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Federal Building, Room 461, P.O. Box

21668, Juneau, Alaska 99802 (907/586–

7012); and

Regional Administrator, Southwest

Region, NMFS, 501 West Ocean Blvd.,

Suite 4200, Long Beach, CA 90802 (562/

980–4001).

Written comments or requests for a

public hearing on this request should be

submitted to the Chief, Permits and

Documentation Division, F/PR1, Office

of Protected Resources, NMFS, 1315

East-West Highway, Room 13822, Silver

Spring, MD 20910. Those individuals

requesting a hearing should set forth the

specific reasons why a hearing on this

particular amendment request would be

appropriate.

Comments may also be submitted by

facsimile at 301/713–0376, provided the

facsimile is confirmed by hard copy

submitted by mail and postmarked no

later than the closing date of the

comment period. Please note that

comments will not be accepted by email or other electronic media.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Trevor Spradlin, 301/713–2289.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

subject amendment to Permit No. 867–

1388, issued on July 25, 1997, (62 FR

50906) is requested under the authority

of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of

1972, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 et

seq.) and the Regulations Governing the

Taking and Importing of Marine

Mammals (50 CFR part 216).

Permit No. 867–1388 authorizes the

permit holder to take by Level B

harassment several species of small

delphinid cetaceans in Hawaii and

North Carolina waters for purposes of

commercial photography. The permit

holder now requests authorization to

film the following marine mammals in

Alaska waters: killer whales (Orcinus

orca), Dall’s porpoises (Phocoenoides

dalli), Pacific white-sided dolphins

(Lagenorhynchus obscurus), harbor

porpoises (Phocoena phocoena), and

minke whales (Balaenoptera

acutorostrata).

In compliance with the National

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42

U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), an initial

determination has been made that the

activity proposed is categorically

excluded from the requirement to

prepare an environmental assessment or

environmental impact statement.

Concurrent with the publication of

this notice in the Federal Register,

NMFS is forwarding copies of this

amendment request to the Marine

Mammal Commission and its

Committee of Scientific Advisors.

Dated: May 21, 1998.

Art Jeffers,

Acting Chief, Permits and Documentation

Division, Office of Protected Resources,

National Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 98–14126 Filed 5–27–98; 8:45 am]

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COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING

COMMISSION

Financial Products Advisory

Committee; Public Meeting

This is to give notice, pursuant to

Section 10(a) of the Federal Advisory

Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 2, section

10(a) and 41 CFR 101–6.1015(b), that

the Commodity Futures Trading

Commission’s Financial Products

Advisory Committee will conduct a

public meeting in the ground level

hearing room at the Commission’s

Washington, DC headquarters located at

1155 21st Street, N.W., Washington, DC

20581, on June 11, 1998, beginning at

1:00 p.m. and lasting until 4:30 p.m.

The agenda will consist of:

Agenda

1. Introductory Remarks by Chairperson

Brooksley Born.

2. Discussion by members of the

Advisory Committee of the

following topics:

A. Use of notional funds by

commodity trading advisors.

B. Placement of foreign exchange

terminals in the United States.

C. Year 2000 preparations of the

futures industry.

3. New developments.

The purpose of this meeting is to

solicit the views of the Committee on

these agenda matters. The Advisory

Committee was created by the

Commodity Futures Trading

Commission for the purpose of advising

the Commission on issues concerning

individuals and industries interested in

or affected by financial markets

regulated by the Commission. The

purposes and objectives of the Advisory

Committee are more fully set forth in

the April 15, 1997 Charter of the

Advisory Committee.

The meeting is open to the public.

The Chairperson of the Advisory

Committee, CFTC Chairperson

Brooksley Born, is empowered to

conduct the meeting in a fashion that

will, in her judgment, facilitate the

orderly conduct of business. Any

member of the public who wishes to file

a written statement with the Advisory

Committee should mail a copy of the

statement to the attention of: the

Commodity Futures Trading

Commission Financial Products

Advisory Committee, c/o Ms. Josiane

Branch, 1155 21st Street, N.W.,

Washington, DC 20581, before the

meeting.

Issued by the Commission in Washington,

D.C., on May 22, 1998.

Jean A. Webb,

Secretary of the Commission.

[FR Doc. 98–14188 Filed 5–27–98; 8:45 am]

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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY

COMMISSION

Notice of Availability of Guidance

Document on Hazardous Liquid

Chemicals in Children’s Products

AGENCY: U.S. Consumer Product Safety

Commission.

ACTION: Notice of availability of

guidance document on hazardous liquid

chemicals in children’s products.

SUMMARY: The Commission announces

that it has approved a statement that

provides guidance for manufacturers,

importers, distributors, and retailers of

liquid-filled consumer products that

may contain harmful liquids. To protect

children and other persons from the

toxic effects of exposure to these

chemicals, the Commission

recommends that manufacturers of such

products refrain from filling the

products with hazardous liquids.

Further, the Commission recommends

that, before purchasing such products

for resale, importers, distributors, and

retailers obtain assurances from

manufacturers that liquid-filled

children’s products do not contain

hazardous liquid chemicals.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Frank Krivda, Office of Compliance,

Consumer Product Safety Commission,

Washington, D.C. 20207; telephone

(301) 504–0400, ext. 1372.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The text of

the guidance document is as follows:

U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission,

Washington, DC 20207

Guidance for Hazardous Liquid Chemicals in

Children’s Products

SUMMARY: The U.S. Consumer

Product Safety Commission issues this

guidance to manufacturers, importers,

distributors, and retailers to protect

children from exposure to hazardous

chemicals found in liquid-filled

children’s products, such as rolling

balls, bubble watches, necklaces, pens,

paperweights, keychains, liquid timers,
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1This guidance is not a rule. It is intended to

highlight certain obligations under the Federal

Hazardous Substances Act. Companies should read

that Act and the accompanying regulations at 16

CFR Part 1500 for more detailed information.

and mazes.1 The Commission identifies

the major factors that it considers when

evaluating liquid-filled children’s

products that contain hazardous

chemicals, and informs the public of its

experience with exposure to these

hazardous chemicals to children. To

reduce the risk of exposure to hazardous

chemicals, such as mercury, ethylene

glycol, diethylene glycol, methanol,

methylene chloride, petroleum

distillates, toluene, xylene, and related

chemicals, the Commission requests

manufacturers to eliminate the use of

such chemicals in children’s products.

The Commission also recommends that,

before purchasing products for resale,

importers, distributors, and retailers

obtain assurances from manufacturers

that liquid-filled children’s products do

not contain hazardous liquid chemicals.

Hazard: During reasonably

foreseeable handling or use of liquidfilled children’s products, hazardous

chemicals may become accessible to

young children in a manner that places

children at risk. Young children are

exposed to the chemicals from directly

mouthing them or from handling such

objects and subsequent hand-to-mouth

or hand-to-eye activity. The specific

type and frequency of behavior that a

child exposed to a product will exhibit

depends on the age of the child and the

characteristics and pattern of use of the

product. The adverse health effects of

these chemicals to children include

chemical poisoning from ingestion of

the chemicals, pneumonia from

aspiration of the chemicals into the

lungs, and skin and eye irritation from

exposure to the chemicals. The

chemicals may also be combustible.

Guidance: Under the Federal

Hazardous Substances Act (FHSA), 15

U.S.C. 1261(f)(1), chemical products

that are toxic or irritants and that may

cause substantial injury or illness under

reasonably foreseeable conditions of

handling or use, including reasonably

foreseeable ingestion by children, are

‘‘hazardous substances.’’ A product that

is not intended for children, but that

creates such a risk of injury because it

contains hazardous chemicals, requires

precautionary labeling under the Act. 15

U.S.C. 1261(p). A toy or other article

intended for use by children that

contains an accessible and harmful

amount of a hazardous chemical is

banned. 15 U.S.C. 1261(q)(1)(A). In

evaluating the potential hazard

associated with children’s products that

contain hazardous chemicals, the

Commission’s staff considers certain

factors on a case-by-case basis,

including: the total amount of the

hazardous chemical in a product, the

accessibility of the hazardous chemicals

to children, the risk presented by that

accessibility, the age and foreseeable

behavior of the children exposed to the

product, and the marketing, patterns of

use, and life cycle of the product.

The Commission staff has identified a

number of liquid-filled children’s

products, such as rolling balls, bubble

watches, necklaces, pens, paperweights,

maze toys, liquid timers, and keychains,

that contain hazardous chemicals. In

several of these cases, the staff

determined that these products violated

the FHSA because they presented a risk

of chemical poisoning and/or chemical

pneumonia from aspiration. This

determination resulted in recalls or in

the replacement of those products with

substitutes, as well as in agreements

with the manufacturers to discontinue

the use of hazardous chemicals in

liquid-filled children’s products in

future production. The Commission

believes that these hazardous substances

pose a risk to young children and,

consequently, manufacturers should not

have included them in the product

design or manufacturing process.

Therefore, the Commission considers

the use of hazardous chemicals in

children’s products such as those

described above to be ill-advised and

encourages manufacturers to avoid

using them in such products. Further,

the Commission recommends that,

before, purchasing such products for

resale, importers, distributors, and

retailers obtain assurances from

manufacturers that liquid-filled

children’s products do not contain

hazardous liquid chemicals.

Dated: May 21, 1998.

Sadye E. Dunn,

Secretary, Consumer Product Safety

Commission.

[FR Doc. 98–14134 Filed 5–27–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

[Transmittal No. 98–40]

36(b)(1) Arms Sales Notification

AGENCY: Department of Defense, Defense

Security Assistance Agency.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Department of Defense is

publishing the unclassified text of a

section 36(b)(1) arms sales notification.

This is published to fulfill the

requirements of section 155 of Public

Law 104–164 dated 21 July 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ms. J. Hurd, DSAA/COMPT/RM, (703)

604–6575

The following is a copy of a letter to

the Speaker of the House of

Representatives, Transmittal 98–40,

with attached transmittal, policy

justification and sensitivity of

technology.

Dated: May 21, 1998.

L.M. Bynum,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

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