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in this document would be published

subsequently in the Order.

The FAA has determined that this

proposed regulation only involves an

established body of technical

regulations for which frequent and

routine amendments are necessary to

keep them operationally current. It,

therefore, (1) is not a ‘‘significant

regulatory action’’ under Executive

Order 12866; (2) is not a ‘‘significant

rule’’ under DOT Regulatory Policies

and Procedures (44 FR 11034; February

26, 1979); and (3) doe not warrant

preparation of a regulatory evaluation as

the anticipated impact is so minimal.

Since this is a routine matter that will

only affect air traffic procedures and air

navigation, it is certified that this rule,

when promulgated, will not have a

significant economic impact on a

substantial number of small entities

under the criteria of the Regulatory

Flexibility Act.

List of Subjects in 14 CFR part 71

Airspace, Incorporation by reference,

Navigation (Air).

The Proposed Amendment

In consideration of the foregoing, the

Federal Aviation Administration

proposes to amend 14 CFR part 71 as

follows:

PART 71—[AMENDED]

1. The authority citation for 14 CFR

part 71 continues to read as follows:

Authority: 49 U.S.C. app. 1348(a), 1354(a),

1510; E.O. 10854, 24 FR 9565, 3 CFR, 1959–

1963 Comp., p. 389; 49 U.S.C. 106(g); 14 CFR

11.69.

§ 71.1 [Amended]

2. The incorporation by reference in

14 CFR 71.1 of Federal Aviation

Administration Order 7400.9B, Airspace

Designations and Reporting Points,

dated July 18, 1994, and effective

September 16, 1994, is amended as

follows:

Paragraph 6005 Class E airspace areas

extending upward from 700 feet above the

surface of the earth.

* * * * *

ASO TN E5 Millington, TN [Revised]

Memphis NAS/Millington Municipal

Airport, TN

(Lat. 35°21′20′′ N, long. 89°52′10′′ W)

Arlington Municipal Airport

(Lat. 35°16′59′′ N, long. 89°40′22′′ W)

Charles W. Baker

(Lat. 35°16′44′′ N, 89°55′53′′ W)

That airspace extending upward from 700

feet above the surface within a 7-mile radius

of Memphis NAS/Millington Municipal

Airport, within a 7-mile radius of Arlington

Municipal Airport and within a 6.3-mile

radius of Charles W. Baker Airport; excluding

that airspace within the Memphis, TN Class

E airspace area.

* * * * *

Issued in College Park, Georgia, on March

14, 1995.

Michael J. Powderly,

Acting Manager, Air Traffic Division,

Southern Region.

[FR Doc. 95–7499 Filed 3–24–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

16 CFR Parts 24, 231, 247

Request for Comments Concerning

Guides for the Luggage and Related

Products Industry, Guides for Shoe

Content Labeling and Advertising, and

Guides for the Ladies’ Handbag

Industry

AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission.

ACTION: Request for public comments.

SUMMARY: The Federal Trade

Commission (the ‘‘Commission’’) is

requesting public comments on its

Guides for the Luggage and Related

Products Industry, its Guides for Shoe

Content Labeling and Advertising, and

its Guides for the Ladies’ Handbag

Industry. The Commission is also

requesting comments about the overall

costs and benefits of the Guides and

their overall regulatory and economic

impact as a part of its systematic review

of all current Commission Rules and

Guides.

DATES: Written comments will be

accepted until May 26, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be

directed to: Secretary, Federal Trade

Commission, Room H–159, Sixth and

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington,

DC 20580. Comments about the Guides

for the Luggage and Related Products

Industry should be identified as ‘‘16

CFR Part 24—Comment.’’ Comments

about the Guides for Shoe Content

Labeling and Advertising should be

identified as ‘‘16 CFR Part 231—

Comment.’’ Comments about the Guides

for the Ladies’ Handbag Industry should

be identified as ‘‘16 CFR Part 247—

Comment.’’ Comments about more than

one of the guides should be identified

by including reference to all relevant

parts, for example ‘‘16 CFR Parts 24, 231

and 247.’’

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Susan E. Arthur, Attorney, Federal

Trade Commission, Dallas Regional

Office, 100 N. Central Expressway, Suite

500, Dallas, Texas 75201. (214) 767–

5503.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Background

The Commission has determined, as

part of its oversight responsibilities, to

review its Rules and Guides

periodically. These reviews will seek

information about the costs and benefits

of the Commission’s Rules and Guides

and their regulatory and economic

impact. The information obtained will

assist the Commission in identifying

Rules and Guides that warrant

modification or recision.

At this time the Commission solicits

written public comments concerning the

Commission’s Guides for the Luggage

and Related Products Industry

(‘‘Luggage Guides’’), 16 CFR Part 24, the

Commission’s Guides for Shoe Content

Labeling and Advertising (‘‘Shoe

Content Guides’’), 16 CFR Part 231, and

the Commission’s Guides for the Ladies’

Handbag Industry (‘‘Handbag Guides’’)

16 CFR Part 247. These Guides are being

reviewed together because they all

pertain to goods which are frequently

made of leather or of material with the

appearance of leather.

These three Guides, like the other

industry Guides issued by the

Commission, ‘‘are administrative

interpretation of laws administered by

the Commission for the guidance of the

public in conducting its affairs in

conformity with legal requirements.

They provide the basis for voluntary

and simultaneous abandonment of

unlawful practices by members of

industry.’’ 16 CFR 1.5. Conduct

inconsistent with the Guides may result

in corrective action by the Commission

under applicable statutory provisions.

The Commission promulgates industry

Guides ‘‘when it appears to the

Commission that guidance as to the

legal requirements applicable to

particular practices would be beneficial

in the public interest and would serve

to bring about more widespread and

equitable observance of laws

administered by the Commission.’’ 16

CFR 1.6.

1. Luggage Guides

The Luggage Guides concern potential

deception in the sale, offering for sale,

and distribution of luggage and related

products, such as trunks, instrument

cases, brief cases, billfolds, wallets, key

cases, jewel boxes, travel kits, camera

bags and similar products. These Guides

list disclosures that should be made for

products made of split leather, imitation

leather, or processed leather, and for

products which contain backing

material. The Guides address

representations that products are made

from the skin of fictitious animals and
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the use of words, terms, depictions, or

devices that may indicate that a product

is made of any material when it is not.

According to the Guides, industry

members should not represent that a

product is wholly of a particular

composition when it is not, or that a

product is leather when it contains

ground, pulverized or shredded leather.

Additionally, representations should

not be made that a product is colored,

finished, or dyed with aniline dye or

otherwise dyed, embossed, grained,

processed, finished or stitched in a

certain manner when it is not. The

Guides also discuss representations

about the hardware, box, or frame of

covered products. Use of the terms

‘‘waterproof,’’ ‘‘dustproof,’’

‘‘warpproof,’’ ‘‘scuffproof,’’ and

‘‘scratchproof’’ is also covered by the

Luggage Guides.

2. Shoe Content Guides

The Shoe Content Guides contain

guidance for labeling and advertising

shoe content. The Guides address use of

the term ‘‘leather’’ on labels and

labeling disclosures for simulated or

imitation leather, concealed innersoles,

split leather, embossed or processed

leather, and ground or shredded leather.

With regard to advertising, the Guides

state that disclosures should be made in

advertisements which depict nonleather parts of shoes or slippers which

appear to be made of leather. The

Guides contain guidance for use of the

term ‘‘leather’’ in advertisements and for

disclosures to be used with terms

suggestive of leather. The Guides state

that words or terms should not be used

which would convey the impression

that shoes or slippers are made of a

certain material when they are not.

3. Handbag Guides

The Handbag Guides concern the

potential misrepresentation of any

feature of ladies’ handbags and similar

articles. The Guides provide guidance

with respect to the disclosures which

should be made regarding product

composition and address the use of

representations that a product is

colored, finished, or dyed with aniline

dye or otherwise dyed, embossed,

grained, processed, finished or stitched

in a certain manner when the claims are

not true. Use of the terms ‘‘scuffproof,’’

‘‘scratchproof,’’ ‘‘scuff resistant,’’ and

‘‘scratch resistant’’ is also covered by

the Ladies’ Handbag Guides. The Guides

also state that members of the industry

should not make deceptive

representations about the price of their

products.

In addition, the Handbag Guides

discuss the issues of price

discrimination, and discrimination in

promotional allowances and services.

The Guides state that industry members

should neither grant nor knowingly

induce or receive terms of trade in these

respects that are improperly

discriminatory. The Commission is

concerned, however, that these

interpretive statements in large part may

be needlessly duplicative of sections (a)

and (f) of the Robinson-Patman Act with

respect to price discrimination, and

duplicative of the so-called Fred Meyer

Guides, which interpret sections (d) and

(e) of the Robinson-Patman Act and

section 5 of the Federal Trade

Commission Act, with respect to

discriminatory promotional allowances

and services. See Guides for Advertising

Allowances and Other Merchandising

Payments and Services, 16 CFR part

240. Moreover, it is possible that general

issues of price discrimination are best

clarified through statements of general

policy, such as that contained in the

Fred Meyer Guides, rather than through

industry-specific statements such as the

Handbag Guides.

B. Questions for Comment

The Commission solicits comments

on the following questions with respect

to the Luggage Guides, the Shoe Content

Guides, and the Handbag Guides:

(1) Is there a continuing need for the

Guides?

(a) What benefits have the Guides

provided to purchasers of the products

or services affected by the Guides?

(b) Have the Guides imposed costs on

purchasers?

(2) What changes, if any, should be

made to the Guides to increase the

benefits of the Guides to purchasers?

(a) How would these changes affect

the costs the Guides impose on firms

subject to their requirements?

(b) Would it be useful to the affected

industries if the Luggage Guides, the

Shoe Content Guides, and the Handbag

Guides were combined into one set of

industry guides that address all of these

products or leather products in general?

(3) What significant burdens or costs,

including costs of adherence, have the

Guides imposed on firms subject to their

requirements?

(a) Have the Guides provided benefits

to such firms?

(4) What changes, if any, should be

made to the Guides to reduce the

burdens of costs imposed on firms

subject to their requirements?

(a) How would these changes affect

the benefits provided by the Guides?

(5) Do the Guides overlap or conflict

with other federal, state, or local laws or

regulations?

(6) Since the Guides were issued,

what effects, if any, have changes in

relevant technology or economic

conditions had on the Guides?

(7) Do members of the ladies’ handbag

industry require these industry-specific

Guides for information about the

standards applicable to price

discrimination and discriminatory

promotional allowances, or could

equally helpful guidance be obtained

from more general sources such as the

Fred Meyer Guides?

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 41–58.

List of Subjects in 16 CFR Parts 24, 231,

and 247

Advertising, Distribution, Labeling,

Ladies’ handbags, Luggage and related

products, Price discrimination,

Promotional allowances, Shoes, Trade

practice.

By direction of the Commission.

Donald S. Clark,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 95–7468 Filed 3–24–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6750–01–M

16 CFR Part 405

Request for Comments Concerning

Rule on Misbranding and Deception as

to Leather Content of Waist Belts

AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission.

ACTION: Request for public comments.

SUMMARY: The Federal Trade

Commission (the ‘‘Commission’’) is

requesting public comments on its Rule

on Misbranding and Deception as to

Leather Content of Waist Belts (‘‘the

Leather Belt Rule’’ or ‘‘the Rule’’). The

Commission is also requesting

comments about the overall costs and

benefits of the Rule and its overall

regulatory and economic impact as a

part of its systematic review of all

current Commission regulations and

guides. All interested persons are

hereby given notice of the opportunity

to submit written comments.

DATES: Written comments will be

accepted until May 26, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be

directed to: Secretary, Federal Trade

Commission, Room H–159, Sixth and

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington,

DC 20580. Comments about the Leather

Belt Rule should be identified as ‘‘16

CFR Part 405—Comment.’’

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Russell Deitch, Attorney, Federal Trade

Commission, Los Angeles Regional

Office, 11000 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite

13209, Los Angeles, CA 90024, (310)

235–7890.