1334 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 6 / Friday, January 9, 2015 / Rules and Regulations 

(exempting purchases of under $25 where there is 

no contract or receipt); Oregon has no dollar limit, 

Or. Rev. Stat. Ann. sections 83.710, 720; and New 

York has a $25 limit, N.Y. Pers. Prop. Law section 

426. 

31N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. section 361–B:1. 

32See, e.g., Second Am. Compl. at ¶¶ 11–16, 34– 

36, State of West Virginia v. Quick Silver 

Restoration, LLC, et al., No. 14–C–1952 (W. Va. Cir. 

Ct. filed Nov. 6, 2014) (alleging that a roofing and 

home improvement company engaged in high 

pressure door-to-door solicitations that violated 

several consumer protection laws and regulations, 

including the state and federal cooling-off rules; 

Compl. at ¶ 1, State of Vermont v. Terry, No. 570– 

9–14 Wncv (Vt. Super. Ct. filed Sept. 24, 2014) 

(alleging that a door-to-door meat salesman violated 

the state’s Consumer Protection Act by failing to 

notify consumers of their three-day right to cancel, 

misleading consumers regarding the price and 

guarantee on the meat, failing to disclose material 

information to the consumer, and selling meat 

without a required license); Compl., 

Commonwealth of Virginia v. KLMN Readers Servs. 

Inc., No. CL13002796–00 (Chesapeake Cir. Ct. filed 

Nov. 25, 2013) (alleging that a door-to-door 

magazine company violated Viriginia’s Consumer 

Protection and Home Solicitation Sales Acts) 

(default judgment granted Sept. 24, 2014). In 

contrast, the last time the Federal Trade 

Commission employed the federal Cooling-Off Rule 

in an enforcement action was nearly 15 years ago. 

Compl., F.T.C. v. College Resource Mgmt., Inc. et 

al., No. 3–01CV0828–G (N.D. Tex. May 1, 2001) 

(alleging, inter alia, that a purported college 

financial services company violated Section 5 of the 

FTC Act and the Cooling-Off Rule in connection 

with its deceptive practices in financial aid sales 

seminars held at hotels or in banquet rooms). 

exclusionary limit, is the only state with a 

dollar limit above $25.31

With respect to enforcement, states have 

been much more active in enforcing their 

state rules than has the Commission.32 This 

is no doubt due at least in part to the fact that 

the states are closer to consumers who suffer 

from many of the unscrupulous activities 

involving sales in the home and in transient 

locations. 

Because I am not persuaded that the 

federal Cooling-Off Rule’s long-standing $25 

exclusionary limit on transient sales should 

be raised to $130, and because I find there 

is convincing evidence on the overall need to 

continue protecting consumers through 

cooling-off rules, I urge state policy makers, 

law enforcement officials, and regulators to 

not interpret today’s amendment to the 

federal Cooling-Off Rule as a signal that they 

should follow suit and raise the exclusionary 

limit of their respective cooling-off rules for 

sales in transient locations. Indeed, the often 

highly localized nature of potentially 

deceptive practices involving sales in 

transient locations puts states in the best 

position to determine the wisdom of raising 

their own exclusionary limits for sales in 

transient locations. I strongly encourage any 

state that may consider following the course 

of action taken by the Commission today to 

engage first in a more focused effort to gather 

evidence about potentially unscrupulous 

activities involving transient sales in their 

jurisdictions. 

[FR Doc. 2015–00164 Filed 1–8–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6750–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Coast Guard 

33 CFR Part 117 

[Docket No. USCG–2014–0912] 

Drawbridge Operation Regulation; 

Lake Washington Ship Canal, Seattle, 

WA 

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice canceling temporary 

deviation from regulations. 

SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is canceling 

the temporary deviation concerning the 

operating schedule that governs the 

Seattle Department of Transportation 

(SDOT) double leaf bascule Ballard 

Bridge across the Lake Washington Ship 

Canal, mile 1.1, at Seattle, WA. This 

deviation was necessary to 

accommodate evening detoured 

commute traffic during road 

construction. It is being cancelled due to 

the construction project has been 

completed. 

DATES: The temporary deviation 

published on November 14, 2014, 78 FR 

68120, is cancelled as of January 9, 

2015. 

ADDRESSES: The docket for this 

deviation, [USCG–2014–0912] is 

available at http://www.regulations.gov. 

Type the docket number in the 

‘‘SEARCH’’ box and click ‘‘SEARCH.’’ 

Click on Open Docket Folder on the line 

associated with this deviation. You may 

also visit the Docket Management 

Facility in Room W12–140 on the 

ground floor of the Department of 

Transportation West Building, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, 

DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If 

you have questions on this temporary 

deviation, call or email Steven Fischer, 

Coast Guard Thirteenth District, Bridge 

Specialist; telephone 206–220–7277, 

email d13-pf-d13bridges@uscg.mil. If 

you have questions on viewing the 

docket, call Cheryl Collins, Program 

Manager, Docket Operations, telephone 

202–366–9826. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. Basis and Purpose 

On November 14, 2014, we published 

a temporary deviation entitled 

‘‘Drawbridge Operation Regulation; 

Lake Washington Ship Canal, Seattle, 

WA.’’ in the Federal Register (78 FR 

68120). The temporary deviation 

concerned the Seattle Department of 

Transportation (SDOT) request that the 

Ballard Bridge, mile 1.1, across the Lake 

Washington Ship Canal accommodate 

evening detoured commute traffic 

during road construction. This deviation 

allowed the bridge to remain in the 

closed position for an extra hour during 

evening traffic. Vessels able to pass 

through the bridge in the closed 

positions may do so at anytime. The 

bridge would not be able to open during 

this construction period, and extend the 

daily closure one hour Monday through 

Friday. This deviation from the 

operating regulations was authorized 

under 33 CFR 117.35. 

B. Cancellation 

The deviation was intended to 

facilitate routing of heavy traffic during 

peak commute time on the bridge. The 

deviation is not necessary at this time 

because SDOT has completed the 

construction on the Ballard Bridge. 

Dated: December 23, 2014. 

Steven M. Fischer, 

Bridge Administrator, Thirteenth Coast Guard 

District. 

[FR Doc. 2015–00174 Filed 1–8–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9110–04–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Coast Guard 

33 CFR Part 117 

[Docket No. USCG–2014–1057] 

Drawbridge Operation Regulations; 

Norwalk River, Norwalk, CT 

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice of temporary deviation 

from regulations; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Coast Guard has issued a 

temporary deviation from the operating 

schedule that governs the Metro-North 

WALK Bridge across the Norwalk River, 

mile 0.1, at Norwalk, Connecticut. This 

deviation will test a change to the 

drawbridge operation schedule to 

determine whether a permanent change 

to the schedule is needed. This 

deviation will allow the Metro-North 

WALK Bridge to operate under an 

alternate schedule to facilitate the high 

volume of rail service across the MetroNorth WALK Bridge at peak hours, 

while balancing both the needs of rail 

and marine traffic. 

DATES: This deviation is effective 

without actual notice from January 9, 

2015 through 11:59 p.m. on June 28, 

2015. For the purposes of enforcement, 

actual notice will be used from 12:01 


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