The FTC's Rebutal Period Extended
Commission Approves Federal Register Notice Extending Proposed Business Opportunity Rebuttal Comment Period
"Commission approval Federal Register notice: In response to a request from the public, the Commission has approved the publication of a Federal Register notice extending the rebuttal comment period for the proposed Business Opportunity Rule to September 29, 2006. In a Federal Register notice published on April 12, 2006, the FTC requested comments on the proposed rulemaking. Comments had to be submitted to the Commission on or before June 16, 2006, with rebuttal comments to be submitted on or before July 7, 2006. On June 1, 2006, the FTC extended the public comment period to July 17, 2006, and the rebuttal period to August 7, 2006. The Commission has now extended the time for rebuttals further, requiring rebuttals to be submitted on or before September 29, 2006."
According to the FTC, "The Commission has received more than 15,000 comments in response to the NPR. Given this volume, posting comments will extend beyond the end of the current rebuttal comment period, which closed on August 7, 2006. Accordingly, an extension is warranted in order to ensure that comments are posted and that the public has sufficient time to prepare rebuttals.
Please note that the rebuttal period is limited to comments that specifically identify a
previously submitted comment and provide new data or arguments as to why the original comment, in whole or in part, is inaccurate. Although anyone can submit a rebuttal comment, regardless of whether the rebuttal commenter filed an original comment, original comments or comments that merely repeat what was previously submitted in an original comment will not be accepted into the record as rebuttal comments."
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