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Broadcasting Company, Inc. requesting

the allotment of TV channel 56 to

Marshfield, Missouri, as the community

first local commercial television service.

Channel 56 can be allotted to Marshfield

consistent with Section 73.623(d) of the

Commission’s Rules with a minus offset

at coordinates 37–11–40 N. and 92–56–

04 W. We will not accept competing

expressions of interest in the use of

television channel 56- at Marshfield or

counterproposals in the same or nearby

communities. See Public Notice

released on November 22, 1999, DA 99–

2605.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or

before April 16, 2001, and reply

comments on or before May 1, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications

Commission, 445 12th Street, SW.,

Room TW–A325, Washington, DC

20554. In addition to filing comments

with the FCC, interested parties should

serve the petitioner, or its counsel or

consultant, as follows: Bruce A. Eisen,

Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays &

Handler, LLP, 901 15th Street, NW.,

Washington, DC 20005–2327 (Counsel

for Pelican Broadcasting Company,

Inc.).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pam

Blumenthal, Mass Media Bureau, (202)

418–1600.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a

synopsis of the Commission’s Notice of

Proposed Rule Making, MM Docket No.

01–52, adopted February 20, 2001, and

released February 21, 2001. The full text

of this Commission decision is available

for inspection and copying during

normal business hours in the FCC

Reference Center 445 12th Street, SW.,

Washington, DC. The complete text of

this decision may also be purchased

from the Commission’s copy contractor,

International Transcription Services,

Inc., (202) 857–3800, 1231 20th Street,

NW., Washington, DC 20036.

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

Television broadcasting.

For the reasons discussed in the

preamble, the Federal Communications

Commission proposes to amend 47 CFR

part 73 as follows:

PART 73—TELEVISION BROADCAST

SERVICES

1. The authority citation for part 73

continues to read as follows:

Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154, 303, 334, and

336.

§ 73.606 [Amended]

2. § 73.606(b), the Table of Television

Allotments under Missouri is amended

by adding Marshfield, Channel 56-.

Federal Communications Commission.

Barbara A. Kreisman,

Chief, Video Services Division, Mass Media

Bureau.

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BILLING CODE 6712–01–U

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

50 CFR Part 17

RIN 1018–AG34

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife

and Plants; Reopening of Comment

Period and Notice of Availability of

Draft Economic Analysis for Proposed

Critical Habitat Determination for the

Riverside Fairy Shrimp

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,

Interior.

ACTION: Proposed rule; reopening of

comment period and notice of

availability of draft economic analysis.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service (Service) announces the

availability of the draft economic

analysis for the proposed designation of

critical habitat for the Riverside fairy

shrimp (Streptocephalus woottoni). We

also provide notice of the reopening of

the comment period for the proposal to

designate critical habitat for the

Riverside fairy shrimp to allow all

interested parties to submit written

comments on the proposal and on the

draft economic analysis. Comments

previously submitted need not be

resubmitted as they will be incorporated

into the public record as a part of this

reopened comment period and will be

fully considered in the final rule.

DATES: The original comment period on

the critical habitat proposal closed on

November 6, 2000. The comment period

is reopened and we will accept

comments until March 30, 2001.

Comments must be received by the

closing date. Any comments that are

received after the closing date may not

be considered in the final decision on

this proposal.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the draft

economic analysis are available on the

Internet at http://carlsbad.fws.gov or by

writing to the Field Supervisor, U.S.

Fish and Wildlife Service, Carlsbad Fish

and Wildlife Office, 2730 Loker Avenue

West, Carlsbad, California 92008.

Written comments should be sent to the

Field Supervisor. You may also send

comments by electronic mail (e-mail) to

fws1rvfs@fws.gov. Please submit

comments in ASCII file format and

avoid the use of special characters and

encryption. Please include ‘‘Attn:

Riverside fairy shrimp’’ and your name

and return address in your e-mail

message. If you do not receive a

confirmation from the system that we

have received your e-mail message,

contact us directly by calling our

Carlsbad Fish and Wildlife Office at

phone number 760–431–9440.

Comments and materials received will

be available for public inspection, by

appointment, during normal business

hours at the above Service address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Douglas Krofta, Fish and Wildlife

Biologist, Carlsbad Fish and Wildlife

Office, at the above address (telephone

760–431–9440; facsimile 760–431–

9624).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

The Riverside fairy shrimp is a small

aquatic crustacean that occurs in vernal

pools, ephemeral ponds, and humanmodified depressions. Basins, ponds,

and depressions that support Riverside

fairy shrimp are located on coastal

terraces and plateaus ranging from

coastal southern California to

northwestern Baja California, Mexico.

Typically, this species is found in

vernal pools that are deeper and cooler

than those basins which support the

related species, the endangered San

Diego fairy shrimp (Branchinecta

sandiegonensis).

Basins that support Riverside fairy

shrimp are typically dry a portion of the

year, but usually are filled by late fall,

winter, or spring rains, and may persist

into April or May. Critical to the

formation of vernal pool basins is the

presence of nearly impermeable surface

or subsurface soil layers and flat or

gently sloping topography. Historically,

vernal pool soils and habitats covered

extensive areas on the coastal plains and

mesas of Los Angeles, Orange,

Riverside, San Diego, and Ventura

Counties. Significant losses of vernal

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pools supporting the Riverside fairy

shrimp have occurred throughout these

areas due to urban and water

development, flood control, highway

and utility projects, as well as the

conversion of wildlands to agricultural

and other human uses.

The species was Federally listed as

endangered throughout its range on

August 3, 1993 (58 FR 41384), and its

continued survival is reduced by habitat

loss and degradation. On September 21,

2000, the Fish and Wildlife Service

published a rule proposing critical

habitat for the Riverside fairy shrimp in

the Federal Register (65 FR 57136). We

proposed designation of approximately

4,880 hectares (12,060 acres) as critical

habitat for the Riverside fairy shrimp

pursuant to the Endangered Species Act

of 1973, as amended (Act). Proposed

critical habitat is in Los Angeles,

Orange, Riverside, San Diego, and

Ventura Counties, California, as

described in the proposed rule.

Section 4(b)(2) of the Act requires that

the Secretary shall designate or revise

critical habitat based upon the best

scientific and commercial data available

and after taking into consideration the

economic impact of specifying any

particular area as critical habitat. Based

upon the previously published proposal

to designate critical habitat for the

Riverside fairy shrimp and comments

received during previous comment

period, we have prepared a draft

economic analysis of the proposed

critical habitat designation, which is

available at the above Internet and

mailing address.

Public Comment Solicited

We have reopened the comment

period at this time in order to accept the

best and most current scientific and

commercial data available regarding the

proposed critical habitat and the draft

economic analysis. Previously

submitted written comments on this

critical habitat proposal need not be

resubmitted. The current comment

period on this proposal closes on March

30, 2001. Written comments may be

submitted to the Service office in the

ADDRESSES section.

Author

The primary author of this notice is

Douglas Krofta (see ADDRESSES section).

Authority

The authority for this action is the

Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16

U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).

Dated: February 20, 2001.

David Patte,

Acting Manager, California/Nevada

Operations.

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BILLING CODE 4310–55–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

50 CFR Part 648

[I.D. 022001A]

New England Fishery Management

Council; Public Meeting

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Public meeting.

SUMMARY: The New England Fishery

Management Council (Council) will

hold a 2-day Council meeting, on March

14 and 15, 2001, to consider actions

affecting New England fisheries in the

exclusive economic zone (EEZ).

DATES: The meeting will be held on

Wednesday and Thursday, March 14

and 15, at 9 a.m. and 8:30 a.m.,

respectively.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at

the Radisson Hotel New London, 35

Governor Winthrop Boulevard, New

London, CT, 06320; telephone (860)

443–7000. Requests for special

accommodations should be addressed to

the New England Fishery Management

Council, 50 Water Street, Mill 2,

Newburyport, MA 01950; telephone

(978) 465–0492.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul

J. Howard, Executive Director, New

England Fishery Management Council

(978) 465–0492.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Wednesday, March 14, 2001

After introductions, the meeting will

begin with a report from the Council’s

Groundfish Committee on alternatives

for draft Amendment 13 to the

Northeast Multispecies Fishery

Management Plan (FMP). Prior to that

discussion, the Council will receive two

reports. The first will summarize fishing

industry comments on the social

impacts of groundfish management

measures since 1994. The second will

present information on changes in

groundfish vessel gross revenues since

1994. A discussion of the biological

objectives for the amendment is also

scheduled. The alternatives discussion

will be based on the broad concepts of

refinements to the status quo measures,

area-based management and sector

allocation by gear type.