10700 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 47 / Thursday, March 12, 2009 / Proposed Rules 

(i) One line shall lead forward from 

the break of the bow and one line shall 

lead astern from the quarter and be 

independently power operated by 

winches, capstans or windlasses and 

lead through closed chocks or fairleads 

acceptable to the Manager and the 

Corporation; and 

(ii) One synthetic hawser shall be 

hand held and lead astern from the 

break of the bow through chocks to 

suitable mooring bitts on deck; 

(2) Ships of more than 100 m but not 

more than 130 m in overall length shall 

have three mooring lines—wires or 

synthetic hawsers, which shall be 

independently power operated by 

winches, capstans or windlasses. All 

lines shall be led through closed chocks 

or fairleads acceptable to the Manager 

and the Corporation. One shall lead 

forward and one shall lead astern from 

the quarter and all three lines shall be 

independently power operated; 

(3) Ships of more than 130 m in 

overall length shall have four mooring 

lines—wires, independently power 

operated by the main drums of adequate 

power operated winches as follows: 

(i) One mooring line shall lead 

forward and one mooring line shall lead 

astern from the break of the bow and 

shall be independently power operated 

by the main drums of adequate power 

operated winches; and 

(ii) One mooring line shall lead 

forward and one mooring line shall lead 

astern from the quarter and shall be 

independently power operated by the 

main drums of adequate power operated 

winches. 

(4) All lines shall be led through a 

type of fairlead acceptable to the 

Manager and the Corporation. 

(b) Unless otherwise permitted by the 

officer the following table sets out the 

requirements for the location of 

fairleads or closed chocks for ships of 

100 m or more in overall length: 

TABLE

Overall length of ships For mooring lines 

Nos. 1 and 2 

For mooring lines 

Nos. 3 and 4 

100 m or more but not more than 180 m .......... Shall be at a location on the ship side where 

the beam is at least 90% of the full beam of 

the vessel.

Shall be at a location on the ship side where 

the beam is at least 90% of the full beam of 

the vessel. 

more than 180 m but not more than 222.5m ..... Between 20 m & 50 m from the stem ............. Between 20 m & 50 m from the stern. 

7. Revise § 401.38 to read as follows: 

§ 401.38 Limit of approach to a lock. 

A vessel approaching a lock shall 

comply with directions indicated by the 

signal light system associated with the 

lock and in no case shall its stem pass 

the designated limit of approach sign 

while a red light or no light is 

displayed. 

8. In § 401.75, add a new paragraph 

(c) to read as follows: 

§ 401.75 Payment of tolls. 

* * * * * 

(c) Fees for Seaway arranged security 

guard in compliance with Transport 

Canada Security regulations shall be 

paid in Canadian funds within 30 days 

of billing. 

9. In § 401.81 paragraph (a) is revised 

to read as follows: 

§ 401.81 Reporting an accident. 

(a) Where a vessel on the Seaway is 

involved in an accident or a dangerous 

occurrence, the master of the vessel 

shall report the accident or occurrence, 

pursuant to the requirements of the 

Transportation Safety Board 

Regulations, to the nearest Seaway 

station and Transport Canada Marine 

Safety or U.S. Coast Guard office as soon 

as possible and prior to departing the 

Seaway system. 

* * * * * 

10. In § 401.96 paragraph (e) is revised 

to read as follows: 

§ 401.96 Definitions. 

* * * * * 

(e) Wintering vessel means a vessel 

that enters the Seaway upbound after a 

date designated each year by the 

Corporation and the Manager and 

transits above Iroquois Lock. 

11. In § 401.97, the heading and 

paragraphs (f) introductory text and 

(f)(2) are revised to read as follows: 

§ 401.97 Closing procedures and ice 

navigation. 

* * * * * 

(f) Where ice conditions restrict 

navigation, 

* * * * * 

(2) No downbound vessel that has a 

power to length ratio of less than 15:1 

(kW/meter) and a forward draft of less 

than 25 dm shall transit between the St. 

Lambert Lock and the Iroquois Lock of 

the Montreal-Lake Ontario Section of 

the Seaway and CIP 15 and CIP 16 of the 

Welland Canal. 

Issued at Washington, DC, on March 2, 

2009. 

Saint Lawrence Seaway Development 

Corporation. 

Collister Johnson, Jr., 

Administrator. 

[FR Doc. E9–4929 Filed 3–11–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–61–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

36 CFR Part 251 

RIN 0596–AC87 

Management of National Forest 

System Surface Resources With 

Privately Held Mineral Estates 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Proposed rule; reopening of 

public comment period. 

SUMMARY: In order to allow interested 

parties additional time to review and 

provide comments about issues of law 

and policy raised in this proposed 

rulemaking, the Forest Service is 

reopening the comment period for 30 

days for the advance notice of proposed 

rulemaking for the ‘‘Management of 

National Forest System Surface 

Resources with Privately Held Mineral 

Estates’’. The rule would revise the 

regulations to provide clarity and 

direction on the management of 

National Forest System surface 

resources when the mineral estate is 

privately held. The Forest Service 

invites written comments on this 

advance notice. The original notice 

called for comments to be submitted by 

February 27, 2009. 

DATES: The comment period for the 

proposed rule published December 29, 

2008 (73 FR 79424), is reopened. 

Comments must be received in writing 

by April 13, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments 

concerning this advance notice of 


cprice-sewell on PRODPC61 with PROPOSALS
Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 47 / Thursday, March 12, 2009 / Proposed Rules 10701 

proposed rulemaking notice should be 

addressed to Forest Service, USDA, attn: 

Director, Minerals and Geology 

Management, at Mail Stop 1126, 

Washington, DC 20250–1126; by 

electronic mail to 36cfr251@fs.fed.us; or 

by fax to (703) 605–1575; or by the 

electronic process available at Federal 

e-Rulemaking portal at http:// 

www.regulations.gov. All comments, 

including names and addresses when 

provided, are placed in the record and 

are available for public inspection and 

copying. The public may inspect 

comments received at 1601 N. Kent 

Street, Suite 500 Arlington, Virginia 

22209 during regular business hours 

(8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.), Monday through 

Friday, except holidays. Visitors are 

encouraged to call ahead to (703) 605– 

4792 to facilitate entry to the building. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ivette E. Torres, Liaison Specialist, 

Minerals and Geology Management. 

Phone Number: (703) 605–4792, or (703) 

615–7813. E-mail: ietorres@fs.fed.us. 

Individuals who use 

telecommunication devices for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Information 

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339 

between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern 

Standard Time, Monday through Friday. 

Dated: March 5, 2009. 

Abigail R. Kimball, 

Chief, Forest Service. 

[FR Doc. E9–5318 Filed 3–11–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–11–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

47 CFR Part 73 

[DA 09–490; MB Docket No. 09–18; RM– 

11513] 

Radio Broadcasting Services; Dulac, 

LA 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: The Audio Division requests 

comment on a petition filed by Sunburst 

Media-Louisiana, LLC, licensee of 

Station KMYO–FM, Channel 244C3, 

Morgan City, Louisiana, proposing the 

substitution of FM Channel 230A for 

vacant Channel 242A at Dulac, 

Louisiana. The reference coordinates for 

Channel 230A at Dulac, Louisiana, are 

29–20–37 NL and 90–45–16 WL. See 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION, infra. 

DATES: Comments must be filed on or 

before April 20, 2009, and reply 

comments on or before May 5, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications 

Commission, 445 Twelfth Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20554. In addition to 

filing comments with the FCC, 

interested parties should serve the 

petitioner, his counsel, or consultant, as 

follows: Mark N. Lipp, Esq., Scott 

Woodworth, Esq., Wiley Rein LLP, 1776 

K Street, NW., Washington, DC 20006 

(Counsel for Sunburst Media-Louisiana, 

LLC). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Andrew J. Rhodes, Media Bureau, (202) 

418–2180. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a 

synopsis of the Commission’s Notice of 

Proposed Rule Making, MB Docket No. 

09–18, adopted February 25, 2009, and 

released February 27, 2009. The full text 

of this Commission decision is available 

for inspection and copying during 

regular business hours at the FCC’s 

Reference Information Center, Portals II, 

445 Twelfth Street, SW., Room CYA257, Washington, DC 20554. The 

complete text of this decision may also 

be purchased from the Commission’s 

duplicating contractor, Best Copy and 

Printing, Inc., 445 12th Street, SW., 

Room CY-B402, Washington, DC 20554, 

telephone 1–800–378–3160 or http:// 

www.BCPIWEB.com. This document 

does not contain proposed information 

collection requirements subject to the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13. In addition, 

therefore, it does not contain any 

proposed information collection burden 

‘‘for small business concerns with fewer 

than 25 employees,’’ pursuant to the 

Small Business Paperwork Relief Act of 

2002, Public Law 107–198, see 44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(4). 

The proposed channel substitution at 

Dulac is part of a hybrid application and 

rulemaking proceeding. In the 

application (File No. BPH– 

20090129AMR), Sunburst MediaLouisiana proposes the upgrade of 

Channel 244C3 to Channel 244C2 at 

Morgan City, Louisiana, the reallotment 

of Channel 244C2 to Gray, Louisiana, 

and the associated modification of the 

Station KMYO–FM license. See 74 FR 

9399 (March 4, 2009). 

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 contact. 

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, Radio broadcasting. 

For the reasons discussed in the 

preamble, the Federal Communications 

Commission proposes to amend 47 CFR 

part 73 as follows: 

PART 73—RADIO BROADCAST 

SERVICES 

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 Louisiana, is 

amended by removing 242A and adding 

Channel 230A at Dulac. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

John A. Karousos, 

Assistant Chief, Audio Division, Media 

Bureau. 

[FR Doc. E9–5398 Filed 3–11–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

50 CFR Part 17 

[FWS-R2-ES-2009-0014] [92210-1117-0000- 

B4] 

RIN 1018-AT52 

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife 

and Plants; Designation of Critical 

Habitat for Roswell springsnail 

(Pyrgulopsis roswellensis), Koster’s 

springsnail (Juturnia kosteri), Noel’s 

amphipod (Gammarus desperatus), 

and Pecos assiminea (Assiminea 

pecos) 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Proposed rule; reopening of 

public comment period. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service (Service), take this 

action pursuant to a settlement 

agreement and court order that vacated, 

in part, the August 9. 2005 final rule 

that designated critical habitat under the 

Endangered Species Act of 1973, as 

amended (Act), for the Roswell 

springsnail (Pyrgulopsis roswellensis), 

Koster’s springsnail (Juturnia kosteri), 

Noel’s amphipod (Gammarus 

desperatus), and Pecos assiminea 

(Assiminea pecos) with respect to lands 

at the Bitter Lake National Wildlife 


cprice-sewell on PRODPC61 with PROPOSALS