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that are important to the Department of

Defense, through the use of competitive,

multi-year grants to support the conduct

of research and development relevant to

requirements of the Department of

Defense, at institutions that have

received less than $2.0 million from the

Department of Defense over the 2

previous FYs (section 802 of Pub. L.

103–160).

(b) All URISP funds shall be obligated

using a merit-based selection process.

The university peer reviewers shall be

from the faculty and staff of institutions

that are members of NASULGC and

ASSCU (section 802 of Pub. L. 103–

160).

(c) Institutions eligible to participate

in URISP will be determined using DoD

obligation data for the two previous

FYs.

§ 209.5 Responsibilities.

(a) The Director of Defense Research

and Engineering, under the Under

Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and

Technology, shall ensure that only

eligible institutions are allowed to

participate in URISP. The Director of

Defense Research and Engineering shall

oversee the approval of any selected

scientific topical areas to be included in

the URISP announcement, and the

allocation of funds among the research

offices. The URISP shall be reviewed

annually and modified as appropriate to

ensure that defense requirements are

being met.

(b) The Secretaries of the Military

Departments, and the Directors of the

Defense Agencies responsible for the

majority of the university basic research

grants, under OSD Principal Staff

Assistants, shall ensure that:

(1) All proposals chosen for URISP

funding shall have been selected

through a merit-based selection process

using university peer reviewers selected

only from the faculty and staff of

institutions that are members of the

NASULGC and AASCU (section 802 of

Pub. L. 103–160).

(2) Each project funded under URISP

is reviewed annually to determine if

defense requirements are being met.

Dated: February 24, 1995.

L.M. Bynum,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

[FR Doc. 95–5079 Filed 3–1–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 5000–04–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Saint Lawrence Seaway Development

Corporation

33 CFR Part 402

Tariff of Tolls

AGENCY: Saint Lawrence Seaway

Development Corporation, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of meetings.

SUMMARY: The Saint Lawrence Seaway

Development Corporation and the St.

Lawrence Seaway Authority of Canada

have jointly established and presently

administer the St. Lawrence Seaway

Tariff of Tolls. This Tariff sets forth the

level of tolls assessed on all

commodities and vessels transiting the

facilities operated by the Corporation

and the Authority. The Corporation and

the Authority currently are in

disagreement over the level and nature

of future tolls. The Corporation is

considering recommendations to be

made to the Authority that joint

rulemaking be undertaken to lower the

level of tolls or otherwise change the

Tariff. In order to determine whether

such a rulemaking is warranted, what

the substance should be, and what is the

scope of the issues involved, the

Corporation is holding five public

meetings to discuss the problems

encountered under the existing toll

structure and possible solutions. This

notice announces the dates, times, and

places of the meetings.

DATES: The meetings will be held on

March 7, 1995, in Duluth, Minnesota, on

March 14, 1995, in Milwaukee,

Wisconsin, on April 5, 1995, in Portage,

Indiana, on April 11, 1995, in Toledo,

Ohio, and on April 26, 1995, in

Ogdensburg, New York, each beginning

at 9:30 a.m. and concluding at 12 noon,

except the Duluth meeting which will

begin at 2 p.m. and conclude at 4:30

p.m., and the Milwaukee meeting which

will begin at 1 p.m. and conclude at

3:30 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held

in: the conference room of the Seaway

Port Authority of Duluth, 1200 Port

Terminal Drive, Duluth, Minnesota; the

conference room of the Port of

Milwaukee, 2323 South Lincoln

Memorial Drive, Milwaukee, Wisconsin;

in the conference room of Burns

International Harbor, 6600 U.S.

Highway 12, Portage, Indiana; the

conference room of the Port Authority

Office, 1 Maritime Plaza, Toledo, Ohio;

and the board room of the Ogdensburg

Bridge and Port Authority, Bridge Plaza,

Ogdensburg, New York.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Marc C. Owen, Chief Counsel, Saint

Lawrence Seaway Development

Corporation, P.O. Box 44090,

Washington, DC 20026–4090, (202) 366–

6823.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Discussions between the Corporation

and the Authority about the Seaway

Tariff of Tolls have resulted in

disagreement over future Tariff

amendments. It is necessary to take into

account prevailing market conditions

and not unduly restrict maritime

commerce or create additional barriers

to trade in the development of the

Tariff. Both parties wish to pursue

fairness among their primary goals and

strive for equal treatment for vessels and

cargoes using the Seaway, but disagree

on the current, fundamental economic

basis for new toll levels. In addition,

they believe that it is necessary to seek

simplicity in developing the Tariff as

complexity and ambiguity tend to

provide a disincentive to using the

Seaway. Lastly, both parties wish to

strive for stability so that those engaged

in commerce on the Seaway can make

long-term planning decisions with some

confidence of future conditions.

Based upon these mutual conclusions,

the Corporation is considering

recommending to the Authority that

joint rulemaking be undertaken to lower

the level of tolls or otherwise change the

Tariff. In order to determine whether

such a rulemaking is warranted, what

the substance should be, and what is the

scope of the issues involved, the

Corporation is holding five public

meetings to discuss the problems

encountered under the existing toll

structure and possible solutions. These

meetings will be open for discussion,

however, any person wishing to make a

formal presentation is requested to

notify the Corporation at least five

working days before the meetings and

provide the approximate time desired

for the presentation to Marc C. Owen,

Chief Counsel, Saint Lawrence Seaway

Development Corporation, P.O. Box

44090, Washington, DC 20026–4090

(202–366–6823). In addition, the

Corporation requests an original written

text of any formal presentation along

with five copies before, at, or within ten

working days after the time of the

meeting. Finally, if any person wishes to

present written comments, but not

participate in the meetings, they may

submit those comments to that same

address at any time before, at, or within

ten working days after the time of the

meetings.

The meetings are open to the public,

each beginning at 9:30 a.m. and
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concluding at 12 noon, except the

Duluth meeting which will begin at 2

p.m. and conclude at 4:30 p.m., and the

Milwaukee meeting which will begin at

1 p.m. and conclude at 3:30 p.m., and

will be at the following dates and

places: March 7, 1995, in the conference

room of the Seaway Port Authority of

Duluth, 1200 Port Terminal Drive,

Duluth, Minnesota; March 14, 1995, in

the conference room of the Port of

Milwaukee, 2323 South Lincoln

Memorial Drive, Milwaukee, Wisconsin;

April 5, 1995, in the conference room of

Burns International Harbor, 6600 U.S.

Highway 12, Portage, Indiana; April 11,

1995, in the conference room of the Port

Authority Office, 1 Maritime Plaza,

Toledo, Ohio; and April 26, 1995, in the

board room of the Ogdensburg Bridge

and Port Authority, Bridge Plaza,

Ogdensburg, New York.

Issued at Washington, D.C. on February 24,

1995.

Saint Lawrence Seaway Development

Corporation.

Marc C. Owen,

Chief Counsel.

[FR Doc. 95–5144 Filed 3–1–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–61–M

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 2

[ET Docket No. 95–18; FCC 95–39]

Allocation of Spectrum at 2 GHz for

Use by the Mobile-Satellite Service

AGENCY: Federal Communications

Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: By this Notice of Proposed

Rule Making, the Commission proposes

to allocate 70 megahertz of spectrum at

1990–2025 MHz and 2165–2200 MHz to

the Mobile-Satellite Service (MSS). This

proposal responds to petitions filed by

Celsat, Inc., TRW, and the Personal

Communications Satellite Corporation

for spectrum in the 2 GHz range to

operate satellites providing personal

communications services. This Notice of

Proposed Rule Making solicits comment

on the proposed allocation, including

the necessity and means of moving

incumbent Broadcast Auxiliary Service

and microwave licensees to another

band; on technical requirements for

MSS in the proposed bands; and on

awarding MSS licenses in the proposed

bands by competitive bidding.

COMMENT DATES: Comments are due

March 9, 1995. Reply comments are due

March 27, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Sean White, Office of Engineering and

Technology, (202) 776–1624.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a

summary of the Commission’s Notice of

Proposed Rule Making, adopted January

30, 1995, and released January 31, 1995.

The full text of this Commission

decision is available for inspection and

copying during regular business hours

in the FCC Reference Center (Room

239), 1919 M Street NW., Washington,

DC. The complete text of this decision

also may be purchased from the

Commission’s duplication contractor,

International Transcription Service,

Inc., (202) 857–3800, 2100 M Street

NW., Suite 140, Washington, DC 20037.

Summary of Notice of Proposed Rule

Making

1. In this Notice of Proposed Rule

Making, the Commission proposes to

allocate 70 megahertz of spectrum at

1990–2025 MHz and 2165–2200 MHz to

the Mobile-Satellite Service (MSS). The

1992 World Administrative Radio

Conference (WARC–92) allocated the

1970–1980 MHz (Earth-to-space) and

2160–2170 MHz (space-to-Earth) bands

in Region 2 and the 1980–2010 MHz

(Earth-to-space) and 2170–2200 MHz

(space-to-Earth) bands worldwide to

MSS. In the June 1994 Memorandum

Opinion and Order in GEN Docket No.

90–314, 59 FR 32830, June 24, 1994, we

allocated the 1850–1990 MHz band to

terrestrial broadband personal

communications services (PCS).

Because of this, it does not appear to be

practicable to make a domestic

allocation of 2 GHz spectrum for MSS

that is consistent with the international

allocation without jeopardizing the

availability of spectrum for PCS.

2. We believe that a need exists for

allocating a substantial amount of

spectrum for MSS. There is significant

consumer demand for convenient

mobile services such as telephone, highrate data and fax, and video. MSS can

provide such communications in remote

or rural areas not covered by

terrestrially based mobile services, and

can provide nationwide public safety

coverage. We also believe that use of 2

GHz frequencies can help minimize

transmission costs and ensure a

relatively low cost service that will be

within the economic reach of a large

segment of the population. Thus, the

proposed allocation of 70 MHz of

spectrum to MSS should give the

public, especially rural Americans,

access to new and competitive services

and technologies.

3. Any 2 GHz MSS allocation should

be as consistent as possible with the

WARC–92 worldwide MSS allocation,

to help ensure a truly universal service.

We therefore believe that incorporating

use of the 1990–2010 MHz and 2170–

2200 MHz bands allocated for MSS by

WARC–92 is desirable. At the same

time, we believe that 70 megahertz is

needed to accommodate all MSS

demand, and so propose to allocate

1990–2025 MHz and 2165–2200 MHz to

MSS.

4. This allocation would require that

the candidate bands be cleared of

Broadcast Auxiliary Service (BAS)

incumbents in the 1990–2025 MHz

band. In order to accommodate these

incumbents, we propose to add 35

megahertz at the upper end of the BAS

spectrum to offset the 35 megahertz we

are allocating to MSS, making the BAS

allocation 2025–2145 MHz. MSS

providers would have to bear the costs

of moving BAS licensees to their new

band. The proposed MSS allocation

would also require relocation of

microwave incumbents. We addressed

this issue in the First Report and Order

and Third Notice of Proposed Rule

Making in ET Docket No. 92–9, 58 FR

46457, September 2, 1993, and propose

to follow the same procedures, requiring

that MSS licensees bear the entire cost

of relocating BAS and microwave

incumbents in the 1990–2025 MHz and

2165–2200 MHz bands.

5. The Commission solicits public

comment on the proposed allocation,

the proposal to relocate BAS and

microwave incumbents, any other

sharing or technical matters pertinent to

the proposed allocation, and our

proposal to allocate licenses in the

proposed MSS spectrum by competitive

bidding.

List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 2

Frequency allocations and radio treaty

matters, Radio.

Federal Communications Commission.

William F. Caton,

Acting Secretary.

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BILLING CODE 6712–01–M

47 CFR Part 63

[IB Docket No. 95–22, FCC 95–53]

Foreign-Affiliated Entities: In the

Matter of Market Entry and Regulation

AGENCY: Federal Communications

Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: The Federal Communications

Commission is proposing to modify its

approach to determining the public

interest in cases where a foreign carrier