14882 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 53 / Friday, March 18, 2011 / Proposed Rules 

Subpart D—Citizens Band (CB) Radio 

Service 

Brief Description: The Part 95 rules govern 

the Personal Radio Services, including the 

General Mobile Radio Service, Family Radio 

Service, Radio Control Radio Service, 

Citizens Band Radio Service, 218–219 MHz 

Service, Low Power Radio Service, Wireless 

Medical Telemetry Service, Medical Implant 

Communications Service, and Multi-Use 

Radio Service. Subpart D applies to the 

Citizens Band (CB) Radio Service. 

Need: The rule defines the Citizens Band 

Radio Services. 

Legal Basis: 47 U.S.C. 154 and 303. 

Section Number and Title: 

95.401(d) (CB Rule 1) What are the Citizens 

Band Radio Services? 

Subpart E—Technical Regulations 

Brief Description: The Part 95 rules govern 

the Personal Radio Services, including the 

General Mobile Radio Service, Family Radio 

Service, Radio Control Radio Service, 

Citizens Band Radio Service, 218–219 MHz 

Service, Low Power Radio Service, Wireless 

Medical Telemetry Service, Medical Implant 

Communications Service, and Multi-Use 

Radio Service. Subpart E contains technical 

regulations. 

Need: The rules specify technical 

standards for Medical Implant 

Communications Service transmitters. 

Legal Basis: 47 U.S.C. 154 and 303. 

Section Number and Title: 

95.603(f) Certification required. 

95.628 MICS transmitter. 

95.631(h) Emission types. 

95.633(e) Emission bandwidth. 

95.639(f) Maximum transmitter power. 

Subpart F—218–219 MHz Service 

Brief Description: The Part 95 rules govern 

the Personal Radio Services, including the 

General Mobile Radio Service, Family Radio 

Service, Radio Control Radio Service, 

Citizens Band Radio Service, 218–219 MHz 

Service, Low Power Radio Service, Wireless 

Medical Telemetry Service, Medical Implant 

Communications Service, and Multi-Use 

Radio Service. Subpart F sets out regulations 

governing the licensing and operation of a 

218–219 MHz system. 

Need: Section 95.807 requires applicants 

seeking authorizations for systems in the 

218–219 MHz Service to specify the 

regulatory status requested. Section 95.812 

specifies the term of a 218–219 MHz service 

system license. Section 95.823 sets forth 

rules pertaining to geographic partitioning 

and spectrum disaggregation of such licenses. 

Legal Basis: 47 U.S.C. 154 and 303. 

Section Number and Title: 

95.807 Requesting regulatory status. 

95.812 License term. 

95.823 Geographic partitioning and 

spectrum disaggregation. 

Subpart I—Medical Implant 

Communications (MICS) 

Brief Description: The Part 95 rules govern 

the Personal Radio Services, including the 

General Mobile Radio Service, Family Radio 

Service, Radio Control Radio Service, 

Citizens Band Radio Service, 218–219 MHz 

Service, Low Power Radio Service, Wireless 

Medical Telemetry Service, Medical Implant 

Communications Service, and Multi-Use 

Radio Service. Subpart I sets forth regulations 

governing the operation of Medical Implant 

Communications Service transmitters. 

Need: These rules implement the majority 

of MICS requirements. 

Legal Basis: 47 U.S.C. 154 and 303. 

Section Number and Title: 

95.1201 Eligibility. 

95.1203 Authorized locations. 

95.1205 Station identification. 

95.1207 Station inspection. 

95.1209 Permissible communications. 

95.1211 Channel use policy. 

95.1213 Antennas. 

95.1215 Disclosure policies. 

95.1217 Labeling requirements. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 223 

RIN 0648–XZ59 

Endangered and Threatened Species; 

Proposed Threatened Status for 

Subspecies of the Ringed Seal 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public hearing. 

SUMMARY: On December 10, 2010, we, 

NMFS, published a proposed rule to list 

the Arctic (Phoca hispida hispida), 

Okhotsk (Phoca hispida ochotensis), 

Baltic (Phoca hispida botnica), and 

Ladoga (Phoca hispida ladogensis) 

subspecies of the ringed seal as 

threatened under the Endangered 

Species Act of 1973, as amended (ESA). 

As part of that proposal, we announced 

a public comment period to end on 

February 8, 2011, and then extended the 

comment period to March 25, 2011. 

NMFS has received requests for public 

hearings on this issue. In response, in a 

previous notice we announced public 

hearings to be held in Anchorage and 

Barrow, AK. In addition, in this notice 

NMFS is announcing a separate hearing 

that will be held in Nome, AK, to 

provide greater opportunity for public 

comment. 

DATES: A hearing will be held on April 

5, 2011, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. in Nome, 

AK. Written comments must be received 

on or before March 25, 2011, or during 

the hearing in Nome. 

ADDRESSES: The April 5, 2011, hearing 

will be held at the Mini-Convention 

Center, 409 River Street, Nome, AK. 

Send written comments to Kaja Brix, 

Assistant Regional Administrator, 

Protected Resources Division, Alaska 

Region, NMFS, Attn: Ellen Sebastian. 

You may submit comments, identified 

by RIN 0648–XZ59, by any one of the 

following methods: 

• Electronic Submissions: Submit all 

electronic public comments via the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal at http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

• Mail: P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 

99802. 

• Fax: (907) 586–7557. 

• Hand delivery to the Federal 

Building: 709 West 9th Street, Room 

420A, Juneau, AK. 

All comments received are a part of 

the public record. Comments will 

generally be posted without change. All 

Personal Identifying Information (for 

example, name, address, etc.) 

voluntarily submitted by the commenter 

may be publicly accessible. Do not 

submit Confidential Business 

Information or otherwise sensitive or 

protected information. 

We will accept anonymous comments 

(enter N/A in the required fields, if you 

wish to remain anonymous). You may 

submit attachments to electronic 

comments in Microsoft Word, Excel, 

WordPerfect, or Adobe PDF file formats 

only. 

The proposed rule, status review 

report, and other materials relating to 

this proposal can be found on the 

Alaska Region Web site at: http:// 

alaskafisheries.noaa.gov/. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Tamara Olson, NMFS Alaska Region, 

(907) 271–5006; Kaja Brix, NMFS 

Alaska Region, (907) 586–7235; or Marta 

Nammack, Office of Protected 

Resources, Silver Spring, MD (301) 713– 

1401. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On December 10, 2010 (75 FR 77476), 

we published a proposed rule to list the 

Arctic, Okhotsk, Baltic, and Ladoga 

subspecies of the ringed seal as 

threatened under the ESA. Based on the 

status of these subspecies, we also 

proposed protective regulations 

pursuant to section 4(d) of the ESA for 

these subspecies to include all of the 

prohibitions in section 9(a)(1) of the 

ESA. The original due date for 

comments on these proposed actions 

(February 8, 2011) was extended to 

March 25, 2011 (76 FR 6754; February 

8, 2011). 


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Public Hearings 

Joint Commerce-Interior ESA 

implementing regulations state that the 

Secretary shall promptly hold at least 

one public hearing if any person 

requests one within 45 days of 

publication of a proposed regulation to 

list a species or to designate critical 

habitat (see 50 CFR 424.16(c)(3)). In 

response to requests from various 

parties to hold public hearings in a 

number of locations in Alaska, we 

published a notice in the Federal 

Register announcing public hearings to 

be held in Anchorage and Barrow, AK 

(76 FR 9733, February 22, 2011). We are 

announcing a separate hearing in Nome, 

AK, to provide greater opportunity for 

public comment. We will accept oral 

and written comments on both the 

proposed rule for ringed seals and the 

proposed rule for bearded seals (75 FR 

77496; December 10, 2010) during these 

hearings. 

People wishing to make an oral 

statement for the record at a public 

hearing are encouraged to provide a 

written copy of their statement and 

present it to us at the hearing. In the 

event that attendance at the public 

hearings is large, the time allotted for 

oral statements may be limited. Oral and 

written statements receive equal 

consideration. There are no limits on 

the length of written comments 

submitted to us. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1533 et seq. 

Dated: March 15, 2011. 

James H. Lecky, 

Director, Office of Protected Resources, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 223 

RIN 0648–XZ58 

Endangered and Threatened Species; 

Proposed Threatened Status for 

Distinct Population Segments of the 

Bearded Seal 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public hearing. 

SUMMARY: On December 10, 2010, we, 

NMFS, published a proposed rule to list 

the Beringia and Okhotsk Distinct 

Population Segments (DPSs) of the 

bearded seal (Erignathus barbatus) as 

threatened under the Endangered 

Species Act of 1973, as amended (ESA). 

As part of that proposal, we announced 

a public comment period to end on 

February 8, 2011, and then extended the 

comment period to March 25, 2011. 

NMFS has received requests for public 

hearings on this issue. In response, in a 

previous notice we announced public 

hearings to be held in Anchorage and 

Barrow, AK. In addition, in this notice 

NMFS is announcing a separate hearing 

that will be held in Nome, AK, to 

provide greater opportunity for public 

comment. 

DATES: A hearing will be held on April 

5, 2011, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. in Nome, 

AK. Written comments must be received 

on or before March 25, 2011, or during 

the hearing in Nome. 

ADDRESSES: The April 5, 2011, hearing 

will be held at the Mini-Convention 

Center, 409 River Street, Nome, AK. 

Send written comments to Kaja Brix, 

Assistant Regional Administrator, 

Protected Resources Division, Alaska 

Region, NMFS, Attn: Ellen Sebastian. 

You may submit comments, identified 

by RIN 0648–XZ59, by any one of the 

following methods: 

• Electronic Submissions: Submit all 

electronic public comments via the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal at http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

• Mail: P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 

99802. 

• Fax: (907) 586–7557. 

• Hand delivery to the Federal 

Building: 709 West 9th Street, Room 

420A, Juneau, AK. 

All comments received are a part of 

the public record. Comments will 

generally be posted without change. All 

Personal Identifying Information (for 

example, name, address, etc.) 

voluntarily submitted by the commenter 

may be publicly accessible. Do not 

submit Confidential Business 

Information or otherwise sensitive or 

protected information. 

We will accept anonymous comments 

(enter N/A in the required fields, if you 

wish to remain anonymous). You may 

submit attachments to electronic 

comments in Microsoft Word, Excel, 

WordPerfect, or Adobe PDF file formats 

only. 

The proposed rule, status review 

report, and other materials relating to 

this proposal can be found on the 

Alaska Region Web site at: http:// 

alaskafisheries.noaa.gov/. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Tamara Olson, NMFS Alaska Region, 

(907) 271–5006; Kaja Brix, NMFS 

Alaska Region, (907) 586–7235; or Marta 

Nammack, Office of Protected 

Resources, Silver Spring, MD (301) 713– 

1401. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On December 10, 2010 (75 FR 77496), 

we published a proposed rule to list the 

Beringia and Okhotsk Distinct 

Population Segments (DPSs) of the 

bearded seal as threatened under the 

ESA. Based on the status of these DPSs, 

we also proposed protective regulations 

pursuant to section 4(d) of the ESA for 

these DPSs to include all of the 

prohibitions in section 9(a)(1) of the 

ESA. The original due date for 

comments on these proposed actions 

(February 8, 2011) was extended to 

March 25, 2011 (76 FR 6755; February 

8, 2011). 

Public Hearings 

Joint Commerce—Interior ESA 

implementing regulations state that the 

Secretary shall promptly hold at least 

one public hearing if any person 

requests one within 45 days of 

publication of a proposed regulation to 

list a species or to designate critical 

habitat (see 50 CFR 424.16(c)(3)). In 

response to requests from various 

parties to hold public hearings in a 

number of locations in Alaska, we 

published a notice in the Federal 

Register announcing public hearings to 

be held in Anchorage and Barrow, AK 

(76 FR 9734, February 22, 2011). We are 

announcing a separate hearing in Nome, 

AK, to provide greater opportunity for 

public comment. We will accept oral 

and written comments on both the 

proposed rule for bearded seals and the 

proposed rule for ringed seals (75 FR 

77476; December 10, 2010) during these 

hearings. 

People wishing to make an oral 

statement for the record at a public 

hearing are encouraged to provide a 

written copy of their statement and 

present it to us at the hearing. In the 

event that attendance at the public 

hearings is large, the time allotted for 

oral statements may be limited. Oral and 

written statements receive equal 

consideration. There are no limits on 

the length of written comments 

submitted to us. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1533 et seq. 

Dated: March 15, 2011. 

James H. Lecky, 

Director, Office of Protected Resources, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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