Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 28 / Friday, February 9, 2001 / Notices 9705

List of Subjects

Environmental protection, Chemicals,

Premanufacturer notices.

Dated: February 2, 2001.

Deborah A. Williams,

Acting Director, Information Management

Division, Office of Pollution Prevention and

Toxics.

[FR Doc. 01–3382 Filed 2–8–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–S

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION

[CC Docket No. 96–45; DA 01–278]

Common Carrier Bureau Seeks

Comment on Western Wireless’s

Petition for Designation as an Eligible

Telecommunications Carrier for the

Pine Ridge Reservation in South

Dakota

AGENCY: Federal Communications

Commission.

ACTION: Notice; solicitation of

comments.

SUMMARY: In a Public Notice in this

proceeding released on February 2,

2001, the Common Carrier Bureau

sought comment on Western Wireless’

petition seeking designation as an

eligible telecommunications carrier to

receive federal universal service support

for a service area comprised of the Pine

Ridge Reservation in South Dakota.

DATES: Comments are due on or before

March 12, 2001. Reply comments are

due on or before March 26, 2001.

ADDRESSES: See Supplementary

Information section for where and how

to file comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Richard D. Smith or Anita Cheng,

Common Carrier Bureau, Accounting

Policy Division, (202) 418–7400 TTY:

(202) 418–0484.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On

January 19, 2001, Western Wireless

Corporation (Western Wireless) filed

with the Commission a petition under

section 214(e)(6) seeking designation as

an eligible telecommunications carrier

(ETC) to receive federal universal

service support for the provision of

service on the Pine Ridge Reservation in

South Dakota. Specifically, Western

Wireless contends that: (1)

Telecommunications service offered on

the Pine Ridge Reservation is not subject

to the jurisdiction of the South Dakota

Public Utilities Commission (South

Dakota Commission), (2) Western

Wireless meets all the statutory and

regulatory requirements to be an ETC,

and (3) designating Western Wireless as

an ETC for the Reservation will advance

the public interest. The Common Carrier

Bureau seeks comment on Western

Wireless’ petition.

In the Twelfth Report and Order, 65

FR 47941, August 4, 2000, the

Commission concluded that a carrier

seeking a designation of eligibility to

receive federal universal service support

for telecommunications service

provided on tribal lands may petition

the Commission for designation under

section 214(e)(6), without first seeking

designation from the appropriate state

commission. The petitioner must

provide copies of its petition to the

appropriate state commission at the

time of filing with the Commission.

Pursuant to the guidelines established

in the Twelfth Report and Order, the

Commission will publish a copy of this

Public Notice, or a summary thereof, in

the Federal Register. The Commission

will also send the Public Notice

announcing the comment and reply

comment dates to the South Dakota

Commission by overnight express mail

to ensure that the state commission is

notified of the notice and comment

period. To ensure that all interested

parties are aware of the comment dates,

the Bureau will issue a Public Notice

following Federal Register publication

specifying the exact comment and reply

comment dates.

Pursuant to §§ 1.415 and 1.419 of the

Commission’s rules, interested parties

may file comments as follows:

Comments are due March 12, 2001 and

reply comments are due March 26,

2001. Comments may be filed using the

Commission’s Electronic Comment

Filing System (ECFS) or by filing paper

copies. See Electronic Filing of

Documents in Rulemaking Proceedings,

63 FR 24121, May 1, 1998. Comments

filed through the ECFS can be sent as an

electronic file via the Internet to <http:/

/www.fcc.gov/e-file/ecfs.html>.

Generally, only one copy of an

electronic submission must be filed. In

completing the transmittal screen,

commenters should include their full

name, Postal Service mailing address,

and the applicable docket or rulemaking

number. Parties may also submit

electronic comments by Internet e-mail.

To receive filing instructions for e-mail

comments, commenters should send an

e-mail to ecfs@fcc.gov, and should

include the following words in the body

of the message, ‘‘get form <your e-mail

address>.’’ A sample form and

directions will be sent in reply. Parties

who choose to file by paper must file an

original and four copies of each filing.

All filings must be sent to the

Commission’s Secretary, Magalie Roman

Salas, Office of the Secretary, Federal

Communications Commission, 445 12th

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554.

Parties also must send three paper

copies of their filing to Sheryl Todd,

Accounting Policy Division, Common

Carrier Bureau, Federal

Communications Commission, 445

Twelfth Street SW., Room 5–B540,

Washington, DC 20554. In addition,

commenters must send diskette copies

to the Commission’s copy contractor,

International Transcription Service,

Inc., 1231 20th Street, NW.,

Washington, DC 20037.

Pursuant to § 1.1206 of the

Commission’s rules, this proceeding

will be conducted as a permit-butdisclose proceeding in which ex parte

communications are permitted subject

to disclosure.

Dated: February 5, 2001.

Katherine L. Schroder,

Division Chief, Accounting Policy Division.

[FR Doc. 01–3325 Filed 2–8–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6712–01–U

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Formations of, Acquisitions by, and

Mergers of Bank Holding Companies

The companies listed in this notice

have applied to the Board for approval,

pursuant to the Bank Holding Company

Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 1841 et seq.)

(BHC Act), Regulation Y (12 CFR Part

225), and all other applicable statutes

and regulations to become a bank

holding company and/or to acquire the

assets or the ownership of, control of, or

the power to vote shares of a bank or

bank holding company and all of the

banks and nonbanking companies

owned by the bank holding company,

including the companies listed below.

The applications listed below, as well

as other related filings required by the

Board, are available for immediate

inspection at the Federal Reserve Bank

indicated. The application also will be

available for inspection at the offices of

the Board of Governors. Interested

persons may express their views in

writing on the standards enumerated in

the BHC Act (12 U.S.C. 1842(c)). If the

proposal also involves the acquisition of

a nonbanking company, the review also

includes whether the acquisition of the

nonbanking company complies with the

standards in section 4 of the BHC Act

(12 U.S.C. 1843). Unless otherwise

noted, nonbanking activities will be

conducted throughout the United States.

Additional information on all bank

holding companies may be obtained