Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 28 / Friday, February 9, 2001 / Rules and Regulations 9673

PART 81—[AMENDED]

1. The authority citation for Part 81

continues to read as follows:

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.

2. In § 81.348, the table entitled

‘‘Washington—PM–10’’ is amended by

removing the entry for ‘‘Walla Walla

County, Wallula’’ and adding a new

entry in its place for ‘‘Walla Walla and

Benton Counties’’ to read as follows:

§ 81.348 Washington.

* * * * *

WASHINGTON—PM–10

Designated area

Designation Classification

Date Type Date Type

*******

Walla Walla and Benton Counties

Wallula:

The area bounded on the south by a line from UTM coordinate 5099975mN, 362500mE, west to

5099975mN, 342500mE, thence north along a line to

coordinate 5118600mN, 342500mE, thence east to

5118600mN, 362500mE, thence south to the beginning coordinate 5099975mN, 362500mE.

11/15/90 Nonattainment ............... 3/12/01 Serious.

[FR Doc. 01–2171 Filed 2–8–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of the Secretary

46 CFR Parts 10, 15, and 67

49 CFR Part 40

49 CFR 571

RIN 2105–AC49, 2127–AH07; 2115–AF23;

2115–AF88

Procedures for Transportation

Workplace Drug and Alcohol Testing

Programs; Metric Conversion of Tire

Standards; Licensing and Manning for

Officers of Towing Vessels;

Citizenship Standards for Vessel

Ownership and Financing: Notice

Concerning Review

AGENCIES: Office of the Secretary,

Transportation, National Highway

Traffic Safety Administration, and

United States Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Notice concerning review.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

memorandum of January 20, 2001, from

the Assistant to the President and Chief

of Staff, entitled ‘‘Regulatory Review

Plan,’’ published in the Federal Register

on January 24, 2001, the Department has

postponed for 60 days the effective

dates of a number of final rules that

were published before January 20, 2001,

but have not yet gone into effect. This

notice concerns the status of four

regulations for which the effective dates

were not postponed.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Robert C. Ashby, Deputy Assistant

General Counsel for Regulation and

Enforcement, Office of General Counsel,

Department of Transportation, 400 7th

Street, SW., Washington, DC, 20590.

Telephone 202–366–9310.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In

accordance with the memorandum of

January 20, 2001, from the Assistant to

the President and Chief of Staff, entitled

‘‘Regulatory Review Plan,’’ published in

the Federal Register on January 24,

2001, the Department has postponed for

60 days the effective dates of a number

of final rules that were published before

January 20, 2001, but have not yet gone

into effect. The four rules mentioned in

this notice were published before

January 20, 2000 and have not yet gone

into effect. However, for the reasons

stated below, we are not postponing

their effective dates.

The Department published its new

drug and alcohol testing regulation (49

CFR part 40) on December 19, 2000. A

portion of this rulemaking went into

effect on January 18, 2001, and it

consequently is not subject to the

withdrawal requirement of the Chief of

Staff’s memorandum. The remainder of

this rule goes into effect August 1, 2001.

The Department does not believe that it

is necessary, in order to comply with

the intent of the memorandum, to

extend the effective date of the rule to

a date 60 days after August 1. The time

between now and August 1 affords

ample opportunity for the Department

to review the rule before it becomes

effective. In addition, since the August

1 effective date was selected, in part, to

coincide with the date on which use of

a new Department of Health and Human

Services drug test collection form

becomes mandatory, postponing the

effective date could lead to confusion

and mistakes in the administration of

drug tests.

The National Highway Traffic Safety

Administration (NHTSA) rule on metric

conversion of tire standards was

published May 27, 1998. The rule

converts English measurements in

NHTSA rules concerning tire standards

to metric measurements. Voluntary

compliance was authorized upon

publication. The final rule becomes

effective May 27, 2003. Because of the

very long period of time before this rule

becomes effective, the Department does

not believe that it is necessary, in order

to comply with the intent of the

memorandum, to extend the effective

date of the rule to a date 60 days after

May 27, 2003. The time between now

and May 27, 2003, affords ample

opportunity for the Department to

review the rule before it becomes

effective.

The United States Coast Guard

(USCG) Interim Final Rule on licensing

and manning for officers of towing

vessels was published on November 19,

1999. The rule creates new licenses,

with levels of qualification and

enhanced training and operating

experience requirements for these

personnel. On October 27, 2000, the

effective date of the rule was delayed

until May 21, 2001, in order to allow

time to issue guidance for new licenses

and revised training criteria. Because of

the period of time before this rule

becomes effective, and the fact that the

effective date has already been

postponed beyond 60 days from today’s

date, the Department does not believe

that it is necessary, in order to comply

with the intent of the memorandum, to

extend the effective date of the rule to

a date 60 days after May 21, 2001.

The USCG rule on citizenship

standards for vessel ownership and

financing was issued on December 7,

2000, and becomes effective on October

9674 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 28 / Friday, February 9, 2001 / Rules and Regulations

1, 2001. Here again, there is a

substantial period of time before this

rule becomes effective, and the

Department does not believe that it is

necessary to extend the effective date of

the rule further, in order to comply with

the intent of the memorandum. The

time between now and October 1, 2001,

affords ample opportunity for the

Department to review the rule before it

becomes effective.

All of these rules will be subject to

review by the Department on the same

basis as the rules the effective dates of

which were postponed pursuant to the

Chief of Staff’s memorandum.

Issued this 2nd day of February at

Washington, DC.

Rosalind A. Knapp,

Acting General Counsel.

[FR Doc. 01–3399 Filed 2–8–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–01–M

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION

47 CFR Parts 52 and 64

[CC Docket No. 92–105; FCC 00–256]

The Use of N11 Codes and Other

Abbreviated Dialing Arrangements

AGENCY: Federal Communications

Commission.

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: In this document the Federal

Communications Commission (FCC or

Commission) granted petitions filed by

the U.S. Department of Transportation

(DOT), and by Information and Referral

providers seeking nationwide

assignment of abbreviated dialing codes.

The assigned dialing codes will be used

for access to traveler information

services and for access to community

information and referral services,

respectively.

DATE: Effective February 9, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications

Commission, Secretary, 445 12th Street,

SW, Room TW–B204F, Washington, DC

20554.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Cheryl Callahan at (202) 418–2320, fax

(202) 418–2345, TTY (202) 418–0484, or

ccallaha@fcc.gov. The address is:

Network Services Division, Common

Carrier Bureau, Federal

Communications Commission, The

Portals, 445 12th Street, SW., Suite 6–

A320, Washington, DC 20554.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a

summary of the Commission’s Third

Report and Order and Order on

Reconsideration in CC Docket No. 92–

105, FCC 00–256 (Third Report and

Order), in the matter of the use of N11

Codes and other abbreviated dialing

arrangements, adopted July 21, 2000,

and released July 31, 2000. The full text

of the item is available for inspection

and copying during the weekday hours

of 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the

Commission’s Reference Center, Room

CY–A257, 445 12th Street, SW.,

Washington, DC 20554, or copies may

be purchased from the Commission’s

duplicating contractor, ITS, Inc., 445

12th Street, SW, Suite CY–B400,

Washington, DC 20554, phone (202)

857–3800. This Order contains no new

or modified information collections

subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act

of 1995, Public Law 104–13.

Synopsis of the Report and Order

1. N11 codes are abbreviated dialing

arrangements that allow telephone users

to connect with a particular node in the

network by dialing only three digits.

There are only eight possible N11 codes,

making N11 codes among the scarcest of

numbering resources under our

jurisdiction. Of the eight N11 codes

available, the Commission has already

assigned two for nationwide use, and

has been directed by Congress to assign

another. In addition, three other N11

codes are widely used by carriers across

the country, but have not been assigned

by the Commission for such nationwide

use. Thus, at this time, the 211 and 511

codes are the only two N11 codes that

can be assigned and deployed

immediately.

2. The network must be preprogrammed to translate the three-digit

code into the appropriate seven or tendigit telephone number and route the

call accordingly. Among abbreviated

dialing arrangements, ‘‘N11’’ codes are

three-digit codes of which the first digit

can be any digit other than 1 or 0, and

the last two digits are both 1.

3. Prior to the 1996 Act, incumbent

local exchange carriers (LECs), state

commissions, Bellcore and the

Commission performed the functions

relating to numbering administration,

including administration of abbreviated

dialing codes. Section 251(e) of the

Communications Act of 1934, as

amended by the Telecommunications

Act of 1996 (1996 Act), gives the

Commission exclusive jurisdiction over

numbering administration, and over

those portions of the North American

Numbering Plan (NANP) that pertain to

the United States. This section also

provides that the Commission may

delegate all or part of its numbering

administration authority to state

commissions or other entities. In 1992,

the Commission adopted a Notice of

Proposed Rulemaking (N11 NPRM), 7

FCC Rcd 3004, proposing that

incumbent local exchange carriers be

required to provide abbreviated dialing

arrangements. Subsequent to the N11

NPRM, various parties asked the

Commission to designate N11 codes to

facilitate network access to

Telecommunications Relay Service

(TRS) for individuals with hearing or

speech disabilities, to federal

government services, to state

government services, and to nonemergency police services.

4. In 1997, the Commission released

the N11 First Report and Order and

FNPRM, 12 FCC Rcd 5572, in which it

authorized the incumbent LECs, states,

and Bellcore to continue to perform N11

code administrative functions that they

performed prior to the time of

enactment of the 1996 Act. In the N11

First Report and Order and FNPRM, the

Commission assigned 311 on a

nationwide basis for non-emergency

police services, but allowed existing

non-compliant uses of 311 to continue

until the local government in that area

was prepared to activate a nonemergency police 311 service. In

addition, at the discretion of local

jurisdictions, the Commission allowed

311 to be used to access other

government services, but declined to

assign a separate N11 for this purpose.

The Commission also granted the

request for an N11 code to reach

Telecommunications Relay Services

(TRS), assigning 711 nationwide for this

use. Finally, the Commission declined

to: (1) Mandate that N11 numbers be

made available for access to information

services; (2) mandate that an N11 code

be designated for access to federal

government agencies; or (3) disturb the

current uses of 911, 411, 611 and 811 for

access to emergency services, directory

assistance, and LEC repair and business

offices, respectively.

5. The Commission in the N11 First

Report and Order and FNRPM also

requested comment on a number of

issues. Specifically, the issues to be

addressed related to deployment of TRS,

the sale or transfer of N11 codes, and

administration of N11 codes.

Subsequently, several parties filed

requests for reconsideration and/or

clarification of certain matters discussed

in the N11 First Report and Order and

FNPRM. Specifically, the International

Association of Fire Chiefs and

International Municipal Signal

Association (IAFC Petitioners) opposed

any expanded use of N11 codes for nonemergency and commercial uses.

BellSouth sought reconsideration and/or

clarification regarding the status of nonconforming uses of N11 service codes,