Federal Trade Commission Protecting America's Consumers

COMMENTS

Interested parties are invited to submit written comments electronically or in paper form on motor vehicle sales, financing and leasing. Submission of comments should be captioned ''Motor Vehicle Roundtables—Comment, Project No. P104811.'' Please note that your comment—including your name and your state—will be placed on the public record of this proceeding, including on the publicly accessible FTC Web site, at www.ftc.gov/os/publiccomments.shtm. Because comments will be made public, they should not include any sensitive personal information, such as any individual'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. Comments also should not include any sensitive health information, such as medical records or other individually identifiable health information. In addition, comments should not include any ''[t]rade secrets and commercial or financial information obtained from a person and privileged or confidential,'' as provided in Section 6(f) of the FTC Act, 15 U.S.C. 46(f), and Commission Rule 4.10(a)(2), 16 CFR 4.10(a)(2). Comments containing material for which confidential treatment is requested must be filed in paper form, must be clearly labeled ''Confidential,'' and must comply with FTC Rule 4.9(c), 16 CFR 4.9(c).1 Because paper mail addressed to the FTC is subject to delay due to heightened security screening, please consider submitting your comments in electronic form. The FTC will accept comments until April, 1, 2012. If this Notice appears at www.regulations.gov/search/index.jsp you may also file an electronic comment through that website. The Commission will consider all comments forwarded to it by regulations.gov. You may also visit the FTC Web site at http://www.ftc.gov to read the Notice and the news release describing it. A comment filed in paper form should include the reference ''Motor Vehicle Roundtables, Project No. 104811'' both in the text of the comment and on the envelope, and should be mailed or delivered to the following address:

Federal Trade Commission
Office of the Secretary
Room H–113 (Annex V)
600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.
Washington, DC 20580

The FTC is requesting that comments filed in paper form be sent by courier or overnight service, if possible, because U.S. postal mail in the Washington, DC area and at the Commission is subject to delay due to heightened security precautions. The FTC Act and other laws 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 it receives, whether filed in paper or electronic form. Comments received will be available to the public on the FTC website, to the extent practicable, at http://www.ftc.gov/os/publiccomments.shtm. As a matter of discretion, the Commission makes every effort to remove home contact information of individuals before their comments are placed on the FTC Web site. More information, including routine uses permitted by the Privacy Act, may be found in the FTC's privacy policy, at http://www.ftc.gov/ftc/privacy.shtm.

FN 1 The comment must be accompanied by an explicit request for confidential treatment, including the factual and legal basis for the request, and must identify the specific portions of the comment to be withheld from the public record. The request will be granted or denied by the Commission's General Counsel, consistent with applicable law and the public interest. See 16 CFR 4.9(c).

REQUEST TO PARTICIPATE

FTC staff will identify and invite persons with relevant expertise to participate in the roundtables. In addition, the FTC staff may invite other persons to participate who submit requests in response to the Federal Register notice. Persons seeking to participate as panelists in the Washington, D.C. roundtable must notify the FTC in writing of their interest in participating on or before November 4, 2011. Requests to participate filed in an electronic form should be submitted by e-mail to: MotorVehicleRoundtables3@ftc.gov. Emails should be captioned ''Motor Vehicle Roundtables—Request to Participate, Project No. P104811.'' A request to participate as a panelist filed in paper form should also include the reference ''Motor Vehicle Roundtables, Project No. P104811'' both in the text of the comment and on the envelope, and should be mailed or delivered to the following address: Federal Trade Commission, Office of the Secretary, Room H–113 (Annex V), 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20580. The FTC is requesting that requests to participate filed in paper form be sent by courier or overnight service, if possible, because U.S. postal mail in the Washington, DC area and at the Commission is subject to delay due to heightened security precautions.

PRE-REGISTER:

FTC staff will accept pre-registration for the roundtables Pre-registration is not necessary to attend, but is encouraged so that staff may better plan the event. To pre-register for the Washington, D.C. roundtable, please email your name and affiliation to PreregisterMotorVehicleRoundtables3@ftc.gov. When you pre-register, the FTC collects your name, affiliation and e-mail adress. We will use this information to estimatehow many people will attend and better understand the likely audience for the roundtables, and will dispose of it following the roundtables. We may use your e-mail adress to contact you with information about the roundtable. The FTC Act and other laws the Commission administers permit the collection of this contact information to consider and use for the above purposes. Under the Freedom of Information Act or other laws, we may be reuired to disclose the information you provide to outside organizations. For additional information, including routine uses permitted by the Privacy Act, see the Commission's privacy policy at http://www.ftc.gov/ftc/privacy.shtm.