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rulemaking process, the Department

intends to adhere to the provisions of

the Interpretive Rule, where applicable.

The Department will continue its review

and analysis of the likely effects of

NEMA TP–1 and National Business

Awareness Campaign programs during

the standards rulemaking. There will be

workshops early in the standards

development process to obtain the

views of interested parties on design

options, the conduct of the engineering

and life-cycle cost analyses, and the

expertise needed by the Department to

perform such analyses. During the

rulemaking process, the Department

also intends to reevaluate its

determination that mandatory standards

are technologically feasible and

economically justified, and are likely to

result in significant energy savings. For

example, the Department anticipates

that NEMA will strengthen its efforts to

promote voluntary standards for

distribution transformers and will

submit additional data for the

Department’s review and analysis. The

Department welcomes data

demonstrating the successful market

penetration of NEMA TP–1 and/or the

National Business Campaign. If further

analyses reveal that standards are not

warranted, DOE will revise this

determination and will not proceed to

promulgate standards.

Issued in Washington, D.C., on September

5, 1997.

Joseph J. Romm,

Acting Assistant Secretary, Energy Efficiency

and Renewable Energy.

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Administration of the North American

Numbering Plan, Carrier Identification

Codes (CICs)

AGENCY: Federal Communications

Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: On October 9, 1997, the

Commission released a Further Notice

of Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM)

addressing carrier identification codes

(CICs). The FNPRM is intended to

obtain comment on issues related to CIC

use and assignment. This FNPRM

contains proposed information

collections subject to the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). It has

been submitted to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) for

review under the PRA. OMB, the

general public, and other Federal

agencies are invited to comment on the

proposed information collections

contained in this proceeding. The

Commission concurrently released a

Order in the same docket.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or

before November 24, 1997, and reply

comments must be filed on or before

December 22, 1997. Written comments

by the public on the proposed

information collections are due on

November 24, 1997. Written comments

must be submitted by OMB on the

proposed information collections on or

before December 22, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications

Commission, Secretary, Room 222, 1919

M Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20554.

In addition to filing comments with the

Secretary, a copy of any comments on

the proposed information collections

contained herein should be submitted to

Judy Boley, Federal Communications

Commission, Room 234, 1919 M Street,

N.W., Washington, DC 20554, or via the

Internet to jboley@fcc.gov, and to

Timothy Fain, OMB Desk Officer, 10236

NEOB, 725—17th Street, N.W.,

Washington, DC 20503 or via the

Internet to fain—t@al.eop.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Elizabeth Nightingale, Attorney,

Network Services Division, Common

Carrier Bureau, (202) 418–2352. For

additional information concerning the

information collections contained in

this FNPRM contact Judy Boley at 202–

418–0214, or via the Internet at

dconway@fcc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

summarizes the Commission’s Further

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in the

matter of Administration of the North

American Numbering Plan, Carrier

Identification Codes (CICs), CC Docket

92–237, adopted October 8, 1997, and

released October 9, 1997. The file is

available for inspection and copying

during the weekday hours of 9 a.m. to

4:30 p.m. in the Commission’s

Reference Center, Room 239, 1919 M

St., N.W., Washington D.C., or copies

may be purchased from the

Commission’s duplicating contractor,

ITS, Inc., 1231 20th Street, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20036, phone (202)

857–3800.

Paperwork Reduction Act

This FNPRM contains a proposed

information collection. The

Commission, as part of its continuing

effort to reduce paperwork burdens,

invites the general public and the OMB

to comment on the information

collections contained in this FNPRM, as

required by the Paperwork Reduction

Act of 1995, Public Law 104–13. Public

and agency comments are due at the

same time as other comments on this

FNPRM; OMB notification of action is

due 60 days from date of publication of

this FNPRM in the Federal Register.

Comments should address: (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 estimates; (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.

Title: Administration of the North

American Numbering Plan, Carrier

Identification Codes (CICs), CC Docket

92–237 (Semi-Annual Access and Usage

Reporting Requirements), adopted

October 8, 1997, and released October 9,

1997.

Form No.: N/A.

Type of Review: New collection.

Respondents: Business or other forprofit.

Title No. of respondents

Est. time per

response

Total annual

burden

1. Incumbent LEC and CIC Assignees Semi-Annual Access and Usage Reporting ........................ 2600 4x2 20,800

2. NANP Administrator Semi-Annual Access and Usage Reporting ................................................. 1 16x2 32

Total Annual Burden: 20,832 hours.

Frequency of Response: Semi-annual.

Estimated costs per respondent: $0.

Needs and Uses: Proposal 1: that

semi-annual access and usage reporting

requirements for Feature Group D CICs

be imposed on all incumbent local

exchange carriers (LECs) and CIC

assignees and that this information be
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1U.S. Bureau of the Census, U.S. Department of

Commerce, 1992 Census of Transportation,

Communications, and Utilities, UC92–S–1, Subject

Series, Establishment and Firm Size, Table 5,

Employment Size of Firms: 1992, SIC 4812 (issued

May 1995).

2See para. 9, supra.

filed with the North American

Numbering Plan (NANP) administrator.

Proposal 2: that the NANP administrator

file, on a semi-annual basis, a report

with the Commission based on the

information received from the

incumbent LECs and CIC assignees in

their semi-annual reports, and that the

NANP administrator include any

information obtained as a result of its

monitoring CIC usage. The proposed

collection of information will

significantly aid the industry’s and this

Commission’s joint effort to conserve

CICs.

Initial Regulatory Flexibility Act

Analysis

The Commission has prepared an

Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis

(IRFA) of the expected economic impact

on small entities by the policies and

proposals in this FNPRM. The

Commission solicited written public

comments on the IRFA, which must be

filed by the deadlines for the

submission of comments in this

proceeding.

Need for and Objectives of Proposed

Rules

The FNPRM continues the

Commission’s analysis of issues related

to carrier identification code (CIC) use

and assignment. The FNPRM seeks

comment on the use and application of

Feature Group D CICs, the CICs that are

used to provide equal access. The

Commission’s actions here are part of an

effort to ensure fair and efficient overall

administration of numbering resources.

Legal Basis

Authority for actions proposed in this

FNPRM may be found in: Sections 1,

4(i) and (j), 201–205, 218 and 251(e)(1)

of the Communications Act as amended,

47 U.S.C. Sections 151, 154(i), 154(j),

201–205, 218 and 251(e)(1).

Description and Estimate of the Number

of Small Entities to Which the Proposed

Rules Will Apply

The proposals made by the

Commission in this FNPRM may apply

to a variety of entities listed below.

Local Exchange Carriers

We estimate that there are fewer than

1,347 small incumbent LECs that may

be affected by the proposals in this

FNPRM.

Interexchange Carriers

We estimate that there are fewer than

130 small entity IXCs and 30 ‘‘other’’

toll carriers that may be affected by the

proposals in this FNPRM.

Wireless Service Providers

The 1992 Census of Transportation,

Communications, and Utilities,

conducted by the Bureau of the Census,

shows that only 12 radiotelephone firms

out of a total of 1,176 such firms that

operated during 1992 had 1,000 or more

employees.1 Therefore, even if all 12 of

these large firms were radiotelephone

companies, all of the remainder were

small businesses under the SBA’s

definition. We assume that all of the

current radiotelephone licensees are

small entities, as that term is defined by

the SBA.

Cellular and Mobile Radio Telephone

Service

We estimate that there are fewer than

792 small entity Cellular Service

Carriers and fewer than 138 small entity

Mobile Service Carriers that might be

affected by the proposals in this

FNPRM. We assume that all of the

current rural cellular and mobile

licensees are small businesses.

Personal Communications Service

We conclude that the number of small

broadband PCS licensees will include

the 90 winning C Block bidders and the

93 qualifying bidders in the D, E, and F

blocks, for a total of 183 small PCS

providers as defined by the SBA 2 and

the Commission’s auction rules.

Paging and Radiotelephone Service, and

Private Land Mobile Radio Services,

Paging Operations

We believe that it is possible that a

significant number of the estimated

48,393 licensees or potential licensees

who could take the opportunity to

partition or disaggregate a license or

who could obtain a license through

partitioning or disaggregation will be a

small business.

Competitive Access Providers

We estimate that there are fewer than

57 small entity CAPS that may be

affected by the proposals in this

FNPRM.

Operator Service Providers

We estimate that there are fewer than

25 small entity operator service

providers that may be affected by the

proposals in this FNPRM.

Pay Telephone Operators

We estimate that there are fewer than

271 pay telephone operators that may be

affected by the proposals in this

FNPRM.

Resellers

We estimate that there are fewer than

260 small entity resellers that may be

affected by the proposals in this

FNPRM.

Telecommunications Equipment

Manufacturers

We estimate that there are fewer than

436 small manufacturers of wireline

telecommunications equipment.

Wireless Telecommunications

Equipment Manufacturers

We estimate that there are fewer than

778 small manufacturers of wireless

telecommunications equipment.

Fire and Burglar Equipment

Manufacturers

We estimate that there are fewer than

469 small manufacturers of alarm

equipment that may be affected by the

proposals in this FNPRM.

Alarm Service Providers

We tentatively conclude that there are

approximately 2,190 small security

system service providers that may be

affected by the proposals in this

FNPRM.

Description of Projected Reporting,

Recordkeeping and Other Compliance

Requirements

The FNPRM proposes that semiannual access and usage reporting

requirements for Feature Group D CICs

be imposed on all incumbent LECs and

CIC assignees and that this information

be filed with the North American

Numbering Plan (NANP) administrator.

The FNPRM also proposes that the

NANP administrator file, on a semiannual basis, a report with the

Commission based on the information

received from the incumbent LECs and

CIC assignees in their semi-annual

reports, and that the NANP

administrator include any information

obtained as a result of its monitoring

CIC usage. The FNPRM tentatively

concludes that the proposed reporting

requirements will: (1) impose minimum

burdens on businesses, including small

businesses; and (2) ensure CIC

availability to current and new small

business competitors, thereby serving

the goals of section 257 of the Act, as

amended, and offsetting any burdens of

the reporting requirements. The FNPRM

seeks comment on this tentative

conclusion. The IRFA seeks further
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comment on whether small entities will

have additional burdens imposed as a

result of these proposed requirements.

We believe that monitoring and

reporting on CIC usage will significantly

aid the industry’s and this

Commission’s joint effort to conserve

CICs.

Steps Taken to Minimize Economic

Impact on Small Entities and

Significant Alternatives Considered

To gather relevant information from

all interested parties, including small

business entities, about allocation of

this scarce numbering resource, we seek

comment on a wide array of issues and

ask that commenters suggest alternatives

to our proposals. The IRFA tentatively

concludes that our proposals in the

FNPRM would impose minimum

burdens on small entities. The IRFA

seeks comment on these proposals and

the impact they may have on small

entities.

Federal Rules That May Duplicate,

Overlap, or Conflict With the Proposed

Rules

None.

Analysis of Proceeding

The FNPRM asks for comment on the

use and application of Feature Group D

CICs, the CICs that are used to provide

equal access. The FNPRM also seeks

comment on the definition of ‘‘entity’’

used to determine who may receive a

CIC and on CIC conservation issues,

such as: (1) The limit on CIC

assignments per entity; (2) the limit on

assignable four-digit CICs; (3) CIC

reclamation; and (4) usage reporting

requirements. For some of these issues,

the FNPRM proposes rules. Many of

these issues are already addressed in the

CIC Assignment Guidelines, developed

by the industry for the NANP

administrator. The intention of the

FNPRM is not to propose modifications

to the existing guidelines, but rather to

propose new Commission rules to

govern CIC use and assignment. The

Commission’s proposals are intended to

ensure fair and efficient overall

administration of numbering resources;

to foster an integrated approach to

numbering administration across NANP

member countries; and to enable the

Commission and regulatory bodies of

other nations to ensure that domestic

numbering administration is effective

through reliance upon the expertise and

innovative efforts of industry.

Ordering Clauses

Accordingly, it is ordered, pursuant to

Sections 1, 4(i) and (j), 201–205, 218

and 251(e)(1) of the Communications

Act as amended, 47 U.S.C. Sections 151,

154(i), 154(j), 201–205, 218 and

251(e)(1), that the Further Notice of

Proposed Rulemaking is hereby

adopted.

It is further ordered that the

Commission’s Office of Managing

Director shall send a copy of the Further

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking,

including the Initial Regulatory

Flexibility Analysis, to the Chief

Counsel for Advocacy of the Small

Business Administration.

List of Subjects

47 CFR Part 52

Local exchange carrier, Numbering,

Telecommunications.

47 CFR Part 64

Communications common carriers,

Telephone.

Federal Communications Commission.

LaVera F. Marshall,

Acting Secretary.

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Radio Broadcasting Services; Wilson

and Turrell, AR

AGENCY: Federal Communications

Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: This document requests

comments on a petition for rule making

filed on behalf of Pollack Broadcasting

Company, permittee of Station

KAFW(FM), Channel 234A, Wilson,

Arkansas, requesting the reallotment of

Channel 234A to Turrell, Arkansas, as

that community’s first local aural

transmission service, and modification

of the authorization for Station

KAFW(FM) accordingly, pursuant to the

provisions of §420(i) of the

Commission’s rules. Coordinates used

for Channel 234A at Turrell are 35–22–

36 and 90–15–12.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or

before December 1, 1997, and reply

comments on or before December 16,

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: Barry D.

Wood and Paul H. Brown, Esqs., Wood

& Brinton, Chartered, Suite 900, 2300 M

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20037–

1436.

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.

97–215, adopted October 1, 1997, and

released October 10, 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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Radio Broadcasting Services; Berlin

and North Conway, NH

AGENCY: Federal Communications

Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: The Commission requests

comments on a petition filed by FullerJeffrey Broadcasting Corporation of

Greater Des Moines, licensee of Station

WPKQ, Berlin, NH, seeking the

reallotment of Channel 279C from