8342 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 30 / Tuesday, February 14, 1995 / Proposed Rules

1 Further Notice of Proposed Rule Making,

Amendment of Part 90 of the Commission’s Rules

to Facilitate Future Development of SMR Systems

in the 800 MHz Frequency Band and

Implementation of Section 309(j) of the

Communications Act—Competitive Bidding, 800

MHz SMR, PR Docket No. 93–144 and PP Docket

No. 93–253, FCC 94–271, adopted October 20, 1994,

released November 4, 1994, 59 FR 60111, published

November 22, 1994 (Further Notice).

proceeding.1 AMTA’s and SMR WON’s

motions, both filed on January 11, 1995,

request that the Commission extend the

deadline for filing reply comments

(currently January 20, 1995) by 60 days.

PCIA’s motion, also filed on January 11,

1995, requests that the deadline be

extended by 30 days. To date, no

opposition to these requests has been

filed.

2. AMTA seeks an extension in order

to ‘‘facilitate continued industry efforts

to resolve certain of the matters on

which no consensus has yet been

achieved.’’ In its motion, SMR WON

notes that additional time is necessary

to ‘‘work out a consensus acceptable to

all major interested parties, even though

SMR WON and other trade associations

held weekly meetings and conference

calls throughout November and

December.’’ In addition, PCIA observes

that ‘‘the number of Comments, the

controversial issues discussed, and the

complexity of the proceeding dictate

that careful consideration be given to

the Comments filed by all parties.’’ As

a result, AMTA, SMR WON and PCIA

agree that an extension of time would

allow interested and affected parties to

submit well-reasoned options and

comments on the complex issues

addressed in this proceeding.

3. Based on the number of comments

received and the variety of views

expressed in this proceeding, it appears

that an extension of the reply comment

period is warranted. We agree with both

AMTA and SMR WON that the public

interest would be served by granting an

extension so that members of the SMR

industry can further evaluate, discuss,

and attempt to reach consensus

regarding the proposals presented and

issues addressed both in the Further

Notice and the initial comments

submitted in this proceeding. Both

parties indicate that discussions among

industry members have been ongoing

and that the members are continuing

their efforts towards developing

consensus positions. We believe that

additional time is needed to allow this

process to continue. We also agree with

PCIA that additional time is needed to

enable industry members to review the

extensive comment record filed in this

proceeding (over 80 comments have

been filed) and to submit thorough and

well-reasoned reply comments. We

nevertheless remain concerned about

avoiding a substantial delay in the

resolution of issues presented in this

proceeding. Thus, we believe that a 40-

day extension of the reply comment

period is appropriate. We emphasize

that in granting this extension, we

expect SMR industry representatives to

use the additional time productively by

continuing their efforts to find solutions

to the issues presented in this

proceeding that will be broadly

supported by industry members.

4. Accordingly, it is hereby ordered

that the Motions of Extension of Time

filed by the American Mobile

Telecommunications Association, the

Personal Communications Industry

Association, and SMR WON are hereby

GRANTED to the extent stated herein.

5. It is further ordered, pursuant to

§ 1.46 of the Commission’s Rules, 47

CFR 1.46, that the deadline for filing

reply comments in this proceeding is

extended from January 20, 1995 to

March 1, 1995.

Federal Communications Commission.

Rosalind K. Allen,

Acting Chief, Commercial Radio Division,

Wireless Telecommunications Bureau.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

50 CFR Part 17

RIN 1018–AC99

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife

and Plants; Extension of Comment

Period on Proposed Endangered

Status for Four Plants and Threatened

Status for Six Plants From the

Foothills of the Sierra Nevada

Mountains of California

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,

Interior.

ACTION: Proposed rule; notice of

extension of comment period.

SUMMARY: The Fish and Wildlife Service

(Service) provides notice that the

comment period on the proposed

determination of endangered status for

four plants and threatened status for six

plants from the foothills of the Sierra

Nevada Mountains of California is

extended. The species proposed for

endangered status are Brodiaea pallida,

Calyptridium pulchellum, Lupinus

citrinus var. deflexus, and Mimulus

shevockii, while the species proposed

for threatened status are Allium

tuolumnense, Carpenteria californica,

Clarkia springvillensis, Fritillaria

striata, Navarretia setiloba, and Verbena

californica.

DATES: The comment period, which

originally closed on December 5, 1994,

and was reopened and extended to

February 13, 1995, now closes on June

4, 1995. Any comments received by the

closing date will be considered in the

final decision on this proposal.

ADDRESSES: Comments and materials

should be submitted to the U.S. Fish

and Wildlife Service, Sacramento Field

Office, 2800 Cottage Way, E–1803,

Sacramento, California 95825–1846.

Comments and materials received will

be available for public inspection during

normal business hours, by appointment,

at the above address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ken

Fuller (see ADDRESSES section) or at 916/

979–2120.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

Allium tuolumnense (Rawhide Hill

onion), Brodiaea pallida (Chinese Camp

brodiaea), Calyptridium pulchellum

(Mariposa pussypaws), Carpenteria

californica (carpenteria), Clarkia

springvillensis (Springville clarkia),

Fritillaria striata (Greenhorn adobe lily),

Lupinus citrinus var. deflexus (Mariposa

lupine), Mimulus shevockii (Kelso Creek

monkeyflower), Navarretia setiloba

(Piute Mountains navarretia), and

Verbena californica (Red Hills vervain)

are plant species found in the foothills

of the Sierra Nevada Mountains of

California. These ten plants are

restricted to various substrate-specific

habitats in Fresno, Kern, Madera,

Mariposa, Tulare, and Tuolumne

Counties. These plants face ongoing

threats from one or more of the

following: urbanization, inadequate

regulatory mechanisms, random

stochastic events, off-highway vehicle

use, logging, overgrazing, illegal

dumping, alteration of natural fire

regimes, maintenance of roads and

rights-of-ways, insect predation,

agricultural land conversion, mining,

proposed highway projects, and

competition from brush species and

nonnative grass species.

On October 4, 1994, the Service

published a proposed rule to list

Brodiaea pallida, Calyptridium

pulchellum, Lupinus citrinus var.

deflexus, and Mimulus shevockii as

endangered, and list Allium

tuolumnense, Carpenteria californica,

Clarkia springvillensis, Fritillaria

striata, Navarretia setiloba, and Verbena

californica as threatened (59 FR 50540).

The comment period on this proposal

originally closed on December 5, 1994.
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On December 29, 1994, the Service

reopened and extended the public

comment period until February 13,

1995, to accommodate a public hearing

held on January 31, 1995, in Bakersfield,

California (59 FR 67268). In response to

a letter dated January 25, 1995, from

Congressmen Richard Pombo and

William M. Thomas of California

requesting an extension in the public

comment period until June and several

other similar requests made in writing

or given in testimony at the public

hearing, the Service extends the

comment period to allow for the

collection of additional data during

1995 field season on the status and

distribution of the proposed plants.

Written comments may now be

submitted until June 4, 1995, to the

Service in the ADDRESSES section.

Author

The primary author of this notice is

Jim A. Bartel, U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service, Ecological Services, 911 N.E.

11th Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97232–

4181.

Authority

The authority for this action is the

Endangered Species Act of 1973, as

amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.)

Dated: February 8, 1995.

Mollie H. Beattie,

Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

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