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of cancer in CSL; and (3) describe the

environmental factors that influence the

foraging ecology of harbor seals and

northern elephant seals. Population

assessment of CSL is a continuation of

a long-term program designed to meet

the needs of the NMFS mandate to

monitor population health of pinnipeds.

Northern fur seals may be incidentally

harassed during the conduct of these

activities.

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.

Written comments or requests for a

public hearing on this application

should be mailed to the Chief, Permits

and Documentation Division, F/PR1,

Office of Protected Resources, NMFS,

1315 East-West Highway, Room 13705,

Silver Spring, MD 20910. Those

individuals requesting a hearing should

set forth the specific reasons why a

hearing on this particular 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 by other electronic media.

Concurrent with the publication of

this notice in the Federal Register,

NMFS is forwarding copies of this

application to the Marine Mammal

Commission and its Committee of

Scientific Advisors.

Dated: February 8, 2001.

Trevor R. Spradlin,

Acting Chief, Permits and Documentation

Division, Office of Protected Resources,

National Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 01–3770 Filed 2–13–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–S

COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING

COMMISSION

Request of the Cantor Exchange (CX)

for Approval of its US Treasury TenYear Note Futures Contract

AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading

Commission.

ACTION: Notice of availability of terms

and conditions of a commodity futures

contract.

SUMMARY: The Cantor Exchange (CX or

Exchange) has requested that the

Commission approve its US Treasury

Ten-Year Note futures contract,

pursuant to the provisions of Section

5c(c)(2)(A) of the Commodity Exchange

Act as amended. The Acting Director of

the Division of Economic Analysis

(Division) of the Commission, acting

pursuant to the authority delegated by

the Commission Regulation 140.96, has

determined that publication of the

proposal for comment is in the public

interest, will assist the Commission in

considering the views of interest

persons, and is consistent with the

purposes of the Commodity Exchange

Act.

DATES: Comments must be received on

or before March 16, 2001.

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)

481–5521 or by electronic mail to

secretary(@)cftc.gov. Reference should

be made to the CX US Treasury TenYear Note futures contract.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Please contact Thomas Leahy of the

Division of Economic Analysis,

Commodity Futures Trading

Commission, Three Lafayette Centre,

1155 21st Street NW, Washington, DC

(202) 418–5278. Facsimile number:

(202) 418–5527. Electronic mail:

tleahy@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 CX

in support of the request for approval

may be available upon request pursuant

to the Freedom of Information Act (5

U.S.C. 552) 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 materials

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 CX 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 February 8,

2001.

Richard A. Shilts,

Acting Director.

[FR Doc. 01–3762 Filed 2–13–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6351–01–M

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY

COMMISSION

Petition Requesting Performance

Standard for Bicycle Handlebars

AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety

Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Commission has received

a petition (HP 01–1) requesting that the

Commission issue a performance

standard for bicycle handlebars

regarding energy dissipation and

distribution during impact. The

Commission solicits written comments

concerning the petition.

DATES: The Office of the Secretary must

receive comments on the petition by

April 16, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Comments on the petition,

preferably in five copies, should be

mailed to the Office of the Secretary,

Consumer Product Safety Commission,

Washington, DC 20207, telephone (301)

504–0800, or delivered to the Office of

the Secretary, Room 501, 4330 EastWest Highway, Bethesda, Maryland

20814. Comments may also be filed by

telefacsimile to (301) 504–0127 or by

email to cpsc-os@cpsc.gov. Comments

should be captioned ‘‘Petition HP 01–1,

Petition for Bicycle Handlebar

Performance Standard.’’ A copy of the

petition is available for inspection at the

Commission’s Public Reading Room,

Room 419, 4330 East-West Highway,

Bethesda, Maryland.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Rockelle Hammond, Office of the

Secretary, Consumer Product Safety

Commission, Washington, D.C. 20207;

telephone (301) 504–0800, ext. 1232.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Commission has received

correspondence from Flaura Koplin

Winston, MD. Ph.D., Director, The

Interdisciplinary Pediatric Injury

Control Research Center, Children’s

Hospital of Philadelphia, requesting that

the Commission issue a rule prescribing

performance standards for bicycle

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handlebars regarding energy dissipation

and distribution during impact. The

petitioner asserts that bicycle

handlebars that cannot satisfy such

criteria pose a serious risk of pancreatic,

intestinal, renal, liver, and splenic

injuries, particularly to young children.

She argues that such serious injuries

occur in the setting of minor incidents—

falls from bicycles not involving motor

vehicle crashes—and that the serious

nature of the injuries suggests that the

cause of the injury is the bicycle itself.

She further asserts that the bicycle

handlebars act as blunt spears and cause

the injuries on impact.

The petitioner maintains that

handlebars can be designed that will

dissipate the impact energy and spread

the forces over a larger surface area so

that forces transmitted by the end of the

handlebar to the abdominal organs

during impact are reduced to below

known injury tolerance levels. The

petitioner bases her conclusions on

several studies of serious injury

incidents to child bicyclists spanning

30+ years.

The Commission is docketing the

correspondence as a petition under

provisions of the Federal Hazardous

Substances Act (‘‘FHSA’’), 15 U.S.C.

1261–1278. Handlebars are addressed in

§ 1512.6 of the existing Commission

standard for bicycles at 16 CFR Part

1512, that was promulgated under

authority of the FHSA. The current

version of § 1512.6 does not specifically

address the risk of injury noted in the

petition.

Interested parties may obtain a copy

of the petition by writing or calling the

Office of the Secretary, Consumer

Product Safety Commission,

Washington, DC 20207; telephone (301)

504–0800. A copy of the petition is also

available for inspection from 8:30 a.m.

to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, in

the Commission’s Public Reading Room,

Room 419, 4330 East-West Highway,

Bethesda, Maryland.

Dated: February 8, 2001.

Sadye E. Dunn,

Secretary, Consumer Product Safety

Commission.

[FR Doc. 01–3666 Filed 2–13–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6355–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

[OMB Control Number 0704–0225]

Information Collection Requirements;

Defense Federal Acquisition

Regulation Supplement;

Administrative Matters

AGENCY: Department of Defense (DoD).

ACTION: Notice and request for

comments regarding a proposed

extension of an approved information

collection requirement.

SUMMARY: In compliance with Section

3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C.

Chapter 35), DoD announces the

proposed extension of a public

information collection requirement and

seeks public comment on the provisions

thereof. DoD invites comments on: (a)

Whether the proposed collection of

information is necessary for the proper

performance of the functions of DoD,

including whether the information will

have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of

the estimate of the burden of the

proposed information collection; (c)

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the

burden of the information collection on

respondents, including the use of

automated collection techniques or

other forms of information technology.

The office of Management and Budget

(OMB) has approved this information

collection requirement for use through

August 31, 2001. DoD proposes that

OMB extend its approval for use

through August 31, 2004.

DATES: DoD will consider all comments

received by April 16, 2001.

ADDRESSES: E-mailed comments are

preferred. Submit comments to:

dfars@acq.osd.mil. Please cite OMB

Control Number 0704–0225 in the

subject line.

Respondents that cannot submit

comments by e-mail may submit

comments to: Defense Acquisition

Regulations Council, Attn: Ms. Melissa

Rider, OUSD (AT&L)DP(DAR), IMD

3C132, 3062 Defense Pentagon,

Washington, DC 20301–3062; facsimile

(703) 602–0350. Please cite OMB

Control Number 0704–0225.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.

Melissa Rider, (703) 602–4245. The

information collection requirements

addressed in this notice are available

electronically via the Internet at: http:/

/www.acq.osd.mil/dp/dars/dfars.html.

Paper copies are available from Ms.

Melissa Rider, OUSD(AT&L)DP(DAR),

IMD 3C132, 2/3062 Defense Pentagon,

Washington, DC 20301–3062.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title, associated Forms, and OMB

Number: Defense Federal Acquisition

Regulation Supplement (DFARS) Part

204, Administrative Matters, and

Related Clauses at DFARS 252.204; DD

Form 2051, Request for Assignment of a

Commercial and Government Entity

(CAGE) Code, and DD Form 2051–1,

Request for Information/Verification of

Commercial and Government Entity

(CAGE) Code; OMB Control Number

0704–0225.

Needs and Uses: DoD uses this

information to control unclassified

contract data that is sensitive and

inappropriate for release to the public;

and to facilitate data exchange among

automated systems for contract award,

contract administration, and contract

payment by assigning a unique code to

each DoD contractor.

Affected Public: Businesses or other

for-profit and not-for-profit institutions:

Annual Burden Hours: 13,758.

Number of Respondents: 22,602.

Responses Per Respondent: 1.

Annual Responses: 22,602.

Average Burden Per Response: .61

hours.

Frequency: On occasion.

Summary of Information Collection

DFARS 204.404–70(a) prescribes use

of the clause at DFARS 252.204–7000,

Disclosure of Information, in contracts

that require the contractor to access or

generate unclassified information that

may be sensitive and inappropriate for

release to the public. The clause

requires the contractor to obtain

approval of the contracting officer

before release of any unclassified

contract-related information outside the

contractor’s organization, unless the

information is already in the public

domain. In requesting this approval, the

contractor must identify the specific

information to be released, the medium

to be used, and the purpose for the

release.

DFARS 204.603(1) prescribes use of

the provision at DFARS 252.204–7001,

Commercial and Government Entity

(CAGE) Code Reporting, in solicitations

when CAGE codes for potential offerors

are not available to the contracting

officer. The provision requires an offeror

to enter its CAGE code on its offer. If an

offeror does not have a CAGE code, the

offeror may request one from the

contracting officer, who will ask the

offeror to complete Section B of DD

Form 2051, Request for Assignment of a

Commercial and Government Entity

(CAGE) Code.

Michele P. Peterson,

Executive Editor, Defense Acquisition

Regulations Council.

[FR Doc. 01–3743 Filed 2–13–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 5000–04–M