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notification letter of the proposed tests

and schedule under the Alternative Tier

2 provisions have been placed in the

public record.

In accordance with 40 CFR 79.56(a),

manufacturers of F/FAs may satisfy the

Subpart F testing requirements on a

group basis, e.g. the API 211(b) Research

Group. Each individual manufacturer

that is a member of such a group,

however, continues to be individually

subject to the testing and data

submission requirements.

This document serves as a notice to

all manufacturers of the subject F/FAs,

that are not exempted from these

requirements under the small business

provisions of 40 CFR 79.58(d), that they

are subject to these requirements.

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 79

Environmental protection, Air

pollution control, Gasoline,

Conventional gasoline, Oxygenates,

Methyl tertiary butyl ether, and Motor

vehicle pollution.

Dated: November 3, 1997

Richard D. Wilson,

Acting Assistant Administrator, Office of Air

and Radiation.

[FR Doc. 97–29594 Filed 11–10–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

50 CFR Part 17

RIN 1018–AE 27

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife

and Plants; Notice of Public Hearing

and Reopening of Comment Period on

Proposed Threatened Status for

Newcomb’s Snail From the Island of

Kauai, Hawaii

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,

Interior.

ACTION: Proposed rule; notice of public

hearing and reopening of comment

period.

SUMMARY: The Fish and Wildlife Service

(Service), pursuant to the Endangered

Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act),

provides notice of a public hearing on

the proposed threatened status for

Newcomb’s snail (Erinna newcombi). In

addition, the Service has reopened the

comment period. All parties are invited

to submit comments on this proposal.

DATES: The public comment period now

closes on December 15, 1997. Any

comments received by the closing date

will be considered in the final decision

on this proposal. The public hearing

will be held from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

and from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on

Wednesday, December 3, 1997.

ADDRESSES: The public hearing will be

held at the Outrigger Kauai Beach Hotel,

4331 Kauai Beach Drive, Lihue, Kauai,

Hawaii. Written comments and

materials concerning this proposal may

be submitted at the hearing or sent

directly to Mr. Brooks Harper, Field

Supervisor, Ecological Services, Pacific

Islands Ecoregion, U.S. Fish and

Wildlife Service, 300 Ala Moana Blvd.,

Room 3108, P.O. Box 50088, Honolulu,

HI 96850. Comments and materials will

be available for public inspection, by

appointment, during normal business

hours at the above address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Christine Willis (see ADDRESSES section)

or at 808/541–3441.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

Newcomb’s snail (Erinna newcombi)

is a freshwater snail restricted to the

island of Kauai, Hawaii. The

distribution of this snail has greatly

decreased from the known historic

distribution and extant populations are

presently limited to restricted habitats

within five perennial streams on State

land. The five known populations of

this snail and its habitat are currently

threatened by predation by a species of

non-native predatory snail and two

species of non-native marsh flies. These

populations are also subject to an

increased likelihood of extirpation from

water development projects and

naturally occurring events, including

natural disasters such as hurricanes and

landslides.

On July 21, 1997, the Service

published a rule proposing threatened

status for Newcomb’s snail in the

Federal Register (62 FR 38953–38958).

Section 4(b)(5)(E) of the Act (16 U.S.C.

1531 et seq.) requires that a public

hearing be held if it is requested within

45 days of the publication of the

proposed rule. A public hearing request

by the State of Hawaii, Department of

Land and Natural Resources, was

received within the allotted time period.

The Service has scheduled a public

hearing on Lihue, Kauai on Wednesday,

December 3, 1997, at the Outrigger

Kauai Beach Hotel from 2:00 to 4:00

p.m. and from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.

Oral and written comments will be

accepted and treated equally. Parties

wishing to make statements for the

record should bring a copy of their

statements to the hearing. Oral

statements may be limited in length, if

the number of parties present at the

hearing necessitates such a limitation.

There are no limits to the length of

written comments or materials

presented at the hearing or mailed to the

Service. Written comments carry the

same weight as oral comments. Legal

notices announcing the date, time, and

location of the hearing are being

published in newspapers concurrently

with this Federal Register notice.

The comment period on the proposal

was initially closed on September 19,

1997. To accommodate the hearing, the

public comment period is reopened

upon publication of this notice. Written

comments may now be submitted until

December 15, 1997, to the Service office

in the ADDRESSES section.

Author: The primary author of this

notice is Christine Willis (see

ADDRESSES section).

Authority

The authority for this action is the

Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16

U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).

Dated: November 3, 1997.

Cynthia U. Barry,

Acting Regional Director, Region 1, U.S. Fish

and Wildlife Service.

[FR Doc. 97–29439 Filed 11–10–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

50 CFR Part 648

[Docket No. 971030259–7259–01; I.D.

101497C]

RIN 0648–AJ96

Fisheries of the Northeastern United

States; Northeast Multispecies

Fishery; Framework Adjustment 24

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Proposed rule; request for

comments.

SUMMARY: NMFS proposes regulations to

implement Framework Adjustment 24

to the Northeast (NE) Multispecies

Fishery Management Plan (FMP). This

framework would implement measures

to adjust the Gulf of Maine (GOM) cod

trip limit provision (1,000 lbs (453.6 kg)

per day; 1,500 lbs (680.4 kg) per day,

starting with day 5) by requiring vessels

to come into port and report to NMFS

at least once every 14 days and, for

those vessels that exceed the trip limit,

to remain in port until days-at-sea (DAS)

used equate to the allowable cod