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TABLE 1.—GENERAL SUPERFUND SECTION

State Site name City/county Notes(a)

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FL ................. Solitron Microwave ................................................................................................ Port Salerno.

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GA ................ Camilla Wood Preserving Company ..................................................................... Camilla.

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NJ ................. Cornell Dubilier Electronics Inc ............................................................................. South Plainfield.

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NJ ................. LCP Chemicals Inc ................................................................................................ Linden.

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PA ................. Sharon Steel Corp. (Farrell Wks Disp Area) ......................................................... Hickory Township.

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TX ................. Jasper Creosoting Company Inc ........................................................................... Jasper County.

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TX ................. State Marine of Port Arthur ................................................................................... Jefferson County.

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TABLE 2.—FEDERAL FACILITIES SECTION

State Site name City/county Notes(a)

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DC ................ Washington Navy Yard .......................................................................................... Washington DC.

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MD ................ Fort George G. Meade .......................................................................................... Odenton.

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[FR Doc. 98–20154 Filed 7–27–98; 8:45 am]

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[MM Docket No. 97–84; RM–9021, RM–9095]

Radio Broadcasting Services; Pauls

Valley, Ratliff City, Sulphur, OK,

Abilene, Bowie, Highland Village,

Mount Pleasant, and Overton, TX

AGENCY: Federal Communications

Commission.

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: The Commission, at the

request of Tom Stamper, dismisses his

request to allot Channel 291A to Pauls

Valley, OK, as the community’s second

local FM service. See 62 FR 10010,

March 5, 1997. At the joint request of:

(1) Bowie-Nacona Broadcasting

Company, Inc., Channel 264C is

substituted for Channel 264C3, Channel

264C is reallotted from Bowie to

Highland Village, TX, as the

community’s first local aural service,

and the license of Station KRJT–FM is

modified accordingly; (2) Dynamic

Broadcasting, Inc., Channel 263C is

substituted for Channel 264C at Abilene,

TX, and the license of Station KORQ–

FM is modified to specify the alternate

Class C channel; and (3) East Texas

Broadcasting Company, Inc., Channel

264C2 is substituted for Channel 264C

at Mount Pleasant, TX, Channel 264C2

is reallotted to Overton, TX, as the

community’s first local aural service,

and the license of Station KPXI is

modified accordingly. To accommodate

these changes, Channel 291A is

substituted for Channel 265C3 at

Sulphur, OK, and the license of Station

KFXT is modified to specify the Class A

channel. At the request of Carter County

Broadcasting, the Commission dismisses

its counterproposal to allot Channel

291A to Ratliff City, OK, as the

community’s first local aural service.

With this action, this proceeding is

terminated.

EFFECTIVE DATE: Effective August 31,

1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Leslie K. Shapiro, Mass Media Bureau,

(202) 418–2180.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a

synopsis of the Commission’s Report

and Order, MM Docket No. 97–84,

adopted July 15, 1998, and released July

17, 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.

Channel 264C can be allotted to

Highland Village in compliance with

the Commission’s minimum distance

separation requirements with a site

restriction of 57.5 kilometers (35.7
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miles) northwest, at coordinates 33–25–

03 North Latitude and 97–31–34 West

Longitude. Channel 264C2 can be

allotted to Overton with a site

restriction of 22.8 kilometers (14.2

miles) northwest, at coordinates 32–27–

26 North Latitude and 95–05–14 West

Longitude, to avoid a short-spacing to

the pending application (BPH–

970708IB) of Station KDVE for Channel

262A at Tatum, Texas. Channel 263C

can be allotted to Abilene with a site

restriction of 33.5 kilometers (20.8

miles) southwest, at coordinates 32–21–

57 North Latitude and 100–02–58 West

Longitude, to accommodate the

licensee’s desired transmitter site.

Channel 291A can be allotted to

Sulphur in compliance with the

Commission’s minimum distance

separation requirements with a site

restriction of 12.7 kilometers (7.9 miles)

north, at coordinates 34–37–22 North

Latitude and 96–58–37 West Longitude,

to accommodate Station KFXT–FM’s

desired transmitter site. Mexican

concurrence in the allotment of Channel

263C at Abilene has been received since

the community is located within 320

kilometers (199 miles) of the U.S.-

Mexican border.

List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 73

Radio broadcasting.

Part 73 of Title 47 of the Code of

Federal Regulations is amended as

follows:

PART 73—[AMENDED]

1. The authority citation for Part 73

continues to read as follows:

Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154, 303, 334, 336.

§ 73.202 [Amended]

2. Section 73.202(b), the Table of FM

Allotments under Oklahoma, is

amended by removing Channel 265C3

and adding Channel 291A at Sulphur.

3. Section 73.202(b), the Table of FM

Allotments under Texas, is amended by

removing Channel 264C and adding

Channel 263C at Abilene, removing

Bowie, Channel 264C3, adding

Highland Village, Channel 264C,

removing Mount Pleasant, Channel

264C, adding Overton, Channel 264C2.

Federal Communications Commission.

John A. Karousos,

Chief, Allocations Branch, Policy and Rules

Division, Mass Media Bureau.

[FR Doc. 98–20035 Filed 7–27–98; 8:45 am]

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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND

SPACE ADMINISTRATION

48 CFR Parts 1801, 1812, 1813

Simplified Acquisition Procedures

AGENCY: National Aeronautics and

Space Administration (NASA).

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: This is a final rule amending

the NASA FAR Supplement (NFS) on

simplified acquisition procedures to

align the NASA FAR Supplement with

the rewritten Part 13 of the FAR.

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 28, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tom

Deback, NASA Office of Procurement,

Analysis Division (Code HC), (202) 358–

0431.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

FAC 97–03 promulgated a

reorganization of FAR Part 13,

Simplified Acquisition Procedures. The

NFS is in substantive compliance with

the revised FAR, but extensive

administrative redesignation of NFS

1813 is required for structural

conformance. In addition to the Part

1813 changes, this final rule also makes

an administrative revision to indicate

the Internet address for the official

Agency version for the NFS and adds a

new subpart to reflect a statutory

prohibition on underwriting commercial

space ventures.

Impact

This final rule does not constitute a

significant revision within the meaning

of FAR 1.501 and Pub.L. 98–577, and

publication for public comment is not

required. This final rule does not

impose any reporting requirements or

recordkeeping requirements subject to

the Paperwork Reduction Act.

List of Subjects in 48 CFR Parts 1801,

1812, 1813

Government procurement.

Tom Luedtke,

Deputy Associate Administrator for

Procurement.

Accordingly, 48 CFR Parts 1801, 1812,

and 1813 are amended as follows:

1. The authority citation for 48 CFR

Parts 1801, 1812, and 1813 continues to

read as follows:

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2473(c)(1)

PART 1801—FEDERAL ACQUISITION

REGULATION SYSTEM

2. In section 1801.105–3, paragraph

(2) is revised to read as follows:

1801.105–3 Copies.

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(2) The single official NASAmaintained version of the NFS is on the

Internet (http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/

procurement/regs/nfstoc.htm).

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PART 1812—ACQUISITION OF

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

3. Subpart 1812.70 is added to read as

follows:

Subpart 1812.70—Commercial Space

Hardware or Services

1812.7000 Prohibition on guaranteed

customer bases for new commercial space

hardware or services.

Public Law 102–139, title III, Section

2459d, prohibits NASA from awarding a

contract with an expected duration of

more than one year if the primary effect

of the contract is to provide a

guaranteed customer base for, or

establish an anchor tenancy in, new

commercial space hardware or services.

Exception to this prohibition may be

authorized only by an appropriations

Act specifically providing otherwise.

4. Part 1813 is revised to read as

follows:

PART 1813—SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION

PROCEDURES

Sec.

1813.000 Scope of part.

1813.003 Policy.

Subpart 1813.1 Procedures

1813.106 Soliciting competition, evaluation

of quotations or offers, award and

documentation.

1813.106–3 Award and documentation.

Subpart 1813.3 Simplified Acquisition

Methods

1813.301 Governmentwide commercial

purchase card.

1813.301–70 Purchase card documentation.

1813.301–72 Approving official.

1813.301–73 Program officials.

1813.302 Purchase orders.

1813.302–1 General.

1813.302–70 Purchase orders under section

8(a) of the Small Business Act.

1813.303 Blanket Purchase Agreements

(BPAs).

1813.303–3 Preparation of BPAs.

1813.307 Forms.

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2473(c)(1).

1813.000 Scope of part.

FAR Part 13 and 1813 do not apply

to NASA Research Announcements and

Announcements of Opportunity. These

acquisitions shall be conducted in

accordance with the procedures in

1835.016–70 and 1872, respectively,

and, if awards are to be made as

procurement instruments, they shall be