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time allowed by this notice, you should

advise the contact listed below as soon

as possible.

ADDRESSES: Direct all comments to Judy

Boley, Federal Communications

Commission, Room 234, 1919 M St.

NW., Washington, DC 20554 or via

internet to jboley@fcc.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

additional information or copies of the

information collection(s) contact Judy

Boley at 202–418–0214 or via internet at

jboley@fcc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Note: The Commission is submitting this

information collection to the Office of

Management and Budget under the

emergency provisions of the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995. OMB approval is

requested by October 12, 1997.

OMB Approval Number: 3060–0004.

Title: Guidelines for Evaluating the

Environmental Effects of

Radiofrequency Radiation (Second

Memorandum Opinion and Order, ET

Docket No. 93–62).

Type of Review: Revision of a

currently approved collection.

Respondents: Individuals or

households; business or other for-profit;

not-for-profit institutions; and state,

local or tribal government.

Number of Respondents: 126,108.

Estimated Time Per Response: 1.77

hours (avg.). The estimated time per

response varies with the number of

transmitters considered, e.g., a site with

a single transmitter might require one

hour to determine compliance, while a

site with many co-located transmitters

may require considerably more time.

Cost to Respondents: The estimated

cost to respondents to perform the

environmental evaluations per service

varies. For example, complex situations

that require a consulting engineer @

$100 per hour may require additional

time to perform an evaluation; portable

devices authorized under Part 2 of the

rules require a specific absorption rate

of RF energy test with an average cost

of approximately $5,000 per test; and

other applicants will use OET Bulletin

#65 to perform environmental

evaluations, and will no financial

burden associated with the evaluation.

Total Annual Burden: 223,376 hours.

Needs and Uses: This revised

information collection is a result of

responsibility placed on the FCC by the

National Environmental Policy Act

(NEPA) of 1969. NEPA requires that

each federal agency evaluate the impact

of ‘‘major actions significantly effecting

the quality of the human environment.’’

It is the FCC’s opinion that this is the

most efficient and reasonable method of

complying with NEPA with regard to

the environmental issue of radio

frequency radiation from FCC-regulated

transmitters. The Commission will

require applicants to perform an

environmental evaluation with respect

to radio frequency electromagnetic

fields. Applicants are required to

consider contributions from other

transmitters within the vicinity of their

facility in order to assess the cumulative

exposure. Accordingly, to correctly

determine compliance with the

Commission’s exposure limits, an

applicant must locate, determine

ownership, and gather technical

information for all contributing

transmitters. Applicants are generally

required, as part of the authorization

and licensing process, to indicate

compliance with the Commission

environmental rules. Supporting

information may be requested and

reviewed by the Commission’s

engineers, attorneys, and

paraprofessional staff to determine

whether the environmental evaluation is

sufficiently complete and in accordance

with the Commission’s rules.

OMB Approval Number: 3060–0213.

Title: Section 73.3525, Agreements for

removing application conflicts.

Type of Review: Revision of a

currently approved collection.

Respondents: Business or other forprofit and not-for-profit institutions.

Number of Respondents: 38.

Estimated Time Per Response: 8

hours.

Cost to Respondents: $60,800.

Total Annual Burden: 39 hours (1

hour per respondent, 8 hours per

attorney which includes 1 hour

consultation time with respondent). The

8 hours attorney time is reflected in the

cost estimate not the total annual

burden hours.)

Needs and Uses: Section 73.3525

requires applicants for a construction

permit for a broadcast station to obtain

approval from the FCC to withdraw,

dismiss or amend its application when

that application is in conflict with

another application pending before the

FCC. In the event that the proposed

withdrawal of a conflicting application

would unduly impede achievement of a

fair, efficient and equitable distribution

of radio service, the FCC must issue an

order providing further opportunity to

apply for the facilities specified in the

application(s) withdrawn. Upon release

of this order, Section 73.3525(b)

requires that the party proposing

withdrawal of its application give notice

in a daily newspaper of general

circulation published in the community

in which the proposed station would

have been located. This notice must be

published twice a week for two

consecutive weeks within the threeweek period immediately following

release of the FCC’s order. Additionally,

within 7 days of the last of publication

of the notice, the applicant proposing to

withdraw shall file with the FCC a

statement giving the dates on which the

notice was published, the text of the

notice, and the name and location of the

newspaper in which the notice

appeared. The data in the request for

approval is used by FCC staff to assure

that the agreement is in compliance

with its rules and regulations and

Section 311 of the Communications Act

of 1934, as amended. The newspaper

publication gives interested parties an

opportunity to apply for the facilities

specified in the withdrawn

application(s).

Federal Communications Commission.

Shirley S. Suggs,

Chief, Publications Branch.

[FR Doc. 97–25360 Filed 9–24–97; 8:45 am]

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION

Notice of Public Information

Collection(s) Submitted to OMB for

Review and Approval

September 18, 1997.

SUMMARY: The Federal Communications

Commission, as part of its continuing

effort to reduce paperwork burden

invites the general public and other

Federal agencies to take this

opportunity to comment on the

following information collection(s), as

required by the Paperwork Reduction

Act of 1995, Pub. L. 104–13. An agency

may not conduct or sponsor a collection

of information unless it displays a

currently valid control number. No

person shall be subject to any penalty

for failing to comply with a collection

of information subject to the Paperwork

Reduction Act (PRA) that does not

display a valid control number.

Comments are requested concerning (a)

whether the proposed collection of

information is necessary for the proper

performance of the functions of the

Commission, including whether the

information shall have practical utility;

(b) the accuracy of the Commission’s

burden estimate; (c) ways to enhance

the quality, utility, and clarity of the

information collected; and (d) ways to

minimize the burden of the collection of

information on the respondents,

including the use of automated

collection techniques or other forms of

information technology.
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DATES: Written comments should be

submitted on or before October 27,

1997. If you anticipate that you will be

submitting comments, but find it

difficult to do so within the period of

time allowed by this notice, you should

advise the contact listed below as soon

as possible.

ADDRESSES: Direct all comments to Judy

Boley, Federal Communications

Commission, Room 234, 1919 M St.,

N.W., Washington, DC 20554 or via

internet to jboley@fcc.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

additional information or copies of the

information collection(s) contact Judy

Boley at 202–418–0214 or via internet at

jboley@fcc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

OMB Approval Number: 3060–0625.

Title: Section 24.237, Amendment of

the Commission’s Rules to Establish

New Personal Communications Services

(Interference Protection).

Type of Review: Revision of a

currently approved collection.

Respondents: Individuals or

households; business or other for-profit;

not-for-profit institutions; and state,

local or tribal government.

Number of Respondents: 100.

Estimated Time Per Response: 2

hours.

Cost to Respondents: N/A.

Total Annual Burden: 200 hours.

Needs and Uses: Section 24.237

requires that the results of the

coordination process between

incumbent microwave users and PCS

licensees be reported to the Commission

only if the parties fail to agree.

Additionally, the Commission requires

that each broadband PCS licensee

perform an engineering analysis to

assure that the proposed facilities will

not cause interference to existing OFS

stations within the specified

coordination distance of a magnitude

greater than a specified criteria, unless

there is prior agreement with the

affected OFS licensee. This collection is

being revised because the requirement

in Section 24.204 was eliminated and

removed from the Commission’s rules.

OMB Approval Number: 3060–0727.

Title: Section 73.213, Grandfathered

Short-Spaced FM Stations.

Type of Review: Revision of a

currently approved collection.

Respondents: Business or other forprofit.

Number of Respondents: 15.

Estimated Time Per Response: 5 hours

per showing (0.5 hours consultation

time/4.5 hours contracting time).

Cost to Respondents: $8,493. We

assume that the applicant would use a

consulting engineer ($125/hour) to

complete the interference showing. We

estimate that copying of the application

would be approximately $0.10/page and

that each application would have an

average of 25 pages. We also estimate

that the postage for the mailing of an

application would be $1.24/application.

Total Annual Burden: 200 hours.

Needs and Uses: On 8/4/97, the

Commission adopted a Report and

Order in MM Docket No. 96–120. The

Commission adopted two of the

proposals as set forth in the NPRM. The

third proposal was adopted as proposed

but a disclosure requirement was added

that requires that a copy of any

application for co-channel or firstadjacent channel stations proposing

predicted interference caused in any

area where interference is not currently

predicted to be caused must be served

upon the licensee(s) of the affected

short-spaced station(s). These modified

procedures will allow grandfathered

stations greater flexibility in making

transmitter site changes and other

facility modifications. The data are used

by Commission staff to determine if the

public interest will be served and that

existing levels of interference will not

be increased to other licensed stations.

Providing copies of application(s) to

affected licensee(s) will enable

potentially affected parties to examine

the proposals and provide them an

opportunity to file informal objections

against such applications.

Federal Communications Commission.

Shirley S. Suggs,

Chief, Publications Branch.

[FR Doc. 97–25431 Filed 9–24–97; 8:45 am]

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FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION

Sunshine Act Meeting

FEDERAL REGISTER NUMBER: 97–23579.

PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED DATE & TIME:

Thursday, September 11, 1997, 10:00

a.m., meeting open to the public.

This meeting was not held. All agenda

items were continued to the next open

meeting of September 18, 1997.

FEDERAL REGISTER NUMBER: 97–24251.

PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED DATE & TIME:

Tuesday, September 16, 1997, 10:00

a.m., meeting closed to the public.

This meeting was cancelled.

DATE & TIME: Tuesday, September 30,

1997, at 10:00 a.m.

PLACE: 999 E Street, NW., Washington,

DC.

STATUS: This meeting will be closed to

the public.

ITEMS TO BE DISCUSSED:

Compliance matters pursuant to 2

U.S.C. § 437g.

Audits conducted pursuant to 2 U.S.C.

§ 437g, § 438(b), and Title 26, U.S.C.

Matters concerning participation in civil

actions or proceedings or

arbitration.

Internal personnel rules and procedures

or matters affecting a particular

employee.

DATE & TIME: Wednesday, October 1,

1997, at 10:00 a.m.

PLACE: 999 E Street, NW., Washington,

DC (Ninth Floor).

STATUS: This meeting will be open to the

public.

ITEMS TO BE DISCUSSED:

Correction and Approval of Minutes.

Advisory Opnion 1997–20: Friends of

McCarthy by its treasurer, Rita

Copeland.

Advisory Opnion 1997–21: Firebaugh

for Congress Committee by its

treasurer, Charles Rorex.

Administrative Matters.

PERSON TO CONTACT FOR INFORMATION:

Mr. Ron Harris, Press Officer,

Telephone: (202) 219–4155.

Marjorie W. Emmons,

Secretary of the Commission.

[FR Doc. 97–25678 Filed 9–23–97; 3:06 pm]

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FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION

Notice of Agreement(s) Filed

The Commission hereby gives notice

of the filing of the following

agreement(s) under the Shipping Act of

1984.

Interested parties can review or obtain

copies of agreements at the Washington,

DC offices of the Commission, 800

North Capitol Street NW., Room 962.

Interested parties may submit comments

on an agreement to the Secretary,

Federal Maritime Commission,

Washington, DC 20573, within 10 days

of the date this notice appears in the

Federal Register.

Agreement No.: 202–011456–023.

Title: South Europe American

Conference.

Parties:

DSR-Senator Lines GmbH

Evergreen Marine Corporation

(Taiwan) Ltd.

Italia di Navigazione, S.p.A.

A.P. Moller-Maersk Line

P&O Nedlloyd B.V.

P&O Nedlloyd Ltd.

Sea-Land Service, Inc.

Zim Israel Navigation Company, Ltd.