[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 142 (Monday, July 27, 2009)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 36972-36973]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-17758]


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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

16 CFR Part 429


Cooling-Off Period for Sales Made at Homes or at Certain Other 
Locations

AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission (``FTC'' or ``Commission'').

ACTION: Reopening of comment period.

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SUMMARY: On April 21, 2009, the Commission published a Federal Register 
document soliciting public comment in connection with its review of the 
Trade Regulation Rule Concerning Cooling-Off Period for Sales Made at 
Homes or at Certain Other Locations (``Cooling-Off Rule'' or ``Rule''). 
On June 22, 2009, Consumers for Auto Reliability and Safety, Consumers 
Union, and the National Consumer Law Center filed a joint letter 
requesting the Commission to extend the comment period for an 
additional sixty days. In response to this joint request, the 
Commission has decided to reopen the comment period for all interested 
parties for sixty days.

DATES: Written comments concerning the Cooling-Off Rule must be 
received no later than September 25, 2009.

ADDRESSES: Interested parties are invited to submit written comments 
electronically or in paper form. Comments should refer to ``Cooling-Off 
Rule Regulatory Review, 16 CFR 429, Comment, Project No. P087109'' to 
facilitate the organization of comments. Please note that your comment 
- including your name and your state - will be placed on the public 
record of this proceeding, including on the publicly accessible FTC 
website, at (http://ftc.gov/os/publiccomments.shtm).
    Because comments will be made public, they should not include any 
sensitive personal information, such as an individual'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

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credit or debit card number. Comments also should not include any 
sensitive health information, such as medical records or other 
individually identifiable health information. In addition, comments 
should not include any ``[t]rade secret or any commercial or financial 
information which is obtained from any person and which is privileged 
or confidential. . . ,'' as provided in Section 6(f) of the FTC Act, 15 
U.S.C. 46(f), and Commission Rule 4.10(a)(2), 16 CFR 4.10(a)(2). 
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).\1\
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    \1\The comment must be accompanied by an explicit request for 
confidential treatment, including the factual and legal basis for 
the request, and must identify the specific portions of the comment 
to be withheld from the public record. The request will be granted 
or denied by the Commission's General Counsel, consistent with 
applicable law and the public interest. See Commission Rule 4.9(c), 
16 CFR 4.9(c).
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    A comment filed in paper form should include the ``Cooling-Off Rule 
Regulatory Review, 16 CFR 429, Comment, Project No. P087109'' reference 
both in the text and on the envelope, and should be mailed or delivered 
to the following address: Federal Trade Commission/Office of the 
Secretary, Room H-135 (Annex M), 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., 
Washington, D.C. 20580. The FTC is requesting that any comment filed in 
paper form be sent by courier or overnight service, if possible, 
because U.S. postal mail in the Washington area and at the Commission 
is subject to delay due to heightened security precautions.
    You also may consider submitting your comments in electronic form. 
Comments filed in electronic form should be submitted by following the 
instructions on the web-based form at the weblink (https://secure.commentworks.com/ftc-cooling-offrulereview). To ensure that the 
Commission considers an electronic comment, you must file it on the 
web-based form at (https://secure.commentworks.com/ftc-cooling-offrulereview). If this Notice appears at (http://www.regulations.gov/search/index.jsp), you also may file an electronic comment through that 
website. The Commission will consider all comments that regulations.gov 
forwards to it. You also may visit the FTC website at (http://www.ftc.gov) to read the Notice and the news release describing it.
    The Federal Trade Commission Act (``FTC Act'') and other laws 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, 
whether filed in paper or electronic form. Comments received will be 
available to the public on the FTC website, to the extent practicable, 
at (http://www.ftc.gov./os/publiccomments.shtm). As a matter of 
discretion, the FTC makes every effort to remove home contact 
information for individuals from the public comments it receives before 
placing those comments on the FTC website. To read our policy on how we 
handle the information you submit - including routine uses permitted by 
the Privacy Act - please review the FTC's privacy policy, at (http://www.ftc.gov/ftc/privacy.shtm).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sana Coleman Chriss, Attorney, (404) 
656-1364, Federal Trade Commission, Southeast Region, 225 Peachtree 
Street, NE, Suite 1500, Atlanta, Georgia 30303.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Commission's April 21, 2009 Federal 
Register notice sought comments on a number of general issues, 
including the continuing need for the Rule, its economic impact, and 
the effect of any technological, economic, or industry changes on the 
Rule.
    The comment period closed on June 22, 2009. Three comments were 
received during the comment period. On that date, the Commission also 
received a request from Consumers for Auto Reliability and Safety, 
Consumers Union, and the National Consumer Law Center to extend the 
comment period for an additional sixty days. To provide all interested 
parties with additional time for filing comments, the Commission has 
decided to reopen the comment period. The Commission believes that the 
benefit of enhancing the record by reopening the comment period 
outweighs any delay. Accordingly, the Commission has decided to reopen 
the comment period for sixty days.
    By direction of the Commission.

Donald S. Clark
Secretary
[FR Doc. E9-17758 Filed 7-24-09: 2:30 pm]
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