Notice Pursuant to the Defense Production Act of 1950, 50049 [2020-18006]
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The Sterno Group Companies, LLC,
1880 Compton Avenue, Suite 101,
Corona, California 92881
Sterno Home Inc., 1 Burbidge Street,
Suite 101, Coquitlam, BC V3K 7B2,
Canada
Issued: August 12, 2020.
Lisa Barton,
Secretary to the Commission.
(4) The respondents are the following
entities alleged to be in violation of
section 337, and are the parties upon
which the complaint is to be served:
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
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Shenzhen Liown Electronics Co. Ltd.,
No. 7, Gongye 3rd Road, Shekou,
Nanshan District, Shenzhen,
Guangdong, 518067, China
Luminara Worldwide, LLC, 10911
Valley View Road, Eden Prairie, MN
55344
L & L Candle Company, LLC, 621 Lunar
Avenue, Brea, California 92821
Ö The Office of Unfair Import
Investigations, U.S. International Trade
Commission, 500 E Street SW, Suite
401, Washington, DC 20436; and
(4) For the investigation so instituted,
the Chief Administrative Law Judge,
U.S. International Trade Commission,
shall designate the presiding
Administrative Law Judge.
Responses to the complaint and the
notice of investigation must be
submitted by the named respondents in
accordance with section 210.13 of the
Commission’s Rules of Practice and
Procedure, 19 CFR 210.13. Pursuant to
19 CFR 201.16(e) and 210.13(a), as
amended in 85 FR 15798 (March 19,
2020), such responses will be
considered by the Commission if
received not later than 20 days after the
date of service by the complainant of the
complaint and the notice of
investigation. Extensions of time for
submitting responses to the complaint
and the notice of investigation will not
be granted unless good cause therefor is
shown.
Failure of a respondent to file a timely
response to each allegation in the
complaint and in this notice may be
deemed to constitute a waiver of the
right to appear and contest the
allegations of the complaint and this
notice, and to authorize the
administrative law judge and the
Commission, without further notice to
the respondent, to find the facts to be as
alleged in the complaint and this notice
and to enter an initial determination
and a final determination containing
such findings, and may result in the
issuance of an exclusion order or a cease
and desist order or both directed against
the respondent.
By order of the Commission.
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Antitrust Division
Notice Pursuant to the Defense
Production Act of 1950
Antitrust Division, U.S.
Department of Justice.
ACTION: Notice of review of voluntary
agreement.
AGENCY:
Notice is hereby given
pursuant to section 708 of the Defense
Production Act of 1950 (‘‘DPA’’), that
the Attorney General finds, with respect
to the Voluntary Agreement for the
Manufacture and Distribution of Critical
Healthcare Resources Necessary to
Respond to a Pandemic (‘‘Voluntary
Agreement’’) proposed by the Federal
Emergency Management Agency
(‘‘FEMA’’), that the purposes of section
708(c)(1) of the DPA may not reasonably
be achieved through a voluntary
agreement having less anticompetitive
effects or without any voluntary
agreement. Given this finding, the
proposed Voluntary Agreement may
become effective following the
publication of this notice. FEMA is
publishing the text of the proposed
Voluntary Agreement elsewhere in this
issue of the Federal Register.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the
DPA, FEMA may enter into agreements
with representatives of private industry
for the purpose of improving the
efficiency with which private firms
contribute to the national defense when
conditions exist that may pose a direct
threat to the national defense or its
preparedness. Such arrangements are
generally known as ‘‘voluntary
agreements.’’ A defense to actions
brought under the antitrust laws is
available to each participant acting
within the scope of a voluntary
agreement that has come into force
under the DPA.
The DPA requires that each proposed
voluntary agreement be reviewed by the
Attorney General prior to becoming
effective. If, after consulting with the
Chairman of the Federal Trade
Commission, the Attorney General finds
that the purposes of the DPA’s
voluntary-agreements provision ‘‘may
not reasonably be achieved through a
voluntary agreement . . . having less
anticompetitive effects or without any
voluntary agreement,’’ the agreement
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may become effective. 50 U.S.C.
4558(f)(1)(B).
The purpose of the proposed
Voluntary Agreement is to support
Department of Homeland Security,
Department of Health and Human
Services (‘‘HHS’’), and FEMA
contingency requirements to provide
medical resources during times of
pandemic through procedures agreed
upon in advance. The proposed
Voluntary Agreement establishes the
terms, conditions and procedures under
which participants agree voluntarily to
contribute and facilitate medical
resources production and distribution
capacity as requested by FEMA, HHS,
and other Federal Government entities.
FEMA has certified that the proposed
Voluntary Agreement is necessary to
provide for the national defense in the
event of a pandemic.
FEMA requested that the Attorney
General issue a finding that the
proposed Voluntary Agreement satisfies
the statutory criteria set forth in 50
U.S.C. 4558(f)(1)(B). The Antitrust
Division reviewed the proposed
agreement, attended an open meeting of
interested persons pursuant to the
requirements of 44 CFR 332.2, and
consulted with the Chairman of the
Federal Trade Commission as to the
competitive effect of the proposed
agreement. On July 31, 2020, by letter to
Peter Gaynor, FEMA Administrator,
William P. Barr, Attorney General,
issued a finding, pursuant to 50 U.S.C.
4558(f)(1)(B), that the purposes of the
DPA’s voluntary-agreements provision
‘‘may not reasonably be achieved
through a voluntary agreement . . .
having less anticompetitive effects or
without any voluntary agreement.’’
David G.B. Lawrence,
Chief, Competition Policy & Advocacy
Section.
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Proposed
Consent Decree Under the Clean Water
Act
On August 5, 2020, the Department of
Justice lodged a proposed Consent
Decree with the United States District
Court for the District of Colorado in the
lawsuit entitled United States v.
Groendyke Transport Inc., Civil Action
No. 1:20–cv–02311.
This civil action asserts claims for
penalties against Groendyke Transport
Inc. Groendyke, as the legal successor to
Manweiler Transport Company
(Transport), for violations of Section
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Antitrust Division
Notice Pursuant to the Defense Production Act of 1950
AGENCY: Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice.
ACTION: Notice of review of voluntary agreement.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given pursuant to section 708 of the Defense
Production Act of 1950 (``DPA''), that the Attorney General finds, with
respect to the Voluntary Agreement for the Manufacture and Distribution
of Critical Healthcare Resources Necessary to Respond to a Pandemic
(``Voluntary Agreement'') proposed by the Federal Emergency Management
Agency (``FEMA''), that the purposes of section 708(c)(1) of the DPA
may not reasonably be achieved through a voluntary agreement having
less anticompetitive effects or without any voluntary agreement. Given
this finding, the proposed Voluntary Agreement may become effective
following the publication of this notice. FEMA is publishing the text
of the proposed Voluntary Agreement elsewhere in this issue of the
Federal Register.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the DPA, FEMA may enter into
agreements with representatives of private industry for the purpose of
improving the efficiency with which private firms contribute to the
national defense when conditions exist that may pose a direct threat to
the national defense or its preparedness. Such arrangements are
generally known as ``voluntary agreements.'' A defense to actions
brought under the antitrust laws is available to each participant
acting within the scope of a voluntary agreement that has come into
force under the DPA.
The DPA requires that each proposed voluntary agreement be reviewed
by the Attorney General prior to becoming effective. If, after
consulting with the Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, the
Attorney General finds that the purposes of the DPA's voluntary-
agreements provision ``may not reasonably be achieved through a
voluntary agreement . . . having less anticompetitive effects or
without any voluntary agreement,'' the agreement may become effective.
50 U.S.C. 4558(f)(1)(B).
The purpose of the proposed Voluntary Agreement is to support
Department of Homeland Security, Department of Health and Human
Services (``HHS''), and FEMA contingency requirements to provide
medical resources during times of pandemic through procedures agreed
upon in advance. The proposed Voluntary Agreement establishes the
terms, conditions and procedures under which participants agree
voluntarily to contribute and facilitate medical resources production
and distribution capacity as requested by FEMA, HHS, and other Federal
Government entities. FEMA has certified that the proposed Voluntary
Agreement is necessary to provide for the national defense in the event
of a pandemic.
FEMA requested that the Attorney General issue a finding that the
proposed Voluntary Agreement satisfies the statutory criteria set forth
in 50 U.S.C. 4558(f)(1)(B). The Antitrust Division reviewed the
proposed agreement, attended an open meeting of interested persons
pursuant to the requirements of 44 CFR 332.2, and consulted with the
Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission as to the competitive effect
of the proposed agreement. On July 31, 2020, by letter to Peter Gaynor,
FEMA Administrator, William P. Barr, Attorney General, issued a
finding, pursuant to 50 U.S.C. 4558(f)(1)(B), that the purposes of the
DPA's voluntary-agreements provision ``may not reasonably be achieved
through a voluntary agreement . . . having less anticompetitive effects
or without any voluntary agreement.''
David G.B. Lawrence,
Chief, Competition Policy & Advocacy Section.
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