81_FR_52934 81 FR 52780 - Guide Concerning Fuel Economy Advertising for New Automobiles

81 FR 52780 - Guide Concerning Fuel Economy Advertising for New Automobiles

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 154 (August 10, 2016)

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FR Document2016-18973

The FTC is extending the deadline for filing public comments on its recent notice seeking comment on proposed revisions to the Guide Concerning Fuel Economy Advertising for New Automobiles (``Fuel Economy Guide'' or ``Guide'').

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 154 (Wednesday, August 10, 2016) 
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 154 (Wednesday, August 10, 2016)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 52780-52781]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-18973]


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16 CFR Part 259


Guide Concerning Fuel Economy Advertising for New Automobiles

AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission (``FTC'' or ``Commission'').

ACTION: Extension of deadline for submission of public comments.

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SUMMARY: The FTC is extending the deadline for filing public comments 
on its recent notice seeking comment on proposed revisions to the Guide 
Concerning Fuel Economy Advertising for New Automobiles (``Fuel Economy 
Guide'' or ``Guide'').

DATES: Comments must be received on or before September 7, 2016.

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 ``Fuel Economy Guide 
Amendments, R711008'' on your comment, and file your comment online at 
https://ftcpublic.commentworks.com/ftc/fueleconomyamendments by 
following the instructions on the web-based form. If you prefer to file 
your comment on paper, write ``Fuel Economy Guide Amendments, R711008'' 
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 B), 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 B), Washington, DC 20024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Hampton Newsome, (202) 326-2889, 
Attorney, Division of Enforcement, Bureau of Consumer Protection, 
Federal Trade Commission, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 
20580.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Comment Period Extension

    The Commission published a notice on June 6, 2016 seeking public 
comment on proposed revisions to the Guide (81 FR 36216). The Notice 
set August 8, 2016 as the deadline for filing comments. On July 28, 
2016, the Center for Auto Safety and the Consumer Federation of America 
requested a 30-day extension to the comment period to allow the 
completion of consumer research to enhance the record in this 
proceeding.
    The Commission agrees that allowing additional time for filing 
comments would help facilitate a more complete record. Moreover, this 
extension would not harm consumers because the current Guide will 
remain in effect during the review process. Therefore, the Commission 
has decided to extend the comment period to September 7, 2016.

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 7, 
2016. Write ``Fuel Economy Guide Amendments, R711008'' 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 ``[t]rade secret or any commercial or financial information 
which is obtained from any person and 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). 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 have to follow the procedure explained 
in FTC Rule 4.9(c), 16 CFR 4.9(c).\1\ Your comment will be kept 
confidential only if the FTC General Counsel grants your request in 
accordance with the law and the public interest.
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    \1\ 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).
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    Postal mail addressed to the Commission is subject to delay due to 
heightened security screening. As a result, 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/fueleconomyrevisions, 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 prefer to file your comment on paper, write ``Fuel Economy 
Guide Amendments, R711008'' 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 B), 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 
B), Washington, DC 20024.
    Visit the Commission Web site at http://www.ftc.gov to read this 
Notice and the News Release describing this proceeding. 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 September 7, 2016. You can find more 
information, including routine

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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. 2016-18973 Filed 8-9-16; 8:45 am]
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52780 Proposed Rules Federal Register Vol. 81, No. 154 Wednesday, August 10, 2016 This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER I. Comment Period Extension FTC Rule 4.10(a)(2), 16 CFR 4.10(a)(2). contains notices to the public of the proposed The Commission published a notice In particular, do not include issuance of rules and regulations. The competitively sensitive information purpose of these notices is to give interested on June 6, 2016 seeking public comment on proposed revisions to the Guide (81 such as costs, sales statistics, persons an opportunity to participate in the inventories, formulas, patterns, devices, rule making prior to the adoption of the final FR 36216). The Notice set August 8, 2016 as the deadline for filing manufacturing processes, or customer rules. comments. On July 28, 2016, the Center names. If you want the Commission to give for Auto Safety and the Consumer FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION your comment confidential treatment, Federation of America requested a 30- you must file it in paper form, with a day extension to the comment period to 16 CFR Part 259 request for confidential treatment, and allow the completion of consumer you have to follow the procedure research to enhance the record in this Guide Concerning Fuel Economy explained in FTC Rule 4.9(c), 16 CFR proceeding. Advertising for New Automobiles The Commission agrees that allowing 4.9(c).1 Your comment will be kept additional time for filing comments confidential only if the FTC General AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission Counsel grants your request in (‘‘FTC’’ or ‘‘Commission’’). would help facilitate a more complete accordance with the law and the public ACTION: Extension of deadline for record. Moreover, this extension would interest. submission of public comments. not harm consumers because the current Postal mail addressed to the Guide will remain in effect during the Commission is subject to delay due to SUMMARY: The FTC is extending the review process. Therefore, the heightened security screening. As a deadline for filing public comments on Commission has decided to extend the result, we encourage you to submit your its recent notice seeking comment on comment period to September 7, 2016. comments online. To make sure that the proposed revisions to the Guide Commission considers your online II. Request for Comment Concerning Fuel Economy Advertising comment, you must file it at https:// for New Automobiles (‘‘Fuel Economy You can file a comment online or on ftcpublic.commentworks.com/ftc/ Guide’’ or ‘‘Guide’’). paper. For the Commission to consider fueleconomyrevisions, by following the DATES: Comments must be received on your comment, we must receive it on or instructions on the web-based form. If or before September 7, 2016. before September 7, 2016. Write ‘‘Fuel this Notice appears at http:// Economy Guide Amendments, ADDRESSES: Interested parties may file a www.regulations.gov, you also may file R711008’’ on your comment. Your comment online or on paper by a comment through that Web site. comment—including your name and If you prefer to file your comment on following the instructions in the your state—will be placed on the public Request for Comment part of the paper, write ‘‘Fuel Economy Guide record of this proceeding, including, to Amendments, R711008’’ on your SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section the extent practicable, on the public comment and on the envelope, and mail below. Write ‘‘Fuel Economy Guide Commission Web site, at http:// Amendments, R711008’’ on your your comment to the following address: www.ftc.gov/os/publiccomments.shtm. Federal Trade Commission, Office of the comment, and file your comment online As a matter of discretion, the at https://ftcpublic.commentworks.com/ Secretary, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue Commission tries to remove individuals’ NW., Suite CC–5610 (Annex B), ftc/fueleconomyamendments by home contact information from following the instructions on the web- Washington, DC 20580, or deliver your comments before placing them on the comment to the following address: based form. If you prefer to file your Commission Web site. comment on paper, write ‘‘Fuel Federal Trade Commission, Office of the Because your comment will be made Secretary, Constitution Center, 400 7th Economy Guide Amendments, public, you are solely responsible for R711008’’ on your comment and on the Street SW., 5th Floor, Suite 5610 making sure that your comment does (Annex B), Washington, DC 20024. envelope, and mail your comment to the not include any sensitive personal following address: Federal Trade Visit the Commission Web site at information, such as anyone’s Social http://www.ftc.gov to read this Notice Commission, Office of the Secretary, Security number, date of birth, driver’s 600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Suite and the News Release describing this license number or other state proceeding. The FTC Act and other laws CC–5610 (Annex B), Washington, DC identification number or foreign country 20580, or deliver your comment to the that the Commission administers permit equivalent, passport number, financial the collection of public comments to following address: Federal Trade account number, or credit or debit card Commission, Office of the Secretary, consider and use in this proceeding, as number. You are also solely responsible appropriate. The Commission will Constitution Center, 400 7th Street SW., for making sure that your comment does 5th Floor, Suite 5610 (Annex B), consider all timely and responsive not include any sensitive health public comments that it receives on or Washington, DC 20024. information, such as medical records or Lhorne on DSK30JT082PROD with PROPOSALS before September 7, 2016. You can find FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: other individually identifiable health more information, including routine Hampton Newsome, (202) 326–2889, information. 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Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 154 / Wednesday, August 10, 2016 / Proposed Rules 52781 uses permitted by the Privacy Act, in G Street NW., Washington, DC 20314– Rivers and Harbors Act of 1917 (40 Stat. the Commission’s privacy policy, at 1000. 266; 33 U.S.C. 1) and Chapter XIX of the http://www.ftc.gov/ftc/privacy.htm. Hand Delivery/Courier: Due to Army Appropriations Act of 1919 (40 By direction of the Commission. security requirements, we cannot Stat. 892; 33 U.S.C. 3), the Corps receive comments by hand delivery or proposes to amend the restricted area Donald S. Clark, courier. regulations at 33 CFR part 334 by Secretary. Instructions: Direct your comments to [FR Doc. 2016–18973 Filed 8–9–16; 8:45 am] amending § 334.815 to expand the docket number COE–2016–0005. 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Review Under Executive Order 12866 coordinates and also revised comment and with any disk or CD–ROM administrative and enforcement This proposed rule is issued with you submit. If we cannot read your responsibilities. The Corps is proposing comment because of technical respect to a military function of the to further amend these regulations to difficulties and cannot contact you for Defense Department and the provisions expand the existing restricted area to clarification, we may not be able to of Executive Order 12866 do not apply. provide additional area of protection consider your comment. Electronic b. Review Under the Regulatory during the construction and launching comments should avoid the use of any Flexibility Act of Littoral Combat Ships. 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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionProposed Rules
ActionExtension of deadline for submission of public comments.
DatesComments must be received on or before September 7, 2016.
ContactHampton Newsome, (202) 326-2889, Attorney, Division of Enforcement, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Federal Trade Commission, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20580.
FR Citation81 FR 52780 
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