[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 189 (Friday, September 29, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 57462]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-16076]


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ANTITRUST MODERNIZATION COMMISSION


Notice of Public Hearings

AGENCY: Antitrust Modernization Commission.

ACTION: Notice of public hearings.

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SUMMARY: The Antitrust Modernization Commission will hold public 
hearings on October 18, 2006. The topics of the hearings are the 
McCarran-Ferguson Act and the Shipping Act.

DATES: October 18, 2006, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. 
Interested members of the public may attend. Registration is not 
required.

ADDRESSES: Federal Trade Commission, Conference Center, 601 New Jersey 
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andrew J. Heimert, Executive Director 
& General Counsel, Antitrust Modernization Commission. Telephone: (202) 
233-0701; e-mail: [email protected]. Internet: http://www.amc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of these hearings is for the 
Antitrust Modernization Commission to take testimony and receive 
evidence regarding the McCarran-Ferguson Act and the Shipping Act as 
illustrative examples of immunities and exemptions for purposes of the 
Commission's general evaluation of antitrust immunities and exemptions.
    The hearing on the McCarran-Ferguson Act will consist of one panel, 
which will begin at 10 a.m. and conclude at 12 p.m. The hearing on the 
Shipping Act will consist of one panel, which will begin at 1 p.m. and 
conclude at 3 p.m. Materials relating to the hearings, including lists 
of witnesses and the prepared statements of the witnesses, will be made 
available on the Commission's Web site (www.amc.gov) in advance of the 
hearings.
    Interested members of the public may submit written testimony on 
the subject of the hearing in the form of comments, pursuant to the 
Commission's request for comments. See 70 FR 28,902-28,907 (May 19, 
2005). Members of the public will not be provided with an opportunity 
to make oral remarks at the hearings. The AMC is holding this hearing 
pursuant to its authorizing statute. Antitrust Modernization Commission 
Act of 2002, Pub. L. 107-273, Sec.  11057(a), 116 Stat. 1758, 1858.

    Dated: September 26, 2006.
    By direction of the Antitrust Modernization Commission.
Andrew J. Heimert,
Executive Director & General Counsel, Antitrust Modernization 
Commission.
[FR Doc. E6-16076 Filed 9-28-06; 8:45 am]
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