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contribution factors. If the Commission

takes no action regarding these

proposed factors within the 14-day

period following publication in the

Federal Register, the projections shall

be deemed approved by the Commission

and shall be used by USAC to calculate

third quarter universal service

contributions. We note that in a Public

Notice released today, the Common

Carrier Bureau seeks comment on its

proposal to reduce the 1998 collection

amounts for the schools and libraries

and rural health care universal service

support mechanisms. If the Commission

reduces the 1998 collection amounts for

these programs, the contribution factor

proposed in this Public Notice for the

schools and libraries and rural health

care support mechanisms will be

revised accordingly. While we have not

had an opportunity to review fully the

statement of Commissioner FurchtgottRoth, we do take this opportunity to

note that the 60-day congressional

review period referenced in that

statement does not apply to ‘‘any rule

promulgated under the

Telecommunications Act of 1996 and

the amendments made by that Act.’’

For further information, contact

Frances Downey, Accounting Policy

Division, Common Carrier Bureau, at

(202) 418–7400.

Federal Communications Commission.

Lisa S. Gelb,

Chief, Accounting Policy Division.

[FR Doc. 98–13812 Filed 5–22–98; 8:45 am]

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COMMISSION

[DA 98–786]

Waiver To Permit Sharing of Industrial/

Land Transportation Channels With

Public Safety Users

1. On May 6, 1997, Central and South

West Services, Inc. (CSW) filed a

Request for Waiver of § 90.179 of the

Commission’s Rules to permit it to share

its 800 MHz Industrial and Land

Transportation (I/LT) Category system

with Public Safety and Federal

Government users on a non-profit, cost

shared basis. CSW is the parent

company of four electric utilities serving

approximately 1.7 million consumers in

800 communities located throughout

Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and

Louisiana. It is licensed for one hundred

and twenty-five 800 MHz I/LT channel

pairs and operates a trunked land

mobile radio system providing

communications capabilities over

152,000 square miles. CSW uses its

system—which was designed to address

peak loading, reliability and control

issues attendant to the rapid-wide scale

mobilization of personnel and

equipment—to dispatch and coordinate

inspection, maintenance and emergency

response activities.

2. Private Land Mobile Radio Service

frequencies in the 800 MHz band are

divided into the following five

categories: Specialized Mobile Radio,

Public Safety, Business, I/LT, and

General. CSW requests a waiver in order

to share its I/LT system with Public

Safety and Federal Government eligibles

because section 90.179(a) of the

Commission’s Rules provides that a

licensee may share its radio station only

with users that would be eligible for

separate authorization to use those

frequencies. Public Safety and Federal

Government entities are not eligible to

be licensed on 800 MHz I/LT Category

spectrum.

3. In its Request for Waiver, CSW

asserts that many public safety agencies

operating within the area covered by its

network lack sufficient spectrum or

financial resources to construct and

operate high quality, comprehensive

communications systems. Additionally,

CSW contends that these agencies often

need to communicate and coordinate

with CSW in situations such as power

outages. Attached to the request are

letters from eight Public Safety eligibles,

and from the United States Army’s Fort

Hood military complex in central Texas,

indicating interest in sharing CSW’s

system. Additionally, on March 5, 1998,

CSW was contacted by the Texas

Coastal Corridor Initiative about use of

the CSW system for drug interdiction

across South Texas.

4. Interested parties may file

comments on CSW’s Request for Waiver

on or before June 4, 1998. Parties

interested in submitting reply comments

must do so on or before June 15, 1998.

All comments should reference CSW’s

Request for Waiver with the designated

DA number, and should be filed with

the Office of the Secretary, Federal

Communications Commission, 1919 M

Street, NW, Room 222, Washington, DC

20554. A copy of each filing should be

sent to International Transcription

Services, Inc. (ITS), 1231 20th Street,

NW, Washington, DC 20036, (202) 857–

3800 and Scot Stone, Federal

Communications Commission, Wireless

Telecommunications Bureau, Public

Safety and Private Wireless Division,

2025 M Street, NW, Room 8010–G, (202)

418–0680 or via e-mail to

sstone@fcc.gov.

5. The full text of the Request for

Waiver, comments, and reply comments

are available for inspection and

duplication during regular business

hours in the Public Safety and Private

Wireless Division of the Wireless

Telecommunications Bureau, Federal

Communications Commission, 2025 M

Street, NW, Room 8010, Washington,

DC 20554. Copies also may be obtained

from ITS, 1231 20th Street, NW,

Washington, DC 20036, (202) 857–3800.

6. For further information, contact

Scot Stone of the Public Safety and

Private Wireless Division of the

Wireless Telecommunications Bureau at

(202) 418–0680 or via e-mail to

sstone@fcc.gov.

Federal Communications Commission.

D’wana Terry,

Chief, Public Safety and Private Wireless

Division.

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Public Information Collection(s)

Approved by Office of Management

and Budget

May 18, 1998.

The Federal Communications

Commission (FCC) has received Office

of Management and Budget (OMB)

approval for the following public

information collection(s) pursuant to the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44

USC 3501–3520. An agency may not

conduct or sponsor a collection of

information unless it displays a

currently valid control number.

Notwithstanding any other provisions of

law, no person shall be subject to any

penalty for failing to comply with a

collection of information subject to the

Paperwork Reduction Act that does not

display a valid control number.

Questions concerning the OMB control

numbers and expiration dates should be

directed to Jerry Cowden, Federal

Communications Commission, (202)

418–0447.

Federal Communications Commission

OMB Control No.: 3060–0221.

Expiration Date: 4/30/2001.

Title: 90.155 Time in which station

must be placed in operation.

Form Number: Not applicable.

Estimated Annual Burden: 55 hours;

1 hour per respondent; 55 respondents.

Description: This information

collection is needed to provide

flexibility to state and local

governments that would normally be

unable to meet the requirement of

placing their radio station in operation

within eight months. The information is

used to evaluate if the exception to the