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47 CFR 73.1230 requires that the
station license and any other instrument
of station authorization be posted in a
conspicuous place at the place the
licensee considers to be the principal
control point of the transmitter. 47 CFR
73.1300 allows broadcast stations to be
operated either attended or unattended.
Regardless of which method is
employed, licensees must employ
written procedures and have them in
the station’s files to ensure compliance
with the rules governing the Emergency
Alert System.
47 CFR 73.1350 requires licensees of
LPFM broadcast stations operating by
remote control points at places other
than the main studio or transmitter site
locations to send written notifications
containing the remote locations to the
FCC within three days after
commencing remote control operations
from such points.
47 CFR 73.1610 requires the permittee
of a new broadcast station to notify the
FCC of its plans to conduct equipment
tests for the purpose of making
adjustments and measurements as may
be necessary to assure compliance with
the terms of the construction permit and
applicable engineering standards.
47 CFR 73.1620 requires that upon
completion of construction of a LPFM
station, the licensee may begin program
tests upon notification to the
Commission.
47 CFR 73.1750 requires a broadcast
licensee to notify the FCC of permanent
discontinuance of operation and to
forward the station license and other
instruments of authorization
immediately after discontinuance of
operation.
47 CFR 73.1943 requires licensees of
broadcast stations to keep and permit
public inspection of a complete record
of all requests for broadcast time,
together with an appropriate notation
showing the disposition made by the
licensee of such request.
47 CFR 73.3525 requires applicants
for a construction permit for a broadcast
station to obtain approval from the FCC
to withdraw, dismiss or amend its
application pursuant to a settlement
agreement when that application is in
conflict with another application
pending before the FCC. This request for
approval to withdraw, dismiss or amend
an application should contain a copy of
the agreement and an affidavit of each
party to the agreement. In the event that
the proposed withdrawal of a
conflicting application would unduly
impede achievement of a fair, efficient
and equitable distribution of radio
service, the FCC must issue an order
providing further opportunity to apply
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for the facilities specified in the
application(s) withdrawn.
47 CFR 73.3550 requests for call sign
assignment for a LPFM station must be
made using the Commission’s electronic
call sign system.
47 CFR 73.3598 allows an LPFM
permittee unable to complete
construction within the timeframe
specified in the original construction
permit may apply for an eighteen month
extension upon a showing of good
cause.
47 CFR 11.61(ii) states DBS providers,
analog and digital class D noncommercial educational FM stations,
and analog and digital LPTV stations are
required to log the receipt of emergency
alert system transmissions.
This submission contains revised FCC
Form 318, Application for Construction
Permit for a Low Power FM Broadcast
Station and its accompanying
instructions and worksheets.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
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COMMISSION
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Consumer Advisory Committee
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
This document announces the
rechartering of the Consumer Advisory
Committee (hereinafter ‘‘the
Committee’’), whose purpose is to make
recommendations to the Federal
Communications Commission (‘‘FCC’’ or
‘‘Commission’’) regarding consumer
issues within the jurisdiction of the
Commission and to facilitate the
participation of consumers (including
people with disabilities and
underserved populations, such as
American Indians and persons living in
rural areas) in proceedings before the
Commission. The Commission also
requests applications for membership
on the Committee.
DATES: Applications should be received
no later than 11:59 p.m. EST, February
7, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Federal Communications
Commission, Consumer and
Governmental Affairs Bureau, 445 12th
Street, SW., Room 3–A633, Washington,
DC 20554.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Scott Marshall, Consumer and
SUMMARY:
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Governmental Affairs Bureau, 202–418–
2809 (voice), 202–418–0179 (TTY), or
e-mail scott.marshal@fcc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
rechartering of the Committee was
announced by Public Notice dated and
released January xx, 2011. On November
17, 2010, the Charter of the Committee
terminated. The Charter was renewed
for another two (2) year term. This
renewal is necessary and is in the public
interest. The Committee is organized
under, and will operate in accordance
with, the provisions of the Federal
Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App.
2 (1988).
The mission of the Committee is to
make recommendations to the
Commission regarding consumer issues
within the jurisdiction of the
Commission and to facilitate the
participation of consumers (including
people with disabilities and
underserved populations, such as
American Indians and persons living in
rural areas) in proceedings before the
Commission.
Each meeting of the full Committee
will be open to the public. A notice of
each meeting will be published in the
Federal Register at least fifteen (15)
days in advance of the meeting. Records
will be maintained of each meeting and
made available for public inspection.
The topics to be addressed by the
Committee will include, but are not
limited to, the following areas:
Consumer protection and education
(e.g., cramming, slamming, consumer
friendly billing, detariffing, bundling of
services, Lifeline/Linkup programs,
customer service, privacy, telemarketing
abuses, and outreach to underserved
populations such as Native Americans
and persons living in rural areas).
Access by people with disabilities
(e.g., telecommunications relay services,
hearing aid compatibility, video
description, closed captioning,
accessible billing and access to
telecommunications products and
services) to the extent that these issues
are not within the jurisdiction of the
Emergency Access Advisory Committee
and the Video Programming and
Emergency Access Advisory Committee
created by the Twenty-first Century
Communications and Video
Accessibility Act of 2010.
Impact upon consumers of new and
emerging technologies (e.g., availability
of broadband, digital television, cable,
satellite, low power FM, and the
convergence of these and emerging
technologies).
Implementation of Commission rules
and consumer participation in the FCC
rulemaking process.
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Who May Apply for Membership and
Obligations of Members
Application Procedure, Deadline and
Member Appointments
The Commission seeks applications
from interested organizations,
institutions, or other entities from both
the public and private sectors, that wish
to be considered for membership on the
Committee. Selections will be made on
the basis of factors such as expertise and
diversity of viewpoints that are
necessary to address effectively the
questions before the Committee.
Applicants should be recognized
authorities in their fields, including, but
not limited to, organizations focusing
upon consumer advocacy, disabilities,
underserved populations (e.g., persons
living in rural areas and tribal
communities), telecommunications
infra-structure and equipment,
telecommunications services (including
wireless), and broadcast/cable services.
Individuals who do not represent an
organization, institution, or entity, but
who possess expertise valuable to the
Committee’s work, are also welcome to
apply. Such applicants should be aware,
however, that government ethics rules
may require financial and other
disclosures.
In addition, all applicants are advised
that the Commission has elected to
adhere to the President’s policy, as
announced in his memorandum of June
18, 2010, ‘‘Lobbyists on Agency Boards
and Commissions,’’ which aspires to
keep Federal agencies’ advisory boards
and committees free of federally
registered lobbyists. For this reason, the
Commission will not consider registered
lobbyists as members or representatives
of members of the Committee.
The number of Committee members
will be established to effectively
accomplish the Committee’s work.
During calendar year 2011, it is
anticipated that the Committee will
meet in Washington, DC for three (3)
one-day meetings. In addition, as
needed, working groups or
subcommittees will be established to
facilitate the Committee’s work between
meetings of the full Committee.
Meetings will be fully accessible to
individuals with disabilities.
Members must be willing to commit
to a two-year term of service, should be
willing and able to attend three (3) oneday meetings per year in Washington,
DC, and are also expected to participate
in deliberations of at least one working
group or subcommittee. The time
commitment to each working group or
subcommittee may be substantial.
Working group deliberations are
conducted primarily through e-mail and
teleconferences.
Applications should be submitted in
accordance with the procedures
outlined below, which include an
optional online application form.
Applications should be received by
the Commission no later than 11:59
p.m.. EST, February 7, 2011.
Applications should be addressed to the
Federal Communications Commission,
Consumer & Governmental Affairs
Bureau, Attn.: Scott Marshall, and may
be sent via e-mail to
scott.marshall@fcc.gov or via an online
application form on the web at https://
www.fcc.gov/cgb/cac/2011app, or via
U.S. mail to 445 12th Street, SW., Room
3a633, Washington, DC 20554. Due to
the extensive security screening of
incoming mail since September 11,
2001, delivery of mail sent to the FCC
may be delayed. Therefore, we urge you
to submit applications via e-mail or
online. Applications will be
acknowledged shortly after receipt via email or U.S. mail.
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Applications for Organizations Should
Include the Following Information
(1) The name of the organization,
institution, or entity applying for
Committee membership (hereinafter the
‘‘applicant’’);
(2) The name of the applicant’s
primary representative including title,
postal mailing address, e-mail address,
and telephone number, including a
statement that the representative of the
applicant is not a registered lobbyist;
(3) The name of the applicant’s
alternate representative including title,
postal mailing address, e-mail address,
and telephone number, including a
statement that the alternate
representative is not a registered
lobbyist;
(4) A statement of the interests
represented by the organization,
institution, or entity (e.g., consumer
advocate, disability advocate,
government regulator, tribal
government, industry, trade association
etc.) and a narrative statement detailing
the applicant’s previous involvement
concerning issues relevant to the
Committee’s work and the applicant’s
ability and willingness to contribute
substantively to the Committee’s
deliberations.
In the case of an individual applicant
the application should include the
following:
(1) The applicant’s specific
knowledge or expertise which is
relevant to issues to be addressed by the
committee, including a statement that
the individual applicant is not a
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registered lobbyist. As noted above,
financial and other additional
disclosures may also apply to individual
applicants, and;
(2) A statement by the applicant
indicating a willingness to serve on the
Committee for a two year period of time;
a commitment to attend three (3)
plenary one-day meetings per year in
Washington, DC; and a commitment to
work on at least one working group or
subcommittee. Members will have an
initial and continuing obligation to
disclose any interests in, or connections
to, persons or entities that are, or will
be, regulated by or have interests before
the Commission.
Please note this document is not
intended to be the exclusive method by
which the Commission will solicit
nominations and expressions of interest
to identify qualified candidates.
However, all candidates for membership
on the Committee will be subject to the
same evaluation criteria.
After the applications have been
reviewed, the Commission will publish
a notice in the Federal Register
announcing the appointment of the
Committee members and the first
meeting date of the Committee. All
applicants will be notified via U.S.
Postal mail concerning the disposition
of their applications. It is anticipated
that appointments to the Committee will
be made in late February or March of
2011 with the first meeting of the
Committee to occur in March or April
of 2011.
Federal Communications Commission.
Joel Gurin,
Chief, Consumer and Governmental Affairs
Bureau
[FR Doc. 2011–1170 Filed 1–19–11; 8:45 am]
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The Commission hereby gives notice
of the filing of the following agreement
under the Shipping Act of 1984.
Interested parties may submit comments
on the agreement to the Secretary,
Federal Maritime Commission,
Washington, DC 20573, within ten days
of the date this notice appears in the
Federal Register. A copy of the
agreement is available through the
Commission’s Web site (https://
www.fmc.gov) or by contacting the
Office of Agreements at (202) 523–5793
or tradeanalysis@fmc.gov.
Agreement No.: 201143–010.
Title: West Coast MTO Agreement.
Parties: APM Terminals Pacific, Ltd.;
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[DA 11-50]
Consumer Advisory Committee
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This document announces the rechartering of the Consumer
Advisory Committee (hereinafter ``the Committee''), whose purpose is to
make recommendations to the Federal Communications Commission (``FCC''
or ``Commission'') regarding consumer issues within the jurisdiction of
the Commission and to facilitate the participation of consumers
(including people with disabilities and underserved populations, such
as American Indians and persons living in rural areas) in proceedings
before the Commission. The Commission also requests applications for
membership on the Committee.
DATES: Applications should be received no later than 11:59 p.m. EST,
February 7, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Federal Communications Commission, Consumer and Governmental
Affairs Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., Room 3-A633, Washington, DC
20554.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Scott Marshall, Consumer and
Governmental Affairs Bureau, 202-418-2809 (voice), 202-418-0179 (TTY),
or e-mail scott.marshal@fcc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The rechartering of the Committee was
announced by Public Notice dated and released January xx, 2011. On
November 17, 2010, the Charter of the Committee terminated. The Charter
was renewed for another two (2) year term. This renewal is necessary
and is in the public interest. The Committee is organized under, and
will operate in accordance with, the provisions of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 2 (1988).
The mission of the Committee is to make recommendations to the
Commission regarding consumer issues within the jurisdiction of the
Commission and to facilitate the participation of consumers (including
people with disabilities and underserved populations, such as American
Indians and persons living in rural areas) in proceedings before the
Commission.
Each meeting of the full Committee will be open to the public. A
notice of each meeting will be published in the Federal Register at
least fifteen (15) days in advance of the meeting. Records will be
maintained of each meeting and made available for public inspection.
The topics to be addressed by the Committee will include, but are
not limited to, the following areas:
Consumer protection and education (e.g., cramming, slamming,
consumer friendly billing, detariffing, bundling of services, Lifeline/
Linkup programs, customer service, privacy, telemarketing abuses, and
outreach to underserved populations such as Native Americans and
persons living in rural areas).
Access by people with disabilities (e.g., telecommunications relay
services, hearing aid compatibility, video description, closed
captioning, accessible billing and access to telecommunications
products and services) to the extent that these issues are not within
the jurisdiction of the Emergency Access Advisory Committee and the
Video Programming and Emergency Access Advisory Committee created by
the Twenty-first Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of
2010.
Impact upon consumers of new and emerging technologies (e.g.,
availability of broadband, digital television, cable, satellite, low
power FM, and the convergence of these and emerging technologies).
Implementation of Commission rules and consumer participation in
the FCC rulemaking process.
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Who May Apply for Membership and Obligations of Members
The Commission seeks applications from interested organizations,
institutions, or other entities from both the public and private
sectors, that wish to be considered for membership on the Committee.
Selections will be made on the basis of factors such as expertise and
diversity of viewpoints that are necessary to address effectively the
questions before the Committee.
Applicants should be recognized authorities in their fields,
including, but not limited to, organizations focusing upon consumer
advocacy, disabilities, underserved populations (e.g., persons living
in rural areas and tribal communities), telecommunications infra-
structure and equipment, telecommunications services (including
wireless), and broadcast/cable services. Individuals who do not
represent an organization, institution, or entity, but who possess
expertise valuable to the Committee's work, are also welcome to apply.
Such applicants should be aware, however, that government ethics rules
may require financial and other disclosures.
In addition, all applicants are advised that the Commission has
elected to adhere to the President's policy, as announced in his
memorandum of June 18, 2010, ``Lobbyists on Agency Boards and
Commissions,'' which aspires to keep Federal agencies' advisory boards
and committees free of federally registered lobbyists. For this reason,
the Commission will not consider registered lobbyists as members or
representatives of members of the Committee.
The number of Committee members will be established to effectively
accomplish the Committee's work. During calendar year 2011, it is
anticipated that the Committee will meet in Washington, DC for three
(3) one-day meetings. In addition, as needed, working groups or
subcommittees will be established to facilitate the Committee's work
between meetings of the full Committee. Meetings will be fully
accessible to individuals with disabilities.
Members must be willing to commit to a two-year term of service,
should be willing and able to attend three (3) one-day meetings per
year in Washington, DC, and are also expected to participate in
deliberations of at least one working group or subcommittee. The time
commitment to each working group or subcommittee may be substantial.
Working group deliberations are conducted primarily through e-mail and
teleconferences.
Application Procedure, Deadline and Member Appointments
Applications should be submitted in accordance with the procedures
outlined below, which include an optional online application form.
Applications should be received by the Commission no later than
11:59 p.m.. EST, February 7, 2011. Applications should be addressed to
the Federal Communications Commission, Consumer & Governmental Affairs
Bureau, Attn.: Scott Marshall, and may be sent via e-mail to
scott.marshall@fcc.gov or via an online application form on the web at
https://www.fcc.gov/cgb/cac/2011app, or via U.S. mail to 445 12th
Street, SW., Room 3a633, Washington, DC 20554. Due to the extensive
security screening of incoming mail since September 11, 2001, delivery
of mail sent to the FCC may be delayed. Therefore, we urge you to
submit applications via e-mail or online. Applications will be
acknowledged shortly after receipt via e-mail or U.S. mail.
Applications for Organizations Should Include the Following Information
(1) The name of the organization, institution, or entity applying
for Committee membership (hereinafter the ``applicant'');
(2) The name of the applicant's primary representative including
title, postal mailing address, e-mail address, and telephone number,
including a statement that the representative of the applicant is not a
registered lobbyist;
(3) The name of the applicant's alternate representative including
title, postal mailing address, e-mail address, and telephone number,
including a statement that the alternate representative is not a
registered lobbyist;
(4) A statement of the interests represented by the organization,
institution, or entity (e.g., consumer advocate, disability advocate,
government regulator, tribal government, industry, trade association
etc.) and a narrative statement detailing the applicant's previous
involvement concerning issues relevant to the Committee's work and the
applicant's ability and willingness to contribute substantively to the
Committee's deliberations.
In the case of an individual applicant the application should
include the following:
(1) The applicant's specific knowledge or expertise which is
relevant to issues to be addressed by the committee, including a
statement that the individual applicant is not a registered lobbyist.
As noted above, financial and other additional disclosures may also
apply to individual applicants, and;
(2) A statement by the applicant indicating a willingness to serve
on the Committee for a two year period of time; a commitment to attend
three (3) plenary one-day meetings per year in Washington, DC; and a
commitment to work on at least one working group or subcommittee.
Members will have an initial and continuing obligation to disclose any
interests in, or connections to, persons or entities that are, or will
be, regulated by or have interests before the Commission.
Please note this document is not intended to be the exclusive
method by which the Commission will solicit nominations and expressions
of interest to identify qualified candidates. However, all candidates
for membership on the Committee will be subject to the same evaluation
criteria.
After the applications have been reviewed, the Commission will
publish a notice in the Federal Register announcing the appointment of
the Committee members and the first meeting date of the Committee. All
applicants will be notified via U.S. Postal mail concerning the
disposition of their applications. It is anticipated that appointments
to the Committee will be made in late February or March of 2011 with
the first meeting of the Committee to occur in March or April of 2011.
Federal Communications Commission.
Joel Gurin,
Chief, Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau
[FR Doc. 2011-1170 Filed 1-19-11; 8:45 am]
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