81 FR 11697 - Guides for the Jewelry, Precious Metals, and Pewter Industries
FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 44 (March 7, 2016)
Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 44 (March 7, 2016)
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| FR Document | 2016-04883 |
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 44 (Monday, March 7, 2016)] [Proposed Rules] [Pages 11697-11698] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-04883] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION 16 CFR Part 23 Guides for the Jewelry, Precious Metals, and Pewter Industries AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission (``FTC'' or ``Commission''). ACTION: Extension of deadline for submission of public comments. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The FTC is extending the deadline for filing public comments on the Guides for the Jewelry, Precious Metals, and Pewter Industries. DATES: Comments will be accepted until June 3, 2016. ADDRESSES: Interested parties may file comments online or on paper by following the instructions at the end of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section below. Write ``Jewelry Guides, 16 CFR part 23, Project No. G711001'' on your comment, and file your comment online at https://ftcpublic.commentworks.com/ftc/jewelryguidesreview 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 O), Washington, DC 20580, or deliver your comment to the following address: Federal Trade Commission, Office of the Secretary, Constitution Center, 400 7th Street SW., 5th Floor, Suite 5610 (Annex O), Washington, DC 20024. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Reenah L. Kim, Attorney, (202) 326- 2272, Division of Enforcement, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Federal Trade Commission, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20580. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:On January 12, 2016, as part of the Commission's systematic review of its rules and guides, the FTC published a notice in the Federal Register (``FRN'') requesting public comments on proposed revisions to the Guides for the Jewelry, Precious Metals, and Pewter Industries (``Jewelry Guides'' or ``Guides'').\1\ As set forth in the FRN, the Commission proposed several changes and additions designed to help prevent deception in jewelry marketing. The FRN invited comments on the proposed revisions generally, and also posed a series of 75 questions on specific issues. The FRN set April 4, 2016 as the deadline for filing comments. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ 81 FR 1349 (Jan. 12, 2016). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- A trade association representing jewelry industry members, Jewelers Vigilance Committee (``JVC''), requests a 60-day extension of the comment deadline. JVC explains that the FRN poses many questions that may require consumer research, metallurgical testing, and other information developed through experts. JVC states that additional time is therefore needed for the committees it has convened to coordinate their work, perform the necessary analysis, and develop meaningful consumer research and other expert information. Given the complexity and range of issues raised in the FRN, including the request for consumer perception evidence, the Commission believes that allowing additional time for filing comments would help facilitate the creation of a more complete record. Moreover, this brief extension would not harm consumers because the current Guides remain in effect during the review process. Therefore, the Commission has decided to extend the comment period to June 3, 2016. You can file a comment online or on paper. For the Commission to consider your comment, we must receive it on or before June 3, 2016. Write ``Jewelry Guides, 16 CFR part 23, Project No. G711001'' 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 public Commission Web site, at http://www.ftc.gov/os/publiccomments.shtm. As a matter of discretion, the Commission tries to remove individuals' home contact information from comments before placing them on the Commission Web site. Because your comment will be made public, you are solely responsible for making sure that your comment does not include any sensitive personal information, such as anyone'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 solely responsible for making sure that your comment does not include any sensitive health information, such as medical records or other individually-identifiable health information. In addition, do not include any ``trade secret or any commercial or financial information which . . . is privileged or confidential,'' as discussed 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). In particular, do not include competitively sensitive information such as costs, sales statistics, inventories, formulas, patterns, devices, manufacturing processes, or customer names. If you want the Commission to give your comment confidential treatment, you must file it in paper form, with a request for confidential treatment, and you must follow the procedure explained in FTC Rule 4.9(c), 16 CFR 4.9(c).\2\ Your comment will be kept confidential only if the FTC General Counsel, in his or her sole discretion, grants your request in accordance with the law and the public interest. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \2\ In particular, 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(c), 16 CFR 4.9(c). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Postal mail addressed to the Commission is subject to delay due to heightened security screening. Accordingly, we encourage you to submit your comments online. To make sure that the Commission considers your online comment, you must file it at https://ftcpublic.commentworks.com/ftc/jewelryguidesreview by following the instructions on the web-based form. If this Notice appears at http://www.regulations.gov, you also may file a comment through that Web site. If you file your comment on paper, write ``Jewelry Guides, 16 CFR part 23, Project No. G711001'' on your comment [[Page 11698]] and on the envelope, and mail it to the following address: Federal Trade Commission, Office of the Secretary, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Suite CC-5610 (Annex O), Washington, DC 20580, or deliver your comment to the following address: Federal Trade Commission, Office of the Secretary, Constitution Center, 400 7th Street SW., 5th Floor, Suite 5610 (Annex O), Washington, DC 20024. If possible, submit your paper comment to the Commission by courier or overnight service. Visit the Commission Web site at http://www.ftc.gov to read this Notice 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 before June 3, 2016. You can find more information, including routine uses permitted by the Privacy Act, in the Commission's privacy policy at http://www.ftc.gov/ftc/privacy.htm. By direction of the Commission. Donald S. Clark Secretary. [FR Doc. 2016-04883 Filed 3-4-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6750-01-P
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§ 71.1 [Amended] following address: Federal Trade record of this proceeding, including, to
■ 2. The incorporation by reference in Commission, Office of the Secretary, the extent practicable, on the public
14 CFR 71.1 of FAA Order 7400.9Z, Constitution Center, 400 7th Street SW., Commission Web site, at http://
Airspace Designations and Reporting 5th Floor, Suite 5610 (Annex O), www.ftc.gov/os/publiccomments.shtm.
Points, dated August 6, 2015, and Washington, DC 20024. As a matter of discretion, the
effective September 15, 2015, is FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Commission tries to remove individuals’
amended as follows: Reenah L. Kim, Attorney, (202) 326– home contact information from
2272, Division of Enforcement, Bureau comments before placing them on the
Paragraph 6005 Class E Airspace Areas of Consumer Protection, Federal Trade Commission Web site. Because your
Extending Upward From 700 Feet or More comment will be made public, you are
Above the Surface of the Earth.
Commission, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue
NW., Washington, DC 20580. solely responsible for making sure that
* * * * * your comment does not include any
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:ON
ASW NM E5 Taos, NM [Amended] sensitive personal information, such as
JANUARY 12, 2016, AS PART OF THE
anyone’s Social Security number, date
Taos Regional Airport, NM COMMISSION’S SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF ITS
(Lat. 36°27′29″ N., long. 105°40′21″ W.)
of birth, driver’s license number or other
RULES AND GUIDES, THE FTC PUBLISHED A
state identification number or foreign
That airspace extending upward from 700 NOTICE IN THE Federal Register (‘‘FRN’’)
feet above the surface within a 6.5-mile
country equivalent, passport number,
REQUESTING PUBLIC COMMENTS ON
radius of Taos Regional Airport; and that financial account number, or credit or
PROPOSED REVISIONS TO THE GUIDES FOR
airspace extending upward from 1,200 feet debit card number. You are also solely
THE JEWELRY, PRECIOUS METALS, AND
above the surface beginning at lat. 36°07′00″ responsible for making sure that your
PEWTER INDUSTRIES (‘‘JEWELRY GUIDES’’
N., long. 105°47′42″ W., thence via the 21.3- comment does not include any sensitive
OR ‘‘GUIDES’’).1 AS SET FORTH IN THE FRN,
mile arc of Taos Regional Airport clockwise health information, such as medical
to lat. 36°48′00″ N., long. 105°47′35″ W., THE COMMISSION PROPOSED SEVERAL
records or other individually-
thence to lat. 36°30′00″ N., long. 105°30′02″ CHANGES AND ADDITIONS DESIGNED TO
identifiable health information. In
W., thence to the point of beginning. HELP PREVENT DECEPTION IN JEWELRY
addition, do not include any ‘‘trade
MARKETING. THE FRN INVITED COMMENTS
Issued in Fort Worth, Texas, on February secret or any commercial or financial
ON THE PROPOSED REVISIONS GENERALLY,
26, 2016. information which . . . is privileged or
AND ALSO POSED A SERIES OF 75
Robert W. Beck, confidential,’’ as discussed in Section
QUESTIONS ON SPECIFIC ISSUES. THE FRN
Manager, Operations Support Group, Central 6(f) of the FTC Act, 15 U.S.C. 46(f), and
SET APRIL 4, 2016 AS THE DEADLINE FOR FTC Rule 4.10(a)(2), 16 CFR 4.10(a)(2).
Service Center.
FILING COMMENTS. In particular, do not include
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A trade association representing competitively sensitive information
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jewelry industry members, Jewelers such as costs, sales statistics,
Vigilance Committee (‘‘JVC’’), requests a inventories, formulas, patterns, devices,
60-day extension of the comment manufacturing processes, or customer
FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION deadline. JVC explains that the FRN names.
poses many questions that may require If you want the Commission to give
16 CFR Part 23 consumer research, metallurgical your comment confidential treatment,
Guides for the Jewelry, Precious testing, and other information you must file it in paper form, with a
Metals, and Pewter Industries developed through experts. JVC states request for confidential treatment, and
that additional time is therefore needed you must follow the procedure
AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission for the committees it has convened to explained in FTC Rule 4.9(c), 16 CFR
(‘‘FTC’’ or ‘‘Commission’’). coordinate their work, perform the 4.9(c).2 Your comment will be kept
ACTION: Extension of deadline for necessary analysis, and develop confidential only if the FTC General
submission of public comments. meaningful consumer research and Counsel, in his or her sole discretion,
other expert information. grants your request in accordance with
SUMMARY: The FTC is extending the Given the complexity and range of the law and the public interest.
deadline for filing public comments on issues raised in the FRN, including the Postal mail addressed to the
the Guides for the Jewelry, Precious request for consumer perception Commission is subject to delay due to
Metals, and Pewter Industries. evidence, the Commission believes that heightened security screening.
DATES: Comments will be accepted until allowing additional time for filing Accordingly, we encourage you to
June 3, 2016. comments would help facilitate the submit your comments online. To make
ADDRESSES: Interested parties may file creation of a more complete record. sure that the Commission considers
comments online or on paper by Moreover, this brief extension would your online comment, you must file it
following the instructions at the end of not harm consumers because the current at https://ftcpublic.commentworks.com/
the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section Guides remain in effect during the ftc/jewelryguidesreview by following the
below. Write ‘‘Jewelry Guides, 16 CFR review process. Therefore, the instructions on the web-based form. If
part 23, Project No. G711001’’ on your Commission has decided to extend the this Notice appears at http://
comment, and file your comment online comment period to June 3, 2016. www.regulations.gov, you also may file
at https://ftcpublic.commentworks.com/ You can file a comment online or on a comment through that Web site.
ftc/jewelryguidesreview by following the paper. For the Commission to consider If you file your comment on paper,
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instructions on the web-based form. If your comment, we must receive it on or write ‘‘Jewelry Guides, 16 CFR part 23,
you prefer to file your comment on before June 3, 2016. Write ‘‘Jewelry Project No. G711001’’ on your comment
paper, mail your comment to the Guides, 16 CFR part 23, Project No.
following address: Federal Trade G711001’’ on your comment. Your 2 In particular, the written request for confidential
Commission, Office of the Secretary, comment—including your name and treatment that accompanies the comment must
include the factual and legal basis for the request
600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Suite your state—will be placed on the public and must identify the specific portions of the
CC–5610 (Annex O), Washington, DC comment to be withheld from the public record. See
20580, or deliver your comment to the 1 81 FR 1349 (Jan. 12, 2016). FTC Rule 4.9(c), 16 CFR 4.9(c).
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and on the envelope, and mail it to the way and minimize school disruptions of the compact, including most of those
following address: Federal Trade for military children transferring from with large numbers of military
Commission, Office of the Secretary, one state school system to another. The residents. The Department of Defense
600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Suite compact consists of general policies in Education Activity cannot be a member
CC–5610 (Annex O), Washington, DC four key areas: Eligibility, enrollment, of the compact but is complying with its
20580, or deliver your comment to the placement and graduation. Children of provisions in both overseas and
following address: Federal Trade active duty members of the uniformed domestic schools. In return, the compact
Commission, Office of the Secretary, services, National Guard and Reserve on member states have agreed to treat
Constitution Center, 400 7th Street SW., active duty orders, and members or students coming from a DoDEA school
5th Floor, Suite 5610 (Annex O), veterans who are medically discharged as though they were transferring from a
Washington, DC 20024. If possible, or retired for one year are eligible for member state. The compact has
submit your paper comment to the assistance under the Compact. provisions for member states to facilitate
Commission by courier or overnight DATES: Comments must be received by enrollment in the following areas:
service. May 6, 2016. Enrollment
Visit the Commission Web site at ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
http://www.ftc.gov to read this Notice identified by docket number and/or • Education records. When a family
and the news release describing it. The Regulatory Information Number (RIN) leaves a school district in a member
FTC Act and other laws that the number and title, by any of the state, the parents may receive a set of
Commission administers permit the following methods: unofficial records to carry to the new
collection of public comments to • Federal Rulemaking Portal: http:// school in another member state. It will
consider and use in this proceeding as www.regulations.gov. Follow the include all the information the new
appropriate. The Commission will instructions for submitting comments. school needs to enroll and place the
consider all timely and responsive • Mail: Department of Defense, Office child until they receive the official
public comments that it receives on or of the Deputy Chief Management records. In addition, the compact
before June 3, 2016. You can find more Officer, Directorate of Oversight and requires all sending school districts
information, including routine uses Compliance, Regulatory and Audit within member states to send official
permitted by the Privacy Act, in the Matters Office, 9010 Defense Pentagon, transcripts within 10 days of a request
Commission’s privacy policy at http:// Washington, DC 20301–9010. from the receiving state school district.
www.ftc.gov/ftc/privacy.htm. Instructions: All submissions received • Immunizations. If a child
must include the agency name and transferring to a member state needs
By direction of the Commission. additional immunizations, he or she
docket number or RIN for this Federal
Donald S. Clark Register document. The general policy may enroll and begin school. Parents
Secretary. for comments and other submissions then have 30 days to see that the child
[FR Doc. 2016–04883 Filed 3–4–16; 8:45 am] from members of the public is to make gets the required immunizations. If
BILLING CODE 6750–01–P these submissions available for public further immunizations are required,
viewing on the Internet at http:// they must be started within 30 calendar
www.regulations.gov as they are days of enrollment. Tuberculosis testing
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE received without change, including any is not covered under the compact since
personal identifiers or contact the TB test is not an immunization but
Office of the Secretary information. rather a health screening.
• Kindergarten and first grade
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
32 CFR Part 89 entrance age. If the entrance age
Marcus Beauregard, 571–372–5357. requirement in the new school system is
[Docket ID: DOD–2014–OS–0020] SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: different, transitioning children may
RIN 0790–AJ33 Executive Summary continue in the same grade if they have
already started kindergarten or first
I. Purpose of This Rulemaking grade where the family was previously
Interstate Compact on Educational
Opportunity for Military Children This proposed rule provides stationed. This provision also allows
components of the DoD with policies to children to move up to first or second
AGENCY: Under Secretary of Defense for support the intent of the Compact, grade, regardless of age requirements, if
Personnel and Readiness, DoD. which is to aid the transition of school- they have completed kindergarten or
ACTION: Proposed rule. age children in military families first grade in another state.
between school districts. The intent of
SUMMARY: DOD is establishing policies the program is to ensure children are Placement and Attendance
based on section 539 of Public Law 111– enrolled immediately in their new Students from military families often
84 to implement the Interstate Compact school, placed in the appropriate miss appropriate placement in required
on Educational Opportunity for Military academic program, and are able to classes, advanced placement and
Children (referred to as the ‘‘Compact’’) graduate on time. special-needs programs while awaiting
within the DoD. The proposed rule Each state joining the compact agrees evaluation at the new school. The
provides components with policies to to address specific school transition compact requires cooperation in the
support the intent of the Compact, issues in a consistent way and minimize following areas:
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which is to aid the transition of school- school disruptions for military children • Course and education program
age children in military families transferring from one state school placement. A receiving school district
between school districts (to include system to another. The compact consists in a member state must initially honor
between Department of Defense of general policies in four key areas: placement of a student based on his or
Educational Activity schools and state Eligibility, enrollment, placement and her enrollment in the sending state,
school districts). Each state joining the graduation. provided the new school has a similar
compact agrees to address specific As of August 2014, 50 states have or equivalent program. The receiving
school transition issues in a consistent passed legislation to become members school may evaluate the student after
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| Category | Regulatory Information | |
| Collection | Federal Register | |
| sudoc Class | AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: | |
| Publisher | Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration | |
| Section | Proposed Rules | |
| Action | Extension of deadline for submission of public comments. | |
| Dates | Comments will be accepted until June 3, 2016. | |
| Contact | Reenah L. Kim, Attorney, (202) 326- 2272, Division of Enforcement, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Federal Trade Commission, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20580. | |
| FR Citation | 81 FR 11697 |
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