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(4) Then the boundary goes southsouthwest in a straight line

approximately 8 km, until it reaches

U.S. Highway 12, about 2.5 km east of

Reese, Washington,

(5) Then the boundary goes south in

a straight line for approximately 8 km,

crossing the Washington—Oregon state

line and moving onto the Pendleton

U.S.G.S. map, where it meets the 450 m

contour line in T6N/R32E, near an

unnamed peak with an elevation of 461

m,

(6) Then the boundary follows the 450

m contour line in a generally

southeasterly direction until it intersects

Dry Creek in T4N/R35E,

(7) Then the boundary goes southeast

along Dry Creek (Oregon) until it

reaches the 2000 foot contour line,

(8) Then the boundary follows the

2000 foot contour line in a generally

northeasterly direction, crossing the

Oregon—Washington state line and

returning to the Walla Walla U.S.G.S

map, until it reaches the point of

beginning.

Approved: May 22, 2000.

Bradley A. Buckles,

Director.

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BILLING CODE 4810–31–U

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[PA153–4100b; FRL–6702–4]

Approval and Promulgation of Air

Quality Implementation Plans;

Pennsylvania; Nitrogen Oxides

Allowance Requirements

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: EPA proposes to approve the

State Implementation Plan (SIP)

revisions submitted by the

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania on

December 19, 1997 and December 27,

1999. These revisions implement

Pennsylvania’s portion of the Ozone

Transport Commission’s (OTC)

September 27, 1994 Memorandum of

Understanding (MOU) including a

regional nitrogen oxides (NOX) cap and

trade program that will significantly

reduce NOX emissions generated within

the Ozone Transport Region (OTR). In

the Final Rules section of this Federal

Register, EPA is approving the

Commonwealth’s SIP revision submittal

as a direct final rule without prior

proposal because the Agency views this

as a noncontroversial submittal and

anticipates no adverse comments. A

detailed rationale for the approval is set

forth in the direct final rule. If no

adverse comments are received in

response to this action, no further

activity is contemplated. If EPA receives

adverse comments, the direct final rule

will be withdrawn and all public

comments received will be addressed in

a subsequent final rule based on this

proposed rule. EPA will not institute a

second comment period. Any parties

interested in commenting on this action

should do so at this time.

DATES: Comments must be received in

writing by July 6, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be

mailed to David L. Arnold, Chief, Ozone

& Mobile Sources Branch, Mailcode

3AP21, U.S. EPA, Region III, 1650 Arch

Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103. Copies

of the documents relevant to this action

are available for public inspection

during normal business hours at the Air

Protection Division, EPA, Region III,

1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA

19103 and Pennsylvania Department of

Environmental Protection, Bureau of Air

Quality, P.O. Box 8468, 400 Market

Street, Harrisburg, PA 17105.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Cristina Fernandez, (215) 814–2178, or

by e-mail at fernandez.cristina@epa.gov.

While information may be requested via

e-mail, comments must be submitted in

writing to the Region III address

provided above.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For

further information, please see the

direct final action, with the same title,

that is located in the ‘‘Rules and

Regulations’’ section of this Federal

Register publication.

Dated: April 24, 2000.

Bradley M. Campbell,

Regional Administrator, Region III.

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 24

[GEN Docket No. 90–314, ET Docket No.

92–100, PP Docket No. 93–253; FCC 00–

159]

Narrowband Personal

Communications Services;

Competitive Bidding

AGENCY: Federal Communications

Commission.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rule making.

SUMMARY: In this document the

Commission seeks comment on whether

it should license the one megahertz of

narrowband Personal Communications

Services (PCS) spectrum that has been

held in reserve. The Commission seeks

comment on how to channelize this one

megahertz and on whether the

unlicensed narrowband PCS spectrum

that has already been channelized

should be rechannelized to create

licenses authorizing the use of larger

blocks of spectrum.

DATES: Comments are due on or before

July 5, 2000, and reply comments are

due on or before July 20, 2000.

ADDRESSES: All comments and reply

comments must be sent to Office of the

Secretary, Federal Communications

Commission, 445 12th Street, SW,

Washington, DC 20554.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Alice Elder, Auctions and Industry

Analysis Division, Wireless

Telecommunications Bureau, at (202)

418–0660.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a

summary of a Second Further Notice of

Proposed Rule Making (Second FNPRM)

adopted on May 5, 2000, and released

on May 18, 2000. The complete text of

this Second FNPRM is available for

inspection and copying during normal

business hours in the FCC Reference

Center (Room CY–A257), 445 12th

Street, SW, Washington, DC. It may also

be purchased from the Commission’s

copy contractor, International

Transcription Services, Inc. (ITS, Inc.),

1231 20th Street, NW, Washington, DC

20036, (202) 857–3800. It is also

available on the Commission’s web site

at http://www.fcc.gov/wtb/auctions.

Synopsis of the Second Further Notice

of Proposed Rule Making

1. The Commission tentatively

concludes that it is in the public interest

to proceed with licensing the one

megahertz of narrowband PCS spectrum

that has been held in reserve. Although

a number of commenters argue that it is

premature to auction this spectrum,

considerable time has elapsed since

these comments were filed. Moreover,

the demand for spectrum has increased

dramatically as a result of explosive

growth in wireless communications and

there is very little unencumbered

spectrum available for new services.

Thus, the Commission believes that the

narrowband PCS reserve spectrum,

which is unencumbered, should be

made available to those interested in

bringing new and innovative services to

the public. To facilitate the introduction

of new and innovative services, the

Commission also tentatively concludes