Federal Register/Vol. 79, No. 14/Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Federal Register/Vol. 79, No. 14/Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 14 / Wednesday, January 22, 2014 / Proposed Rules 3559 be purchased from the Commission’s channel 48 and removing channel 46 at www.regulations.gov. In the Search box, duplicating contractor, Best Copy and South Bend. enter the appropriate docket number Printing, Inc., 445 12th Street SW., [FR Doc. 2014–01175 Filed 1–21–14; 8:45 am] (see table, below). You may submit Room CY–B402, Washington, DC 20554, BILLING CODE 6712–01–P information by clicking on ‘‘Comment telephone 1–800–478–3160 or via email Now!’’ If your information will fit in the www.BCPIWEB.com. To request this provided comment box, please use this document in accessible formats DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR feature of http://www.regulations.gov, as (computer diskettes, large print, audio it is most compatible with our recording, and Braille), send an email to Fish and Wildlife Service information review procedures. If you [email protected] or call the Commission’s attach your information as a separate Consumer and Governmental Affairs 50 CFR Part 17 document, our preferred file format is Bureau at (202) 418–0530 (voice), (202) Microsoft Word. If you attach multiple 418–0432 (TTY). This document does [Docket No. FWS–HQ–ES–2013–0121; FWS– comments (such as form letters), our not contain proposed information HQ–ES–2013–0122; FWS–HQ–ES–2013– preferred format is a spreadsheet in collection requirements subject to the 0123; FWS–HQ–ES–2013–0124; FWS–HQ– Microsoft Excel. ES–2013–0125: 450 003 0115] Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, (2) By hard copy: Submit by U.S. mail Public Law 104–13. In addition, Endangered and Threatened Wildlife or hand-delivery to: Public Comments therefore, it does not contain any and Plants; 90-Day Findings on Five Processing, Attn: [Insert appropriate proposed information collection burden Petitions docket number; see table, below]; ‘‘for small business concerns with fewer Division of Policy and Directives than 25 employees,’’ pursuant to the AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Management; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Small Business Paperwork Relief Act of Interior. Service; 4401 N. Fairfax Drive, MS 2002, Public Law 107–198, see 44 U.S.C. ACTION: Notice of petition findings and 2042–PDM; Arlington, VA 22203. 3506(c)(4). initiation of status reviews. We request that you send information Provisions of the Regulatory only by the methods described above. SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Flexibility Act of 1980 do not apply to We will post all comments on http:// Wildlife Service (Service), announce 90- this proceeding. Members of the public www.regulations.gov. This generally day findings on five petitions to list 19 should note that from the time a Notice means that we will post any personal species as endangered or threatened, of Proposed Rule Making is issued until information you provide us (see Request under the Endangered Species Act of the matter is no longer subject to for Information). 1973, as amended (Act). Based on our Commission consideration or court review, we find that these petitions Species Docket No. review, all ex parte contacts (other than present substantial scientific or ex parte presentations exempt under 47 commercial information indicating that 15 foreign bats FWS–HQ–ES–2013–0121 CFR 1.1204(a)) are prohibited in the petitioned actions may be Emperor pen- FWS–HQ–ES–2013–0122 Commission proceedings, such as this warranted. Therefore, with the guin. one, which involve channel allotments. Flores hawk- FWS–HQ–ES–2013–0123 publication of this notice, we are See 47 CFR 1.1208 for rules governing eagle. initiating a review of the status of these restricted proceedings. Ridgway’s hawk FWS–HQ–ES–2013–0124 species to determine if the petitioned Virgin Islands FWS–HQ–ES–2013–0125 For information regarding proper actions are warranted. In order to assure coquı´. filing procedures for comments, see that the best scientific and commercial §§ 1.415 and 1.420. data informs the status review and, if FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 73 warranted, the subsequent listing Janine Van Norman, Chief, Branch of determinations, and to provide an Foreign Species, Ecological Services Television. opportunity for all interested parties to Program, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, provide information for consideration Federal Communications Commission. 4401 N. Fairfax Drive, Room 420, for the status assessment, we are Barbara A. Kreisman, Arlington, VA 22203; telephone 703– requesting information regarding these 358–2171; facsimile 703–358–1735. If Chief, Video Division, Media Bureau. species (see Request for Information you use a telecommunications device Proposed rules below). Based on the status reviews, we for the deaf (TDD), please call the will issue 12-month findings on the Federal Information Relay Service For the reasons discussed in the petitions, which will address whether (FIRS) at 800–877–8339. preamble, the Federal Communications the petitioned action is warranted, as SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Commission proposes to amend 47 CFR provided in section 4(b)(3)(B) of the Act. part 73 as follows: DATES: To allow us adequate time to Request for Information conduct these status reviews, we request When we make a finding that a PART 73—RADIO BROADCAST that we receive information no later SERVICES petition presents substantial than March 24, 2014. Information information indicating that listing a submitted electronically using the species may be warranted, we are ■ 1. The authority citation for Part 73 Federal eRulemaking Portal (see required to promptly review the status continues to read as follows: ADDRESSES, below) must be received by of the species (status review). For the Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154, 303, 334, 336, 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on the closing status review to be complete and based and 339. date. on the best available scientific and ADDRESSES: You may submit commercial information, we request § 73.622 [Amended] information by one of the following information on these species from ■ 2. Section 73.622(i), the Post- methods: governmental agencies, Native Transition Table of DTV Allotments (1) Electronically: Go to the Federal American tribes, the scientific under Indiana is amended by adding eRulemaking Portal: http:// community, industry, and any other VerDate Mar<15>2010 14:37 Jan 21, 2014 Jkt 232001 PO 00000 Frm 00017 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 4702 E:\FR\FM\22JAP1.SGM 22JAP1 pmangrum on DSK3VPTVN1PROD with PROPOSALS-1 3560 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 14 / Wednesday, January 22, 2014 / Proposed Rules interested parties. We seek information allow us to verify any scientific or the measure proposed in the petition on: commercial information you include. may be warranted’’ (50 CFR 424.14(b)). (1) The species’ biology, range, and Submissions merely stating support If we find that substantial scientific or population trends, including: for or opposition to the actions under commercial information was presented, (a) Habitat requirements; consideration without providing we are required to commence a review (b) Genetics and taxonomy; supporting information, although noted, of the status of the species, which will (c) Historical and current range, will not be considered in making a be subsequently summarized in our 12- including distribution patterns; determination. Section 4(b)(1)(A) of the month finding. (d) Historical and current population Act directs that determinations as to levels, and current and projected trends; whether any species is an endangered or Section 4 of the Act (16 U.S.C. 1533) and threatened species must be made and its implementing regulations at 50 (e) Past and ongoing conservation ‘‘solely on the basis of the best scientific CFR part 424 set forth the procedures measures for the species, its habitat, or and commercial data available.’’ for adding a species to, or removing a both. You may submit your information species from, the Federal Lists of (2) The factors that are the basis for concerning these status reviews by one Endangered and Threatened Wildlife making a listing determination for a of the methods listed in the ADDRESSES and Plants. A species may be species under section 4(a)(1) of the Act section. If you submit information via determined to be an endangered or (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), which are: http://www.regulations.gov, your entire threatened species due to one or more (a) The present or threatened submission—including any personal of the five factors described in section destruction, modification, or identifying information—will be posted 4(a)(1) of the Act (see Request for curtailment of its habitat or range on the Web site. If you submit a Information). (‘‘Factor A’’); hardcopy that includes personal In considering what factors might (b) Overutilization for commercial, identifying information, you may constitute threats, we must look beyond recreational, scientific, or educational request at the top of your document that the exposure of the species to a factor purposes (‘‘Factor B’’); we withhold this personal identifying to evaluate whether the species may (c) Disease or predation (‘‘Factor C’’); information from public review. respond to the factor in a way that (d) The inadequacy of existing However, we cannot guarantee that we causes actual impacts to the species. If regulatory mechanisms (‘‘Factor D’’); or will be able to do so. We will post all there is exposure to a factor and the (e) Other natural or manmade factors hardcopy submissions on http:// species responds negatively, the factor affecting its continued existence www.regulations.gov. may be a threat and, during the status (‘‘Factor E’’). Information and supporting review, we attempt to determine how (3) The potential effects of climate documentation that we received and significant a threat it is. The threat is change on these species or their used in preparing this finding will be significant if it drives, or contributes to, habitats.

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