[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 50 (Wednesday, March 13, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 10347]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-5979]



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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

[Dkt. C-3614]


Alpine Industries, Inc., 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 Minnesota-based sister 
companies and their principal officer from making unsubstantiated 
claims about the ability of any air cleaning product to eliminate, 
remove, clear or clean any indoor air pollutant--or any quantity of 
indoor air pollutants--from a user's environment.

DATES: Complaint and Order issued September 22, 1995.\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:
Jeffrey Klurfeld, Kerry O'Brien, and Linda Badger, San Francisco 
Regional Office, Federal Trade Commission, 901 Market Street, Suite 
570, San Francisco, CA 94103. (415) 744-7920.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On Wednesday, July 5, 1995, there was 
published in the Federal Register, 60 FR 35021, a proposed consent 
agreement with analysis In the Matter of Alpine Industries, Inc., 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. 96-5979 Filed 3-12-96; 8:45 am]
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