Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 115 /Tuesday, June 16, 1998 / Notices 32865

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 060398A]

Marine Mammals

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Issuance of permit amendment.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that D.

Ann Pabst, Ph.D., University of North

Carolina at Wilmington, 601 South

College Road, Wilmington, North

Carolina 28403–3297, has been issued

an amendment to scientific research

Permit No. 1031.

ADDRESSES: The amendment and related

documents are available for review

upon written request or by appointment

in the following offices:

Permits Division, Office of Protected

Resources, NMFS, 1315 East-West

Highway, Room 13130, Silver Spring,

MD 20910 (301/713–2289);

Regional Administrator, Northeast

Region, NMFS, NOAA, One Blackburn

Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930–2298

(508/281–9250); and

Regional Administrator, Southeast

Region, NMFS, NOAA, 9721 Executive

Center Drive, St. Petersburg, FL 33702–

2432 (813/570–5301).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April

23, 1998, notice was published in the

Federal Register (63 FR 20171) that an

amendment of permit No. 1031, issued

March 5, 1997 (62 FR 11158), had been

requested by the above-named

individual. The requested amendment

has been issued under the authority of

the Marine Mammal Protection Act of

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

seq.), the Regulations Governing the

Taking and Importing of Marine

Mammals (50 CFR part 216), the

Endangered Species Act (ESA) of 1973,

as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), and

the Regulations Governing the Taking,

Importing, and Exporting of Endangered

Fish and Wildlife (50 CFR part 222).

Issuance of this amendment, as

required by the ESA, was based on a

finding that such permit: (1) Was

applied for in good faith; (2) will not

operate to the disadvantage of the

endangered species which is the subject

of this permit; and (3) is consistent with

the purposes and policies set forth in

section 2 of the ESA.

Dated: June 10, 1998.

Ann D. Terbush,

Chief, Permits and Documentation Division,

Office of Protected Resources, National

Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 98–15994 Filed 6–15–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–F

COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING

COMMISSION

Applications of the Chicago Mercantile

Exchange for Designation as a

Contract Market in Dry Whey Futures

and Options and Nonfat Dry Milk

Futures and Options

AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading

Commission.

ACTION: Notice of availability of the

terms and conditions of proposed

commodity futures and options

contracts.

SUMMARY: The Chicago Mercantile

Exchange (CME or Exchange) has

applied for designation as a contract

market in dry whey futures and options

contracts and nonfat dry milk futures

and options contracts. The Director of

the Division of Economic Analysis

(Division) of the Commission, acting

pursuant to the authority delegated by

Commission Regulation 140.96, has

determined that publication of the

proposals for comment is in the public

interest, will assist the Commission in

considering the views of interested

persons, and is consistent with the

purpose of the Commodity Exchange

Act.

DATES: Comments must be received on

or before July 16, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons should

submit their views and comments to

Jean A. Webb, Secretary, Commodity

Futures Trading Commission, Three

Lafayette Centre, 1155 21st Street, NW

Washington, DC 20581. In addition,

comments may be sent by facsimile

transmission to facsimile number (202)

418–5521, or by electronic mail to

secretary@cftc.gov. Reference should be

made to the CME dry whey futures and

options or the nonfat dry milk futures

and options.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Please contact Frederick Linse of the

Division of Economic Analysis,

Commodity Futures Trading

Commission, Three Lafayette Centre,

1155 21st Street NW, Washington,

20581, telephone (202) 418–5273.

Facsimile number: (202) 418–5527,

Electronic mail: flinse@cftc.gov

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Copies of

the terms and conditions will be

available for inspection at the Office of

the Secretariat, Commodity Futures

Trading Commission, Three Lafayette

Centre, 1155 21st Street NW,

Washington, DC 20581. Copies of the

terms and conditions can be obtained

through the Office of the Secretariat by

mail at the above address or by phone

at (202) 418–5100.

Other materials submitted by the CME

in support of the applications for

contract market designation may be

available upon request pursuant to the

Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C.

522) and the Commission’s regulations

thereunder (17 CFR Part 145 (1997)),

except to the extent they are entitled to

confidential treatment as set forth in 17

CFR 145.5 and 145.9. Requests for

copies of such material should be made

to the FOI, Privacy and Sunshine Act

Compliance Staff of the Office of

Secretariat at the Commission’s

headquarters in accordance with 17 CFR

145.7 and 145.8.

Any person interested in submitting

written data, views, or arguments on the

proposed terms and conditions, or with

respect to other materials submitted by

the CME, should send such comments

to Jean A. Webb, Secretary, Commodity

Futures Trading Commission, Three

Lafayette Centre, 1155 21st Street NW,

Washington, DC 20581 by the specified

date.

Issued in Washington, DC, on June 9, 1998.

Steven Manaster,

Director.

[FR Doc. 98–15976 Filed 6–15–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6351–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Navy

Notice of Availability and

Announcement of Public Hearings for

the Draft Legislative Environmental

Impact Statement (DLEIS) for Renewal

of the B–20 Land Withdrawal at Naval

Air Station Fallon, Nevada

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DOD.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Department of the Navy

has prepared and filed with the U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency a

Draft Legislative Environmental Impact

Statement (DLEIS) for the renewal of the

withdrawal of approximately 21,576

acres of Public Lands for training range

B–20 in Churchill County, Nevada near

Naval Air Station Fallon, Nevada. This

DLEIS and the renewal request are being

submitted in accordance with Public

law 99–606, the Military Lands

Withdrawal Act of 1986. Two public