67866 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 249 / Tuesday, December 30, 1997 / Notices

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION

[DA 97–2676]

Telecommunications Relay Services;

FCC Form 431

AGENCY: Federal Communications

Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that in

an Order on Telecommunications Relay

Services and the Americans with

Disabilities Act of 1990 (Order), adopted

December 22, 1997, and released

December 22, 1997, the Commission

calculated the contribution factor for the

period April 26, 1998 through March 26,

1999 for the Telecommunications Relay

Services (TRS) Fund. The contribution

factor should ensure adequate funding

of TRS. The Commission also approved

the TRS payment formula for the 1998

calendar year. The payment rate will

compensate TRS providers for the

reasonable costs of providing interstate

TRS. In addition, the Commission

adopted the 1998 TRS Fund Worksheet,

FCC Form 431, subject to approval by

the Office of Management and Budget

(OMB), which incorporates the new

contribution factor and will be used by

carriers in filing their TRS Fund

contributions.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Andy Firth, Network Services Division,

Common Carrier Bureau, (202) 418–

1898 voice, (202) 418–2224 TTY, or

James Lande, Industry Analysis

Division, Common Carrier Bureau, (202)

418–0948.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 1. The

Order on Telecommunications Relay

Services and the Americans with

Disabilities Act of 1990 was adopted

pursuant to section 64.604(c)(4)(iii) of

the Commission’s Rules, 47 CFR

64.604(c)(4)(iii). Pursuant to the Order,

and subject to approval by OMB, the

1998 TRS Fund Worksheet, FCC Form

431, shall be effective for the period

April 26, 1998 through March 26, 1999.

All subject carriers are required to file

the form annually and contribute to the

TRS Fund. The TRS Fund reimburses

TRS providers for the costs of providing

interstate TRS. The Commission’s rules

provide that the TRS Fund Worksheet

shall be published in the Federal

Register. See 47 CFR 64.604(c)(4)(iii)(B).

2. Public reporting burden for this

collection of information is estimated to

average 2 hours per response, including

the time for reviewing instructions,

searching existing data sources,

gathering and maintaining the data

needed, and completing and reviewing

the collection of information. Send

comments regarding this burden

estimate or any other aspect of this

collection of information, including

suggestions for reducing this burden, to

the Federal Communications

Commission, Records Management

Branch, Room 234, Paperwork

Reduction Project (3060–0536),

Washington, D.C. 20554 and to the

Office of Management and Budget,

Paperwork Reduction Project (3060–

0536), Washington, D.C. 20503.

Federal Communications Commission.

Geraldine Matise,

Chief, Network Services Division, Common

Carrier Bureau.

[FR Doc. 97–33883 Filed 12–29–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION

[CC Docket No. 92–237; DA 97–2681]

Meeting of The North American

Numbering Council

AGENCY: Federal Communications

Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: On December 22, 1997, the

Commission released a public notice

announcing the January 20, 1998,

meeting and agenda of the North

American Numbering Council (NANC).

The intended effect of this action is to

make the public aware of the NANC’s

next meeting and its Agenda.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jeannie Grimes, Paralegal Specialist,

assisting the NANC at (202) 418–2313 or

via the Internet at jgrimes@fcc.gov. The

address is: Network Services Division,

Common Carrier Bureau, Federal

Communications Commission, 2000 M

Street, NW, Suite 235, Washington, DC

20054. The fax number is: (202) 418–

7314. The TTY number is: (202) 418–

0484.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Released:

December 23, 1997. The next meeting of

the North American Numbering Council

(NANC) will be held on Tuesday,

January 20, 1998, from 8:30 a.m. until

5:00 p.m., EST at the ANA Hotel, 2401

M Street, NW, Washington, DC.

This meeting will be open to members

of the general public. The FCC will

attempt to accommodate as many

people as possible. Admittance,

however will be limited to the seating

available. The public may submit

written statements to the NANC, which

must be received two business days

before the meeting. In addition, oral

statements at either meeting by parties

or entities not represented on the NANC

will be permitted to the extent time

permits. Such statements will be limited

to five minutes in length by any one

party or entity, and requests to make an

oral statement must be received two

business days before the meeting.

Requests to make an oral statement or

provide written comments to the NANC

should be sent to Jeannie Grimes at the

address under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT, stated above.

Proposed Agenda

The planned agenda for the January

20, 1998, meeting is as follows:

1. Number Pooling Management

Group (NPMG) Report.

2. Industry Numbering Committee

(INC) Report on Number Pooling.

3. Local Number Portability

Administration (LNPA) Working Group

Report: Follow-up activities for Second

Report and Order, Local Number

Portability, Docket 95–116. LNP

Implementation and General Oversight

Update.

4. Wireline/Wireless Integration Task

Force (WWITF) Status Report.

Discussion of whether the difference,

within the context of service provider

portability between porting a subscriber

from wireline to wireless and porting a

subscriber from wireless to wireline

constitutes a lack of competitive parity.

5. Discussion of existing guidelines

and practices for determining Area Code

Relief.

6. North American Numbering Plan

Administration (NANPA) Working

Group Report. Status update on toll free

database administrator entity

recommendation and DSMI’s neutrality

issue. NANPA Transition Planning Task

Force update. NANC review of draft

Central Office (CO) Code Transition

Plan. Discussion and closure on options

for treatment of reserved ported

numbers issue. Tutorial on toll free

administration. Prioritization of toll free

administration issues. Definition of

reserved numbers.

7. Cost Recovery Working Group

Report. Billing and Collection Agent

(B&C Agent) update.

8. Steering Group Report. CICs Ad

Hoc Group progress report on

development of NANC’s CICs

recommendation to the FCC, under the

Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

and Order, In the Matter of

Administration of the North American

Numbering Plan Carrier Identification

Codes (CICs), CC Docket 92–237, FCC

97–364.

9. Other Business.

10. Review of Decisions Reached and

Action Items.
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Federal Communications Commission.

Geraldine A. Matise,

Chief, Network Services Division, Common

Carrier Bureau.

[FR Doc. 97–33882 Filed 12–29–97; 8:45 am]

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FEDERAL EMERGENCY

MANAGEMENT AGENCY

[FEMA–1191–DR]

Iowa; 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 State of Iowa (FEMA–

1191–DR), dated November 20, 1997,

and related determinations.

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 20, 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

November 20, 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 State of Iowa, resulting

from a severe winter storm on October 26–

28, 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 State of

Iowa.

In order to provide Federal assistance, you

are hereby authorized to allocate from funds

available for these purposes, such amounts as

you find necessary for Federal disaster

assistance and administrative expenses.

You are authorized to provide Public

Assistance and Hazard Mitigation in the

designated areas. Consistent with the

requirement that Federal assistance be

supplemental, any Federal funds provided

under the Stafford Act for Public Assistance

or Hazard Mitigation will be limited to 75

percent of the total eligible costs.

The time period prescribed for the

implementation of section 310(a),

Priority to Certain Applications for

Public Facility and Public Housing

Assistance, 42 U.S.C. 5153, shall be for

a period not to exceed six months after

the date of this declaration.

Notice is hereby given that pursuant

to the authority vested in the Director of

the Federal Emergency Management

Agency under Executive Order 12148, I

hereby appoint Warren M. Pugh, Jr. of

the Federal Emergency Management

Agency to act as the Federal

Coordinating Officer for this declared

disaster.

I do hereby determine the following

areas of the State of Iowa to have been

affected adversely by this declared

major disaster:

The counties of Clarke, Iowa, Jasper,

Madison, Mahaska, Marion, Mills, Polk,

Pottawattamie, Union, and Warren for Public

Assistance.

All counties within the State of Iowa

are eligible to apply for assistance under

the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No.

83.516, Disaster Assistance)

James L. Witt,

Director.

[FR Doc. 97–33929 Filed 12–29–97; 8:45 am]

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FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION

Notice of Agreement(s) Filed

The Commission hereby gives notice

of the filing of the following

agreement(s) under the Shipping Act of

1984.

Interested parties can review or obtain

copies of agreements at the Washington,

DC offices of the Commission, 800

North Capitol Street, NW., Room 962.

Interested parties may submit comments

on an agreement to the Secretary,

Federal Maritime Commission,

Washington, DC 20573, within 10 days

of the date this notice appears in the

Federal Register.

Agreement No.: 203–011602.

Title: The Grand Alliance Agreement

II.

Parties:

Hapag-Lloyd Container Linie GmbH

Nippon Yusen Kaisha

P&O Nedlloyd Limited

P&O Nedlloyd B.V.

Orient Overseas Container Line Inc.

Orient Overseas Container Line (UK)

Limited.

Synopsis: The proposed Agreement

would permit the parties to charter

space among themselves and coordinate

their vessel services. They may also:

charter vessels among themselves or

from third parties; agree to other, related

cooperative arrangements; and, with

voluntary adherence, agree upon rates,

terms, and conditions of service in the

trade between Untied States ports, and

inland U.S. points via such ports, and

ports and points in the Far East, the

Indian Subcontinent, North Europe, the

Mediterranean, the Middle East,

Canada, Mexico, and Panama. The

parties have requested a shortened

review period.

Agreement No.: 201–200063–016.

Title: NYSA–ILA Assessment

Agreement.

Parties:

New York Shipping Association

International Longshoremen

Association.

Synopsis: The proposed Agreement

reduces certain assessment rates

applicable in the Port of New York and

New Jersey.

Agreement No.: 224–000086–010.

Title: NYSA–ILA Collective

Bargaining (Memorandum of

Settlement) Agreement.

Parties:

New York Shipping Association.

The International Longshoremen

Association.

Synopsis: The proposed Agreement

provides the settlement, as agreed, by

the parties on terms of all local

conditions under various NYSA–ILA

collective bargaining agreements.

Agreement No.: 224–000083–009.

Title: NYSA–ILA Final Management

Agreement.

Parties:

(‘‘Management Associations’’)

Carriers Container Council, Inc.

New York Shipping Association, Inc.

Boston Shipping Association, Inc.

Hampton Roads Shipping Association

New Orleans Steamship Association

Philadelphia Marine Trade

Association

South Atlantic Employers Negotiating

Committee

Southeast Florida Port Employers

Association

Steamship Trade Association of

Baltimore

West Gulf Maritime Association

(‘‘Management Stevedores’’)

Ceres Terminals

Cooper/T. Smith Stevedoring

Fairway Terminal Corp.

Maher Terminals

Stevedoring Services of America

Stevens Shipping & Terminal

Company

Universal Maritime Service Corp.

The International Longshoremen

Association, AFL–CIO, and Its

Districts and Locals

Synopsis: The proposed Amendment

is a complete and operative labor

agreement between the parties on all

issues relating to the employment of

longshore employees on container and

ro-ro vessels and terminals in all ports

from Maine to Texas at which ships of

the Carriers Container Council (CCC)