[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 119 (Thursday, June 19, 2008)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 34895]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-13899]


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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

16 CFR Part 437

[Project No. R511993]
RIN 3084-AB04


Business Opportunity Rule

AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission.

ACTION: Extension of period to submit rebuttal comments in response to 
the Revised Notice of Proposed Rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: In a Federal Register notice published on March 26, 2008,\1\ 
the FTC requested comment on its Revised Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 
(``RNPR'' or ``Notice'') in connection with the Business Opportunity 
Rule. The Notice stated that comments must be submitted on or before 
May 27, 2008, and that rebuttal comments must be submitted on or before 
June 16, 2008. In response to a request to extend the rebuttal comment 
period received on June 5, 2008, the Commission has extended the 
rebuttal comment period for an additional 15 days.
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    \1\ The Notice was announced in a press release on March 18, 
2008, available at: (http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2008/03/busrule.shtm) 
(``Press Release'').

DATES: Rebuttal comments addressing the Revised Notice of Proposed 
Rulemaking published at 73 FR 16110 for the Business Opportunity Rule 
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must be submitted on or before July 1, 2008.

ADDRESSES: Interested parties are invited to submit written rebuttal 
comments. Comments should refer to ``Business Opportunity Rule: File 
No. R511993'' and may be submitted by any of the following methods. If, 
however, the comment contains any material for which confidential 
treatment is requested, it must be filed in paper form, and the first 
page of the document must be clearly labeled ``Confidential.''\2\
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    \2\ The comment must be accompanied by an explicit request for 
confidential treatment, including the factual and legal basis for 
the request, and must identify the specific portions of the comment 
to be withheld from the public record. The request will be granted 
or denied by the Commission's General Counsel, consistent with 
applicable law and the public interest. See Commission Rule 4.9(c), 
16 C.F.R 4.9(c) (2008).
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 1. Web Site: Comments filed in electronic form should be submitted by 
using the following web link: (https://secure.commentworks.com/ftc-bizopRNPR/) and following the instructions on the web-based form. To 
ensure that the Commission considers an electronic comment, you must 
file it on the web-based form at the weblink (https://secure.commentworks.com/ftc-bizopRNPR/). If this notice appears at 
http://www.regulations.gov, you may also file an electronic comment 
through that website. The Commission will consider all comments that 
regulations.gov forwards to it. You may also visit the FTC website at 
(http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2008/03/busrule.shtm) to read the RNPR and the 
news release describing it.
 2. Mail or Hand Delivery: A comment filed in paper form should include 
``Business Opportunity Rule: File No. R511993`` both in the text and on 
the envelope, and should be mailed or delivered to the following 
address: Federal Trade Commission/Office of the Secretary, Room H-135 
(Annex S), 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20580. The 
Commission is requesting that any comment filed in paper form be sent 
by courier or overnight service, if possible.
    The FTC Act and other laws the Commission administers permit the 
collection of public comments to consider and use in this proceeding as 
appropriate. All timely and responsive public comments will be 
considered by the Commission and will be available to the public on the 
FTC website, to the extent practicable, at http://www.ftc.gov. As a 
matter of discretion, the FTC makes every effort to remove home contact 
information for individuals from the public comments it receives before 
placing those comments on the FTC website. More information, including 
routine uses permitted by the Privacy Act, may be found in the FTC's 
privacy policy, at (http://www.ftc.gov/ftc/privacy.shtm).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Monica Vaca (202) 326-2245, Division 
of Marketing Practices, Room 286, Bureau of Consumer Protection, 
Federal Trade Commission, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 
20580.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 26, 2008, the Commission published 
a Revised Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (``RNPR'' or ``Notice''), 73 FR 
16110, which solicited comment on a revised proposal for the Business 
Opportunity Rule. The Notice stated that the period for submitting 
initial comments on this proposal would close on May 27, 2008, and that 
the period for submitting rebuttal comments would close on June 16, 
2008.
    On June 5, 2008, the Commission received a request from Venable LLP 
(``Venable'') seeking a 30-day extension of the rebuttal comment 
period. In support of its extension request, Venable argues that there 
were numerous substantive comments submitted in the initial comment 
period that merit rebuttal. Nevertheless, the bulk of the initial 
comments were submitted on the last day of the comment period and were 
unavailable for public viewing for about one week after the comment 
period closed. Thus, Venable seeks an extension.
    The Commission believes that a 15-day extension should be 
sufficient to enable Venable and all other commenters to prepare and 
submit rebuttal comments without unduly delaying the progress of this 
proceeding. Accordingly, the Commission has determined to extend the 
rebuttal comment period until July 1, 2008.

    By direction of the Commission.
Donald S. Clark,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8-13899 Filed 6-18-08: 8:45 am]
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