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ACTION: Notice of availability of

evaluation final findings.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the

availability of the final evaluation

findings for the Alabama, Louisiana,

Mississippi, North Carolina,

Washington, and American Samoa

Coastal Management Programs, and the

Apalachicola (Florida), and Rookery Bay

(Florida) National Estuarine Research

Reserves (NERRs). Sections 312 and 315

of the Coastal Zone Management Act of

1972 (CZMA), as amended, require a

continuing review of the performance of

coastal states with respect to approved

coastal management programs and the

operation and management of NERRs.

The States of Alabama, Louisiana,

North Carolina, and Washington, and

the Territory of American Samoa were

found to be implementing and enforcing

their Federally approved coastal

management programs, addressing the

national coastal management objectives

identified in CZMA Section 303(2)(A)–

(K), and adhering to the programmatic

terms of their financial assistance

awards. The State of Mississippi was

found to be not fully adhering to its

approved coastal zone program and is

not implementing and enforcing the

program in a satisfactory manner.

Apalachicola and Rookery Bay NERRs

were found to be adhering to

programmatic requirements of the NERR

System. Copies of these final evaluation

findings may be obtained upon written

request from: Vickie Allin, Chief, Policy

Coordination Division, Office of Ocean

and Coastal Resource Management,

NOS/NOAA, 1305 East-West Highway,

10th Floor, Silver Spring, Maryland

20910, (301) 713–3087x126.

(Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog 11.419,

Coastal Zone Management Program

Administration)

Dated: November 14, 1997.

Nancy Foster,

Assistant Administrator.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Telecommunications and

Information Administration

Advisory Committee on Public Interest

Obligations of Digital Television

Broadcasters; Notice of Open Meeting

November 20, 1997.

ACTION: Notice is hereby given of a

meeting of the Advisory Committee on

Public Interest Obligations of Digital

Television Broadcasters, created

pursuant to Executive Order 13038.

SUMMARY: The President established the

Advisory Committee on Public Interest

Obligations of Digital Television

Broadcasters (PIAC) to advise the Vice

President on the public interest

obligations of digital broadcasters. The

Committee will study and recommend

which public interest obligations should

accompany broadcasters’ receipt of

digital television licenses. The President

designated the National

Telecommunications and Information

Administration to provide secretariat

services for the Committee.

AUTHORITY: Executive Order 13038,

signed by President Clinton on March

11, 1997.

DATES: The meeting will be held on

Friday, December 5, 1997 from 9:00 a.m.

until 5:30 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting is scheduled to

take place in the Lounge of the ExportImport Bank of the United States, 11th

Floor, 811 Vermont Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20571. This location

is subject to change. If the location

changes, another Federal Register

notice will be issued. Updates about the

location of the meeting will also be

available on the Advisory Committee’s

homepage at www.ntia.doc.gov/

pubintadvcom/pubint.htm or you may

call Karen Edwards at 202–482–8056.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Karen Edwards, Designated Federal

Officer and Telecommunications Policy

Specialist, at the National

Telecommunications and Information

Administration; U.S. Department of

Commerce, Room 4716; 14th Street and

Constitution Avenue, N.W.;

Washington, DC 20230. Telephone:

202–482–8056; Fax: 202–482–8058; Email: piac@ntia.doc.gov.

Media Inquiries: Please contact Paige

Darden at the Office of Public Affairs, at

202–482–7002.

Agenda

Friday, December 5

Opening remarks

Briefings on the perspectives and

experiences of the public interest

and broadcasting communities, and

on digital technology

Public Comment

Committee Business

Closing Remarks

This agenda is subject to change. For

an updated, more detailed agenda,

please check the Advisory Committee

homepage at www.ntia.doc.gov/

pubintadvcom/pubint.htm.

Public Participation: The meeting will

be open to the public, with limited

seating available on a first-come, firstserved basis. This meeting is physically

accessible to people with disabilities.

Any member of the public requiring

special services, such as sign language

interpretation or other ancillary aids,

should contact Karen Edwards at least

five (5) working days prior to the

meeting at 202–482–8056 or at

piac@ntia.doc.gov. Please bring a form

of picture identification such as a

driver’s license or passport for clearance

into the building on the day of the

meeting.

Any member of the public may

submit written comments concerning

the Committee’s affairs at any time

before or after the meeting. Comments

should be submitted through electronic

mail to piac@ntia.doc.gov (please use

‘‘Public Comment’’ as the subject line)

or by letter addressed to the Committee

at the address listed below (please place

‘‘Public Comment’’ on the bottom left of

the envelope).

Guidelines for Public Comment: The

Advisory Committee on Public Interest

Obligations of Digital Television

Broadcasters welcomes public

comments. In general, opportunities for

oral comment will usually be limited to

no more than five (5) minutes per

speaker and no more than thirty (30)

minutes total at meetings. Written

comments received from the public may

be mailed (if at least thirty-five (35)

paper copies are submitted) or

forwarded by email to the committee

members prior to the meeting date.

However, comments received too close

to the meeting date will normally be

provided to committee members at the

meeting. Written comments received

shortly after a meeting will be compiled

and sent as briefing material prior to the

next meeting.

Obtaining Meeting Minutes: Within

thirty (30) days following the meeting,

copies of the minutes of the meeting

may be obtained over the Internet at

www.ntia.doc.gov/pubintadvcom/

pubint.htm, by phone request at 202–

501–6195, or by written request to

Karen Edwards; Advisory Committee on

Public Interest Obligations of Digital

Television Broadcasters; National

Telecommunications and Information

Administration; U.S. Department of

Commerce, Room 4716; 14th Street and

Constitution Avenue N.W.; Washington,

DC 20230.

Shirl Kinney,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for

Communications and Information.

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