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FOREIGN CLAIMS SETTLEMENT
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Patricia Brink,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust
Division.
[F.C.S.C. Meeting Notice No. 3–09]
Meetings; Sunshine Act
The Foreign Claims Settlement
Commission, pursuant to its regulations
(45 CFR Part 504) and the Government
in the Sunshine Act (5 U.S.C. 552b),
hereby gives notice in regard to the
scheduling of meetings for the
transaction of Commission business and
other matters specified, as follows:
Date and Time: Thursday, June 25,
2009, at 10:30 a.m.
Subject Matter: Issuance of Proposed
Decisions, Amended Proposed
Decisions and Orders in claims against
Albania.
Status: Open.
All meetings are held at the Foreign
Claims Settlement Commission, 600 E
Street, NW., Washington, DC. Requests
for information, or advance notices of
intention to observe an open meeting,
may be directed to: Administrative
Officer, Foreign Claims Settlement
Commission, 600 E Street, NW., Room
6002, Washington, DC 20579.
Telephone: (202) 616–6975.
Mauricio J. Tamargo,
Chairman.
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Antitrust Division
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Public Comments and Response on
Proposed Final Judgment
Pursuant to the Antitrust Procedures
and Penalties Act, 15 U.S.C. 16(b)–(h),
the United States hereby publishes
below the comments received on the
proposed Final Judgment in United
States et al. v. Republic Services, Inc.
and Allied Waste Industries, Inc., No.
1:08–CV–02076–RWR, which were filed
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in the United States District Court for
the District of Columbia on May 14,
2009, together with the response of the
United States to the comments.
Copies of the comments and the
response are available for inspection at
the Department of Justice Antitrust
Division, 325 Seventh Street, NW.,
Room 200, Washington, DC 20530,
(telephone (202) 514–2481), and at the
Office of the Clerk of the United States
District Court for the District of
Columbia, 333 Constitution Avenue,
NW., Washington, DC 20001. Copies of
any of these materials may be obtained
upon request and payment of a copying
fee.
United States District Court for the
District of Columbia
United States of America, State of
California, Commonwealth of Kentucky,
State of Michigan, State of North Carolina,
State of Ohio, Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, and State of Texas, Plaintiffs,
v. Republic Services, Inc., and Allied Waste
Industries, Inc., Defendants.
Civil Action No.: 1:08–cv–02076
Judge: Hon. Richard W. Roberts
Description: Antitrust
Date Stamp: May 14, 2009
Response of the United States to Public
Comments on the Proposed Final
Judgment
Pursuant to the requirements of the
Antitrust Procedures and Penalties Act,
15 U.S.C. 16(b)–(h) (‘‘APPA’’ or
‘‘Tunney Act’’), the United States
hereby responds to five public
comments received regarding the
proposed Final Judgment in this case.
After careful consideration of the five
comments, the United States continues
to believe that the proposed Final
Judgment will provide an effective and
appropriate remedy for the antitrust
violations alleged in the Complaint. The
United States will move the Court for
entry of the proposed Final Judgment
after the public comments and this
Response have been published in the
Federal Register, pursuant to 15 U.S.C.
16(d).
I. Procedural History
On December 3, 2008, the United
States and the State of California,
Commonwealth of Kentucky, State of
Michigan, State of North Carolina, State
of Ohio, Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, and State of Texas (the
‘‘States’’) filed the Complaint in this ma
tter, alleging that defendant Republic
Services, Inc.’s (‘‘Republic’’) acquisition
of defendant Allied Waste Industries,
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Inc. (‘‘Allied’’), if permitted to proceed,
would combine two of only a few
significant providers of small container
commercial waste collection or
municipal solid waste (‘‘MSW’’)
disposal services in several markets in
violation of Section 7 of the Clayton
Act, 15 U.S.C. 18. Simultaneously, the
United States filed a proposed Final
Judgment and a Hold Separate
Stipulation and Order signed by the
United States, the States and the
defendants consenting to the entry of
the proposed Final Judgment after
compliance with the requirements of the
APPA.
Pursuant to those requirements, a
Competitive Impact Statement (‘‘CIS’’)
also was filed in this Court on December
3, 2008; the proposed Final Judgment
and CIS were published in the Federal
Register on December 16, 2008, see 73
FR 76,383 (2008); and a summary of the
terms of the proposed Final Judgment
and CIS, together with directions for the
submission of written comments
relating to the proposed Final Judgment,
was published for seven days in The
Washington Post on December 31, 2008
through January 6, 2009. The defendants
filed the statement required by 15 U.S.C.
16(g) on April 24, 2009. The 60-day
public comment period ended on March
9, 2009; five comments were received,
as described below and attached hereto.
II. The Investigation and Proposed
Resolution
After Republic and Allied announced
their plans to merge, the United States
Department of Justice (the ‘‘United
States’’) conducted an extensi ve
investigation into the competitive
effects of the proposed transaction. As
part of this investigation, the United
States obtained documents and
information from the merging parties
and others and conducted more than
600 interviews with customers,
competitors, and other individuals
knowledgeable about the industry. The
investigative staff carefully analyzed the
information provided and thoroughly
considered all of the issues presented.
The United States considered the
potential competitive effects of the
transaction on small container
commercial waste collection or MSW
disposal services in a number of
geographic areas, obtaining information
about these services and these areas
from market participants. The United
States concluded that the combination
of Republic and Allied likely would
lessen competition in small container
commercial waste collection or MSW
disposal services in 15 separate
geographic markets.
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FOREIGN CLAIMS SETTLEMENT COMMISSION
[F.C.S.C. Meeting Notice No. 3-09]
Meetings; Sunshine Act
The Foreign Claims Settlement Commission, pursuant to its
regulations (45 CFR Part 504) and the Government in the Sunshine Act (5
U.S.C. 552b), hereby gives notice in regard to the scheduling of
meetings for the transaction of Commission business and other matters
specified, as follows:
Date and Time: Thursday, June 25, 2009, at 10:30 a.m.
Subject Matter: Issuance of Proposed Decisions, Amended Proposed
Decisions and Orders in claims against Albania.
Status: Open.
All meetings are held at the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission,
600 E Street, NW., Washington, DC. Requests for information, or advance
notices of intention to observe an open meeting, may be directed to:
Administrative Officer, Foreign Claims Settlement Commission, 600 E
Street, NW., Room 6002, Washington, DC 20579. Telephone: (202) 616-
6975.
Mauricio J. Tamargo,
Chairman.
[FR Doc. E9-14182 Filed 6-12-09; 11:15 am]
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