70778 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 225 / Wednesday, November 23, 2005 / Proposed Rules 

with the Commission’s minimum 

distance separation with a site 

restriction of 10.9 kilometers (6.8 miles) 

south at petitioner’s requested site. The 

reference coordinates for Channel 274C3 

at Weber City are 36–31–36 North 

Latitude and 82–35–13 West Longitude. 

See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION, infra. 

DATES: Comments must be filed on or 

before January 9, 2006, and reply 

comments on or before January 24, 

2006. 

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications 

Commission, 445 Twelfth Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20554. In addition to 

filing comments with the FCC, 

interested parties should serve Counsel 

for Petitioner as follows: Dennis J. Kelly, 

Esq., Post Office Box 41177, 

Washington, DC 20018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sharon P. McDonald, Media Bureau, 

(202) 418–2180. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a 

summary of the Commission’s Notice of 

Proposed Rule Making and Order to 

Show Cause, MB Docket No. 05–295, 

adopted November 14, 2005, and 

released November 16, 2005. The full 

text of this Commission decision is 

available for inspection and copying 

during normal business hours in the 

Commission’s Reference Center, 445 

Twelfth Street, SW., 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 20054, 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). 

To accommodate the reallotment, 

Channel 263A can be substituted at 

Glade Spring with a site restriction of 

14.0 kilometers (8.7 miles) east at 

petitioner’s requested site; and Channel 

273A can be substituted at Marion with 

a site restriction of 2.5 kilometers (1.6 

miles) north at petitioner’s requested 

site. The reference coordinates for 

Channel 263A at Glade Spring are 36–

47–50 North Latitude and 81–36–52 

West Longitude; and the reference 

coordinates for Channel 273A at Marion 

are 36–54–10 North Latitude and 81–

32–27 West Longitude. In accordance 

with the provisions of Section 1.420(i) 

of the Commission’s Rules, we shall 

propose to modify the authorization of 

Station WVEK–FM without entertaining 

competing expressions of interest in the 

use of Channel 274C3 at Weber City, 

Virginia, or requiring petitioner to 

demonstrate the availability of an 

additional equivalent channel for use by 

other parties. 

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 and 336. 

§ 73.202 [Amended] 

2. Section 73.202(b), the Table of FM 

Allotments under Kentucky, is amended 

by removing Cumberland, Channel 

274A. 

3. Section 73.202(b), the Table of FM 

Allotments under Virginia, is amending 

by removing Channel 274A and adding 

Channel 263A at Glade Spring; and by 

removing Channel 263A and adding 

Channel 273A at Marion; and by adding 

Weber City, Channel 274C3. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

John A. Karousos, 

Assistant Chief, Audio Division, Media 

Bureau. 

[FR Doc. 05–23185 Filed 11–22–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

47 CFR Part 73 

[DA 05–2943; MB Docket No. 05–310; RM–

11292] 

Radio Broadcasting Services; 

Humboldt and Pawnee City, NE, and 

Valley Falls, KS 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: This document requests 

comments on a petition for rulemaking 

filed by Cumulus Licensing LLC, 

(‘‘Petitioner’’) permittee of an unbuilt 

construction permit for Channel 244A at 

Humboldt, Nebraska. Petitioner 

proposes to substitute Channel 245C2 

for Channel 244A at Humboldt, reallot 

Channel 245C2 to Valley Falls, Kansas, 

and to modify the construction permit 

authorization to reflect these changes. 

The proposed coordinates for Channel 

245C2 at Valley Falls are 39–15–00 NL 

and 95–36–30 WL with a site restriction 

of 16.5 kilometers (10.2 miles) 

southwest of the community. In 

addition, Petitioner proposes to allot 

Channel 256A at Pawnee City, 

Nebraska. The proposed coordinates for 

Channel 256A at Pawnee City are 39–

59–28 NL and 96–07–50 WL with a site 

restriction of 13.7 kilometers (8.2 miles) 

south of the community. 

DATES: Comments must be filed on or 

before January 3, 2006, and reply 

comments on or before January 17, 

2006. 

ADDRESSES: Secretary, Federal 

Communications Commission, 445 

Twelfth Street, SW., Washington, DC 

20554. In addition to filing comments 

with the FCC, interested parties should 

serve the Petitioner’s counsel as follows: 

Mark N. Lipp, Esq., Vinson & Elkins 

L.L.P., 1455 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 

Suite 600, Washington, DC 20004–1008. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Helen McLean, Media Bureau, (202) 

418–2738. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a 

synopsis of the Commission’s Notice of 

Proposed Rule Making, MB Docket No. 

05–310, adopted November 9, 2005, and 

released November 10, 2005. The full 

text of this Commission decision is 

available for inspection and copying 

during normal business hours in the 

FCC’s Reference Information Center at 

Portals II, CY–A257, 445 Twelfth Street, 

SW., Washington, DC. This document 

may also be purchased from the 

Commission’s duplicating contractors, 

Best Copy and Printing, Inc., 445 12th 

Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 225 / Wednesday, November 23, 2005 / Proposed Rules 70779 

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). 

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, 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 and 336. 

§ 73.202 [Amended] 

2. Section 73.202(b), the Table of FM 

Allotments under Kansas, is amended 

by adding Valley Falls, Channel 245C2. 

3. Section 73.202(b), the Table of FM 

Allotments under Nebraska, is amended 

by removing Humboldt, Channel 244A, 

and by adding Pawnee City, Channel 

256A. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

John A. Karousos, 

Assistant Chief, Audio Division, Media 

Bureau. 

[FR Doc. 05–23186 Filed 11–22–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

50 CFR Part 17 

RIN 1018–AT31 

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife 

and Plants; 12-Month Petition Finding 

and Proposed Rule To Delist the 

Mexican Bobcat (Lynx rufus 

escuinapae) 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Proposed rule; notice of 

reopening of comment period. 

SUMMARY: We, the Fish and Wildlife 

Service (Service), give notice that we are 

reopening the comment period for the 

proposed rule to delist the Mexican 

bobcat (Lynx rufus escuinapae) under 

the Endangered Species Act of 1973 

(Act), as amended. The proposed rule 

was published and the public comment 

period initially opened on May 19, 2005 

and the comment period closed on 

August 17, 2005. We are now reopening 

the comment period so that we may 

obtain comments from additional peer 

reviewers and other interested persons. 

Comments previously submitted do not 

need to be resubmitted because they 

will be incorporated into the public 

record as part of this comment period 

and will be fully considered in the final 

determination. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted 

directly to the Service (see ADDRESSES

section) on or before December 23, 2005. 

Any comments received after the 

closing date may not be considered in 

the final determination on the proposal. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments, 

information, and questions to the Chief, 

Division of Scientific Authority, U.S. 

Fish and Wildlife Service, 4401 N. 

Fairfax Drive, Room 750, Arlington, VA 

22203, USA; or by fax (703–358–2276); 

or by e-mail 

(scientificauthority@fws.gov). Comments 

and supporting information will be 

available for public inspection, by 

appointment, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 

the above address. To obtain a copy of 

the May 19, 2005 proposed rule, you 

can download or print it from http:// 

www.fws.gov/international/, or you can 

request a copy from the Division of 

Scientific Authority by writing to the 

above address or calling 703–358–1708. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Javier Alvarez at the above address; or 

by telephone (703–358–1708), fax (703–

358–2276), or e-mail 

(scientificauthority@fws.gov). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On July 8, 1996, the Service received 

a petition dated June 30, 1996, from the 

National Trappers Association, Inc., 

Bloomington, Illinois. The petition 

requested that we delist the Mexican 

bobcat under the Act. On July 2, 2003, 

we published in the Federal Register 

(68 FR 39590) a positive 90-day finding 

on the National Trappers Association 

petition, thereby initiating a public 

comment period and status review for 

the species. Based on the comments 

received and status review, on May 19, 

2005, we published in the Federal 

Register (70 FR 28895) a rule proposing 

to delist the Mexican bobcat under the 

Act. The public comment period on that 

proposed rule closed on August 17, 

2005. In our final rule, we will address 

the comments received during that 90- 

day comment period as well as the 

comments received during the 

reopening of the comment period 

initiated by this document. 

Public Comments Solicited 

The Service intends that any final 

action resulting from the proposed rule 

will be based on the most accurate and 

up-to-date information possible. 

Therefore, comments or suggestions 

from the public, other concerned 

governmental agencies, the scientific 

community, industry, or any other 

interested party concerning the 

proposed rule are hereby solicited. 

Comments particularly are sought 

concerning the taxonomic validity and 

population status of the Mexican bobcat, 

specifically the putative subspecies 

Lynx rufus escuinapae and not other 

subspecies or populations of bobcat in 

Mexico. We request that you do not 

resubmit comments sent to us during 

the previous comment period. 

Comments previously submitted will be 

incorporated into the public record as 

part of this comment period and will be 

fully considered in the final 

determination. Final action on the 

proposed rule will take into 

consideration the comments and any 

additional information received by the 

Service, and such communications may 

lead to a final action that differs from 

the proposed rule. 

Our practice is to make comments, 

including names and home addresses of 

respondents, available for public review 

during regular business hours. 

Commenters may request that we 

withhold their home addresses, and we 

will honor these requests to the extent 

allowable by law. In some 

circumstances, we may also withhold a 

commenter’s identity, as allowable by 

law. If you wish us to withhold your