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Vol. 62, No. 74

Thursday, April 17, 1997

FEDERAL MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH

REVIEW COMMISSION

29 CFR Part 2703

Employee Responsibilities and

Conduct

AGENCY: Federal Mine Safety and Health

Review Commission.

ACTION: Removal of rule.

SUMMARY: The Federal Mine Safety and

Health Review Commission is repealing

its rule providing an employee

exemption from application of the

financial conflict of interest prohibition

at 18 U.S.C. 208(a). The removal of this

rule is in response to publication by the

Office of Government Ethics (OGE) of a

superseding, executive branch-wide rule

that describes the circumstances under

which the prohibitions contained in 18

U.S.C. 208(a) would be waived.

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 17, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Norman M. Gleichman, General

Counsel, Office of the General Counsel,

1730 K Street, NW, 6th Floor,

Washington, DC 20006; telephone: 202–

653–5610 (202–566–2673 for TDD

Relay). These are not toll-free numbers.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

Under the Commission’s rule,

codified at 29 CFR 2703.3, an

employee’s ownership of shares of

stock, bonds, or other corporate

securities and shares in a mutual fund,

regulated fund, or regulated investment

company was exempted from

application of the financial conflict of

interest prohibition at 18 U.S.C. 208(a)

if the aggregate fair market value of such

holdings did not exceed $5,000 in a

single enterprise. On December 18,

1996, OGE published a final rule

entitled ‘‘Interpretation, Exemptions

and Waiver Guidance Concerning 18

U.S.C. 208 (Acts Affecting a Personal

Financial Interest),’’ which superseded

the Commission’s rule. See 61 FR

66830–66851, Dec. 18, 1996, as

corrected at 62 FR 1361, Jan. 9, 1997.

OGE’s new rule, codified at 5 CFR Part

2640 and made effective January 17,

1997, describes the circumstances under

which the prohibitions contained in 18

U.S.C. 208(a) would be waived. The

removal of 29 CFR 2703.3 does not

affect the Commission’s prohibited

financial interests rule, codified at 5

CFR 8401.102. See 61 FR 39869–39870,

July 31, 1996.

II. Matters of Regulatory Procedure

The Commission has determined that

the removal of 29 CFR 2703.3 is not

subject to Office of Management and

Budget review under Executive Order

12866.

The Commission has determined

under the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5

U.S.C. 601–612) that the removal of 29

CFR 2703.3 would not have a significant

economic impact on a substantial

number of small entities. Therefore, a

Regulatory Flexibility Statement and

Analysis has not been prepared.

The Commission has determined that

the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

3501 et seq.) does not apply because the

removal of 29 CFR 2703.3 does not

contain any information collection

requirements that require the approval

of the Office of Management and

Budget.

List of Subjects in 29 CFR Part 2703

Conflict of interests, Government

employees.

For the reasons set forth in the

preamble, the Federal Mine Safety and

Health Review Commission is amending

title 29 of the Code of Federal

Regulations as follows:

PART 2703—[AMENDED]

1. The authority citation for part 2703

is revised to read as follows:

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 7301; 5 CFR 2638.202.

§ 2703.3 [Removed]

2. Section 2703.3 of 29 CFR is

removed.

Dated: April 10, 1997.

Mary Lu Jordan,

Chairman, Federal Mine Safety and Health

Review Commission.

[FR Doc. 97–9848 Filed 4–16–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6735–01–P

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

Copyright Office

37 CFR Part 201

[Docket No. RM 86–7B]

Cable Compulsory Licenses: Definition

of Cable Systems

AGENCY: Copyright Office, Library of

Congress.

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: The Copyright Office of the

Library of Congress is adopting final

regulations recognizing that satellite

master antenna television (SMATV)

systems are eligible as cable systems

under section 111 of the Copyright Act

to obtain a compulsory license to

retransmit broadcast signals to their

subscribers. The regulations provide

guidance as to who should file and how

to report distant signals.

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 1, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Nanette Petruzzelli, Acting General

Counsel, or Tanya Sandros, Attorney

Advisor, Copyright Office, Library of

Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540,

(202–707–8380) or Telefax (202–707–

8366).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

Section 111 of the Copyright Act, 17

U.S.C., establishes a mechanism by

which cable systems may obtain a

compulsory license to make secondary

transmissions to their subscribers of

copyrighted works performed on

broadcast stations. A compulsory

license is attractive to users of

copyrighted material because it gives

them guaranteed access to and a

guaranteed price for copyrighted works,

and avoids the costs of negotiating with

each individual copyright owner. As a

result, many providers of broadcast

signals have sought to qualify as cable

systems under section 111, so that they

may obtain a cable compulsory license.

Consequently, on October 15, 1986,

the Copyright Office published a Notice

of Inquiry inviting public comment on

whether satellite master antenna

television systems (SMATV),

multichannel multipoint distribution