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Agency Radiation Survey & Site

Investigation Manual (MARSSIM); (4)

Ecological Processes and Effects

Committee (EPEC)—(a) Advisory on

development of Phase II of the Index of

Watershed Indicators, (b) Review of

EMAP Research Strategy & Plan; and (c)

Advisory on Potential EcoRisk

Management Guidelines; and (5)

Executive Committee—Commentary on

the Question of Agency Consensus for

Benchmark Values for Ecological

Toxicity. Please contact Ms. TilleryGadsen a week prior to the meeting to

confirm that a given report will be

reviewed.

Any member of the public wishing

further information concerning the

meeting or wishing to submit comments

should contact Dr. Donald G. Barnes,

Designated Federal Official for the

Executive Committee, Science Advisory

Board (1400), U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, Washington DC

20460; telephone (202) 260–4126; FAX

(202) 260–9232; and via the INTERNET

at barnes.don@epamail.epa.gov. Copies

of the relevant documents are available

from the same source.

Dated: August 18, 1997.

Donald G. Barnes,

Staff Director, Science Advisory Board.

[FR Doc. 97–22659 Filed 8–25–97; 8:45 am]

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION

[CC Docket No. 87–313, FCC 97–168]

Policy Concerning Rates for Dominant

Carriers

AGENCY: Federal Communications

Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: On May 30, 1997, the

Commission released a Memorandum

Opinion and Order (‘‘Order’’)

establishing sufficient reporting

requirements for incumbent local

exchange carriers (ILEC’s) to enable the

Commission and the industry to

monitor the service quality provided to

ILEC’s competitors. In the Order, we

addressed the issues raised in the

petitions filed by TCA, ICA, CFA and

the ILECs. We also make modifications

to our service quality and infrastructure

reporting requirements consistent with

the provisions of the

Telecommunications Act of 1996 (‘‘1996

Act’’).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Janice Jamison, Attorney/Advisor,

Accounting and Audits Division,

Common Carrier Bureau, (202) 418–

2290.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 1996

Act requires that ‘‘quality services

should be available at just, reasonable

and affordable rates.’’ It also requires

ILEC’s to make available quality services

to competing local exchange carriers

(CLECs) without discrimination and

with reasonable access to ILEC

networks. Section 259 of the Act directs

ILECs to make available, under certain

conditions, public switched network

infrastructure and other capabilities to

qualifying carriers that are providing

universal service outside the providing

ILEC’s telephone exchange.

Additionally, Section 259 of the 1996

Act directs ILEC’s to make available,

under certain conditions, public

switched network infrastructure and

other capabilities to qualifying carriers

that are providing universal service

outside the area in which the ILEC

providing the support operates. The

Commission recognizes that local

competition will begin through

interconnection, resale, and

infrastructure sharing. These methods

involve facilities and services that

ILEC’s will provide to their competitors.

For competition to flourish, there must

be assurances that competitors receive

the same level of service quality and

facility maintenance that an incumbent

carrier provides itself. A primary

objective of this proceeding is to

establish sufficient reporting

requirements for ILEC’s to enable the

Commission and the industry to

monitor the service quality provided to

ILECs’ competitors. Prior to the

enactment of the 1996 Act, the Common

Carrier Bureau (‘‘Bureau’’) released the

Service Quality Modifications Order. In

that Order, the Bureau deferred

decisions about whether to modify the

Automated Reporting Management

Information System (‘‘ARMIS’’) reports

that the Commission has used to

monitor service quality of, and

infrastructure development by,

mandatory price cap carriers.

Specifically, the Order deferred

decisions on the modifications to

ARMIS Reports 43–05, 43–06, and 43–

07.

ARMIS is an automated system

developed in 1987 for collecting

common carrier financial and operating

information. Additional reports were

added to the ARMIS system in 1991

specifically to monitor service quality

and network infrastructure development

under price cap regulation. Today,

ARMIS consists of ten reports. Two of

these ARMIS reports, the Service

Quality Quarterly Report 43–05 and the

Service Quality Semi-annual Report 43–

06, originally filed four times a year

have become annual filings as required

by section 402(b)(2)(B) of the 1996 Act.

As modified the ARMIS Service Quality

Report (43–05) collects data designed to

capture trends in service quality under

price cap regulation and improves and

standardizes reporting requirements for

this purpose. The ARMIS Service

Quality Report (43–06) collects data

designed to capture trends in service

quality under price cap regulation. The

ARMIS Report (43–07) collects data

designed to capture trends in telephone

industry infrastructure development

under price cap regulation.

Federal Communications Commission.

William F. Caton,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–22549 Filed 8–25–97; 8:45 am]

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FEDERAL EMERGENCY

MANAGEMENT AGENCY

Termination of FEMA Advisory Board

AGENCY: Federal Emergency

Management Agency (FEMA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Director of FEMA

(Director) gives notice of the termination

of the FEMA Advisory Board (Board) in

order to adopt a more inclusive process

than previously used for involving

constituents and stakeholders in policy

development.

EFFECTIVE DATE: The Board charter

expired July 31, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Rachael A. Rowland, Intergovernmental

Affairs, Federal Emergency Management

Agency, 500 C Street SW., room 801,

Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646–2889.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Board

was an independent advisory body to

the Director, which advised the Director

on FEMA plans and programs for

emergency management and on the

Director’s responsibilities under the

National Security Act of 1947. It

consisted of 16 members appointed by

the Director, with broad, balanced

representation, including former

Federal, State and local government

officials, respected representatives from

State and local voluntary emergency

preparedness and response

organizations, and nonprofit and private

sector entities. The Board is currently an

inactive body that was last renewed for

a period of two years on August 1, 1994.

The Board charter lapsed on July 31,

1996.