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modified information collection

requirements on the public. The rule

revisions we adopt on our own motion

are included in the approval we

obtained from the Office of Management

and Budget (‘‘OMB’’). See OMB Notice

of Action (OMB No. 3060–0980) (June 7,

2001). No further OMB approval is

required.

IV. Ordering Clauses

60. It is ordered, pursuant to section

405(a) of the Communications Act of

1934, 47 U.S.C. 405(a), and section

1.429 of the Commission’s rules, 47 CFR

1.429, that DIRECTV’s Petition for

Reconsideration and the Association of

Local Television Stations’ Petition for

Reconsideration are denied.

61. It is further ordered, pursuant to

sections 4(i), 4(j), and 303 of the

Communications Act of 1934, as

amended, 47 U.S.C. 154(i), 154(j), and

303, that the amendments to rule 47

CFR 76.66 discussed in this Order on

Reconsideration and set forth in

Appendix A, and the clarifications of

that rule discussed in this Order on

Reconsideration, are adopted, and shall

become effective October 26, 2001.

List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 76

Cable television, Multichannel video

and cable television service.

Federal Communications Commission.

Magalie Roman Salas,

Secretary.

Rule Changes

For the reasons discussed in the

preamble, the Federal Communications

Commission amends 47 CFR part 76 as

follows:

PART 76—MULTICHANNEL VIDEO

AND CABLE TELEVISION SERVICE

1. The authority citation for part 76

continues to read as follows:

Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151, 152, 153, 154,

301, 302, 303, 303a, 307, 308, 309, 312, 315,

317, 325, 338, 339, 503, 521, 522, 531, 532,

533, 534, 535, 536, 537, 543, 544, 544a, 545,

548, 549, 552, 554, 556, 558, 560, 561, 571,

572, 573.

2. Section 76.66 is amended by

revising paragraph 3(d)(1)(i), (d)(2)(ii),

(iii), (iv), (d)(3)(ii), (iv), and (d)(4) to

read as follows:

§ 76.66 Satellite broadcast signal carriage.

* * * * *

(d) Carriage procedures. (1) Carriage

requests. (i) An election for mandatory

carriage made by a television broadcast

station shall be treated as a request for

carriage. For purposes of this paragraph

concerning carriage procedures, the

term election request includes an

election of retransmission consent or

mandatory carriage.

(ii) An election request made by a

television station must be in writing and

sent to the satellite carrier’s principal

place of business, by certified mail,

return receipt requested.

* * * * *

(2) * * *

(i) * * *

(ii) A local television station shall

make its election request, in writing,

sent to the satellite carrier’s principal

place of business by certified mail,

return receipt requested, no more than

30 days after the station’s receipt of the

satellite carrier’s notice of intent to

provide local-into-local service in a new

television market. This written

notification shall include the

information required by paragraph

(d)(1)(iii) of this section.

(iii) A satellite carrier shall commence

carriage of a local station by the later of

90 days from receipt of an election of

mandatory carriage or upon

commencing local-into-local service in

the new television market.

(iv) Within 30 days of receiving a

local television station’s election of

mandatory carriage in a new television

market, a satellite carrier shall notify in

writing: Those local television stations

it will not carry, along with the reasons

for such decision, and those local

television stations it intends to carry.

(3) * * *

(i) * * *

(ii) A new television station shall

make its election request, in writing,

sent to the satellite carrier’s principal

place of business by certified mail,

return receipt requested, between 60

days prior to commencing broadcasting

and 30 days after commencing

broadcasting. This written notification

shall include the information required

by paragraph (d)(1)(iii) of this section.

* * * * *

(iv) Within 30 days of receiving a new

television station’s election of

mandatory carriage, a satellite carrier

shall notify the station in writing that it

will not carry the station, along with the

reasons for such decision, or that it

intends to carry the station.

(4) Television broadcast stations must

send election requests as provided in

paragraphs (d)(1), (2), and (3) of this

section on or before the relevant

deadline.

* * * * *

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BILLING CODE 6712–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

50 CFR Part 640

Spiny Lobster Fishery of the Gulf of

Mexico and South Atlantic

CFR Correction

In title 50 of the Code of Federal

Regulations, part 600 to end, revised as

of October 1, 2000, part 640 is corrected

by adding Figure 1 as follows:

PART 640—SPINY LOBSTER FISHERY

OF THE GULF OF MEXICO AND

SOUTH ATLANTIC

* * * * *

Figures—Part 640

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BILLING CODE 1505–01–D

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

50 CFR Part 648

[Docket No. 010319075–1217–02; I.D.

011101A]

RIN 0648–AF87

Fisheries of the Northeastern United

States; Fishery Management Plan for

Tilefish

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: NMFS announces the

approval of the Fishery Management

Plan for Tilefish (FMP) and issues a

final rule to implement that FMP. The

final rule is designed to eliminate

overfishing, as defined in that FMP, and

to rebuild the tilefish stock in the

northwest Atlantic Ocean by

implementing: A stock rebuilding

strategy; a limited entry program; a

tiered commercial quota; permit and

reporting requirements for commercial

vessels, operators, and dealers; a

prohibition on the use of gear other than

longline gear by limited-access tilefish

vessels; and an annual specification and

framework adjustment process.

DATES: This final rule is effective

November 1, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the FMP, its

Regulatory Impact Review (RIR)/Initial

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis (IRFA),

and the Final Environmental Impact

Statement (FEIS) are available from

Daniel T. Furlong, Executive Director,

Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management

Council, Room 2115, Federal Building,

300 South New Street, Dover, DE

19904–6790.

Comments regarding the collection-ofinformation requirements contained in

this final rule should be sent to Patricia

A. Kurkul, Regional Administrator,

NMFS, Northeast Regional Office, One

Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930,

and to the Office of Information and

Regulatory Affairs, Office of

Management and Budget, Washington,

DC 20503 (Attn: NOAA Desk Officer).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Bonnie Van Pelt, Fishery Management

Specialist, voice 978–281–9244; fax

978–281–9135; e-mail

Bonnie.L.Vanpelt@noaa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

A Notice of Availability (NOA) of the

FMP was published in the Federal

Register on February 12, 2001 (66 FR

9814), with a comment period ending

April 13, 2001. A proposed rule to

implement the FMP was published in

the Federal Register on April 3, 2001

(66 FR 17673), with a comment period

ending May 18, 2001. The FMP was

approved by NMFS on behalf of the

Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) on

May 10, 2001.

This final rule is designed to

eliminate overfishing as defined in the

FMP and to rebuild the tilefish stock in

the Northwest Atlantic Ocean by

implementing: (1) A stock rebuilding

strategy; (2) a limited entry program; (3)

tiered commercial quota allocations or

total allowable landings (TAL) for

limited access and open access permit

categories; (4) a prohibition on the use

of gear other than longline gear for

limited access tilefish vessels; (5) permit

and reporting requirements for

commercial vessels, operators, and

dealers; and (6) an annual specification

and framework adjustment process.

These items form the basis for

management of the stock. Discussions

and details pertaining to these items and

the justification for the development of

the FMP are found in the preamble to

the proposed rule and the NOA and are

not repeated here.

The annual quota setting process

implemented by this final rule differs

from that set forth in the FMP in order

to incorporate the provisions of the

Council’s omnibus framework,

Framework 1 (covering most of the

Council’s FMPs), which allow the

Council to set aside up to 3 percent of

a species’ TAL to be used to compensate

for research. Framework 1 established

the ability to modify quotas through the

annual specification process. The

background of the framework and the

quota modification process are

discussed in the preamble to the final

rule implementing Framework 1,

published August 10, 2001 (66 FR

42156), for other Mid-Atlantic fisheries.

This final rule differs from the

proposed rule by providing for an up to

3-percent research set-aside for tilefish

and by revising the vessel reporting

requirements for the tilefish Interactive

Voice Response System (IVR) by

requiring that vessel owners/operators

report on a trip-by-trip basis, rather than

on a weekly basis. Since the average

tilefish trip is 10 days, this change from

weekly to per trip reporting better

reflects fishing practices. Paperwork

Reduction Act (PRA) burden estimates

for individual vessel reporting through

the IVR over the entire fishing year

decrease due to this change.

Comments and Responses

NMFS received 306 written comments

on the FMP and the proposed rule. Five

commenters favored the approval of the

FMP and the implementing measures.

The remaining commenters were

opposed to one or more portions of the

FMP and/or its implementing