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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

Through this document, the

Corporation for National and

Community Service adopts a final rule

regarding AmeriCorps education

awards. Under the National and

Community Service Act of 1990, as

amended (42 U.S.C. 12501 et seq.), an

individual who successfully completes

a term of service in a national service

position (referred to as an ‘‘AmeriCorps

member’’) is eligible for an education

award. An AmeriCorps member may use

an education award to repay qualified

student loans or to pay for approved

educational expenses.

We published a proposed rule on

December 1, 1999 (64 FR 67235) to

clarify one provision regarding

eligibility for an education award and

another provision concerning the use of

the education award to pay current

educational expenses at an institution of

higher education. We have determined

not to proceed on the proposed change

regarding eligibility. Accordingly, this

final rule involves only a change to the

rules governing the payment of current

educational expenses.

Definition of Current Educational

Expenses

Section 148(c) allows an AmeriCorps

member to use the education award to

pay for ‘‘current’’ costs of attendance at

a qualified institution of higher

education. The previous rule published

on July 12, 1999, defined ‘‘current’’

expenses as covering only those

expenses incurred after the completion

of service. This rule expands the

definition of ‘‘current’’ educational

expenses to include expenses incurred

after an individual enrolls in a term of

service as an AmeriCorps member. We

believe that this change in definition

will help to avoid unnecessary financial

hardship for AmeriCorps members who

serve while also attending an institution

of higher education.

Discussion of the Public Comments

The proposed rule of December 1,

1999, gave the public sixty days to

submit comments. We received one

comment regarding current educational

expenses. One commenter expressed

concern that the change in definition of

‘‘current’’ educational expenses would

place an undue administrative burden

on the Corporation and local program

operators to monitor the pace of such

expenditures against the value of the

education award as it is earned. We do

not believe that this concern is wellfounded. The change in definition will

not require such monitoring, as there is

no necessary connection between the

two amounts. The rule simply

authorizes an AmeriCorps member to

use an education award to pay for costs

of attendance at an approved institution

of higher education for a period of

attendance that begins after the

member’s term of service.

Executive Order 12866

We have determined that this

regulatory action is not a ‘‘significant’’

rule within the meaning of Executive

Order 12866 because it is not likely to

result in: (1) An annual effect on the

economy of $100 million or more, or an

adverse and material effect on a sector

of the economy, productivity,

competition, jobs, the environment,

public health or safety, or State, local,

or tribal government or communities; (2)

the creation of a serious inconsistency

or interference with an action taken or

planned by another agency; (3) a

material alteration in the budgetary

impacts of entitlement, grants, user fees,

or loan programs or the rights and

obligations of recipients thereof; or (4)

the raising of novel legal or policy

issues arising out of legal mandates, the

President’s priorities, or the principles

set forth in Executive Order 12866.

Regulatory Flexibility Act

We have determined that this

regulatory action will not result in (1) an

annual effect on the economy of $100

million or more; (2) a major increase in

costs or prices for consumers,

individual industries, Federal, State, or

local government agencies, or

geographic regions; or (3) significant

adverse effects on competition,

employment, investment, productivity,

innovation, or on the ability of United

States-based enterprises to compete

with foreign-based enterprises in

domestic and export markets. Therefore,

we have not performed the initial

regulatory flexibility analysis that is

required under the Regulatory

Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) for

major rules that are expected to have

such results.

Other Impact Analyses

Because these changes do not

authorize any information collection

activity outside the scope of existing

regulations, this regulatory action is not

subject to review and approval under

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995

(44 U.S.C. 3500 et seq.). For purposes of

Title II of the Unfunded Mandates

Reform Act of 1995, 2 U.S.C. 1531–

1538, as well as Executive Order 12875,

this regulatory action does not contain

any federal mandate that may result in

increased expenditures in either

Federal, State, local, or tribal

governments in the aggregate, or impose

an annual burden exceeding $100

million on the private sector.

List of Subjects in 45 CFR Part 2525

Grant programs—social programs,

Student aid, Volunteers.

Accordingly, the Corporation for

National and Community Service

amends 45 CFR chapter XXV as follows:

PART 2525—NATIONAL SERVICE

TRUST: PURPOSE AND DEFINITIONS

1. The authority citation for part 2525

continues to read as follows:

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 12601–12604.

2. Section 2525.20 is amended by

revising the definition of ‘‘Current

educational expenses’’ to read as

follows:

§ 2525.20 Definitions.

* * * * *

Current educational expenses. The

term current educational expenses

means the cost of attendance for a

period of enrollment in an institution of

higher education that begins after an

individual enrolls in an approved

national service position.

* * * * *

Dated: December 6, 2000.

Wendy Zenker,

Chief Operating Officer, Corporation for

National and Community Service.

[FR Doc. 00–31669 Filed 12–12–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6050–28–P

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION

47 CFR Parts 80 and 95

[PR Docket No. 92–257; RM–9664; FCC 00–

370]

Maritime Communications

AGENCY: Federal Communications

Commission.

ACTION: Final rules.

SUMMARY: In this document, the

Commission amends its rules to

promote operational, technical, and

regulatory flexibility for Automated

Maritime Telecommunications System

(AMTS) and high seas public coast

stations. These final rules will eliminate

the application and engineering study

requirements and modify the

broadcaster notification requirement for

new AMTS stations that qualify as fillin stations, extend the construction

requirement for new AMTS systems

from eight months to two years, provide

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AMTS licensees with much-needed

technical flexibility, extend the high

seas public coast construction

requirement to twelve months, and

eliminate the HF channel loading

requirement for high seas public coast

stations. The Commission believes that

this action will increase competition in

the provision of telecommunications

services, promote more efficient use of

maritime spectrum, increase the types of

telecommunications services available

to vessel operators, allow maritime

commercial mobile radio service

(CMRS) providers to respond more

quickly to market demand, and reduce

regulatory burdens on AMTS and high

seas public coast station licensees.

DATES: Effective January 12, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Keith Fickner, Policy and Rules Branch,

Public Safety and Private Wireless

Division, Wireless Telecommunications

Bureau at (202) 418–7308.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

1. The Commission’s Fourth Report

and Order (4th R&O) PR Docket No. 92–

257, FCC 00–370, was adopted October

13, 2000, and released on November 16,

2000. The full text of this Commission’s

4th R&O is available for inspection and

copying during normal business hours

in the FCC Reference Center, Room CY–

A257, 445 12th Street, SW.,

Washington, DC. The complete text may

be purchased from the Commission’s

copy contractor, International

Transcription Service, Inc., 1231 20th

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20037. The

full text may also be downloaded at:

http://www.fcc.gov/Wireless/Orders/

2000/fcc00370.txt. Alternative formats

are available to persons with disabilities

by contacting Martha Contee at (202)

418–0260 or TTY (202) 418–2555.

Summary of the 4th R&O

2. The Commission amends its rules

to eliminate the application and

engineering study requirements and to

modify the broadcaster notification

requirement for new AMTS stations

whose predicted interference contours

do not encompass any land area beyond

the composite interference contour of

the applicant’s existing system. This is

consistent with the Commission’s

treatment of certain other CMRS

licensees (i.e., paging and

radiotelephone service licensees, and

SMR system licensees in the 800 MHz

band).

3. The Commission concludes that the

construction requirement for new

AMTS systems and system extensions

should be extended from eight months

to two years because the Wireless

Telecommunications Bureau’s licensing

experience has shown that licensees

generally have found eight months to be

insufficient time in which to construct

a system of coast stations. It believes

that the one-year period that it has

adopted for other site-based CMRS

services would be insufficient in most

AMTS cases.

4. The Commission amends its rules

to eliminate the modulation and

channelization requirements for AMTS

coast stations, so long as transmissions

do not exceed the adjacent channel

emission limitations of each station’s

authorization. It concludes that

modulation and channelization

requirements are unnecessary with

respect to AMTS because AMTS

frequencies are assigned in channel

blocks. AMTS transmitters will now be

allowed to use any modulation or

channelization scheme so long as

emissions are attenuated at the band

edges of each station’s assigned

frequency group(s) in accordance with

§ 80.211 of the Commission’s Rules.

5. The Commission concludes that

AMTS licensees should have the

authority to provide fixed or hybrid

CMRS services on a co-primary basis

with mobile services. It believes that

this operational flexibility will enhance

AMTS licensees ability to meet

customer requirements and demand,

and promote regulatory parity among

maritime CMRS providers and between

maritime CMRS providers and other

CMRS providers.

6. The Commission amends its rules

to eliminate channel loading

requirements for high seas public coast

stations, including the limits that were

placed on the number of frequencies

that could be obtained in an initial or

subsequent application, because it

concludes that the imposition of such

requirements could unfairly impair

AMTS providers ability to compete with

other maritime CMRS providers.

7. Finally, the Commission extends

the existing construction requirement

from eight months to twelve months for

high seas public coast stations because

a twelve-month construction period is

consistent with the construction periods

that have been adopted for other sitebased CMRS licensees. The Commission

believes that employing long-term

construction requirements based on

population or geographic service areas,

in this case, is inappropriate.

Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis

8. As required by the Regulatory

Flexibility Act (RFA), an Initial

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis (IRFA)

was incorporated into the Second

Further Notice of Proposed Rule Making

(2nd FNPRM) in this proceeding. The

Commission sought written public

comment on the IRFA. The present

Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis

(FRFA) conforms to the RFA.

A. Need for, and Objectives of, the 4th

R&O

9. Our objective is to promote

operational, technical, and regulatory

flexibility for Automated Maritime

Telecommunications System (AMTS)

and high seas public coast stations.

Specifically, this action will: (1) Provide

additional flexibility for AMTS coast

stations by permitting the construction

and operation of fill-in stations without

prior Commission authorization,

eliminating the current emission

restrictions and channel plan, and

increasing the permitted power levels

for point-to-point communications, and

(2) eliminate the required showing of

channel loading and extend the

construction period for high seas public

coast stations. We find that these actions

will allow maritime CMRS providers to

better respond to market demand,

increase competition in the provision of

telecommunications services, promote

more efficient use of marine spectrum,

increase the types of

telecommunications services available

to vessel operators, and reduce

regulatory burdens on coast station

licensees. Thus, we conclude that the

public interest is served by amending

our rules as described above.

B. Summary of Significant Issues Raised

by Public Comments in Response to the

IRFA

10. No comments were submitted in

response to the IRFA. In general

comments on the 2nd FNPRM, however,

some small business commenters (i.e.,

Paging Systems, Inc., RegioNet Wireless

LLC, Waterway Communications

System LLC) raised issues that might

affect small business entities. In

particular, some small business

commenters argued that the

construction period for AMTS and high

seas public coast stations should be

extended from eight months to two

years, and that AMTS licensees should

be permitted to construct fill-in stations

without prior Commission approval.

The Commission carefully considered

each of these comments in reaching the

decision set forth herein.

C. Description and Estimate of the

Number of Small Entities to Which

Rules Will Apply

11. The RFA directs agencies to

provide a description of and, where

feasible, an estimate of the number of

small entities that may be affected by

the proposed rules, if adopted. The RFA

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generally defines the term ‘‘small

entity’’ as having the same meaning as

the terms ‘‘small business,’’ ‘‘small

organization,’’ and ‘‘small governmental

jurisdiction.’’ In addition, the term

‘‘small business’’ has the same meaning

as the term ‘‘small business concern’’

under the Small Business Act. A small

business concern is one which: (1) Is

independently owned and operated; (2)

is not dominant in its field of operation;

and (3) satisfies any additional criteria

established by the Small Business

Administration (SBA). A small

organization is generally ‘‘any not-forprofit enterprise which is independently

owned and operated and is not

dominant in its field.’’

12. The rules adopted herein will

affect licensees using AMTS and high

seas public coast spectrum. In the Third

Report and Order in this proceeding, the

Commission defined the term ‘‘small

entity’’ specifically applicable to public

coast station licensees as any entity

employing fewer than 1,500 persons,

based on the definition under the Small

Business Administration rules

applicable to radiotelephone service

providers. Since the size data provided

by the Small Business Administration

does not enable us to make a meaningful

estimate of the number of AMTS and

high seas public coast station licensees

that are small businesses, and no

commenters responded to our request

for information regarding the number of

small entities that use or are likely to

use public coast spectrum, we have

used the 1992 Census of Transportation,

Communications, and Utilities,

conducted by the Bureau of the Census,

which is the most recent information

available. This document shows that

only 12 radiotelephone firms out of a

total of 1,178 such firms which operated

in 1992 had 1,000 or more employees.

There are three AMTS public coast

station licensees and approximately

thirteen high seas public coast station

licensees. Based on the rules adopted

herein, it is unlikely that more than

seven licensees will be authorized in the

future. Therefore, for purposes of our

evaluations and conclusions in this

FRFA, we estimate that there are

approximately twenty-five AMTS and

high seas public coast station licensees

that are small businesses, as that term is

defined by the Small Business

Administration.

D. Description of Projected Reporting,

Recordkeeping, and Other Compliance

Requirements

13. In order to permit AMTS licensees

to construct fill-in stations without

notifying the Commission, while still

enabling amateur radio licensees to

abide by the exclusion and notification

distances in our rules, we are requiring

AMTS licensees to notify two

organizations that represent amateur

licensees of the location of their fill-in

stations. The estimated time for

preparing these letters is twenty

minutes per fill-in station. This is the

same time requirement for both large

and small entities, however, it is such

a nominal requirement that it should

not be a burden to any entity.

E. Steps Taken to Minimize Significant

Economic Impact on Small Entities, and

Significant Alternatives Considered

14. The RFA requires an agency to

describe any significant alternatives that

it has considered in reaching its

proposed approach, which may include

the following four alternatives: (1) The

establishment of differing compliance or

reporting requirements or timetables

that take into account the resources

available to small entities; (2) the

clarification, consolidation, or

simplification of compliance or

reporting requirements under the rule

for small entities; (3) the use of

performance, rather than design,

standards; and (4) an exemption from

coverage of the rule, or any part thereof,

for small entities.

15. The Commission in this

proceeding has considered comments

on implementing broad changes to the

maritime service rules. It has adopted

alternatives which minimize burdens

placed on small entities. First, it has

decided to permit AMTS licensees to

construct fill-in stations without

notifying the Commission, avoiding the

need to file an application. Also, it has

extended the eight-month construction

requirement to two years for all AMTS

stations and one year for all high seas

public coast stations. In addition, the

Commission has eliminated the

requirement that applicants for HF high

seas frequencies show that their current

channels are fully loaded before they

may obtain additional channels.

16. The Commission considered and

rejected several significant alternatives.

It rejected the National Association of

Broadcasters and Association for

Maximum Service Television’s

alternative of moving the rules

governing the Low Power Radio Service

from Part 95 to Part 80 of its rules. This

was rejected because it could have

caused confusion among licensees.

Instead, the Commission will leave the

LPRS rules in place. The Commission

also rejected the alternative of basing

the construction requirement for high

seas public coast stations on the

population of the station’s service area

as it has for other services, such as

AMTS. This would have required

licensees to acquire and act upon

additional data. Instead, the

Commission used a time-based

construction requirement because it will

ensure rapid delivery of service to the

public.

Report to Congress

The Commission will send a copy of

the 4th R&O, including this FRFA, in a

report to be sent to Congress pursuant

to the SBREFA, see 5 U.S.C.

801(a)(1)(A). In addition, the

Commission will send a copy of the 4th

R&O, including this FRFA, to the Chief

Counsel for Advocacy of the Small

Business Administration. In addition,

the 4th R&O and FRFA (or summaries

thereof) will be published in the Federal

Register. See 5 U.S.C. 604(b).

List of Subjects 47 CFR Parts 80 and 95

Communications equipment, Radio.

Federal Communications Commission.

Magalie Roman Salas,

Secretary.

Final Rules

For the reasons discussed in the

preamble, the Federal Communications

Commission amends 47 CFR Parts 80

and 95 as follows:

PART 80—STATIONS IN THE

MARITIME SERVICES

1. The authority citation for Part 80

continues to read as follows:

Authority: Secs. 4, 303, 307(e), 309, and

332, 48 Stat. 1066, 1082, as amended; 47

U.S.C. 154, 303, 307(e), 309, and 332, unless

otherwise noted. Interpret or apply 48 Stat.

1064–1068, 1081–1105, as amended; 47

U.S.C. 151–155, 301–609; 3 UST 3450, 3 UST

4726, 12 UST 2377.

2. Section 80.25 is amended by

revising paragraph (b) to read as follows:

§ 80.25 License term.

* * * * *

(b) Licenses other than ship stations

in the maritime services will normally

be issued for a term of ten years from

the date of original issuance, major

modification, or renewal.

* * * * *

3. Section 80.49 is amended by

revising paragraph (a)(2) and adding a

new paragraph (a)(3) to read as follows:

§ 80.49 Construction and regional service

requirements.

(a) * * *

(2) For LF, MF, and HF band public

coast station licensees, when a new

license has been issued or additional

operating frequencies have been

authorized, if the station or frequencies

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authorized have not been placed in

operation within twelve months from

the date of grant, the authorization

becomes invalid and must be returned

to the Commission for cancellation.

(3) For AMTS band public coast

station licensees, when a new license

has been issued or additional operating

frequencies have been authorized, if the

station or frequencies authorized have

not been placed in operation within two

years from the date of grant, the

authorization becomes invalid and must

be returned to the Commission for

cancellation.

* * * * *

4. Section 80.105 is revised to read as

follows:

§ 80.105 General obligations of coast

stations.

Each coast station or marine-utility

station must acknowledge and receive

all calls directed to it by ship or aircraft

stations. Such stations are permitted to

transmit safety communication to any

ship or aircraft station. VHF (156–162

MHz) and AMTS (216–220 MHz) public

coast stations may provide fixed or

hybrid services on a co-primary basis

with mobile operations.

5. Section 80.213 is amended by

revising paragraphs (a)(2) and (d) to read

as follows:

§ 80.213 Modulation requirements.

(a) * * *

(2) When phase or frequency

modulation is used in the 156–162 MHz

band the peak modulation must be

maintained between 75 and 100 percent.

A frequency deviation of ± 5 kHz is

defined as 100 percent peak

modulation; and

* * * * *

(d) Ship and coast station transmitters

operating in the 156–162 MHz band

must be capable of proper operation

with a frequency deviation of ± 5 kHz

when using any emission authorized by

§ 80.207 of this part.

* * * * *

6. Section 80.215 is amended by

removing and reserving footnote 7, and

revising the introductory test of

paragraphs (h)(2), and (i) and revising

paragraph (h)(5) to read as follows:

§ 80.215 Transmitter power.

* * * * *

(h) * * *

(2) Coast stations located less than

169 kilometers (105 miles) from a

channel 13 TV station, or less than 129

kilometers (80 miles) from a channel 10

TV station, or when using a transmitting

antenna height above ground greater

than 61 meters (200 feet), must submit

a plan to limit interference to TV

reception, unless the station’s predicted

interference contour is fully

encompassed by the composite

interference contour of the system’s

existing stations, or the station’s

predicted interference contour extends

the system’s composite interference

contour over water only (disregarding

uninhabited islands). The plan must

include:

* * * * *

(5) The transmitter power, as

measured at the input terminals to the

station antenna, must be 50 watts or

less.

(i) A ship station must have a

transmitter output not exceeding 25

watts and an ERP not exceeding 18

watts. The maximum transmitter output

power is permitted to be increased to 50

watts under the following conditions:

* * * * *

7. Section 80.357 is amended by

removing paragraphs (b)(2)(ii)(A)

through (b)(2) (ii)(C) and revising

paragraph (b)(2)(ii) to read as follows:

§ 80.357 Morse code working frequencies.

* * * * *

(b) * * *

(2) * * *

(ii) Frequencies above 5 MHz may be

assigned primarily to stations serving

the high seas and secondarily to stations

serving inland waters of the United

States, including the Great Lakes, under

the condition that interference will not

be caused to any coast station serving

the high seas.

* * * * *

8. Section 80.371 is amended by

removing paragraph (b)(3) and (b)(4),

and revising paragraphs (b)(1) and (b)(2)

to read as follows:

§ 80.371 Public correspondence

frequencies.

* * * * *

(b) Working frequencies in the 4000–

27500 kHz band. (1) The following table

specifies the carrier frequencies

available for assignment to public coast

stations. The paired ship frequencies are

available for use by authorized ship

stations. The specific frequency

assignment available to public coast

stations for a particular geographic area

is indicated by an ‘‘x’’ under the

appropriate column. The allotment

areas are in accordance with the

‘‘Standard Defined Areas’’ as identified

in the International Radio Regulations,

Appendix 25 Planning System, and

indicated in the preface to the

International Frequency List (IFL).

WORKING CARRIER FREQUENCY PAIRS IN THE 4000–27500 KHZ BAND

ChannelShip

transmit

Coast

transmit USA–E USA–W USA–S USA–C VIR HWA ALS PTR GUM

401 .... 4065 4357 xxxx ................ ................ ................ ................ ................

403 .... 4071 4363 xxxx ................ x ................ x ................

404 .... 4074 4366 x x ................ x ................ ................ x ................ ................

405 .... 4077 4369 xxxx ................ x x ................ ................

409 .... 4089 4381 xxxx ................ ................ ................ ................ ................

410 .... 4092 4384 x ................ ................ ................ ................ ................ ................ ................ x

411 .... 4095 4387 x x ................ x ................ ................ ................ ................ ................

412 .... 4098 4390 x x x ................ ................ ................ ................ ................ ................

414 .... 4104 4396 x ................ x ................ ................ ................ x x ................

416 .... 4110 4402 x x ................ x ................ ................ x ................ ................

417 .... 4113 4405 xxxx ................ ................ ................ ................ ................

418 .... 4116 4408 ................ ................ ................ x ................ x ................ ................ ................

419 .... 4119 4411 ................ x x ................ ................ x ................ x x

422 .... 4128 4420 x x ................ ................ ................ ................ x ................ ................

423 .... 4131 4423 xxxx ................ ................ x ................ ................

424 .... 4134 4426 ................ ................ ................ x ................ ................ ................ ................ ................

427 .... 4143 4435 xxxxxxx ................ ................

428 .... 4060 4351 ................ ................ x ................ ................ ................ ................ ................ ................

604 .... 6209 6510 xxxx ................ xxxx

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WORKING CARRIER FREQUENCY PAIRS IN THE 4000–27500 KHZ BAND—Continued

ChannelShip

transmit

Coast

transmit USA–E USA–W USA–S USA–C VIR HWA ALS PTR GUM

605 .... 6212 6513 ................ ................ ................ x ................ ................ ................ ................ ................

607 .... 6218 6519 ................ ................ x ................ ................ ................ ................ ................ ................

802 .... 8198 8722 x ................ x ................ ................ x x ................ ................

803 .... 8201 8725 ................ ................ ................ x ................ ................ ................ ................ ................

804 .... 8204 8728 x x x ................ ................ ................ ................ ................ ................

805 .... 8207 8731 x x x ................ ................ ................ ................ ................ ................

807 .... 8213 8737 ................ ................ ................ x ................ ................ ................ ................ ................

808 .... 8216 8740 x x ................ ................ ................ x x ................ x

809 .... 8219 8743 x x ................ ................ ................ ................ ................ ................ ................

810 .... 8222 8746 x x x ................ ................ ................ ................ ................ ................

811 .... 8225 8749 x x x ................ ................ ................ ................ ................ ................

814 .... 8234 8758 xxxx ................ x x ................ ................

815 .... 8237 8761 x x x ................ ................ ................ ................ ................ ................

817 .... 8243 8767 ................ ................ ................ x ................ ................ ................ ................ ................

819 .... 8249 8773 ................ ................ ................ x ................ ................ ................ ................ ................

822 .... 8258 8782 x x x ................ ................ ................ ................ ................ ................

824 .... 8264 8788 x x x ................ ................ ................ ................ ................ ................

825 .... 8267 8791 x x x ................ ................ ................ ................ ................ ................

826 .... 8270 8794 x ................ ................ x ................ ................ ................ ................ x

829 .... 8279 8803 x x x ................ ................ ................ ................ x ................

830 .... 8282 8806 ................ ................ x ................ ................ ................ ................ x ................

831 .... 8285 8809 ................ x x ................ ................ ................ ................ x ................

836 .... 8113 8713 ................ ................ x ................ ................ ................ ................ ................ ................

837 .... 8128 8716 ................ ................ x ................ ................ ................ ................ ................ ................

1201 .. 12230 13077 x x x ................ ................ ................ ................ ................ ................

1202 .. 12233 13080 xxxx ................ ................ ................ ................ ................

1203 .. 12236 13083 xxxx ................ x x ................ ................

1206 .. 12245 13092 x x x ................ ................ ................ ................ ................ ................

1208 .. 12251 13098 x ................ x ................ ................ ................ ................ ................ ................

1209 .. 12254 13101 x x x ................ ................ ................ x ................ ................

1210 .. 12257 13104 x x x ................ ................ ................ ................ ................ x

1211 .. 12260 13107 xxxx ................ ................ x ................ ................

1212 .. 12263 13110 x ................ x ................ ................ x x x ................

1215 .. 12272 13119 ................ x x ................ ................ ................ ................ x ................

1217 .. 12278 13125 ................ ................ ................ x ................ ................ ................ ................ ................

1222 .. 12293 13140 ................ ................ ................ ................ ................ x ................ ................ ................

1223 .. 12296 13143 x x x ................ ................ ................ ................ ................ x

1225 .. 12302 13149 x ................ x ................ ................ ................ ................ ................ ................

1226 .. 12305 13152 x x x ................ ................ ................ ................ ................ ................

1228 .. 12311 13158 x x ................ x ................ ................ ................ ................ ................

1229 .. 12314 13161 ................ x ................ ................ ................ ................ ................ ................ ................

1230 .. 12317 13164 x x x ................ ................ x ................ ................ ................

1233 .. 12326 13173 ................ ................ x ................ ................ ................ ................ ................ ................

1234 .. 12329 13176 ................ x x ................ ................ x x ................ ................

1235 .. 12232 13179 ................ ................ x ................ ................ ................ ................ ................ ................

1236 .. 12335 13182 ................ ................ x ................ ................ ................ ................ ................ ................

1237 .. 12338 13185 x ................ x x x ................ ................ ................ ................

1601 .. 16360 17242 x ................ x ................ ................ x x ................ ................

1602 .. 16363 17245 x x x ................ ................ ................ ................ ................ ................

1603 .. 16366 17248 x x x ................ ................ ................ x ................ ................

1605 .. 16372 17254 x x ................ ................ ................ ................ ................ ................ ................

1607 .. 16378 17260 x x x ................ ................ ................ x ................ ................

1609 .. 16384 17266 x x x ................ ................ ................ ................ ................ ................

1610 .. 16387 17269 x x x ................ ................ ................ ................ ................ ................

1611 .. 16390 17272 x x x ................ ................ ................ ................ ................ ................

1616 .. 16405 17287 x x x ................ ................ x x ................ ................

1620 .. 16417 17299 x ................ ................ x ................ ................ ................ ................ ................

1624 .. 16429 17311 x x x ................ ................ ................ ................ ................ ................

1626 .. 16435 17317 x ................ ................ ................ ................ ................ ................ ................ ................

1631 .. 16450 17332 x ................ ................ ................ ................ ................ ................ ................ ................

1632 .. 16453 17335 x x x ................ ................ ................ x ................ ................

1641 .. 16480 17362 x x x ................ ................ ................ ................ ................ ................

1642 .. 16483 17365 xxxxxxxx ................

1643 .. 16486 17368 ................ ................ x ................ ................ ................ ................ ................ ................

1644 .. 16489 17371 xxxx ................ x x ................ ................

1645 .. 16492 17374 ................ ................ x ................ ................ ................ ................ ................ ................

1646 .. 16495 17377 ................ x ................ ................ ................ ................ ................ ................ ................

1647 .. 16498 17380 xxxx ................ ................ x ................ ................

1648 .. 16501 17383 ................ x ................ xxxxx ................

1801 .. 18780 19755 xxxxxxxx ................

1802 .. 18783 19758 x ................ x x x ................ ................ x ................

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WORKING CARRIER FREQUENCY PAIRS IN THE 4000–27500 KHZ BAND—Continued

ChannelShip

transmit

Coast

transmit USA–E USA–W USA–S USA–C VIR HWA ALS PTR GUM

1803 .. 18786 19761 x x ................ xxxxx ................

1804 .. 18789 19764 ................ x x ................ ................ x x ................ ................

1805 .. 18792 19767 ................ x ................ ................ ................ ................ x ................ ................

1807 .. 18798 19773 ................ ................ x ................ ................ ................ ................ ................ ................

1808 .. 18801 19776 xxxxxxxx ................

2201 .. 22000 22696 x x x ................ ................ ................ ................ ................ x

2205 .. 22012 22708 x x x ................ ................ ................ ................ ................ ................

2210 .. 22027 22723 x ................ ................ ................ ................ ................ ................ ................ ................

2214 .. 22039 22735 x x x ................ ................ ................ ................ ................ ................

2215 .. 22042 22738 x x x ................ ................ ................ ................ ................ ................

2216 .. 22045 22741 x ................ x ................ ................ ................ ................ ................ x

2222 .. 22063 22759 x ................ ................ ................ ................ ................ ................ ................ ................

2223 .. 22066 22762 x x x ................ ................ x x x ................

2227 .. 22078 22774 x x x ................ ................ ................ ................ ................ ................

2228 .. 22081 22777 x x ................ ................ ................ ................ ................ ................ ................

2231 .. 22090 22786 x x x ................ ................ ................ x ................ ................

2236 .. 22105 22801 x x ................ ................ ................ ................ ................ ................ ................

2237 .. 22108 22804 x x x ................ ................ ................ ................ ................ ................

2241 .. 22120 22816 xxxxxxxx ................

2242 .. 22123 22819 ................ ................ x ................ ................ ................ ................ ................ ................

2243 .. 22126 22822 xxxxxxxx ................

2244 .. 22129 22825 ................ x ................ ................ ................ x x ................ ................

2245 .. 22132 22828 ................ x x ................ ................ x x ................ ................

2246 .. 22135 22831 ................ ................ x ................ ................ ................ ................ ................ ................

2247 .. 22138 22834 xxxxxxx ................ ................

2501 .. 25070 26145 xxxx ................ x x ................ ................

2502 .. 25073 26148 xxxxxxxx ................

2503 .. 25076 26151 ................ ................ x ................ ................ ................ ................ ................ ................

2504 .. 25079 26154 xxxxxxxx ................

(2) The following table specifies the

non-paired carrier frequencies that are

available for assignment to public coast

stations for simplex operations. These

frequencies are available for use by

authorized ship stations for

transmissions to coast stations (simplex

operations). Assignments on these

frequencies must accept interference.

They are shared with government users

and are considered ‘‘common use’’

frequencies under the international

Radio Regulations. They cannot be

notified for inclusion in the Master

International Frequency Register, which

provides stations with interference

protection, but may be listed in the

international List of Coast Stations. (See

Radio Regulation No. 1220 and

Recommendation 304.)

PUBLIC CORRESPONDENCE SIMPLEX

[Non-paired radiotelephony frequencies in the 4000–27500 kHz Band 1 Carrier Frequencies (kHz)]

16537 ....................................................................................................................................................... 18825 22174 25100

16540 ....................................................................................................................................................... 18828 22177 25103

18831 .................... 25106

18834 .................... 25109

18837 .................... 25112

1 Coast stations limited to a maximum transmitter power of 1 kW (PEP).

* * * * *

§ 80.374 [Amended]

9. Section 80.374 is amended by

removing paragraph (a) and

redesignating paragraphs (b) and (c) as

(a) and (b).

10. Section 80.475 is amended by

redesignating paragraph (b) as paragraph

(c), and revising paragraph (a)(1) and

adding a new paragraph (b) to read as

follows:

§ 80.475 Scope of service of the

Automated Maritime Telecommunications

System (AMTS).

(a) * * *

(1) Applicants proposing to locate a

coast station transmitter within 169

kilometers (105 miles) of a channel 13

TV station or within 129 kilometers (80

miles) of a channel 10 TV station or

with an antenna height greater than 61

meters (200 feet), must submit an

engineering study clearly showing the

means of avoiding interference with

television reception within the grade B

contour, see § 80.215(h) of this chapter,

unless the proposed station’s predicted

interference contour is fully

encompassed by the composite

interference contour of the applicant’s

existing system, or the proposed

station’s predicted interference contour

extends the system’s composite

interference contour over water only

(disregarding uninhabited islands).

* * * * *

(b) Coast stations for which the above

specified need not be submitted because

the proposed station’s predicted

interference contour is fully

encompassed by the composite

interference contour of the applicant’s

existing system or the proposed station’s

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predicted interference contour extends

the system’s composite interference

contour over water only (disregarding

uninhabited islands) must, at least 15

days before the station is put into

operation, give written notice to the

television stations which may be

affected of the proposed station’s

technical characteristics, the date it will

be put into operation, and the licensee’s

representative (name and phone

number) to contact in the event a

television station experiences

interference. No prior FCC authorization

is required to construct and operate

such a station, but, at the time the

station is added, the AMTS licensee

must make a record of the technical and

administrative information concerning

the station and, upon request, supply

such information to the FCC. In

addition, when the station is added, the

AMTS licensee must send notification

of the station’s location to the American

Radio Relay League, Inc., 225 Main

Street, Newington, CT 06111–1494, and

Interactive Systems, Inc., Suite 1103,

1601 North Kent Street, Arlington, VA

22209.

* * * * *

11. Section 80.477 is amended by

adding a new paragraph (d) to read as

follows:

§ 80.477 AMTS points of communication.

* * * * *

(d) AMTS licensees may use AMTS

coast and ship frequencies on a

secondary basis for fixed service

communications to support AMTS

deployment in remote fixed locations at

which other communications facilities

are not available.

12. A new § 80.481 is added to read

as follows:

§ 80.481 Alternative technical parameters

for AMTS transmitters.

In lieu of the technical parameters set

forth in this part, AMTS transmitters

may utilize any modulation or

channelization scheme so long as

emissions are attenuated in accordance

with § 80.211 at the band edges of each

station’s assigned channel group or

groups.

PART 95—PERSONAL RADIO

SERVICES

13. The authority citation for Part 95

continues to read as follows:

Authority: Secs. 4, 303, 48 Stat. 1066,

1082, as amended; 47 U.S.C. 154, 303.

14. Section 95.1013 is amended by

revising paragraph (a) to read as follows:

§ 95.1013 Antennas.

(a) The maximum allowable ERP for

a station in the LPRS other than an

AMTS station is 100 mW. The

maximum allowable ERP for an AMTS

station in the LPRS is 1 W, so long as

emissions are attenuated, in accordance

with § 80.211 of this chapter, at the

band edges.

* * * * *

[FR Doc. 00–31310 Filed 12–12–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6712–01–U

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

48 CFR Parts 212, 225, and 252

[DFARS Case 2000–D301]

Defense Federal Acquisition

Regulation Supplement; Domestic

Source Restrictions-Ball and Roller

Bearings and Vessel Propellers

AGENCY: Department of Defense (DoD).

ACTION: Interim rule with request for

comments.

SUMMARY: The Director of Defense

Procurement has issued an interim rule

amending the Defense Federal

Acquisition Regulation Supplement

(DFARS) to implement Section 8064 of

the DoD Appropriations Act for Fiscal

year 2001 and Section 805 of the DoD

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001.

These laws place restrictions on the

acquisition of vessel propellers and ball

and roller bearings from foreign sources.

DATES: Effective date: December 13,

2000.

Comment date: Comments on the

interim rule should be submitted to the

address shown below on or before

February 12, 2001, to be considered in

the formation of the final rule.

ADDRESSES: E-mailed comments are

preferred. Submit comments to:

dfars@acq.osd.mil. Please cite DFARS

Case 2001–D301 in the subject line.

Respondents that cannot submit

comments by e-mail may submit

comments to: Defense Acquisition

Regulations Council, Attn: Ms. Amy

Williams, OUSD(AT&L) DP (DAR), IMD

3C132, 3062 Defense Pentagon,

Washington, DC 20301–3062; facsimile

(703) 602–0350. Please cite DFARS Case

2000–D301.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.

Amy Williams, (703) 602–0288.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. Background

This interim rule amends the DFARS

to implement Section 8064 of the DoD

Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2001

(Public Law 106–259) and Section 805

of the DoD Authorization Act for Fiscal

Year 2001 (Public Law 106–398).

Section 8064 of Public Law 106–259

restricts the acquisition of ball and

roller bearings and vessel propellers to

those produced by a domestic source

and of domestic origin. The restriction

does not apply to the purchase of

commercial items, except ball or roller

bearings purchased as end items.

Section 805 of Public Law 106–398

extends the restriction on acquisition of

ball and roller bearings at 10 U.S.C.

2534 through fiscal year 2005.

This rule was not subject to Office of

Management and Budget review under

Executive Order 12866, dated

September 30, 1993.

B. Regulatory Flexibility Act

This interim rule may have a

significant economic impact on a

substantial number of small entities

within the meaning of the Regulatory

Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 601, et seq. An

initial regulatory flexibility analysis has

been prepared and is summarized as

follows: The objective of this interim

rule is to protect the domestic industrial

base for ball and roller bearings and

vessel propellers as required by Section

8064 of Public Law 106–259 and 10

U.S.C. 2534. By restricting foreign

competition, the rule will benefit

domestic small business concerns that

manufacture ball or roller bearings,

bearing components, vessel propellers,

or vessel propeller casings. This rule

does not duplicate, overlap, or conflict

with other relevant Federal rules.

DoD has submitted a copy of the

initial regulatory flexibility analysis to

the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the

Small Business Administration.

Interested parties may obtain a copy of

the analysis from the point of contact

specified herein. Comments are invited.

DoD also will consider comments from

small entities concerning the affected

DFARS subparts in accordance with 5

U.S.C. 610. Such comments should be

submitted separately and should cite

DFARS Case 2000–D301.

C. Paperwork Reduction Act

The Paperwork Reduction Act does

not apply because the rule does not

impose any information collection

requirements that require the approval

of the Office of Management and Budget

under 44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.

D. Determination To Issue an Interim

Rule

A determination has been made under

the authority of the Secretary of Defense

that urgent and compelling reasons exist

to publish this interim rule prior to

affording the public an opportunity to