[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 29 (Friday, February 11, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-3270]
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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
[Docket No. 9071]
Service Corporation International
AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission.
ACTION: Notice of period for public comment on petition to reopen and
modify the order.
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SUMMARY: Service Corporation International (``SCI''), respondent in the
order in Docket No. 9071 (order concerning the prohibition of
misrepresentations in connection with the sale and pricing of funeral
services, caskets and other incidental merchandise offered for sale by
SCI), filed a petition on January 12, 1994, requesting that the
Commission reopen and modify the order. This document announces the
public comment period on this petition.
DATES: The deadline for filing comments in this matter is March 4,
1994.
ADDRESSEs: Comments should be sent to the Office of the Secretary,
Federal Trade Commission, 6th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20580. Requests for copies of the petition should be
sent to Public Reference Branch, room 130.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Deborah Kelly or Robert Frisby, Enforcement Division, Bureau of
Consumer Protection, Federal Trade Commission, Washington, DC 20580,
(202) 326-3004 (Kelly) or (202) 326-2098 (Frisby).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The order in Docket No. 9071 was published
at 41 FR 53468 on December 7, 1976, reported at 88 FTC 530. The
petitioner, Service Corporation International (``SCI''), alleges that
changes in law and fact since entry of this consumer protection order,
as well as consideration of the public interest, make reopening and
modifying the order appropriate. Specifically, SCI asks the Commission
to delete the administrative provisions requiring it to (1) inform
affected employees of the order's requirements; (2) provide prior
notice to the Commission of certain changes in its corporate
organization; and (3) notify the Commission by the tenth of each month
as to the acquisition or sale of any funeral home in the preceding
month. Since issuance of the order, the Commission has promulgated its
Trade Regulation Rule Regarding Funeral Industry Practices, 16 CFR Sec.
453, which applies to SCI. The Commission, subsequent to the issuance
of the order in Docket No. 9071, also issued three antitrust consent
orders that apply to SCI. These orders are Sentinel Group, Inc., Docket
No. C-3348; Service Corporation International, Docket No. C-3372; and
Service Corporation International, Docket No. C-3440. Like the order
issued in Docket No. 9071, these three orders require SCI to notify the
FTC of funeral home acquisitions by SCI. The petition was placed on the
public record on February 3, 1994.
Donald S. Clark,
Secretary
[FR Doc. 94-3270 Filed 2-10-94; 8:45 am]
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