32296 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 115 / Thursday, June 14, 2001 / Proposed Rules

Planning and Review, this proposed

rule revises the NFIP regulations to (1)

include the definitions for future

conditions hydrology and for the flood

plains that may be shown on the FIRMs,

for informational purposes at the

request of the community, to reflect

future conditions hydrology and (2)

establish the zone symbol to be used to

identify future conditions flood hazard

areas on the FIRMs. We know of no

substantial direct effects on the States,

or on the distribution of power and

responsibilities among the various

levels of government.

The Office of Management and Budget

has reviewed this rule under the

provisions of Executive Order 13132.

Executive Order 12778, Civil Justice

Reform

This Proposed Rule meets the

applicable standards of Section 2(b)(2)

of Executive Order 12778, Civil Justice

Reform.

Executive Order 12866, Regulatory

Planning and Review

Promulgation of this rule is required

by statute, 42 U.S.C 4014(f) which also

specifies the regulatory approach to be

taken in the proposed rule. To the

extent possible under the statutory

requirements of 42 U.S.C. 4014(f), this

Proposed Rule adheres to the provisions

of E.O. 12866, Regulatory Planning and

Review. Under Executive Order 12866,

58 FR 51735, October 4, 1993, a

significant regulatory action is subject to

OMB review and the requirements of

the Executive Order. The Executive

Order defines ‘‘significant regulatory

action’’ as one that is likely to result in

a rule that may:

(1) Have an annual effect on the

economy of $100 million or more or

adversely affect in a material way the

economy, a sector of the economy,

productivity, competition, jobs, the

environment, public health or safety, or

State, local, or tribal governments or

communities;

(2) Create a serious inconsistency or

otherwise interfere with an action taken

or planned by another agency;

(3) Materially alter the budgetary

impact of entitlements, grants, user fees,

or loan programs or the rights and

obligations of recipients thereof; or

(4) Raise novel legal or policy issues

arising out of legal mandates, the

President’s priorities, or the principles

set forth in the Executive Order.

This proposed rule revises the NFIP

regulations to (1) include the definitions

for future conditions hydrology and for

the flood plains that may be shown on

the FIRMs, for informational purposes at

the request of the community, to reflect

future conditions hydrology and (2)

establish the zone symbol to be used to

identify future conditions flood hazard

areas on the FIRMs. We know of no

conditions that would qualify the rule

as a ‘‘significant regulatory action’’

within the definition of section 3(f) of

the Executive Order. To the extent

possible this rule adheres to the

principles of regulation in Executive

Order 12866. The Office of Management

and Budget has not reviewed this rule

under the provisions of Executive Order

12866.

List of Subjects in 44 CFR Parts 59 and

64

Administrative practice and

procedure, Flood insurance,

Floodplains, and Reporting and record

keeping requirements.

Accordingly, 44 CFR parts 59 and 64

will be amended as follows:

PART 59—[AMENDED]

1. Section 59.1 is revised to include

the following a definition for: Area of

future conditions flood hazard means

the land area that would be inundated

by the 1-percent-annual-chance flood

based on future conditions hydrology.

2. Section 59.1 is revised to include

the following definition: Future

conditions flood hazard area, or future

conditions floodplain—see Area of

future conditions flood hazard.

3. Section 59.1 is revised to include

the following definition: Future

conditions hydrology means the flood

discharges associated with projected

land-use conditions based on a

community’s zoning maps or

comprehensive land-use plans.

PART 64—[AMENDED]

1. The initial text of Paragraph

64.3(a)(1) will be revised to read as

follows:

(1) Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM):

This map is prepared after the risk study

for the community has been completed

and the risk premium rates have been

established. The FIRM indicates the risk

premium rate zones applicable in the

community and when those rates are

effective. The FIRM also may indicate,

at the request of the community, zones

to identify areas of future conditions

flood hazards. The symbols used to

designate the risk premium rate zones

and future conditions zones are as

follows:

2. The entry for the zone symbol for

Zones B, X that appears in Paragraph

64.3(a)(1) will be revised to read as

follows:

B, X......Areas of moderate flood hazards

or areas of future conditions flood

hazard

3. The closing text of Paragraph

64.3(a)(1) will be revised to read as

follows:

Areas identified as subject to more

than one hazard (flood, mudslide (i.e.,

mudflow), flood-related erosion) or

potential hazard (i.e., future conditions

flooding) will be designated on the

FIRM by use of the proper zone symbols

in combination.

Dated: June 5, 2001.

Margaret E. Lawless,

Acting Executive Associate Director for

Mitigation.

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BILLING CODE 6718–04–P

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[DA 01–1337, MM Docket No. 01–116, RM–

10069]

Digital Television Broadcast Service

and Television Broadcast Service;

Hibbing, MN

AGENCY: Federal Communications

Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: The Commission requests

comments on a petition filed by DuluthSuperior Area Educational Television

Corporation, an applicant for a

construction permit for a new

noncommercial educational television

station to operate on NTSC channel *18-

at Hibbing. Duluth-Superior requests the

replacement of DTV channel *31 for

NTSC channel *18-at Hibbing. DTV

Channel *31 can be allotted to Hibbing,

Minnesota, in compliance with Sections

73.622(a) and 73.623(c) of the

Commission’s criteria as set forth in the

Public Notice, released November 22,

1999, DA 99–2605. DTV channel *31

can be allotted at reference coordinates

(47–22–53 N. and 92–57–15 W.) with a

power of 500, a height above average

terrain HAAT of 211 meters and with a

DTV service population of thousand.

However, since the community of

Hibbing is located within 400

kilometers of the U.S.-Canadian border,

concurrence by the Canadian

government must be obtained for this

proposal.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or

before July 30, 2001, and reply

comments on or before August 14, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications

Commission, 445 12th Street, SW.,

Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 115 / Thursday, June 14, 2001 / Proposed Rules 32297

Room TW–A325, Washington, DC

20554. In addition to filing comments

with the FCC, interested parties should

serve the petitioner, or its counsel or

consultant, as follows: Marcia Cranberg,

Arnold & Porter, 555 Twelfth Street,

NW., Washington, DC 20004–1202

(Counsel for Duluth-Superior Area

Educational Television Corporation).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pam

Blumenthal, Mass Media Bureau, (202)

418–1600.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a

synopsis of the Commission’s Notice of

Proposed Rule Making, MM Docket No.

01-116, adopted June 6, 2001, and

released June 7, 2001. The full text of

this Commission decision is available

for inspection and copying during

normal business hours in the FCC

Reference Center 445 12th Street, SW.,

Washington, DC. The complete text of

this decision may also be purchased

from the Commission’s copy contractor,

International Transcription Services,

Inc., (202) 857–3800, 1231 20th Street,

NW., Washington, DC 20036.

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

Television, Digital television

broadcasting, Television, Television

broadcasting.

For the reasons discussed in the

preamble, the Federal Communications

Commission proposes to amend 47 CFR

part 73 as follows:

PART 73—TELEVISION BROADCAST

SERVICES

1. The authority citation for part 73

continues to read as follows:

Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154, 303, 334, and

336.

§ 73.606 [Amended]

2. Section 73.606(b), the Table of

Television Allotments under Minnesota

is amended by removing Channel *18-

at Hibbing.

§ 73.622 [Amended]

3. Section 73.622(b), the Table of

Digital Television Allotments under

Minnesota, is amended by adding DTV

channel *31-at Hibbing.

Federal Communications Commission.

Barbara A. Kreisman,

Chief, Video Services Division, Mass Media

Bureau.

[FR Doc. 01–14933 Filed 6–13–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6712–01–U

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

50 CFR Part 20

RIN 1018–AH79

Migratory Bird Hunting; Supplemental

Proposals for Migratory Game Bird

Hunting Regulations; Notice of

Meetings

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,

Interior.

ACTION: Proposed rule; supplemental.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service (hereinafter Service or we)

proposed in an earlier document to

establish annual hunting regulations for

certain migratory game birds for the

2001–02 hunting season. This

supplement to the proposed rule

provides the regulatory schedule;

announces the Service Migratory Bird

Regulations Committee and Flyway

Council meetings; and describes the

proposed regulatory alternatives for the

2001–02 duck hunting seasons and

other proposed changes from the 2000–

01 hunting regulations.

DATES: The Service Migratory Bird

Regulations Committee will meet to

consider and develop proposed

regulations for early-season migratory

bird hunting on June 20 and 21, 2001,

and for late-season migratory bird

hunting on August 1 and 2, 2001. All

meetings will commence at

approximately 8:30 a.m. You must

submit comments on the proposed

regulatory alternatives for the 2001–02

duck hunting seasons by July 6, 2001.

You must submit comments on the

proposed migratory bird hunting-season

frameworks for Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto

Rico, the Virgin Islands, and other early

seasons by July 30, 2001; and for

proposed late-season frameworks by

September 7, 2001.

ADDRESSES: The Service Migratory Bird

Regulations Committee will meet in

room 200 of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service’s Arlington Square Building,

4401 N. Fairfax Drive, Arlington,

Virginia. Send your comments on the

proposals to the Chief, Division of

Migratory Bird Management, U.S. Fish

and Wildlife Service, Department of the

Interior, ms 634–ARLSQ, 1849 C Street,

NW., Washington, DC 20240. All

comments received, including names

and addresses, will become part of the

public record. You may inspect

comments during normal business

hours in room 634, Arlington Square

Building, 4401 N. Fairfax Drive,

Arlington, Virginia.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jonathan Andrew, Chief, or Ron W.

Kokel, Division of Migratory Bird

Management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service, (703) 358–1714.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Regulations Schedule for 2000

On April 30, 2001, we published in

the Federal Register (66 FR 21298) a

proposal to amend 50 CFR part 20. The

proposal provided a background and

overview of the migratory bird hunting

regulations process, and dealt with the

establishment of seasons, limits, and

other regulations for migratory game

birds under § 20.101 through 20.107,

20.109, and 20.110 of subpart K. This

document is the second in a series of

proposed, supplemental, and final rules

for migratory game bird hunting

regulations. We will publish proposed

early-season frameworks and final

regulatory alternatives for the 2001–02

duck hunting seasons in mid-July and

late-season frameworks in mid-August.

We will publish final regulatory

frameworks for early seasons on or

about August 20, 2001, and those for

late seasons on or about September 21,

2001.

Service Migratory Bird Regulations

Committee Meetings

The Service Migratory Bird

Regulations Committee will meet June

20–21, 2001, to review information on

the current status of migratory shore and

upland game birds and develop 2001–02

migratory game bird regulations

recommendations for these species plus

regulations for migratory game birds in

Alaska, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin

Islands. The Committee will also

develop regulations recommendations

for special September waterfowl seasons

in designated States, special sea duck

seasons in the Atlantic Flyway, and

extended falconry seasons. In addition,

the Committee will review and discuss

preliminary information on the status of

waterfowl.

At the August 1–2, 2001, meetings,

the Committee will review information

on the current status of waterfowl and