Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 32 / Tuesday, February 18, 1997 / Proposed Rules 7203

rulemaking have been directly affected

by the flooding. Many more parties,

including the public, and local, State,

and Federal agencies wish to make

comments on the proposed rule but

have been preoccupied in flood water

management operations and/or flood

recovery activities. The Truckee-Carson

Coordination Office has received many

written requests for extension, all citing

the floods as affecting the time they

have available to review the proposed

rule and provide comments. An

additional 60 days would allow all

interested parties to review the

proposed rule and supplemental

information, and prepare and submit

comments.

John Garamendi,

Deputy Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–3946 Filed 2–14–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–RK–M

Bureau of Land Management

43 CFR Parts 6300 and 8560

[WO–420–1060–00 24 1A]

RIN 1004–AB69

Wilderness Management

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Extension of comment period

for proposed rule.

SUMMARY: On December 19, 1996, the

Bureau of Land Management (BLM)

published a document in the Federal

Register announcing a proposed rule to

revise and update existing regulations

for management of designated

wilderness areas (61 FR 66968). The 60-

day comment period for the proposed

rule expires on February 18, 1997. BLM

has received several requests from the

public for additional time to comment

and is extending the comment period

for an additional 60 days.

DATES: Submit comments by April 21,

1997.

ADDRESSES:

If you wish to comment, you may:

(a) Hand-deliver comments to the

Bureau of Land Management,

Administrative Record, Room 401, 1620

L St., NW., Washington, DC.;

(b) Mail comments to the Bureau of

Land Management, Administrative

Record, Room 401LS, 1849 C Street,

NW., Washington, DC 20240; or

(c) Send comments through the

internet to WOComment@wo.blm.gov.

Please include ‘‘attn: AB69’’, and your

name and return address in your

Internet message. If you do not receive

a confirmation from the system that we

have received your internet message,

please contact us directly at (202) 452–

5030.

You will be able to review comments

at BLM’s Regulatory Affairs Group

office, Room 401, 1620 L Street, NW.,

Washington, DC, during regular

business hours (7:45 a.m. to 4:15 p.m.)

Monday through Friday.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rob

Hellie, Cultural Heritage, Wilderness,

Special Areas & Paleontology Group, at

(202) 452–7703.

Dated: February 11, 1997.

Frank Bruno,

Acting Manager, Regulatory Affairs Group.

[FR Doc. 97–3823 Filed 2–14–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–84–P

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION

47 CFR Parts 73 and 76

[MM Docket Nos. 94–150, 92–51, 87–154,

91–221, 87–8, 96–222 & 96–197; DA 97–210]

Broadcast Services; TV Ownership;

Newspaper/Radio Cross Ownership

AGENCY: Federal Communications

Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of

reply comment deadline.

SUMMARY: The Commission granted a

two-week extension of the deadline to

file reply comments in the above-cited

dockets in response to a request filed by

the Media Access Project (MAP) on

behalf of a number of other

organizations. The deadline to file reply

comments in these proceedings is now

March 21, 1997. The Commission

determined that a brief extension of the

reply comment deadline was warranted

to facilitate the development of a full

record, but declined to grant a longer

extension of the reply comment

deadline or to extend the deadline for

filing initial comments as requested by

MAP. The intended effect of this action

is to allow the parties additional time to

review the initial comments filed in

these proceedings and to prepare reply

comments responding to the issues

raised in the initial comments.

EFFECTIVE DATE: Reply comments are

now due by March 21, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications

Commission, 2000 M Street, N.W., Suite

500, Washington, D.C. 20554.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kim

Matthews, Mania Baghdadi, Paul

Gordon, Roger Holberg or Charles Logan

(202) 418–2130, Mass Media Bureau.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a

synopsis of the Order granting an

extension of time for filing reply

comments in MM Docket Nos. 94–150,

92–51, 87–154, 91–221, 87–8, 96–222

and 96–197; DA 97–210, adopted

January 30, 1997, and released January

30, 1997. The complete text of this

Order is available for inspection and

copying during normal business hours

in the FCC Reference Center (Room

239), 1919 M Street, N.W., Washington,

D.C., and also may be purchased from

the Commission’s copy contractor,

International Transcription Service,

(202) 857–3800, 2100 M Street, N.W.,

Suite 140, Washington, D.C. 20037.

Synopsis of Order Extending Time for

Filing Reply Comments

1. On November 5, 1996, the

Commission adopted three related

rulemaking items regarding national and

local ownership of television stations

and attribution of broadcast and cable/

MDS ownership interests. Notice of

Proposed Rule Making, 61 FR 66987

(December 19, 1996) in MM Docket Nos.

96–222, 91–221, and 87–8, FCC 96–437

(released November 7, 1996) (national

ownership proceeding); Second Further

Notice of Proposed Rule Making, 61 FR

66978 (December 19, 1996) in MM

Docket Nos. 91–221 and 87–8, FCC 96–

438 (released November 7, 1996) (local

ownership proceeding); Further Notice

of Proposed Rule Making, 61 FR 67275

(December 20, 1996) in MM Docket Nos.

94–150, 92–51, and 87–154, FCC 96–436

(released November 7, 1996) (attribution

proceeding). Comments in all three of

these proceedings are currently due by

February 7, 1997, and reply comments

are currently due by March 7, 1997. In

addition, on September 17, 1996, the

Commission adopted a Notice of

Inquiry, 61 FR 53694 (October 15, 1996)

regarding its policy for waiving its

newspaper/radio cross ownership

restriction. Notice of Inquiry in MM

Docket 96–197, 11 FCC Rcd 13003

(1996). Comments in that proceeding

were initially due to be filed by

December 9, 1996, and reply comments

by January 8, 1997. By Order released

December 5, 1996, the Commission

extended the comment and reply

comment deadlines in that proceeding

to coincide with the comment and reply

comment deadlines in the national

ownership, local ownership, and

attribution proceedings. In so doing, the

Commission reasoned that the issues

raised in the newspaper/radio cross

ownership proceeding were similar to

those raised in the other three

rulemaking proceedings, and that it was

appropriate that the four proceedings

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