Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 73 /Thursday, April 16, 1998 / Notices 18919

F. International Tolerances

To date, no international tolerances

exist for DPX-MP062.

[FR Doc. 98–10150 Filed 4–15–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–F

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION

Notice of Public Information

Collections Submitted to OMB for

Review and Approval

April 10, 1998.

SUMMARY: The Federal Communications

Commission, as part of its continuing

effort to reduce paperwork burden

invites the general public and other

Federal agencies to take this

opportunity to comment on the

following proposed and/or continuing

information collections, as required by

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,

Public Law 104–13. An agency may not

conduct or sponsor a collection of

information unless it displays a

currently valid control number. No

person shall be subject to any penalty

for failing to comply with a collection

of information subject to the Paperwork

Reduction Act (PRA) that does not

display a valid control number.

Comments are requested concerning (a)

whether the proposed collection of

information is necessary for the proper

performance of the functions of the

Commission, including whether the

information shall have practical utility;

(b) the accuracy of the Commissions

burden estimates; (c)ways to enhance

the quality, utility, and clarity of the

information collected and (d) ways to

minimize the burden of the collection of

information on the respondents,

including the use of automated

collection techniques or other forms of

information technology.

DATES: Written comments should be

submitted on or before [insert date 30

days after date of publication in the

FEDERAL REGISTER]. If you anticipate

that you will be submitting comments,

but find it difficult to do so within the

period of time allowed by this notice,

you should advise the contact listed

below as soon as possible.

ADDRESSES: Direct all comments to Judy

Boley, Federal Communications

Commission, Room 234, 1919 M St.,

NW., Washington, DC 20554 or via

internet to jboley@fcc.gov and Timothy

Fain, OMB Desk Officer, 10236 NEOB

725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC

20503 or fain_t@a1.eop.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

additional information or copies of the

information collections contact Judy

Boley at 202–418–0214 or via internet at

jboley@fcc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

OMB Approval No.: 3060-0798.

Title: Application for Wireless

Telecommunications Bureau Radio

Service Authorization.

Form No.: FCC 601.

Type of Review: Revision of an

existing collection.

Respondents: Individuals or

households; Businesses or other for

profit; Not-for-profit institutions; State

and Local or Tribal Government.

Number of Respondents: 240,320.

Estimated Hour Per Response: 1.25

hours per respondent. The Commission

estimates 50 % of the respondents will

hire a consultant to prepare the required

information. The estimated time for

coordinating with these consultants is

30 minutes per respondent. The

estimated time for the remaining 50% of

the respondents to complete the

collection is 1.25 hours per response.

This collection covers a wide variety of

services and 1.25 represents an average

time for completion.

Total Annual Burden: 210,280 hours.

Estimated Total Annual Costs:

$30,340,000. This estimate includes

costs incurred by 50% of the

respondents hiring consultant to

prepare the required information. The

estimated costs for hiring these

consultants is $200 per hour. This total

also includes a $2.50 postage fee for the

respondents not filing electronically.

Needs and Uses: FCC form 601 will be

used as the general application for

market based licensing and site-by site

licensing in the Wireless

Telecommunications SErvices. The

purpose of this revisions is to include

use by several more radio services,

modify schedules and include

additional services. This consolidated

form will allow common fields,

questions and statements to reside in

one place and allow the technical data

specificed in each service to be captured

on its own form or schedule. This

consolidated form will eventually

replace existing forms used by WTB

such as FCC 313, 313R, 402, 402R, 405,

405A, 406, 415, 464, 464A, 489, 494,

503, 452R, 574, 574R, 600 and 701.

Please note that the burden estimates

in this notice differ from the estimates

provided in the Notice published 63 FR

5521, February 3, 1998. The

Commission is requesting clearance for

services in addition to those proposed

in that notice. Schedules have been

added to the form to include Maritime

Services (excluding ships), Aviation

Services (excluding aircraft), Fixed

Microwave Services, Broadcast

Auxiliary Services, Private Land Mobile

Radio Services, General Wireless

Communications Services, Personal

Communications Service, Public Mobile

Services as well as the Cellular and

Paging Radio Services that were

published in the February notice.

Federal Communications Commission.

William F. Caton,

Deputy Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–10136 Filed 4–15–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6712–01–F

FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION

Sunshine Act Meeting

AGENCY: Federal Election Commission.

DATE AND TIME: Tuesday, April 21, 1998

at 10:00 a.m.

PLACE: 999 E Street, N.W., Washington,

D.C.

STATUS: this Meeting will be closed to

the public.

ITEMS TO BE DISCUSSED:

Compliance matters pursuant to 2

U.S.C. § 437g.

Audits conducted pursuant to 2

U.S.C. § 437g, § 438(b), and Title 26,

U.S.C.

Matters concerning participation in

civil actions or proceedings or

arbitration.

Internal personnel rules and

procedures or matters affecting a

particular employee.

DATE AND TIME: Thursday, April 23, 1998

at 10:00 a.m.

PLACE: 999 E Street, N.W., Washington,

D.C. (ninth floor).

STATUS: This Meeting will be open to

the Public.

ITEMS TO BE DISCUSSED:

Correction and Approval of Minutes.

Advisory Opinion 1998–05: American

Electric Power Service Corporation by

counsel, Barbara A. Belville.

Administrative Matters.

PERSON TO CONTACT FOR INFORMATION:

Mr. Ron Harris, Press Officer,

Telephone: (202) 219–4155.

Marjorie W. Emmons,

Secretary of the Commission.

[FR Doc. 98–10197 Filed 4–14–98; 10:28 am]

BILLING CODE 6715–01–M

FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION

Ocean Freight Forwarder License;

Applicants

Notice is hereby given that the

following applicants have filed with the
18920 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 73 /Thursday, April 16, 1998 / Notices

1Navistar distributes goods associated with its

trade name or mark (16 CFR 436.2(a)(1)(i)(A));

Navistar exerts significant control over, or gives

significant assistance to, the dealer (16 CFR

436.2(a)(1)(i)(B)); and Navistar requires its dealers

to pay it over $500 within six months of the

commencement of the dealer’s business (16 CFR

436.2(a)(3)(iii)). See Petition and Letter from

Navistar counsel to Myra Howard, Esq., FTC, dated

December 8, 1997 (available on FTC public record).

Federal Maritime Commission

applications for licenses as ocean freight

forwarders pursuant to section 19 of the

Shipping Act of 1984 (46 U.S.C. app.

1718 and 46 CFR 510).

Persons knowing of any reason why

any of the following applicants should

not receive a license are requested to

contact the Office of Freight Forwarders,

Federal Maritime Commission,

Washington, DC 20573.

Cargo Systems Int’l, Corp., 9550 NW

12th Street, Bay #10, Miami, FL

33172, Officers: Francisco J. Nunez,

President, Angela C. Damasio, Vice

President

Linda Yumi Matsuura, 2615 Plaza Del

Amo #600, Torrance, CA 90503, Sole

Proprietor

Dated: April 13, 1998.

Joseph C. Polking,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–10075 Filed 4–5–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6730–01–M

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

Disclosure Requirements and

Prohibitions Concerning Franchising

and Business Opportunity Ventures

AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission.

ACTION: Invitation to Comment on

Requested Exemption from Trade

Regulation Rule.

SUMMARY: The Commission is requesting

public comment with respect to a

request from Navistar International

Transportation Corporation for an

exemption from the requirements of the

Franchise Rule.

DATES: Written comments will be

accepted until June 15, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be filed in

person or mailed to: Secretary, Federal

Trade Commission, 6th and

Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20580. Requests for

copies of the petition and the Franchise

Rule should be directed to the Public

Reference Branch, Room 130, (202) 326–

2222.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Myra Howard, Attorney, PC–H–238,

Federal Trade Commission, 6th and

Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20580, (202) 326–

2047.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On

December 21, 1978, the Federal Trade

Commission promulgated a trade

regulation rule entitled ‘‘Disclosure

Requirements and Prohibitions

Concerning Franchising and Business

Opportunity Ventures’’ (16 CFR Part

436) (‘‘the Rule’’). In general, the Rule

provides for pre-sale disclosure to

prospective franchisees of important

information about the franchisor, the

franchise business and the terms of the

proposed franchise relationship. A

summary of the Rule is available from

the FTC Public Reference Branch, Room

130, upon request.

Section 18(g) of the Federal Trade

Commission Act provides that any

person or class of persons covered by a

trade regulation rule may petition the

Commission for an exemption from

such rule, and if the Commission finds

that the application of such rule to any

person or class of persons is not

necessary to prevent the unfair or

deceptive act or practice to which the

rule relates, the Commission may

exempt such person or class from all or

any part of the rule.

Navistar International Transportation

Corporation (‘‘Navistar’’ or ‘‘Petitioner’’)

has filed a petition for exemption from

the Franchise rule pursuant to Section

18(g) of the Federal Trade Commission

Act, 15 U.S.C. 57a(g). Navistar’s petition

asserts without elaboration that its

dealer operations are not subject to the

Franchise Rule. The information

submitted in support of the petition,

however, demonstrates that absent an

exemption, Navistar’s dealer operations

fall within the scope of the Rule.1

Petitioner asserts that an exemption

should be granted because Navistar

dealers are sophisticated business

persons with experience in the industry,

and the information-exchange and

negotiation process leading to execution

of a dealership agreement takes place

over a period of from four months to a

year, ensuring adequate time for review.

Petitioner also explains that ‘‘[b]ecause

it is in Navistar’s best interest to have

strong, committed and well-financed

dealers, Navistar encourages its dealers

to become fully informed prior to

making a commitment.’’ Pet. at 11.

Petitioner argues that the experience

and sophistication of prospective

dealers, the company’s selectivity

generated by its interest in ensuring that

its dealers will be committed and wellfinanced and the extended process

leading to the execution of dealership

agreements make the abuses identified

by the Commission as the basis for the

Franchise Rule unlikely and render

application of the Rule to Navistar

unnecessary and burdensome.

For a complete presentation of the

arguments submitted by Petitioner,

please refer to the full text of the

petition, which may be obtained from

the FTC Public Reference Branch, Room

130, on request.

In assessing the present exemption

request, the Commission solicits

comments on all relevant issues

germane to the proceeding, including

the following: (1) Is there evidence

indicating that Petitioner may engage in

unfair or deceptive acts or practices in

the offer and sale of truck franchises? (2)

Are there other reasons that might

militate against granting Petitioner an

exemption from the Franchise Rule?

The Commission has considered the

arguments made by Petitioner and

concluded that further inquiry is

warranted before a decision regarding

the petition may be made. The

Commission, therefore, seeks comment

on the exemption requested by

Petitioner.

All interested parties are hereby

notified that they may submit written

data, views or arguments on any issues

of fact, law or policy that may have

some bearing on the requested

exemption, whether or not such issues

have been raised by the petition or in

this notice. Such submissions may be

made for sixty days to the Secretary of

the Commission.

Comments should be identified as

‘‘Navistar Franchise Rule Exemption

Comment,’’ and two copies should be

submitted.

By direction of the Commission.

Benjamin I. Berman,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–10079 Filed 4–15–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6750–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. 98C–0212]

Cyanotech Corp.; Filing of Color

Additive Petition

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration,

HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Food and Drug

Administration (FDA) is announcing

that Cyanotech Corp. has filed a petition

proposing that the color additive

regulations be amended to provide for

the safe use of Haematococcus algae