[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 175 (Monday, September 12, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-22431]


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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

[Dkt. C-3514]

 

Amoco Chemical Company, et al.; Prohibited Trade Practices, and 
Affirmative Corrective Actions

AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission.

ACTION: Consent order.

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SUMMARY: In settlement of alleged violations of federal law prohibiting 
unfair acts and practices and unfair methods of competition, this 
consent order prohibits, among other things, two Delaware corporations 
from misrepresenting the extent to which any polystyrene cup, plate, 
and other food service product or packaging material is capable of 
being recycled or the extent to which recycling collection programs are 
available, and from representing that such products offer any 
environmental benefit unless the respondents possess competent and 
reliable scientific evidence that substantiates the claim.

DATES: Complaint and Order issued August 9, 1994.\1\

    \1\Copies of the Complaint and the Decision and Order are 
available from the Commission's Public Reference Branch, H-130, 6th 
Street & Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20580.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: C. Steven Baker or Timothy Hughes, 
FTC/Chicago Regional Office, 55 East Monroe St., Suite 1437, Chicago, 
IL. 60603. (312) 353-8156.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On Friday, May 27, 1994, there was published 
in the Federal Register, 59 FR 27558, a proposed consent agreement with 
analysis In the Matter of Amoco Chemical Company, et al., for the 
purpose of soliciting public comment. Interested parties were given 
sixty (60) days in which to submit comments, suggestions or objections 
regarding the proposed form of the order.
    No comments having been received, the Commission has ordered the 
issuance of the complaint in the form contemplated by the agreement, 
made its jurisdictional findings and entered an order to cease and 
desist, as set forth in the proposed consent agreement, in disposition 
of this proceeding.

(Sec. 6, 38 Stat. 721; 15 U.S.C. 46. Interprets or applies sec. 5, 
38 Stat. 719, as amended; 15 U.S.C. 45)
Donald S. Clark,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 94-22431 Filed 9-9-94; 8:45 am]
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