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Provisions of the Regulatory

Flexibility Act of l980 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:

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

§ 73.202 [Amended]

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

Allotments under Arizona, is amended

by removing Channel 274C3 and adding

Channel 285C2 at Window Rock,

Arizona.

Federal Communications Commission.

John A. Karousos,

Chief, Allocations Branch, Policy and Rules

Division, Mass Media Bureau.

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[DA 00–2604, MM Docket No. 00–87, RM–

9870, RM–9961]

Radio Broadcasting Services;

Brightwood, Madras, Bend and

Prineville, OR

AGENCY: Federal Communications

Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: The Commission, in response

to the counterproposal of Madras

Broadcasting requesting the allotment of

Channel 251C1 to Madras, OR, as the

community’s first local aural service,

issues an Order to Show Cause to the

licensee of Station KTWS(FM), Channel

252C3, Bend, OR, as to why its license

should not be modified to specify

operation on Channel 253C3. The

counterproposal was filed in response to

the proposed allotment of Channel

251C3 to Brightwood, OR. See 65 FR

34997, June 1, 2000. See SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or

before January 8, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications

Commission, 445 12th Street, S.W.,

Room TW–A325, Washington, DC

20554.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Leslie K. Shapiro, Mass Media Bureau,

(202) 418–2180.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a

synopsis of the Commission’s Order to

Show Cause, MM Docket No. 00–87,

adopted November 8, 2000, and released

November 17, 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. The

Commission proposes the following

channel changes to accommodate the

allotment of Channel 251C1 to Madras,

OR, at coordinates 44–50–02 NL; 120–

45–55 WL: (1) the substitution of

Channel 253C3 for Channel 252C3 at

Bend, OR, at coordinates 44–04–41 NL;

121–19–57 WL, and the modification of

Station KTWS(FM)’s license

accordingly; (2) the substitution of

Channel 255C3 for unoccupied and

unapplied-for Channel 254C3 at

Prineville, OR, at coordinates 44–13–30

NL; 120–46–30 WL.

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:

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

§ 73.202 [Amended]

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

Allotments under Oregon, is amended

by adding Madras, Channel 251C1, by

adding Channel 253C3 and removing

Channel 252C3 at Bend, and adding

Channel 255C3 and removing Channel

254C3 at Prineville.

Federal Communications Commission.

John A. Karousos,

Chief, Allocations Branch, Policy and Rules

Division, Mass Media Bureau.

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety

Administration

49 CFR Part 572

[Docket No. NHTSA–2000–8057]

RIN 2127–AH87

Anthropomorphic Test Dummy;

Occupant Crash Protection

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic

Safety Administration (NHTSA),

Department of Transportation.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

SUMMARY: This document proposes to

amend the neck lateral calibration

specifications for the SID/HIII dummy.

This dummy is employed in side impact

pole tests which assess the effectiveness

of dynamically deployed head impact

protection systems. In these tests, the

subject vehicle is towed sideways into

a pole in such a way that the vehicle

impacts the pole at a point

corresponding to the center of gravity of

the head of a seated SID/HIII dummy.

Data collected from these tests are used

to evaluate the performance of the head

impact protection system.

This document responds to a petition

for rulemaking filed by the Alliance of

Automobile Manufacturers. That

petition indicates that the current neck

lateral bending calibration corridor

specified for the SID/HIII dummy is

incorrectly defined. After reviewing the

petition and various data, the agency is

proposing that the corridor

specifications be revised.

DATES: You should submit your

comments early enough to ensure that

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Docket Management receives them not

later than January 16, 2001.

ADDRESSES: You should mention the

docket number of this document in your

comments and submit your comments

in writing to: Docket Management,

Room PL–401, 400 Seventh Street, SW.,

Washington, DC, 20590.

You may call Docket Management at

202–366–9324. You may visit the

Docket from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.,

Monday through Friday.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

non-legal issues, you may call Stan

Backaitis, Office of Crashworthiness

Standards at 202–366–4912.

For legal issues, you may call Otto

Matheke, Office of the Chief Counsel, at

202–366–2992.

You may send mail to both of these

officials at National Highway Traffic

Safety Administration, 400 Seventh St.,

SW., Washington, DC, 20590.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Background

Federal Motor Vehicle Safety

Standard (FMVSS) No. 201, Head

Impact Protection, provides a number of

alternative performance requirements

for manufacturers of vehicles with

dynamically deployed interior head

protection systems. One of these

alternatives uses a test in which a

vehicle is propelled sideways at a speed

of 29 km/h (18 mph) into a 254 mm (10

inch) diameter rigid pole. A Part 572

Subpart M anthropomorphic test

dummy is placed in the outboard front

seat on the struck side of the vehicle.

The specifications for the Subpart M

dummy, known as SID/HIII, were

established by a final rule published in

the Federal Register on August 4, 1998

(63 FR 41466). The SID/HIII is based on

two other dummies: (1) The Part 572,

Subpart F anthropomorphic test device

(Side Impact Dummy or SID) that is

used in testing under FMVSS 214, Side

Impact Protection, and (2) the Part 572,

Subpart E anthropomorphic test device

(Hybrid III or HIII) that is used in testing

under FMVSS 208, Occupant Crash

Protection. The SID/HIII combines the

head and neck of the Hybrid III with the

torso and lower extremities of the Side

Impact Dummy through the use of a

redesigned neck to torso adapter

bracket.

As the performance of the dummy is

critical in any test, the specifications for

the SID/HIII include calibration tests

used to validate the characteristics of

the individual device. One of these tests

is the neck lateral bending corridor. It

establishes maximum and minimum

values for the dummy neck that it must

meet when subjected to a calibration

test in lateral impact direction.

B. Petition for Rulemaking

On July 28, 1999, the Alliance of

Automobile Manufacturers (Alliance)

submitted a Petition for Technical

Correction indicating that the specified

lateral impact neck corridor for the SID/

HIII dummy does not reflect the neck

stiffness of the Hybrid III dummy as

originally specified by the SAE Side

Impact Dummy Task Force (SIDTF) in

the minutes of the Task Force meeting

of April 15, 1989. According to the

Alliance, subsequent to the April 5,

1989 meeting, the SIDTF made a

transcription error when it drew up

lateral calibration specifications for the

Hybrid III neck. The Alliance stated that

the erroneous calibration specifications

were carried forward and incorporated

by the SAE in the BioSID user manual

in 1989. As the BioSid neck and the

Hybrid III neck are identical and the

BioSid user manual was the only

publication available to the public

containing the lateral neck calibration

values, the erroneous values were used

by NHTSA in rulemaking for the SID/

HIII dummy.

The agency proposed the SID/HIII

dummy on December 8, 1997 and

adopted it into Part 572 as Subpart M on

August 4, 1998. The SID/HIII dummy

incorporated the erroneous neck

specifications that were contained in the

BioSID user manual. As a result of this

error, the lateral calibration corridor

specified a neck that was stiffer in

bending in the lateral direction than in

the flexion and extension directions.

Existing biomechanical data indicates

that the human neck is not stiffer in the

lateral direction but actually has similar

bending stiffness in both directions. The

Alliance petition of July 28, 1999, based

on recommendations from the SAE

Dummy Test and Equipment

Subcommittee (DTES), suggested that

the lateral neck calibration corridor be

revised so the allowable neck bending

stiffness moment for the SID/HIII in the

lateral direction would be limited to a

range between 73 N-m (54 ft-lbs) and 97

N-m (72 ft-lbs).

After receiving the Alliance petition,

the agency reviewed the data and

methodology used by that organization

to determine the adequacy of the

recommended change to the lateral neck

calibration corridor. NHTSA’s analysis

of the corridor, suggested by the

Alliance, revealed inconsistencies

between the Alliance proposed corridor

and the corridor specifications

recommended by the DTES after the

DTES discovered and revised the earlier

error. The agency found that the

corridor suggested by the Alliance was

broader than could be justified by

biomechanical data and would result in

necks that are likely to be too stiff as

well as having a wide degree of

variability. Following discussions

between agency representatives and the

Alliance regarding these problems, the

Alliance submitted a letter to the agency

on January 12, 2000, indicating that it

wished to revise its petition of July 28,

1999, and substitute new corridor

specifications. The specifications

suggested by the Alliance on January 12,

2000, and the current specifications for

the SID/HIII are presented below:

Current

SID/H III

Alliance

suggestion

Maximum Rotation (degrees) .................................................................................................................................. 64–78 66–82

Decay time from max rotation to 0 (ms) ................................................................................................................. 50–70 58–67

Time between max moment and max rotation (ms) ............................................................................................... 0–20 2–15

Max moment at occipital condyles (N-m) ................................................................................................................ 88–108 73–88

Decay time from max moment to 0 (ms) ................................................................................................................ 40–60 49–63

C. Proposed Rule

After careful consideration of the

Alliance petition and the revised

specifications suggested by the Alliance

on January 12, 2000, HTSA is proposing

to amend the lateral neck calibration

corridor for the SID/HIII dummy. The

agency’s proposal adopts the

recommendations submitted by the

Alliance in its January 12, 2000 letter

with the exception of (1) the decay time

from maximum rotation to zero rotation

and (2) the time between maximum

moment and maximum rotation.

The agency proposal is based on the

review of the calibration data submitted

by the Alliance and the agency’s own

calibration tests on a number of Hybrid

III necks. NHTSA’s own test program

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indicated that many of the

specifications submitted by the Alliance

in the January 12, 2000 were valid.

However, the agency’s testing also

indicated that the upper time limits for

the time between maximum moment

and maximum rotation, and the decay

time from max rotation to zero rotation

should be increased by 1 ms from 15 ms

to 16 ms and from 63 to 64 ms,

respectively. Accordingly, NHTSA is

proposing that the neck lateral

calibration corridor for the SID/HIII

dummy be amended to specify the

following values:

Current

SID/H III

NHTSA

proposal

Maximum Rotation (degrees) .................................................................................................................................. 66–82 66–82

Decay time from max totation to 0 (ms) .................................................................................................................. 58–67 58–67

Time between max moment and max rotation (ms) ............................................................................................... 2–15 2–16

Max moment at occipital condyles (N–m) ............................................................................................................... 73–88 73–88

Decay time from max moment to 0 (ms) ................................................................................................................ 49–63 49–64

D. Comment Period

The agency notes that the SID/HIII is

currently being used to test the

compliance of dynamic head protection

systems that are both in production

vehicles and under development.

Existing data indicate that the current

neck lateral calibration corridor is

inappropriate and results in a dummy

that is not as biofidelic as one that is

calibrated using the proposed corridor.

NHTSA believes that the proposed

calibration corridor, as a correction of a

corridor that was developed in error,

should be adopted as soon as possible.

Similarly, the agency also believes that

the changes it is now proposing will be

generally accepted as valid and should

not generate significant comment or

controversy. We have therefore decided

that in the interest of expediting this

rulemaking action, that any and all

comments should be submitted within

30 days of the publication on this

proposal.

Rulemaking Analyses and Notices

A. Executive Order 12866 and DOT

Regulatory Policies and Procedures

NHTSA has considered the impact of

this rulemaking action under Executive

Order 12866 and the Department of

Transportation’s regulatory policies and

procedures. This rulemaking document

was not reviewed by the Office of

Management and Budget under E.O.

12866, ‘‘Regulatory Planning and

Review.’’ The rulemaking action has

been determined not to be significant

under the Department’s regulatory

policies and procedures.

This document proposes to amend 49

CFR part 572 by modifying the existing

specifications for calibrating the

dummy’s neck to ensure that accurate

and reliable data are generated in

testing. If this proposed rule becomes

final, it would affect only those

businesses that choose to manufacture

or test with the dummy. It does not

impose any requirements on anyone.

We believe that the economic impacts

of this proposal, if any, would be

limited to the costs of recalibrating and

perhaps modifying existing dummy

necks. We estimate that these costs, if

they arise, would be limited to less than

$100 per dummy.

Because the economic impacts of this

proposal are so minimal, no further

regulatory evaluation is necessary.

B. Regulatory Flexibility Act

NHTSA has considered the effects of

this rulemaking action under the

Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601

et seq.) I hereby certify that the

proposed amendment would not have a

significant economic impact on a

substantial number of small entities.

This proposal would modify existing

specifications for a dummy test device

used by manufacturers if they decide to

employ an optional test procedure

under Standard 201. The costs

associated with the changes to the neck

lateral calibration corridor are minimal.

Further, this rule primarily affects

passenger car and light truck

manufacturers which are not small

entities under 5 U.S.C. 605(b). The

Small Business Administration’s

regulations at 13 CFR Part 121 define a

small business, in part, as a business

entity ‘‘which operates primarily within

the United States.’’ (13 CFR 121.105(a)).

The agency estimates that there are at

most five small manufacturers of

passenger cars in the U.S. and no small

manufacturers of light trucks, producing

a combined total of at most 500 cars

each year. These small manufacturers, if

they choose to perform the optional side

impact pole test that employs this

particular test device, would have to use

the proposed neck lateral calibration

corridor when validating the dummy for

use in testing. As noted above, the

agency believes that any costs

associated with the use of the proposed

calibration corridor would be minimal.

Further, most small entities do not

perform full scale crash tests themselves

but instead rely on vehicle

manufacturers or test laboratories to

perform such tests. Both manufacturers

and test laboratories are likely to have

recalibrated dummy necks readily

available at no increased cost when

performing testing for small

manufacturers.

For these reasons, NHTSA believes

that this final rule does not have a

significant impact on any small

business.

C. National Environmental Policy Act

NHTSA has analyzed this proposed

amendment for the purposes of the

National Environmental Policy Act and

determined that it would not have any

significant impact on the quality of the

human environment.

D. Executive Order 13132 (Federalism)

The agency has analyzed this

rulemaking in accordance with the

principles and criteria contained in

Executive Order 13132 and has

determined that it does not have

sufficient federalism implications to

warrant consultation with State and

local officials or the preparation of a

federalism summary impact statement.

The final rule has no substantial effects

on the States, or on the current FederalState relationship, or on the current

distribution of power and

responsibilities among the various local

officials.

E. Unfunded Mandates Act

The Unfunded Mandates Reform Act

of 1995 requires agencies to prepare a

written assessment of the costs, benefits

and other effects of proposed or final

rules that include a Federal mandate

likely to result in the expenditure by

State, local or tribal governments, in the

aggregate, or by the private sector, of

more than $100 million annually

(adjusted for inflation with base year of

1995). This proposal does not meet the

definition of a Federal mandate because

it does not impose requirements on

anyone. In addition, annual

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expenditures would not exceed the $100

million threshold.

F. Executive Order 12778 (Civil Justice

Reform)

This proposed rule would not have

any retroactive effect. Under 49 U.S.C.

30103, whenever a Federal motor

vehicle safety standard is in effect, a

State may not adopt or maintain a safety

standard applicable to the same aspect

of performance which is not identical to

the Federal standard, except to the

extent that the state requirement

imposes a higher level of performance

and applies only to vehicles procured

for the State’s use. 49 U.S.C. 30161 sets

forth a procedure for judicial review of

final rules establishing, amending or

revoking Federal motor vehicle safety

standards. That section does not require

submission of a petition for

reconsideration or other administrative

proceedings before parties may file suit

in court.

G. Paperwork Reduction Act

In accordance with the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1980 (P.L. 96–511),

there are no requirements for

information collection associated with

this proposed rule.

H. National Technology Transfer and

Advancement Act

Section 12(d) of the National

Technology Transfer and Advancement

Act of 1995 (NTTAA), Public Law 104–

113, section 12(d) (15 U.S.C. 272)

directs us to use voluntary consensus

standards in its regulatory activities

unless doing so would be inconsistent

with applicable law or otherwise

impractical. Voluntary consensus

standards are technical standards (e.g.,

materials specifications, test methods,

sampling procedures, and business

practices) that are developed or adopted

by voluntary consensus standards

bodies, such as the Society of

Automotive Engineers (SAE). The

NTTAA directs us to provide Congress,

through OMB, explanations when we

decide not to use available and

applicable voluntary consensus

standards.

The neck lateral calibration corridor

that is the subject of this document was

developed under the auspices of the

SAE Dummy Test and Equipment

Subcommittee. The following voluntary

consensus standards have been used in

developing the proposed neck lateral

calibration corridor: SAE J211

Recommended Practice for Crash Tests

Instrumentation, SAE J1460 Human

Mechanical Response Characteristics,

and ISO/TR 9790–2 -Road VehiclesAnthropomorphic Side Impact DummyPart 2: Lateral Neck Impact Response

Requirements to Assess Biofidelity of

Dummy.

I. Executive Order 13045

Executive Order 13045 (62 FR 19885,

April 23, 1997) applies to any rule that:

(1) Is determined to be ‘‘economically

significant’’ as defined under E.O.

12866, and (2) concerns an

environmental, health or safety risk that

NHTSA has reason to believe may have

a disproportionate effect on children. If

the regulatory action meets both criteria,

we must evaluate the environmental

health or safety effects of the planned

rule on children, and explain why the

planned regulation is preferable to other

potentially effective and reasonably

feasible alternatives considered by us.

This proposal is not subject to the

Executive Order because it is not

economically significant as defined in

E.O. 12866, and does not have a

disproportionate effect on children. The

proposed rule seeks to change the

calibration values for a test dummy

neck. Other than ensuring that the test

dummy more accurately replicates the

adult human neck in side impacts, the

proposed rule has no impact on

children.

Comments

How do I prepare and submit

comments?

Your comments must be written and

in English. To ensure that your

comments are correctly filed in the

Docket, please include the docket

number of this document in your

comments.

Your comments must not be more

than 15 pages long. (49 CFR 553.21). We

established this limit to encourage you

to write your primary comments in a

concise fashion. However, you may

attach necessary additional documents

to your comments. There is no limit on

the length of the attachments.

Please submit two copies of your

comments, including the attachments,

to Docket Management at the address

given above under ADDRESSES.

How can I be sure that my comments

were received?

If you wish Docket Management to

notify you upon its receipt of your

comments, enclose a self-addressed,

stamped postcard in the envelope

containing your comments. Upon

receiving your comments, Docket

Management will return the postcard by

mail.

How do I submit confidential business

information?

If you wish to submit any information

under a claim of confidentiality, you

should submit three copies of your

complete submission, including the

information you claim to be confidential

business information, to the Chief

Counsel, NHTSA, at the address given

above under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. In addition, you should

submit two copies, from which you

have deleted the claimed confidential

business information, to Docket

Management at the address given above

under ADDRESSES. When you send a

comment containing information

claimed to be confidential business

information, you should include a cover

letter setting forth the information

specified in our confidential business

information regulation. (49 CFR part

512.)

Will the agency consider late

comments?

We will consider all comments that

Docket Management receives before the

close of business on the comment

closing date indicated above under

DATES. To the extent possible, we will

also consider comments that Docket

Management receives after that date. If

Docket Management receives a comment

too late for us to consider it in

developing a final rule (assuming that

one is issued), we will consider that

comment as an informal suggestion for

future rulemaking action.

How can I read the comments submitted

by other people?

You may read the comments received

by Docket Management at the address

given above under ADDRESSES. The

hours of the Docket are indicated above

in the same location.

You may also see the comments on

the Internet. To read the comments on

the Internet, take the following steps:

1. Go to the Docket Management

System (DMS) Web page of the

Department of Transportation (http://

dms.dot.gov/).

2. On that page, click on ‘‘search.’’

3. On the next page (http://

dms.dot.gov/search/), type in the fourdigit docket number shown at the

beginning of this document. Example: If

the docket number were ‘‘NHTSA–

1998–1234,’’ you would type ‘‘1234.’’

After typing the docket number, click on

‘‘search.’’

4. On the next page, which contains

docket summary information for the

docket you selected, click on the desired

comments. You may word search the

Adobe pdf version of a comment by

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clicking on the binocular symbol

(Acrobat Find) and typing in a search

term. You may also download the

comments.

Please note that even after the

comment closing date, we will continue

to file relevant information in the

Docket as it becomes available. Further,

some people may submit late comments.

Accordingly, we recommend that you

periodically check the Docket for new

material.

List of Subjects in 49 CFR Part 572

Motor vehicle safety.

In consideration of the foregoing,

NHTSA proposes to amend 49 CFR Part

572 as follows:

PART 572—ANTHROPOMORPHIC

TEST DUMMIES

1. The authority citation for Part 572

would continue to read as follows:

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 332, 30111, 30115,

30117; and 30166 delegation of authority at

49 CFR 1.50.

Subpart M—Side Impact Hybrid

Dummy 50th Percentile Male

2. 49 CFR Part 572 would be amended

by revising § 572.113(b)(2), (b)(3) and

(b)(4) to read as follows:

* * * * *

§ 572.113 Neck assembly.

* * * * *

(b) * * *

(2) The maximum rotation of the

midsagittal plane of the head shall be 66

to 82 degrees with respect to the

pendulum’s longitudinal centerline. The

decaying head rotation vs. time curve

shall cross the zero angle between 58 to

67 ms after reaching its peak value.

(3) The moment about the x-axis

which coincides with the midsagittal

plane of the head at the level of the

occipital condyles shall have a

maximum value between 73 and 88 Nm.

The decaying moment vs. time curve

shall first cross zero moment between

49 and 64 ms after reaching its peak

value. The following formula is to be

used to calculate the moment about the

occipital condyles when using the sixaxis neck transducer:

M = Mx + 0.01778 Fy

Where Mx and Fy are the moment and

force measured by the transducer and

expressed in terms of Nm and N,

respectively.

(4) The maximum rotation of the head

with respect to the pendulum’s

longitudinal centerline shall occur

between 2 and 16 ms after peak

moment.

Issued on November 21, 2000.

Noble N. Bowie,

Acting Associate Administrator for Safety

Performance Standards.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

50 CFR Part 635

[I.D. 110800C]

Atlantic Highly Migratory Species

Fisheries; Technical Gear Workshop;

Postponement

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Postponement of public

meeting.

SUMMARY: NMFS announces the

postponement of the technical gear

workshop previously scheduled to

discuss potential gear modifications and

configurations for the Atlantic pelagic

longline fishery.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Margo Schulze-Haugen or Tyson Kade

at (301) 713-2347.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On

November 21, 2000 (65 FR 69898),

NMFS announced that it would conduct

a workshop on December 12-13, 2000, at

NMFS, Building 4 - Science Center,

1305 East-West Highway, Silver Spring,

MD 20910. The purpose of the

workshop is to allow fishermen, gear

experts, sea turtle experts, and fishery

managers to discuss possible measures,

including gear and fishing method

modifications, to reduce the incidental

take and mortality of sea turtles in the

Atlantic pelagic longline fishery. After

announcing the workshop, NMFS

received comment from fishermen that

the scheduled dates posed a conflict

with the active fishing period associated

with the full moon. As participation by

fishing vessel captains is an important

aspect of this meeting, NMFS has agreed

to reschedule the workshop. NMFS will

announce a future date for this

workshop in the Federal Register.

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 971 et seq., and 16

U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

Dated: November 22, 2000.

Bruce C. Morehead,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 00–30418 Filed 11–28–00; 8:45 am]

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