Television Broadcasting Services; Greenville, NC, 33997-33998 [2012-13864]

Download as PDF pmangrum on DSK3VPTVN1PROD with PROPOSALS-1 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 111 / Friday, June 8, 2012 / Proposed Rules Commission’s Secretary must be delivered to FCC Headquarters at 445 12th St. SW., Room TW–A325, Washington, DC 20554. The filing hours are 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. All hand deliveries must be held together with rubber bands or fasteners. Any envelopes and boxes must be disposed of before entering the building. • Commercial overnight mail (other than U.S. Postal Service Express Mail and Priority Mail) must be sent to 9300 East Hampton Drive, Capitol Heights, MD 20743. • U.S. Postal Service first-class, Express, and Priority mail must be addressed to 445 12th Street SW., Washington DC 20554. 9. People with Disabilities: To request materials in accessible formats for people with disabilities (Braille, large print, electronic files, audio format), send an email to fcc504@fcc.gov or call the Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau at (202) 418–0530 (voice), (202) 418–0432 (tty). 10. Address all filings to the Commission’s Secretary, Marlene H. Dortch, Office of the Secretary, Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street SW., Room TW–A325, Washington, DC 20554. Parties should also send a copy of their filings to Gregory Cooke, Policy and Licensing Division, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, Room 7– A744, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554, or by email to Gregory.Cooke@fcc.gov. Parties shall also serve one copy with the Commission’s copy contractor, Best Copy and Printing, Inc. (BCPI), Portals II, 445 12th Street SW., Room CY–B402, Washington, DC 20554, (202) 488–5300, or via email to fcc@bcpiweb.com. 11. Documents in EB Docket No. 04– 296 are available for public inspection and copying during business hours at the FCC Reference Information Center, Portals II, 445 12th St. SW., Room CY– A257, Washington, DC 20554. The documents are available for purchase from BCPI, telephone (202) 488–5300, facsimile (202) 488–5563, TTY (202) 488–5562, email fcc@bcpiweb.com. These documents are also available for viewing on the Commission’s Web site at https://www.fcc.gov/cgb/ecfs. Federal Communications Commission. Lisa M. Fowlkes, Deputy Chief, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau. [FR Doc. 2012–13901 Filed 6–7–12; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6712–01–P VerDate Mar<15>2010 14:58 Jun 07, 2012 Jkt 226001 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 47 CFR Part 73 [MB Docket No. 12–130, RM–11662; DA 12– 815] Television Broadcasting Services; Greenville, NC Federal Communications Commission. ACTION: Proposed rule. AGENCY: The Commission has before it a petition for rulemaking filed by ION Media Greenville License, Inc. (‘‘ION’’), the licensee of station WEPX–TV, channel 51, Greenville, North Carolina, requesting the substitution of channel 26 for channel 51 at Greenville. After the Commission instituted a freeze on the acceptance of rulemaking petitions by full power television stations requesting channel substitutions in May 2011, it later announced that it would lift the freeze to accept petitions for rulemaking filed by full power television stations seeking to relocate from channel 51 pursuant to a voluntary relocation agreement with Lower 700 MHz A Block licensees. ION has entered into a voluntary relocation agreement and further states that the proposed channel 26 facility will increase the net total population served by the station by over 100,000 persons, which will serve the public interest. DATES: Comments must be filed on or before July 9, 2012, and reply comments on or before July 23, 2012. ADDRESSES: Federal Communications Commission, Office of the Secretary, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554. In addition to filing comments with the FCC, interested parties should serve counsel for petitioner as follows: John R. Feore, Jr., Esq., Dow Lohnes PLLC, 1200 New Hampshire Avenue NW., Suite 800, Washington, DC 20036– 6802. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joyce L. Bernstein, joyce.bernstein@fcc. gov, Media Bureau, (202) 418–1647. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a synopsis of the Commission’s Notice of Proposed Rule Making, MB Docket No. 12–130, adopted May 23, 2012, and released May 25, 2012. The full text of this document is available for public inspection and copying during normal business hours in the FCC’s Reference Information Center at Portals II, CY– A257, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC, 20554. This document will also be available via ECFS (https://www.fcc.gov/ cgb/ecfs/). (Documents will be available electronically in ASCII, Word 97, and/ SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00018 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 4702 33997 or Adobe Acrobat.) This document may be purchased from the Commission’s duplicating contractor, Best Copy and Printing, Inc., 445 12th Street SW., Room CY–B402, Washington, DC 20554, telephone 1–800–478–3160 or via email www.BCPIWEB.com. To request this document in accessible formats (computer diskettes, large print, audio recording, and Braille), send an email to fcc504@fcc.gov or call the Commission’s Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau at (202) 418–0530 (voice), (202) 418–0432 (TTY). This document does not contain proposed information collection requirements subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104–13. In addition, therefore, it does not contain any proposed 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). Provisions of the Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980 do not apply to this proceeding. Members of the public should note that from the time a Notice of Proposed Rule Making is issued until the matter is no longer subject to Commission consideration or court review, all ex parte contacts (other than ex parte presentations exempt under 47 CFR 1.1204(a)) are prohibited in Commission proceedings, such as this one, which involve channel allotments. See 47 CFR 1.1208 for rules governing restricted proceedings. For information regarding proper filing procedures for comments, see §§ 1.415 and 1.420. List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 73 Television. Federal Communications Commission. David J. Brown, Associate Chief, Video Division, Media Bureau. Proposed Rules For the reasons discussed in the preamble, the Federal Communications Commission proposes to amend 47 CFR part 73 as follows: PART 73—RADIO BROADCAST SERVICES 1. The authority citation for part 73 continues to read as follows: Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154, 303, 334, 336, and 339. § 73.622 [Amended] 2. Section 73.622(i), the PostTransition Table of DTV Allotments under North Carolina is amended by E:\FR\FM\08JNP1.SGM 08JNP1 33998 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 111 / Friday, June 8, 2012 / Proposed Rules removing channel 51 and adding channel 26 at Greenville. [FR Doc. 2012–13864 Filed 6–7–12; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6712–01–P DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 49 CFR Part 595 [Docket No. NHTSA–2012–0078] RIN 2127–AL19 Make Inoperative Exemptions; Retrofit On-Off Switches for Air Bags National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Department of Transportation (DOT). ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM). AGENCY: There is a NHTSA regulation that permits motor vehicle dealers and repair businesses to install retrofit on-off switches for air bags in vehicles owned by or used by persons whose request for a switch has been approved by the agency. This regulation is only available for motor vehicles manufactured before September 1, 2012. In this document, the agency proposes to extend the availability of this regulation for three additional years, so that it would apply to motor vehicles manufactured before September 1, 2015. DATES: Comments must be received on or before July 9, 2012. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments to the docket number identified in the heading of this document by any of the following methods: • Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting comments. • Mail: Docket Management Facility, M–30, U.S. Department of Transportation, West Building, Ground Floor, Rm. W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590. • Hand Delivery or Courier: West Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. • Fax: 202–493–2251. Regardless of how you submit your comments, you should mention the docket number of this document. You may call the Docket at 202–366– 9324. Instructions: For detailed instructions on submitting comments and additional information on the rulemaking process, pmangrum on DSK3VPTVN1PROD with PROPOSALS-1 SUMMARY: VerDate Mar<15>2010 14:58 Jun 07, 2012 Jkt 226001 see the Public Participation heading of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document. Note that all comments received will be posted without change to https:// www.regulations.gov, including any personal information provided. Please see the Privacy Act discussion below. Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search the electronic form of all comments received into any of our dockets by the name of the individual submitting the comment (or signing the comment, if submitted on behalf of an association, business, labor union, etc.). You may review DOT’s complete Privacy Act Statement in the Federal Register published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477–78). FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For non-legal issues: Ms. Carla Rush, Office of Crashworthiness Standards, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590 (telephone 202–366–4583, fax 202–493– 2739). For legal issues: Mr. Edward Glancy, Office of the Chief Counsel, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590 (telephone 202– 366–2992, fax 202–366–3820). SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Table of Contents I. Background II. Agency Analysis and Proposal III. Shortened Comment Period IV. Rulemaking Analyses and Notices V. Public Participation I. Background To prevent or mitigate the risk of injuries or fatalities in frontal crashes, Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 208, ‘‘Occupant crash protection’’ (49 CFR 571.208), requires that vehicles be equipped with seat belts and frontal air bags. In the 1990s, while air bags proved to be highly effective in reducing fatalities from frontal crashes, they were found to cause a small number of fatalities, especially to unrestrained, out-ofposition children, in relatively low speed crashes. It was shown that the majority of these fatalities occurred because the occupants were very close to or made contact with the air bag when it started to deploy.1 The other cause of the air bag fatalities at the time was the aggressive design of some air bags. To address this problem, NHTSA developed a plan that included an array 1 See preamble to agency final rule on advanced air bags, 65 FR 30680, 30682–83, May 12, 2000. PO 00000 Frm 00019 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 4702 of immediate, interim and long-term measures. The immediate and interim measures focused on behavioral changes and relatively modest technological changes (e.g., consumer education on air bags and the importance of seat belts and putting children in the rear; amending FMVSS No. 208 to allow for a limited time a sled test option for expediting the depowering of air bags, etc.). The long-term measures focused on more significant technological changes, i.e., advanced air bag technologies. As one of the interim measures, on November 21, 1997, NHTSA published in the Federal Register (62 FR 62406) a final rule permitting motor vehicle dealers and repair businesses to install retrofit on-off switches for frontal air bags in vehicles owned by or used by persons whose request for a switch had been approved by the agency (subpart B of 49 CFR part 595). This rule provided a limited exemption from a statutory provision that generally prohibits motor vehicle dealers and repair businesses from making inoperative any part of a device or element of design installed on or in a motor vehicle or motor vehicle equipment in compliance with an applicable FMVSS.2 Under the procedures set forth in the 1997 rule, vehicle owners can request a retrofit air bag on-off switch by completing an agency request form (Appendix B of Part 595) and submitting the form to the agency. Owners must certify that they have read the information brochure, in Appendix A of Part 595, discussing air bag safety and risks. The brochure describes the steps that the vast majority of people can take to minimize the risk of serious injuries from air bags while preserving the benefits of air bags, without going to the expense of buying an on-off switch. The agency developed the brochure to enable owners to determine whether they are, or a user of their vehicle is, in one of the groups of people at risk of a serious air bag injury and to make a careful, informed decision about requesting an on-off switch.3 Owners 2 The ‘‘make inoperative’’ provision is at 49 U.S.C. 30122. 3 At NHTSA’s request, an expert panel of physicians convened to formulate recommendations on specific medical indications for air bag deactivation. The panel concluded that air bags are effective lifesavers and that a medical condition does not warrant turning off an air bag unless the condition makes it impossible for a person to maintain an adequate distance from the air bag. Specifically, the panel recommended disconnecting an air bag if a safe sitting distance or position cannot be maintained by a: driver or front passenger because of scoliosis, osteoporosis/ arthritis; driver because of achondroplasia; or passenger because of Down syndrome and atlantoaxial instability. The panel also warranted E:\FR\FM\08JNP1.SGM 08JNP1

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[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 111 (Friday, June 8, 2012)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 33997-33998]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-13864]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[MB Docket No. 12-130, RM-11662; DA 12-815]


Television Broadcasting Services; Greenville, NC

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: The Commission has before it a petition for rulemaking filed 
by ION Media Greenville License, Inc. (``ION''), the licensee of 
station WEPX-TV, channel 51, Greenville, North Carolina, requesting the 
substitution of channel 26 for channel 51 at Greenville. After the 
Commission instituted a freeze on the acceptance of rulemaking 
petitions by full power television stations requesting channel 
substitutions in May 2011, it later announced that it would lift the 
freeze to accept petitions for rulemaking filed by full power 
television stations seeking to relocate from channel 51 pursuant to a 
voluntary relocation agreement with Lower 700 MHz A Block licensees. 
ION has entered into a voluntary relocation agreement and further 
states that the proposed channel 26 facility will increase the net 
total population served by the station by over 100,000 persons, which 
will serve the public interest.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or before July 9, 2012, and reply 
comments on or before July 23, 2012.

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications Commission, Office of the Secretary, 
445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554. In addition to filing 
comments with the FCC, interested parties should serve counsel for 
petitioner as follows: John R. Feore, Jr., Esq., Dow Lohnes PLLC, 1200 
New Hampshire Avenue NW., Suite 800, Washington, DC 20036-6802.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joyce L. Bernstein, 
joyce.bernstein@fcc.gov, Media Bureau, (202) 418-1647.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a synopsis of the Commission's 
Notice of Proposed Rule Making, MB Docket No. 12-130, adopted May 23, 
2012, and released May 25, 2012. The full text of this document is 
available for public inspection and copying during normal business 
hours in the FCC's Reference Information Center at Portals II, CY-A257, 
445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC, 20554. This document will also be 
available via ECFS (https://www.fcc.gov/cgb/ecfs/). (Documents will be 
available electronically in ASCII, Word 97, and/or Adobe Acrobat.) This 
document may be purchased from the Commission's duplicating contractor, 
Best Copy and Printing, Inc., 445 12th Street SW., Room CY-B402, 
Washington, DC 20554, telephone 1-800-478-3160 or via email 
www.BCPIWEB.com. To request this document in accessible formats 
(computer diskettes, large print, audio recording, and Braille), send 
an email to fcc504@fcc.gov or call the Commission's Consumer and 
Governmental Affairs Bureau at (202) 418-0530 (voice), (202) 418-0432 
(TTY). This document does not contain proposed information collection 
requirements subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 
104-13. In addition, therefore, it does not contain any proposed 
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).
    Provisions of the Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980 do not apply 
to this proceeding. Members of the public should note that from the 
time a Notice of Proposed Rule Making is issued until the matter is no 
longer subject to Commission consideration or court review, all ex 
parte contacts (other than ex parte presentations exempt under 47 CFR 
1.1204(a)) are prohibited in Commission proceedings, such as this one, 
which involve channel allotments. See 47 CFR 1.1208 for rules governing 
restricted proceedings.
    For information regarding proper filing procedures for comments, 
see Sec. Sec.  1.415 and 1.420.

List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 73

    Television.

Federal Communications Commission.
David J. Brown,
Associate Chief, Video Division, Media Bureau.

Proposed Rules

    For the reasons discussed in the preamble, the Federal 
Communications Commission proposes to amend 47 CFR part 73 as follows:

PART 73--RADIO BROADCAST SERVICES

    1. The authority citation for part 73 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154, 303, 334, 336, and 339.


Sec.  73.622  [Amended]

    2. Section 73.622(i), the Post-Transition Table of DTV Allotments 
under North Carolina is amended by

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removing channel 51 and adding channel 26 at Greenville.

[FR Doc. 2012-13864 Filed 6-7-12; 8:45 am]
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