10534 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 38 / Monday, February 27, 1995 / Proposed Rules

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a

synopsis of the Commission’s Notice of

Proposed Rule Making, MM Docket No.

95–25, adopted February 9, 1995, and

released February 21, 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, D.C. The

complete text of this decision may also

be purchased from the Commission’s

copy contractor, International

Transcription Services, Inc., (202) 857–

3800, 2100 M Street, NW, Suite 140,

Washington, D.C. 20037.

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 broadcasting.

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION.

John A Karousos,

Chief, Allocations Branch, Policy and Rules

Division, Mass Media Bureau.

[FR Doc. 95–4696 Filed 2–24–95; 8:45 am]

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47 CFR Part 73

[MM Docket No. 95–24, RM–8583]

Radio Broadcasting Services;

Clarendon, Texas

AGENCY: Federal Communications

Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: The Commission requests

comments on a petition filed by ROHO

Broadcasting proposing the allotment of

Channel 257C2 to Clarendon, Texas, as

the community’s first local aural

transmission service. Channel 257C2

can be allotted to Clarendon in

compliance with the Commission’s

minimum distance separation

requirements without the imposition of

a site restriction. The coordinates for

Channel 257C2 at Clarendon are 34–56–

16 and 100–53–16.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or

before April 14, 1995, and reply

comments on or before May 1, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications

Commission, Washington, D.C. 20554.

In addition to filing comments with the

FCC, interested parties should serve the

petitioner, or its counsel or consultant,

as follows: Keith Hodo, ROHO

Broadcasting, P.O. Box 1090, Clarendon,

Texas 79226 (Petitioner).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pam

Blumenthal, Mass Media Bureau, (202)

418–2180.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a

synopsis of the Commission’s Notice of

Proposed Rule Making, MM Docket No.

95–24, adopted February 9, 1995, and

released February 21, 1995. The full text

of this Commission decision is available

for inspection and copying during

normal business hours in the FCC’s

Reference Center (Room 239), 1919 M

Street, NW, Washington, D.C. The

complete text of this decision may also

be purchased from the Commission’s

copy contractor, ITS, Inc., (202) 857–

3800, 2100 M Street, NW, Suite 140,

Washington, D.C. 20037.

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 broadcasting.

Federal Communications Commission.

John A. Karousos,

Chief, Allocations Branch, Policy and Rules

Division, Mass Media Bureau.

[FR Doc. 95–4692 Filed 2–24–95; 8:45 am]

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47 CFR Part 73

[MM Docket No. 95–30, RM–8578]

Radio Broadcasting Services;

Madisonville, Texas

AGENCY: Federal Communications

Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: The Commission requests

comments on a petition filed by Leon

Hunt, d/b/a Hunt Broadcasting,

proposing the allotment of Channel

272A to Madisonville, Texas, as the

community’s second local commercial

FM service. Channel 272A can be

allotted to Madisonville in compliance

with the Commission’s minimum

distance separation requirements with a

site restriction of 7.0 kilometers (4.3

miles) northwest to avoid a shortspacing conflict with the licensed site of

Station KMJQ(FM), Channel 271C,

Houston, Texas. The coordinates for

Channel 272A are 31–00–25 and 95–56–

30.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or

before April 14, 1995, and reply

comments on or before May 1, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications

Commission, Washington, D.C. 20554.

In addition to filing comments with the

FCC, interested parties should serve the

petitioner, or its counsel or consultant,

as follows: Christopher D. Imlay, Esq.,

Booth, Freret and Imlay, 1233–20th

Street, NW, Suite 204, Washington, D.C.

20554 (Counsel for petitioner).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pam

Blumenthal, Mass Media Bureau, (202)

418–2180.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a

synopsis of the Commission’s Notice of

Proposed Rule Making, MM Docket No.

95–30, adopted February 9, 1995, and

released February 21, 1995. The full text

of this Commission decision is available

for inspection and copying during

normal business hours in the FCC’s

Reference Center (Room 239), 1919 M

Street, NW, Washington, D.C. The

complete text of this decision may also

be purchased from the Commission’s

copy contractor, ITS, Inc., (202) 857–

3800, 2100 M Street, NW, Suite 140,

Washington, D.C. 20037.

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 broadcasting.

Federal Communications Commission.

John A. Karousos,

Chief, Allocations Branch, Policy and Rules

Division, Mass Media Bureau.

[FR Doc. 95–4695 Filed 2–24–95; 8:45 am]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

48 CFR Parts 1516 and 1552

[FRL–5161–1]

Acquisition Regulation

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency.

ACTION: Extension of comments on

proposed rule.

SUMMARY: This document extends the

due date for comments by 30 days for

the proposed revision to the EPA

Acquisition Regulation (EPAAR)

coverage on cost-plus-award fee (CPAF)

contracts (60 FR 5888, January 31,

1995).

DATES: Written comments on this

proposed rule must be received on or

before April 3, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Environmental Protection Agency,

Office of Acquisition Management

(3802F), 401 M Street SW, Washington,

DC 20460, Attn: Louise Senzel (202)

260–6204.

Dated: February 13, 1995.

Betty L. Bailey,

Director, Office of Acquisition Management.

[FR Doc. 95–4593 Filed 2–24–95; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

50 CFR Part 17

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife

and Plants; 12-Month Finding for a

Petition to List the Dakota Skipper as

Endangered or Threatened

AGENCY: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of 12-month petition

finding.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service (Service) announces a 12-month

finding for a petition to list the Dakota

skipper (Hesperia dacotae Skinner)

under the Endangered Species Act of

1973, as amended. The Service finds

that the petition does not present

substantial scientific or commercial

information indicating that the listing

may be warranted at this time.

DATES: The finding announced in this

document was made on February 16,

1995.

ADDRESSES: Comments, or questions

concerning this petition should be

submitted to the Chief, Division of

Endangered Species, U.S. Fish and

Wildlife Service, Bishop Henry Whipple

Federal Building, 1 Federal Drive, Fort

Snelling, Minnesota 55111–4056. The

petition finding, supporting data, and

comments are available for public

inspection, by appointment, during

normal business hours at the above

address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.

Carlita Shumate, Invertebrate Species

Coordinator, Division of Endangered

Species, at the above address (612/725–

3276).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

Section 4(b)(3)(B) of the Endangered

Species Act (Act) of 1973, as amended

(16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), requires that,

for any petition to revise the List of

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife

and Plants that presents substantial

scientific and commercial information,

the Service make a finding within 12

months of the date of the receipt of the

petition on whether the petitioned

action is (a) not warranted, (b)

warranted, or (c) warranted but

precluded from immediate proposal by

other pending proposals of higher

priority. Section 4(b)(3)(C) requires that

petitions for which the requested action

is found to be warranted but precluded

should be treated as though resubmitted

on the date of such finding, i.e.,

requiring a subsequent finding to be

made within 12 months. Such 12-month

findings are to be published promptly in

the Federal Register.

On January 21, 1994, The Service

received a petition dated January 15,

1994, from Brendan McManus of the

Biodiversity Legal Foundation, to list

the Dakota skipper (Hesperia dacotae)

as endangered or threatened and

designate critical habitat. The Service

made a 90-day finding that the petition

presented substantial information

indicating that the requested action may

be warranted. The 90-day finding was

announced in the Federal Register on

July 28, 1994 (59 FR 38424). A status

review of the species was continued.

The Dakota skipper was designated a

category 2 candidate species in the May

22, 1984, Notice of Review (49 FR

21664) and has remained in category 2

to date (January 6, 1989, 54 FR 572;

November 21, 1991, 56 FR 58830; and

November 15, 1994, 59 FR 59020). A

category 2 candidate is a species for

which information in the Service’s

possession indicates that listing is

possibly appropriate, but for which

insufficient information on biological

vulnerability and threats is not currently

available to support a proposal for

listing under the Act.

The Service has reviewed the petition,

literature cited in the petition,

information presented by various parties

in response to the 90-day finding, other

available literature and information, and

has consulted with biologists and

researchers familiar with the Dakota

skipper. On the basis of the best

scientific and commercial information

available, the Service finds listing is not

warranted at this time. The review

concludes that there is not persuasive

evidence that elevation of the species to

category 1 is appropriate and, therefore,

the species will be retained in category

2.

The Dakota skipper is a small to

medium-sized butterfly found in midand tall grass prairie. Information on

current status can be summarized as

follows. Dakota skippers are reported in

Iowa, Minnesota, North and South

Dakota, and Manitoba, Canada. The

species was formerly found in Illinois.

The species is currently known in 12

counties (19 population sites) in

Minnesota, 17 counties (32 population

sites) in North Dakota, and seven

counties (18 population sites) in South

Dakota, and in one county (one

population site) in Iowa (Royer and

Marrone 1992; Ronald Royer, Minot,

North Dakota, State University, in litt.

1994; Robert Dana, Minnesota

Department of Natural Resources, in litt.

1994). Unknown Dakota skipper

populations may exist; nine of the

fifteen respondents to the 90-day notice

indicated that additional areas need to

be surveyed, including areas of North

Dakota, Minnesota, and Iowa.

The Dakota skipper faces loss and

degradation of its prairie habitat due to

certain harmful burning, haying, grazing

and pesticide use practices. Invasion of

prairie by alien plants, natural

succession, and habitat loss through

physical conversion of prairie to other

purposes are also negative factors. The

Dakota skipper (and its habitat) are in

long-term decline, but the demise of the

species does not appear imminent. The

Service believes additional information

is required concerning the species and

its threats before making the

determination that the species is

endangered or threatened within the

definition of the Act. Timely protection

and appropriate prairie management

might eliminate the need to list the

species.

Further details regarding the

biological status of the species are

contained in the administrative finding.

Interested persons may obtain a copy of

the finding by contacting the office

indicated in the ADDRESSES section of

this notice.