[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 153 (Thursday, August 10, 2023)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 54256-54257]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-17143]


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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

16 CFR Parts 801 and 803

RIN 3084-AB46


Premerger Notification; Reporting and Waiting Period Requirements

AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking; extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Trade Commission (``FTC'' or ``Commission'') is 
extending the deadline for filing comments on its notice of proposed 
rulemaking (``NPRM'') regarding the Premerger Notification; Reporting 
and Waiting Period Requirements.

DATES: For the NPRM published in the Federal Register on June 27, 2023 
(88 FR 42178), the comment deadline is extended from August 28, 2023, 
to September 27, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Interested parties may file a comment online or on paper by 
following the instructions in the Request for Comment part of the 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section below. Write ``16 CFR parts 801-803--
Hart-Scott-Rodino Coverage, Exemption, and Transmittal Rules, Project 
No. P239300''' on your comment, and file your comment online at https://www.regulations.gov, by following the instructions on the web-based 
form. If you prefer to file your comment on paper, mail your comment to 
the following address: Federal Trade Commission, Office of the 
Secretary, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite CC-5610, (Annex H), 
Washington, DC 20580.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert L. Jones, Assistant Director, 
Premerger Notification Office, Bureau of Competition, Federal Trade 
Commission, 400 7th Street SW, Room CC-5301, Washington, DC 20024.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Comment Period Extension

    On June 27, 2023, the Commission announced and made public its 
notice of proposed rulemaking regarding the Hart-Scott-Rodino Coverage, 
Exemption, and Transmittal Rules (``HSR Form Change''), including its 
request for public comment on all aspects of the proposed rule. The 
NPRM was subsequently published in the Federal Register, with August 
28, 2023, established as the deadline for the submission of comments. 
See 88 FR 42178 (June 29, 2023).
    Interested parties have requested an extension of the public 
comment period to give them additional time to respond to the NPRM's 
request for comment. While the Commission believes that the current 60-
day period--which is 62 days after public release of the notice of 
proposed rulemaking--is sufficient for meaningful comment and public 
participation, the Commission agrees to allow the public additional 
time to prepare and file comments. The Commission therefore extends the 
comment period to September 27, 2023, to provide commenters a total of 
92 days from the public release of the NPRM on June 27, 2023. This is a 
30-day extension of the 60-day comment period from publication in the 
Federal Register on June 29, 2023.

II. Request for Comment

    You can file a comment online or on paper. For the Commission to 
consider your comment, we must receive it on or before September 27, 
2023. Write ``16 CFR parts 801-803--Hart-Scott-Rodino Coverage, 
Exemption, and Transmittal Rules, Project No. P239300'' on your 
comment. Your comment--including your name and your state--will be 
placed on the public record of this proceeding, including, to the 
extent practicable, on the https://www.regulations.gov website.
    Because of the agency's security screening, postal mail addressed 
to the Commission will be subject to delay. We strongly encourage you 
to submit your comment online through https://www.regulations.gov. To 
ensure the Commission considers your online comment, please follow the 
instructions on the web-based form.
    If you file your comment on paper, write ``16 CFR parts 801-803--
Hart-Scott-Rodino Coverage, Exemption, and Transmittal Rules, Project 
No. P239300'' on your comment and on the envelope, and mail your 
comment to the following address: Federal Trade Commission, Office of 
the Secretary, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite CC-5610, (Annex H), 
Washington, DC 20580. If possible, please submit your paper comment to 
the Commission by overnight service.
    Because your comment will be placed on the publicly accessible 
website, https://www.regulations.gov, you are solely responsible for 
making sure that your comment does not include any sensitive or 
confidential information. In particular, your comment should not 
contain sensitive personal information, such as your or anyone else's 
Social Security number; date of birth; driver's license number or other 
state identification number or foreign country equivalent; passport 
number; financial account number; or credit or debit card number. You 
are also responsible for making sure your comment does not include any 
sensitive health information, such as medical records or other 
individually identifiable health information. In addition, your comment 
should not include any ``trade secret or any commercial or financial 
information which . . . is privileged or confidential,''--as provided 
in Section 6(f) of the FTC Act, 15 U.S.C. 46(f), and FTC Rule 
4.10(a)(2), 16 CFR 4.10(a)(2)--including, in particular, competitively 
sensitive information such as costs, sales statistics, inventories, 
formulas, patterns, devices, manufacturing processes, or customer 
names.
    Comments containing material for which confidential treatment is 
requested must be filed in paper form, must be clearly labeled 
``Confidential,'' and must comply with FTC Rule 4.9(c), 16 CFR 4.9(c). 
The written request for confidential treatment that accompanies the 
comment must include the factual and legal basis for the request, and 
must identify the specific portions of the comment to be withheld from 
the public record. See FTC Rule 4.9(b). Your comment will be kept 
confidential only if the General Counsel grants your request in 
accordance with the law and the public interest. Once your comment has 
been posted publicly at https://www.regulations.gov--as legally 
required by FTC Rule 4.9(b), 16 CFR 4.9(b)--we cannot redact or remove 
your comment, unless you submit a confidentiality request that meets 
the requirements for such treatment under FTC Rule 4.9(c), 16 CFR 
4.9(c), and the General Counsel grants that request.
    Visit the Commission's website, www.ftc.gov, to read this 
publication and the news release describing it. The FTC Act and other 
laws that the Commission administers permit the collection of public 
comments to consider and use in this proceeding as appropriate. The 
Commission will consider all timely and responsive public comments that 
it receives on or

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before September 27, 2023. For information on the Commission's privacy 
policy, including routine uses permitted by the Privacy Act, see 
https://www.ftc.gov/site-information/privacy-policy.

    By direction of the Commission.
April J. Tabor,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023-17143 Filed 8-9-23; 8:45 am]
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