60-day Presidential
review period pursuant to 19 U.S.C. Sec. 1337(j).
Proposed respondents, other interested parties, and members of the
public are invited to file comments, not to exceed five (5) pages in
length, inclusive of attachments, on any public interest issues raised
by the complaint or section 210.8(b) filing. Comments should address
whether issuance of the relief specifically requested by the
complainant in this investigation would affect the public health and
welfare in the United States, competitive conditions in the United
States economy, the production of like or directly competitive articles
in the United States, or United States consumers.
In particular, the Commission is interested in comments that:
(i) explain how the articles potentially subject to the requested
remedial orders are used in the United States;
(ii) identify any public health, safety, or welfare concerns in the
United States relating to the requested remedial orders;
(iii) identify like or directly competitive articles that
complainant, its licensees, or third parties make in the United States
which could replace the subject articles if they were to be excluded;
(iv) indicate whether complainant, complainant's licensees, and/or
third party suppliers have the capacity to replace the volume of
articles potentially subject to the requested exclusion order and/or a
cease and desist order within a commercially reasonable time; and
(v) explain how the requested remedial orders would impact United
States consumers.
Written submissions must be filed no later than by close of
business, eight calendar days after the date of publication of this
notice in the Federal Register. There will be further opportunities for
comment on the public interest after the issuance of any final initial
determination in this investigation.
Persons filing written submissions must file the original document
electronically on or before the deadlines stated above and submit 8
true paper copies to the Office of the Secretary by noon the next day
pursuant to section
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210.4(f) of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (19 CFR
210.4(f)). Submissions should refer to the docket number (``Docket No.
3143'') in a prominent place on the cover page and/or the first page.
(See Handbook for Electronic Filing Procedures, Electronic Filing
Procedures \4\). Persons with questions regarding filing should contact
the Secretary (202-205-2000).
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Any person desiring to submit a document to the Commission in
confidence must request confidential treatment. All such requests
should be directed to the Secretary to the Commission and must include
a full statement of the reasons why the Commission should grant such
treatment. See 19 CFR 201.6. Documents for which confidential treatment
by the Commission is properly sought will be treated accordingly. All
nonconfidential written submissions will be available for public
inspection at the Office of the Secretary and on EDIS \5\.
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This action is taken under the authority of section 337 of the
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (19 U.S.C. Sec. 1337), and of sections
201.10 and 210.8(c) of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure
(19 CFR Sec. Sec. 201.10, 210.8(c)).
By order of the Commission.
Issued: April 20, 2016.
Lisa R. Barton,
Secretary to the Commission.
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