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Number of Respondents: 42,031.

Estimated Time Per Response: 1–5

hours.

Frequency of Response: On occasion

and annual reporting requirements,

third party disclosure requirement.

Total Annual Burden: 195,100 hours.

Total Annual Cost: N/A.

Needs and Uses: The Commission

revised this information in response to

petitions for reconsideration filed in

response to the Report and Order in CC

Docket No. 94–102. The Commission

adopted a Memorandum Opinion and

Order in the wireless Enhanced 911

(E911) rulemaking proceeding,

reaffirming its commitment to the rapid

implementation of technologies needed

to bring emergency assistance to

wireless callers throughout the United

States. The limited revisions made in

this decision to the Commission’s rules

are intended to remedy technical

problems raised in the record.

OMB Control No.: 3060–0179.

Title: Section 73.1590, Equipment

Performance Measurements.

Form No.: N/A.

Type of Review: Extension of a

currently approved collection.

Respondents: Businesses or other forprofit, not-for-profit institutions.

Number of Respondents: 13,049.

Estimated Time Per Response: .5–18

hours.

Frequency of Response:

Recordkeeping requirement.

Total Annual Burden: 12,335 hours.

Total Annual Cost: N/A.

Needs and Uses: Section 73.1590

requires licensees of AM, FM and TV

stations to make audio and video

equipment performance measurements

for each main transmitter. These

measurements and a description of the

equipment and procedure used in

making the measurements must be kept

on file at the transmitter for two years.

In addition, this information must be

made available to the FCC upon request.

The data is used by FCC staff in field

investigations to identify sources of

interference.

Federal Communications Commission.

Magalie Roman Salas,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 01–14935 Filed 6–13–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION

[DA 01–1264]

Network Practices

AGENCY: Federal Communications

Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Federal Communication

Commission seeks comment on a

Petition for Inquiry into Network

Practices filed in behalf of Network

Affiliated Stations Alliance.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or

before July 23, 2001; reply comments

must be filed on or before August 22,

2001.

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications

Commission, 445 12th Street, S.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20554.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mania K. Baghdadi, Policy and Rules

Division, Mass Media Bureau, at 418–

2120.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a

synopsis of the Public Notice

(‘‘Notice’’), DA 01–1264, released May

22, 2001. The Petition and all

subsequently filed documents are

available for public inspection and

copying during normal business hours

in the Commission’s Reference

Information Center located at Room CY–

A257, 445 Twelfth Street, S.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20554 and may also

be purchased from the Commission’s

copy contractor, International

Transcription Service (‘‘ITS’’), 202–857–

3800, 445 12th Street, S.W., Room CY–

B402, Washington, D.C.

Synopsis of Public Notice

1. On March 8, 2001, Network

Affiliated Stations Alliance (‘‘NASA’’)

filed a Petition for Inquiry into Network

Practices (‘‘Petition’’). NASA’s Petition

asked the FCC to institute an inquiry as

to whether certain alleged practices of

the top four television networks with

respect to their affiliates are consistent

with the Commission’s network rules,

CFR 73.658; the Communications Act;

and the public interest. In addition,

NASA asked that the Commission

examine, in the inquiry, what additional

steps it should take to ‘‘limit or prevent

other improper network conduct not

deemed to violate existing rules.’’ In a

letter, dated May 2, 2001, submitted to

the Commission, counsel for NASA

urged that the Commission treat its

Petition as a petition for declaratory

relief (Letter to Michael Powell,

Chairman, from Wade H. Hargrove and

Jonathan D. Blake, Counsel for the

Network Affiliated Stations Alliance,

May 2, 2001). In response to this letter,

the four major networks raised

procedural concerns about the NASA

Petition and denied that they had

violated the Commission’s rules (Letter

to Michael K. Powell, Chairman, from

Maureen O’Connell, Fox Broadcasting

Company; Anne Lucey, Viacom, Inc.;

Diane Zipursky, National Broadcasting

Company, Inc.; and Susan Fox, The

Walt Disney Company, May 14, 2001.

The foregoing networks have also

submitted letters with respect to the ex

parte status of the NASA Petition). As

indicated in the Petition and subsequent

letters from NASA and the top four

networks, the parties disagree as to

whether the Commission should take

action with respect to the Petition, and,

if so, as to the procedural context of any

such Commission response. No decision

has been reached as to this issue and

none is expressed or implied by our

action here.

2. By this Notice, comment is sought

on the Petition and the responses to the

Petition. Interested parties may submit

comments. Comments and replies

should specifically reference this Notice

(DA 01–1264). Commenters must file an

original and four copies of all comments

and reply comments with the

Commission’s Secretary: Magalie Roman

Salas, Office of the Secretary, Federal

Communications Commission, 445 12th

St., SW, Room TW–A325, Washington,

D.C. 20554.

3. Ex parte status: In order to permit

a full exchange of views on the multiple

issues raised in the Petition, and given

NASA’s clarification that it is seeking a

declaratory ruling rather than specific

enforcement action, we have concluded

that the public interest would be served

by classifying this proceeding as permitbut-disclose under the ex parte rules.

Accordingly, by this Notice, and

pursuant to § 1.1200(a) of the

Commission’s rules, we announce that

this proceeding will be governed by

permit-but-disclose ex parte procedures

that are applicable to nonrestricted

proceedings under § 1.1206 of the

Commission’s rules.

4. Permit-but-disclose ex parte

procedures permit interested parties to

make ex parte presentations to the

Commissioners and Commission

employees and require that these

presentations be disclosed in the record

of the relevant proceeding. Persons

making a written ex parte presentation

to the Commissioners or Commission

employees must file the written

presentation with the Commission, as

set forth, no later than the next business

day after the presentation. Section

1.1206(b)(1). Persons making oral ex

parte presentations must file a summary

of the presentation, and deliver copies

to the Commissioners or Commission

employees involved with the

presentation no later than the next

business day after the presentation.

Section 1.1206(b)(2). All ex parte filings

must be clearly labeled as such and

must reference this Notice, as well as

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any other applicable docket or file

numbers.

5. An original and one copy of all

memoranda must be filed with the

Commission’s Secretary, Magalie Roman

Salas, in accordance with § 1.1206(b)(1)

of the Commission’s Rules. In addition,

one copy of each ex parte memorandum

should be delivered to each of the

following locations: (1) The

Commission’s duplicating contractor

ITS, and (2) Mania K. Baghdadi, Policy

and Rules Division, Mass Media Bureau,

445 Twelfth Street, S.W., Room 2–C267,

Washington, D.C. 20554.

Federal Communications Commission.

Roy J. Stewart,

Chief, Mass Media Bureau.

[FR Doc. 01–14934 Filed 6–13–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P

FEDERAL MEDIATION AND

CONCILIATION SERVICE

Labor-Management Cooperation

Program; Proposed Policy Change

AGENCY: Federal Mediation and

Conciliation Service.

ACTION: Request for public comment on

proposed policy change on allocating

funds under the Labor-Management

Cooperation Program.

SUMMARY: The Federal Mediation and

Conciliation Service (FMCS) is

publishing the Proposed Policy Change

on Allocating Funds Under the LaborManagement Cooperation Program to

inform the public. The program is

supported by Federal funds authorized

by the Labor-Management Cooperation

Act of 1978, subject to annual

appropriations.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before July 16, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Send Comments to: Vella

M. Traynham, Director of Arbitration

Services, FMCS, 2100 K Street, NW.,

Washington, DC 20427.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Vella M. Traynham, 202–606–8181.

Labor-Management Cooperation

Program Proposed Guideline Change

D. Allocations

Any funds returned to FMCS from a

competitive grant can be awarded on a

noncompetitive basis, provided the

award is made during the period in

which the grant period is effective.

C. Richard Barnes,

Director, Federal Mediation and Conciliation

Service.

[FR Doc. 01–15026 Filed 6–13–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6732–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention

Government-Owned Inventions;

Availability for Licensing

AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention, Technology Transfer Office,

Department of Health and Human

Services

ACTION: Notice.

The inventions named in this notice

are owned by agencies of the United

States Government and are available for

licensing in the United States (U.S.) in

accordance with 35 U.S.C. 207, to

achieve expeditious commercialization

of results of federally funded research

and development. Foreign patent

applications are filed on selected

inventions to extend market coverage

for U.S. companies and may also be

available for licensing.

ADDRESSES: Licensing information, and

copies of the U.S. patent applications

listed below, may be obtained by

writing to Thomas E. O’Toole, M.P.H.,

Deputy Director, Technology Transfer

Office, Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention (CDC), Mailstop E–67, 1600

Clifton Rd., Atlanta, GA 30333,

telephone (404) 639–6270; facsimile

(404) 639–6266; or email tto@cdc.gov. A

signed Confidential Disclosure

Agreement will be required to receive

copies of unpublished patent

applications.

Gripping Assembly for Impact Hammer

The Gripping Assembly for an Impact

Hammer easily attaches to an existing

hydraulic impact hammer and performs

three functions: First, the assembly

allows an impact hammer operator to

manipulate and hold objects that are to

be broken with the hammer. Second, the

assembly allows the operator to grasp

and move objects (such as the debris

that may clog a grizzly in an

underground mine). Finally, an operator

can use the assembly to ‘‘sweep’’ debris

from the work area (such as the fines

that may accumulate and clog a grizzly

in an underground mine).

Inventors: Bill M. Stewart et al., U.S.

Patent Application SN: To be

assigned, filed 4.16.2001 (CDC Ref. #:

I–029–00)

Method and Apparatus for Laser Safety

in Hazardous Locations

Laser-based technology is used in

several diverse industries to monitor

flammable material processes. This

invention monitors temperatures within

these processes when heated by a laser

and compares these temperatures with a

preset temperature threshold. If the

temperature threshold is exceeded, the

invention shuts down the laser, thus

preventing ignition of flammable

material.

Inventors: William D. Monaghan, et al.,

U.S. Patent Application SN: To be

assigned, filed 2.9.2001 (CDC Ref. #:

I–030–00)

Lighted Rescue Team Lifeline

The Lighted Rescue Team Lifeline is

a flexible illuminated safety line used to

keep rescue and exploration team

members together in low-light areas.

The lighted lifeline helps to prevent

tripping and falling problems, and it

eases the task of locating the lifeline if

it becomes entangled around obstacles.

Inventors: Ronald S. Conti et al., U.S.

Patent Application SN: To be

assigned, filed 3.7.2001, (CDC Ref. #:

I–034–00)

A 12-volt Battery Charging Apparatus

Using Mine Shaft Guide Roller Wheels

Elevators and mine shaft conveyances

often require local instrumentation to

monitor conveyance speed, location,

cable tension, etc. Power for these

instruments is generally provided

through a trailing cable. In deep mines,

or high buildings, trailing cables can be

impractical for many reasons. This

invention describes a self-contained

unit that contains a battery used to

power the local instrumentation, and a

charging system that uses the motion of

the elevator or shaft conveyance to

charge the battery.

Inventors: Michael J. Beus et al., U.S.

Patent Application SN: Application

yet to be filed (CDC Ref. #: I–038–00)

Dated: June 6, 2001.

Kathleen M. Rest,

Acting Director, National Institute for

Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for

Disease Control and Prevention.

[FR Doc. 01–14939 Filed 6–13–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4163–18–P

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and

Families

Office of Planning, Research and

Evaluation; Grant to the University of

Hawaii

AGENCY: Office of Planning, Research

and Evaluation, ACF, DHHS.

ACTION: Award announcement.