34622 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 122 /Thursday, June 25, 1998 / Proposed Rules

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.

98–85, adopted June 3, 1998, and

released June 12, 1998. 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, 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. 98–16920 Filed 6–24–98; 8:45 am]

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[MM Docket No. 98–75, RM–9264]

Radio Broadcasting Services; Pauls

Valley and Healdton, OK

AGENCY: Federal Communications

Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: The Commission requests

comments on a petition filed by Wright

& Wright, Inc. seeking the reallotment of

Channel 249C3 from Pauls Valley, OK,

to Healdton, OK, as the community’s

first or second local aural service, and

the modification of Station KGOK’s

license to specify Healdton as its

community of license. Channel 249C3

can be allotted to Healdton in

compliance with the Commission’s

minimum distance separation

requirements with a site restriction of

6.6 kilometers (4.1 miles) north, at

coordinates 34–17–28 North Latitude;

97–29–23 West Longitude, to

accommodate petitioner’s desired

transmitter site.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or

before August 3, 1998, and reply

comments on or before August 18, 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: Robert Lewis Thompson,

Taylor Thiemann & Aitkin, L.C., 908

King Street, Suite 300, Alexandria, VA

22314 (Counsel to petitioner).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Leslie K. Shapiro, Mass Media Bureau,

202) 418–2180.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a

synopsis of the Commission’s Notice of

Proposed Rule Making, MM Docket No.

98–75, adopted May 20, 1998, and

released June 12, 1998. 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 Services, 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. 98–16919 Filed 6–24–98; 8:45 am]

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[MM Docket No. 97–107; RM–9023]

Radio Broadcasting Services; Potts

Camp and Saltillo, MS

AGENCY: Federal Communications

Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule; denial.

SUMMARY: This document denies a

petition for rule making filed by Olvie

E. Sisk, licensee of Station WCNA(FM),

Channel 240C3, Potts Camp,

Mississippi, requesting the reallotment

of Channel 240C3 from Potts Camp to

Saltillo, Mississippi, and modification

of the license for Station WCNA(FM),

accordingly. See 62 FR 15871, April 3,

1997. The reallotment proposal is

denied as it would remove the sole local

service at Potts Camp, Mississippi. With

this action, the proceeding is

terminated.

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications

Commission, Washington, DC 20554.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Nancy Joyner, Mass Media Bureau, (202)

418–2180.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a

synopsis of the Commission’s Report

and Order, MM Docket No. 97–107,

adopted June 3, 1998, and released June

19, 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,

International Transcription Service,

Inc., 1231 20th Street, NW, Washington,

DC 20036, (202) 857–3800.

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. 98–16916 Filed 6–24–98; 8:45 am]

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COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[MM Docket No. 98–83, RM–9280]

Radio Broadcasting Services; Questa,

NM

AGENCY: Federal Communications

Commission.
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ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: The Commission requests

comments on a petition filed by Metro

Broadcasters-Texas, Inc. seeking the

allotment of Channel 279C1 to Questa,

NM, as the community’s first local aural

service. Channel 279C1 can be allotted

to Questa in compliance with the

Commission’s minimum distance

separation requirements with a site

restriction of 5.8 kilometers (3.6 miles)

southeast, at coordinates 36–40–33 NL;

105–32–27 WL, to avoid a short-spacing

to both the allotment reference

coordinates and the transmitter site

specified in the pending application of

Idaho Broadcasting Consortium, Inc.

(BPH–971126MD), for Channel 279C2 at

Silverton, Colorado.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or

before August 3, 1998, and reply

comments on or before August 18, 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: Andrew S. Kersting,

Fletcher, Heald & Hildreth, P.L.C., 1300

North 17th Street, 11th Floor, Arlington,

VA 22209–3801 (Counsel to petitioner).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Leslie K. Shapiro, Mass Media Bureau,

(202) 418–2180.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a

synopsis of the Commission’s Notice of

Proposed Rule Making, MM Docket No.

98–83, adopted May 27, 1998, and

released June 12, 1998. 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 Services, 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. 98–16915 Filed 6–24–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety

Administration

49 CFR Part 567

[Docket No. NHTSA–98–3902]

RIN 2127–AG65

Vehicle Certification; Contents of

Certification Labels for Multipurpose

Passenger Vehicles and Light Duty

Trucks

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic

Safety Administration (NHTSA),

Department of Transportation.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking

(NPRM).

SUMMARY: This notice proposes to

amend NHTSA’s regulations on vehicle

certification that specify the contents of

the certification labels that

manufacturers are required to affix to

new motor vehicles. The amendment

would require the certification label for

multipurpose passenger vehicles

(MPVs) and trucks with a gross vehicle

weight rating (GVWR) of 6,000 pounds

or less to specify that the vehicle

complies with all applicable Federal

motor vehicle safety and theft

prevention standards. Under the

existing regulations, the certification

labels on these vehicles need only state

that the vehicles comply with all

applicable Federal motor vehicle safety

standards. The proposed amendment

would conform the certification

requirements to legislation making the

theft prevention standard applicable to

MPVs and trucks rated at 6,000 pounds

or less.

DATES: Comments. Comments must be

received on or before August 10, 1998.

If adopted, the proposed amendment

would apply to MPVs and trucks with

a GVWR of 6,000 pounds or less that are

manufactured on or after January 1,

1999.

ADDRESSES: Comments should refer to

the docket and notice numbers above

and be submitted to: Docket

Management, Room PL–401, 400

Seventh Street, SW, Washington, DC

20590. Docket hours are 10:00 am to 5

pm, Monday through Friday.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Coleman Sachs, Office of Chief Counsel,

National Highway Traffic Safety

Administration, 400 Seventh Street,

S.W., Washington, D.C. 20590. (202–

366–5238).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In June

1996, NHTSA received a letter from

American Honda Motor Co., Inc.

(Honda) seeking clarification of certain

vehicle certification requirements in 49

CFR Part 567. The letter noted that

section 567.4(g)(5)(ii) of those

regulations requires the certification

label on 1987 and subsequent model

year passenger cars manufactured on or

after April 24, 1986, to state that the

vehicle ‘‘conforms to all applicable

Federal motor vehicle safety, bumper,

and theft prevention standards in effect

on the date of manufacture * * *.’’

Honda’s letter further noted that under

a provision of the Anti Car Theft Act of

1992 now codified at 49 U.S.C. 33101,

the definition of vehicles subject to the

major parts marking requirements of the

theft prevention standard was expanded

to include ‘‘a multi-purpose passenger

vehicle or light duty truck when that

vehicle or truck is rated at not more

than 6,000 pounds gross vehicle

weight.’’ This prompted Honda to

observe that the language prescribed for

certification labels at 49 CFR 567.4(g)(5)

may have to be amended to reflect these

vehicles’ conformity with the theft

prevention standard.

In its response to Honda’s letter,

NHTSA noted that although the Anti

Car Theft Act of 1992 contains no

explicit requirement for such an

amendment to the vehicle certification

regulations, the agency agreed that this

amendment should be made so that the

certification requirements for MPVs and

trucks with a GVWR of 6,000 pounds or

less are consistent with those in sections

567.4(g)(5)(i) and (ii) that apply

specifically to passenger cars.

Accordingly, NHTSA is proposing to

amend the certification regulations to

require the certification label for MPVs

and trucks with a GVWR of 6,000

pounds or less to specify that the

vehicle complies with all applicable

Federal motor vehicle safety and theft

prevention standards. So that affected

manufacturers have adequate lead time

to exhaust their existing inventory of

certification labels and have new labels

printed, if the proposed amendment is

adopted, this requirement would apply

to vehicles manufactured on or after

January 1, 1999.