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and Foster family home and by adding

the following definitions in alphabetical

order to read as follows:’’

The existing instruction calls for

‘‘adding’’ a definition, rather than

revising the existing definition of a

foster family home. This correction is

necessary to avoid two conflicting

definitions from being codified in the

Code of Federal Regulations.

Dated: November 17, 2000.

Brian P. Burns,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Information

Resources and Management.

[FR Doc. 00–29990 Filed 11–22–00; 8:45 am]

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[DA 00–2592, MM Docket No. 00–140; RM–

9916]

Digital Television Broadcast Services;

Scottsbluff, NE

AGENCY: Federal Communications

Commission.

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: The Commission, at the

request of Duhamel Broadcasting

Enterprises, licensee of station KDUH–

TV, substitutes DTV channel 7 for DTV

channel 20 at Scottsbluff, Nebraska. See

65 FR 51277, August 23, 2000. DTV

channel 7 can be allotted to Scottsbluff

at coordinates (42–10–21 N. and 103–

13–57 W.) with a power of 32.4, HAAT

of 592 meters and with a DTV service

population of 95 thousand. With this

action, this proceeding is terminated.

DATES: Effective January 9, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pam

Blumenthal, Mass Media Bureau, (202)

418–1600.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a

synopsis of the Commission’s Report

and Order, MM Docket No. 00–140,

adopted November 22, 2000, and

released November 24, 2000. The full

text of this Commission decision is

available for inspection and copying

during normal business hours in the

FCC Reference Center, 445 12th Street,

SW., 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.

List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 73

Television, Digital television

broadcasting.

Part 73 of Title 47 of the Code of

Federal Regulations is amended as

follows:

PART 73—[AMENDED]

1. The authority citation for Part 73

continues to read as follows:

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

§ 73.622 [Amended]

2. Section 73.622(b), the Table of

Digital Television Allotments under

Nebraska, is amended by removing DTV

Channel 20 and adding DTV Channel 7

at Scottsbluff.

Federal Communications Commission.

Barbara A. Kreisman,

Chief, Video Services Division, Mass Media

Bureau.

[FR Doc. 00–30014 Filed 11–22–00; 8:45 am]

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[DA 00–2593, MM Docket No. 00–131; RM–

9897]

Digital Television Broadcast Services;

Dozier, AL

AGENCY: Federal Communications

Commission.

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: The Commission, at the

request of Alabama Educational

Television Commission, licensee of

noncommercial television station

WDIQ–TV, substitutes DTV channel *11

for DTV channel *59 at Dozier,

Alabama. See 65 FR 46684, July 31,

2000. DTV channel *11 can be allotted

to Dozier at coordinates (31–33–16 N.

and 86–23–32 W.) with a power 1.0,

HAAT of 383 meters, and with a DTV

service population of 231 thousand.

With this action, this proceeding is

terminated.

DATES: Effective January 9, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pam

Blumenthal, Mass Media Bureau, (202)

418–1600.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a

synopsis of the Commission’s Report

and Order, MM Docket No. 00–131,

adopted November 22, 2000, and

released November 24, 2000. The full

text of this Commission decision is

available for inspection and copying

during normal business hours in the

FCC Reference Center, 445 12th Street,

SW., 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.

List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 73

Television, Digital television

broadcasting.

Part 73 of Title 47 of the Code of

Federal Regulations is amended as

follows:

PART 73—[AMENDED]

1. The authority citation for Part 73

continues to read as follows:

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

§ 73.622 [Amended]

2. Section 73.622(b), the Table of

Digital Television Allotments under

Alabama, is amended by removing DTV

channel *59 and adding DTV channel

*11 at Dozier.

Federal Communications Commission.

Barbara A. Kreisman,

Chief, Video Services Division, Mass Media

Bureau.

[FR Doc. 00–30013 Filed 11–22–00; 8:45 am]

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[DA 00–2594, MM Docket No. 00–115; RM–

9884]

Digital Television Broadcast Services;

Redding, CA

AGENCY: Federal Communications

Commission.

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: The Commission, at the

request of California Broadcasting, Inc.,

licensee of station KRCR–TV,

substitutes DTV channel 34 for station

KRCR–TV’s assigned DTV channel 14 at

Redding, California. See 65 FR 41036,

July 3, 2000. DTV channel 34 can be

allotted to Redding at coordinates (40–

36–10 N. and 122–39–00 W.) with a

power 166, HAAT of 1106 meters, and

with a DTV service population of 318

thousand. With this action, this

proceeding is terminated.

DATES: Effective January 9, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pam

Blumenthal, Mass Media Bureau, (202)

418–1600.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a

synopsis of the Commission’s Report

and Order, MM Docket No. 00–115,

adopted November 22, 2000, and

released November 24, 2000. The full

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text of this Commission decision is

available for inspection and copying

during normal business hours in the

FCC Reference Center, 445 12th Street,

SW., 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.

List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 73

Television, Digital television

broadcasting.

Part 73 of Title 47 of the Code of

Federal Regulations is amended as

follows:

PART 73—[AMENDED]

1. The authority citation for Part 73

continues to read as follows:

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

§ 73.622 [Amended]

2. Section 73.622(b), the Table of

Digital Television Allotments under

California, is amended by removing

DTV Channel 14 and adding DTV

Channel 34 at Redding.

Federal Communications Commission.

Barbara A. Kreisman,

Chief, Video Services Division, Mass Media

Bureau.

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Motor Carrier Safety

Administration

49 CFR Part 390

[Docket No. FMCSA–2000–8209]

RIN 2126–AA57

Motor Carrier Identification Report

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety

Administration (FMCSA), DOT.

ACTION: Interim final rule.

SUMMARY: The FMCSA amends the

Federal Motor Carrier Safety

Regulations (FMCSRs) to revise the

requirements for filing the Motor Carrier

Identification Report (MCS–150). A

motor carrier is currently required to file

this report before it begins to operate. As

a result of this Interim final rule (IFR),

the FMCSA will require each motor

carrier to file an update of the report

every 24 months. A motor carrier that

submits similar information to a State as

part of its annual vehicle registration

requirement under the Performance and

Registration Information Systems

Management (PRISM) program will be

in compliance if it files it with the

appropriate State commercial motor

vehicle (CMV) registration office.

Section 217 of the Motor Carrier Safety

Improvement Act of 1999 requires

periodic updating, not more often than

once every two years, of the motor

carrier identification report filed by

each motor carrier operating in

interstate or foreign commerce.

DATES: This rule is effective on

December 26, 2000. Comments must be

received on or before January 23, 2001.

ADDRESSES: You can mail or deliver

comments to the U.S. Department of

Transportation, Dockets Management

Facility, Room PL–401, 400 Seventh

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590, or

submit comments electronically at http:/

/dms.dot.gov. Please include the docket

number that appears in the heading of

this document. You can examine and

copy this document and all comments

received at the same Internet address or

at the Docket Management Facility from

9 a.m. to 5 p.m., e.t., Monday through

Friday, except Federal Holidays. If you

want to know that we received your

comments, please include a selfaddressed, stamped postcard or include

a copy of the acknowledgment page that

appears after you submit comments

electronically.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.

Deborah M. Freund, Office of Bus and

Truck Standards and Operations,

FMCSA, (202) 366–1790, or Mr. Charles

E. Medalen, Office of Chief Counsel,

(202) 366–1354, FMCSA, 400 Seventh

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590.

Office hours are from 7:45 a.m. to 4:15

p.m., e.t., Monday through Friday,

except Federal holidays.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

Background

In order to provide proper safety

oversight of the regulated motor carrier

community, the agency responsible for

implementing and enforcing motor

carrier safety regulations must know the

characteristics of the individual motor

carriers that comprise it. Section 217 of

the Motor Carrier Safety Improvement

Act of 1999 (Pub. L. 106–159, 113 Stat.

1748, Dec. 9, 1999) (MCSIA) directed

the Secretary of Transportation to:

require periodic updating, not more

frequently than once every 2 years, of

the motor carrier identification report,

form MCS–150, filed by each motor

carrier conducting operations in

interstate or foreign commerce.

This IFR responds to the

congressional direction.

The FMCSA and its predecessor

agencies have considered the issue of

requiring a motor carrier to report

certain identifying and demographic

information several times over the years.

On June 25, 1986 (51 FR 23088), the

FHWA (the agency responsible for

motor carrier safety before January

2000), issued a notice of proposed

rulemaking (NPRM) to establish a

procedure to assign safety ratings to

each motor carrier that is subject to the

FMCSRs and that operates in interstate

or foreign commerce. The NPRM

proposed that each unrated motor

carrier file a questionnaire as an initial

step in the safety review process. At that

time, the agency anticipated that each

unrated motor carrier would complete

the questionnaire within the next three

years. The questionnaire would have

included information such as the motor

carrier’s legal and trade name, its

business address, whether the motor

carrier conducted operations in

interstate or foreign commerce, the

States where the motor carrier operated,

the types of cargo carried, numbers of

drivers and power units operated,

accident and incident experience, and

proof of financial responsibility.

On December 19, 1988 (53 FR 50961),

the FHWA issued a final rule requiring,

among other things, that each motor

carrier that had not received a safety

rating from the FHWA must file a onetime Motor Carrier Identification Report,

MCS–150. Each new motor carrier was

required to file the form within 90 days

after it began to operate. A motor carrier

that received a safety rating from the

FHWA did not have to file, since the

agency got the information when it

performed a safety review. The form

served four purposes: (1) To identify

motor carriers previously unknown to

the FHWA; (2) to update the agency’s

motor carrier census [now known as the

Motor Carrier Management Information

System, or MCMIS]; (3) to require the

motor carrier to certify that it is familiar

with the FMCSRs; and (4) to assist the

FHWA in setting priorities for

performing safety reviews. The

requirement to file the MCS–150 was

codified at 49 CFR 385.21. Section

385.23 of the final rule stated that a

motor carrier that failed to file the MCS–

150, or provided false or misleading

information could be liable for a civil or

criminal penalty.

On July 17, 1989 (54 FR 29912,

FHWA Docket No. MC–89–6), the

FHWA published an advance notice of

proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) that,

among other things, requested

comments on the adequacy of the onetime filing of information in the MCS–

150. The agency stated that it was