26712 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 96 / Thursday, May 18, 1995 / Proposed Rules

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. 95–66; RM–8625]

Radio Broadcasting Services; Dayton,

WA

AGENCY: Federal Communications

Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: The Commission requests

comments on a petition filed by Steven

C. Hoffman proposing the allotment of

Channel 272A at Dayton, Washington,

as the community’s second local FM

transmission service. Channel 272A can

be allotted to Dayton in compliance

with the Commission’s minimum

distance separation requirements with a

site restriction of 3.0 kilometers (1.9

miles) southwest to avoid a shortspacings to the construction permit site

for Channel 273C3 at Colfax,

Washington, and Station KORD(FM),

Channel 274C, Richland, Washington.

The coordinates for Channel 272A at

Dayton are North Latitude 46–17–57

and West Longitude 117–59–52. Since

Dayton is located within 320 kilometers

(200 miles) of the U.S.-Canadian border,

concurrence of the Canadian

government has been requested.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or

before July 6, 1995, and reply comments

on or before July 21, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications

Commission, Washington, D.C. 20554.

In addition to filing comments with the

FCC, interested parties should serve the

petitioner, or its counsel or consultant,

as follows: Steven C. Hoffman, 1420 S.

2nd Street, Dayton, Washington 99328

(Petitioner).

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.

95–66, adopted May 5, 1995, and

released May 15, 1995. 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, D.C. The

complete text of this decision may also

be purchased from the Commission’s

copy contractor, International

Transcription Service, Inc., (202) 857–

3800, 2100 M Street, NW, Suite 140,

Washington, D.C. 20037.

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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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

50 CFR Part 17

RIN 1018–AD20

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife

and Plants; Proposed Special Rule for

the Conservation of the Northern

Spotted Owl on Non-Federal Lands

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,

Interior.

ACTION: Reopening of the Comment

Period for the Proposed Special Rule.

SUMMARY: On February 17, 1995, the

Fish and Wildlife Service (Service)

published a proposed special rule,

pursuant to section 4(d) of the

Endangered Species Act (Act), to

replace the blanket prohibitions against

incidental take of spotted owls with a

narrower, more tailor-made set of

standards that reduce prohibitions

applicable to timber harvest and related

activities on specified non-Federal

forest lands in Washington and

California. The original deadline for

comments on the proposed rule was

May 18, 1995. The intent of this notice

is to reopen the comment period to July

17, 1995.

DATES: The comment period for written

comments is reopened until July 17,

1995.

ADDRESSES: Comments and materials

concerning this proposed rule should be

sent to Mr. Michael J. Spear, Regional

Director, Region 1, U.S. Fish and

Wildlife Service, 911 N.E. 11th Avenue,

Portland, Oregon 97232–4181.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Curt Smitch, Assistant Regional

Director, North Pacific Coast Ecoregion,

3704 Griffin Lane SE, Suite 102,

Olympia, Washington 98501 (360/534–

9330); or Mr. Gerry Jackson, Deputy

Assistant Regional Director, North

Pacific Coast Ecoregion, 911 N.E. 11th

Avenue, Portland Oregon 97232–4181,

(503/231–6159).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

The implementing regulations for

threatened wildlife generally

incorporate the prohibitions of section 9

of the Endangered Species Act of 1973,

as amended (Act), for endangered

wildlife, except when a ‘‘special rule’’

promulgated pursuant to section 4(d) of

the Act has been issued with respect to

a particular threatened species. At the

time the northern spotted owl, Strix

occidentalis caurina, was listed as a

threatened species in 1990, the Service

did not promulgate a special section

4(d) rule and therefore, all of the section

9 prohibitions, including the ‘‘take’’

prohibitions, became applicable to the

species. To replace the blanket

prohibitions against take of spotted

owls, the Service published a proposed

special rule, 50 CFR part 17, on

February 17, 1995, (60 FR 9484), in the

Federal Register, pursuant to section

4(d) of the Act, which proposes a

narrower, more tailor-made set of

standards that reduce prohibitions

applicable to timber harvest and related

activities on specified non-Federal

forest lands in Washington and

California.

List of Subjects in 50 CFR Part 17

Endangered and threatened species,

Exports, Imports, Reporting and

recordkeeping requirements, and

Transportation.

Authority: The authority for this action is

the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as

ammended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.)

Dated: May 12, 1995.

Thomas Dwyer,

Acting Regional Director, U.S. Fish and

Wildlife Service, Region 1, Portland, Oregon.

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