49190 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 182 / Friday, September 19, 1997 / Proposed Rules

petitioner, as follows: Mountain Tower

Broadcasting, Attn: Victor A. Michael,

Jr., President, c/o Magic City Media,

1912 Capitol Avenue, Suite 300,

Cheyenne, WY 82001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Nancy Joyner, Mass Media Bureau, (202)

418–2180.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a

synopsis of the Commission’s Notice of

Proposed Rule Making, MM Docket No.

97–200, adopted September 3, 1997, and

released September 12, 1997. The full

text of this Commission decision is

available for inspection and copying

during normal business hours in the

FCC’s Reference Center (Room 239),

1919 M Street, NW., Washington, DC.

The complete text of this decision may

also be purchased from the

Commission’s copy contractors,

International Transcription Service,

Inc., (202) 857–3800, 1231 20th Street,

NW., Washington, DC 20036.

Provisions of the Regulatory

Flexibility Act of l980 do not apply to

this proceeding.

Members of the public should note

that from the time a Notice of Proposed

Rule Making is issued until the matter

is no longer subject to Commission

consideration or court review, all ex

parte contacts are prohibited in

Commission proceedings, such as this

one, which involve channel allotments.

See 47 CFR 1.1204(b) for rules

governing permissible ex parte contacts.

For information regarding proper

filing procedures for comments, See 47

CFR 1.415 and 1.420.

List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 73

Radio broadcasting.

Federal Communications Commission.

John A. Karousos,

Chief, Allocations Branch, Policy and Rules

Division, Mass Media Bureau.

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[MM Docket No. 97–202, RM–9129]

Radio Broadcasting Services;

Farmersburg, IN

AGENCY: Federal Communications

Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: This document requests

comments on a petition for rule making

filed on behalf of Farmersburg

Community Broadcasting, requesting

the allotment of Channel 242A to

Farmersburg, Indiana, as that

community’s first local aural

transmission service. Coordinates used

for Channel 242A at Farmersburg are

39–15–18 and 87–23–00.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or

before November 3, 1997, and reply

comments on or before November 18,

1997.

ADDRESSES: Secretary, Federal

Communications Commission,

Washington, DC 20554. In addition to

filing comments with the FCC,

interested parties should serve the

petitioner’s counsel, as follows: Henry

E. Crawford, Esq., Law Offices of Henry

E. Crawford, 1150 Connecticut Avenue,

NW., Suite 900, Washington, DC 20036.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Nancy Joyner, Mass Media Bureau, (202)

418–2180.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a

synopsis of the Commission’s Notice of

Proposed Rule Making, MM Docket No.

97–202, adopted September 3, 1997, and

released September 12, 1997. The full

text of this Commission decision is

available for inspection and copying

during normal business hours in the

FCC’s Reference Center (Room 239),

1919 M Street, NW., Washington, DC.

The complete text of this decision may

also be purchased from the

Commission’s copy contractor,

International Transcription Service,

Inc., 1231 20th Street, NW.,

Washington, DC 20036, (202) 857–3800.

Provisions of the Regulatory

Flexibility Act of l980 do not apply to

this proceeding.

Members of the public should note

that from the time a Notice of Proposed

Rule Making is issued until the matter

is no longer subject to Commission

consideration or court review, all ex

parte contacts are prohibited in

Commission proceedings, such as this

one, which involve channel allotments.

See 47 CFR 1.1204(b) for rules

governing permissible ex parte contacts.

For information regarding proper

filing procedures for comments, See 47

CFR 1.415 and 1.420.

List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 73

Radio broadcasting.

Federal Communications Commission.

John A. Karousos,

Chief, Allocations Branch, Policy and Rules

Division, Mass Media Bureau.

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety

Administration

49 CFR Part 571

Denial of Petition for Rulemaking;

Federal Motor Vehicle Safety

Standards

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic

Safety Administration (NHTSA),

Department of Transportation.

ACTION: Denial of petition for

rulemaking.

SUMMARY: This document denies Mr.

Herb Denenberg’s petition requesting

three agency rulemaking actions relating

to carbon monoxide detection in motor

vehicles. In addition, Mr. Denenberg

requested that information regarding the

availability of carbon monoxide

detectors be published in the agency’s

press releases and consumer advisories.

The petition requested that the agency

take action on one or more of these

actions.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Chris Flanigan, Office of Safety

Performance Standards, NHTSA, 400

Seventh Street, SW, Washington, DC

20590. Mr. Flanigan’s telephone number

is: (202) 366–4918. His facsimile

number is (202) 366–4329.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: By letter

received by the agency on March 13,

1997, Mr. Denenberg requested that: (1)

Carbon monoxide detectors be required

in all motor vehicles, (2) manufacturers

be required to offer them as an option

in all motor vehicles, and (3)

manufacturers be required to include

material in owner’s manuals indicating

the availability and value of installing a

carbon monoxide detector. In addition,

Mr. Denenberg requested that

information regarding the availability of

carbon monoxide detectors be published

in the agency’s press releases and

consumer advisories. The petitioner

asked that the agency take action on one

or more of these four requests.

Agency Analysis

To establish a new vehicle safety

specification, the agency must decide on

the basis of data and analyses, that there

is a significant safety problem and that

the safety problem would likely be

reduced by adopting that specification.

To support his requests, the petitioner

cites data from NHTSA’s Consumer

Advisory of December 16, 1996. These

data (from a National Center for Health

Statistics study) showed 353 fatalities

occurred in 1993 as a result of

accidental carbon monoxide poisoning.