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the vessel monitoring capabilities of AIS 

are maximized. 

3. MariTEL did not directly dispute 

these benefits. Rather, MariTEL 

contended that the Commission must 

weigh against those public interest 

benefits the interference to VHF Public 

Coast station operations that will be 

caused by the introduction of AIS 

technology as contemplated by the 

international standards, and the adverse 

impact of such interference on 

MariTEL’s ability to develop a viable 

maritime communications service. 

However, the Commission continues to 

believe that MariTEL overstates the 

interference impact of AIS equipment 

authorized on the basis of international 

standards, and that the challenges that 

may be presented by such potential 

interference can be surmounted using 

existing technology. In particular, the 

Commission continues to disagree with 

MariTEL’s contention that the AIS 

emission mask is not as stringent as the 

emission mask typically applicable to 

maritime transmitters under part 80 of 

the Commission’s rules. The 

Commission concludes that the public 

interest benefits of conforming its part 

80 rules governing the certification of 

AIS equipment with those used in other 

nations and internationally clearly 

outweigh the costs, and that adoption of 

an alternative AIS certification standard 

would be in derogation of the 

paramount public interest in 

maximizing homeland security and 

maritime safety. The Commission 

therefore denies MariTEL’s petition for 

reconsideration. 

I. Procedural Matters 

A. Paperwork Reduction Act Analysis 

1. The action contained herein has 

been analyzed with respect to the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) 

and found to impose no new or 

modified reporting or recordkeeping 

requirements or burdens to the public, 

including businesses with fewer than 25 

employees. 

B. Report to Congress 

2. The Commission will send a copy 

of this Fourth Memorandum Opinion 

and Order in a report to be sent to 

Congress and the General Accounting 

Office pursuant to the Congressional 

Review Act, see 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A). 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene H. Dortch, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E6–16844 Filed 10–11–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army 

48 CFR Parts 5125 and 5152 

Contractor Personnel Deployment 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD. 

ACTION: Final Rule. 

SUMMARY: This action removes 

regulations pertaining to the 

deployment of contractor personnel in 

support of military operations. The 

regulations are superseded by a higher 

regulation, Defense Federal Acquisition 

Regulation Supplement (DFARS) 

Subpart 225.74, Defense Contractors 

Outside the United States. 

DATES: Effective Date: Effective October 

12, 2006. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Steve Jaren, (703) 604–7105. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. Background 

In the November 28, 2003 issue of the 

Federal Register (68 FR 66738 and 68 

FR 66740), the Department of the Army 

issued two interim final rules to add 48 

CFR part 5125, section 5125.74–9000 

and amend 48 CFR part 5152. 

Subsequent amendments to the DFARS, 

on May 5, 2005 (70 FR 23790) and June 

16, 2006 (71 FR 34826), added DoD 

policy addressing situations that require 

contractor personnel to provide intheater support to United States military 

forces engaged in contingency, 

humanitarian or peacekeeping, or 

certain other operations outside the 

United States, and incorporated 

significant terminology from the Army 

Federal Acquisition Regulation 

Supplement (AFARS), rendering the 

regulations at 48 CFR part 5125 and 48 

CFR 5152.225–74–9000 obsolete. 

B. Regulatory Flexibility Act 

These rules will not have a significant 

economic impact on a substantial 

number of small entities within the 

meaning of the Regulatory Flexibility 

Act, 5 U.S.C. 601, et seq., because the 

rules add no new requirements for 

contractors. These rules remove AFARS 

text that has become unnecessary as a 

result of policy that was added to the 

DFARS. 

C. Paperwork Reduction Act 

The Paperwork Reduction Act does 

not apply because the rules do not 

impose any information collection 

requirements that require the approval 

of the Office of Management and Budget 

under 44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq. 

List of Subjects in 48 CFR Parts 5125 

and 5152 

Government contracts, Government 

procurement. 

■ Accordingly, for reasons stated in the 

preamble, under the authority of 5 

U.S.C. 301, 10 U.S.C. 2202, DoD 

Directive 5000.35, FAR 1.301, and DoD 

FAR Supplement 201.3, 48 CFR part 

5125 is removed. 

PART 5152—SOLICITATIONS 

PROVISIONS AND CONTRACT 

CLAUSES 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 5152 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301, 10 U.S.C. 2202, 

DoD Directive 5000.35, and DoD FAR 

Supplement 201.301. 

5152.225–74–9000 [Removed] 

■ 2. Section 5152.225–74–9000 is 

removed. 

[FR Doc. 06–8563 Filed 10–11–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3710–08–M 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 622 

[Docket No. 060525140–6221–02; I.D. 

092606D] 

Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of 

Mexico, and South Atlantic; Reef Fish 

Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico; Closure 

of the 2006 Golden Tilefish and Snowy 

Grouper Commercial Fisheries 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Temporary rule; closure. 

SUMMARY: NMFS closes the commercial 

fisheries for golden tilefish and snowy 

grouper in the exclusive economic zone 

(EEZ) of the South Atlantic. NMFS has 

determined that the golden tilefish and 

snowy grouper quotas for the 

commercial fisheries will have been 

reached by October 23, 2006. This 

closure is necessary to protect the 

golden tilefish and snowy grouper 

resources. 

DATES: Closure is effective 12:01 a.m., 

local time, October 23, 2006, until 12:01 

a.m., local time, on January 1, 2007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jason Rueter, telephone 727–824–5350, 

fax 727–824–5308, e-mail 

Jason.Rueter@noaa.gov. 


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