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TABLE 1.—WASTES EXCLUDED FROM NON-SPECIFIC SOURCES—Continued

Facility Address Waste description

(A) Provide a one-time written notification to any State Regulatory Agency to which or through which

they will transport the delisted waste described above for disposal, 60 days before beginning such activities.

(B) Update the one-time written notification if they ship the delisted waste into a different disposal facility.

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TABLE 2.—WASTES EXCLUDED FROM SPECIFIC SOURCES

Facility Address Waste description

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DuraTherm, Incorporated.San Leon, Texas Desorber Solids, (at a maximum generation of 20,000 cubic yards per calendar year) generated by

DuraTherm using the treatment process to treat the Desorber solids, (EPA Hazardous Waste No.

K048, K049, K050, and K051 and disposed of in a subtitle D landfill.

DuraTherm must implement the testing program found in Table 1. Wastes Excluded From Non-Specific

Sources, for the petition to be valid.

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION

47 CFR PART 11

[DA 00–755]

Emergency Alert System

AGENCY: Federal Communications

Commission.

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: This document revises part 11

of the Commission’s rules governing the

Emergency Alert System (EAS) to

remove certain rule provisions which

are obsolete and to make minor editorial

revisions.

DATES: Effective April 24, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Kathy Berthot, Enforcement Bureau,

Technical and Public Safety Division,

(202) 418–1454.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a

summary of the Order of the

Commission’s Managing Director, DA

00–755, adopted on March 31, 2000,

and released on April 4, 2000. The

complete text of this Order is available

for inspection and copying during

normal business hours in the FCC

Reference Information Center, Courtyard

Level, 445 12th Street, SW, Washington,

D.C., and also may be purchased from

the Commission’s copy contractor,

International Transcription Services,

Inc., at 202–857–3800, CY–B400, 445

12th Street, SW, Washington, D.C.

The Order amends part 11 to remove

references to the EAS authenticator lists,

which have been discontinued by the

Commission. The EAS authenticator

lists were lists of words distributed

annually by the Commission to the

White House Communications Agency

(WHCA), the Federal Emergency

Management Agency (FEMA), and all

EAS participants. The lists were used by

EAS participants to authenticate

national-level EAS messages prior to

activation of the EAS. The Commission

discontinued the EAS authenticator lists

in 1998, after consultation with FEMA

and WHCA, because the new EAS

equipment which must be used by

broadcast stations and cable operators

can process EAS messages automatically

without the need for human

intervention and authentication.

Additionally, the Order removes

references to the required weekly tests

of the old Emergency Broadcast System

Attention Signal from the part 11 rules

because, effective January 1, 1997,

broadcast stations are no longer required

to conduct those tests. Furthermore, the

Order makes minor editorial revisions to

the part 11 rules to reflect the shift of

responsibility for the EAS from the

Commission’s Compliance and

Information Bureau, which has been

eliminated, to the recently established

Enforcement Bureau.

As the Order merely removes obsolete

rule provisions and makes minor

editorial revisions to the rules, the

Commission finds good cause to

conclude that notice and comment

procedures are unnecessary. 5 U.S.C.

553(b)(3)(B). Since a general notice of

proposed rulemaking is not required,

the Regulatory Flexibility Act does not

apply.

The actions taken in the Order have

been analyzed with respect to the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and

found to impose no new or modified

reporting and recordkeeping

requirements or burdens on the public.

List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 11

Radio, Television.

Federal Communications Commission.

Andrew S. Fishel,

Managing Director.

Rule Changes

For the reasons discussed in the

preamble, the Federal Communications

Commission amends 47 CFR part 11 as

follows:

PART 11—EMERGENCY ALERT

SYSTEM (EAS)

1. The authority citation for Part 11

continues to read as follows:

Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151, 154(i) and (o),

303(r), 544(g) and 606.

§ 11.11 [Amended]

2. Section 11.11 is amended by

removing footnotes 4 and 5 in the

Timetable for Broadcast Stations.

§ 11.17 [Removed]

3. Section 11.17 is removed.

4. Section 11.21 is amended by

revising the introductory text to read as

follows:

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§ 11.21 State and local area plans and FCC

mapbook.

EAS plans contain guidelines which

must be followed by broadcast and cable

personnel, emergency officials and

National Weather Service (NWS)

personnel to activate the EAS. The plans

include the EAS header codes and

messages that will be transmitted by key

EAS sources (NP, LP, SP and SR). State

and local plans contain unique methods

of EAS message distribution such as the

use of RBDS. The plans must be

reviewed and approved by the Chief,

Technical and Public Safety Division,

Enforcement Bureau, prior to

implementation to ensure that they are

consistent with national plans, FCC

regulations, and EAS operation.

* * * * *

5. Section 11.41 is amended by

revising paragraph (c) to read as follows:

§ 11.41 Participation in EAS.

* * * * *

(c) All sources, including NN, must

have immediate access to an Operating

Handbook. They should contact the FCC

to ensure that they are on the FCC EAS

mailing list.

6. Section 11.47 is amended by

revising paragraph (b) to read as follows:

§ 11.47 Optional use of other

communications methods and systems.

* * * * *

(b) Other technologies and public

service providers, such as DBS, low

earth orbiting satellites, etc., that wish

to participate in the EAS may contact

the FCC’s Technical and Public Safety

Division, Enforcement Bureau, or their

State Emergency Communications

Committee for information and

guidance.

§ 11.54 [Amended]

7. Section 11.54 is amended by

removing paragraph (b)(2) and

redesignating paragraphs (b)(3) through

(b)(15) as paragraphs (b)(2) through

(b)(14).

8. Section 11.55 is amended by

revising paragraph (c)(4) to read as

follows:

§ 11.55 EAS operation during a State or

Local Area emergency.

* * * * *

(c) * * *

(4) Broadcast stations, cable systems

and wireless cable systems participating

in the State or Local Area EAS must

discontinue normal programming and

follow the procedures in the State and

Local area plans. Television stations

must comply with § 11.54(b)(6) and

cable systems and wireless cable

systems must comply with § 11.54(b)(7).

Broadcast stations providing foreign

language programming shall comply

with § 11.54(b)(8).

* * * * *

9. Section 11.61 is amended by

removing paragraph (a)(2)(i),

redesignating paragraphs (a)(2)(ii)

through (a)(2)(v) as (a)(2)(i) through

(a)(2)(iv), and revising paragraph (a)(6)

to read as follows:

§ 11.61 Tests of EAS procedures.

(a) * * *

(6) EAS activations and special tests.

The EAS may be activated for

emergencies or special tests at the State

or Local Area level by a broadcast

station, cable system or wireless cable

system instead of the monthly or weekly

tests required by this section. To

substitute for a monthly test, activation

must include transmission of the EAS

header codes, Attention Signal,

emergency message and EOM code and

comply with the visual message

requirements in § 11.51. To substitute

for the weekly test of the EAS header

codes and EOM codes in paragraph

(a)(2)(i) of this section, activation must

include transmission of the EAS header

and EOM codes. Television stations and

cable systems and wireless cable

systems shall comply with the aural and

visual message requirements in § 11.51.

Special EAS tests at the State and Local

Area levels may be conducted on a daily

basis following procedures in State and

Local Area EAS plans.

* * * * *

10. Section 11.62 is amended by

revising paragraphs (d) and (e)(2) to read

as follows:

§ 11.62 Closed circuit tests of national

level EAS facilities.

* * * * *

(d) Test announcements will originate

from a point selected by the White

House with program feed circuitry

connected to the telephone company

Toll Test Center at points coordinated

for each test. Participating common

carriers will connect, as required, the

facilities of the radio networks and other

test participants. Telephone companies

are not authorized to add any

participating independent broadcast

stations unless authorized by the FCC.

Authentication will be provided to the

Toll Test Center or other program entry

location responsible for test

arrangements.

(e) * * *

(2) Recipients immediately monitor

their radio network, and if participating,

their television network or cable system,

and check their wire service for the

receipt of the CCT Activation Message.

* * * * *

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BILLING CODE 6712–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

50 CFR Part 648

[Docket No. 000407096-0096-01; I.D.

040300C]

RIN 0648–AN51

Fisheries of the Northeastern United

States; Northeast Multispecies

Fishery; Framework Adjustment 33 to

the Northeast Multispecies Fishery

Management Plan

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Final rule and 2000 target total

allowable catch (TAC) levels.

SUMMARY: NMFS issues this final rule to

establish 2000 target TACs for five

Northeast multispecies fisheries and to

implement measures contained in

Framework Adjustment 33 of the

Northeast Multispecies Fishery

Management Plan (FMP). This final rule

implements management measures that

include the following:

A continuation of the current Gulf of

Maine (GOM) cod trip limit and the

current GOM area closures;

Two conditional 1-month closed areas

(portions of Massachusetts Bay and

Stellwagen Bank in January and Cashes

Ledge in November), which would

become effective if preliminary landings

through July 31, 2000, indicate that

more than 1.67 million lb (759 mt) of

GOM cod have been landed;

A 1-year extension of the Western

GOM year-round closure, which

otherwise would expire on April 30,

2001;

The closure of a portion of Georges

Bank (GB) east and southeast of Cape

Cod during May to vessels fishing for

multispecies and the removal of a

regulatory provision that gave the

Administrator, Northeast Region, NMFS

(Regional Administrator), the authority

to reduce the GB cod trip limit;

A continuation of the GB cod landing

limit;

A haddock daily landing limit of

3,000 lb/days at sea (DAS) (1,360.8 kg/

DAS) with a maximum possession limit

of 30,000 lb (13,608 kg) per trip with

potential increases in landing limits;