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additional information, contact Dorothy

Conway at 202–418–0217 or via the

Internet at the above address.

VI. Ordering Clauses

37. Accordingly, it is ordered that,

pursuant to the authority granted in

sections 4(i), 4(j), 303(r) and 623 of the

Communications Act of 1934, as

amended, 47 U.S.C. 154(i), 154(j), 303(r)

and 543, part 76 of the Commission’s

rules is amended as set forth below. The

amendments impose information

collection requirements and shall

become effective upon approval of the

Office of Management and Budget

(‘‘OMB’’) but no sooner than April 30,

1997. The Commission will issue a

document at that time notifying parties

that the regulations adopted herein have

become effective.

38. It is further ordered that, the

Secretary shall send a copy of this

Report and Order, including the Final

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis, to the

Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the Small

Business Administration in accordance

with paragraph 603(a) of the Regulatory

Flexibility Act. Public Law 96–354, 94

Stat. 1164, 5 U.S.C. §§ 601 et seq. (1981).

List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 76

Cable television.

Federal Communications Commission.

William F. Caton,

Acting Secretary.

Rule Changes

Part 76 of the Title 47 of the Code of

Federal Regulations is amended as

follows:

PART 76—CABLE TELEVISION

SERVICE

1. The authority citation for part 76

continues to read as follows:

Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151, 152, 153, 154,

301, 302, 303, 303a, 307, 308, 309, 312, 315,

317, 325, 503, 521, 522, 531, 532, 533, 534,

535, 536, 543, 544, 544a, 545, 548, 552, 554,

556, 558, 560, 561, 571, 572, 573.

2. Section 76.922 is amended by

revising paragraph (c)(2) and adding a

new paragraph (n) to read as follows:

§ 76.922 Rates for the basic service tier

and cable programming services tiers.

* * * * *

(c) * * *

(2) The Commission’s price cap

requirements allow a system to adjust

its permitted charges for inflation,

changes in the number of regulated

channels on tiers, or changes in external

costs. After May 15, 1994, adjustments

for changes in external costs shall be

calculated by subtracting external costs

from the system’s permitted charge and

making changes to that ‘‘external cost

component’’ as necessary. The

remaining charge, referred to as the

‘‘residual component,’’ will be adjusted

annually for inflation. Cable systems

may adjust their rates by using the price

cap rules contained in either paragraph

(d) or (e) of this section. In addition,

cable systems may further adjust their

rates using the methodologies set forth

in paragraph (n) of this section.

* * * * *

(n) Further rate adjustments—

Uniform rates. A cable operator that has

established rates in accordance with this

section may then be permitted to

establish a uniform rate for uniform

services offered in multiple franchise

areas. This rate shall be determined in

accordance with the Commission’s

procedures and requirements set forth

in CS Docket No. 95–174.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

50 CFR Part 679

[Docket No. 960531152–7062–03; I.D.

031297C]

RIN 0648–AI18

Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic

Zone Off Alaska; Technical

Amendment; Correction

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Final rule; technical

amendment.

SUMMARY: NMFS is correcting

regulations that contain inadvertent

omissions that resulted from NMFS’

consolidation of six parts in title 50 of

the CFR, related to the Alaska

regulations, into one CFR part in

response to the President’s Regulatory

Reform Initiative. This action corrects

regulations that authorize the release of

pollock, flatfish, and Pacific cod

reserves in the Gulf of Alaska.

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 31, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Patsy A. Bearden, 907–586–7228.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When the

consolidated rule was published in the

Federal Register on June 19, 1996 (61

FR 31228), it was intended to contain no

substantive changes to the existing

regulations. Inadvertently, text that had

existed at § 672.20(d)(1)(ii) was omitted.

This technical amendment is reinstating

the omitted text into the regulation.

NMFS is correcting the regulations as

follows:

(1) Section 679.20(b)(2) is revised by

changing the word ‘‘flounder’’ to read

‘‘flatfish.’’

(2) Section 679.20(b)(2)(i) and (ii) are

added to include inshore/offshore

pollock and Pacific cod provisions to

the Gulf of Alaska (GOA) reserves.

(3) Section 679.20(3) is revised by

adding text that was inadvertently

omitted to include the GOA in the

apportionment text.

Classification

Because this technical amendment

makes only non-substantive corrections

to an existing rule, notice and public

procedure thereon and a delay in

effective date would serve no purpose.

Accordingly, under 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B)

and (d), notice and public procedure

thereon and a delay in effective date are

unnecessary.

Because this rule is being issued

without prior comment, it is not subject

to the Regulatory Flexibility Act

requirement for a regulatory flexibility

analysis and none has been prepared.

This rule makes minor technical

changes to a rule that has been

determined to be not significant under

E.O. 12866. No changes in the

regulatory impact previously reviewed

and analyzed will result from

implementation of this technical

amendment.

List of Subjects in 50 CFR Part 679

Fisheries, Reporting and

recordkeeping requirements.

Dated: March 24, 1997.

Rolland A. Schmitten,

Assistant Administrator for Fisheries,

National Marine Fisheries Service.

For reasons set forth in the preamble,

50 CFR part 679 is amended as follows:

PART 679–-FISHERIES OF THE

EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE OFF

ALASKA

1. The authority citation for part 679

continues to read as follows:

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 773 et seq., 1801 et

seq.

2. In § 679.20, paragraphs (b)(2)(i) and

(ii) are added, the introductory text of

(b)(2), the heading for (b)(3), paragraphs

(b)(3)(i)(A), and (b)(3)(ii)(A) and (B) are

revised to read as follows:

§ 679.20 General limitations.

* * * * *

(b) * * *
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(2) GOA. Initial reserves are

established for pollock, Pacific cod,

flatfish, and ‘‘other species,’’ which are

equal to 20 percent of the TACs for

these species or species groups.

(i) Pollock inshore/offshore

reapportionment (Applicable through

December 31, 1998). Any amounts of the

GOA reserve that are reapportioned to

pollock as provided by this paragraph

(b) must be apportioned between

inshore and offshore components in the

same proportion specified in paragraph

(a)(6)(ii) of this section.

(ii) Pacific cod inshore/offshore

reapportionment (Applicable through

December 31, 1998). Any amounts of the

GOA reserve that are reapportioned to

Pacific cod as provided by this

paragraph (b) must be apportioned

between inshore and offshore

components in the same proportion

specified in paragraph (a)(6)(iii) of this

section.

(3) Apportionment of reserves.

(i) * * *

(A) As soon as practicable after April

1, June 1, and August 1, and on such

other dates as NMFS determines

appropriate, NMFS will, by notification

in the Federal Register, apportion all or

part of the BSAI or GOA reserve in

accordance with this paragraph (b).

(B) * * *

(ii) * * *

(A) General. Except as provided in

paragraph (b)(3)(ii)(B) of this section,

NMFS will apportion the amount of

BSAI or GOA reserve that will be

harvested by U.S. vessels during the

remainder of the year.

(B) Exception. Part or all of the BSAI

or GOA reserve may be withheld if an

apportionment would adversely affect

the conservation of groundfish resources

or prohibited species.

* * * * *

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