Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 93 / Friday, May 12, 2000 / Notices 30599

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION

[DA–00–1012, MM Docket No. 00–76, RM–

9809]

Digital Television Broadcast Service;

Urbana, IL

AGENCY: Federal Communications

Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: The Commission requests

comments on a petition filed by the

University of Illinois Board of Trustees,

licensee of noncommercial educational

station WILL–TV, NTSC Channel *12,

Urbana, Illinois, requesting the

substitution of DTV Channel *9 for DTV

Channel *33. DTV Channel *9 can be

allotted to Urbana, Illinois, in

compliance with the principle

community coverage requirements of

section 73.625(a) at coordinates 40–02–

18 N and 88–40–10 W with a power of

30 (kW) and a height above average

terrain (HAAT) 302 meters.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or

before July 3, 2000, and reply comments

on or before July 19, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications

Commission, 445 12th Street, SW, Room

TW–A325, Washington, DC 20554. In

addition to filing comments with the

FCC, interested parties should serve the

petitioner, or its counsel or consultant,

as follows: Wayne Coy, Jr., Cohn and

Marks, Suite 300, 1920 N Street, NW,

Washington, DC 20036–1622 (Counsel

for The University of Illinois Board of

Trustees).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pam

Blumenthal, Mass Media Bureau, (202)

418–1600.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a

synopsis of the Commission’s Notice of

Proposed Rule Making, MM Docket No.

00–76, adopted May 9, 2000, and

released May 10, 2000. The full text of

this Commission decision is available

for inspection and copying during

normal business hours in the FCC

Reference Center 445 12th Street, SW,

Washington, DC. The complete text of

this decision may also be purchased

from the Commission’s copy contractor,

International Transcription Services,

Inc., (202) 857–3800, 1231 20th Street,

NW, Washington, DC 20036.

Provisions of the Regulatory

Flexibility Act of 1980 do not apply to

this proceeding.

Members of the public should note

that from the time a Notice of Proposed

Rule Making is issued until the matter

is no longer subject to Commission

consideration or court review, all ex

parte contacts are prohibited in

Commission proceedings, such as this

one, which involve channel allotments.

See 47 CFR 1.1204(b) for rules

governing permissible ex parte contacts.

For information regarding proper

filing procedures for comments, see 47

CFR 1.415 and 1.420.

Federal Communications Commission.

Barbara A. Kreisman,

Chief, Video Services Division, Mass Media

Bureau.

[FR Doc. 00–11974 Filed 5–11–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P

FEDERAL EMERGENCY

MANAGEMENT AGENCY

[FEMA–1326–DR]

Maine; Major Disaster and Related

Determinations

AGENCY: Federal Emergency

Management Agency (FEMA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This is a notice of the

Presidential declaration of a major

disaster for the State of Maine (FEMA–

1326-DR), dated April 28, 2000, and

related determinations.

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 28, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Madge Dale, Response and Recovery

Directorate, Federal Emergency

Management Agency, Washington, DC

20472, (202) 646–3772.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is

hereby given that, in a letter dated April

28, 2000, the President declared a major

disaster under the authority of the

Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and

Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C.

5121 et seq.), as follows:

I have determined that the damage in

certain areas of the State of Maine, resulting

from severe storms, flooding, and ice jams

beginning on March 28, 2000, and continuing

is of sufficient severity and magnitude to

warrant a major disaster declaration under

the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and

Emergency Assistance Act, Pub. L. 93–288, as

amended (‘‘the Stafford Act’’). I, therefore,

declare that such a major disaster exists in

the State of Maine.

In order to provide Federal assistance, you

are hereby authorized to allocate from funds

available for these purposes, such amounts as

you find necessary for Federal disaster

assistance and administrative expenses.

You are authorized to provide Public

Assistance and Hazard Mitigation in the

designated areas and any other forms of

assistance under the Stafford Act you may

deem appropriate. Consistent with the

requirement that Federal assistance be

supplemental, any Federal funds provided

under the Stafford Act for Public Assistance

or Hazard Mitigation will be limited to 75

percent of the total eligible costs.

Further, you are authorized to make

changes to this declaration to the extent

allowable under the Stafford Act.

Notice is hereby given that pursuant

to the authority vested in the Director of

the Federal Emergency Management

Agency under Executive Order 12148, I

hereby appoint A. David Rodham of the

Federal Emergency Management Agency

to act as the Federal Coordinating

Officer for this declared disaster.

I do hereby determine the following

areas of the State of Maine to have been

affected adversely by this declared

major disaster:

Androscoggin, Aroostook, Franklin,

Kennebec, Oxford, and Somerset Counties for

Public Assistance.

All counties within the State of Maine

are eligible to apply for assistance under

the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program.

(The following Catalog of Federal Domestic

Assistance Numbers (CFDA) are to be used

for reporting and drawing funds: 83.537,

Community Disaster Loans; 83.538, Cora

Brown Fund Program; 83.539, Crisis

Counseling; 83.540, Disaster Legal Services

Program; 83.541, Disaster Unemployment

Assistance (DUA); 83.542, Fire Suppression

Assistance; 83.543, Individual and Family

Grant (IFG) Program; 83.544, Public

Assistance Grants; 83.545, Disaster Housing

Program; 83.548, Hazard Mitigation Grant

Program.)

James L. Witt,

Director.

[FR Doc. 00–11990 Filed 5–11–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6718–02–P

FEDERAL EMERGENCY

MANAGEMENT AGENCY

[FEMA–1324–DR]

Maryland; Amendment No. 2 to Notice

of a Major Disaster Declaration

AGENCY: Federal Emergency

Management Agency (FEMA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This is a notice of the

Presidential declaration of a major

disaster for the State of Maryland

(FEMA–1324–DR), dated April 10, 2000,

and related determinations.

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 3, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Madge Dale, Response and Recovery

Directorate, Federal Emergency

Management Agency, Washington, DC

20472, (202) 646–3772.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The notice

of a major disaster for the State of

Maryland is hereby amended to include

the following area among those areas

determined to have been adversely

affected by the catastrophe declared a