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Sate/location Community No. Effective date of eligibility Current effective

map date

Brookville, town of, Franklin County ........................ 180069 ......do .............................................................................. Do.

Cedar Grove, town of, Franklin County ................... 180304 ......do .............................................................................. Do.

Franklin County, unincorporated areas ................... 180068 ......do .............................................................................. Do.

Michigan: Montrose, township of, Genessee County ..... 260399 ......do .............................................................................. Do.

Ohio: Napoleon, city of, Henry County ........................... 390266 ......do .............................................................................. Do.

Wisconsin: Washburn, city of, Bayfield County .............. 550019 ......do .............................................................................. Do.

Region VIII

Utah: Davis County, unincorporated areas ..................... 490038 ......do .............................................................................. Do.

Regular Program Conversions

Region II

New York:

Schroon, town of, Essex County ............................. 361158 November 16, 1995 ........................................................

Suspension Withdrawn

11–16–95.

Wilmington, town of, Essex County ......................... 361161 ......do .............................................................................. Do.

Region III

Pennsylvania:

Allenport, borough of, Washington County .............. 420845 ......do .............................................................................. Do.

Belle Vernon, borough of, Fayette County .............. 420457 ......do .............................................................................. Do.

Brownsville, borough of, Fayette County ................. 420458 ......do .............................................................................. Do.

Brownsville, township of, Fayette County ................ 421621 ......do .............................................................................. Do.

Marion Center, borough of, Indiana County ............ 420503 ......do .............................................................................. Do.

Stroud, township of, Monroe County ....................... 420693 ......do .............................................................................. Do.

Region V

Illinois: Mill Creek, village of, Union County ................... 170659 ......do .............................................................................. Do.

Indiana: Carmel, city of, Hamilton County ...................... 180081 ......do .............................................................................. Do.

Ohio:

Laurelville, village of, Hocking County ..................... 390273 ......do .............................................................................. Do.

Meigs county, unincorporated areas ....................... 390387 ......do .............................................................................. Do.

Wisconsin: Clintonville, city of, Waupaca County ........... 550494 ......do .............................................................................. Do.

Region VI

Louisiana:

Grant County, unincorporated areas ....................... 220076 ......do .............................................................................. Do.

New Roads, town of, Pointe Coupee Parish ........... 220144 ......do .............................................................................. Do.

Pointe Coupee Parish, unincorporated areas ......... 220140 ......do .............................................................................. Do.

Oklahoma: Comanche, city of, Comanche County ........ 400008 ......do .............................................................................. Do.

Withdrawn

Oklahoma: Delaware Tribe of Western Oklahoma,

Caddo County.

40052 Oct. 18, 1985, Emerg; Jan. 18, 1988, Reg; Dec. 16,

1992, Susp; Feb. 18, 1993, Rein; Nov. 20, 1995,

With.

9–27–91.

1The City of Buellton has adopted by reference Santa Barbara County’s Flood Insurance Study (FIS) and Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM)

for floodplain management and insurance purposes dated 6–3–92. (Santa Barbara County’s CID number is 060331; panels number 554, 555,

556 and 558). 2The City of DeWitt has adopted by reference Clinton County’s FIRM dated 9–1–90, for floodplain management and insurance purposes.

(Panels 21 and 13). Clinton County’s CID number is 190859.

Code for reading third column: Emerg.—Emergency; Reg.—Regular; Rein.—Reinstatement; Susp.—Suspension; With.—Withdrawn.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No.

83.100, ‘‘Flood Insurance.’’)

Issued: December 15, 1995.

Robert H. Volland,

Acting Deputy Associate Director, Mitigation

Directorate.

[FR Doc. 95–30965 Filed 12–19–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6718–05–P

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[MM Docket No. 95–113; RM–8664, RM 8697]

Radio Broadcasting Services; Salem

and New Martinsville, WV

AGENCY: Federal Communications

Commission.

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: The Commission, at the

request of Salem-Teikyo University,

allots Channel 277A at Salem, West

Virginia, as the community’s second

local FM transmission service (RM–

8664). See 60 FR 39141, August 1, 1995.

We also, at the request of Seven Ranges

Radio Company, Inc., allot the

counterproposal for Channel 258A at

New Martinsville, West Virginia, as its

second local FM transmission service

(RM–8697). Channel 277A can be

allotted to Salem in compliance with

the Commission’s minimum distance

separation requirements without the

imposition of a site restriction. The

coordinates for Channel 277A at Salem

are North Latitude 39–17–00 and West

Longitude 80–34–00. Additionally,

Channel 258A can be allotted to New
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Martinsville in compliance with the

Commission’s minimum distance

separation requirements without the

imposition of a site restriction. The

coordinates for Channel 258A at New

Martinsville are North Latitude 39–38–

36 and West Longitude 80–51–36. See

Supplementary Information, infra.

DATES: Effective January 29, 1996. The

window period for filing applications

will open on January 29, 1996 and close

on February 29, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Sharon P. McDonald, Mass Media

Bureau, (202) 418–2180.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a

synopsis of the Commission’s Report

and Order, MM Docket No. 95–113,

adopted November 27, 1995, and

released December 15, 1995. The full

text of this Commission decision is

available for inspection and copying

during normal business hours in the

FCC Reference Center (Room 239), 1919

M Street, NW., Washington, DC. The

complete text of this decision may also

be purchased from the Commission’s

copy contractors, International

Transcription Service, Inc., (202) 857–

3800, 2100 M Street, NW., Suite 140,

Washington, DC 20037.

Since Salem and New Martinsville are

located within 320 kilometers (200

miles) of the U.S.-Canadian border,

concurrence of the Canadian

government has been obtained. With

this action, this proceeding is

terminated.

List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 73

Radio broadcasting.

Part 73 of title 47 of the Code of

Federal Regulations is amended as

follows:

PART 73—[AMENDED]

1. The authority citation for part 73

continues to read as follows:

Authority: Sections 303, 48 Stat., as

amended, 1082; 47 U.S.C. 154, as amended.

§ 73.202 [Amended]

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

Allotments under West Virginia, is

amended by adding Channel 277A at

Salem, and by adding Channel 258A at

New Martinsville.

Federal Communications Commission.

John A. Karousos,

Chief, Allocations Branch, Policy and Rules

Division, Mass Media Bureau.

[FR Doc. 95–30897 Filed 12–19–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6712–01–F

47 CFR Part 100

[IB Docket No. 95–168; PP Docket No. 93–

253; FCC 95–507]

Direct Broadcast Satellite Service

AGENCY: Federal Communications

Commission.

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: On December 14, 1995, the

Federal Communications Commission

adopted a Report and Order in which it

adopted a number of new rules and

policies for the Direct Broadcast

Satellite (‘‘DBS’’) service, including the

use of competitive bidding to resolve

mutually exclusive applications for DBS

resources. As part of its decision in

Advanced Communications

Corporation, FCC 95–428 (released

October 18, 1995), the Commission

reclaimed for the public 51 channels of

DBS spectrum at two orbital locations

(27 channels at 110° W.L. and 24

channels at 148° W.L.) that had

previously been assigned to Advanced

Communications Corporation (‘‘ACC’’).

The Commission adopts rules and

policies in the DBS service in order to

update the current ‘‘interim’’ rules and

to reassign, through a competitive

bidding process, channels at orbital

locations previously assigned to ACC.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 19, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Suzanne Hutchings or Bill Wiltshire,

International Bureau, (202) 418–0420; or

Diane Conley, Wireless

Telecommunications Bureau, (202) 418–

0660.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

summarizes the Commission’s Report

and Order in IB Docket No. 95–168; PP

Docket No. 93–253; FCC 95–507,

adopted on December 14, 1995, and

released on December 15, 1995. The

complete text of this Report and Order

(‘‘Order’’) is available for inspection and

copying during normal business hours

in the FCC Reference Center (Room

239), 1919 M Street NW., Washington,

D.C., and also may be purchased from

the Commission’s copy contractor,

International Transcription Service,

(202) 857–3800, 2100 M Street NW.,

Suite 140, Washington, D.C. 20037. This

Order contains new or modified

information collections subject to the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995

(‘‘PRA’’), Pub. L. 104–13, which were

proposed in the NPRM and submitted to

the Office of Management and Budget

(‘‘OMB’’) for approval. The Commission

received no comments on the proposed

information collections, and therefore

adopts them as originally proposed. The

effective date of the new and modified

rules being adopted falls after the

deadline for OMB action under the PRA.

Synopsis of the Report and Order

I. Introduction

1. Over six years ago, in Continental

Satellite Corporation, 4 FCC Rcd 6292

(1989), the Commission stated that

existing DBS permittees would have

first right to additional channel

assignments upon surrender or

cancellation of a DBS construction

permit. The Notice of Proposed

Rulemaking (‘‘NPRM’’) in this

proceeding, 60 FR 55822 (Nov. 3, 1995),

tentatively concluded that this

reassignment policy no longer serves the

public interest, and accordingly

proposed to use competitive bidding

when the Commission has received

mutually exclusive applications for

reassignment of such DBS resources.

Specifically, the NPRM proposed to

auction two large blocks of channels

that are currently available at two

orbital locations. In addition, the NPRM

proposed new service rules that would:

(1) impose performance criteria

intended to ensure that DBS resources

are utilized in a timely manner; (2)

guard against potential anticompetitive

conduct by DBS providers; and (3)

ensure timely DBS service to Alaska and

Hawaii. The NPRM also requested

comment on our existing policy

governing the extent to which DBS

resources may be put to alternative uses.

2. The Commission concludes that the

public interest is no longer served by

the pro rata methodology established in

Continental for reassigning reclaimed

DBS channels. Accordingly, the

Commission adopts new rules for

reassigning DBS resources. In the Order,

the Commission finds that it has the

statutory authority to auction DBS

construction permits if the Commission

receives mutually exclusive

applications, and that the objectives of

Section 309(j) of the Communications

Act, 47 U.S.C. 309(j), would be served

by doing so. Specifically, under the

Order the Commission will auction two

DBS construction permits: one for all 28

channels now available at the 110° W.L.

orbital location (27 channels from ACC

plus 1 channel that was never assigned),

and another for all 24 channels now

available at the 148° W.L. orbital

location. The NPRM proposed to

employ an oral outcry auction to award

construction permits for these channel

blocks. The Commission has instead

determined that these two permits

should be awarded through a sequential

multiple round electronic auction.

Other auction designs may be used for

future DBS auctions.