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determine the appropriate total number

of breeding female dogs and/or cats that

a person may maintain on his or her

premises and continue to be exempt

from licensing requirements. We are

most interested in receiving information

that is in the form of published industry

standards, published reports in peerreviewed journals, studies, and

objective data. For those issues on

which data or published information is

not available, we ask that commenters

supply detailed information on why the

number they have chosen is

appropriate.

We are also interested in obtaining the

following information to enable APHIS

to target its resources on those facilities

that present the greatest risk of

noncompliance:

1. If we amend the definition of

‘‘retail pet store’’ as described earlier,

how many dealers of dogs and cats

would be covered by our regulations

under different scenarios for increasing

the number of breeding females that a

person may maintain on his or her

premises and be exempt from licensing.

2. If we begin regulating dealers of

hunting, breeding, and security dogs,

how many dealers of hunting, breeding,

and security dogs would be covered by

our regulations under different

scenarios for increasing the number of

breeding females that a person may

maintain on his or her premises and be

exempt from licensing.

Written comments should be

submitted within the 60-day comment

period specified in this document (see

DATES and ADDRESSES).

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 2131–2159; 7 CFR 2.22,

2.80, and 371.2(g).

Done in Washington, DC, this 19th day of

June 1998.

Craig A. Reed,

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant

Health Inspection Service.

[FR Doc. 98–16807 Filed 6–23–98; 8:45 am]

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

10 CFR Part 71

[Docket No. PRM–71–12]

Petition From International Energy

Consultants, Inc.; Extension of

Comment Period

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory

Commission.

ACTION: Petition for rulemaking:

Extension of comment period.

SUMMARY: On February 19, 1998 (63 FR

8362), the Nuclear Regulatory

Commission (NRC) published for public

comment a petition for rulemaking filed

by the International Energy Consultants,

Inc. The petition requested that NRC

amend its regulations that govern

packaging and transportation of

radioactive material to eliminate special

requirements for plutonium. The

comment period was to have expired on

May 5, 1998. General Atomics

submitted a comment on May 26, 1998,

and requested that the comment period

be extended so that their comment, and

comments by other industry people, be

considered. In view of this request, the

NRC believes it is appropriate to extend

the comment period, which now expires

on July 31, 1998.

DATES: The comment period has been

extended and now expires July 31, 1998.

Comments received after this date will

be considered if it is practical to do so

but the Commission is able to ensure

consideration only for comments

received on or before this date.

ADDRESSES: Send comments by mail

addressed to the Secretary, U.S. Nuclear

Regulatory Commission, Washington,

DC 20555–0001. Attention: Rulemakings

and Adjudications Staff.

Hand-deliver comments to: 11555

Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland,

between 7:30 am and 4:15 pm on

Federal workdays.

You may also provide comments via

the NRC’s interactive rulemaking web

site through the NRC home page (http:/

/www.nrc.gov). From the NRC home

page, select ‘‘Rulemaking’’ from the tool

bar. The interactive rulemaking website

can then be accessed by selecting

‘‘Rulemaking Forum.’’ This site

provides the availability to upload

comments as files (any format), if your

web browser supports that function. For

information about the interactive

rulemaking site, contact Ms. Carol

Gallagher, (301) 415–5905; e-mail

CAG@nrc.gov.

Certain documents related to this

rulemaking, including comments

received and the environmental

assessment and finding of no significant

impact, may be examined at the NRC

Public Document Room, 2120 L Street

NW., (Lower Level), Washington, DC.

These same documents also may be

viewed and downloaded electronically

via the interactive rulemaking website

established by NRC for this rulemaking.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mark Haisfield [telephone (301) 415–

6196, e-mail MFH@nrc.gov] of the Office

of Nuclear Material Safety and

Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission, Washington, DC 20555–

0001.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 17th day

of June, 1998.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

John C. Hoyle,

Secretary of the Commission.

[FR Doc. 98–16741 Filed 6–23–98; 8:45 am]

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COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING

COMMISSION

17 CFR Parts 34 and 35

Concept Release Concerning Over-theCounter Derivatives

AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading

Commission.

ACTION: Extension of comment period on

Concept Release.

SUMMARY: The Commodity Futures

Trading Commission issued a Concept

Release concerning over-the-counter

derivatives on May 12, 1998 (63 FR

26114) with comments due by July 13,

1998. In response to requests from the

Chicago Mercantile Exchange, the

Futures Industry Association, and the

Managed Funds Association, the

Commission has determined to extend

the comment period for an additional 60

days. The extended deadline for

comments on the Concept Release is

September 11, 1998.

Any person interested in submitting

comments on the Concept Release

should submit them by the specified

date to Jean A. Webb, Secretary,

Commodity Futures Trading

Commission, Three Lafayette Centre,

1155 21st Street, N.W., 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.

DATES: Comments must be received on

or before September 11, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

John C. Lawton, Associate Director,

Division of Trading and Markets,

Commodity Futures Trading

Commission, Three Lafayette Centre,

1155 21st Street, NW, Washington, DC

20581. Telephone: (202) 418–5490.

Issued in Washington, D.C., on this 18th

day of June, 1998, by the Commodity Futures

Trading Commission.

Catherine D. Dixon,

Assistant Secretary of the Commission.

[FR Doc. 98–16767 Filed 6–23–98; 8:45 am]

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