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regulations and policies and procedures

of the Services for compliance with

those regulations. We predict that the

draft EIS will be available for public

review during the first quarter of 2001.

Dated: June 22, 2000.

Rowan W. Gould,

Regional Director, Region 1, U.S. Fish and

Wildlife Service, Portland, Oregon.

Dated: June 23, 2000.

Craig Johnson,

Acting Chief, Endangered Species Division,

Office of Protected Resources, National

Marine Fisheries Service.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 061900C]

Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management

Council; Public Meetings

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting;

correction.

SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery

Management Council published a

document in the Federal Register of

June 23, 2000, concerning convening of

public meetings. This document

contained insufficient information.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Wayne E. Swingle, Executive Director,

Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management

Council; telephone: 813–228–2815.

Correction

In the Federal Register of June 23,

2000, in FR Doc. 00–15974, on page

39132, in the first column, under the

heading ‘‘Monday, July 10, 2000,’’ first

paragraph, last sentence, add the

following to read:

‘‘The Committee will hear a NOAA

General Counsel legal opinion regarding

the stone crab amendment and will

discuss possible responses to that legal

opinion.’’

In the Federal Register of June 23,

2000, in FR Doc. 00–15974, on page

39133, in the second column, under the

heading ‘‘Tuesday, July 11, 2000,’’

revise the last paragraph to read:

3:30 p.m.–5 p.m.—Convene the

Habitat Protection Committee to hear a

presentation on the Williams Gas

Pipeline Project, the Gulfstream Gas

Pipeline Project, and a review of the

proposed Destination Broadwater Draft

EIS.

Dated: June 26, 2000.

Richard W. Surdi,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Telecommunications and

Information Administration

[Docket No. [000609173–0173–01]

RIN 0660–XX08

Public Meeting, Request for Comment

on All-Hazard Warning Network

AGENCY: National Telecommunications

and Information Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting,

request for public comment.

SUMMARY: The Assistant Secretary for

Communications and Information and

Administrator of the National

Telecommunications and Information

Administration (NTIA), Gregory L.

Rohde, in cooperation with the AllHazard Warning Interagency Working

Group, will host a roundtable

discussion on July 17, 2000 that will be

open to the public to explore hazard

warning systems. Recent technological

advances are fostering new and

innovative methods of bringing warning

messages to the public. This notice,

through a series of questions, requests

public comment on issues relating to the

means by which government agencies

and public and private sectors can work

together to ensure that hazard warning

systems are developed to save more

lives.

DATES: The All-Hazard Warning

Roundtable will be held from 9:30–

11:30 a.m., Monday, July 17, 2000.

Written comments must be filed on or

before August 18, 2000. Written reply

comments must be filed on or before

September 1, 2000.

ADDRESSES: The All-Hazard Warning

Roundtable will be held from 9:30–

11:30 a.m. on July 17, 2000, at the U.S.

Department of Commerce, Room 4830,

1401 Constitution Avenue, NW.,

Washington, DC 20230. The meeting

will be open to the public. For current

information on the roundtable, please

see NTIA’s website at http://

www.ntia.doc.gov.

The Department invites the public to

submit written comments on paper or

electronic form. Comments may be

mailed to Jeng Mao, Public Safety

Program, National Telecommunications

and Information Administration (NTIA),

U.S. Department of Commerce, Room

4624, 1401 Constitution Avenue, NW.,

Washington, DC 20230. In the

alternative, comments may be submitted

in electronic form to the following

electronic mail address:

<warnings@ntia.doc.gov>.

Submission of Documents

Written Comments

Paper submissions should include

three paper copies and a version on a

diskette in PDF, ASCII, WordPerfect

(please specify version) or Microsoft

Word (please specify version) format.

Diskettes should be labeled with the

name of the party, and the name and

version of the word processing program

used to create the document. Comments

and reply comments submitted via email to <warnings@ntia.doc.gov>

should also be submitted in the formats

specified above.

All comments and reply comments

should be captioned ‘‘All-Hazard

Warning—Comment [or Reply

Comment], Docket No. 000609173–

0173–01.’’ Comments and reply

comments should be numbered and

organized in response to the questions

set forth in this Notice.

Comments and reply comments

received will be posted on the NTIA

web site at http://www.ntia.doc.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeng

Mao, Public Safety Program, National

Telecommunications and Information

Administration at either telephone

number (202) 501–0342 or electronic

mail <jmao@ntia.doc.gov>.

Media inquiries should be directed to

NTIA’s Office of Public Affairs at (202)

482–7002.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

In 1998, Vice President Gore’s

National Partnership for Reinventing

Government (NPR) brought together

representatives from more than a dozen

Federal agencies to form an inter-agency

working group to explore ways of

improving the Nation’s hazard warning

systems to save lives. This group is

working to do this by finding combined

solutions to give people better, faster,

and more effective hazard warnings. As

a result of its efforts, the inter-agency

working group published Saving Lives

With an All-Hazard Warning Network in

December 1999. This report made

several important observations about the

current warning system and the future

needs for effective warnings.

Currently, the National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

Weather Radio is the most direct way to

warn people about all impending

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hazards. Recent technological advances,

however, have fostered new and

innovative methods of bringing hazard

warnings to the public. To reach the

maximum number of people, we must

utilize all available communications

technologies—both current and

emerging—to deliver better, faster, more

affordable, and more effective hazard

warnings. Partnerships between

government agencies and public and

private parties will help to ensure that

these life saving hazard warnings are

provided through various means of

communication available to consumers.

These communications technologies

include both wireline and wireless

telephone services, Internet, paging,

broadcast television and radio, both

satellite and cable television, and

emerging technologies.

Questions for Public Comment

Interested parties are requested to

submit written comments on any issue

of fact, law, or policy that may inform

the U.S. Department of Commerce on

hazard warnings. Specifically,

comments are requested on the

questions below. These questions are

designed to assist the public and should

not be construed as a limitation on the

issues on which public comments may

be submitted. Comments should cite the

number of the question(s) being

addressed. Please provide copies of any

studies, research and other empirical

data referenced in the comments.

1. Is it technologically feasible today

to deliver hazard warnings: to wireless

devices, such as cell phones and pagers;

over the Internet to users who are

online; to standard telephones in the

form of a call warning; to broadcast

television; to satellite services; to cable

television; and to emerging and

developing technologies?

2. What are the tradeoffs among

technology options?

3. What are the economic

impediments, if any, to the use of any

of the technologies that might be used

to disseminate hazard warnings?

4. What are the legal impediments, if

any, to the use of any of the

technologies that might be used to

disseminate hazard warnings?

5. What legal measures, if any, should

be taken to foster the delivery of hazard

warnings?

6. What economic and technological

policy measures, if any, should be taken

to foster the dissemination of hazard

warnings?

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION: The All-Hazard

Warning Roundtable is open to the

public on a first-come, first-served basis

and physically accessible to people with

disabilities. To facilitate entry into the

Department of Commerce building,

please have a photo identification

available and/or a U.S. Government

building pass if applicable. Any member

of the public wishing to attend and

requiring special services, such as a sign

language interpretation or other

ancillary aids, should contact Jeng Mao,

Public Safety Program, U.S. Department

of Commerce, at least five (5) working

days prior to the All-Hazard Warning

Roundtable, at either telephone number

(202) 501–0342 or electronic mail at

<jmao@ntia.doc.gov>.

Gregory L. Rohde,

Assistant Secretary for Communications and

Information.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Telecommunications and

Information Administration

[Docket No. 000608169–0169–01]

RIN 0660–XX07

Notice of Public Meeting and Request

for Comment on Minority Media

Ownership

AGENCY: National Telecommunications

and Information Administration, U.S.

Department of Commerce

ACTION: Notice of public meeting,

request for public comment.

SUMMARY: The Assistant Secretary for

Communications and Information and

Administrator of the National

Telecommunications and Information

Administration (NTIA), Gregory L.

Rohde, will host a roundtable

discussion open to the public on

minority media ownership in a

changing industry. NTIA also requests

public comment on ways to preserve

diversity in the media. With relaxation

of the local broadcast ownership caps

and elimination of the national station

limit under the Telecommunications

Act of 1996, concentration in the

broadcasting industry has increased.

Although access to investment capital

remains a challenge for many minority

entrepreneurs seeking to buy broadcast

stations, the convergence of traditional

broadcasting and new

telecommunications technologies may

present new opportunities for media

ownership. Therefore, the roundtable

discussion will also explore ways to

improve prospects for minorities to

acquire media properties. In addition,

this notice will present a series of

questions to solicit public comment on

these issues.

DATES: NTIA will hold the Minority

Media Ownership Roundtable from 9:00

a.m. until 12:45 p.m. on Tuesday, July

18, 2000. The deadline for written

comments is July 28, 2000 and the

deadline for reply comments is August

8, 2000.

ADDRESSES: NTIA will hold the

Minority Media Ownership Roundtable

from 9:00 a.m. until 12:45 p.m. on July

18, 2000 at the U.S. Department of

Commerce, Room 4830, 1401 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC

20230. The meeting will be open to the

public. For current information on the

roundtable, please visit NTIA’s website

at http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/

minoritymediaroundtable/.

The Department invites the public to

submit written comments in paper or

electronic form. Please mail comments

to Maureen Lewis, Director, Minority

Telecommunications Development

Program, National Telecommunications

and Information Administration, U.S.

Department of Commerce, Room 4720,

1401 Constitution Avenue, NW.,

Washington, DC 20230. In the

alternative, commenters may submit

their views electronically to the

following electronic mail address:

minoritymedia@ntia.doc.gov.

Submission of Documents

Written Comments

Paper submissions should include an

original and two paper copies and a

version on a 3.5 inch write protected

diskette in one of the following formats:

PDF, ASCII, Word Perfect (please

specify version) or Microsoft Word

(please specify version). Please label all

diskettes with the name of the party

submitting the comments, and the name

and version of the word processing

program used to create the document.

Comments and reply comments

submitted by electronic mail to

<minoritymedia@ntia.doc.gov> should

also be submitted in one of the formats

specified above. Caption all comments

and reply comments ‘‘Minority Media

Ownership—Comment [or Reply

Comment], Docket No. 000608169–

0169–01’’ and organize each submission

in response to the questions set forth in

this Notice. NTIA will post comments

and reply comments to its web site at

<http://www.ntia.doc.gov>.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Maureen Lewis, Director, Minority

Telecommunications Development

Program, National Telecommunications

and Information Administration;

telephone (202) 482–8056; or electronic

mail <mlewis@ntia.doc.gov.> The NTIA

Office of Public Affairs will answer