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Limitations on the Filing and
Processing of Full Power and Class A
Television Station Modification
Applications and Reminder of the
Spectrum Act’s Preservation Mandate
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
This document announces an
immediate limitation on the filing and
processing of full power and class A
television station modification
applications and also reminds television
broadcast stations of the Spectrum Act’s
Preservation Mandate. See Middle Class
Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012,
Public Law 112–96, Title VI, 125 Stat.
156 (2012) (‘‘Spectrum Act’’). This
action will facilitate Commission
analysis of repacking methodologies and
assure that the objectives of the
broadcast television incentive auction,
as mandated by the Spectrum Act, are
not frustrated. See Spectrum Act at
Section 6403(b)(2).
DATES: This filing and processing
limitation become effective on April 5,
2013.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Barbara Kreisman, Chief, Video
Division, Media Bureau, Federal
Communications Commission,
barbara.kreisman@fcc.gov, (202) 418–
1600.
SUMMARY:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Limitations on the Filing and
Processing of Modification
Applications: Beginning immediately,
and until further notice, the Media
Bureau will not accept for filing
modification applications (or
amendments to pending modification
applications) by full power and Class A
television broadcast licensees and
permittees for changes to existing
television service areas that would
increase a full power station’s noiselimited contour or a Class A station’s
protected contour in one or more
directions beyond the area resulting
from the station’s present parameters as
represented in its authorizations
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(license and/or construction permit).1
Similarly, the Media Bureau will not
accept Class A displacement
applications that would increase the
station’s protected contour. However,
consistent with the Commission’s
proposal in the Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking, 77 FR 69933 (Nov. 21,
2012),2 Class A minor change
applications to implement the digital
transition (flash cut and digital
companion channel) may continue to be
filed and will be processed subject to
the current limitations in Sections
73.3572(a)(2) and 74.787(a)(2) of the
Commission’s rules.
The Bureau will consider, on a caseby-case basis, requests for waiver of the
filing limitation imposed by this public
notice when a modification application
is necessary or otherwise in the public
interest for technical or other reasons to
maintain quality service to the public,
such as when zoning restrictions
preclude tower construction at a
particular site or when unforeseen
events, such as extreme weather events
or other extraordinary circumstances,
require relocation to a new tower site.
As with any request for waiver of our
rules, such a request will be granted
only on a showing of good cause and
when grant of the waiver will serve the
public interest.
With respect to pending full power
and Class A modification applications,
we will process those applications that
do not increase the full power station’s
noise-limited contour or the Class A
station’s protected contour in one or
more directions beyond the area
resulting from the station’s present
parameters as represented in its
authorizations (license and/or
construction permit). Applicants at
variance with this limitation may
amend their applications within 60 days
of the Public Notice to comply with this
limitation or request a waiver. Pending
applications that are not amended
consistent with this public notice will
be processed after the Commission’s
release of a Report and Order in the
Incentive Auction rulemaking
1 See 47 CFR 73.622(e)(1) (defining ‘‘service area’’
of a full power TV broadcast station). As to Class
A stations, protected contour is consistent with the
proposed interpretation of the statutory term
‘‘coverage area’’ in the NPRM. See Expanding the
Economic and Innovative Opportunities of
Spectrum Through Incentive Auctions, Docket No.
12–268, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 27 FCC
Rcd 12357, 12390, para. 99 (2012) (‘‘NPRM’’).
2 Id. at 12397, para. 115 (‘‘We do propose to
protect in the repacking process certain digital Class
A facilities that were not licensed as of February 22,
2012.’’).
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proceeding, subject to the rules and
policies adopted therein.3
II. Spectrum Act Preservation
Mandate: We take this opportunity to
remind stations that, as provided in the
Spectrum Act and the NPRM, the extent
to which a facility that is not covered by
Section 6403(b)(2) (a ‘‘non-covered
facility’’) will be preserved in the
repacking process will be decided by
the Commission in the Incentive
Auction rulemaking proceeding.4
For stations with non-covered
authorized facilities, we take this
opportunity to remind them, before
additional investments are made in
these non-covered facilities, that the
extent to which the non-covered facility
will be preserved in the repacking
process will be decided by the
Commission in the Incentive Auction
rulemaking proceeding.5
Accordingly, the Media Bureau will
process applications from permittees
modifying their non-covered facilities to
revert to the service area resulting from
the station’s licensed facilities as of
February 22, 2012. If a permittee of a
non-covered facility fails to file for this
modification, the extent of preservation
of the non-covered facility will be
determined by the Commission in the
Incentive Auction rulemaking
proceeding.
This action is taken by the Chief,
Media Bureau pursuant to authority
delegated by 47 CFR 0.283 of the
Commission’s rules.
Federal Communications Commission.
Barbara Kreisman,
Chief, Video Division, Media Bureau.
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3 The decision to impose these limitations on the
filing and processing of modification applications is
procedural in nature, and therefore is not subject to
the notice and comment and effective date
requirements of the Administrative Procedure Act.
See 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(A), (d); see also Neighborhood
TV Co. v. FCC, 742 F.2d 629, 637–38 (D.C. Cir.
1984) (holding that the Commission’s filing freeze
is a procedural rule not subject to the notice and
comment requirements of the Administrative
Procedure Act); Buckeye Cablevision, Inc. v. United
States, 438 F.2d 948, 952–53 (6th Cir. 1971); Kessler
v. FCC, 326 F.2d 673, 680–82 (D.C. Cir. 1963).
Moreover, we find that there is good cause for not
delaying the effect of these procedures until 30 days
after publication in the Federal Register. Such a
delay would be impractical, unnecessary, and
contrary to the public interest because it would
undercut the purposes of these procedures. See 5
U.S.C. 553(b)(B), (d)(3).
4 See Spectrum Act at Sections 6403(b)(2),
6403(i)(1); NPRM, 27 FCC Rcd at 12390, 12397
paras. 98, 113.
5 Id.
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Technological Advisory Council
Federal Communications Commission.
Sheryl Todd,
Deputy Secretary.
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AGENCY:
ACTION:
Notice of public meeting.
In accordance with the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, this
notice advises interested persons that
the Federal Communications
Commission’s (FCC) Technological
Advisory Council will hold a meeting
on Thursday, June 13, 2013 in the
Commission Meeting Room, from 1 p.m.
to 4 p.m. at the Federal
Communications Commission, 445 12th
Street SW., Washington, DC 20554.
SUMMARY:
DATES:
June 13, 2013.
Federal Communications
Commission, 445 12th Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20554.
ADDRESSES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Walter Johnston, Chief, Electromagnetic
Compatibility Division, 202–418–0807;
Walter.Johnston@FCC.gov.
The FCC
Technological Advisory Council will
discuss progress on work areas
announced at its initial meeting of the
year on March 11, 2013. The FCC will
attempt to accommodate as many
people as possible. However,
admittance will be limited to seating
availability. Meetings are also broadcast
live with open captioning over the
internet from the FCC Live Web page at
https://www.fcc.gov/live/. The public
may submit written comments before
the meeting to: Walter Johnston, the
FCC’s Designated Federal Officer for
Technological Advisory Council by
email: Walter.Johnston@fcc.gov or U.S.
Postal Service Mail (Walter Johnston,
Federal Communications Commission,
Room 2–A665, 445 12th Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20554). Open
captioning will be provided for this
event. Other reasonable
accommodations for people with
disabilities are available upon request.
Requests for such accommodations
should be submitted via email to
fcc504@fcc.gov or by calling the Office
of Engineering and Technology at 202–
418–2470 (voice), (202) 418–1944 (fax).
Such requests should include a detailed
description of the accommodation
needed. In addition, please include your
contact information. Please allow at
least five days advance notice; last
minute requests will be accepted, but
may be impossible to fill.
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Acquisitions of Shares of a Bank or
Bank Holding Company
The notificants listed below have
applied under the Change in Bank
Control Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)) and
§ 225.41 of the Board’s Regulation Y (12
CFR 225.41) to acquire shares of a bank
or bank holding company. The factors
that are considered in acting on the
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the Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)(7)).
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Interested persons may express their
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1. Charles R. Soward, Rosiclare,
Illinois and Kimberly A. Cotton,
Henderson, Kentucky; to acquire voting
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Rosiclare, Illinois, and thereby
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Illinois.
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Minneapolis (Jacqueline G. King,
Community Affairs Officer) 90
Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis,
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1. Devon Joan Goetz, Mandan, North
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Oliver Bancorporation, Inc., Center,
North Dakota, and thereby indirectly
gain control of Security First Bank of
North Dakota, New Salem, North
Dakota.
C. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas
City (Dennis Denney, Assistant Vice
President) 1 Memorial Drive, Kansas
City, Missouri 64198–0001:
1. Joshua C. Rowland, Kansas City,
Missouri; to acquire as a member of the
Rowland family control group voting
shares of Lead Financial Group, Inc.,
and thereby acquire Lead Bank, both in
Garden City, Missouri.
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[DA 13-618]
Limitations on the Filing and Processing of Full Power and Class
A Television Station Modification Applications and Reminder of the
Spectrum Act's Preservation Mandate
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This document announces an immediate limitation on the filing
and processing of full power and class A television station
modification applications and also reminds television broadcast
stations of the Spectrum Act's Preservation Mandate. See Middle Class
Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012, Public Law 112-96, Title VI,
125 Stat. 156 (2012) (``Spectrum Act''). This action will facilitate
Commission analysis of repacking methodologies and assure that the
objectives of the broadcast television incentive auction, as mandated
by the Spectrum Act, are not frustrated. See Spectrum Act at Section
6403(b)(2).
DATES: This filing and processing limitation become effective on April
5, 2013.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Barbara Kreisman, Chief, Video
Division, Media Bureau, Federal Communications Commission,
barbara.kreisman@fcc.gov, (202) 418-1600.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Limitations on the Filing and Processing of Modification
Applications: Beginning immediately, and until further notice, the
Media Bureau will not accept for filing modification applications (or
amendments to pending modification applications) by full power and
Class A television broadcast licensees and permittees for changes to
existing television service areas that would increase a full power
station's noise-limited contour or a Class A station's protected
contour in one or more directions beyond the area resulting from the
station's present parameters as represented in its authorizations
(license and/or construction permit).\1\ Similarly, the Media Bureau
will not accept Class A displacement applications that would increase
the station's protected contour. However, consistent with the
Commission's proposal in the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 77 FR 69933
(Nov. 21, 2012),\2\ Class A minor change applications to implement the
digital transition (flash cut and digital companion channel) may
continue to be filed and will be processed subject to the current
limitations in Sections 73.3572(a)(2) and 74.787(a)(2) of the
Commission's rules.
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\1\ See 47 CFR 73.622(e)(1) (defining ``service area'' of a full
power TV broadcast station). As to Class A stations, protected
contour is consistent with the proposed interpretation of the
statutory term ``coverage area'' in the NPRM. See Expanding the
Economic and Innovative Opportunities of Spectrum Through Incentive
Auctions, Docket No. 12-268, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 27 FCC
Rcd 12357, 12390, para. 99 (2012) (``NPRM'').
\2\ Id. at 12397, para. 115 (``We do propose to protect in the
repacking process certain digital Class A facilities that were not
licensed as of February 22, 2012.'').
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The Bureau will consider, on a case-by-case basis, requests for
waiver of the filing limitation imposed by this public notice when a
modification application is necessary or otherwise in the public
interest for technical or other reasons to maintain quality service to
the public, such as when zoning restrictions preclude tower
construction at a particular site or when unforeseen events, such as
extreme weather events or other extraordinary circumstances, require
relocation to a new tower site. As with any request for waiver of our
rules, such a request will be granted only on a showing of good cause
and when grant of the waiver will serve the public interest.
With respect to pending full power and Class A modification
applications, we will process those applications that do not increase
the full power station's noise-limited contour or the Class A station's
protected contour in one or more directions beyond the area resulting
from the station's present parameters as represented in its
authorizations (license and/or construction permit). Applicants at
variance with this limitation may amend their applications within 60
days of the Public Notice to comply with this limitation or request a
waiver. Pending applications that are not amended consistent with this
public notice will be processed after the Commission's release of a
Report and Order in the Incentive Auction rulemaking
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proceeding, subject to the rules and policies adopted therein.\3\
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\3\ The decision to impose these limitations on the filing and
processing of modification applications is procedural in nature, and
therefore is not subject to the notice and comment and effective
date requirements of the Administrative Procedure Act. See 5 U.S.C.
553(b)(A), (d); see also Neighborhood TV Co. v. FCC, 742 F.2d 629,
637-38 (D.C. Cir. 1984) (holding that the Commission's filing freeze
is a procedural rule not subject to the notice and comment
requirements of the Administrative Procedure Act); Buckeye
Cablevision, Inc. v. United States, 438 F.2d 948, 952-53 (6th Cir.
1971); Kessler v. FCC, 326 F.2d 673, 680-82 (D.C. Cir. 1963).
Moreover, we find that there is good cause for not delaying the
effect of these procedures until 30 days after publication in the
Federal Register. Such a delay would be impractical, unnecessary,
and contrary to the public interest because it would undercut the
purposes of these procedures. See 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B), (d)(3).
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II. Spectrum Act Preservation Mandate: We take this opportunity to
remind stations that, as provided in the Spectrum Act and the NPRM, the
extent to which a facility that is not covered by Section 6403(b)(2) (a
``non-covered facility'') will be preserved in the repacking process
will be decided by the Commission in the Incentive Auction rulemaking
proceeding.\4\
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\4\ See Spectrum Act at Sections 6403(b)(2), 6403(i)(1); NPRM,
27 FCC Rcd at 12390, 12397 paras. 98, 113.
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For stations with non-covered authorized facilities, we take this
opportunity to remind them, before additional investments are made in
these non-covered facilities, that the extent to which the non-covered
facility will be preserved in the repacking process will be decided by
the Commission in the Incentive Auction rulemaking proceeding.\5\
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Accordingly, the Media Bureau will process applications from
permittees modifying their non-covered facilities to revert to the
service area resulting from the station's licensed facilities as of
February 22, 2012. If a permittee of a non-covered facility fails to
file for this modification, the extent of preservation of the non-
covered facility will be determined by the Commission in the Incentive
Auction rulemaking proceeding.
This action is taken by the Chief, Media Bureau pursuant to
authority delegated by 47 CFR 0.283 of the Commission's rules.
Federal Communications Commission.
Barbara Kreisman,
Chief, Video Division, Media Bureau.
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