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122 5 U.S.C. 603(c)(1) through (c)(4). 

RespOrgs provide, Somos, the trade 

association that monitors RespOrg 

activities, compiled data showing that 

as of July 1, 2016, there were 23 

RespOrgs operational in Canada and 436 

RespOrgs operational in the United 

States, for a total of 459 RespOrgs 

currently registered with Somos. 

B. Description of Projected Reporting, 

Recordkeeping and Other Compliance 

Requirements 

34. This FNPRM does not propose any 

changes to the Commission’s current 

information collection, reporting, 

recordkeeping, or compliance 

requirements. 

C. Steps Taken To Minimize Significant 

Economic Impact on Small Entities, and 

Significant Alternatives Considered 

35. The RFA requires an agency to 

describe any significant alternatives that 

it has considered in reaching its 

approach, which may include the 

following four alternatives, among 

others: (1) The establishment of 

differing compliance or reporting 

requirements or timetables that take into 

account the resources available to small 

entities; (2) the clarification, 

consolidation, or simplification of 

compliance or reporting requirements 

under the rule for small entities; (3) the 

use of performance, rather than design, 

standards; and (4) an exemption from 

coverage of the rule, or any part thereof, 

for small entities.122

36. The FNPRM seeks comment 

regarding: (1) Adopting a new fivetiered flat rate methodology for 

assessing regulatory fees for terrestrial 

and satellite international bearer circuits 

(IBCs), revising the current five-tiered 

methodology for submarine cable 

systems, and adopting a new fee 

category for all holders of section 214 

international authority and (2) revising 

the calculation for cable television 

‘‘Bulk Rate Customers.’’ The proposals 

to adopt a flat five-tier methodology for 

terrestrial and satellite IBCs might 

provide relief to smaller entities that 

would fall into the lowest tier. The 

proposal to revise the calculation for 

Bulk Rate Customers for cable 

television, in multiple dwelling units 

(MDUs), may affect small cable 

operators who provide service to MDUs. 

We are seeking comment on this issue 

so that we can improve the calculation 

of customers in MDUs. 

D. Federal Rules That May Duplicate, 

Overlap, or Conflict With the Proposed 

Rules 

37. None. 

IV. Ordering Clause 

38. Accordingly, it is ordered that, 

pursuant to section 9 of the 

Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended, 47 U.S.C. 159, this Further 

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking is 

hereby adopted. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Katura Jackson, 

Federal Register Liaison Officer, Office of the 

Secretary. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

50 CFR Part 17 

[Docket No. FWS–R8–ES–2016–0127; 

FXES11130900000 167 FF09E42000] 

RIN 1018–BB39 

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife 

and Plants; Removing Trichostema 

austromontanum ssp. compactum 

(Hidden Lake Bluecurls) From the 

Federal List of Endangered and 

Threatened Plants 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Proposed rule; reopening of the 

comment period. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service (Service), announce 

that we are reopening the comment 

period for the proposed rule to remove 

the plant Trichostema austromontanum 

ssp. compactum (Hidden Lake 

bluecurls) from the Federal List of 

Endangered and Threatened Plants on 

the basis of recovery. We are reopening 

the comment period for this proposed 

rule for 30 days in order to publish a 

legal notice and to give all interested 

parties further opportunity to comment 

on the proposed rule. Comments 

previously submitted need not be 

resubmitted, as they will be fully 

considered in preparing the final 

delisting determination. 

DATES: The comment period on the 

proposed rule that published January 5, 

2017 (82 FR 1297), is reopened. We will 

accept comments received or 

postmarked on or before December 1, 

2017. 

ADDRESSES: Comment submission: You 

may submit comments by one of the 

following methods: 

(1) Electronically: Go to the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal: http://

www.regulations.gov. In the Search box, 

enter FWS–R8–ES–2016–0127, which is 

the docket number for this rulemaking. 

Then click on the Search button. On the 

resulting page, in the Search panel on 

the left side of the screen, under the 

Document Type heading, click on the 

Proposed Rules link to locate this 

document. You may submit a comment 

by clicking on ‘‘Comment Now!’’. 

(2) By hard copy: Submit by U.S. mail 

or hand-deliver to: Public Comments 

Processing, Attn: Docket No. FWS–R8– 

ES–2016–0127, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, MS: BPHC; 5275 Leesburg Pike, 

Falls Church, VA 22041–3803. We 

request that you send comments only by 

the methods described above. We will 

post all comments on http://

www.regulations.gov. This generally 

means that we will post any personal 

information you provide us. 

Document availability: A copy of the 

draft post-delisting monitoring plan 

referenced throughout the proposed rule 

can be viewed at http://ecos.fws.gov/ 

ecp0/profile/speciesProfile?sId=1285, at 

http://www.regulations.gov under 

Docket No. FWS–R8–ES–2016–0127, or 

at the Carlsbad Fish and Wildlife 

Office’s Web site at http://www.fws.gov/ 

Carlsbad/. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: G. 

Mendel Stewart, Field Supervisor, 

Carlsbad Fish and Wildlife Office, 2177 

Salk Avenue, Suite 250, Carlsbad, CA 

92008; telephone 760–431–9440; 

facsimile (fax) 760–431–5901. If you use 

a telecommunications device for the 

deaf (TDD), call the Federal Relay 

Service at 800–877–8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

January 5, 2017, we published a 

proposed rule to remove the plant 

Trichostema austromontanum ssp. 

compactum (Hidden Lake bluecurls) 

from the Federal List of Endangered and 

Threatened Plants on the basis of 

recovery (82 FR 1297). We sought 

information, data, and comments from 

the public regarding the proposal for 60 

days, ending March 6, 2017. We are 

reopening the comment period on the 

proposed rule for an additional 30 days 

(see DATES). We will accept written 

comments and information during this 

reopened comment period. Please refer 

to the proposed rule for more 

information on our proposed action and 

the specific information we seek. 

You may submit your comments and 

materials by one of the methods listed 

in ADDRESSES. Before including your 

address, phone number, email address, 

or other personal identifying 

information in your comment, you 

should be aware that your entire 

comment—including your personal 

identifying information—may be made 

publicly available at any time. All 


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comments and recommendations, 

including names and addresses, will 

become part of the administrative 

record. 

If you submit information via http:// 

www.regulations.gov, your entire 

comment—including any personal 

identifying information—will be posted 

on the Web site. While you can ask us 

in your comment to withhold your 

personal identifying information from 

public review, we cannot guarantee that 

we will be able to do so. 

If you mail or hand-deliver a 

hardcopy comment that includes 

personal identifying information, you 

may request at the top of your document 

that we withhold this information from 

public review, but we cannot guarantee 

that we will be able to do so. To ensure 

that the electronic docket for this 

rulemaking is complete and all 

comments we receive are publicly 

available, we will post all hardcopy 

submissions on http://

www.regulations.gov. 

Authors 

The primary author of this document 

is the Carlsbad Fish and Wildlife Office 

in Carlsbad, California, in coordination 

with the Pacific Southwest Regional 

Office in Sacramento, California. 

Authority 

The Endangered Species Act of 1973, 

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

the authority for this action. 

Dated: September 15, 2017. 

James W. Kurth, 

Acting Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service. 

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