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eligible for and participated in the first

auction for frequency block C, which

began on December 18, 1995, will be

eligible to bid in a reauction of licenses

for frequency block C conducted after

March 31, 1998.

(ii) The following restrictions will

apply for any reauction of frequency

block C licenses conducted after March

31, 1998:

(A) Applicants that elected to

disaggregate 15 MHz of spectrum from

any or all of their frequency block C

licenses, as provided in subsection

IV.B., Amendment of the Commission’s

Rules Regarding Installment Payment

Financing for Personal Communications

Services Licensees, Second Report and

Order, WT Docket No. 97–82 (released

October 16, 1997), will not be eligible to

apply for such disaggregated licenses

until 2 years from the start of the

reauction of those licenses. The Second

Report and Order is available in the FCC

Reference Center, Room 239, 1919 M

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20554.

(B) Applicants that surrendered any of

their frequency block C licenses as

provided in subsection IV.D. (the

‘‘prepayment option’’) Amendment of

the Commission’s Rules Regarding

Installment Payment Financing for

Personal Communications Services

Licensees, Second Report and Order,

WT Docket No. 97–82 (released October

16, 1997), will not be eligible to apply

for the licenses that they surrendered to

the Commission until 2 years from the

start of the reauction of those licenses.

(C) For purposes of this paragraph,

applicant shall mean the applicant and

its affiliates and any present or former

qualifying member of a control group

and their affiliates.

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[FR Doc. 97–28221 Filed 10–23–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of the Secretary

49 CFR Part 1

[OST Docket No. 1; Amdt. 1–291]

RIN 9000–AA02

Organization and Delegation of Powers

and Duties; Secretarial Succession

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, DOT.

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: The purpose of this

amendment is to alter the order of

Secretarial succession for the

Department to reflect that the Federal

Aviation Administrator now serves a

statutory term of office.

DATES: The effective date of this

amendment is October 24, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

David K. Tochen, Office of the General

Counsel, Department of Transportation,

Washington, DC (202) 366–4710.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 49 CFR

1.26, the order of succession to act as

Secretary of Transportation is set forth:

The Deputy Secretary, General Counsel,

Assistant Secretary for Transportation

Policy, Assistant Secretary for Aviation

and International Affairs, Assistant

Secretary for Governmental Affairs,

Assistant Secretary for Budget and

Programs, Associate Deputy Secretary,

Saint Lawrence Seaway Development

Corporation Administrator, and

Assistant Secretary for Administration,

in that order. The Saint Lawrence

Seaway Development Corporation

Administrator is included in the order

of succession because that official has a

statutory term of office, and therefore is

more likely to be in office during a

Presidential transition, when someone

of that rank must act as Secretary. With

the recent appointment of the first

Federal Aviation Administrator to serve

a statutory term of office (five years—see

49 USC 106(b), as amended by the

Federal Aviation Administration

Authorization Act of 1994, Public Law

103–305, Section 201, August 23, 1994),

that official is also more likely to be in

office during a Presidential transition,

and is being substituted for the Saint

Lawrence Seaway Development

Corporation Administrator. This

amendment reflects this change in the

order of Secretarial Succession.

Since this amendment relates to

Departmental management, procedures,

and practice, notice and comment on it

are unnecessary under 5 USC

553(b)(3)(A), and it may be made

effective in less than 30 days after

publication in the Federal Register

under 5 USC 553(d)(2) as a change in

internal policy.

List of Subjects in 49 CFR Part 1

Authority delegations (Government

agencies), Organization and functions

(Government agencies).

In consideration of the foregoing, Part

1 of Title 49, Code of Federal

Regulations, is amended as follows:

PART 1—[AMENDED]

1. The authority citation continues to

read as follows:

Authority: 49 USC 322; Public Law 101–

522, 28 USC 2672, 31 USC 3711 (a)(2).

2. In § 1.26, paragraph (a) introductory

text is republished and paragraph (a)(8)

is revised to read as follows:

§ 1.26 Secretarial succession.

(a) The following officials, in the

order indicated, shall act as Secretary of

Transportation, in case of the absence or

disability of the Secretary, until the

absence or disability ceases, or, in case

of a vacancy, until a successor is

appointed:

* * * * *

(8) Federal Aviation Administrator.

* * * * *

Issued in Washington, DC, on October 15,

1997.

Rodney E. Slater,

Secretary of Transportation.

[FR Doc. 97–27960 Filed 10–23–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–62–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

50 CFR Part 630

[Docket No. 970710171–7240–02; I.D.

041097A]

RIN 0648–AJ63

Atlantic Swordfish Fishery; Annual

Quotas

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: NMFS issues this final rule to

amend the regulations governing the

Atlantic swordfish fishery to: establish

the U.S. swordfish quota for the North

Atlantic Ocean at 2,464 metric tons (mt)

dressed weight (dw) for 1997, at 2,398.6

mt dw for 1998, and at 2,333.2 mt dw

for 1999, with one half of each year’s

longline/harpoon subquota allocated to

each of two semiannual fishing seasons

(June 1 through November 30 and

December 1 through May 31); define the

South Atlantic swordfish stock and set

a 188 mt dw quota for that stock for

1997, with one-half allocated to each of

the two semiannual fishing seasons; and

implement the same management

measures for the South Atlantic

swordfish stock as are currently in place

for the North Atlantic stock.

DATES: All provisions of this final rule

are effective October 21, 1997, except

for the amendments to §§ 630.4(a),

630.7(c), (bb) and (cc), and 630.23(a)

and (b) and the revision to § 630.21

which are effective November 20, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the Final

Environmental Assessment/Regulatory

Impact Review (EA/RIR) supporting this