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Authority: 49 U.S.C. 322, 30111, 30115,

30117, and 30166; delegation of authority at

49 CFR 1.50.

2. § 571.121 would be amended by

revising S5.2.3.3, which would read as

follows:

§ 571.121 Standard No. 121; Air Brake

Systems.

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S5.2.3.3 Antilock Malfunction

Indicator. (a) In addition to the

requirements of S5.2.3.2, each trailer

and trailer converter dolly

manufactured on or after March 1, 1998,

and before March 1, 2006, shall be

equipped with an external indicator

lamp that meets the requirements of

paragraphs (b)(1)–(5) and (c).

(b)(1) The lamp shall be designed to

conform to the Society of Automotive

Engineers (SAE) Recommended Practice

J592 JUN92, Clearance, Side Marker,

and Identification Lamps.

(i) Except as provided in

S5.2.3.3(b)(1)(ii), each trailer that is not

a trailer converter dolly shall be

equipped with an indicator lamp

mounted on a permanent structure on

the left side of the trailer as viewed from

the rear, as close to the front as

practicable and at a height as close as

practicable to 96 inches above the road

surface, when measured from the center

of the lamp on the trailer at curb weight.

(ii) If it is impracticable to mount the

indicator lamp on the left side of the

trailer at a height of 60 inches or more

above the road surface, the lamp shall

be mounted on a permanent structure

on the front of the trailer as far leftward

as practicable, at a height as close as

practicable to 96 inches above the road

surface, when measured from the center

of the lamp on the trailer at curb weight.

(2) The lamp required in

S5.2.3.3(b)(1)(i) and S5.2.3.3(b)(1)(ii)

shall be mounted to provide light

toward the front and rotated so that its

top becomes its side, as specified in

SAE J592 JUN92.

(3) The lamp for a converter dolly

shall be mounted on a permanent

structure of the dolly so that the lamp

is at a height above the road surface of

not less than 15 inches when measured

from the center of the lamp on the dolly

at curb weight. The lamp shall be

located such that visual access to it,

when viewed by a person standing erect

and not more than 10 feet from the

dolly, is not obscured by other

structures on the dolly.

(4) The color of the lamp shall be

yellow.

(c) The lamp shall be illuminated

whenever power is supplied to the

antilock brake system and there is a

malfunction that affects the generation

or transmission of response or control

signals in the trailer’s antilock brake

system. The lamp shall remain

illuminated as long as such a

malfunction exists and power is

supplied to the antilock brake system.

Each message about the existence of

such a malfunction shall be stored in

the antilock brake system whenever

power is no longer supplied to the

system. The lamp shall be automatically

reactivated when power is again

supplied to the trailer’s antilock brake

system. The lamp shall also be activated

as a check of lamp function whenever

power is first supplied to the antilock

brake system and the vehicle is

stationary. The lamp shall be

deactivated at the end of the check of

lamp function, unless there is a

malfunction or a message about a

malfunction that existed when power

was last supplied to the antilock brake

system.

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Issued on: December 8, 1995.

Barry Felrice,

Associate Administrator for Safety

Performance Standards.

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50 CFR Parts 649, 650, and 651

[I.D. 112995F]

New England Fishery Management

Council; Meeting

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Public meeting.

SUMMARY: The New England Fishery

Management Council (Council) will

hold a 2-day meeting to consider actions

affecting New England fisheries in the

exclusive economic zone.

DATES: The meeting will begin on

Wednesday, December 13, 1995, at 10

a.m. and on Thursday, December 14 at

8:30 a.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the King’s Grant Inn, Route 128 and

Trask Lane, Danvers, MA 01906–1097;

telephone: (617) 231–0422.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Douglas G. Marshall, Executive Director,

New England Fishery Management

Council, (617) 231–0422.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

December 13, 1995

The December 13, 1995, session will

include reports from the Council’s Gear

Conflict, Monkfish, and Dogfish

Committees. The gear conflict

discussion will focus on reviewing and

possibly approving a draft plan

amendment document for public

hearing purposes that contains a

framework adjustment procedure to

reduce gear conflicts. The intent is to

amend several fishery management

plans for this purpose. The Monkfish

Committee will update the Council on

possible monkfish total allowable

catches, limited access quotas, and

limited access qualification criteria

within the context of alternatives

already developed as part of a draft

fishery management plan. The Dogfish

Committee will provide background

information on the Mid-Atlantic Fishery

Management Council’s decision to

temporarily delay development of the

joint plan.

During the afternoon session of the

meeting, the Marine Mammal

Committee will report on its efforts to

develop time/area closures to reduce the

bycatch of harbor porpoise in the Gulf

of Maine sink gillnet fishery. The Sea

Scallop Committee will discuss the

development of Amendment 5 to the

Fishery Management Plan for the

Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery (Scallop

FMP), a program to allow vessels to

consolidate their days at sea. The

Council may also approve draft

Amendment 6 to the Scallop FMP for

public hearing purposes. The

amendment proposes to establish a

temporary experimental use area 10

miles south of Martha’s Vineyard for sea

scallop research, enhancement, and

aquaculture.

Abbreviated Rulemaking—Atlantic Sea

Scallops

At the recommendation of its Scallop

Committee, the Council will consider

initial action on Framework Adjustment

7 to the Scallop FMP under the

framework for abbreviated rulemaking

procedure contained in 50 CFR 650.40.

The Council proposes to extend the

current rule specifying a maximum crew

size of seven until a plan amendment

allows the consolidation of days at sea

now allocated to individual scallop

vessels, or until the Council changes the

crew size through other action.

December 14, 1995

The December 14, 1995, session will

begin with an update on the future

direction of lobster management. The

Northeast Multispecies (Groundfish)

Committee will follow with a report on
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actions to date to finalize proposed

Amendment 7 to the Fishery

Management Plan for the Northeast

Multispecies Fishery (Multispecies

FMP).

Abbreviated Rulemaking Action—

Northeast Multispecies

The Council will consider action on

Framework Adjustment 13 to the

Multispecies FMP under the framework

for abbreviated rulemaking procedure

contained in 50 CFR 651.40. The

Council proposes to require exempted

fishery status for vessels fishing outside

of their allocated groundfish or sea

scallop days at sea. The Council will

consider two additional actions under

the framework for abbreviated

rulemaking procedure: Initial action on

Framework Adjustment 14 to reduce the

bycatch of harbor porpoise in the Gulf

of Maine sink gillnet fishery through

time/area closures in the mid-coast and

southern New England regions during

the spring, and initial action on

Framework Adjustment 15 in which the

Council proposes to require that all

vessels take a 20-day block of time off

from harvesting groundfish during the

March through May spawning period.

The Council will consider public

comments at a minimum of two Council

meetings prior to making any final

recommendations to the Director,

Northeast Region, NMFS (Regional

Director), under the provisions for

abbreviated rulemaking cited above. If

the Regional Director concurs with the

measures proposed by the Council, he

will publish them as a final rule in the

Federal Register.

The Council will address any other

outstanding business at the conclusion

of the agenda items described above.

Special Accommodations

This meeting is physically accessible

to people with disabilities. Requests for

sign language interpretation or other

auxiliary aids should be directed to

Douglas G. Marshall (see ADDRESSES) at

least 5 days prior to the meeting date.

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

Dated: December 8, 1995

Richard W. Surdi,

Acting Director, Office of Fisheries

Conservation and Management, National

Marine Fisheries Service.

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