Responding Letter to First Request April 18, 1977

ADVISORY OPINIONS 1177
1174
Responding Letter to First Request
April 18, 1977
Dear Mr. Weiser:

This is in further response to your letter dated March 18, 1977, concerning the above-captioned matter.

Your request is hereby partially granted, and copies of the documents are enclosed. Portions being withheld are deemed to be exempt from mandatory disclosure pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552(b)(5) inter-agency or intra-agency memorandums or letters which would not be available by law to a party other than an agency in litigation with the agency.

You may petition the Commission within thirty (80) days for access to the material which is being withheld. You may petition either because you believe that the material is not exempt under the law, or because you believe the Commission should exercise its discretion and release the material notwithstanding its exempt status. If requesting discretionary release, you should state your interest in the subject matter and the purpose for which it would be used if access were granted. The request should be addressed to Freedom of Information Act Appeal, Office of the General Counsel, Federal Trade Commission, Sixth Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20580. Please include a copy of your original request and this response by the Secretary with your appeal.

The first portion of your request, concerning the position taken by the Commission in the instant matter, is answered in the enclosed advisory opinions. Regarding the Commission’s present posture, I suggest that you submit a request for an Advisory Opinion. I am enclosing a copy of Part 1, Subpart A — Industry Guidelines of the Commission’s Rules of Practice, which describes the procedure for requesting an Advisory Opinion.

The duplication fees incurred in the processing of your request amounted to $31.10. Please remit this amount, payable to the Treasury of the United States, to Mr. Glenn Goodnight, Supervisor, Public Reference Branch, Room 130, Federal Trade Commission, Sixth Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20580. The undersigned is deemed the sole official responsible for the denial contained herein.

Sincerely,

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Letter of Request
March 18, 1977
Re: . Freedom of Information Act
Request
Textile Fiber Products
Identification Act
Gentlemen:

Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act (5 USC §552), request is hereby made for all rulings, memoranda, opinions, and all other documents, published or unpublished, whereby the Federal Trade Commission’s position with regard to whether the setting forth of the name of the foreign manufacturer of an imported textile fiber product would be deemed to comply with Rules 16({a)(2) and 19(a) of the Rules and Regulations under the Textile Fiber Products Identification Act, as amended, is stated.

In addition to the foregoing, it is requested that you kindly advise us as to what is your present posture with regard to this question.

Very truly yours,
SIEGEL, MANDELL & DAVIDSON
Steven S. Weiser