Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 43 / Monday, March 5, 2001 / Proposed Rules 13279

on any governmental entity or the

private sector.

List of Subjects in 30 CFR Part 938

Intergovernmental relations, Surface

mining, Underground mining.

Dated: February 21, 2001.

Allen D. Klein,

Regional Director, Appalachian Regional

Coordinating Center.

[FR Doc. 01–5226 Filed 3–2–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–05–P

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 51

[CC Docket No. 96–98; DA 01–501]

Common Carrier Bureau Grants Motion

for Limited Extension of Time for Filing

Comments and Reply Comments on

the Use of Unbundled Network

Elements To Provide Exchange Access

Service

AGENCY: Federal Communications

Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: The Commission issued a

public notice granting a limited

extension of time for filing comments

and reply comments on issues raised in

conjunction with the use of unbundled

network elements to provide exchange

access service.

DATES: Comments are due April 5, 2001

and reply comments are due April 30,

2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jodie Donovan-May or Tom Navin,

Attorney Advisors, Policy and Program

Planning Division, Common Carrier

Bureau, (202) 418–1580.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a

summary of the Commission’s Public

Notice regarding CC Docket No. 96–98,

released on February 23, 2001. The

complete text of this document is

available for inspection and copying

during normal business hours in the

FCC Reference Information Center,

Courtyard Level, 445 12th Street, SW.,

Washington, DC, and also may be

purchased from the Commission’s copy

contractor, International Transcription

Services (ITS, Inc.), CY–B400, 445 12th

Street, SW., Washington, DC. It is also

available on the Commission’s website

at http://www.fcc.gov.

Synopsis of Public Notice

1. On January 24, 2001, the

Commission released a Public Notice in

CC Docket No. 96–98 inviting comment

on issues raised in conjunction with the

use of unbundled network elements to

provide exchange access service. Based

on publication of the Public Notice in

the Federal Register (66 FR 8555)

parties were required to file comments

on March 5, 2001 and reply comments

on March 19, 2001. On February 22,

2001, BellSouth, SBC, Qwest and

Verizon (Movants) filed a motion to

extend the dates for filing comments to

April 5, 2001 and reply comments to

April 30, 2001 in order to submit joint

factual data and economic analysis

addressing alternatives to incumbent

facilities and the degree to which

carriers are using those alternatives.

They also state that an extension is

necessary to account for substantial

market developments over the last year,

and that an extension will speed

resolution of this proceeding by

avoiding piecemeal submissions of data

and arguments.

2. Although requests for extension of

time are not routinely granted, in this

instance, the Commission finds that the

Movants have shown good cause for an

extension of time in this proceeding.

This matter shall continue to be treated

as a ‘‘permit-but disclose’’ proceeding in

accordance with the Commission’s ex

parte rules. All other requirements

discussed in the January 24, 2001 Public

Notice remain in effect.

Federal Communications Commission.

Michelle Carey,

Chief, Policy and Program Planning Division,

Common Carrier Bureau.

[FR Doc. 01–5227 Filed 3–2–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6712–01–U

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

50 CFR Parts 600 and 648

[Docket No. 010220043–1043–01; I.D.

120400D]

RIN 0648–AN65

Foreign Fishing and Fisheries of the

Northeastern United States; Proposed

2001 Specifications for the Atlantic

Herring Fishery and Foreign Fishing

Restrictions

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Proposed 2001 specifications for

the Atlantic herring fishery; request for

comments.

SUMMARY: NMFS proposes specifications

for the 2001 Atlantic herring fishery.

The intent of the specifications is to

conserve and manage the herring

resource and provide for sustainable

fisheries, and to comply with the

provisions in the Fishery Management

Plan for Atlantic Herring (FMP), which

require annual specifications for the

fishery.

DATES: Comments must be received no

later than 5 p.m., Eastern Standard

Time, on April 4, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Copies of supporting

documents, including the

Environmental Assessment, Regulatory

Impact Review, Initial Regulatory

Flexibility Analysis (EA/RIR/IRFA), and

the Essential Fish Habitat Assessment

are available from Patricia A. Kurkul,

Regional Administrator, Northeast

Region, National Marine Fisheries

Service, One Blackburn Drive,

Gloucester, MA 01930–2298. The EA/

RIR/IRFA is accessible via the Internet

at http:/www.nero.gov/ro/doc/nr.htm.

Written comments on the proposed

specifications should be sent to the

Regional Administrator at the above

address. Mark on the outside of the

envelope: ‘‘Comments-2001 Herring

Specifications.’’ Send comments on any

ambiguity or unnecessary complexity

arising from the language used in these

proposed specifications to the Regional

Administrator. Comments may also be

sent via facsimile (fax) to (978) 281–

9371. Comments will not be accepted if

submitted via e-mail or the Internet.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Myles Raizin, Fishery Policy Analyst,

(978) 281–9104, e-mail at

M.A.Raizin@noaa.gov, fax at (978) 281–

9135.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Regulations implementing the FMP

appear at 50 CFR part 648, subpart K.

Regulations governing foreign fishing

appear at 50 CFR part 600, subpart F.

The FMP requires the New England

Fishery Management Council’s

(Council) Atlantic Herring Plan

Development Team (PDT) to meet at

least annually, no later than July each

year, with the Atlantic States Marine

Fisheries Commission’s (Commission)

Atlantic Herring Plan Review Team

(PRT) to develop and recommend the

following specifications for

consideration by the Council’s Atlantic

Herring Oversight Committee:

Allowable biological catch (ABC),

optimum yield (OY), domestic annual

harvest (DAH), domestic annual

processing (DAP), total foreign

processing (JVPt), joint venture

processing (JVP), internal waters

processing (IWP), U.S. at-sea processing

(USAP), border transfer (BT), total

allowable level of foreign fishing