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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
[Docket No. 9071]

 

Service Corporation International

AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission.

ACTION: Notice of period for public comment on petition to reopen and 
modify the order.

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SUMMARY: Service Corporation International (``SCI''), respondent in the 
order in Docket No. 9071 (order concerning the prohibition of 
misrepresentations in connection with the sale and pricing of funeral 
services, caskets and other incidental merchandise offered for sale by 
SCI), filed a petition on January 12, 1994, requesting that the 
Commission reopen and modify the order. This document announces the 
public comment period on this petition.

DATES: The deadline for filing comments in this matter is March 4, 
1994.

ADDRESSEs: Comments should be sent to the Office of the Secretary, 
Federal Trade Commission, 6th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW., 
Washington, DC 20580. Requests for copies of the petition should be 
sent to Public Reference Branch, room 130.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Deborah Kelly or Robert Frisby, Enforcement Division, Bureau of 
Consumer Protection, Federal Trade Commission, Washington, DC 20580, 
(202) 326-3004 (Kelly) or (202) 326-2098 (Frisby).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The order in Docket No. 9071 was published 
at 41 FR 53468 on December 7, 1976, reported at 88 FTC 530. The 
petitioner, Service Corporation International (``SCI''), alleges that 
changes in law and fact since entry of this consumer protection order, 
as well as consideration of the public interest, make reopening and 
modifying the order appropriate. Specifically, SCI asks the Commission 
to delete the administrative provisions requiring it to (1) inform 
affected employees of the order's requirements; (2) provide prior 
notice to the Commission of certain changes in its corporate 
organization; and (3) notify the Commission by the tenth of each month 
as to the acquisition or sale of any funeral home in the preceding 
month. Since issuance of the order, the Commission has promulgated its 
Trade Regulation Rule Regarding Funeral Industry Practices, 16 CFR Sec. 
453, which applies to SCI. The Commission, subsequent to the issuance 
of the order in Docket No. 9071, also issued three antitrust consent 
orders that apply to SCI. These orders are Sentinel Group, Inc., Docket 
No. C-3348; Service Corporation International, Docket No. C-3372; and 
Service Corporation International, Docket No. C-3440. Like the order 
issued in Docket No. 9071, these three orders require SCI to notify the 
FTC of funeral home acquisitions by SCI. The petition was placed on the 
public record on February 3, 1994.

Donald S. Clark,
Secretary
[FR Doc. 94-3270 Filed 2-10-94; 8:45 am]
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