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waiver or reduction of fees may be

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setting forth the intended purpose for

which the records are requested or

otherwise indicate how disclosure will

primarily benefit the public and, in

appropriate cases, explain why the

volume of records requested is

necessary. Determinations made

pursuant to the authority set out herein

are solely within the discretion of the

Chief, OSS.

(d) Fees and charges for services

identified in the appendix to this part

shall be paid in full by the requester

before the records are delivered.

Payment shall be made in U.S. funds by

personal check, money order, or bank

draft made payable to the Library of

Congress. The Chief, OSS, shall remit all

fees collected to the Director, Financial

Services, who shall cause the same to be

credited to appropriate accounts or

deposited with the U.S. Treasury as

miscellaneous receipts.

(e) The Chief, OSS, shall notify a

requester and may require an advance

deposit where the anticipated fees will

exceed $50.

Appendix A to Part 703—Fees and

Charges for Services Provided to

Requesters of Records

(a) Searches.

(1) There is no charge for searches of less

than one hour.

(2) Fees charged for searches of one hour

or more are based on prevailing rates.

Currently, those charges are:

Personnel searches (clerical)—$15 per hour

Personnel searches (professional)—$25 per

hour

Reproduction costs—$.50 per page

Shipping and mailing fees—variable

(3) In situations involving the use of

computers to locate and extract the requested

information, charges will be based on the

direct cost to the Library, including labor,

material, and computer time.

(b) Duplication of Records. Fees charged

for the duplication of records shall be

according to the prevailing rates established

by the Library’s Photoduplication Service, or

in the case of machine media duplication, by

the Resources Management Staff, Information

Technology Services.

(c) Certifications. The fee charges for

certification of a record as authentic or a true

copy shall be $10.00 for each certificate.

(d) Other Charges. When no specific fee

has been established for a service required to

meet the request for records, the Chief, Office

Systems Services, shall establish an

appropriate fee based on direct costs in

accordance with the Office of Management

and Budget Circular No. A–25.

Date: September 17, 1997.

Approved by:

James H. Billington,

The Librarian of Congress.

[FR Doc. 97–25347 Filed 9–24–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 1410–04–P

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[FCC 97–272]

Minimum Distance Separations to

Mexican Broadcast Stations

AGENCY: Federal Communications

Commission.

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: This Order modifies the

Commission’s rules to relax the

minimum distance separations between

U.S. FM broadcast stations or allotments

as compared to Mexican FM broadcast

stations or allotments. The revised

separations were promulgated by the

Agreement Between the Government of

the United States of America and the

Government of the United Mexican

States Relating to the FM Broadcasting

Service in the Band 88–108 MHz, dated

August 11, 1992. The revised spacings

are no event greater than, and are in

most cases less than, the required

separations between stations in effect

prior to this date.

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 25, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dale

Bickel, Mass Media Bureau, Audio

Services Division, (202) 418–2720, or

via the Internet at dbickel@fcc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is the

synopsis of the Commission’s Order,

FCC 97–272, adopted July 31, 1997, and

released August 13, 1997. The complete

text of this Order is available for

inspection and copying during normal

business hours in the FCC Reference

Center (Room 239), 1919 M Street, N.W.,

Washington, DC, and may also be

purchased from the Commission’s copy

contractor, International Transcription

Services, Inc., at (202) 857–3800, 1231

20th Street, N.W., Washington, DC

20036. The complete text is also

available as a Word Perfect 5.1 file

through the Internet at http://

www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/MasslMedia/

Orders/1997/fcc97272.wp .

Synopsis of the Order

1. The rule and procedure change

adopted in the Order were enabled by

revisions to the Agreement Between the

Government of the United States of

America and the Government of the

United Mexican States Relating to the

FM Broadcasting Service, dated August

11, 1992. The rule revisions to § 73.207

conform the rule to the agreement.

Because the revisions are made in

response to an international agreement,

and because there will be no adverse

effect on any existing permittee or

licensee or pending applicant, a notice

and comment rulemaking is not

required. See 47 U.S.C. 551(a) and

(b)(3)(B), and 47 CFR 1.412(c).

Final Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995

Analysis

2. This Order contains no new or

modified information collections subject

to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995

(‘‘PRA’’).

Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis

3. Because the rule change conforms

the Commission rule to an international

agreement, and also because the rule

change will not affect any licensee,

permittee, or current applicant, a

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis is not

required. See 5 U.S.C. 551(a) and

553(b)(3)(B). The Commission certifies

that no significant impact on a

substantial number of small entities will

result from adoption of this Order.

Ordering Clauses

4. Accordingly, it is ordered that

pursuant to the authority contained in

Sections 4(i) and 303 of the

Communications Act of 1934, as

amended, 47 CFR part 73 is amended.

5. It is further ordered that the rules

adopted established in this Order will

become effective on September 25,

1997.

List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 73

Radio broadcasting, Television

broadcasting.

Federal Communications Commission.

Shirley S. Suggs,

Chief, Publications Branch.

Rule Changes

Part 73 of title 47 is amended to read

as follows:

PART 73—RADIO BROADCAST

SERVICES

1. The authority citation for part 73

continues to read as follows:

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

2. Section 73.207 is amended by

removing the number ‘‘8’’ appearing in

the I.F. column between the entries for

B–B and B–C1 in Table B of paragraph

(b)(2) and by revising paragraph (b)(3) to

read as follows:
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§ 73.207 Minimum distance separation

between stations.

* * * * *

(b) * * *

(3) Under the 1992 Mexico-United

States FM Broadcasting Agreement,

domestic U.S. assignments or allotments

within 320 kilometers (199 miles) of the

common border must be separated from

Mexican assignments or allotments by

not less than the distances given in

Table C in this paragraph (b)(3). When

applying Table C—

(i) U.S. or Mexican assignments or

allotments which have been notified

internationally as Class A are limited to

a maximum of 3.0 kW ERP at 100 meters

HAAT, or the equivalent;

(ii) U.S. or Mexican assignments or

allotments which have been notified

internationally as Class AA are limited

to a maximum of 6.0 kW ERP at 100

meters HAAT, or the equivalent;

(iii) U.S. Class C3 assignments or

allotments are considered Class B1;

(iv) U.S. Class C2 assignments or

allotments are considered Class B; and

(v) Class C1 assignments or allotments

assume maximum facilities of 100 kW

ERP at 300 meters HAAT. However,

U.S. Class C1 stations may not, in any

event, exceed the domestic U.S. limit of

100 kW ERP at 299 meters HAAT, or the

equivalent.

TABLE C—MINIMUM DISTANCE SEPARATION REQUIREMENTS IN KILOMETERS

Relation Co-channel 200 kHz 400 kHz or

600 kHz

10.6 or 10.8

MHz (I.F.)

A to A ................................................................................................................ 100 61 25 8

A to AA ............................................................................................................. 111 68 31 9

A to B1 .............................................................................................................. 138 88 48 11

A to B ................................................................................................................ 163 105 65 14

A to C1 ............................................................................................................. 196 129 74 21

A to C ............................................................................................................... 210 161 94 28

AA to AA ........................................................................................................... 115 72 31 10

AA to B1 ........................................................................................................... 143 96 48 12

AA to B ............................................................................................................. 178 125 69 15

AA to C1 ........................................................................................................... 200 133 75 22

AA to C ............................................................................................................. 226 165 95 29

B1 to B1 ............................................................................................................ 175 114 50 14

B1 to B .............................................................................................................. 211 145 71 17

B1 to C1 ........................................................................................................... 233 161 77 24

B1 to C ............................................................................................................. 259 193 96 31

B to B ................................................................................................................ 237 164 65 20

B to C1 ............................................................................................................. 270 195 79 27

B to C ............................................................................................................... 270 215 98 35

C1 to C1 ........................................................................................................... 245 177 82 34

C1 to C ............................................................................................................. 270 209 102 41

C to C ............................................................................................................... 290 228 105 48

* * * * *

[FR Doc. 97–25324 Filed 9–24–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

49 CFR Part 1011

[STB Ex Parte No. 568]

Modifications to the General

Provisions of the Board

AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board.

ACTION: Final rule; correction.

SUMMARY: The Surface Transportation

Board (Board) published a document in

the Federal Register on September 18,

1997 amending parts 1000, 1001, and

1011 of its regulations to reflect 10

changes made by the ICC Termination

Act of 1995, Pub. L. No. 104–88.

Inadvertently, an intended reference to

part 1011 was not made. This document

corrects that error.

EFFECTIVE DATE: These rules are effective

on September 18, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Beryl Gordon, (202) 565–1600. [TDD for

the hearing impaired: (202) 565–1695.]

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Board

published a document in the Federal

Register on September 18, 1997 (62 FR

48953) that, inter alia, attempted to

amend the authority citation for part

1011. Instead, amendatory instruction

number 5 incorrectly refers to part 1104

instead of part 1011. This document

corrects the reference.

In STB Ex Parte No. 568 published in

the Federal Register on September 18,

1997 (62 FR 48953), make the following

correction. On page 48955, in the third

column, amendatory instruction number

5 is corrected to read as follows:

5. The authority citation for part 1011

is revised to read as follows:

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 553, 31 U.S.C. 9701,

and 49 U.S.C. 701, 721, 11144, 14122, and

15721.

Dated: September 22, 1997.

By the Board, Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–25479 Filed 9–24–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4915–00–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

50 CFR Part 630

[I.D. 091797B]

North Atlantic Swordfish Fishery;

Closure

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Closure.

SUMMARY: Based on landings to date,

NMFS has projected that the directed

fishery quota for the first semiannual

1997 north Atlantic swordfish season

(June 1, 1997, to November 30, 1997)