Proposed Rule2023-17143
Premerger Notification; Reporting and Waiting Period Requirements
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Published
August 10, 2023
Effective
June 27, 2023
Issuing agencies
Federal Trade Commission
Abstract
The Federal Trade Commission ("FTC" or "Commission") is extending the deadline for filing comments on its notice of proposed rulemaking ("NPRM") regarding the Premerger Notification; Reporting and Waiting Period Requirements.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 153 (Thursday, August 10, 2023)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 54256-54257]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-17143]
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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
16 CFR Parts 801 and 803
RIN 3084-AB46
Premerger Notification; Reporting and Waiting Period Requirements
AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission.
ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking; extension of comment period.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Trade Commission (``FTC'' or ``Commission'') is
extending the deadline for filing comments on its notice of proposed
rulemaking (``NPRM'') regarding the Premerger Notification; Reporting
and Waiting Period Requirements.
DATES: For the NPRM published in the Federal Register on June 27, 2023
(88 FR 42178), the comment deadline is extended from August 28, 2023,
to September 27, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Interested parties may file a comment online or on paper by
following the instructions in the Request for Comment part of the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section below. Write ``16 CFR parts 801-803--
Hart-Scott-Rodino Coverage, Exemption, and Transmittal Rules, Project
No. P239300''' on your comment, and file your comment online at <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>, by following the instructions on the web-based
form. If you prefer to file your comment on paper, mail your comment to
the following address: Federal Trade Commission, Office of the
Secretary, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite CC-5610, (Annex H),
Washington, DC 20580.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert L. Jones, Assistant Director,
Premerger Notification Office, Bureau of Competition, Federal Trade
Commission, 400 7th Street SW, Room CC-5301, Washington, DC 20024.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Comment Period Extension
On June 27, 2023, the Commission announced and made public its
notice of proposed rulemaking regarding the Hart-Scott-Rodino Coverage,
Exemption, and Transmittal Rules (``HSR Form Change''), including its
request for public comment on all aspects of the proposed rule. The
NPRM was subsequently published in the Federal Register, with August
28, 2023, established as the deadline for the submission of comments.
See 88 FR 42178 (June 29, 2023).
Interested parties have requested an extension of the public
comment period to give them additional time to respond to the NPRM's
request for comment. While the Commission believes that the current 60-
day period--which is 62 days after public release of the notice of
proposed rulemaking--is sufficient for meaningful comment and public
participation, the Commission agrees to allow the public additional
time to prepare and file comments. The Commission therefore extends the
comment period to September 27, 2023, to provide commenters a total of
92 days from the public release of the NPRM on June 27, 2023. This is a
30-day extension of the 60-day comment period from publication in the
Federal Register on June 29, 2023.
II. Request for Comment
You can file a comment online or on paper. For the Commission to
consider your comment, we must receive it on or before September 27,
2023. Write ``16 CFR parts 801-803--Hart-Scott-Rodino Coverage,
Exemption, and Transmittal Rules, Project No. P239300'' on your
comment. Your comment--including your name and your state--will be
placed on the public record of this proceeding, including, to the
extent practicable, on the <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> website.
Because of the agency's security screening, postal mail addressed
to the Commission will be subject to delay. We strongly encourage you
to submit your comment online through <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>. To
ensure the Commission considers your online comment, please follow the
instructions on the web-based form.
If you file your comment on paper, write ``16 CFR parts 801-803--
Hart-Scott-Rodino Coverage, Exemption, and Transmittal Rules, Project
No. P239300'' on your comment and on the envelope, and mail your
comment to the following address: Federal Trade Commission, Office of
the Secretary, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite CC-5610, (Annex H),
Washington, DC 20580. If possible, please submit your paper comment to
the Commission by overnight service.
Because your comment will be placed on the publicly accessible
website, <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>, you are solely responsible for
making sure that your comment does not include any sensitive or
confidential information. In particular, your comment should not
contain sensitive personal information, such as your or anyone else's
Social Security number; date of birth; driver's license number or other
state identification number or foreign country equivalent; passport
number; financial account number; or credit or debit card number. You
are also responsible for making sure your comment does not include any
sensitive health information, such as medical records or other
individually identifiable health information. In addition, your comment
should not include any ``trade secret or any commercial or financial
information which . . . is privileged or confidential,''--as provided
in Section 6(f) of the FTC Act, 15 U.S.C. 46(f), and FTC Rule
4.10(a)(2), 16 CFR 4.10(a)(2)--including, in particular, competitively
sensitive information such as costs, sales statistics, inventories,
formulas, patterns, devices, manufacturing processes, or customer
names.
Comments containing material for which confidential treatment is
requested must be filed in paper form, must be clearly labeled
``Confidential,'' and must comply with FTC Rule 4.9(c), 16 CFR 4.9(c).
The written request for confidential treatment that accompanies the
comment must include the factual and legal basis for the request, and
must identify the specific portions of the comment to be withheld from
the public record. See FTC Rule 4.9(b). Your comment will be kept
confidential only if the General Counsel grants your request in
accordance with the law and the public interest. Once your comment has
been posted publicly at <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>--as legally
required by FTC Rule 4.9(b), 16 CFR 4.9(b)--we cannot redact or remove
your comment, unless you submit a confidentiality request that meets
the requirements for such treatment under FTC Rule 4.9(c), 16 CFR
4.9(c), and the General Counsel grants that request.
Visit the Commission's website, <a href="http://www.ftc.gov">www.ftc.gov</a>, to read this
publication and the news release describing it. The FTC Act and other
laws that the Commission administers permit the collection of public
comments to consider and use in this proceeding as appropriate. The
Commission will consider all timely and responsive public comments that
it receives on or
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before September 27, 2023. For information on the Commission's privacy
policy, including routine uses permitted by the Privacy Act, see
<a href="https://www.ftc.gov/site-information/privacy-policy">https://www.ftc.gov/site-information/privacy-policy</a>.
By direction of the Commission.
April J. Tabor,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023-17143 Filed 8-9-23; 8:45 am]
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