66324 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 243 / Thursday, December 18, 1997 / Proposed Rules

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[MM Docket No. 97–242, RM–9192]

Radio Broadcasting Services; Eastland

and Baird, TX

AGENCY: Federal Communications

Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: The Commission requests

comments on a petition filed by Cowboy

Broadcasting, LLC, licensee of Station

KVMX (FM), Channel 236A, Eastland,

Texas, requesting the substitution of

Channel 236C3 for Channel 236A, the

reallotment of Channel 236C3 from

Eastland to Baird, Texas, and the

modification of Station KVMX (FM)’s

license to specify Baird as its

community of license. Channel 237C3

can be allotted to Baird in compliance

with the Commission’s minimum

distance separation requirements with a

site restriction of 0.3 kilometers (0.2

miles) north. The coordinates for

Channel 237C3 are 32–23–45 NL and

99–23–44 WL. In accordance with the

provision of Section 1.420(i) of the

Commission’s Rules, we will not accept

competing expressions of interest in use

of Channel 236C3 at Baird.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or

before February 2, 1998, and reply

comments on or before February 17,

1998.

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications

Commission, Washington, DC 20554. In

addition to filing comments with the

FCC, interested parties should serve the

petitioner, or its counsel or consultant,

as follows: Cliff Boyd, Cowboy

Broadcasting, LLC., 1110 South Santa Fe

Trail, Ducanville, Texas 75137

(Petitioner).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pam

Blumenthal, Mass Media Bureau, (202)

418–2180.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a

synopsis of the Commission’s Notice of

Proposed Rule Making, MM Docket No.

97–242, adopted December 3, 1997, and

released December 12, 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, ITS, Inc.,

(202) 857–3800, 1231 20th Street, NW,

Washington, DC 20036.

Provisions of the Regulatory

Flexibility Act of 1980 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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COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[MM Docket No. 97–243, RM–9194]

Radio Broadcasting Services; Belzoni

and Tchula, MS

AGENCY: Federal Communications

Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: The Commission requests

comments on a petition filed by Team

Broadcasting Company, Inc., permittee

of Station WGNG (FM), Channel 292A,

Belzoni, Mississippi, requesting the

substitution of Channel 292C3 for

Channel 292A; the reallotment of

Channel 292C3 from Belzoni to Tchula

and the modification of Station

WGNG(M)’s authorization to specify

Tchula as its community of license.

Channel 292C3 can be allotted to

Belzoni in compliance with the

Commission’s minimum distance

separation requirements with a site

restriction of 3.0 kilometers (1.8 miles)

southeast of the community. The

coordinates for Channel 292C3 at

Tchula are 33–09–43 NL and 90–12–34

WL. In accordance with the provisions

of Section 1.420(i) of the Commission’s

Rules, we will not accept competing

expressions of interest in use of Channel

292C3 at Tchula.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or

before February 2, 1998, and reply

comments on or before February 17,

1998.

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications

Commission, Washington, DC 20554. In

addition to filing comments with the

FCC, interested parties should serve the

petitioner, or its counsel or consultant,

as follows: Ruben C. Hughes, President,

Team Broadcasting Company, Inc., 561

Golden Avenue, Mobile Alabama 36616

(Petitioner).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pam

Blumenthal, Mass Media Bureau, (202)

418–2180.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a

synopsis of the Commission’s Notice of

Proposed Rule Making, MM Docket No.

97–243, adopted December 3, 1997, and

released December 12, 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, ITS, Inc.,

(202) 857–3800, 1231 20th Street, NW,

Washington, DC 20036.

Provisions of the Regulatory

Flexibility Act of 1980 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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[MM Docket No. 97–238, RM–9201]

Radio Broadcasting Services;

Guymon, OK

AGENCY: Federal Communications

Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: The Commission requests

comments on a petition filed by Clear
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Channel Radio Licenses, Inc., to allot

Channel 258C1 to Guymon, OK, as the

community’s second local FM service.

Channel 258C1 can be allotted to

Guymon in compliance with the

Commission’s minimum distance

separation requirements without the

imposition of a site restriction, at

coordinates 36–41–00 North Latitude;

101–29–06 West Longitude.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or

before February 2, 1998, and reply

comments on or before February 17,

1998.

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications

Commission, Washington, DC 20554. In

addition to filing comments with the

FCC, interested parties should serve the

petitioner, or its counsel or consultant,

as follows: Richard J. Bodorff,

Christopher L. Robbins, Wiley, Rein &

Fielding, 1776 K Street, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20006 (Counsel to

petitioner).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Leslie K. Shapiro, Mass Media Bureau,

(202) 418–2180.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a

synopsis of the Commission’s Notice of

Proposed Rule Making, MM Docket No.

97–238, adopted November 26, 1997,

and released December 12, 1997. The

full text of this Commission decision is

available for inspection and copying

during normal business hours in the

FCC 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 Services, Inc., (202) 857–

3800, 1231 20th Street, NW,

Washington, DC 20036.

Provisions of the Regulatory

Flexibility Act of 1980 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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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

50 CFR Parts 227 and 425

[I.D. 950214048–7291–03]

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

50 CFR Parts 17 and 425

RIN 1018–AD12

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife

and Plants; Withdrawal of Proposed

Rule to List a Distinct Population

Segment of Atlantic Salmon (Salmo

Salar) as Threatened

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service, National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration,

Commerce and Fish and Wildlife

Service, Interior.

ACTION: Proposed rule; withdrawal.

SUMMARY: The National Marine

Fisheries Service (NMFS) and the U.S.

Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS),

collectively the Services, withdraw the

September 29, 1995, proposed rule (60

FR 50530) to list a distinct population

segment (DPS) of Atlantic salmon

(Salmo salar) in seven Maine rivers as

threatened under the Endangered

Species Act (Act) of 1973, as amended

(16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). This decision

is based on an evaluation of the best

scientific data available and

consideration of ongoing and planned

actions by State and Federal agencies

and private entities including the

development by the State of Maine of

the Atlantic Salmon Conservation Plan

for Seven Maine Rivers (Conservation

Plan).

ADDRESSES: National Marine Fisheries

Service, Northeast Region, Protected

Resources Division, One Blackburn

Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930; U.S. Fish

and Wildlife Service, Region 5,

Endangered Species Division, 300

Westgate Center Drive, Hadley, MA

01035.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mary Colligan (NMFS) at 978/281–9116

or Paul Nickerson (FWS) at 413/253–

8615.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

Information on the life history,

distribution and abundance of U.S.

Atlantic salmon can be found in the

proposed rule published in the Federal

Register on September 29, 1995 (60 FR

50530).

Previous Federal Action

Atlantic salmon populations in the

Dennys, Machias, East Machias,

Narraguagus, and Pleasant rivers were

designated as category 2 candidate

species by the FWS on November 21,

1991 (56 FR 58804). Category 2

candidates, a designation discontinued

in a Notice of Review published by the

FWS on February 28, 1996 (61 FR 7596),

were taxa for which information in

possession of the FWS indicated that

proposing to list as endangered or

threatened was possibly appropriate but

for which conclusive data on biological

vulnerability and threats were not

currently available. On October 1, 1993,

the Services received a petition from

RESTORE: The North Woods, the

Biodiversity Legal Foundation, and

Jeffrey Elliott to list anadromous

Atlantic salmon throughout its known

historical range in the United States.

The Services published a notice of their

90-day finding on January 20, 1994 (59

FR 3067), stating that the petition

presented substantial information

indicating that the requested action may

be warranted. A biological review team

conducted a status review and prepared

a draft report entitled ‘‘Status Review

for Anadromous Atlantic Salmon in the

United States, January 1995’’ (Status

Review) (FWS and NMFS 1995). On

March 17, 1995, the Services published

a notice of their 12-month finding (60

FR 14410) stating that available

biological evidence indicated that the

species described in the petition did not

meet the definition of a ‘‘species’’ under

the Act. Consequently, the Services

concluded that the petitioned action to

list Atlantic salmon throughout its

historical range within the United States

was not warranted. However, the

Services did find that sufficient

information was available to support a

listing action for a DPS comprised of

seven river populations of Atlantic

salmon in Maine (the seven rivers DPS)

and stated that preparation of a

proposed rule to list this DPS had

begun.

On September 29, 1995, the Services

published a proposed rule to list the

seven rivers DPS of Atlantic salmon as

threatened (60 FR 50530) (hereafter

referred to as ‘‘the proposed rule’’).

Pursuant to section 4(d) of the Act, the

proposed rule (60 FR 50530) offered the

State of Maine an opportunity to

develop a Conservation Plan to retain

the lead for the species’ recovery. The

Services reopened their comment period

on the proposed rule (60 FR 50530) on

August 27, 1996 (61 FR 44032), to

announce three public hearings which

were held in Maine in September of that