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Rhode Island

(a) * * * June 1, 2000.

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Tennessee

(a) * * * June 1, 2000.

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(e) * * * June 1, 2000.

Texas

(a) * * * Interim approval will expire

June 1, 2000. * * *

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Vermont

(a) * * * June 1, 2000.

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Virgin Islands

(a) * * * June 1, 2000.

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Virginia

(a) * * * June 1, 2000.

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Washington

(a) * * * June 1, 2000.

(b) * * * June 1, 2000.

(c) * * * June 1, 2000.

(d) * * * June 1, 2000.

(e) * * * June 1, 2000.

(f) * * * June 1, 2000.

(g) * * * June 1, 2000.

(h) * * * June 1, 2000.

(i) * * * June 1, 2000.

West Virginia

(a) * * * June 1, 2000.

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Wisconsin

(a) * * * June 1, 2000.

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Wyoming

(a) * * * June 1, 2000.

[FR Doc. 98–19932 Filed 7–24–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

GENERAL SERVICES

ADMINISTRATION

41 CFR Part 101–43

[FPMR Amendment H–198]

RIN 3090–AG64

Excess Personal Property Reporting

Requirements

AGENCY: Office of Governmentwide

Policy, GSA.

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: This regulation streamlines

and simplifies the assignment of the

disposal condition codes which Federal

agencies use to report their excess

personal property for utilization and

donation. This amendment will reduce

the number of codes from 11 to 5 and

more accurately define the condition of

the excess personal property.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 1, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Martha Caswell, Director, Personal

Property Management Policy Division

(MTP) 202–501–3828.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. The General Services

Administration (GSA) has determined

that this rule is not a significant rule for

the purposes of Executive Order 12866

of September 30, 1993.

B. Regulatory Flexibility Act

This rule is not required to be

published in the Federal Register for

public comment. Therefore, the

Regulatory Flexibility Act does not

apply.

C. Paperwork Reduction Act

GSA has determined that the

Paperwork Reduction Act ( 44 U.S.C.

chapter 35) does not apply because this

regulation does not contain any

collection requirements which require

the approval of the Office of

Management and Budget. This rule is

also exempt from Congressional review

prescribed under 5 U.S.C. 801 since it

relates solely to agency management

and personnel.

List of Subjects in 41 CFR Part 101–43

Government property management,

Excess government property.

For reasons set forth in the preamble,

41 CFR Part 101–43 is amended as

follows:

1. The authority citation for part 101–

43 continues to read as follows:

Authority: Sec. 205 (c), 63 Stat. 390: 40

U.S.C. 486(c).

PART 101–43—UTILIZATION OF

PERSONAL PROPERTY

Subpart 101–43.48—Exhibits

2. Section 101–43.4801 is amended by

revising paragraph (d) and in paragraph

(e) by removing the words ‘‘paragraph

(e)’’ and adding in their place the words

‘‘paragraph (d)’’ to read as follows:

§ 101–43.4801 Excess personal property

reporting requirements.

* * * * *

(d) The appropriate disposal

condition code from the table below

shall be assigned to each item record,

report, or listing of excess personal

property:

Disposal

condition

code

Brief definition Expanded definition

1 Excellent .................... Property which is in new condition or unused condition and can be used immediately without modifications

or repairs.

4 Usable ....................... Property which shows some wear, but can be used without significant repair.

7 Repairable ................. Property which is unusable in its current condition but can be economically repaired.

X Salvage ..................... Property which has value in excess of its basic material content but repair or rehabilitation is impractical

and/or uneconomical.

S Scrap ......................... Property which has no value except for its basic material content.
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Dated: July 14, 1998.

David J. Barram,

Administrator of General Services.

[FR Doc. 98–20010 Filed 7–24–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6820–23–U

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION

47 CFR Parts 20, 80, and 90

[PR Docket No. 92–257; FCC 98–151]

Maritime Communications

AGENCY: Federal Communications

Commission.

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: The Commission has adopted

a Third Report and Order and

Memorandum Opinion and Order in PR

Docket No. 92–257 which simplifies the

licensing process and introduces

additional flexibility for public coast

stations. Specifically, the Commission

amends the maritime service rules to

designate geographic licensing regions

for very high frequency (VHF) public

coast stations, and assign all currently

unassigned VHF public correspondence

channels on a geographic basis by

competitive bidding. The uniform

competitive bidding rules will apply in

public coast station auctions. The

Commission also adopts small business

provisions for qualifying public coast

station applicants, and defines the

criteria used to determine eligibility for

these provisions. The effect will be to

promote and facilitate the participation

of small businesses in the Commission’s

auctions and in the provision of

spectrum-based services.

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 25, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Non-auction information: Scot Stone of

the Wireless Telecommunications

Bureau, Public Safety and Private

Wireless Division, at (202) 418–0680 or

via E-mail to ‘‘sstone@fcc.gov’’. Auction

information: Anne Napoli of the

Wireless Telecommunications Bureau,

Auctions and Industry Analysis

Division, Legal Branch, at (202) 418–

0660. TTY: (202) 418–7233.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a

summary of the Commission’s Third

Report and Order and Memorandum

Opinion and Order, PR Docket No. 92–

257, FCC 98–51, adopted , July 6, 1998,

and released, July 9, 1998. The full text

of this Third Report and Order and

Memorandum Opinion and Order 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 may be purchased from

the Commission’s copy contractor,

International Transcription Services,

1231 20th Street, NW, Washington, DC

20036, telephone (202) 857–3800,

facsimile (202) 857–3805. Alternative

formats (computer diskette, large print,

audio cassette, and Braille) are available

to persons with disabilities by

contacting Martha Contee at (202) 418–

0260, TTY (202) 418–2555, or at

mcontee@fcc.gov. The full text of the

Third Report and Order and

Memorandum Opinion and Order can

also be downloaded at: http://

www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Wireless/Orders/

1998/fcc98151.txt or http://

www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Wireless/Orders/

1998/fcc98151.wp, and the map set out

in the paper version may be

downloaded at http://www.fcc.gov/

Bureaus/Wireless/Orders/1998/

fc98151a.pdf.

Summary of the Third Report and

Order and Memorandum Opinion and

Order

1. The Commission initiated the

instant proceeding to update the

Maritime Service rules to promote the

use of new, spectrally efficient radio

communications techniques. In the

Second Further Notice of Proposed Rule

Making (62 FR 37533, July 14, 1997), the

Commission proposed rules to simplify

the license process for VHF public coast

stations.

2. The Commission amends the rules

to license VHF public correspondence

channel pairs on a geographic basis, in

lieu of the site-based approach presently

used. The Commission designates fortytwo licensing areas: nine maritime VHF

Public Coast areas (VPCs), each

consisting of one or more Economic

Areas (EAs) within one hundred miles

of major waterways and grouped

together in accordance with Coast Guard

Districts; and thirty-three inland VPCs,

each consisting of a single EA no part

of which is within one hundred miles

of a major waterway.

3. The Commission amends the rules

to authorize a single geographic area

licensee to operate on all currently

unassigned VHF public correspondence

frequencies within its licensing area for

a ten-year license term. Each geographic

area licensee may place stations

anywhere within its region to serve

vessels or units on land, so long as

marine-originating traffic is given

priority and incumbent operations are

protected. Base stations and land units

will be blanket licensed under the

geographic license, except that

individual licensing is required for base

stations that require submission of an

Environmental Assessment under 47

CFR 1.1307 or international

coordination, or will affect the radio

frequency quiet zones described in 47

CFR 80.21. The Commission amends the

rules to permit partitioning and

disaggregation of the geographic

licenses, with partitionees and

disaggregatees to hold their licenses for

the remainder of the original licensee’s

term and to have a renewal expectancy.

4. Incumbent VHF public coast station

licensees, and private land mobile radio

(PLMR) licensees sharing marine

spectrum in inland regions, may

continue operating indefinitely, and

incumbents and geographic area

licensees must afford interference

protection to one another. If an

incumbent fails to construct,

discontinues operations, or otherwise

has its license terminated, its

authorization automatically reverts to

the geographic licensee. Incumbent

licensees may renew, transfer, assign,

and modify their license in any manner

so long as such modifications do not

extend the incumbent’s service area;

proposed modifications that would

extend an incumbent’s service area or

request additional frequencies are

contingent upon an agreement with

each affected licensee.

5. Geographic licensees must provide

substantial service. Licensees’ showings

will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis,

but the Commission provides the

following safe-harbor examples: for

maritime VPC licensees, coverage to

one-third of the region’s major

waterways within five years, and

continuous to two-thirds of the region’s

major waterways within ten years; for

inland VPC licensees (and partitionees

of maritime VPC licensees where the

partitioned area is not contiguous with

a major waterway), coverage to onethird of the population of the region

within five years and two-thirds of the

region’s population within ten years.

Competitive Bidding Procedures

6. Background. In Implementation of

Sections 3(n) and 332 of the

Communications Act, Regulatory

Treatment of Mobile Services, Second

Report and Order, 59 FR 18493 (March

7, 1994), the Commission classified the

public coast station service as a

commercial mobile radio service

(CMRS). Subsequently, in

Implementation of Section 309(j) of the

Communications Act—Competitive

Bidding, Second Report and Order, 59

FR 22980 (May 4, 1994), the

Commission determined that as a CMRS

service, mutually exclusive applications

for public coast station licenses would

be resolved through competitive