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response to a petition filed by Sulphur

Bluff Radio Broadcasting . See 64 FR

52487, September 29, 1999. The

coordinates for Channel 259A at

Sulphur Bluff are 33–23–03 NL and 95–

22–59 WL. There is a site restriction 2.7

kilometers (1.7 miles) northeast of the

community. With this action, this

proceeding is terminated. A filing

window for Channel 259A at Sulphur

Bluff will not be opened at this time.

Instead, the issue of opening a filing

window for this channel will be

addressed by the Commission in a

subsequent order.

DATES: Effective July 24, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Kathleen Scheuerle, Mass Media

Bureau, (202) 418–2180

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a

summary of the Commission’s Report

and Order, MM Docket No. 99–287,

adopted May 31, 2000, and released

June 9, 2000. The full text of this

Commission decision is available for

inspection and copying during normal

business hours in the Commission’s

Reference Center, 445 12th Street, SW,

Washington, DC. The complete text of

this decision may also be purchased

from the Commission’s copy

contractors, International Transcription

Services, Inc., 1231 20th Street, NW.,

Washington, DC 20036, (202) 857–3800,

facsimile (202) 857–3805.

List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 73

Radio broadcasting.

Part 73 of title 47 of the Code of

Federal Regulations is amended as

follows:

PART 73—[AMENDED]

1. The authority citation for part 73

continues to read as follows:

Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154, 303, 334 and 336.

§ 73.202 [Amended]

2. Section 73.202(b), the Table of FM

Allotments under Texas, is amended by

adding Sulphur Bluff, Channel 259A.

Federal Communications Commission.

John A. Karousos,

Chief, Allocations Branch, Policy and Rules

Division, Mass Media Bureau.

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COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[DA 00–1245; MM Docket No. 99–84; RM–

9501, RM–9594]

Radio Broadcasting Services; Stratford

and Lincoln, NH

AGENCY: Federal Communications

Commission.

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: The Commission, at the

request of Peter George, allots Channel

254A to Stratford, NH, as the

community’s first local aural service.

See 64 FR 14429, May 21, 1999.

Channel 254A can be allotted to

Stratford in compliance with the

Commission’s minimum distance

separation requirements with a site

restriction of 8.6 kilometers (5.3 miles)

north, at coordinates 44–43–54 NL; 71–

34–10 WL, to avoid a short-spacing to

vacant and unapplied-for Channel 256A

at Whitefield, NH. Canadian

concurrence in the allotment has been

obtained since Stratford is located

within 320 kilometers (200 miles) of the

U.S.-Canadian border. The petition and

counterproposal filed by Barry P.

Lunderville to allot Channel 254A to

Lincoln, NH, is dismissed for failure to

comply with the subscription and

verification requirements of Section

1.52 of the Commission’s Rules. A filing

window for Channel 254A at Stratford

will not be opened at this time. Instead,

the issue of opening a filing window for

this channel will be addressed by the

Commission in a subsequent order.

DATES: Effective July 24, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Leslie K. Shapiro, Mass Media Bureau,

(202) 418–2180.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a

synopsis of the Commission’s Report

and Order, MM Docket No. 99–84,

adopted May 31, 2000, and released July

9, 2000. The full text of this

Commission decision is available for

inspection and copying during normal

business hours in the FCC Reference

Center (Room 239), 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.

List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 73

Radio broadcasting.

Part 73 of title 47 of the Code of

Federal Regulations is amended as

follows:

PART 73—[AMENDED]

1. The authority citation for part 73

continues to read as follows:

Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154, 303, 334. 336.

§ 73.202 [Amended]

2. Section 73.202(b), the Table of FM

Allotments under New Hampshire, is

amended by adding Stratford, Channel

254A.

Federal Communications Commission.

John A. Karousos,

Chief, Allocations Branch, Policy and Rules

Division, Mass Media Bureau.

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47 CFR Part 73

[DA No. 00–1259; MM Docket No. 98–128;

RM–9308 and RM–9385]

Radio Broadcasting Services; Crystal

Falls and Republic, MI

AGENCY: Federal Communications

Commission.

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: This document allots Channel

235A at Crystal Falls, Michigan, in

response to a petition filed by Results

Broadcasting of Iron Mountain, Inc. See

63 FR 40253, July 28, 1998. The

coordinates for Channel 235A at Crystal

Falls are 46–09–05 and 88–22–01. There

is a site restriction 7.4 kilometers (4.6

miles) north of the community. In

response to a counterproposal filed by

Crystal Radio Company, we shall also

allot Channel 244A at Republic,

Michigan, at coordinates 46–26–09 and

88–07–12. There is a site restriction 11.5

kilometers (7.2 miles) west of the

community. Canadian concurrence has

been received for the allotment of

Channel 244A at Republic. Although

Canadian concurrence has been

requested for the allotment of Channel

235A at Crystal Falls, notification has

not yet been received. Therefore,

operation with the facilities specified

for Crystal Falls herein is subject to

modification, suspension, or

termination without right to hearing, if

found by the Commission to be

necessary in order to conform to the

USA–Canada FM Broadcast Agreement

or if specifically objected to by Canada.

With this action, this proceeding is

terminated.

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 24, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Kathleen Scheuerle, Mass Media

Bureau, (202) 418–2180.

41014 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 128 / Monday, July 3, 2000 / Rules and Regulations

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a

summary of the Commission’s Report

and Order, MM Docket No. 98–128,

adopted May 31, 2000, and released

June 9, 2000. The full text of this

Commission decision is available for

inspection and copying during normal

business hours in the Commission’s

Reference Center, 445 12th Street, SW,

Washington, DC. The complete text of

this decision may also be purchased

from the Commission’s copy

contractors, International Transcription

Services, Inc., 1231 20th Street, NW.,

Washington, DC 20036, (202) 857–3800,

facsimile (202) 857–3805.

List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 73

Radio broadcasting.

Part 73 of title 47 of the Code of

Federal Regulations is amended as

follows:

47 CFR PART 73—[AMENDED]

1. The authority citation for part 73

continues to read as follows:

Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154, 303, 334 and 336.

§ 73.202 [Amended]

2. Section 73.202(b), the Table of FM

Allotments under Michigan, is amended

by adding Channel 235A at Crystal Falls

and by adding Republic, Channel 244A.

Federal Communications Commission.

John A. Karousos,

Chief, Allocations Branch, Policy and Rules

Division, Mass Media Bureau.

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of the Secretary

49 CFR Part 1

[Docket No. OST–2000–7581]

Organization and Delegation of Powers

and Duties; Delegation to the

Administrators of the National

Highway Traffic Safety Administration

and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety

Administration

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, DOT.

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: Section 101(f) of the Motor

Carrier Safety Improvement Act of 1999

provides that the authority under title

49, United States Code, to promulgate

safety standards for commercial motor

vehicles and equipment subsequent to

initial manufacture is vested in the

Secretary and may be delegated.

Accordingly, by this action, the

Secretary delegates to the Administrator

of the National Highway Traffic Safety

Administration the authority to

promulgate safety standards for

commercial motor vehicles and

equipment subsequent to initial

manufacture when the standards are

based upon and similar to a Federal

Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS)

promulgated under chapter 301 of title

49, U.S.C. The Administrator may

promulgate a standard simultaneously

with the FMVSS on which it is based.

The authority to promulgate safety

standards for commercial motor

vehicles and equipment subsequent to

initial manufacture is delegated to the

Administrator of the Federal Motor

Carrier Safety Administration when the

standards are not based upon and

similar to an FMVSS promulgated under

chapter 301 of title 49, U.S.C.

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 3, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

John Womack, Office of the Chief

Counsel, HCC–01, (202) 366–9511,

National Highway Traffic Safety

Administration, or Ms. Judith A.

Rutledge, Office of the Chief Counsel,

(MC-CC), (202) 366–2519, Federal Motor

Carrier Safety Administration, U.S.

Department of Transportation, 400

Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC

20590.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Electronic Access

An electronic copy of this document

may be downloaded by using a

computer, modem and suitable

communications software from the

Government’s Printing Office Electronic

Bulletin Board Service at (202) 512–

1661. Internet users may reach the

Office of the Federal Register’s home

page at: http://www.nara.gov/fedreg and

the Government Printing Office’s

database at: http://www.access.gpo.gov/

nara.

Background

Effective October 9, 1999, the

Secretary of Transportation rescinded

the authority of the Federal Highway

Administrator to perform motor carrier

safety functions and operations and

redelegated it to the Director of a newly

established Office of Motor Carrier

Safety in the Department of

Transportation. (64 FR 56270, October

19, 1999; 64 FR 58356, October 29,

1999.) This action was consistent with

section 338 of the Fiscal Year 2000

Department of Transportation and

Related Agencies Appropriations Act

(Pub. L. 106–69), as amended by Pub. L.

106–73, which prohibits the Federal

Highway Administration from spending

funds made available or limited in that

Act to carry out such functions. On

December 9, 1999, the Motor Carrier

Safety Improvement Act of 1999 (MCSI

Act) (Public Law No. 106–159, 113 Stat.

1748) was enacted for the purpose of

establishing the Federal Motor Carrier

Safety Administration effective January

1, 2000. As we noted in a prior

delegation to the FMCSA, 49 U.S.C.

113(f), as enacted by section 101(a) of

the MCSI Act, states that the Federal

Motor Carrier Safety Administrator shall

carry out a number of duties and powers

related to motor carrier and motor

carrier safety and gives the Secretary

discretion to delegate the authority to

promulgate safety standards for

commercial motor vehicles and

equipment subsequent to initial

manufacture. As a result, Part 1 of title

49, CFR, was amended to reflect this

new provision by substituting the words

‘‘Administrator of the Federal Motor

Carrier Safety Administration’’ for the

words ‘‘Director of the Office of Motor

Carrier Safety.’’ (65 FR 220, January 4,

2000.) It was also amended to reflect the

Federal Motor Carrier Safety

Administration as an organization

within the Department of

Transportation and to describe its

general responsibilities. Id. In addition,

section 1.73 of this Part was amended in

accordance with section 101(f) of the

MCSI Act to reflect the Secretary’s

reservation to himself of the authority to

promulgate safety standards for

commercial motor vehicles and

equipment subsequent to initial

manufacture. Id. These amendments

were effective January 1, 2000.

This rule amends 49 CFR Part 1 to

reflect the Secretary’s decision to now

delegate to the National Highway Traffic

Safety Administrator the authority to

promulgate safety standards for

commercial motor vehicles and

equipment already in use when the

standards are based upon and similar to

an FMVSS promulgated under chapter

301 of title 49, U.S.C. In issuing

standards under this delegation, the

Administrator will coordinate with the

Federal Motor Carrier Safety

Administrator. This rule also amends

Part 1 to delegate to the Federal Motor

Carrier Safety Administrator the

authority to promulgate safety standards

for commercial motor vehicles and

equipment already in use when the

standards are not based upon and

similar to an FMVSS promulgated under

chapter 301 of title 49, U.S.C. Nothing

in this rule changes the existing

authority of the Federal Motor Carrier

Safety Administration to promulgate

standards relating to motor carrier