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and analyzing additional data or

information as needed.

D. Meetings

Meetings will be held in the

Baltimore/Washington area at either the

Phoenix Park Hotel in Washington, DC,

or at the Turf Valley Hotel in Ellicott

City (Baltimore area) on the dates noted

above. More detailed agenda for each

meeting will be publicly available on

the HCFA Home Page of the Internet

(http://www.HCFA.gov/quality/qlty–

8a). Unless announced otherwise,

meetings are open to the public.

E. Committee Procedures

Under the general guidance and

direction of the facilitator, and subject

to any applicable legal requirements, the

members will establish the detailed

procedures for Committee meetings that

they consider most appropriate.

F. Defining Consensus

The goal of the negotiating process is

consensus. Under the Negotiated

Rulemaking Act, consensus generally

means that each interest concurs in the

result unless the term is defined

otherwise by the Committee. We expect

the participants to fashion their working

definition of this term.

G. Failure of Advisory Committee to

Reach Consensus

If the Committee fails to reach

consensus, the Committee may transmit

a report specifying any areas on which

consensus was reached, and may

include in the report any information,

recommendations, or other materials

that it considers appropriate.

Additionally, any Committee member

may include such information in an

addendum to a report.

If any Committee member withdraws,

the remaining Committee members will

evaluate whether the Committee should

continue.

H. Record of Meetings

In accordance with FACA’s

requirements, minutes of all committee

meetings will be kept. The minutes will

be placed in the public rulemaking

record and Internet site on our home

page.

I. Other Information

In accordance with the provisions of

Executive Order 12866 this notice was

reviewed by the Office of Management

and Budget.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Program No. 93.773, Medicare—Hospital

Insurance; and Program No. 93.774,

Medicare—Supplementary Medical

Insurance)

Dated: May 1, 1998.

Nancy-Ann Min DeParle,

Deputy Administrator, Health Care Financing

Administration.

Approved: May 28, 1998.

Donna E. Shalala,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–14798 Filed 6–2–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4120–01–M

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[MM Docket No. 98–71, RM–9266]

Radio Broadcasting Services; Newell,

IA

AGENCY: Federal Communications

Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: The Commission requests

comments on a petition filed by Robert

J. Maines, Jr., seeking the allotment of

Channel 265A at Newell, Iowa, as the

community’s first local aural

transmission service. Channel 265A can

be allotted to Newell in compliance

with the Commission’s minimum

distance separation requirements with a

site restriction of 5.7 kilometers (3.5

miles) west in order to avoid a shortspacing conflict with the licensed

operation of Station KJYL, Channel

264C3, Eagle Grove, Iowa. The

coordinates for Channel 265A at Newell

are 42–36–04 NL and 95–04–21 WL.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or

before July 13, 1998, and reply

comments on or before July 28, 1998.

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: Jerold L. Jacobs, Rosenman &

Colin, LLP, 1300 19th Street, NW,

Washington, DC 20036 (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.

98–71, adopted May 13, 1998, and

released May 22, 1998. 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, 1231 20th Street, NW,

Washington, DC 20036.

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.

[FR Doc. 98–14683 Filed 6–2–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[MM Docket No. 98–74; RM–9269]

Radio Broadcasting Services;

Eatonville, Wenatchee and Moses

Lake, WA

AGENCY: Federal Communications

Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: The Commission requests

comments on a petition filed by Barbara

J. Geesman proposing the substitution of

Channel 285C3 for Channel 285A at

Eatonville, Washington, and the

modification of Station KKBY–FM’s

license accordingly. To accommodate

the upgrade, petitioner also proposes

the substitution of Channel 262C2 for

Channel 285C2 at Wenatchee,

Washington, and the modification of

Station KKRV(FM)’s license

accordingly; the substitution of Channel

285C1 for Channel 262C1 at Moses

Lake, Washington, and the modification

of Station KWIQ–FM’s license

accordingly. Channel 285C3 can be

substituted at Eatonville in compliance

with the Commission’s minimum

distance separation requirements

without the imposition of a site

restriction at petitioner’s requested site.

The coordinates for Channel 285C3 at

Eatonville are North Latitude 46–50–19