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Source of flooding and location

#Depth in

feet above

ground.

*Elevation

in feet

(NGVD)

At county boundary 2.2 miles

upstream of U.S. Road

45E .................................... *393

Dyer Creek:

Approximately 0.84 mile

downstream of the Florida

Steel Railroad .................... *359

At Christmasville Road .......... *444

South Fork of Forked Deer

River:

At Westover Road ................. *348

Approximately 1.1 miles upstream of U.S. Route 45

(South Highland Avenue) .. *357

Johnson Creek (South Fork

Basin):

Approximately 950 feet

downstream of Lower

Brownsville Road ............... *343

At downstream side of Mt.

Pinson Road ...................... *424

North Fork of South Fork of

Forked Deer River:

Approximately 350 feet

downstream of Range

Road (State Route 8241) .. *378

At county boundary ............... *388

Jones Creek:

Approximately 1,500 feet

downstream of Illinois

Central Railroad ................. *366

Approximately 650 feet

downstream of Bendix

Drive .................................. *390

Dry Branch:

Entire shoreline of impoundment behind Johnson

Creek Watershed Dam No.

5 ......................................... *476

Little Johnson Creek:

Entire shoreline of impoundment behind Johnson

Creek Watershed Dam No.

10 ....................................... *478

Hart Creek:

Entire shoreline of impoundment behind Johnson

Creek Watershed Dam No.

4 ......................................... *465

Lackey Creek:

Entire shoreline of impoundment behind Johnson

Creek Watershed Dam No.

7 ......................................... *436

Sandy Creek:

At county boundary ............... *396

Approximately 1.86 miles upstream of Bowman-Collins

Road .................................. *492

Brown Creek:

At the confluence with North

Fork of South Fork of

Forked Deer River ............. *367

Approximately 1.14 miles upstream of Beech Bluff

Road .................................. *382

Sandy Creek Tributary:

At the confluence with Sandy

Creek ................................. *432

Approximately 850 feet upstream of Collins Road ...... *455

Maps available for inspection

at the Madison County Commissioner’s office building,

Madison County Courthouse,

100 East Main Street, Jackson, Tennessee 38301.

Source of flooding and location

#Depth in

feet above

ground.

*Elevation

in feet

(NGVD)

———

Medon (Town), Madison

County (FEMA Docket No.

7215)

Sandy Creek:

Approximately 375 feet

downstream of the confluence of Sandy Creek

Tributary ............................. *430

Approximately 1,375 feet upstream of Bowman Collins

Road .................................. *434

Maps available for inspection

at the Medon City Hall, 20

College Street, Medon, Tennessee.

WISCONSIN

Chippewa County (Unincorporated Areas) (FEMA

Docket Nos. 7199 and

7215)

Chippewa River:

Downstream county boundary ...................................... *804

Approximately 6,250 feet upstream of upstream City of

Chippewa Falls corporate

limits ................................... *853

Maps available for inspection

at the Chippewa County

Courthouse, 711 North

Bridge Street, Chippewa

Falls, Wisconsin.

———

Chippewa Falls (City), Chippewa County (FEMA

Docket Nos. 7199 and

7215)

Chippewa River:

Approximately 1 mile downstream of U.S. Highway 53 *821

Approximately 3.2 miles upstream of Soo Line Railroad .................................... *852

Maps available for inspection

at the Chippewa Falls City

Hall, Inspection Department,

30 West Central Street, Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin.

———

Eau Claire (City), Chippewa

and Eau Claire Counties

(FEMA Docket No. 7219)

Chippewa River:

At Interstate 94 ...................... *773

Upstream corporate limits ..... *806

Sherman Creek:

Confluence with Chippewa

River .................................. *776

Approximately 1.0 mile upstream of Menomonie

Street ................................. *808

Eau Claire River:

At the confluence with Chippewa River ......................... *782

Approximately 1,150 feet upstream of South Dewey

Street ................................. *783

Source of flooding and location

#Depth in

feet above

ground.

*Elevation

in feet

(NGVD)

Maps available for inspection

at the Eau Claire City Hall,

Inspection Service Office,

203 South Farwell Street,

Eau Claire, Wisconsin.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No.

83.100, ‘‘Flood Insurance.’’)

Dated: October 9, 1997.

Michael J. Armstrong,

Associate Director for Mitigation.

[FR Doc. 97–27711 Filed 10–17–97; 8:45 am]

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FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION

46 CFR Part 586

[Docket No. 96–20]

Port Restrictions and Requirements in

the United States/Japan Trade

AGENCY: Federal Maritime Commission.

ACTION: Petition for amendment to final

rule; denial.

SUMMARY: The Federal Maritime

Commission is denying a request

submitted by Japanese liner shipping

companies that per-voyage fees owed to

the agency pursuant to the final rule in

this proceeding be made payable to

escrow accounts, rather than to the

Commission directly.

ADDRESSES: Requests for publicly

available information or additional

filings should be addressed to: Joseph C.

Polking, Secretary, Federal Maritime

Commission, 800 North Capitol Street,

N.W., Washington, D.C. 20573, (202)

523–5725.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Thomas Panebianco, General Counsel,

Federal Maritime Commission, 800

North Capitol Street, N.W., Washington,

D.C. 20573, (202) 523–5740.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Commission’s final rule in this

proceeding (62 FR 9696, amended 62 FR

18532 and 62 FR 18533) assessing pervoyage fees on Japanese liner shipping

companies in response to longstanding

restrictive and unfavorable requirements

for the use of Japanese ports become

effective on September 4, 1997. Under

the rule, Japanese shipping lines are

scheduled to make their first payment of

fees, covering the month of September,

on October 15.

On October 7, 1997, the Japanese

carriers submitted a letter requesting

that the Commission ‘‘consider

alternative ways and means by which
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the Carriers could fulfill their payment

obligations.’’ Specifically, the Japanese

lines urged that the Commission require

that the carriers establish escrow

accounts and pay the fees into these

accounts, rather than paying them

directly to the Commission. The carriers

further requested that the Commission

take any other steps to ‘‘accomplish the

objectives of this request.’’ As the relief

sought by the Japanese lines would

involve changing the payment

procedures set forth in the final rule, the

Commission has determined to treat the

letter as a petition for amendment of the

final rule, which would have been the

appropriate pleading in this instance.

Copies of the request were served on

other participants in this proceeding; no

comments or responses were received

from any party.

In their request for alternative

payment arrangements, the Japanese

carriers have failed to cite any material

improvements or reforms in the

unfavorable Japanese port conditions

that are the subject of this proceeding.

Indeed, the Commission is unaware of

any such progress since it last

suspended the final rule in April.

Accordingly, we find no basis for

altering the collection procedures set

forth in the final rule to postpone or

redirect the payment of the fees. The

Commission appreciates concerns raised

by the Japanese lines regarding the

complexity of the matters at issue;

however, the Government of Japan has

had ample opportunity to develop and

implement necessary improvements. It

has not, to date, done so.

The Japanese carriers’ request for

alternative payment arrangements is

denied.

By the Commission.

Joseph C. Polking,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–27668 Filed 10–17–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

50 CFR Part 679

[Docket No. 961107312–7021–02; I.D.

101497A]

Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic

Zone Off Alaska; Pacific Cod by Trawl

Catcher Vessels in the Bering Sea and

Aleutian Islands

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Modification of a closure.

SUMMARY: NMFS is opening directed

fishing for Pacific cod by trawl catcher

vessels in the Bering Sea and Aleutian

Islands management area (BSAI). This

action is necessary to fully utilize the

total allowable catch (TAC) of Pacific

cod in that area.

DATES: Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local

time (A.l.t.), October 15, 1997, until

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Andrew N. Smoker, 907–586–7228.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

groundfish fishery in the BSAI exclusive

economic zone is managed by NMFS

according to the Fishery Management

Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea

and Aleutian Islands Area (FMP)

prepared by the North Pacific Fishery

Management Council under authority of

the Magnuson-Stevens 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.

In accordance with §§ 679.20

(a)(7)(i)(B), the portion of the Pacific cod

TAC allocated to trawl catcher vessels

in the BSAI was established as 63,450

metric tons (mt) by the Final 1997

Harvest Specifications for Groundfish

(62 FR 7168, February 18, 1997). The

trawl catcher vessel portion was

increased by a reallocation of the

projected unused amount of the trawl

catcher/processor allocation to 65,450

mt (62 FR 51609, October 2, 1997). The

Administrator, Alaska Region, NMFS

(Regional Administrator), has

established a directed fishing allowance

of 64,450 mt, and set aside the

remaining 1,000 mt as bycatch to

support other anticipated groundfish

fisheries. The fishery for Pacific cod by

trawl catcher vessels in the BSAI was

closed to directed fishing under

§§ 679.20(d)(1)(iii) on April 29, 1997,

(62 FR 24508, May 2, 1997).

NMFS has determined that as of

September 29, 1997, 2,432 mt remain in

the directed fishing allowance.

Therefore, NMFS is terminating the

previous closure and is opening

directed fishing for Pacific cod by trawl

catcher vessels in the BSAI.

Classification

All other closures remain in full force

and effect. This action responds to the

best available information recently

obtained from the fishery. It must be

implemented immediately in order to

allow full utilization of the Pacific cod

TAC. Providing prior notice and

opportunity for public comment for this

action is impracticable and contrary to

the public interest. Further delay would

only disrupt the FMP objective of

providing a portion of the Pacific cod

TAC for trawl catcher vessels in the

BSAI. NMFS finds for good cause that

the implementation of this action

cannot be delayed for 30 days.

Accordingly, under 5 U.S.C. 553(d), a

delay in the effective date is hereby

waived.

This action is required by §§ 679.20

and is exempt from review under E.O.

12866.

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

Dated: October 14, 1997.

Bruce C. Morehead,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 97–27736 Filed 10–15–97; 3:26 pm]

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