Document ID: EPA-HQ-SFUND-2003-0002-0001
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Emergency Planning and Notification; Hazardous Chemical Reporting: Community Right-to-Know; Request for Comment on Change of Contractor Handling Trade Secret Claims
Posted Date: 2003-02-06T05:00Z

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Federal
Register
/
Vol.
68,
No.
25
/
Thursday,
February
6,
2003
/
Notices
public
docket.
If
EPA
cannot
read
your
comment
due
to
technical
difficulties
and
cannot
contact
you
for
clarification,
EPA
may
not
be
able
to
consider
your
comment.
i.
EPA
Dockets.
Your
use
of
EPA's
electronic
public
docket
to
submit
comments
to
EPA
electronically
is
EPA's
preferred
method
for
receiving
comments.
Go
directly
to
EPA
Dockets
at
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
edocket,
and
follow
the
online
instructions
for
submitting
comments.
Once
in
the
system,
select
``
search,''
and
then
key
in
docket
ID
number
OPP
 
2002
 
0018
The
system
is
an
``
anonymous
access''
system,
which
means
EPA
will
not
know
your
identity,
e­
mail
address,
or
other
contact
information
unless
you
provide
it
in
the
body
of
your
comment.
ii.
E­
mail.
Comments
may
be
sent
by
e­
mail
to
opp­
docket@
epa.
gov,
Attention:
Docket
ID
Number
OPP
 
2002
 
0018.
In
contrast
to
EPA's
electronic
public
docket,
EPA's
e­
mail
system
is
not
an
``
anonymous
access''
system.
If
you
send
an
e­
mail
comment
directly
to
the
docket
without
going
through
EPA's
electronic
public
docket,
EPA's
e­
mail
system
automatically
captures
your
e­
mail
address.
E­
mail
addresses
that
are
automatically
captured
by
EPA's
e­
mail
system
are
included
as
part
of
the
comment
that
is
placed
in
the
official
public
docket,
and
made
available
in
EPA's
electronic
public
docket.
iii.
Disk
or
CD
ROM.
You
may
submit
comments
on
a
disk
or
CD
ROM
that
you
mail
to
the
mailing
address
identified
in
Unit
I.
C.
2.
These
electronic
submissions
will
be
accepted
in
WordPerfect
or
ASCII
file
format.
Avoid
the
use
of
special
characters
and
any
form
of
encryption.
2.
By
mail.
Send
your
comments
to:
Public
Information
and
Records
Integrity
Branch
(
PIRIB),
Office
of
Pesticide
Programs
(
OPP),
Environmental
Protection
Agency
(
7502C),
1200
Pennsylvania
Ave.,
NW.,
Washington,
DC,
20460
 
0001,
Attention:
Docket
ID
Number
OPP
 
2002
 
0018.
3.
By
hand
delivery
or
courier.
Deliver
your
comments
to:
Public
Information
and
Records
Integrity
Branch
(
PIRIB),
Office
of
Pesticide
Programs
(
OPP),
Environmental
Protection
Agency,
Rm.
119,
Crystal
Mall
#
2,
1921
Jefferson
Davis
Hwy.,
Arlington,
VA.,
Attention:
Docket
ID
Number
OPP
 
2002
 
0018.
Such
deliveries
are
only
accepted
during
the
docket's
normal
hours
of
operation
as
identified
in
Unit
I.
B.
1.
D.
How
Should
I
Submit
CBI
To
the
Agency?

Do
not
submit
information
that
you
consider
to
be
CBI
electronically
through
EPA's
electronic
public
docket
or
by
e­
mail.
You
may
claim
information
that
you
submit
to
EPA
as
CBI
by
marking
any
part
or
all
of
that
information
as
CBI
(
if
you
submit
CBI
on
disk
or
CD
ROM,
mark
the
outside
of
the
disk
or
CD
ROM
as
CBI
and
then
identify
electronically
within
the
disk
or
CD
ROM
the
specific
information
that
is
CBI).
Information
so
marked
will
not
be
disclosed
except
in
accordance
with
procedures
set
forth
in
40
CFR
part
2.
In
addition
to
one
complete
version
of
the
comment
that
includes
any
information
claimed
as
CBI,
a
copy
of
the
comment
that
does
not
contain
the
information
claimed
as
CBI
must
be
submitted
for
inclusion
in
the
public
docket
and
EPA's
electronic
public
docket.
If
you
submit
the
copy
that
does
not
contain
CBI
on
disk
or
CD
ROM,
mark
the
outside
of
the
disk
or
CD
ROM
clearly
that
it
does
not
contain
CBI.
Information
not
marked
as
CBI
will
be
included
in
the
public
docket
and
EPA's
electronic
public
docket
without
prior
notice.
If
you
have
any
questions
about
CBI
or
the
procedures
for
claiming
CBI,
please
consult
the
person
listed
under
FOR
FURTHER
INFORMATION
CONTACT.

E.
What
Should
I
Consider
as
I
Prepare
My
Comments
for
EPA?

You
may
find
the
following
suggestions
helpful
for
preparing
your
comments:
1.
Explain
your
views
as
clearly
as
possible.
2.
Describe
any
assumptions
that
you
used.
3.
Provide
copies
of
any
technical
information
and/
or
data
you
used
that
support
your
views.
4.
If
you
estimate
potential
burden
or
costs,
explain
how
you
arrived
at
the
estimate
that
you
provide.
5.
Provide
specific
examples
to
illustrate
your
concerns.
6.
Offer
alternative
ways
to
improve
the
registration
activity.
7.
Make
sure
to
submit
your
comments
by
the
deadline
in
this
notice.
8.
To
ensure
proper
receipt
by
EPA,
be
sure
to
identify
the
docket
ID
number
assigned
to
this
action
in
the
subject
line
on
the
first
page
of
your
response.
You
may
also
provide
the
name,
date,
and
Federal
Register
citation.

II.
Registration
Applications
EPA
received
applications
as
follows
to
register
pesticide
products
containing
active
ingredients
not
included
in
any
previously
registered
products
pursuant
to
the
provision
of
section
3(
c)(
4)
of
FIFRA.
Notice
of
receipt
of
these
applications
does
not
imply
a
decision
by
the
Agency
on
the
applications.

Products
Containing
Active
Ingredients
not
Included
in
any
Previously
Registered
Products
File
Symbol:
68467
 
G.
Applicant:
Dow
AgroSciences,
9330
Zionsville
Road,
Indianapolis,
IN
46268
 
1054.
Product
Name:
Bacillus
Thuringiensis
Cry
1F(
Synpro)/
Cry
1Ac(
synpro
constuct
281/
3006
Insectical
Crystal
Protein
As
Expressed
in
Cotton.
Proposed
Classification/
Use:
Plant­
Incorporated
Protectant.

List
of
Subjects
Environmental
protection,
Pesticides
and
pest.

Dated:
January
26,
2003.
Janet
L.
Andersen,
Director,
Biopesticides
and
Pollution
Prevention
Division,
Office
of
Pesticide
Programs.
[
FR
Doc.
03
 
2935
Filed
2
 
5
 
03;
8:
45
am]

BILLING
CODE
6560
 
50
 
S
ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION
AGENCY
[
FRL
 
7449
 
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Emergency
Planning
and
Notification;
Hazardous
Chemical
Reporting:
Community
Right­
to­
Know;
Request
for
Comment
on
Change
of
Contractor
Handling
Trade
Secret
Claims
AGENCY:
Environmental
Protection
Agency
(
EPA).
ACTION:
Notice.

SUMMARY:
This
notice
announces
a
change
in
location
and
contractor
designated
to
manage
the
trade
secret
claims
submitted
for
reports
under
Emergency
Planning
and
Notification
and
Hazardous
Chemical
Reporting
for
Community
Right­
to­
Know
pursuant
to
40
CFR
part
350.
In
compliance
with
40
CFR
part
350
(``
Trade
Secrecy
Claims
for
Emergency
Planning
and
Community
Right­
to­
Know
Information'')
facilities
providing
emergency
planning
notification
and
relevant
information
to
the
State
Emergency
Response
Commission
and
Local
Emergency
Planning
Committee
under
section
303(
d)(
2)
and
(
d)(
3)
of
EPCRA;
facilities
submitting
Material
Safety
Data
Sheets
or
lists
of
those
chemicals
submitted
in
place
of
the
MSDSs
under
section
311
of
EPCRA;
facilities
submitting
Emergency
and
Hazardous
Chemical
Inventory
Forms
under
section
312
of
EPCRA
may
be
eligible
to
claim
Trade
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68,
No.
25
/
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February
6,
2003
/
Notices
Secret
for
the
specific
chemical
identity
of
a
chemical
that
is
reported
in
these
reports.
Pursuant
to
40
CFR
350.23
(``
Disclosure
to
authorized
representatives''),
information
entitled
to
trade
secret
or
confidential
treatment
may
not
be
disclosed
by
the
Agency
to
the
Agency's
authorized
representative
until
each
affected
submitter
has
been
furnished
notice
of
the
contemplated
disclosure
by
the
EPA
program
office
and
has
been
afforded
a
period
found
reasonable
by
that
office
(
not
less
than
five
working
days)
to
submit
its
comments.
Pursuant
to
this
Federal
Register
Notice,
comments
are
limited
to
the
change
of
contractor
handling
trade
secret
and
confidential
information
submitted
under
40
CFR
part
350.
The
new
mailing
address
will
soon
be
announced
in
a
Federal
Register
Notice
and
also
will
be
posted
on
the
Chemical
Emergency
Preparedness
and
Prevention
Office
Web
site
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
ceppo/.
DATES:
Comments,
identified
by
the
docket
control
number
SFUND
 
2003
 
0002,
must
be
submitted
on
or
before
February
11,
2003.
ADDRESSES:
Comments
may
be
submitted
by
mail,
electronically,
or
in
person.
Please
follow
the
detailed
instructions
for
each
method
as
provided
in
Unit
III
of
the
Supplementary
Information
section
of
this
notice.
FOR
FURTHER
INFORMATION
CONTACT:
For
general
information,
contact
the
Emergency
Planning
and
Community
Right­
to­
Know
Hotline
at
(
800)
424
 
9346,
TDD
(
800)
553
 
7672,
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
epaoswer/
hotline/.
For
technical
information
about
this
change
in
contractor
and
location
for
submitting
trade
secrets,
contact:
Dorothy
McManus,
Chemical
Emergency
Preparedness
and
Prevention
Office
(
5104A),
Environmental
Protection
Agency,
1200
Pennsylvania
Avenue,
NW.,
Washington
DC
20460,
Telephone:
202
 
564
 
8606;
Fax:
202
 
564
 
8222;
email:
mcmanus.
dorothy@
epa.
gov.
For
questions
on
the
applicability
of
provisions
contained
in
40
CFR
part
350,
40
CFR
part
355,
and
40
CFR
part
370,
contact:
Sicy
Jacob,
Chemical
Emergency
Preparedness
and
Prevention
Office
(
5104A),
Environmental
Protection
Agency,
1200
Pennsylvania
Avenue,
NW.,
Washington
DC
20460,
Telephone:
202
 
564
 
8019;
Fax:
202
 
564
 
8233;
email:
jacob.
sicy@
epa.
gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION:

I.
Does
This
Notice
Apply
to
Me?
A.
Affected
Entities:
Entities
that
will
be
affected
by
this
section
are
those
facilities
subject
to
40
CFR
355.30
Emergency
Planning
and
40
CFR
part
370
Hazardous
Chemical
Reporting:
Community
Right­
to­
Know.
To
determine
whether
your
facility
is
affected
by
this
action,
you
should
carefully
examine
the
applicability
provisions
at
40
CFR
part
350,
40
CFR
part
355,
and
40
CFR
part
370.
If
you
have
any
questions
regarding
the
applicability
of
this
action
to
a
particular
entity,
consult
the
person(
s)
listed
in
the
FOR
FURTHER
INFORMATION
CONTACT
section.

II.
How
Can
I
Get
Copies
of
This
Document
and
Other
Related
Information?
A.
Docket:
EPA
has
established
an
official
public
docket
for
this
action
under
Docket
ID
No.
SFUND
 
2003
 
0002.
The
public
docket
includes
information
considered
by
EPA
in
developing
this
action,
including
the
documents
listed
below,
which
are
physically
located
in
the
docket.
In
addition,
interested
parties
should
consult
documents
that
are
referenced
in
the
documents
that
EPA
has
placed
in
the
docket,
regardless
of
whether
these
referenced
documents
are
physically
located
in
the
docket.
For
assistance
in
located
documents
that
are
referenced
in
documents
that
EPA
has
placed
in
the
docket,
but
that
are
not
physically
located
in
the
docket,
please
consult
the
person(
s)
in
the
preceding
FOR
FURTHER
INFORMATION
CONTACT
section.
Although
a
part
of
the
official
docket,
the
public
docket
does
not
include
Confidential
Business
Information
(
CBI)
or
other
information
whose
disclosure
is
restricted
by
statute.
The
official
public
docket
is
the
collection
of
materials
that
is
available
for
public
viewing
at
the
EPA
Docket
Center,
(
EPA/
DC)
EPA
West,
Room
B102,
1301
Constitution
Avenue,
NW.,
Washington
DC.
The
EPA
Docket
Center
Public
Reading
Room
is
open
from
8:
30
a.
m.
to
4:
30
p.
m.,
Monday
through
Friday,
excluding
legal
holidays.
The
telephone
number
for
the
Reading
Room
is
(
202)
566
 
0274.
B.
Electronic
Access.
You
may
access
this
Federal
Register
document
electronically
through
the
EPA
Internet
under
the
``
Federal
Register''
listings
at
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
fedrgstr/.
An
electronic
version
of
the
public
docket
is
available
through
EPA's
electronic
public
docket
and
comment
system,
EPA
Dockets.
You
may
use
EPA
Dockets
at
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
edocket/
to
view
public
comments,
access
the
index
listing
of
the
contents
of
the
official
public
docket,
and
to
access
those
documents
in
the
public
docket
that
are
available
electronically.
Although
not
all
docket
materials
may
be
available
electronically,
you
may
still
access
any
of
the
publicly
available
docket
materials
through
the
docket
facility
identified
in
section
II.
A.
of
this
document.
Once
in
the
system,
select
``
search,''
then
key
in
the
appropriate
docket
identification
number.

III.
How
Can
I
Respond
to
This
Notice?

A.
How
and
to
Whom
Do
I
Submit
Comments?

You
may
submit
comments
through
the
mail,
in
person,
or
electronically.
Be
sure
to
identify
the
appropriate
docket
control
number
(
i.
e.,
SFUND
 
2003
 
0002)
in
your
correspondence.
1.
By
Mail.
All
comments
should
be
sent
in
triplicate
to
:
Chemical
Emergency
Preparedness
and
Prevention
Office,
Mail
code
5104
A,
Environmental
Protection
Agency,
1200
Pennsylvania
Avenue,
NW.,
Ariel
Rios
Building,
Washington
DC
20460.
2.
In
person
or
by
courier.
Comments
may
be
delivered
in
person
or
by
courier
to:
EPA
Docket
Center,
(
EPA/
DC)
EPA
West,
Room
B102,
1301
Constitution
Avenue,
NW.,
Washington
DC
20460.
The
Docket
Center
is
open
from
8
a.
m.
to
4
p.
m.,
Monday
through
Friday,
excluding
legal
holidays.
The
telephone
number
for
the
docket
is
(
202)
566
 
1744.
3.
Electronically.
Submit
your
comments
electronically
by
e­
mail
to:
``
superfund.
docket@
epa.
gov''.
Please
note
that
you
should
not
submit
any
information
electronically
that
you
consider
to
be
CBI.
Electronic
comments
must
be
submitted
as
an
ASCII
file
avoiding
the
use
of
special
characters
and
any
form
of
encryption.
Comments
and
data
will
also
be
accepted
on
standard
computer
disks
in
WordPerfect
6.1/
8.0
or
ASCII
file
format.
All
comments
and
data
in
electronic
form
must
be
identified
by
the
docket
control
number
SFUND
 
2003
 
0002.
Electronic
comments
on
this
document
may
also
be
filed
online
at
many
Federal
Depository
Libraries.

B.
How
Should
I
Handle
CBI
Information
That
I
Want
To
Submit
to
the
Agency?

All
comments
which
contain
information
claimed
as
CBI
must
be
clearly
marked
as
such.
Three
sanitized
copies
of
any
comments
containing
information
claimed
as
CBI
must
also
be
submitted
and
will
be
placed
in
the
public
record
for
this
document.
Persons
submitting
information
on
any
portion
of
which
they
believe
is
entitled
to
treatment
as
CBI
by
EPA
must
assert
a
business
confidentiality
claim
in
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25
/
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February
6,
2003
/
Notices
accordance
with
40
CFR
2.203(
b)
for
each
such
portion.
This
claim
must
be
made
at
the
time
that
the
information
is
submitted
to
EPA.
If
a
submitter
does
not
assert
a
confidentiality
claim
at
the
time
of
submission,
EPA
will
consider
this
as
a
waiver
of
any
confidentiality
claim
and
the
information
may
be
made
available
to
the
public
by
EPA
without
further
notice
to
the
submitter.

IV.
What
Is
the
General
Background
for
This
Action?
The
Emergency
Planning
Notification
(
codified
in
40
CFR
part
355)
and
the
Hazadous
Chemical
Reporting
(
codified
in
40
CFR
part
370)
are
mandated
by
the
Emergency
Planning
and
Community
Right­
to­
Know
Act
of
1986
(
EPCRA).
EPCRA
established
a
program
designed
to
require
state
and
local
planning
and
preparedness
for
spills
or
releases
of
hazardous
substances
and
to
provide
the
public
and
local
governments
with
information
concerning
potential
chemical
hazards
in
their
communities.
Under
EPCRA
section
303,
(
codified
in
40
CFR
part
355)
a
facility
which
has
present
an
Extremely
Hazardous
Substance
in
excess
of
its
threshold
planning
quantity
(
TPQ)
must
notify
the
State
emergency
response
commission
and
local
emergency
planning
committee
as
well
as
participate
in
local
emergency
planning
activities.
Under
EPCRA
sections
311
and
312,
(
codified
in
40
CFR
part
370),
a
facility
is
required
to
submit
an
inventory
of
hazardous
chemicals
present
at
their
site
at
or
above
the
specified
threshold
quantities.
Under
section
322
of
EPCRA
(
codified
in
40
CFR
part
350),
facilities
submitting
reports
under
sections
303,
311
and
312
of
EPCRA,
may
be
eligible
to
claim
Trade
Secret
for
the
specific
chemical
identity
of
the
extremely
hazardous
substance
or
the
hazardous
chemical
being
reported.
Pursuant
to
40
CFR
350.23
(``
Disclosure
to
authorized
representatives''),
information
entitled
to
trade
secret
or
confidential
treatment
may
not
be
disclosed
by
the
Agency
to
the
Agency's
authorized
representative
until
each
affected
submitter
has
been
furnished
notice
of
the
contemplated
disclosure
by
the
EPA
program
office
and
has
been
afforded
a
period
found
reasonable
by
that
office
(
not
less
than
five
working
days)
to
submit
its
comments.
Such
notice
shall
include
a
description
of
the
information
to
be
disclosed,
the
identity
of
the
contractor,
subcontractor,
or
grantee,
the
contract,
subcontract,
or
grant
number,
if
any,
and
the
purposes
to
be
served
by
the
disclosure.
This
notice
may
be
published
in
the
Federal
Register
or
may
be
sent
to
individual
submitters.
The
contract
to
manage
the
trade
secret
submissions
under
sections
303,
311,
312
and
313
was
recompeted
in
1998
and
was
awarded
to
the
Computer
Based
Systems
Incorporated,
now
known
as
Titan
Systems,
Inc.
This
contract
ended
on
January
31,
2003.
The
new
contract
was
transitioned
to
Computer
Sciences
Corporation
(
CSC)
(
GSA
Contract
GSOOT99ALD0203)
at
the
end
of
December
2002.
This
new
facility
is
located
in
New
Carrollton,
MD.
All
trade
secret
submissions
for
sections
303,
311,
312
and
313
pursuant
to
40
CFR
part
350
will
be
managed
by
CSC.
(
See
67
FR
65566,
Oct.
25,
2002,
for
notice
authorized
representative
to
receive
claims
of
trade
secrecy
under
EPCRA
section
313.)
In
accordance
with
40
CFR
350.23,
EPA
has
determined
that
CSC
and
their
subcontractors
require
access
to
trade
secret
and
confidential
information
submitted
under
40
CFR
part
350
in
order
to
receive,
manage,
process,
and
safely
store
such
information.
The
contractor's
and
subcontractor's
personnel
will
be
required
to
sign
a
``
Confidentiality
Agreement''
prior
to
being
permitted
access
to
trade
secret
and
confidential
information
submitted
under
40
CFR
part
350.
All
contractor
and
subcontractor
access
to
trade
secrets
and
confidential
information
filed
for
sections
303,
311,
312
and
313
of
EPCRA
will
take
place
at
the
contractor's
facility
in
New
Carrollton,
MD.
The
contractor
will
have
appropriate
procedures
and
facilities
in
place
to
safeguard
these
trade
secrets
and
confidential
information
submissions
to
which
the
contractor
and
subcontractors
have
access
during
the
term
of
this
contract.

Dated:
February
3,
2003.
Deborah
Y.
Dietrich,
Director,
Chemical
Emergency
Preparedness
and
Prevention
Office.
[
FR
Doc.
03
 
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Filed
2
 
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03;
8:
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am]

BILLING
CODE
6560
 
50
 
P
FEDERAL
COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
[
Report
No.
AUC
 
02
 
48
 
B
(
Auction
No.
48);
DA
02
 
3560]

Lower
and
Upper
Paging
Bands
Auction
Scheduled
for
May
13,
2003;
Notice
and
Filing
Requirements,
Minimum
Opening
Bids,
Upfront
Payments
and
Other
Auction
Procedures
AGENCY:
Federal
Communications
Commission.
ACTION:
Notice.
SUMMARY:
This
document
announces
the
procedures
and
minimum
opening
bids
for
the
upcoming
auction
of
licenses
for
the
lower
and
upper
paging
bands
scheduled
for
May
13,
2003.
This
document
is
intended
to
familiarize
prospective
bidders
with
the
procedures
and
minimum
opening
bids
for
this
auction.

DATES:
Auction
No.
48
is
scheduled
to
begin
on
May
13,
2003.

FOR
FURTHER
INFORMATION
CONTACT:
Auctions
and
Industry
Analysis
Division:
Rosemary
Cabral,
Legal
Branch,
at
(
202)
418
 
0660;
Roy
Knowles
or
Barbara
Sibert,
Auctions
Operations
Branch,
at
(
717)
338
 
2888,
Media
Contact:
Lauren
Kravetz
at
(
202)
418
 
7944,
Commercial
Wireless
Division:
Amal
Abdallah,
Policy
and
Rules
Branch,
at
(
202)
418
 
7307;
Bettye
Woodward
or
Dwain
Livingston,
Licensing
and
Technical
Analysis
Branch,
at
(
202)
418
 
0620.

SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION:
This
is
a
summary
of
the
Auction
No.
48
Procedures
Public
Notice
released
on
December
20,
2002.
The
complete
text
of
the
Auction
No.
48
Procedures
Public
Notice,
including
attachments
and
statements,
is
available
for
public
inspection
and
copying
during
regular
business
hours
at
the
FCC
Reference
Information
Center,
Portals
II,
445
12th
Street,
SW.,
Room
CY
 
B402,
Washington,
DC
20554.
The
Auction
No.
48
Procedures
Public
Notice
may
also
be
purchased
from
the
Commission's
duplicating
contractor,
Qualex
International,
Portals
II,
445
12th
Street,
SW.,
Room
CY
 
B402,
Washington,
DC
20554,
telephone
(
202)
863
 
2893,
facsimile
(
202)
863
 
2898,
or
via
e­
mail
qualexint@
aol.
com.

I.
General
Information
A.
Introduction
1.
By
the
Auction
No.
48
Procedures
Public
Notice,
the
Wireless
Telecommunications
Bureau
(``
Bureau'')
announces
the
procedures
and
minimum
opening
bids
for
the
upcoming
auction
of
licenses
for
the
lower
and
upper
paging
bands
(
Auction
No.
48)
scheduled
for
May
13,
2003.
In
accordance
with
the
Balanced
Budget
Act
of
1997,
the
Bureau
released
a
public
notice
on
November
7,
2002,
seeking
comment
on
reserve
prices
or
minimum
opening
bids
and
the
procedures
to
be
used
in
Auction
No.
48.
The
Bureau
received
two
comments
and
no
reply
comments
in
response
to
the
Auction
No.
48
Comment
Public
Notice,
67
FR
72683
(
December
6,
2002).

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