Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 100 / Wednesday, May 24, 1995 / Proposed Rules 27471

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§ 180.1028 [Removed]

3. By removing § 180.1028 Crosslinked nylon-type encapsulating

polymer; exemption from the

requirement of a tolerance is deleted.

[FR Doc. 95–12742 Filed 5–23–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–F

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[MM Docket No. 95–68, RM–8629]

Radio Broadcasting Services; Berlin,

MD

AGENCY: Federal Communications

Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: This document requests

comments on a petition filed by John P.

Gillen, proposing the allotment of

Channel 235A to Berlin, Maryland, as

that community’s second FM Broadcast

service. The coordinates for Channel

235A are 38–13–45 and 75–10–58.

There is a site restriction 10.8

kilometers (6.7 miles) southeast of the

community.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or

before July 10, 1995, and reply

comments on or before July 25, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications

Commission, Washington, D.C. 20554.

In addition to filing comments with the

FCC, interested parties should serve the

petitioner, as follows: John P. Gillen,

12314 Dixie Drive, Bishopville,

Maryland 21813.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Kathleen Scheuerle, Mass Media

Bureau, (202) 418–2180.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a

summary of the Commission’s Notice of

Proposed Rule Making, MM Docket No.

95–68, adopted May 11, 1995, and

released May 18, 1995. The full text of

this Commission decision is available

for inspection and copying during

normal business hours in the

Commission’s 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 contractors,

International Transcription Services,

Inc., 2100 M Street, NW, Suite 140,

Washington, D.C. 20037, (202) 857–

3800.

Provisions of the Regulatory

Flexibility Act of l980 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 broadcasting.

Federal Communications Commission.

John A. Karousos,

Chief, Allocations Branch, Policy and Rules

Division, Mass Media Bureau.

[FR Doc. 95–12703 Filed 5–23–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6712–01–F

47 CFR Part 73

[MM Docket No. 95–67, RM–8624]

Radio Broadcasting Services;

Greenfield & Stockton, MO

AGENCY: Federal Communications

Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: This document requests

comments on a petition filed by KYOO

Communications proposing the

allotment of Channel 299A at Stockton,

Missouri, as that community’s first local

service. The coordinates for Channel

299A at Stockton are 37–42–22 and 93–

53–21. There is a site restriction 8.5

kilometers (5.3 miles) west of the

community. To accommodate Channel

299A at Stockton, we shall propose the

deletion of vacant Channel 299A at

Greenfield, Missouri.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or

before July 10, 1995, and reply

comments on or before July 25, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications

Commission, Washington, D.C. 20554.

In addition to filing comments with the

FCC, interested parties should serve the

petitioner’s counsel, as follows: William

J. Pennington, III, 5519 Rockingham

Road-East, Greensboro, North Carolina

27407.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Kathleen Scheuerle, Mass Media

Bureau, (202) 418–2180.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a

summary of the Commission’s Notice of

Proposed Rule Making, MM Docket No.

95–67, adopted May 8, 1995, and

released May 18, 1995. The full text of

this Commission decision is available

for inspection and copying during

normal business hours in the

Commission’s 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 contractors,

International Transcription Services,

Inc., 2100 M Street, NW, Suite 140,

Washington, D.C. 20037, (202) 857–

3800.

Provisions of the Regulatory

Flexibility Act of l980 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 broadcasting.

Federal Communications Commission.

John A. Karousos,

Chief, Allocations Branch, Policy and Rules

Division, Mass Media Bureau.

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BILLING CODE 6712–01–F

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

GENERAL SERVICES

ADMINISTRATION

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND

SPACE ADMINISTRATION

48 CFR Part 31

[FAR Case 94–753]

Federal Acquisition Regulation; Public

Meeting on Travel Cost

AGENCY: Department of Defense (DOD),

General Services Administration (GSA),

and National Aeronautics and Space

Administration (NASA).

ACTION: Notice of public meeting on

proposed rule.

SUMMARY: At 59 FR 64542, December 14,

1994, a Federal Acquisition Regulation

(FAR) proposed rule for implementing

statutory requirements of the Federal

Acquisition Streamlining Act, (the Act)

with regard to travel cost was published.

Numerous written comments have been

received at the FAR Secretariat in

response to the Federal Register

document. The notice announces a

public meeting for the Travel Cost rule.
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DATES: The meeting will be at 2:00 p.m.

on June 14, 1995.

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will

held at: Office of Personnel

Management, 1900 E Street NW., Room

1350, Washington, DC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Beverly Fayson, FAR Secretariat,

General Services Administration, 18th

and F Streets NW., Washington, DC

20405. Telephone: (202) 501–4755; FAX

(202) 501–4067.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In order to

implement Section 2191 of the Act, the

Cost Principles Team drafted a proposed

rule which would use the Federal

Travel Regulation/Joint Travel

Regulation (FTR/JTR) rates as a baseline,

while allowing contractors to propose

alternative maximum per diem rates

based on existing travel cost

reimbursement systems. After review

and analysis of the public comments on

the proposed rule, the team has

preliminarily decided to recommend

retention of the current cost principle

language at FAR 31.205–46 without

change and to withdraw the proposed

rule.

The team’s preliminary determination

to retain the current cost principle

language is based on the following: (i)

Industry and Government agency

commentors generally agreed that the

proposed rule’s alternative maximum

per diem rate requirements would place

an undue administrative burden on

contractor and Government personnel;

(ii) commentors proposing a revision to

the ‘‘reasonableness standard’’ did not

provide any empirical data to support

claimed inequities or increased

administrative burdens under the

current rule; and (iii) the commenters’

alternatives were considered by the

team to be administratively burdensome

and inadequate to protect the

Government’s interests. The team’s

preliminary conclusion is that retaining

the current FAR requirement will

reduce disagreements and disputes

between contractors and the

Government, is less burdensome

administratively than any alternative

proposed, and results in equitable

reimbursement of per diem costs.

To allow the public to present its

views on this determination, a public

meeting will be held on June 14, 1995.

Persons or organizations wishing to

make presentations will be allowed 10

minutes to present their views, provided

they notify the FAR Secretariat at (202)

501–4745 and provide an advance copy

of their remarks not later than June 9,

1995. All participants should be

prepared to provide data to support

their positions. The team is particularly

interested in data which supports the

contention that FTR/JTR rates are

inequitable or that the current FAR

requirements are more administratively

burdensome than would be other

proposed alternatives, either proposed

during the public comment process, or

presented at this meeting. Alternatives,

other than those previously proposed

during the public comment period, may

be submitted the consideration. The

team will enter into discussion with

commentors and the audience during

this meeting.

Dated: May 18, 1995.

Edward C. Loeb,

Deputy Project Manager for Implementation

of the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act

of 1994.

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BILLING CODE 6820–EP–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety

Administration

49 CFR Part 575

[Docket No. 94–30, Notice 2]

RIN 2127–AF17

Consumer Information Regulations

Uniform Tire Quality Grading

Standards

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic

Safety Administration (NHTSA),

Department of Transportation (DOT).

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

SUMMARY: This notice proposes to

amend the Uniform Tire Quality

Grading Standards to:

1. Revise treadwear testing procedures

to maintain the base course wear rate of

course monitoring tires at its current

value. That revision should eliminate

treadwear grade inflation, reduce testing

expenses, and reduce the adverse

environmental consequences of

operating testing convoys;

2. Create a new traction grading

category of ‘‘AA’’ in addition to the

current traction grades of A, B, and C to

differentiate those tires with the highest

traction characteristics from lower

performing tires;

3. Replace the temperature resistance

grade with a rolling resistance/fuel

economy grade. This change would

provide a measure of a key fuel

economy characteristic of tires, and

responds to the President’s Climate

Change Action Plan.

DATES: Comments on this notice must be

received on or before July 10, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Comments should refer to

the docket and notice number shown

above and be submitted to Docket

Section, National Highway Traffic

Safety Administration, 400 Seventh

Street, SW, Room 5111, Washington, DC

20590. Docket room hours are from 9:30

a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Orron Kee, Office of Market Incentives,

Office of the Associate Administrator for

Rulemaking, National Highway Traffic

Safety Administration, 400 Seventh

Street, SW., Room 5320, Washington,

DC 20590, telephone (202) 366–0846.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Table of Contents

I. Background

II. April 25, 1994 Request for Comments

A. Treadwear

1. Treadwear Test and Calculation

Procedures

a. Candidate Tires

b. Course Monitoring Tires

2. Treadwear Grade Inflation

3. Possible Solutions to Treadwear Grade

Inflation

B. Traction

1. Traction Test and Calculation

Procedures

2. Ability of Traction Grading System to

Differentiate Highest Traction Tires

3. Possible Solutions to Traction Grading

Problems

C. Temperature and Rolling Resistance/

Fuel Economy

1. Temperature Resistance

2. Rolling Resistance/Fuel Economy

3. Issues Regarding Temperature/Rolling

Resistance/Fuel Economy

III. Summary of Public Comments, Agency

Decisions, Benefits and Costs

A. Treadwear

1. Summary of Comments

2. Agency Decision

3. Costs and Benefits

B. Traction

1. Public Comments

2. Agency Decision

3. Costs and Benefits

C. Temperature/Rolling Resistance/Fuel

Economy

1. Public Comments

2. Agency Decision

a. Temperature Resistance

b. Rolling Resistance/Fuel Economy

3. Costs and Benefits

D. Leadtime

IV. Rulemaking Analyses and Notices

A. Executive Order 12866 and DOT

Regulatory Policies and Procedures

B. Regulatory Flexibility Act

C. National Environmental Policy Act

D. Federalism

E. Civil Justice Reform

V. Comments

I. Background

49 U.S.C. 30123(e) requires the

Secretary of Transportation to prescribe

a uniform system for grading motor

vehicle tires to assist consumers in