Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 130 / Tuesday, July 8, 2014 / Notices 38519 

1The Commission voted (2–1) to provisionally 

accept this Settlement Agreement and Order. Acting 

Chairman Robert S. Adler and Commissioner 

Marietta S. Robinson voted to provisionally accept 

Settlement Agreement and Order. Commissioner 

Ann Marie Buerkle voted to reject the attached 

Settlement Agreement and Order. 

Foundation and the Observatory. We 

have also prepared an EA titled, 

‘‘Issuance of an Incidental Harassment 

Authorization to Lamont Doherty Earth 

Observatory to Take Marine Mammals 

by Harassment Incidental to a Marine 

Geophysical Survey in the Northwest 

Atlantic Ocean, June–August, 2014,’’ 

and FONSI in accordance with NEPA 

and NOAA Administrative Order 216–6. 

We provided relevant environmental 

information to the public through our 

notice of proposed Authorization (79 FR 

14779, March 17, 2014) and considered 

public comments received prior to 

finalizing our EA and deciding whether 

or not to issue a Finding of No 

Significant Impact (FONSI). We 

concluded that issuance of an Incidental 

Harassment Authorization would not 

significantly affect the quality of the 

human environment and have issued a 

FONSI. Because of this finding, it is not 

necessary to prepare an environmental 

impact statement for the issuance of an 

Authorization to the Observatory for 

this activity. Our EA and FONSI for this 

activity are available upon request (see 

ADDRESSES). 

Authorization 

We have issued an Incidental 

Harassment Authorization to the 

Observatory for the take of marine 

mammals incidental to conducting a 

marine seismic survey in the Atlantic 

Ocean, July 1, 2014 to August 17, 2014. 

Dated: July 1, 2014. 

Perry F. Gayaldo, 

Deputy Director, Office of Protected 

Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2014–15842 Filed 7–7–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING 

COMMISSION 

Sunshine Act Meetings 

TIME AND DATE: 10 a.m., Friday, July 11, 

2014. 

PLACE: 1155 21st St. NW., Washington, 

DC, 9th Floor Commission Conference 

Room. 

STATUS: Closed. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 

Surveillance, Enforcement Matters, and 

Examinations. In the event that the 

times, dates, or locations of this or any 

future meetings change, an 

announcement of the change, along with 

the new time and place of the meeting 

will be posted on the Commission’s 

Web site at http://www.cftc.gov. 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

Christopher J. Kirkpatrick, 202–418– 

5964. 

Christopher J. Kirkpatrick, 

Acting Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2014–15934 Filed 7–3–14; 11:15 am] 

BILLING CODE 6351–01–P 

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY 

COMMISSION 

[CPSC Docket No. 14–C0003] 

HMI Industries, Inc., Provisional 

Acceptance of a Settlement Agreement 

and Order 

AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: It is the policy of the 

Commission to publish settlements 

which it provisionally accepts under the 

Consumer Product Safety Act in the 

Federal Register in accordance with the 

terms of 16 CFR 1118.20(e). Published 

below is a provisionally-accepted 

Settlement Agreement with HMI 

Industries, Inc., containing a civil 

penalty of $725,000.00, within twenty 

(20) days of service of the Commission’s 

final Order accepting the Settlement 

Agreement.1

DATES: Any interested person may ask 

the Commission not to accept this 

agreement or otherwise comment on its 

contents by filing a written request with 

the Office of the Secretary by July 23, 

2014. 

ADDRESSES: Persons wishing to 

comment on this Settlement Agreement 

should send written comments to the 

Comment 14–C0003 Office of the 

Secretary, Consumer Product Safety 

Commission, 4330 East West Highway, 

Room 820, Bethesda, Maryland 20814– 

4408. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mary B. Murphy, Assistant General 

Counsel, Office of the General Counsel, 

Consumer Product Safety Commission, 

4330 East West Highway, Bethesda, 

Maryland 20814–4408; telephone (301) 

504–7809. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The text of 

the Agreement and Order appears 

below. 

Dated: July 2, 2014. 

Todd A. Stevenson, 

Secretary. 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY 

COMMISSION 

In the Matter of: 

HMI Industries Inc. 

CPSC Docket No.: 14–C0003 

SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT 

1. In accordance with the Consumer 

Product Safety Act (CPSA), 15 U.S.C. 

§§ 2051–2089 and 16 C.F.R. § 1118.20, 

HMI Industries Inc. (HMI), and the U.S. 

Consumer Product Safety Commission 

(Commission), through its staff (staff), 

hereby enter into this Settlement 

Agreement (Agreement). The Agreement 

and the incorporated attached Order 

(Order) resolve staff’s charges set forth 

below. 

THE PARTIES 

2. The Commission is an independent 

federal regulatory agency established 

pursuant to, and responsible for, the 

enforcement of the CPSA. By executing 

this Agreement, staff is acting on behalf 

of the Commission, pursuant to 16 

C.F.R. § 1118.20(b). The Commission 

issues the Order under the provisions of 

the CPSA. 

3. HMI is a corporation, organized and 

existing under the laws of the state of 

Delaware with its principal corporate 

office located in Strongsville, Ohio. HMI 

is a manufacturer of floor cleaners and 

indoor air purifiers. 

STAFF CHARGES 

4. Between September 2004 and 

August 2006, HMI manufactured and 

distributed approximately 44,000 Filter 

Queen Majestic 360 floor cleaners 

(Subject Products, or Floor Cleaners). 

The Floor Cleaners were sold through 

independent distributors nationwide for 

approximately $1,800. 

5. The Floor cleaners are ‘‘consumer 

products,’’ and at all relevant times, 

HMI was a ‘‘manufacturer’’ of these 

consumer products, which were 

‘‘distributed in commerce,’’ as those 

terms are defined or used in sections 

3(a)(5) and (11), of the CPSA, 15 U.S.C. 

§ 2052(a)(5) and (11). 

6. The Floor Cleaners are defective 

because their wiring can overheat, 

causing electrical arcing and melting. 

This poses a burn hazard to consumers. 

7. HMI received notice of the defect 

shortly after distribution began in 

September 2004. Between 2005 and 

2008, HMI received hundreds of reports 

of electrical arcing, sparking, and fire, 

including reports of property damage 


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