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maintain a small business regulatory

assistance Web Page at http://

www.uscg.mil/hq/g-m/regs/

reghome.htm which has current

information on small entity issues and

proposed Coast Guard regulations. To

help small entities become more

involved in this rulemaking, the Coast

Guard will mail copies of this advance

notice to Small Business Development

Center (SBDC) State Directors

nationwide for distribution to local

SBDC offices and interested small

businesses.

Collection-of-Information

Under the Paperwork Reduction Act

[44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.], the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) reviews

each proposed rule that contains a

collection-of-information requirement to

determine whether the practical value of

the information is worth the burden

imposed by its collection. Collection-ofinformation requirements include

reporting, record-keeping, notification,

and other similar actions. This proposal

would include new collection-ofinformation requirements. Barge owners

would have to provide readily available

information identifying undocumented

barges and barge owners to the Coast

Guard. This information should be

readily available, so the burden should

be minimal. We cannot estimate the

exact paperwork burden associated with

this rulemaking because specific

requirements have not been proposed.

We expect that comments received in

response to this advance notice will

assist us in estimating the potential

paperwork burden, as required under

the Paperwork Reduction Act. Once a

specific proposal is developed, the

Coast Guard will prepare a request for

OMB approval of any collection-ofinformation requirements.

Environment

The Coast Guard will consider

preparing an Environmental Assessment

before publication of a notice of

proposed rulemaking. The Coast Guard

expects that an environmental impact

statement would not be required. By

increasing owner accountability, this

rulemaking may prevent future marine

pollution incidents from abandoned

barges and providing a beneficial impact

on the environment. The Coast 1 Guard

invites comments addressing possible

effects that this rulemaking may have on

the environment or addressing possible

inconsistencies with any Federal, State,

or local law or administrative

determinations relating to the

environment.

Dated: June 29, 1998.

R.C. North,

Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Assistant

Commandant for Marine Safety and

Environmental Protection.

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47 CFR Part 73

[MM Docket No. 98–72, RM–9265]

Radio Broadcasting Services;

Middlebury and Berlin, VT

AGENCY: Federal Communications

Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: The Commission requests

comments on a petition filed by

Dynamite Radio, Inc. seeking the

substitution of Channel 265C2 for

Channel 265A; the reallotment of

Channel 265C2 from Middlebury to

Berlin, VT; and the modification of

Station WGTK’s license to specify

Berlin as its community of license.

Channel 265C2 can be allotted to Berlin

in compliance with the Commission’s

minimum distance separation

requirements with a site restriction of

11.1 kilometers (6.9 miles) north of the

community. The site restriction

imposed on Channel 265C2 at Berlin

does not obviate the short-spacings to

Station CBF–FM, Channel 265C1,

Montreal, Quebec, and to Station

CBF10F, Channel 266B, Sherbrook,

Quebec, Canada. Therefore, we have

sought Canadian concurrence in the

allotment of Channel 265C2 at Berlin as

a specially negotiated short-spaced

limited allotment since Berlin is located

within 320 kilometers (200 miles) of the

U.S.-Canadian border. In accordance

with the provisions of Section 1.420(i)

of the Commission’s Rules, we will not

accept competing expressions of interest

in the use of Channel 265C2 at Berlin,

VT.

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: Anthony A. Neri, President,

Dynamite Radio, Inc., 74 Exchange

Street, Middlebury, Vermont, 05753

(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.

98–72, 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.

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47 CFR Part 73

[MM Docket No. 98–70, RM–9276]

Radio Broadcasting Services; Clinton

and Okarche, OK

AGENCY: Federal Communications

Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: The Commission requests

comments on a petition filed by Tyler

Broadcasting Corporation seeking the

substitution of Channel 294C2 for

Channel 294C1 at Clinton, OK, the

reallotment of Channel 294C2 from

Clinton to Okarche, OK, as the

community’s first local aural service,

and the modification of Station KCLI–

FM’s license to specify Okarche as its