82_FR_26595 82 FR 26487 - Disease, Disability, and Injury Prevention and Control Special Emphasis Panel (SEP): Secondary Review

82 FR 26487 - Disease, Disability, and Injury Prevention and Control Special Emphasis Panel (SEP): Secondary Review

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 108 (June 7, 2017)

Page Range26487-26487
FR Document2017-11814

This meeting was announced in the Federal Register on May 15, 2017, Volume 82, Number 92, pages 22335 and 22336. This meeting is canceled in its entirety.

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 108 (Wednesday, June 7, 2017)
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 108 (Wednesday, June 7, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 26487]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-11814]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Disease, Disability, and Injury Prevention and Control Special 
Emphasis Panel (SEP): Secondary Review

    This is to announce the cancelation of a meeting, Research Using 
Linked Data to Understand Motor Vehicle Injury Among Older Adults, 
(FOA), CE17-001, and Development and Evaluation of Sports Concussion 
Prevention Strategies (FOA) CE17-002, secondary review.
SUMMARY:  This meeting was announced in the Federal Register on May 15, 
2017, Volume 82, Number 92, pages 22335 and 22336. This meeting is 
canceled in its entirety.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: Gwendolyn H. Cattledge, Ph.D., 
M.S.E.H., Deputy Associate Director for Science, National Center for 
Injury Prevention and Control, CDC, 4770 Buford Highway, NE., Mailstop 
F-63, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, Telephone (770) 488-1430.
    The Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, has been 
delegated the authority to sign Federal Register notices pertaining to 
announcements of meetings and other committee management activities, 
for both the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Agency 
for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.

Claudette Grant,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2017-11814 Filed 6-6-17; 8:45 am]
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                                                America because freight costs and                       anticompetitive effects from the                         The purpose of this analysis is to
                                                logistical challenges limit wood product                acquisition.                                           facilitate public comment on the
                                                manufacturers’ ability to purchase                                                                             proposed Consent Agreement, and is not
                                                                                                        VI. The Consent Agreement
                                                significant volumes of industrial wood                                                                         intended to constitute an official
                                                coatings from overseas.                                   The proposed Consent Agreement                       interpretation of the proposed Decision
                                                   Currently, three firms—Sherwin-                      remedies the competitive concerns                      and Order or to modify its terms in any
                                                Williams, Valspar, and Akzo Nobel—                      raised by the acquisition by requiring
                                                                                                                                                               way.
                                                manufacture and sell most industrial                    Sherwin-Williams to divest Valspar’s
                                                                                                        North America Industrial Wood                            By direction of the Commission.
                                                wood coatings in North America.
                                                Collectively, these three firms control                 Coatings Business to Axalta or another                 Donald S. Clark,
                                                over 70 percent of the North American                   buyer approved by the Commission. In                   Secretary.
                                                market for industrial wood coatings.                    addition, the Consent Agreement                        [FR Doc. 2017–11733 Filed 6–6–17; 8:45 am]
                                                The Commission often calculates the                     requires Sherwin-Williams to transfer
                                                                                                                                                               BILLING CODE 6750–01–P
                                                Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (‘‘HHI’’) to                 the customer contracts currently
                                                                                                        serviced by Valspar’s Industrial Wood
                                                assess market concentration. Under the
                                                                                                        Coatings Business to the buyer.
                                                Federal Trade Commission and
                                                                                                          Under the proposed Consent
                                                Department of Justice Horizontal Merger                 Agreement, Sherwin-Williams will                       DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
                                                Guidelines, markets with an HHI above                   divest Valspar’s industrial wood                       HUMAN SERVICES
                                                2,500 are generally classified as ‘‘highly              coatings plants located at High Point,
                                                concentrated,’’ and acquisitions                        North Carolina and Cornwall, Ontario.                  Centers for Disease Control and
                                                ‘‘resulting in highly concentrated                      In addition, Sherwin-Williams will                     Prevention
                                                markets that involve an increase in the                 divest the research and development
                                                HHI of more than 200 points will be                                                                            Disease, Disability, and Injury
                                                                                                        facilities, warehouses, and testing
                                                presumed to be likely to enhance market                 facilities of Valspar’s Industrial Wood                Prevention and Control Special
                                                power.’’ Absent the proposed remedy,                    Coatings Business. Sherwin-Williams                    Emphasis Panel (SEP): Secondary
                                                the acquisition would increase the HHI                  will also divest intellectual property,                Review
                                                by at least 900 points to over 2,700 for                inventory, accounts receivable,
                                                industrial wood coatings, resulting in a                government licenses and permits, and                     This is to announce the cancelation of
                                                highly concentrated market.                             business records. The Consent                          a meeting, Research Using Linked Data
                                                IV. Effects of the Acquisition                          Agreement limits Sherwin-Williams’s                    to Understand Motor Vehicle Injury
                                                                                                        use of, and access to, confidential                    Among Older Adults, (FOA), CE17–001,
                                                  Absent relief, the acquisition would                  business information pertaining to the                 and Development and Evaluation of
                                                combine two of the three leading                        divestiture assets.                                    Sports Concussion Prevention Strategies
                                                industrial wood coatings suppliers and                    Axalta is one of the leading suppliers               (FOA) CE17–002, secondary review.
                                                pose a significant risk of competitive                  of industrial coatings to large OEMs in                SUMMARY: This meeting was announced
                                                harm. The industrial wood coatings                      the automotive and general industrial                  in the Federal Register on May 15,
                                                industry is a mature, stable industry,                  markets and is well positioned to
                                                with relatively low growth rates and                                                                           2017, Volume 82, Number 92, pages
                                                                                                        operate these assets as an effective
                                                high barriers to entry. The acquisition                                                                        22335 and 22336. This meeting is
                                                                                                        competitor. Through the proposed
                                                would eliminate substantial direct                                                                             canceled in its entirety.
                                                                                                        Consent Agreement, Axalta will become
                                                competition between Sherwin-Williams                    one of the leading North American                      CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:
                                                and Valspar. The acquisition also would                 manufacturers of industrial wood                       Gwendolyn H. Cattledge, Ph.D.,
                                                increase the ease and likelihood of                     coatings. With the divested assets,                    M.S.E.H., Deputy Associate Director for
                                                anticompetitive coordination between                    Axalta will be able to replicate Valspar’s             Science, National Center for Injury
                                                the only two remaining major suppliers.                 position in the market today. It will own              Prevention and Control, CDC, 4770
                                                Thus, the acquisition likely would                      plants capable of manufacturing a broad                Buford Highway, NE., Mailstop F–63,
                                                result in higher prices and a reduction                 range of industrial wood coatings as                   Atlanta, Georgia 30341, Telephone (770)
                                                in services and innovation to customers.                well as the other assets necessary to                  488–1430.
                                                V. Entry                                                compete successfully in this market.
                                                                                                        Axalta’s presence will preserve the                      The Director, Management Analysis
                                                  Entry into the market for the                         three-way competition that currently                   and Services Office, has been delegated
                                                manufacture and sale of industrial wood                 exists in the relevant markets and                     the authority to sign Federal Register
                                                coatings would not be timely, likely, or                moderate the potential for unilateral or               notices pertaining to announcements of
                                                sufficient in magnitude, character, and                 coordinated effects.                                   meetings and other committee
                                                scope to deter or counteract the likely                   Sherwin-Williams must complete the                   management activities, for both the
                                                competitive harm from the acquisition.                  divestiture within ten days of the                     Centers for Disease Control and
                                                The industrial wood coatings industry                   closing of the acquisition. A Monitor                  Prevention and the Agency for Toxic
                                                in North America enjoys significant                     will monitor Sherwin-Williams’                         Substances and Disease Registry.
                                                barriers to entry and expansion                         compliance with the obligations set
                                                including the high cost of building                     forth in the Order. If Sherwin-Williams                Claudette Grant,
                                                industrial wood coatings plants, the                    does not fully comply with the                         Acting Director, Management Analysis and
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                                                need for substantial technological and                  divestiture and requirements of the                    Services Office, Centers for Disease Control
                                                manufacturing expertise, and the                        Order, the Commission may appoint a                    and Prevention.
                                                significant on-site technical support                   Divestiture Trustee to divest Valspar’s                [FR Doc. 2017–11814 Filed 6–6–17; 8:45 am]
                                                requirements of large customers. For                    North America Industrial Wood                          BILLING CODE 4163–18–P
                                                these reasons, entry by a new market                    Coatings Business and perform
                                                participant or expansion by an existing                 Sherwin-Williams’ other obligations
                                                one, would not deter the likely                         consistent with the Order.


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FR Citation82 FR 26487 

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