Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 101 / Wednesday, May 24, 2000 / Notices 33525

1Chairman Ann Brown and Commissioner Mary

Gall voted to extend the comment period 30 days.

Commissioner Thomas Moore voted for a 60-day

extension.

NOTIFICATION PROCESS:

Individuals seeking to determine

whether the system of records contains

information about themselves, seeking

access to records about themselves in

the system of records, or contesting the

content of records about themselves

should address written inquiries to the

FOI, Privacy and Sunshine Acts

Compliance Staff, Commodity Futures

Trading Commission, Three Lafayette

Centre, 1155 21st Street NW.,

Washington, DC 20581.

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES:

See ‘‘Notification Procedures’’ above.

CONTESTING RECORDS PROCEDURES:

See ‘‘Notification Procedures’’ above.

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:

Internet e-mail, interoffice e-mail.

Issued in Washington, DC, on May 17,

2000.

By the Commission.

Jean A. Webb,

Secretary of the Commission.

[FR Doc. 00–12920 Filed 5–23–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6351–01–M

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY

COMMISSION

Petition Requesting Rule Declaring

Natural Rubber Latex a Strong

Sensitizer; Extension of Comment

Period

AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety

Commission.

ACTION: Notice of extension of comment

period.

SUMMARY: The Commission is extending

its comment period to receive

information concerning a petition

asking the Commission to declare

natural rubber latex a strong sensitizer

under the Federal Hazardous

Substances Act (‘‘FHSA’’). In response

to seven requests, the Commission is

extending the comment period to allow

submission of comments 30 days after

the original comment period of May 22,

2000.

DATES: The Office of the Secretary

should receive comments on the

petition by June 21, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Comments, preferably in

five copies, on the petition should be

mailed to the Office of the Secretary,

Consumer Product Safety Commission,

Washington, DC 20207; telephone (301)

504–0800; or delivered to the Office of

the Secretary, Room 502, 4330 EastWest Highway, Bethesda, Maryland

20814. Comments may also be filed by

telefacsimile to (301) 504–0127 or by

email to cpsc-os@cpsc.gov. Comments

should be captioned ‘‘Petition HP 00–2,

Petition on Natural Rubber Latex.’’ A

copy of the petition is available for

inspection at the Commission’s Public

Reading Room, Room 419, 4330 EastWest Highway, Bethesda, Maryland.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

information about the substance of the

petition call or write to Suzanne Barone,

Ph.D., Directorate for Health Sciences,

U.S. Consumer Product Safety

Commission, Washington, DC 20207;

telephone (301) 504–0477, extension

1196. For information about submitting

comments call or write to Rockelle

Hammond, Office of the Secretary,

Consumer Product Safety Commission,

Washington, DC 20207; telephone (301)

504–0800, ext. 1232.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March

21, 2000, the Commission published a

notice announcing that it has docketed

a petition asking that the Commission

declare natural rubber latex (‘‘NRL’’) a

strong sensitizer and requesting

comments on the petition. 65 FR 15133.

The petitioner, Debi Adkins, editor of

Latex Allergy News, asserts that a

portion of the population is allergic to

NRL and can become seriously ill after

contact with consumer products that

contain NRL. The March 21 Federal

Register notice provided for a 60-day

comment period to end May 22, 2000.

The Commission has received seven

requests to extend the comment period.

Four letters requested a 30-day

extension, two letters requested 60 days,

and another asked for 90 days. After

considering these requests, the

Commission has decided to extend the

comment period 30 days until June 21,

2000.1

The Commission will consider the

comments received on the petition, as

well as information presented by the

staff, and will decide whether to grant

or deny the petition. Should the

Commission decide to grant the petition

and begin a rulemaking proceeding,

there would be another opportunity for

the public to comment before the

Commission could issue a rule declaring

NRL a strong sensitizer.

Dated: May 18, 2000.

Sadye E. Dunn,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–12994 Filed 5–23–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6355–01–P

CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND

COMMUNITY SERVICE

Revision of Currently Approved

Information Collection; Comment

Request

AGENCY: Corporation for National and

Community Service.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Corporation for National

and Community Service (hereinafter the

‘‘Corporation’’), as part of its continuing

effort to reduce paperwork and

respondent burden, conducts a

preclearance consultation program to

provide the general public and Federal

agencies with an opportunity to

comment on proposed and/or

continuing collections of information in

accordance with the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA95) (44

U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). This program

helps to ensure that requested data can

be provided in the desired format,

reporting burden (time and financial

resources) is minimized, collection

instruments are clearly understood, and

the impact of collection requirement on

respondents can be properly assessed.

This form is available in alternate

formats. Individuals who use a

telecommunications device for the deaf

(TTY/TDD) may call (202) 606–5256

between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:30

p.m. Eastern time, Monday through

Friday.

Currently, the Corporation is

soliciting comments concerning the

revision of its AmeriCorps National

Referral Card (OMB Control Number

3045–0004, with an expiration date of 8/

31/2000). Copies of the information

collection request can be obtained by

contacting the office listed below in the

ADDRESSES section of this notice.

DATES: Written comments must be

submitted to the office listed in the

ADDRESSES section by July 24, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to the

Corporation for National and

Community Service, Attn: Noel

McCaman, Director, AmeriCorps

Recruitment Office, 1201 New York

Avenue, NW., Suite 8711, Washington,

DC 20525.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Noel

McCaman, (202) 606–5000, ext. 443, or

by e-mail at NMccaman@cns.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Comment Request

The Corporation is particularly

interested in comments which:

• Evaluate whether the proposed

collection of information is necessary

for the proper performance of the

functions of the Corporation, including