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purposes without additional

authorization and on a secondary basis.

The licensee must utilize type accepted

equipment or equipment authorized

pursuant to §§ 90.203 (b)(4) and (b)(5),

and satisfy all other rule provisions.

* * * * *

9. Section 90.103 is proposed to be

amended by revising paragraph (c)(22)

to read as follows:

§ 90.103 Radiolocation Service.

* * * * *

(c) * * *

(22) For frequencies 2455 MHz,

10,525 MHz, and 24,125 MHz, only

unmodulated, continuous wave (NON)

emission shall be employed. The

frequency 24.10 GHz, and frequencies in

the 24.20–24.25 GHZ band may use

NON emission along with an ancillary

FM digital emission. The frequency

24.10 GHz will be used for the purpose

of alerting motorists of hazardous

driving conditions and the presence of

emergency vehicles. Frequencies in the

24.20–24.25 MHz band may be used in

emergency vehicles for traffic signal

control. Equipment operating on 24.10

GHz or in the 24.20–24.25 GHz band

must keep the deviation of the FM

digital signal within + 5 MHz.

Equipment operating on these

frequencies must have a frequency

stability of at least 2000 ppm and are

exempt from the requirements of

§§ 90.403(c), 90.403(f), and 90.429.

* * * * *

10. Section 90.175 is proposed to be

amended by revising paragraph (i)(5) to

read as follows:

§ 90.175 Frequency coordination

requirements.

* * * * *

(i) * * *

(5) Applications in the Industrial/

Business Pool requesting a frequency

designated for itinerant operations, and

applications requesting operation on

154.570 MHz, 154.600 MHz, 151.820

MHz, 151.880 MHz, and 151.940 MHz.

* * * * *

11. Section 90.633 is proposed to be

amended by revising paragraphs (c) and

(d) to read as follows:

§ 90.633 Conventional systems sharing

and construction requirements.

* * * * *

(c) Except as provided in § 90.629,

licensees of conventional systems must

place their authorized stations in

operation not later than one year after

the date of grant of the system license.

(d) If a station is not placed in

operation within one year, except as

provided in § 90.629, the license cancels

automatically. For purposes of this

section, a base station is not considered

to be in operation unless at least one

associated mobile station is also in

operation.

* * * * *

12. Section 90.651 is proposed to be

amended by revising paragraph (c) to

read as follows:

§ 90.651 Supplemental reports required of

licensees authorized under this subpart.

* * * * *

(c) Licensees of conventional systems

must report the number of mobile units

placed in operation within twelve

months of the date of the grant of their

license. Such reports shall be filed

within 30 days from that date.

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Fisheries of the Northeastern United

States; Amendment 10 to the Summer

Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass

Fishery Management Plan

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of availability of an

amendment to a fishery management

plan and request for comments.

SUMMARY: NMFS issues this notice to

advise the public that the Mid-Atlantic

Fishery Management Council (Council)

has submitted Amendment 10 to the

Fishery Management Plan for the

Summer Flounder, Scup and Black Sea

Bass Fisheries (FMP) for Secretarial

review and is requesting comments from

the public. Amendment 10 proposes

new regulations for the summer

flounder fishery and would also modify

a number of summer flounder

regulations implemented under

Amendment 2 and later amendments to

the FMP. Copies of Amendment 10 may

be obtained from the Council (see

ADDRESSES).

DATES: Comments must be received on

or before November 3, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Andrew

A. Rosenberg, Ph.D., Regional

Administrator, NMFS, Northeast

Regional Office, 1 Blackburn Drive,

Gloucester, MA 01930-3799. Mark the

outside of the envelope ‘‘Comments on

Amendment 10 to the Summer Flounder

Plan.’’

Copies of Amendment 10, the

environmental assessment and the

regulatory impact review are available

from David R. Keifer, Executive

Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery

Management Council, Room 2115

Federal Building, 300 S. New Street,

Dover, DE 19904-6790.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Regina L. Spallone, Fishery Policy

Analyst, 508-281-9221.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery

Conservation and Management Act

(Magnuson-Stevens Act) (16 U.S.C. 1801

et seq.) requires that each fishery

management council submit any fishery

management plan or plan amendment it

prepares to NMFS for review and

approval, disapproval, or partial

approval. The Magnuson-Stevens Act

also requires that NMFS, upon receiving

the plan or amendment, immediately

make a preliminary evaluation of the

amendment and, if it is sufficient to

warrant continued review, publish a

notice that the plan or amendment is

available for public review and

comment. NMFS will consider the

public comments in determining

whether to approve the plan or

amendment.

Amendment 10 proposes new

regulations for summer flounder and

would also modify a number of existing

summer flounder regulations.

Amendment 10, if approved, would:

Modify the commercial minimum mesh

regulations, continue the moratorium on

entry of additional commercial vessels,

modify the vessel replacement criteria,

remove provisions that pertain to the

expiration of the moratorium permit,

establish a de minimus status for states,

allow Federally permitted charter/party

vessels issued a permit by their state to

possess fillets less than the minimum

size, and prohibit transfer of summer

flounder at sea. Because Amendment 10

has been prepared by both the Council

and the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries

Commission (Commission), there is an

additional management measure in the

amendment that would be implemented

by the Commission as part of its

interstate management process. This

measure would require that states

document all summer flounder

commercial landings in their state.

Amendment 10 reevaluated the stateby-state commercial quota allocation

system implemented by Amendment 2.

After receiving and considering public
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comments, the Council voted to

maintain the current allocation system.

The transmit date for Amendment 10

is August 27, 1997. A proposed rule that

would implement the amendment may

be published in the Federal Register

within 15 days of the transmit date,

following an evaluation by NMFS under

the procedures of the Magnuson-Stevens

Act. Public comments on the proposed

rule must be received by the end of the

comment period on Amendment 10,

which is November 3, 1997 in order to

be considered in the decision

concerning approval or disapproval of

the amendment.

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

Dated: August 27, 1997.

Bruce Morehead,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

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