66950 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 217 / Wednesday, November 8, 2000 / Proposed Rules

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1903(b); 46 U.S.C.

3306, 4302; 49 CFR 1.46.

5. Revise § 25.30–15 to read as

follows:

§ 25.30–15 Fixed fire-extinguishing

systems.

(a) When a fixed fire-extinguishing

system is installed, it must be of a type

approved or accepted by the

Commandant (G–MSE) or the

Commanding Officer, U.S. Coast Guard

Marine Safety Center.

(b) If the system is of a carbon-dioxide

type, then it must be designed and

installed in agreement with the

applicable provisions of subpart 76.15

of part 76 of subchapter H (Passenger

Vessels) of this chapter.

PART 27—TOWING VESSELS

6. Revise the citation of authority for

part 27 to read as follows:

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 3306, 4102 (as

amended by Pub. L. 104–324, 110 Stat. 3947);

49 CFR 1.46.

§ 27.220 [Removed]

7. Remove the heading of § 27.220.

§ 27.221 [Removed]

8. Remove the heading of § 27.221.

§ 27.225 [Removed]

9. Remove the heading of § 27.225.

10. Add § 27.227 to read as follows:

§ 27.227 What type of fire-extinguishing

equipment is required on an existing towing

vessel?

(a) Each existing towing vessel must

comply with subpart 25.30 of this part.

(b) By [Insert date 5 years after the

effective date of the final rule] you must

have a fixed fire-extinguishing system in

the engine room of your vessel. You

must keep the system tested and

maintained in accordance with the

manufacturer’s approved design

manual. An existing fire-extinguishing

system satisfies this requirement if—

(1) It uses carbon dioxide as an

extinguishing agent and has been

inspected and certified as meeting

subpart 76.15 of part 76 of this

subchapter or NFPA 12, ‘‘Carbon

Dioxide Extinguishing Systems,’’ by a

Registered Professional Engineer or by a

classification society recognized under

46 CFR part 8, subpart B; or

(2) It uses Halon 1301 as an

extinguishing agent and has been

inspected and certified as meeting either

guidance of the Coast Guard for such

systems onboard inspected vessels or

NFPA 12A, ‘‘Halon 1301 Fire

Extinguishing Systems,’’ by a Registered

Professional Engineer or by a

classification society recognized under

46 CFR part 8, subpart B.

§ 27.235 [Removed]

11. Remove the heading of § 27.235.

§ 27.240 [Removed]

12. Remove the heading of § 27.240.

§ 27.320 [Removed]

13. Remove the heading of § 27.320.

§ 27.321 [Removed]

14. Remove the heading of § 27.321.

§ 27.325 [Removed]

15. Remove the heading of § 27.325.

§ 27.326 [Removed]

16. Remove the heading of § 27.326.

17. Add § 27.327 to read as follows:

§ 27.327 What type of fire-extinguishing

equipment is required on a new towing

vessel?

(a) Each new towing vessels must

comply with subpart 25.30 of part 25 of

this subchapter.

(b) You must have a fixed fireextinguishing system in the engine room

of your vessel. You must keep the

system tested and maintained in

accordance with the manufacturer’s

approved design manual.

§ 27.345 [Removed]

18. Remove the heading of § 27.345.

§ 27.350 [Removed]

19. Remove the heading of § 27.350.

Dated: October 13, 2000.

R.C. North,

Rear Admiral, Coast Guard, Assistant

Commandant for Marine Safety and

Environmental Protection.

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COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[DA 00–2364; MM Docket No. 00–204; RM–

9983]

Radio Broadcasting Services;

Blairsville, Georgia

AGENCY: Federal Communications

Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: This document requests

comments on a petition for rule making

filed by M. Terry Carter and Douglas

Sutton, Jr, /dba/ Tugart

Communications requesting the

allotment of Channel 234A to

Blairsville, Georgia as the community’s

first local aural transmission service.

Channel 236A can be allotted to

Blairsville in compliance with the

Commission’s minimum distance

separation requirements with a site

restriction of 9.9 kilometers (6.2 miles)

north of city reference coordinates. The

coordinates for Channel 236A at

Blairsville are 34–57–51 North Latitude

and 83–37–49 West Longitude.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or

before December 11, 2000, and reply

comments on or before December 26,

2000.

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications

Commission, Washington, D.C. 20554.

In addition to filing comments with the

FCC, interested parties should serve the

petitioner, his counsel, or consultant, as

follows, John F. Garzilgia, Esq, Pepper &

Corazzini, LLP, 1776 K Street, NW.,

Suite 200, Washington, DC 20006–2334

(Counsel for Tugart Communications,

petitioner)

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Arthur D. Scrutchins, Mass Media

Bureau, (202) 418–2180.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a

synopsis of the Commission’s Notice of

Proposed Rule Making, MM Docket No.

00–000; adopted October 11, 2000 and

released October 20, 2000. The full text

of this Commission decision is available

for inspection and copying during

normal business hours in the FCC

Reference Information Center (Room

CY–A257), 445 12th Street, SW,

Washington, DC. The complete text of

this decision may also be purchased

from the Commission’s copy contractor,

International Transcription Service,

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.

For the reasons discussed in the

preamble, the Federal Communications

Commission proposes to amend 47 CFR

Part 73 as follows:

PART 73—RADIO BROADCAST

SERVICES

1. The authority citation for part 73

continues to read as follows:

Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 217 / Wednesday, November 8, 2000 / Proposed Rules 66951

Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154, 303, 334 and 336.

§ 73.202 [Amended]

2. Section 73.202(b), the Table of FM

Allotments under Georgia, is amended

by adding Blairsville, Channel 234A.

Federal Communications Commission,

John A. Karousos,

Chief, Allocations Branch, Policy and Rules

Division, Mass Media Bureau.

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47 CFR Part 73

[MM Docket No. 00–167; FCC 00–344]

Children’s Television; Obligations of

Digital Television Broadcasters

AGENCY: Federal Communications

Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: This document seeks

comment on a range of issues related to

application of our existing children’s

programming rules to digital

broadcasting. This document focuses

primarily on two areas: the obligation of

commercial television broadcast

licensees to provide educational and

informational programming for children

and the requirement that television

broadcast licensees limit the amount of

advertising in children’s programs.

In addition, this document seeks

comment on how to address the issue of

the airing in programs viewed by

children promotions that may be

inappropriate for children to watch.

Although this document seeks comment

largely on challenges unique to the

digital area, it also discusses several

issues that apply equally to analog and

digital broadcasting.

DATES: Comments are due on or before

December 18, 2000; reply comments are

due on or before January 17, 2001.

Written comments by the public on the

proposed information collections are

due December 18, 2000. Written

comments must be submitted by the

Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) on the proposed information

collection(s) on or before January 8,

2001.

ADDRESSES: Address all comments

concerning this proposed rule to the

Commission’s Secretary, Federal

Communications Commission, 445

Twelfth Street, SW., Washington, DC

20554. In addition to filing comments

with the Secretary, a copy of any

comments on the information

collections contained herein should be

submitted to Judy Boley, Federal

Communications Commission, Room 1–

C804, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington,

DC 20554, or via the Internet to

jboley@fcc.gov, and to Edward C.

Springer, OMB Desk Officer, Room

10236 NEOB, 725 17th Street, NW.,

Washington, DC 20503 or via the

Internet to

edward.springer@omb.eop.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kim

Matthews, Policy and Rules Division,

Mass Media Bureau, (202) 418–2130.

For additional information concerning

the information collection(s) contained

in this document, contact Judy Boley at

202–418–0214, or via the Internet at

jboley@fcc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a

summary of the Notice of Proposed

Rulemaking (‘‘NPRM’’), MM 00–167;

FCC 00–344 adopted September 14,

2000; released October 5, 2000. The full

text of the Commission’s NPRM is

available for inspection and copying

during normal business hours in the

FCC Dockets Branch (Room TW–A306),

445 12 St. SW., Washington, DC. The

complete text of this NPRM may also be

purchased from the Commission’s copy

contractor, International Transcription

Services (202) 857–3800, 1231 20th St.,

NW., Washington, DC 20036.

Paperwork Reduction Act

This NPRM contains a proposed new

or modified information collection. The

Commission, as part of its continuing

effort to reduce paperwork burdens,

invites the general public and the Office

of Management and Budget (OMB) to

comment on the information

collection(s) contained in this NPRM, as

required by the Paperwork Reduction

Act of 1995, Public Law 104–13. Public

and agency comments are due at the

same time as other comments on this

NPRM; OMB comments are due 60 days

from date of publication of this NPRM

in the Federal Register.

Comments should address: (a)

Whether the proposed collection of

information is necessary for the proper

performance of the functions of the

Commission, including whether the

information shall have practical utility;

(b) the accuracy of the Commission’s

burden estimates; (c) ways to enhance

the quality, utility, and clarity of the

information collected; and (d) ways to

minimize the burden of the collection of

information on the respondents,

including the use of automated

collection techniques or other forms of

information technology.

OMB Control Number: 3060–XXXX.

Title: NPRM—Children’s Television

Obligations of Digital Television

Broadcasters.

Form No: FCC Form 398.

Type of Review: Revision of Existing

Collection.

Respondents: Business or other forprofit.

Number of Respondents for FCC 398:

1,250.

Number of Respondents for Section

73.673: 1,225.

Estimated Time Per Response for FCC

398: 6 hours.

Estimated Time Per Response for

Section 73.673: 1 minute per program

and 6 minutes per program to

publishers of program guides.

Total Annual Burden: 68,219 hours.

Total Annual Costs: $489,600.

The estimated time, burden and costs

are based upon the existing burdens for

the FCC 398 (3060–0754) and Section

73.673 (3060–0750). This burden in

those collections could increase

depending on what requirements are

ultimately adopted.

Needs and Uses: This NPRM invites

comments on how the existing

children’s educational television

programming obligations and

limitations should be interpreted and

adapted to apply to digital broadcasters

in light of the new capabilities made

possible by that technology. This NPRM

also seeks comments on what steps the

FCC might take to increase public

awareness of the availability of core

programming and how to locate it. The

current obligations consist of the FCC

398 which is required to be filed by

commercial television broadcast stations

each quarter.

This form is used to provide

information on the efforts of commercial

television stations to provide children’s

educational and informational programs

aired to meet its obligation under the

Children’s Television Act of 1990

(CTA). The FCC 398 assists in efforts by

the public and the Commission to

monitor station compliance with the

CTA.

In addition, Section 73.673 requires

commercial TV broadcasters to identify

programs specifically designed to

educate and inform children at the

beginning of the program and to provide

information identifying such programs

and the age groups for which they are

intended to publishers of program

guides. Depending on what

requirements are ultimately adopted,

there may be an increase in the burden

for these collections.