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will facilitate review of the annual

access filings within the streamlined

notice periods by resolving most of the

major issues currently raised with the

annual access proceedings. (This

requirement does not impose any

additional burden on the respondents

since respondents are already required

to file TRPs). e. Petitions and Replies:

Petitions against LEC tariff transmittals

that are effective 7 days from filing must

be filed within 3 calendar days from the

date of tariff filing, and replies must be

filed within 2 calendar days of service

of petition. Petitions against LEC tariff

transmittals that are effective 15 days

from filing will be filed as currently

specified in sections 1.773(a)(2)(ii) and

1.773(b)(1)(ii). These rules require

petitions to be filed within 4 days of

service of the petition. All tariffs and

associated documents filed on 15 days’

notice or less must include, among other

things, the facsimile number of the

individual designated by the filing

carrier to receive personal or facsimile

service of petitions and that petitions

and replies in connection with such

tariff filings be served by hand or

facsimile. (No. of respondents: 20; hours

per response: 6 hours; total annual

burden: 120 hours). f. Standard

Protective Orders: In the Report and

Order, the Commission issued a

standard protective order for use in

review of LEC tariff filings submitted

pursuant to section 204(a)(3). Reviewing

parties must keep a written record of all

copies made and to provide this record

to the Submitting Party on reasonable

request. (No. of respondents: 20; hours

per response: 2 hours; total annual

burden: 40 hours). The information

collected under the program of

electronic filing will facilitate access to

tariff and associated documents by the

public, especially by interested persons

who do not have ready access to the

Commission’s public reference rooms,

and state and federal regulators. Ready

electronic access to carrier tariffs should

also facilitate the compilation of

aggregate data for industry analysis

purposes without imposing new

reporting requirements on carriers. The

Commission adopts its proposal to

require that carriers desiring tariffs

proposing rate decreases to be effective

in seven days must be filed in separate

transmittal. This requirement will

ensure that a tariff filing proposing a

rate decrease is given the shortest notice

period possible under the 1996 Act. The

Commission also adopts the

requirement that carriers identify

transmittals filed pursuant to the

streamlining provisions of the 1996 Act.

All of the requirements would be used

to ensure that local exchange carriers

comply with their obligations under the

Communications Act and that the

Commission be able to ensure

compliance within the streamlined

timeframes established by the 1996 Act.

Obligation to respond: Mandatory.

Public reporting burden for the

collections of information is as noted

above. Send comments regarding the

burden estimate or any other aspect of

the collections of information, including

suggestions for reducing the burden to

Performance Evaluation and Records

Management, Washington, D.C. 20554.

Federal Communications Commission.

Magalie Roman Salas,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–33684 Filed 12–24–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION

[CC Docket No. 85–166, Phase I]

Petitions for Reconsideration and

Clarification

AGENCY: Federal Communications

Commission.

ACTION: Notice: Correction.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Shari Spivey, (202) 418–0270.

SUMMARY: This document corrects

Report No. 2240 regarding petitions for

reconsideration and clarification

published in the Federal Register on

December 3, 1997, (FR Doc 97–31592).

On page 63951, column two, the

petition should be removed through

lines 4–8.

Federal Communications Commission.

Magalie Roman Salas,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–33683 Filed 12–24–97; 8:45 am]

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FEDERAL EMERGENCY

MANAGEMENT AGENCY

[FEMA–1190–DR]

Nebraska; Amendment to Notice of a

Major Disaster Declaration

AGENCY: Federal Emergency

Management Agency (FEMA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice amends the notice

of a major disaster for the State of

Nebraska, (FEMA–1190–DR), dated

November 1, 1997, and related

determinations.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 10, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Madge Dale, Response and Recovery

Directorate, Federal Emergency

Management Agency, Washington, DC

20472, (202) 646–3260.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The notice

of a major disaster for the State of

Nebraska dated November 1, 1997, is

hereby amended to include Category G

under the Public Assistance program,

for state management cost only, for all

areas previously designated for Public

Assistance as a result of the catastrophe

declared a major disaster by the

President in his declaration of

November 1, 1997.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No.

83.516, Disaster Assistance.)

Lacy E. Suiter,

Executive Associate Director, Response and

Recovery Directorate.

[FR Doc. 97–33710 Filed 12–24–97; 8:45 am]

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FEDERAL EMERGENCY

MANAGEMENT AGENCY

[FEMA–1192–DR]

Commonwealth of the Northern

Mariana Islands; Major Disaster and

Related Determinations

AGENCY: Federal Emergency

Management Agency (FEMA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This is a notice of the

Presidential declaration of a major

disaster for the Commonwealth of the

Northern Mariana Islands (FEMA–1192–

DR), dated December 8, 1997, and

related determinations.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 8, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Magda Ruiz, Response and Recovery

Directorate, Federal Emergency

Management Agency, Washington, DC

20472, (202) 646–3260.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is

hereby given that, in a letter dated

December 8, 1997, the President

declared a major disaster under the

authority of the Robert T. Stafford

Disaster Relief and Emergency

Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.),

as follows:

I have determined that the damage in

certain areas of the Commonwealth of the

Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), resulting

from Super Typhoon Keith on November 2–

3, 1997, is of sufficient severity and

magnitude to warrant a major disaster

declaration under the Robert T. Stafford

Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act

(‘‘the Stafford Act’’). I, therefore, declare that

such a major disaster exists in the

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana

Islands.