§48.6. Public notice. — Inbound Citations

(1) The date set shall be as soon as practicable, allowing time for publication of the notice required in § 48.6 and for a reasonable period of discovery as provided in this section. In setting a place for the hearing, preference shall be given to the community in which the applicants' newspapers operate.

(c) The notice required by this section shall be in addition to the notice required by § 48.6.

(a) The Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Antitrust Division shall, not later than 30 days from the publication in the Federal Register of the notice required by § 48.6, submit to the Attorney General a report on any application filed pursuant to § 48.4. In preparing such report he may require submission by the applicants of any further information which may be relevant to a determination of whether approval of the proposed arrangement is warranted under the Act.

(a) Any person who believes that the Attorney General should or should not approve a proposed arrangement, may at any time after filing of the application until 30 days after publication in the Federal Register of the notice required in § 48.6,

(1) File written comments stating the reasons why approval should or should not be granted, and/or

(2) A request for a hearing shall set forth the issues of fact to be determined and the reasons that a hearing is required to determine them.