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available for inspection and copying

during normal business hours in the

FCC’s Reference Center (Room 239),

1919 M Street, NW., Washington, DC.

The complete text of this decision may

also be purchased from the

Commission’s copy contractors,

International Transcription Service,

Inc., (202) 857–3800, located at 1919 M

Street, NW., Room 246, or 2100 M

Street, NW., Suite 140, Washington, DC

20037.

List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 73

Television broadcasting.

Federal Communications Commission.

William F. Caton,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–7007 Filed 3–19–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

50 CFR Chapter II and VI

[I.D. 031197B]

Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management

Council; Meetings

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meetings.

SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery

Management Council (Council) and its

Large Pelagic Committee, Surfclam and

Ocean Quahog Committee, Habitat

Committee, Atlantic Mackerel, Squid

and Butterfish Committee, and

Comprehensive Management Committee

will hold public meetings.

DATES: The meetings will be held on

April 1–3, 1997. See SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION for specific dates and

times.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at

the Brandywine Suites Hotel, 707 N.

King Street, Wilmington, DE 19801;

telephone: 1–800–756–0070.

Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery

Management Council, 300 S. New

Street, Dover, DE 19901; telephone:

302–674–2331.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

David R. Keifer, Executive Director,

Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management

Council; telephone: 302–674–2331.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On

Tuesday, April 1, the Large Pelagic

Committee will meet from 10:00 a.m.

until noon. The Surfclam and Ocean

Quahog Committee will meet from 1:00

p.m. to 4:00 p.m. The Habitat

Committee will meet from 4:00 p.m. to

5:00 p.m. On Wednesday, April 2, the

Council will meet from 8:00 a.m. until

noon. The Atlantic Mackerel, Squid and

Butterfish Committee will meet from

1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. The

Comprehensive Management Committee

will meet from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

On Thursday, April 3, the Council will

meet from 8:00 a.m. until approximately

noon.

The purpose of these meetings is to

review proposed changes to Federal

regulations on large pelagics, discuss

surfclam and ocean quahog research,

discuss proposed essential fish habitat

regulations, discuss joint venture and

internal waters processing policies,

discuss vessel replacement criteria, and

other fishery management matters.

The above agenda items may not be

taken in the order in which they appear

and are subject to change as necessary;

other items may be added. The meetings

may also be closed at any time to

discuss employment or other internal

administrative matters.

Special Accommodations

The meetings are physically

accessible to people with disabilities.

Requests for sign language

interpretation or other auxiliary aids

should be directed to Joanna Davis at

the Council (see ADDRESSES) at least 5

days prior to the meeting dates.

Dated: March 13, 1997.

Bruce Morehead,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 97–6981 Filed 3–19–97; 8:45 am]

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50 CFR Part 600

[Docket No. 970304043–7043–01; I.D.

021997D]

RIN 0648–AJ59

Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions;

Foreign Fishing Vessels in Internal

Waters; Reporting Requirements

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: NMFS proposes new

reporting requirements for foreign

fishing vessels (FFV) operating in the

internal waters of a state. FFV’s so

authorized by the Governor of a state

may engage in fish processing and

support of U.S. fishing vessels within

the internal waters of a state in

compliance with the terms and

conditions set by the authorizing

Governor. The Magnuson-Stevens

Fishery Conservation and Management

Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act), as

amended by the Sustainable Fisheries

Act (SFA), now requires that FFV’s

report the tonnage and harvest location

of fish received from vessels of the

United States. The intent of this rule is

to implement the new statutory

requirements of the Magnuson-Stevens

Act and collect landings information for

management and conservation

purposes.

DATES: Comments must be received by

April 21, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to

George H. Darcy, F/SF3, National

Marine Fisheries Service, 1315 EastWest Highway, Silver Spring, MD

20910. Comments regarding the

collection-of-information requirement

contained in this rule should be sent to

the above address and to the Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Office of Management and Budget

(OMB), Washington, DC 20503

(Attention: NOAA Desk Officer).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

George H. Darcy, 301–713–2341.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On

October 11, 1996, the President signed

into law the SFA (Public Law 104–297),

which made numerous amendments to

the Magnuson-Stevens Act (16 U.S.C.

1801 et seq.). Section 112(c) of the SFA

amended section 306(c) of the

Magnuson-Stevens Act to require that

the owner or operator of a FFV engaged

in fish processing and support of U.S.

fishing vessels within the internal

waters of a state submit reports on the

tonnage of fish received from vessels of

the United States and the locations from

which such fish were harvested, in

accordance with such procedures as the

Secretary of Commerce (Secretary), by

regulation, shall prescribe. NMFS, on

behalf of the Secretary, is proposing

revisions to § 600.508(f), which pertains

to foreign fishing operations in internal

waters, to implement the SFA

requirements.

The proposed provisions would

require that the owner or operator of

each FFV submit weekly reports to the

NMFS Regional Administrator. Owners

or operators would be required to

request the requirements regarding the

timing and method of submission of the

reports from the Regional Administrator

at least 15 days prior to the first receipt

of fish from a vessel of the United

States. Reports would require vessel

identification information; date of

receipt of fish; amount of fish received,

by species; and location(s) from which

the fish received were harvested. The
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timing and method of submission of

reports would be stipulated by the

NMFS Regional Administrator in

writing, upon request, and would be

determined based on the data collection

and fishery monitoring systems in place

in the Region at that time.

Classification

This rule has been determined to be

not significant for purposes of E.O.

12866.

The Assistant General Counsel for

Legislation and Regulation of the

Department of Commerce certified to

the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the

Small Business Administration that this

proposed rule, if adopted, would not

have a significant economic impact on

a substantial number of small entities.

The only entities affected, namely

owners and operators of FFV’s, are not

domestic entities and, according to

regulations implementing the

Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA), are not

considered small entities under the

RFA. There will be no impacts of this

proposed rule on domestic small

entities.

Notwithstanding any other provision

of law, no person is required to respond

to, nor shall a person be subject to a

penalty for failure to comply with, a

collection of information subject to the

requirements of the Paperwork

Reduction Act (PRA) unless that

collection of information displays a

currently valid OMB control number.

This rule contains a collection-ofinformation requirement subject to the

PRA. This collection-of-information

requirement has been submitted to OMB

for approval. Public reporting burden

for this collection of information is

estimated to average 0.5 hours per

response to fill out and submit each

weekly report to the Regional

Administrator, including the time for

reviewing instructions, searching

existing data sources, gathering and

maintaining the data needed, and

completing and reviewing the collection

of information.

Public comment is sought regarding:

Whether this proposed collection of

information is necessary for the proper

performance of the functions of the

agency, including whether the

information has practical utility; the

accuracy of the burden estimate; ways to

enhance the quality, utility, and clarity

of the information to be collected; and

ways to minimize the burden of the

collection of information, including

through the use of automated collection

techniques or other forms of information

technology. Send comments regarding

these burden estimates or any other

aspect of this collection of information,

including suggestions for reducing this

burden, to NMFS and to OMB (see

ADDRESSES).

List of Subjects in 50 CFR Part 600

Fisheries, Fishing.

Dated: March 13, 1997.

Rolland A. Schmitten,

Assistant Administrator for Fisheries,

National Marine Fisheries Service.

For the reasons set out in the

preamble, 50 CFR part 600 is proposed

to be amended as follows:

PART 600—MAGNUSON ACT

PROVISIONS

1. The authority citation for part 600

continues to read as follows:

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

2. In § 600.508, paragraph (f) is

revised to read as follows:

§ 600.508 Fishing operations.

* * * * *

(f) Internal waters. For FFV’s

authorized under section 306(c) of the

Magnuson-Stevens Act:

(1) Each FFV may engage in fish

processing and support of U.S. fishing

vessels within the internal waters of that

state in compliance with terms and

conditions set by the authorizing

Governor; and

(2) The owner or operator of each FFV

must submit weekly reports on the

amount of fish received from vessels of

the United States and the location(s)

where such fish were harvested.

(i) Reports must include:

(A) Vessel identification information

for the FFV.

(B) Date of each receipt of fish.

(C) Amount of fish received, by

species.

(D) Location(s) from which the fish

received were harvested.

(ii) Owners or operators of FFV’s

processing fish in internal waters under

the provisions of this paragraph (f) must

request the requirements regarding the

timing and submission of the reports

from the Regional Administrator at least

15 days prior to the first receipt of fish

from a vessel of the United States, who

shall stipulate them in writing.

[FR Doc. 97–6973 Filed 3–19–97; 8:45 am]

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