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TABLE 3B.—CONSULTATION AREA COORDINATES FOR AERONAUTICAL RECEIVE STATIONS (1.7–30 MHZ)—Continued
Locale
Latitude
Half Moon Bay, CA ..............................................................................................................................
Pt. Reyes, CA .......................................................................................................................................
Barrow, AK ...........................................................................................................................................
Guam ....................................................................................................................................................
37°39′64″
38°06′00″
71°17′24″
13°28′12″
N
N
N
N
NY Comm Center, NY ..........................................................................................................................
Cedar Rapids, IA ..................................................................................................................................
Beaumont, CA ......................................................................................................................................
Fairfield, TX ..........................................................................................................................................
Houston, TX .........................................................................................................................................
Miami, FL ..............................................................................................................................................
40°46′48″ N
42°02′05.0″ N
33°54′27.1″ N
31°47′02.6″ N
29°36′35.8″ N
25°49′05″ N
Longitude
122°24′44″ W
122°56′00″ W
156°40′12″; W
144°48′0.0″ E (note:
Eastern Hemisphere)
73°05′46″ W
91°38′37.6″ W
116°59′49.1″ W
96°47′03.0″ W
95°16′54.8″ W
80°18′28″ W
Note: Systems of coordinates conform to NAD 83.
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Rights Office at (202) 418–1475 (voice),
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47 CFR Part 64
[CG Docket No. 03–123; DA 06–1627]
Telecommunications Relay Services
and Speech-to-Speech Services for
Individuals With Hearing and Speech
Disabilities
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Clarification.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In this document, the
Commission clarifies waivers of certain
telecommunications relay services
(TRS) mandatory minimum standards
for captioned telephone relay service, a
form of TRS, which were set forth in a
clarification and waiver document. The
clarification and waiver document
waived the following mandatory
minimum standards for the provision of
captioned telephone service:
communications assistants (CAs) must
be competent in interpreting
typewritten American Sign Language
(ASL); TRS providers must give CAs
oral-to-type tests; and CAs may not
refuse sequential calls. The Commission
clarifies that these requirement do not
apply to captioned telephone services
that use voice recognition technologies
(instead of typing) to convey messages,
and that do not have the CA play a role
in setting up the calls.
DATES: Effective August 14, 2006.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Thomas Chandler, Consumer &
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This
document does not contain new or
modified information collection
requirements subject to the PRA of
1995, Public Law 104–13. In addition, it
does not contain any new or modified
‘‘information collection burden for
small business concerns with fewer than
25 employees,’’ pursuant to the Small
Business Paperwork Relief Act of 2002,
Public Law 107–198, see 44 U.S.C. 3506
(c)(4). This is a summary of the
Commission’s document DA 06–1627,
Telecommunications Relay Services and
Speech-to-Speech Services for
Individuals with Hearing and Speech
Disabilities, Order, CG Docket No. 03–
123, adopted August 14, 2006, released
August 14, 2006 clarifying waivers of
certain TRS mandatory minimum
standards for caption telephone relay
service waived in the clarification and
waiver document published at 68 FR
55898, September 29, 2003. The full text
of document DA 06–1627 and copies of
any subsequently filed documents in
this matter will be available for public
inspection and copying during regular
business hours at the FCC Reference
Information Center, Portals II, 445 12th
Street, SW., Room CY–A257,
Washington, DC 20554. Document DA
06–1627 and copies of subsequently
filed documents in this matter may also
be purchased from the Commission’s
duplicating contractor at Portals II, 445
12th Street, SW., Room CY–-B402,
Washington, DC 20554. Customers may
contact the Commission’s duplicating
contractor at its Web site
www.bcpiweb.com or by calling 1–800–
378–3160. To request materials in
accessible formats for people with
disabilities (Braille, large print,
electronic files, audio format), send an
e-mail to fcc504@fcc.gov or call the
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Consumer & Governmental Affairs
Bureau at (202) 418–0530 (voice), (202)
418–0432 (TTY). Document DA 06–1627
can also be downloaded in Word or
Portable Document Format (PDF) at:
https://www.fcc.gov/cgb/dro.
Synopsis
Background
On September 29, 2003, the
Commission published a clarification
and waiver document that recognized
captioned telephone service as a form of
TRS compensable from the Interstate
TRS Fund. As a general matter,
captioned telephone service uses a
special telephone that has a text display.
It permits the user—typically someone
who has the ability to speak and some
residual hearing—to speak directly to
the other party to the call, and in return
to both listen to what is said over the
telephone and simultaneously read
captions of what the other person is
saying. A CA using specially developed
voice recognition technology generates
the captions. As a result, there is no
typing by the captioned telephone user
at any time during the call, and the CA
types only in rare instances when, e.g.,
words or proper names are used that the
computer does not recognize. Further,
as presently offered, to use this service
the consumer directly dials the number
he or she wishes to call, not the number
of a relay provider, and is automatically
connected to the captioned telephone
CA at the TRS facility. The Commission
concluded that some TRS mandatory
minimum standards did not apply to the
provision of this service and waived
other requirements for limited periods
of time.
On June 28, 2006, captioned
telephone providers filed their annual
report addressing the three outstanding
waivers applicable to this service—CA
competence in interpreting typewritten
ASL, use of oral-to-type tests, and
handling sequential calls (as applied to
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outbound calls). Ultratec, Inc., SprintNextel, Hamilton Relay, Inc., Third
Annual Report on Captioned Telephone
Service and Petition to Make Captioned
Telephone Waivers Permanent, CG
Docket No. 03–123 (June 28, 2006)
(Captioned Telephone Waiver Petition).
The rule requiring CAs to be competent
in interpreting typewritten ASL is
intended to ensure that CAs can
accurately understand and interpret the
message the TRS user has typed when
the user uses the syntax, grammar, and
language unique to ASL. The oral-totype test is intended to ensure that a CA
can meet the 60 words per minute
typing speed required by the rules. The
rule requiring the handling of sequential
calls is intended to ensure that a CA
does not disconnect the TRS user after
a call if the user desires to make
additional calls. See 47 CFR 64.604(a)(1)
and (3) of the Commission’s rules. The
report noted that these waivers expire
August 1, 2006, and included a request
that the Commission either make these
waivers permanent for captioned
telephone service provided with the aid
of voice recognition technology, or
clarify that the ‘‘standards for which
these waivers have been granted do not
apply to captioned telephone relay
services that use voice recognition
technologies to convey messages.’’
Captioned Telephone Waiver Petition at
2.
Discussion
The Commission clarifies that these
three requirements do not apply to
captioned telephone services where the
user does not type the outbound
message, the CA generates text for the
user principally using voice recognition
technologies (instead of typing), and the
communications assistant does not play
a role in setting up a call. First, the
Commission recognizes that if a
captioned telephone user does not type
in making a call, there is never the
opportunity for the CA to have to
interpret typewritten ASL. Similarly,
the Commission recognizes that oral-totype tests are not relevant to captioned
telephone service involving voice
recognition technologies, and therefore
that oral-to-text tests may appropriately
be used as a substitute to assess the
proficiency of captioned telephone CAs.
Finally, the Commission recognizes that
if the captioned telephone user initiates
a call by directly dialing the called
party, so that the CA does not play a
role in setting up the call, the sequential
call rule has no application. To the
extent these mandatory minimum
standards do not apply to the provision
of captioned telephone service, as
clarified herein, providers need not file
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annual reports addressing these
requirements.
Congressional Review Act
The Commission will not send a copy
of the Order pursuant to the
Congressional Review Act, see 5 U.S.C.
801(a)(1)(A), because the adopted rules
are rules of particular applicability.
Ordering Clauses
Accordingly, It is ordered that,
pursuant to the authority contained in
section 225 of the Communications Act
of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 225, and
§ § 0.141 and 0.361 of the Commission’s
rules, 47 CFR 0.141 and 0.361, the Order
is hereby adopted.
Federal Communications Commission.
Monica S. Desai,
Chief, Consumer and Governmental Affairs
Bureau.
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47 CFR Part 73
[DA 06–1583; MB Docket No. 05–45; RM–
11147; RM–11246]
Radio Broadcasting Service; Atwood,
Kansas; Burlington and Flagler,
Colorado; McCook and Ogallala,
Nebraska
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Final rule.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Audio Division, at the
request of KNAB, Inc., allots Channel
292C0 at Atwood, Kansas, as the
community’s first local aural
transmission service (RM–11246). To
accommodate the allotment, we also
substitute Channel 294C1 for Channel
293C1 at Ogallala, Nebraska, and the
modify Station KMCX–FM’s license
accordingly. We deny the petition filed
by Border Alliance of Broadcasters
proposing the allotment of Channel
280C0 at Atwood, Kansas, and the
proposed changes required to
accommodate the proposal (RM–11147).
Channel 292C0 can be allotted to
Atwood in compliance with the
Commission’s minimum distance
separation requirement with a site
restriction of 14.8 kilometers (9.2 miles)
southeast to avoid a short-spacing to the
licensed site of Station KQNK–FM,
Channel 294A, Norton, Kansas. The
reference coordinates for Channel 292C0
at Atwood are 39–43–51 North Latitude
and 100–53–58 West Longitude.
Additionally, Channel 294C1 can be
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substituted at Ogallala at Station
KMCX–FM’s currently authorized site.
The reference coordinates for Channel
294C1 at Ogallala are 41–08–02 North
Latitude and 101–41–42 West
Longitude.
Effective September 18, 2006. A
filing window for Channel 292C0 at
Atwood, Kansas, will not be opened at
this time. Instead, the issue of opening
this allotment for auction will be
addressed by the Commission in a
subsequent order. Because the allotment
requires the substitution of Channel
294C1 for Channel 293C1 at Ogallala,
Nebraska, any requisite conditions for
the channel change will be stipulated in
said order.
DATES:
Secretary, Federal
Communications Commission, 445
Twelfth Street, SW., Washington, DC
20554.
ADDRESSES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Sharon P. McDonald, Media Bureau,
(202) 418–2180.
This is a
synopsis of the Commission’s Report
and Order, MB Docket No. 05–45,
adopted August 2, 2006, and released
August 4, 2006. The full text of this
Commission decision is available for
inspection and copying during regular
business hours at the FCC’s Reference
Information Center, Portals II, 445 12th
Street, SW, Room CY–A257,
Washington, DC 20554. The complete
text of this decision may also be
purchased from the Commission’s
duplicating contractor, Best Copy and
Printing, Inc., 445 12th Street, SW,
Room CY–B402, Washington, DC 20554,
telephone 1–800–378–3160 or https://
www.BCPIWEB.com. The Commission
will send a copy of this Report and
Order in a report to be sent to Congress
and the Government Accountability
Office pursuant to the Congressional
Review Act, see 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 73
Radio, Radio broadcasting.
As stated in the preamble, the Federal
Communications Commission amends
47 CFR Part 73 as follows:
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PART 73—RADIO BROADCAST
SERVICES
1. The authority citation for part 73
continues to read as follows:
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Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154, 303, 334, 336.
§ 73.202
[Amended]
2. Section 73.202(b), the Table of FM
Allotments under Kansas, is amended
by adding Atwood, Channel 292C0.
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
47 CFR Part 64
[CG Docket No. 03-123; DA 06-1627]
Telecommunications Relay Services and Speech-to-Speech Services
for Individuals With Hearing and Speech Disabilities
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Clarification.
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SUMMARY: In this document, the Commission clarifies waivers of certain
telecommunications relay services (TRS) mandatory minimum standards for
captioned telephone relay service, a form of TRS, which were set forth
in a clarification and waiver document. The clarification and waiver
document waived the following mandatory minimum standards for the
provision of captioned telephone service: communications assistants
(CAs) must be competent in interpreting typewritten American Sign
Language (ASL); TRS providers must give CAs oral-to-type tests; and CAs
may not refuse sequential calls. The Commission clarifies that these
requirement do not apply to captioned telephone services that use voice
recognition technologies (instead of typing) to convey messages, and
that do not have the CA play a role in setting up the calls.
DATES: Effective August 14, 2006.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas Chandler, Consumer &
Governmental Affairs Bureau, Disability Rights Office at (202) 418-1475
(voice), (202) 418-0597 (TTY), or e-mail at Thomas.Chandler@fcc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document does not contain new or
modified information collection requirements subject to the PRA of
1995, Public Law 104-13. In addition, it does not contain any new or
modified ``information collection burden for small business concerns
with fewer than 25 employees,'' pursuant to the Small Business
Paperwork Relief Act of 2002, Public Law 107-198, see 44 U.S.C. 3506
(c)(4). This is a summary of the Commission's document DA 06-1627,
Telecommunications Relay Services and Speech-to-Speech Services for
Individuals with Hearing and Speech Disabilities, Order, CG Docket No.
03-123, adopted August 14, 2006, released August 14, 2006 clarifying
waivers of certain TRS mandatory minimum standards for caption
telephone relay service waived in the clarification and waiver document
published at 68 FR 55898, September 29, 2003. The full text of document
DA 06-1627 and copies of any subsequently filed documents in this
matter will be available for public inspection and copying during
regular business hours at the FCC Reference Information Center, Portals
II, 445 12th Street, SW., Room CY-A257, Washington, DC 20554. Document
DA 06-1627 and copies of subsequently filed documents in this matter
may also be purchased from the Commission's duplicating contractor at
Portals II, 445 12th Street, SW., Room CY--B402, Washington, DC 20554.
Customers may contact the Commission's duplicating contractor at its
Web site www.bcpiweb.com or by calling 1-800-378-3160. To request
materials in accessible formats for people with disabilities (Braille,
large print, electronic files, audio format), send an e-mail to
fcc504@fcc.gov or call the Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau at
(202) 418-0530 (voice), (202) 418-0432 (TTY). Document DA 06-1627 can
also be downloaded in Word or Portable Document Format (PDF) at: http:/
/www.fcc.gov/cgb/dro.
Synopsis
Background
On September 29, 2003, the Commission published a clarification and
waiver document that recognized captioned telephone service as a form
of TRS compensable from the Interstate TRS Fund. As a general matter,
captioned telephone service uses a special telephone that has a text
display. It permits the user--typically someone who has the ability to
speak and some residual hearing--to speak directly to the other party
to the call, and in return to both listen to what is said over the
telephone and simultaneously read captions of what the other person is
saying. A CA using specially developed voice recognition technology
generates the captions. As a result, there is no typing by the
captioned telephone user at any time during the call, and the CA types
only in rare instances when, e.g., words or proper names are used that
the computer does not recognize. Further, as presently offered, to use
this service the consumer directly dials the number he or she wishes to
call, not the number of a relay provider, and is automatically
connected to the captioned telephone CA at the TRS facility. The
Commission concluded that some TRS mandatory minimum standards did not
apply to the provision of this service and waived other requirements
for limited periods of time.
On June 28, 2006, captioned telephone providers filed their annual
report addressing the three outstanding waivers applicable to this
service--CA competence in interpreting typewritten ASL, use of oral-to-
type tests, and handling sequential calls (as applied to
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outbound calls). Ultratec, Inc., Sprint-Nextel, Hamilton Relay, Inc.,
Third Annual Report on Captioned Telephone Service and Petition to Make
Captioned Telephone Waivers Permanent, CG Docket No. 03-123 (June 28,
2006) (Captioned Telephone Waiver Petition). The rule requiring CAs to
be competent in interpreting typewritten ASL is intended to ensure that
CAs can accurately understand and interpret the message the TRS user
has typed when the user uses the syntax, grammar, and language unique
to ASL. The oral-to-type test is intended to ensure that a CA can meet
the 60 words per minute typing speed required by the rules. The rule
requiring the handling of sequential calls is intended to ensure that a
CA does not disconnect the TRS user after a call if the user desires to
make additional calls. See 47 CFR 64.604(a)(1) and (3) of the
Commission's rules. The report noted that these waivers expire August
1, 2006, and included a request that the Commission either make these
waivers permanent for captioned telephone service provided with the aid
of voice recognition technology, or clarify that the ``standards for
which these waivers have been granted do not apply to captioned
telephone relay services that use voice recognition technologies to
convey messages.'' Captioned Telephone Waiver Petition at 2.
Discussion
The Commission clarifies that these three requirements do not apply
to captioned telephone services where the user does not type the
outbound message, the CA generates text for the user principally using
voice recognition technologies (instead of typing), and the
communications assistant does not play a role in setting up a call.
First, the Commission recognizes that if a captioned telephone user
does not type in making a call, there is never the opportunity for the
CA to have to interpret typewritten ASL. Similarly, the Commission
recognizes that oral-to-type tests are not relevant to captioned
telephone service involving voice recognition technologies, and
therefore that oral-to-text tests may appropriately be used as a
substitute to assess the proficiency of captioned telephone CAs.
Finally, the Commission recognizes that if the captioned telephone user
initiates a call by directly dialing the called party, so that the CA
does not play a role in setting up the call, the sequential call rule
has no application. To the extent these mandatory minimum standards do
not apply to the provision of captioned telephone service, as clarified
herein, providers need not file annual reports addressing these
requirements.
Congressional Review Act
The Commission will not send a copy of the Order pursuant to the
Congressional Review Act, see 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A), because the
adopted rules are rules of particular applicability.
Ordering Clauses
Accordingly, It is ordered that, pursuant to the authority
contained in section 225 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended,
47 U.S.C. 225, and Sec. Sec. 0.141 and 0.361 of the Commission's
rules, 47 CFR 0.141 and 0.361, the Order is hereby adopted.
Federal Communications Commission.
Monica S. Desai,
Chief, Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau.
[FR Doc. E6-13987 Filed 8-22-06; 8:45 am]
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