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Granting of Request for Early Termination of the Waiting Period Under the Premerger Notification Rules
20110030: EnCap Energy Infrastructure Fund, L.P.; Antero Resources, LLC
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
Industrial gas supplier Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. reached an agreement with the Commission requiring the company to sell certain liquid gas assets to resolves FTC charges that Air Products’ proposed acquisition of Airgas would harm competition in five regional markets for bulk liquid oxygen and bulk liquid nitrogen, which are used in a range of applications from hospital patient care to the manufacture of frozen foods.
20110070: Harbour Group Investments V, L.P.; 2003 Riverside Capital Appreciation Fund, L.P.
20110049: Enterprise Products Partners, L.P.; Arlen B. Cenac, Jr.
Direct Marketing Concepts, Inc., et al.
20110029: Gryphon Partners III, L.P.; Andrew H. Stillman and Cassandra M. Stillman
20110008: Oprah Winfrey; Discovery Communications, Inc.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Request for OMB Review; Comment Request (Consumer Product Warranty Rule)
16 C.F.R. Part 260: Guides for the Use of Environmental Marketing Claims: Request for Public Comment on Proposed, Revised Guides
1010001 Informal Interpretation
20101204: Plains Exploration & Production Company; McMoRan Exploration Co.
Promedica Health System, Inc.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Extension (Used Car Rule)
20101193: Avista Capital Partners II, L.P.; The Clorox Company
El Paso Energy Corporation and The Coastal Corporation
The FTC allowed the $16 billion merger of El Paso Energy Corporation and the Coastal Corporation after requiring the companies to divest their interests in 11 natural gas pipeline systems totaling more than 2,500 miles of pipe. The agreement provides for the divestiture of the proposed Gulfstream pipeline in Florida to a new purchaser - restoring competition to pre-merger levels and assuring future competition for natural gas transportation into the state. The agreement also provides for divestiture of El Paso and Coastal interests in existing natural gas pipelines serving customers in New York State and the Midwest. In addition, it would restore competition in the Gulf of Mexico by requiring the divestiture of seven pipelines and establishing a development fund for the purchaser of El Paso's Green Canyon and Tarpon pipelines to cover the costs of extending these pipelines to specified areas in the Gulf where El Paso and Coastal pipelines are significant competitors. Under the FTC’s Order, El Paso Energy divested certain pipelines in the Gulf of Mexico to Williams Field Services and established a $40 million development fund for Williams to use to build a pipeline or related facility. The Commission later modified its order to remove the requirement that El Paso maintain the development fund.