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177 FR 37478. First Century Communications and 
Video Accessibility Act of 2010, Public Law 111–260, 47 U.S.C. 615c, that this Fourth Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, is hereby adopted. 
69. It is further ordered that the 
Commission’s Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau, Reference Information Center, shall send a copy of this Fourth Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, including the Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis, to the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the Small Business Administration. 
List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 20 
Communications common carriers, 
Communications equipment, Radio. 
Federal Communications Commission. 
Katura Jackon, Federal Register Liaison Officer, Office of the 
Secretary. 
For the reasons discussed in the 
preamble, the Federal Communications 
Commission proposes to amend 47 CFR part 20 as follows: 
PART 20—COMMERCIAL MOBILE 
SERVICES 
■1. The authority citation for part 20 
continues to read as follows: 
Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151, 152(a) 154(i), 
157, 160, 201, 214, 222, 251(e), 301, 302, 303, 303(b), 303(r), 307, 307(a), 309, 309(j)(3), 316, 316(a), 332, 610, 615, 615a, 615b, 615c, unless otherwise noted. 
■2. Section 20.18 is amended by 
revising paragraph (i)(2)(ii)(C) 
introductory text and paragraph (i)(2)(ii)(D) to read as follows: 
§ 20.18 911 Service. 
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(i) * * * 
(2) * * * (ii) * * * (C) By April 3, 2021: In each of the 
top 25 CMAs, nationwide CMRS 
providers shall deploy either dispatchable location, or z-axis technology in compliance with the following z-axis accuracy metric: Within 3 meters above or below (plus or minus 3 meters) the handset for 80% of wireless E911 calls. 
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(D) By April 3, 2023: In each of the 
top 50 CMAs, nationwide CMRS 
providers shall deploy either dispatchable location, or z-axis technology in compliance with the following z-axis accuracy metric: Within 3 meters above or below (plus or minus 3 meters) the handset for 80% of wireless E911 calls. 
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[FR Doc. 2019–06012 Filed 4–3–19; 8:45 am] 
BILLING CODE 6712–01–P DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 
National Highway Traffic Safety 
Administration 
49 CFR Part 571 
[Docket No. NHTSA–2019–0024] 
RIN 2127–AL03 
Federal Motor Vehicle Safety 
Standards; Glazing Materials 
AGENCY : National Highway Traffic 
Safety Administration (NHTSA), Department of Transportation (DOT). 
ACTION : Proposed rule; withdrawal. 
SUMMARY : NHTSA withdraws its June 
21, 2012 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), which proposed revising Federal motor vehicle safety standard (FMVSS) No. 205, ‘‘Glazing materials,’’ to harmonize it with Global Technical Regulation (GTR) No. 6, ‘‘Safety Glazing Materials for Motor Vehicles and Motor Vehicle Equipment.’’ Based on the results of the agency’s review of available information and analysis of the technically substantive comments on the proposal, NHTSA is unable to conclude at this time that harmonizing FMVSS No. 205 with GTR No. 6 would increase safety. 
DATES : As of April 4, 2019, the proposed 
amendments to 49 CFR part 571 that were contained in the notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) published June 21, 2012 (77 FR 37477) are withdrawn. 
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT : 
James Myers, Office of Crashworthiness Standards (Phone 202–366–1810; FAX: 202–366–2739) or Callie Roach, Office of the Chief Counsel (Phone: 202–366– 2992; FAX: 202–366–3820). 
You may send mail to these officials 
at: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590. 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION : 
I. Background 
Federal Motor Vehicle Safety 
Standard (FMVSS) No. 205, ‘‘Glazing materials,’’ (49 CFR 571.205), specifies performance requirements for the types of glazing that may be installed in motor vehicles. It also specifies the vehicle locations in which the various types of glazing may be installed. The purpose of FMVSS No. 205 is to reduce injuries (e.g., lacerations) resulting from impact 
to glazing surfaces, to ensure a necessary degree of transparency in motor vehicle windows for driver visibility, and to minimize the possibility of occupants being thrown through the vehicle windows in collisions. FMVSS No. 205 applies to 
passenger cars, multipurpose passenger vehicles, trucks, buses, motorcycles, slide-in campers, pickup covers designed to carry persons while in motion and low speed vehicles, and to glazing materials for use in those vehicles. 
GTR No. 6, ‘‘Safety Glazing Materials 
for Motor Vehicles and Motor Vehicle Equipment,’’ was adopted under the United Nations/Economic Commission for Europe (UN/ECE) 1998 Agreement, which is administered by World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulation (WP.29). At the one-hundred-and-thirty- second session of the WP.29 in March 2004, the formal proposal to develop a GTR on safety glazing was adopted, and at that time restricted the scope of the glazing GTR to glass safety glazing, thereby excluding other materials, such as plastics. The objective of GTR No. 6 is to develop an internationally harmonized standard regarding the safety of glass automotive glazing materials. GTR No. 6 includes requirements and tests to ensure that the mechanical properties, optical qualities 
and environmental resistance of glazing are satisfactory; it does not include type approval, plastic glazing and installation requirements. 
II. NPRM 
On June 21, 2012, NHTSA published 
a NPRM
1as part of the agency’s 
ongoing effort to harmonize vehicle 
safety standards under the UN/ECE 1998 agreement when, and to the extent, appropriate to do so. The agency stated in the NPRM that harmonization with GTR No. 6 would modernize the test procedures for tempered glass, laminated glass, and glass-plastic glazing used in front windshields and rear and side windows. The GTR proposed an upgraded fragmentation test for testing the tempering of curved tempered glass, and a new procedure for testing an optical property of the windshield at the angle of installation, to more accurately reflect real world driving conditions than the current procedure used in Standard No. 205. The agency said further that most of the proposals were minor amendments that would harmonize differing measurements and performance requirements for similar test procedures. Many of the tests in the GTR were said to be substantially similar to tests currently included in FMVSS No. 205. 
III. Comments Received 
In the NPRM, the agency requested 
public comment on whether the 
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2Docket No. NHTSA–2012–0083. 
3Kahane, C.J. (2015, January). Lives saved by 
vehicle safety technologies and associated Federal 
Motor Vehicle Safety Standards, 1960 to 2012— Passenger cars and LTVs—With reviews of 26 FMVSS and the effectiveness of their associated safety technologies in reducing fatalities, injuries and crashes. (Report No. DOT HS 812 069). Washington, DC: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. proposed amendments reflecting 
provisions of the GTR are suitable for being adopted into the Federal glazing standard. NHTSA received comments from 14 entities in response to the NPRM to adopt GTR provisions in FMVSS No. 205.
2These comments 
came from trade associations, glazing manufacturers, automobile manufacturers, a glazing industry expert, and a safety technology company. Overall, most of the comments supported the harmonization efforts, though several suggested revisions or requested clarification. A few commenters were opposed to certain aspects of the proposed harmonization of glazing standards, with one respondent completely opposing the NPRM. NHTSA also received comments for definitions, markings, and cost. 
IV. Decision to Withdraw Rulemaking 
Crash data indicates that current 
glazing materials are performing 
acceptably. Since the 1960s, the magnitude of the safety problem for glazing has been substantially reduced.
3 
The increased availability of automatic occupant protection systems has resulted in a substantial reduction in the numbers of occupants impacting the windshield and thus being exposed to lacerative injuries from broken glass. The current glazing standard ensures that emerging and evolving glazing technologies produce commensurate benefits and that glazing remains a safety concern rather than becoming a safety problem. 
According to agency crash data, 
occupant ejection, particularly during rollover events, is a much larger safety problem than lacerations from broken glass. NHTSA addressed this safety problem by issuing FMVSS No. 226, ‘‘Ejection mitigation,’’ in 2011. The standard became fully phased-in in 2017. While glazing materials may be one component of an ejection mitigation countermeasure system, the scope of FMVSS No. 205 is focused on material performance in terms of the glazing mechanical strength, optical properties, and environmental durability. The tests described in FMVSS No. 205 assure conformance with minimum required glazing equipment performance levels. Based on the results of our review and 
of available data and analysis of the 
technically substantive comments, the agency is unable to conclude at this time that harmonizing FMVSS No. 205 with GTR No. 6 would, on balance, increase or decrease safety. While some of the proposed changes would be expected to improve safety as they more accurately reflect real world driving conditions, others may result in a decrease in safety. NHTSA has determined that it does not have sufficient data to evaluate the safety implications of harmonizing FMVSS No. 205 with GTR No. 6. Therefore, NHTSA has determined that the most appropriate path forward at this time is to withdraw the 2012 NPRM. 
In order to better inform future agency 
decisions, NHTSA is planning a glazing research study. NHTSA is also monitoring SAE International’s efforts to publish a new Glazing Standard, SAE Standard J3097 ‘‘Standard for Safety Glazing Materials for Glazing Motor Vehicles and Motor Vehicle Equipment Operating on Land Highways.’’ If this study is undertaken as planned, it may enable the agency to reach clearer conclusions about the impact of harmonizing FMVSS No. 205 with GTR No. 6. Depending on the outcome of that study and SAE’s progress, NHTSA would consider those data in potential next steps. 
The agency notes that this document 
does not represent a decision whether or not to adopt GTR No. 6. NHTSA voted in favor of establishing a global technical regulation (GTR) on automotive glazing and considered adopting the regulations by issuing an NPRM in 2012. However, after considering public comments received in response to the proposal, the agency is withdrawing the NPRM to reconsider its next steps. Accordingly, NHTSA withdraws the 2012 proposed glazing GTR harmonization rulemaking. 
Issued in Washington, DC, under authority 
delegated in 49 CFR part 1.95 and 501.5. 
Heidi Renate King, Deputy Administrator. 
[FR Doc. 2019–06518 Filed 4–3–19; 8:45 am] 
BILLING CODE 4910–59–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
Fish and Wildlife Service 
50 CFR Part 17 
[Docket No. FWS–R3–ES–2018–0056; 
4500030113] 
RIN 1018–BD26 
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife 
and Plants; 12-Month Petition Finding and Endangered Species Status for the Missouri Distinct Population Segment of Eastern Hellbender 
AGENCY : Fish and Wildlife Service, 
Interior. 
ACTION : Proposed rule. 
SUMMARY : We, the U.S. Fish and 
Wildlife Service (Service), announce a 12-month finding on a petition to list the hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis), a salamander species, as an endangered or threatened species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (Act), as amended. Because the Service published a final rule to list the Ozark hellbender subspecies (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis bishopi) as endangered on October 6, 2011, this 12-month petition finding addresses the eastern hellbender subspecies (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis alleganiensis). After review of the best available scientific and commercial information, we find that listing of the eastern hellbender is not warranted. However, we determined that listing is warranted for a distinct population segment (DPS) of the eastern hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis alleganiensis) in Missouri. Accordingly, we propose to list the Missouri DPS of the eastern hellbender (C. a. alleganiensis) as an endangered species under the Act. If we finalize this rule as proposed, it would extend the Act’s protections to this DPS. 
DATES : We will accept comments 
received or postmarked on or before June 3, 2019. Comments submitted electronically using the Federal eRulemaking Portal (see 
ADDRESSES , 
below) must be received by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on the closing date. We must receive requests for public hearings, in writing, at the address shown in 
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION  
CONTACT by May 20, 2019. 
ADDRESSES : You may submit comments 
by one of the following methods: 
(1) Electronically: Go to the Federal 
eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. In the Search box, 
enter FWS–R3–ES–2018–0056, which is the docket number for this rulemaking. Then, click on the Search button. On the 
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