Federal Trade Commission 2005 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents
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BJ's Wholesale Club, Inc.; Analysis of Proposed Consent Order To Aid Public Comment
The consent agreement in this matter settles alleged violations of federal law prohibiting unfair or deceptive acts or practices or unfair methods of competition. The attached Analysis to Aid Public Comment describes both the allegations in the draft complaint and the terms of the consent orderembodied in the consent agreementthat would settle these allegations.
Valero L.P., Valero Energy Corporation, Kaneb Services LLC, and Kaneb Pipe Line Partners, L.P.; Analysis of Proposed Consent Order To Aid Public Comment
The consent agreement in this matter settles alleged violations of Federal law prohibiting unfair or deceptive acts or practices or unfair methods of competition. The attached Analysis to Aid Public Comment describes both the allegations in the draft complaint and the terms of the consent orderembodied in the consent agreementthat would settle these allegations.
Chevron Corporation and Unocal Corporation; Analysis of Agreement Containing Consent Order To Aid Public Comment
The consent agreement in this matter settles alleged violations of federal law prohibiting unfair or deceptive acts or practices or unfair methods of competition. The attached Analysis to Aid Public Comment describes both the allegations in the complaint and the terms of the consent orderembodied in the consent agreementthat would settle these allegations.
Union Oil Company of California; Analysis of Proposed Consent Order to Aid Public Comment
The consent agreement in this matter settles alleged violations of federal law prohibiting unfair or deceptive acts or practices or unfair methods of competition. The attached Analysis to Aid Public Comment describes both the allegations in the complaint and the terms of the consent orderembodied in the consent agreementthat would settle these allegations.
Tropicana Products, Inc.; Analysis of Agreement Containing Consent Order To Aid Public Comment
The consent agreement in this matter settles alleged violations of federal law prohibiting unfair or deceptive acts or practices or unfair methods of competition. The attached Analysis to Aid Public Comment describes both the allegations in the draft complaint and the terms of the consent orderembodied in the consent agreementthat would settle these allegations.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Extension
The information collection requirements described below will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (``OMB'') for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (``PRA'') (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520). The FTC is seeking public comments on its proposal to extend through June 30, 2008, the current Paperwork Reduction Act clearances for information collection requirements contained in three Commission Rules. Those clearances expire on June 30, 2005.
Occidental Chemical Company and Vulcan Materials Company; Analysis of Agreement Containing Consent Order To Aid Public Comment
The consent agreement in this matter settles alleged violations of Federal law prohibiting unfair or deceptive acts or practices or unfair methods of competition. The attached Analysis to Aid Public Comment describes both the allegations in the draft complaint and the terms of the consent orderembodied in the consent agreementthat would settle these allegations.
Rule Concerning Disclosures Regarding Energy Consumption and Water Use of Certain Home Appliances and Other Products Required Under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (“Appliance Labeling Rule”)
The Federal Trade Commission (``Commission'') announces that the current ranges of comparability required by the Appliance Labeling Rule (``Rule'') for water heaters, room air conditioners, furnaces, boilers, and pool heaters will remain in effect until further notice. In addition, the Commission is revising Table 1 in Sec. 305.9 of the Rule to incorporate the latest figures for average unit energy costs published by the Department of Energy (``DOE'') this year and to update cost figures in Appendices H and I of the Rule. The Commission is also making technical amendments to Sec. 305.9 and Appendix E of the Rule to clarify the applicability of the cost figures in Table 1 to products covered by the Rule.
Labeling and Advertising of Home Insulation: Trade Regulation Rule
The Federal Trade Commission (``Commission'') amends its Trade Regulation Rule Concerning the Labeling and Advertising of Home Insulation (``R-value Rule'' or ``Rule'') to streamline and increase the benefits of the Rule to consumers and sellers, minimize its costs, and respond to the development and utilization of new technologies to make American homes more energy efficient and less costly to heat and cool. This document provides background on the R-value Rule and this proceeding; discusses the public comments the Commission received; and describes the amendments the Commission is making based on the record.
San Juan IPA, Inc.; Analysis of Agreement Containing Consent Order To Aid Public Comment
The consent agreement in this matter settles alleged violations of federal law prohibiting unfair or deceptive acts or practices or unfair methods of competition. The attached Analysis to Aid Public Comment describes both the allegations in the draft complaint and the terms of the consent orderembodied in the consent agreementthat would settle these allegations.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Extension
The information collection requirements described below will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (``OMB'') for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (``PRA'') (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520). The FTC is seeking public comments on its proposal to extend through August 31, 2008, the current Paperwork Reduction Act clearances for information collection requirements contained in four Commission rules and one clearance covering the Commission's administrative activities. Those clearances expire on August 31, 2005.
Public Workshop: Marketing, Self-Regulation & Childhood Obesity
The FTC and HHS are planning to host a public workshop, ``Marketing, Self-Regulation & Childhood Obesity,'' to explore self- regulatory marketing initiatives in the food and beverage industry that respond to concerns about childhood obesity. The event is open to the public and there is no fee for attendance. For admittance to the conference center, all attendees will be required to show a valid form of photo identification, such as a driver's license. The FTC will accept pre-registration for this workshop. Pre- registration is not necessary to attend, but is encouraged so that we may better plan this event. To pre-register, please e-mail your name and affiliation to the e-mail box for the workshop, at FoodMarketingtoKids@ftc.gov. When you pre-register, we collect your name, affiliation, and your e-mail address. This information will be used to estimate how many people will attend and better understand the likely audience for the workshop. We may use your e-mail address to contact you with information about the workshop. Under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) or other laws, we may be required to disclose the information you provide to outside organizations. For additional information, including routine uses permitted by the Privacy Act, see the Commission's Privacy Policy at https://www.ftc.gov/ftc/privacy.htm. The FTC Act and other laws the Commission administers permit the collection of this contact information to consider and use for the above purposes. Additional information about the workshop will be posted on the FTC's Web site at https://www.ftc.gov/bcp/workshops/foodmarketingtokids/ index.htm.
Definitions, Implementation, and Reporting Requirements Under the CAN-SPAM Act
In this document, the Federal Trade Commission (``Commission'' or ``FTC'') proposes rules pursuant to several distinct provisions of the Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act of 2003 (``CAN-SPAM'' or ``the Act''). Specifically, section 7702(17)(B) grants the FTC discretionary authority to prescribe rules modifying the Act's definition of ``transactional or relationship message.'' Section 7704(c)(1) authorizes the Commission to adopt a rule modifying the ten-business-day period senders (and those acting on their behalf) have under the Act to process recipients' ``opt-out'' requests with respect to ``commercial electronic mail messages.'' Section 7704(c)(2) authorizes the Commission to adopt a rule specifying activities or practices that would be considered ``aggravated violations'' by section 7704(b) of the Act, in addition to the aggravated violations already specified in the statute. Finally, section 7711(a) gives the FTC discretionary authority to ``issue regulations to implement the provisions of [the] Act.'' This document invites written comments on issues raised by the proposed Rule and seeks answers to the specific questions set forth in Part VII of this NPRM.
New Millennium Orthopaedics, LLC, et al.; Analysis of Agreement Containing Consent Order to Aid Public Comment
The consent agreement in this matter settles alleged violations of Federal law prohibiting unfair or deceptive acts or practices or unfair methods of competition. The attached Analysis to Aid Public Comment describes both the allegations in the draft complaint and the terms of the consent orderembodied in the consent agreementthat would settle these allegations.
Notice of Agency Information Collection Activities Regarding a Pilot Study Pursuant to Section 319 of the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003
The information collection requirements described below have been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (``OMB'') for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (``PRA''). The Federal Trade Commission (the ``Commission'' or ``FTC'') is seeking public comments on its proposal to conduct a pilot study in connection with Section 319 of the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003 (``FACT Act'' or the ``Act'').
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection: Comment Request
The FTC is soliciting public comments on proposed information requests to cigarette manufacturers and smokeless tobacco manufacturers. These comments will be considered before the FTC submits a request for Office of Management and Budget (OMB) review under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), 44 U.S.C. 3501-3520, of compulsory process orders to the largest companies in those two industries for information concerning, inter alia, their sales and marketing expenditures.
Notice of Federal Trade Commission Publication Incorporating Model Forms and Procedures for Identity Theft Victims
The Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003 (FACT Act or the Act), amending the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), requires the Commission, in consultation with the Federal banking agencies and the National Credit Union Administration, to develop a model form and procedures to be used by identity theft victims for contacting and informing creditors and consumer reporting agencies of the fraud. In this document, the Commission issues a notice of its publication of guidance containing such model forms and procedures.
Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule: Request for Comments
As required by law, the Federal Trade Commission (the ``FTC'' or ``Commission'') requests public comment on its implementation of the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (``COPPA'' or ``the Act''), 15 U.S.C. 6501-6508, through the Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule (``COPPA Rule'' or ``the Rule''). The COPPA Rule imposes certain requirements on operators of Web sites or online services directed to children under 13 years of age and other Web sites or online services that have actual knowledge that they are collecting personal information from a child under 13 years of age. The Commission requests comment on the costs and benefits of the Rule as well as on whether it should be retained, eliminated, or modified. The Commission also requests comment concerning the Rule's effect on: practices relating to the collection and disclosure of information relating to children; children's ability to obtain access to information of their choice online; and the availability of Web sites directed to children. At the end of the FTC's review, the agency will submit a report to Congress assessing the implementation of the Rule. All interested persons are hereby given notice of the opportunity to submit written data, views, and arguments concerning the Rule. As explained in a separate document being published elsewhere in this issue of the Federal Register, the Commission is also issuing a final amendment to the Rule to extend the sliding scale mechanism, which allows Web site operators to use e-mail with additional verification steps to obtain verifiable parental consent for the collection of personal information from children for internal use by the Web site operator, until the conclusion of this broader review.
Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule
The Federal Trade Commission (``the Commission'') issues a final amendment to the Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule (``the Rule''), to extend the sliding scale mechanism which allows Web site operators to use e-mail, coupled with additional steps, to obtain verifiable parental consent for the collection of personal information from children for internal use by the Web site operator, until the conclusion of the Commission's proceeding to undertake a comprehensive review of the Rule. As explained in a separate document being published elsewhere in this issue of the Federal Register, the Commission is requesting additional comment on the sliding scale mechanism.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Reinstatement of Existing Collection; Comment Request
The FTC intends to conduct a survey of consumers to advance its understanding of the incidence of consumer fraud and to allow the FTC to better serve people who experience fraud. The survey is a follow-up to the FTC's Consumer Fraud Survey conducted in 2003 and released in August 2004. Before gathering this information, the FTC is seeking public comments on its proposed consumer research. Comments will be considered before the FTC submits a request for Office of Management and Budget (OMB) review under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), 44 U.S.C. 3501-3520.
Telemarketing Sales Rule Fees
The Federal Trade Commission (the ``Commission'' or ``FTC'') is issuing a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (``NPRM'') to amend the Telemarketing Sales Rule (``TSR'') to revise the fees charged to entities accessing the National Do Not Call Registry, and invites written comments on the issues raised by the proposed changes.
Evanston Northwestern Healthcare Corporation and ENH Medical Group, Inc.; Analysis To Aid Public Comment
The consent agreement in this matter settles alleged violations of federal law prohibiting unfair or deceptive acts or practices or unfair methods of competition. The attached Analysis to Aid Public Comment describes both the allegations in Count III of the complaint and the terms of the consent orderembodied in the consent agreementthat would settle these allegations.
Deceptive Advertising as to Sizes of Viewable Pictures Shown by Television Receiving Sets
The Federal Trade Commission (``FTC'' or ``Commission'') requests public comment on the overall costs, benefits, and regulatory and economic impact of its Rule concerning Deceptive Advertising as to Sizes of Viewable Pictures Shown by Television Receiving Sets (``Rule'' or ``Picture Tube Rule''), as part of the Commission's systematic review of all current Commission regulations and guides.
Priti Sharma and Rajeev Sharma, Individually and as Officers of Q.P.S., Inc.; Analysis To Aid Public Comment
The consent agreement in this matter settles alleged violations of federal law prohibiting unfair or deceptive acts or practices or unfair methods of competition. The attached Analysis to Aid Public Comment describes both the allegations in the draft complaint that accompanies the consent agreement and the terms of the consent orderembodied in the consent agreementthat would settle these allegations.
CompUSA Inc.; Analysis To Aid Public Comment
The consent agreement in this matter settles alleged violations of federal law prohibiting unfair or deceptive acts or practices or unfair methods of competition. The attached Analysis to Aid Public Comment describes both the allegations in the draft complaint that accompanies the consent agreement and the terms of the consent orderembodied in the consent agreementthat would settle these allegations.
Disclosures for Non-Federally Insured Depository Institutions Under the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act (FDICIA)
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act of 1991 (FDICIA) directs the Commission to prescribe the manner and content of certain disclosures that must be used by depository institutions that do not have federal deposit insurance. The Commission seeks comment on these proposed disclosure rules for non-federally insured depository institutions.
Vision I Properties, LLC, d/b/a CartManager International; Analysis To Aid Public Comment
The consent agreement in this matter settles alleged violations of federal law prohibiting unfair or deceptive acts or practices or unfair methods of competition. The attached Analysis to Aid Public Comment describes both the allegations in the draft complaint that accompanies the consent agreement and the terms of the consent orderembodied in the consent agreementthat would settle these allegations.
Nationwide Mortgage Group, Inc., et al.; Analysis To Aid Public Comment
The consent agreement in this matter settles alleged violations of Federal law prohibiting unfair or deceptive acts or practices or unfair methods of competition. The attached Analysis to Aid Public Comment describes both the allegations in the complaint and the terms of the consent orderembodied in the consent agreementthat would settle these allegations.
Delegation of Authority To Respond to Requests From Spain's Data Protection Agency
The Commission has delegated authority to the Associate Director for International Consumer Protection to respond to disclosure and other requests from Spain's Agencia Espa[ntilde]ola de Protecci[oacute]n de Datos (``AEPD'') regarding unsolicited commercial e-mail pursuant to a memorandum of understanding with the Commission.
Preferred Health Services, Inc.; Analysis To Aid Public Comment
The consent agreement in this matter settles alleged violations of Federal law prohibiting unfair or deceptive acts or practices or unfair methods of competition. The attached Analysis to Aid Public Comment describes both the allegations in the draft complaint that accompanies the consent agreement and the terms of the consent orderembodied in the consent agreementthat would settle these allegations.
Hi-Health Supermart Corporation, et al.; Analysis To Aid Public Comment
The consent agreement in this matter settles alleged violations of Federal law prohibiting unfair or deceptive acts or practices or unfair methods of competition. The attached Analysis to Aid Public Comment describes both the allegations in the draft complaint that accompanies the consent agreement and the terms of the consent orderembodied in the consent agreementthat would settle these allegations.
Cytec Industries Inc.; Analysis To Aid Public Comment
The consent agreement in this matter settles alleged violations of Federal law prohibiting unfair or deceptive acts or practices or unfair methods of competition. The attached Analysis to Aid Public Comment describes both the allegations in the draft complaint that accompanies the consent agreement and the terms of the consent orderembodied in the consent agreementthat would settle these allegations.
Cemex S.A. de C.V.; Analysis To Aid Public Comment
The consent agreement in this matter settles alleged violations of Federal law prohibiting unfair or deceptive acts or practices or unfair methods of competition. The attached Analysis to Aid Public Comment describes both the allegations in the draft complaint that accompanies the consent agreement and the terms of the consent orderembodied in the consent agreementthat would settle these allegations.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Extension
The information collection requirements described below will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (``OMB'') for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (``PRA'') (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520). The FTC is seeking public comments on its proposal to extend through June 30, 2008, the current Paperwork Reduction Act clearances for information collection requirements contained in three Commission Rules. Those clearances expire on June 30, 2005.
Premerger Notification; Reporting and Waiting Period Requirements
The Federal Trade Commission is amending the premerger notification rules, which require the parties to certain mergers or acquisitions to file reports with the Commission and with the Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice and to wait a specified period of time before consummating such transactions, pursuant to section 7A of the Clayton Act (``the Act''). The filing and waiting period requirements enable these enforcement agencies to determine whether a proposed merger or acquisition may violate the antitrust laws if consummated and, when appropriate, to seek a preliminary injunction in federal court to prevent consummation. This rulemaking introduces a number of changes that attempt to reconcile, as far as is practical, the current disparate treatment of corporations, partnerships, limited liability companies and other types of non-corporate entities under the rules, particularly in the areas of acquisitions of interests in these entities; formations of the entities; and the application of certain exemptions, including the intraperson exemption. This rulemaking also makes technical corrections in other provisions in the rules.
Premerger Notification; Reporting and Waiting Period Requirements
The Premerger Notification Office of the Federal Trade Commission, with the concurrence of the Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Antitrust Division of the Department, is issuing this Formal Interpretation of the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act to repeal Formal Interpretation 15, which governs the reportability of certain transactions involving the formation of a Limited Liability Company (``LLC''). All transactions involving LLCs will be governed by 16 CFR parts 801, 802 and 803 beginning on the effective date of this notice.
Public Comment on Data, Studies, or Other Evidence Related to the Effects of Credit Scores and Credit-Based Insurance Scores on the Availability and Affordability of Financial Products
The Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003 (``FACT Act'') or ``Act'') requires the Federal Trade Commission (``FTC'' or ``Commission'') and the Federal Reserve Board (``Board'') to conduct a study on the effects of credit scores and credit-based insurance scores on the availability and affordability of financial products. These products include credit cards, mortgages, auto loans, and property and casualty insurance. As part of its efforts to fulfill its obligations under the Act, the FTC seeks public comment on any evidence the FTC and the Board should consider in conducting the study.
Delegation of Authority To Respond to Requests From Mexico's Procuraduria Federal del Consumidor
The Commission has delegated authority to the Associate Director for International Consumer Protection to respond to disclosure and other requests from Mexico's Procuradur[iacute]a Federal del Consumidor (Profeco) pursuant to a memorandum of understanding with the Commission.
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