[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 29 (Friday, February 11, 1994)] [Unknown Section] [Page 0] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 94-3270] [[Page Unknown]] [Federal Register: February 11, 1994] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] BILLING CODE 6750-01-M