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VI. Requests for Comments

Interested persons may submit to the

Dockets Management Branch (address

above) written comments regarding this

proposal by February 22, 2001. Two

copies of any comments are to be

submitted, except that individuals may

submit one copy. Comments are to be

identified with the docket number

found in brackets in the heading of this

document. Received comments may be

seen in the Dockets Management Branch

between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday

through Friday.

List of Subjects for 21 CFR Part 310

Administrative practice and

procedure, Drugs, Labeling, Medical

devices, Reporting and recordkeeping

requirements.

Therefore, under the Federal Food,

Drug, and Cosmetic Act and under

authority delegated to the Commissioner

of Food and Drugs, it is proposed that

21 CFR part 310 be amended as follows:

PART 310—NEW DRUGS

1. The authority citation for 21 CFR

part 310 continues to read as follows:

Authority: 21 U.S.C. 321, 331, 351, 352,

353, 355, 360b-360f, 360j, 361(a), 371, 374,

375, 379e; 42 U.S.C. 216, 241, 242(a), 262,

263b-263n.

§ 310.500 [Removed]

2. Section 310.500 Digoxin products

for oral use; conditions for marketing is

removed.

Dated: November 17, 2000.

Margaret M. Dotzel,

Associate Commissioner for Policy.

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BILLING CODE 4160–01–F

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

40 CFR Parts 52 and 81

[MI75–7284b; FRL–6907–2]

Approval and Promulgation of State

Implementation Plans; Michigan

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA) is proposing to adjust the

applicability date for reinstating the 1-

hour ozone National Ambient Air

Quality Standard (NAAQS) in Allegan

County, Michigan and is proposing on

a determination that this area has

attained the 1-hour ozone NAAQS. This

determination is based on 3 consecutive

years of complete, quality-assured,

ambient air monitoring data for the

1997–1999 ozone seasons that

demonstrate that the area has attained

the ozone NAAQS. On the basis of this

determination, EPA is also proposing

that certain attainment demonstration

requirements, and certain related

requirements of part D of subchapter I

of the Clean Air Act (CAA), do not

apply to Allegan County.

EPA is also proposing to approve the

State of Michigan’s request to

redesignate Allegan County to

attainment for the 1-hour ozone

NAAQS. Michigan submitted the

redesignation request for these areas on

September 1 and October 13, 2000. EPA

is also proposing to approve the State’s

plan for maintaining the 1-hour ozone

standard for the next 10 years as a

revision to the Michigan State

Implementation Plan (SIP). In this direct

final rule, EPA is also notifying the

public that we believe the motor vehicle

emissions budgets for volatile organic

compounds (VOC) and oxides of

nitrogen ( NOX) in the Allegan County

maintenance plan are adequate for

conformity purposes and approvable as

part of the maintenance plan.

In the final rules section of this

Federal Register, EPA is approving the

State’s request as a direct final rule

without prior proposal because EPA

views this action as noncontroversial

and anticipates no adverse comments. A

detailed rationale for approving and

disapproving portions of the State’s

request is set forth in the direct final

rule. The direct final rule will become

effective without further notice unless

the Agency receives relevant adverse

written comment on this proposed rule

within 30 days of this publication.

Should EPA receive adverse comment,

it will publish a document informing

the public that the direct final rule will

not take effect and that EPA will address

adverse comments in a subsequent final

rule based on this proposed rule. If EPA

does not receive adverse comments, the

direct final rule will take effect on the

date stated in that document and EPA

will not take further action on this

proposed rule. EPA does not plan to

institute a second comment period on

this action. Any parties interested in

commenting on this document should

do so at this time.

DATES: EPA must receive written

comments by December 26, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Send written comments to:

Carlton T. Nash, Chief, Regulation

Development Section, Air Programs

Branch (AR–18J), United States

Environmental Protection Agency, 77

West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago,

Illinois 60604.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John

Mooney at (312) 886–6043.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For

additional information see the direct

final rule published in the rules section

of this Federal Register. Copies of the

documents relevant to this action are

available for public inspection during

normal business hours at the above

address. (Please telephone John Mooney

at (312) 886–6043 before visiting the

Region 5 Office.)

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401–7671 et seq.

Dated: November 15, 2000.

Gary Gulezian,

Acting Regional Administrator, Region 5.

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION

45 CFR Chapter XVI

LSC Regulations Review

AGENCY: Legal Services Corporation.

ACTION: Request for public comment.

SUMMARY: As part of its ongoing efforts

to improve the administration of

regulatory programs and requirements,

Legal Services Corporation is soliciting

public comment on its regulations

toward the development of a regulatory

agenda for 2001 and beyond.

DATES: Written comments must be

received on or before January 8, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be

submitted by mail, fax or email to

Mattie C. Condray at the addresses

listed below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mattie C. Condray, Senior Assistant

General Counsel, Office of Legal Affairs,

Legal Services Corporation, 750 First

Street, NE, Washington, DC 20002–

4250; 202/336–8817 (phone); 202/336–

8952 (fax); mcondray@lsc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Legal

Services Corporation’s mission is to

promote equal access to the system of

justice and improve opportunities for

low-income people throughout the

United States by making grants for the

provision of high-quality civil legal

assistance to those who would be

otherwise unable to afford legal counsel.

As part of its ongoing efforts to better

serve this mission, the LSC Board of

Directors adopted a five-year strategic

plan, ‘‘LSC Strategic Directions 2000—

2005’’ in January of 2000. One element

of this plan involves reviewing ‘‘the

competitive grantmaking process, the

performance standards applicable to

LSC grantees, and LSC’s statutory and

Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 227 / Friday, November 24, 2000 / Proposed Rules 70541

1This task is not related to the work of the newly

chartered Commission which is examining the

impacts of certain legal restrictions on persons

eligible for LSC-funded legal assistance. That effort,

being undertaken pursuant to Board of Directors

Resolution 2000–009, is focused on the effects of

certain legal restrictions on LSC recipients’ ability

to provide equal access to justice to low income

persons. The regulations review is, instead, focused

on comprehensive review of LSC’s regulations to

support the development of a regulatory agenda for

2001.

regulatory compliance requirements for

efficiency, unnecessary duplication and

implications for the delivery of high

quality, appropriate legal services.’’ LSC

Strategic Directions 2000—2005, page 8.

Pursuant to this directive, LSC,

through its Board of Directors’

Operations and Regulations Committee,

which provides overall direction on LSC

regulatory policy and establishes

priorities for LSC rulemaking activities,

is in the process of conducting a

thorough review of LSC’s regulations.

With this notice, LSC is soliciting public

input for the consideration of the

Committee and the Board in pursuit of

this task.1

Victor M. Fortuno,

General Counsel and Vice President for Legal

Affairs.

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BILLING CODE 7050–01–P

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION

47 CFR Parts 25 and 101

[IB Docket No. 00–203; FCC–00–369]

Partial Band Licensing and Loading

Standards for Earth Stations in the

FSS That Share Spectrum With

Terrestrial Services, Blanket Licensing

for Small Aperture Terminals in the CBand, Routine Licensing of 3.7 Meter

Transmit and Receive Stations at CBand, and Deployment of

Geostationary-Orbit FSS Earth

Stations in the Shared Portion of the

Ka-Band

AGENCY: Federal Communications

Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: This document proposes rules

that will promote more efficient use and

sharing of the radio spectrum between

FSS earth stations and terrestrial fixed

service stations by requiring the

showing of actual or planned use of the

spectrum when access to that spectrum

is denied to potential new users. The

proposed rules also promote efficient

sharing of spectrum by requiring the use

of previously agreed interference

analysis models during subsequent

frequency coordinations. In addition,

they are designed to provide wider

access to electronic commerce in

underserved rural areas of America by

facilitating the deployment of small

antenna terminals in C-band satellite

networks under a single authorization,

with prior frequency coordination.

Finally, this document seeks comment

on how to facilitate the deployment of

GSO FSS earth stations without

individual site-by-site licensing in the

portion of the Ka-band that is shared

with terrestrial fixed services.

DATES: Submit comments on or before

January 8, 2001. Submit reply comments

on or before February 9, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Edward R. Jacobs, Planning &

Negotiations Division, International

Bureau. (202) 418–0624 or via electronic

mail: ejacobs@fcc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a

summary of the Commission’s Notice of

Proposed Rulemaking in IB Docket No.

00–203, adopted October 13, 2000 and

released October 24, 2000. The full text

of this Commission decision is available

for inspection and copying during

normal business hours in the FCC

Reference Center (Room CY–A257) 445

12th Street SW., Washington, DC and

may also be purchased from the

Commission copy contractor,

International Transcription Services

(ITS), Inc., (202) 857–3800, 1231 20th

Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036.

Summary of the Notice of Proposed

Rulemaking

1. In this Notice of Proposed

Rulemaking, the Commission considers

a series of filings concerning the

application of our part 25 rules to FixedSatellite Service (FSS) earth stations in

bands shared on a primary basis with

the terrestrial Fixed Service (FS).

Specifically, Onsat Network

Communications, Inc. (Onsat) petitions

for a declaratory order that our part 25

rules permit the licensing, under a

single authorization, of small aperture

terminal satellite earth station networks

in the C-band (3700–4200 MHz and

5925–6425 MHz). These C-band small

aperture terminal earth station

networks, or CSATs, are technically

similar to the very small aperture

terminal earth station networks, or

VSATs, currently deployed in the Kuband (11.7–12.2 GHz and 14.0–14.5

GHz). The Fixed Wireless

Communications Coalition (FWCC)

petitions for a declaratory ruling

regarding partial-band licensing of FSS

earth stations and a rulemaking to

amend part 25 of the Commission’s

rules to set loading requirements.

Hughes Network Systems (Hughes)

seeks consideration of its proposal to

deploy geostationary orbit FSS earth

stations in the shared portion of the Kaband (17.7–19.7 GHz and 27.5–29.5

GHz). We address all but Onsat’s

petition for waiver of § 25.212(d) of the

Commission’s rules regarding routine

licensing of 3.7 meter transmit and

receive earth stations at C-band.

Specifically, we deny Onsat’s petition

for declaratory order, but propose to

amend our rules to permit the licensing,

under a single authorization and with

prior coordination, of a limited class of

small aperture terminal earth station

networks in the C-band to communicate

with geostationary satellites. We will

issue a separate licensing decision on

the specific application for the Onsat

system that Onsat filed several months

after its Petition for Declaratory Order.

We deny FWCC’s request for a

declaratory ruling requiring partial-band

licensing of FSS earth stations. We

propose, however, to adopt rules

directed at addressing FWCC’s concerns

about effective and equitable use of

spectrum in bands shared by the FS and

FSS. Finally, we seek comment on, and

alternatives to, the recent ex parte

pleading filed by Hughes in the 18 GHz

Proceeding, concerning the proposed

deployment of earth stations for

geostationary satellite orbit (GSO) FSS

systems in the shared portion of the Kaband without individual site-by-site

licensing.

2. The FWCC Petitions. On May 5,

1999, FWCC filed a Request for

Declaratory Ruling and Petition for

Rulemaking (together, ‘‘FWCC

Petitions’’) asking the Commission to

impose various conditions on FSS earth

stations in bands that are shared on a

co-primary basis with FS operations.

FWCC’s Petitions reference the

following bands: 3700–4200, 5925–6425

and 6425–7125 MHz and 10.7–11.7,

12.7–13.25, 17.7–19.7, and 27.5–29.5

GHz. The Fixed-Satellite Service is a

radiocommunication service between

earth stations at given positions, when

one or more satellites are used; the FSS

also may include feeder links for other

space radiocommunication services.

The terrestrial fixed service (FS) is a

radiocommunication service between

fixed points. FWCC states that its

proposals seek to maximize efficient use

of the radio spectrum for both satellite

and point-to-point terrestrial fixed

operations.

3. FWCC avers that, while parts 25

and 101 of the Commission’s rules

provide for sharing on a co-primary

basis in certain radio spectrum bands by

the FSS and FS, in reality sharing has