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§ 73.207 Minimum distance separation

between stations.

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(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

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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)
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will be reached on or before October 12,

1997. Consequently, NMFS closes the

directed fishery for the north Atlantic

swordfish management unit effective

October 12, 1997.

EFFECTIVE DATE: The closure is effective

at 12 noon, local time, on October 12,

1997, through November 30, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jill

Stevenson, 301–713–2347, or Buck

Sutter, 813–570–5447.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The north

Atlantic swordfish fishery is managed

under the Fishery Management Plan for

Atlantic Swordfish and its

implementing regulations at 50 CFR part

630 under the authority of the

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery

Conservation and Management Act (16

U.S.C. 1801 et seq.) and the Atlantic

Tunas Convention Act (ATCA; 16 U.S.C.

971 et seq.). Regulations issued under

the authority of ATCA carry out the

recommendations of the International

Commission for the Conservation of

Atlantic Tunas.

The regulations governing the

Atlantic swordfish fisheries at § 630.24

provide for a specified annual quota to

be landed by the directed fishery. The

annual quota is divided into two

semiannual quotas for each of the 6-

month periods, June 1 through

November 30, and December 1 through

May 31. NMFS is required, under

§ 630.25(a)(1), to monitor the catch and

landings statistics and, on the basis of

these statistics, to project a date when

the catch will equal the quota, and to

publish a Federal Register document

announcing the closure.

Closure of the Fishery

Reported landings of swordfish in the

directed fishery in the first semiannual

season totaled 594.7 metric tons dressed

weight (mt dw) as of September 1, 1997.

Average landings of swordfish during

September and October from 1994 to

1996 were 306 mt and 334 mt,

respectively. However, current landings

are higher than during similar periods

during the past 3 years. Accounting for

anticipated delayed reporting (based on

experience in the last semiannual

season from December 1, 1996, through

May 31, 1997) and the current higher

than average rate of landings, it is

expected that the first semiannual

directed harvest quota of 1,064.4 mt dw

for the directed fishery would be

reached on or about October 12, 1997.

Therefore, NMFS announces that the

directed fishery for swordfish will close

at 12 noon, local time on October 12,

1997. All vessels must be in port and

offloaded on or before this closing date.

This notice provides considerably more

than the 14-day advance notice of

closure required by regulation. To

provide advance notice as early as

possible, NMFS issued a notice to the

industry on August 20, 1997, that, based

on then current landings, a closure was

anticipated about mid-October, 1997.

This advance notice period will allow

swordfish vessel owners to plan their

fishing, offloading and sale of swordfish

catch prior to the closure deadline.

During closure of the directed fishery,

a person may not fish for swordfish

from the north Atlantic stock, and no

more than 15 swordfish, caught

incidentally while fishing with longline

gear for other species, may be possessed

in the North Atlantic Ocean, including

the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea,

north of 5° N. lat., or landed in an

Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, or Caribbean

state. During this directed fishery

closure, no swordfish may be retained

or possessed on board a vessel using

harpoon gear. Established swordfish

bycatch limits for the non-directed

fisheries remain unchanged

(§ 630.25(d)).

The drift gillnet fishery is currently

closed under emergency authority

through November 26, 1997 (62 FR

30775, June 5, 1997). Pursuant to this

emergency closure: (1) No one aboard a

vessel using or having on board a drift

gillnet may fish for swordfish from the

north Atlantic swordfish stock; and (2)

no more than two swordfish per trip

may be possessed on board a vessel

using or having on board a drift gillnet

in the North Atlantic Ocean, including

the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea,

north of 5° N. lat., or landed in an

Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, or Caribbean

coastal state.

Classification

This action is taken under 50 CFR

630.24 and 50 CFR 630.25(a) and is

exempt from review under E.O. 12866.

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 971 et seq.

Dated: September 19, 1997.

Gary C. Matlock,

Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries,

National Marine Fisheries Service.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

50 CFR Part 679

[Docket No. 961126334–7025–02; I.D.

091997A]

Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic

Zone Off Alaska; Pollock in Statistical

Area 620 of the Gulf of Alaska

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Closure.

SUMMARY: NMFS is prohibiting directed

fishing for pollock in Statistical Area

620 of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This

action is necessary to prevent exceeding

the 1997 total allowable catch (TAC) for

pollock in this area.

DATES: Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local

time (A.l.t.), September 21, 1997, until

2400 hrs, A.l.t., December 31, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Thomas Pearson, 907–486–6919.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

groundfish fishery in the GOA exclusive

economic zone is managed by NMFS

according to the Fishery Management

Plan for Groundfish of the Gulf of

Alaska (FMP) prepared by the North

Pacific Fishery Management Council

under authority of the MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and

Management Act. Fishing by U.S.

vessels is governed by regulations

implementing the FMP at subpart H of

50 CFR part 600 and 50 CFR part 679.

The 1997 TAC for pollock in

Statistical Area 620 of the GOA was

established as 31,250 metric tons (mt)

by the Final 1997 Harvest Specifications

of Groundfish for the GOA (62 FR 8179,

February 24, 1997), determined in

accordance with § 679.20(a) (5)(ii)(A).

In accordance with § 679.20(d)(1)(i),

the Administrator, Alaska Region,

NMFS (Regional Administrator), has

determined that the 1997 TAC for

pollock in Statistical Area 620 will be

reached. Therefore, the Regional

Administrator is establishing a directed

fishing allowance of 31,050 mt, and is

setting aside the remaining 200 mt as

bycatch to support other anticipated

groundfish fisheries. In accordance with

§ 679.20(d)(1)(iii), the Regional

Administrator finds that this directed

fishing allowance has been reached.

Consequently, NMFS is closing directed

fishing for pollock in Statistical Area

620 of the GOA.