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parte presentations are permitted,

provided they are disclosed as provided

in the Commission’s Rules. See

generally 47 CFR 1.1202, 1.1203 and

1.1206(a).

Comment Dates

38. Pursuant to applicable procedures

set forth in §§ 1.415 and 1.419 of the

Commission’s Rules, interested parties

may file comments on or before May 16,

1997 and reply comments on or before

June 16, 1997. All relevant and timely

comments will be considered before

final action is taken in this proceeding.

To file formally in this proceeding,

participants must file an original and

four copies of all comments, reply

comments, and supporting comments. If

participants want each Commissioner to

receive a personal copy of their

comments, an original plus nine copies

must be filed. Comments and reply

comments should be sent to the Office

of the Secretary, Federal

Communications Commission,

Washington, D.C. 20554. Comments and

reply comments will be available for

public inspection during regular

business hours in the FCC Reference

Center (Room 239) of the Federal

Communications Commission, 1919 M

Street, NW, Washington, DC 20554.

List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 76

Cable television.

Federal Communications Commission.

William F. Caton,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–5350 Filed 3–4–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

50 CFR Part 17

RIN: 1018—AC10

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife

and Plants, Notice of Reopening of

Comment Period on Proposed

Threatened Status for the Flat-tailed

Horned Lizard

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,

Interior.

ACTION: Proposed Rule, notice of

reopening of comment period.

SUMMARY: The Fish and Wildlife Service

(Service), pursuant to the Endangered

Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act),

provides notice of reopening of the

comment period on proposed

endangered status for the flat-tailed

horned lizard (Phrynosoma mcalli). The

comment period has been reopened to

acquire additional information from

interested parties.

DATES: The public comment period

closes May 9, 1997. Any comments

received by the closing date will be

considered in the final decision on this

proposal.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and

materials concerning this proposal

should be sent directly to the Field

Supervisor, Carlsbad Field Office, 2730

Loker Avenue West, Carlsbad California

92008. Comments and materials

received will be available for public

inspection, by appointment, during

normal business hours at the above

address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Sandy Vissman at (619) 431–9440.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

The flat-tailed horned lizard inhabits

desert areas of southern Riverside,

eastern San Diego, and Imperial

Counties in California; southwestern

Arizona; and adjacent regions of

northwestern Sonora and northeastern

Baja California Norte, Mexico. Within

the United States, populations of the

flat-tailed horned lizard are centered in

portions of the Coachella Valley,

Ocotillo Wells, Anza Borrego Desert,

West Mesa, East Mesa and the Yuma

Desert in California; and the area

between Yuma and the Gila Mountains

in Arizona. The flat-tailed horned lizard

occurs on Federal, State, county, and

privately owned lands.

This species may be threatened by

one or more of the following:

commercial and residential

development, agricultural development,

off-highway vehicle activity, energy

developments, military activities, and

pesticide use.

On November 29, 1993, the Service

published a rule proposing threatened

status for the flat-tailed horned lizard.

The original comment period closed on

January 28, 1994. The Service was

unable to make a final listing

determination on this species because of

a limited budget, other endangered

species assignments driven by court

orders, and higher listing priorities. In

addition, a moratorium on listing

actions (Public Law 104–6) that took

effect April 10, 1995, stipulated that no

funds could be used to make final

listing or critical habitat determinations.

Now that funding has been restored, the

Service is proceeding with a final

determination for this species.

Due to the length of time that has

elapsed since the close of the initial

comment period, changing procedural

and biological circumstances, and the

need to review the best scientific

information available during the

decision-making process, the comment

period is being reopened. Such

changing circumstances include the

recent (October 1996) draft Flat-tailed

Horned lizard Rangewide Management

Strategy, which likely affect the threats

facing the species.

The Service seeks information that

has become available in the last three

years concerning:

(1) Biological, commercial, or other

relevant data on any threat (or lack

thereof) to this species; and

(2) The size, number, or distribution

of populations of this species.

Written comments may be submitted

until May 9, 1997 to the Carlsbad Field

Office, 2730 Loker Avenue West,

Carlsbad, California 92008.

Author: The primary author of this

notice is Sandy Vissman.

Authority

The authority for this action is the

Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16

U.S.C. 1531 et seq.)

Dated: February 26, 1997.

Thomas J. Dwyer,

Acting Regional Director, Region 1.

[FR Doc. 97–5383 Filed 3–4–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

50 CFR Part 679

[Docket No. 970226037–7037–01; I.D.

022197F]

RIN 0648–AJ39

Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic

Zone Off Alaska; Management

Measures to Reduce Seabird Bycatch

in the Hook-and-Line Groundfish

Fisheries

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Proposed rule; request for

comments.

SUMMARY: NMFS proposes regulations to

require operators of hook-and-line

vessels fishing for groundfish in the

Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands

management area (BSAI) and the Gulf of

Alaska (GOA) and federally-permitted

hook-and-line vessels fishing for

groundfish in Alaska waters adjacent to

the BSAI and to the GOA, to conduct