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Corsicana, Texas, requesting the

substitution of Channel 300C1 for

Channel 300C2 at Gainesville; the

reallotment of Channel 300C1 from

Gainesville to Lewisville; the

substitution of Channel 300A for

Channel 300C1 at Corsicana and the

reallotment of Channel 300A from

Corsicana to Robinson, Texas, and the

modification of KECS(FM) and

KICI(FM)’s authorizations accordingly.

To accommodate the above noted

allotments, Heftel also requests the

substitution of Channel 237A for

Channel 299A at Jacksboro, Texas; the

substitution of Channel 240C3 for

Channel 240C1 at Mineral Wells, Texas,

and the modification of Station

KJKB(FM) and KYXS(FM)’s

authorizations to specify the change in

channels at Jacksboro and Mineral

Wells, respectively. See Supplementary

Information, infra.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or

before May 5, 1997, and reply comments

on or before May 20, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications

Commission, Washington, DC 20554. In

addition to filing comments with the

FCC, interested parties should serve the

petitioner, or its counsel or consultant,

as follows: Lee W. Shubert, Richard M.

Riehl, Haley, Bader & Potts, 4350 North

Fairfax Drive, Suite 900, Arlington,

Virginia 22203–1633 (Counsel for

petitioner).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pam

Blumenthal, Mass Media Bureau, (202)

418–2180.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a

synopsis of the Commission’s Notice of

Proposed Rule Making, MM Docket No.

97–91, adopted March 5, 1997, and

released March 14, 1997. The full text

of this Commission decision is 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 contractor, ITS, Inc., (202) 857–

3800, 2100 M Street, NW, Suite 140,

Washington, DC 20037.

All channels can be allotted to the

noted communities in compliance with

the Commission’s minimum distance

separation requirements. Channel 300C1

at Lewisville will require a site

restriction of 34.9 kilometers (21.7

miles) northeast. Channel 300A can be

allotted to Robinson with a site

restriction of 2.3 kilometers (1.4 miles)

south. Channel 237A can be allotted to

Jacksboro at city reference coordinates.

Channel 240C3 can be allotted to

Mineral Wells at the site specified in

Station KYXS(FM)’s present site. The

coordinates for Channel 300C1 at

Lewisville are 33–17–33 and 97–13–46.

The coordinates for Channel 300A at

Robinson are 31–26–58 and 97–07–27.

The coordinates for Channel 237A at

Jacksboro are 33–13–06 and 98–09–48.

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.

Federal Communications Commission.

John A. Karousos,

Chief, Allocations Branch, Policy and Rules

Division, Mass Media Bureau.

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47 CFR Part 73

[MM Docket No. 95–83; RM–8634]

Radio Broadcasting Services;

Littlefield, Wolfforth and Tahoka, TX

AGENCY: Federal Communications

Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule; withdrawal.

SUMMARY: This document denies a

petition for rule making by 21st Century

Radio Ventures, Inc., requesting the

reallotment of Channel 238C3 from

Littlefield to Wolfforth, Texas, and the

modification the construction permit of

Station KAIQ (FM) to specify Wolfforth

as Station KAIQ (FM)’s community of

license. See 60 FR 32933, June 26, 1995.

The proposed reallotment was denied

because retaining the allotment at

Littlefield would provide a second aural

reception service to 3,113 persons,

which outweighs a first local

transmission service to Wolfforth

(population 1,941). With this action,

this proceeding is terminated.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pam

Blumenthal, Mass Media Bureau, (202)

418–2180.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a

synopsis of the Commission’s Report

and Order, MM Docket No. 95–83,

adopted March 12, 1997, and released

March 21, 1997. The full text of this

Commission decision is available for

inspection and copying during normal

business hours in the FCC 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 contractor,

ITS, Inc., (202) 857–3800, 2100 M

Street, NW., Suite 140, Washington, DC

20037.

List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 73

Radio broadcasting.

Federal Communications Commission.

John A. Karousos,

Chief, Allocations Branch, Policy and Rules

Division, Mass Media Bureau.

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47 CFR Part 73

[MM Docket No. 97–96; RM–8756]

Television Broadcasting Services;

Johnstown and Jeannette, PA

AGENCY: Federal Communications

Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: The Commission requests

comments on a petition filed by Venture

Technologies Group, Inc., proposing the

reallotment of UHF Television Channel

19+ from Johnstown to Jeannette,

Pennsylvania, as the community’s first

local television broadcast service.

Petitioner also proposes the

modification of Station WTWB-TV’s

license to specify Jeannette as its new

community of license. Channel 19+ can

be allotted to Jeannette in compliance

with the Commission’s minimum

distance separation requirements with a

site restriction of 43.8 kilometers (27.2

miles) east at petitioner’s requested site.

The coordinates for Channel 19+ at

Jeannette are North Latitude 40–10–51

and West Longitude 79–07–46. Since

Jeannette is located within 400

kilometers (250 miles) of the U.S.-

Canadian border, concurrence of the

Canadian government has been

requested.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or

before May 12, 1997, and reply

comments on or before May 27, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications

Commission, Washington, DC 20554. In

addition to filing comments with the

FCC, interested parties should serve the

petitioner, or its counsel or consultant,

as follows: Irving Gastfreund, Esq.,

Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays &

Handler, 901 15th Street, NW.,

Washington, DC 20005 (Counsel for

Petitioner).
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Sharon P. McDonald, Mass Media

Bureau, (202) 418–2180.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a

synopsis of the Commission’s Notice of

Proposed Rule Making, MM Docket No.

97–96, adopted March 12, 1997, and

released March 21, 1997. The full text

of this Commission decision is available

for inspection and copying during

normal business hours in the FCC

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 contractor, International

Transcription Service, Inc., (202) 857–

3800, 2100 M Street, NW, Suite 140,

Washington, DC 20037.

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

Television broadcasting.

Federal Communications Commission.

John A. Karousos,

Chief, Allocations Branch, Policy and Rules

Division, Mass Media Bureau.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

50 CFR Part 17

RIN 1018–AE06

Proposal To List the Preble’s Meadow

Jumping Mouse as an Endangered

Species

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,

Interior.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service proposes to list the Preble’s

meadow jumping mouse (Zapus

hudsonius preblei) as an endangered

species pursuant to the Endangered

Species Act (Act) of 1973, as amended.

The Preble’s meadow jumping mouse, a

small rodent in the family Zapodidae, is

known to occur in only four counties in

Colorado and two counties in Wyoming.

Historical surveys document its former

presence in five additional counties in

Colorado and three additional counties

in Wyoming. The Preble’s meadow

jumping mouse lives primarily in

heavily vegetated riparian habitats.

Habitat loss and degradation caused by

agricultural, residential, commercial,

and industrial development imperil its

continued existence. This proposal, if

made final, would extend protection of

the Act to the Preble’s meadow jumping

mouse.

DATES: Comments from all interested

parties must be received by May 27,

1997. Public hearing requests must be

received by May 9, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Comments or materials

concerning this proposed rule may be

sent to the Colorado Field Supervisor,

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, P.O. Box

25486, Denver Federal Center, Denver,

Colorado 80225. The complete file for

this rule is available for public

inspection, by appointment, during

normal business hours at the U.S. Fish

and Wildlife Service’s Colorado Field

Office, 755 Parfet Street, Suite 361,

Lakewood, Colorado.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

LeRoy W. Carlson, Field Supervisor,

Colorado Field Office (see ADDRESSES

section), (telephone 303/275–2370).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

The Preble’s meadow jumping mouse

(Zapus hudsonius preblei) is a small

rodent in the family Zapodidae and is

one of 11 subspecies of the species Z.

hudsonius, the meadow jumping mouse

(Krutzsch 1954, Whitaker 1972). The

family consists of small to mediumsized mice with long tails and long feet

adapted for jumping. Krutzsch (1954)

reviewed taxonomy and distribution of

the genus Zapus in North America and

recognized three living species, Z.

hudsonius, Z. trinotatus, and Z.

princeps. Fitzgerald et al. (1994)

described Z. hudsonius as greyish to

yellowish-brown in color with an

indistinct mid-dorsal band of darker

hair and paler sides, large hindlegs and

hindfeet, and a sparsely haired tail that

accounts for more than 60 percent of the

total length.

The Preble’s meadow jumping mouse

(Preble’s) was first discovered and

described from Loveland, Larimer

County, Colorado, by A.E. Preble in

1895 (Preble 1899, cited by Krutzsch

1954). All records are from southeastern

Wyoming and eastern Colorado. The

coloration of Preble’s was described by

Krutzsch (1954) as ‘‘color dull, back

from near Clay Color to near TawnyOlive with a mixture of black hair

forming poorly defined dorsal band;

sides lighter than back from near Clay

Color to near Cinnamon-Buff; lateral

line distinct and clear Ochraceous-Buff;

belly white, sometimes faint wash of

clear Ochraceous-Buff; tail bicolored,

brownish to light brownish-black above,

grayish-white to yellowish-white

below’’ (capitalized color terms refer to

a scientific standard, while lower case

terms reflect common usage). Krutzsch

(1954) also provided a technical

description of the skull of Preble’s,

which can prove critical to its

identification.

A source of confusion is the similarity

of appearance between the Preble’s

meadow jumping mouse and Z. p.

princeps, a subspecies of the western

jumping mouse that also occurs in

portions of Colorado and Wyoming. In

general, Z. hudsonius may be

distinguished from Z. princeps by

average external size and cranial size

(Krutzsch 1954, Whitaker 1972).

Preble’s may be distinguished from Z. p.

princeps by a less pronounced middorsal band, smaller average total

length, and a skull that is small and

light with a narrower braincase and

smaller molars (Fitzgerald et al. 1994).

Since coloration of the mid-dorsal band

and total length are not definitive

characteristics, skull measurements are

most useful for positive identification

(Aaron Ellingson, Colorado Natural

Heritage Program, in litt. 1995). Ranges

of the Preble’s meadow jumping mouse

and Z. p. princeps are not thought to

overlap in Colorado but may overlap in

Wyoming (Armstrong 1972).

Krutzsch (1954) commented on the

presence of physical habitat barriers and

lack of known intergradation between

the Preble’s meadow jumping mouse,

known only from eastern Colorado and

southeastern Wyoming, and other

identified subspecies of Z. hudsonius

ranging to the east and north. Among

recognized subspecies, Krutzsch found

that Preble’s most closely resembled Z.

h. campestris from northeastern

Wyoming, but summarized differences

in coloration and skull characteristics.

Krutzsch concluded that considerable

differences existed between Preble’s and

related subspecies. Hafner et al. (1981)

described an additional subspecies Z. h.

luteus present in New Mexico and

Arizona and differentiated it from

Preble’s. This subspecies was not

addressed by Krutzsch since it was

previously considered Z. p. luteus, a

subspecies of the western jumping

mouse.