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Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 137 / Wednesday, July 17, 2013 / Rules and Regulations
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
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47 CFR Part 73
[MB Docket No. 13–52; RM–11693; DA 13–
1379]
Radio Broadcasting Services;
Matagorda, Texas
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Final rule.
AGENCY:
The Audio Division, at the
request of Tejas Broadcasting Ltd., LLP,
allots FM Channel 291A and deletes FM
Channel 252A at Matagorda, Texas. This
allotment change is part of a hybrid rule
making and FM application proposal.
Channel 291A can be allotted at
Matagorda, consistent with the
minimum distance separation
requirements of the Commission’s rules,
at city reference coordinates of 28–41–
25 NL and 95–58–02 WL, without site
restriction. Concurrence by the
Government of Mexico is required
because Channel 291A at Matagorda,
Texas, is located within 320 kilometers
(199 miles) of the U.S.-Mexican border.
Mexican concurrence has been
requested for this vacant allotment, but
has not yet been received. If a
construction permit for Channel 291A at
Matagorda, Texas is granted prior to
receipt of formal concurrence by the
Mexican government, the authorization
will include the following condition:
‘‘Operation with the facilities specified
herein for Matagorda, Texas, is subject
to modification, suspension, or
termination without right to hearing, if
found by the Commission to be
necessary in order to conform to the
Mexico-United States FM Broadcast
Agreement, or if specifically objected to
by the Government of Mexico.’’ See
Supplementary Information infra.
DATES: Effective August 16, 2013.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Deborah Dupont, Media Bureau, (202)
418–2180.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a
synopsis of the Commission’s Report
and Order, MB Docket No. 13–52,
adopted June 12, 2013, and released
June 14, 2013. The full text of this
Commission decision is available for
inspection and copying during normal
business hours in the FCC Information
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Center, Portals II, 445 12th Street SW.,
Room CY–A257, Washington, DC 20554.
The complete text of this decision also
may be purchased from the
Commission’s duplicating contractor,
Best Copy and Printing, Inc., 445 12th
Street SW., Room CY–B402,
Washington, DC, 20554, (800) 378–3160,
or via the company’s Web site,
www.bcpiweb.com. 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). 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 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A).
2. Section 73.202(b), the Table of FM
Allotments under Texas, is amended at
Matagorda by removing Channel 252A,
and by adding Channel 291A.
The Audio Division updates
the FM Table of Allotments to reinstate
five vacant FM allotments in various
communities in Maryland, Oregon,
Texas, Virginia, and Wyoming that were
removed from FM Auction 94, because
these allotments were not listed in the
FM Table. These vacant allotments have
previously undergone notice and
comment rule making, but they were
inadvertently removed from the FM
Table of Allotments.
DATES: Effective July 17, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Federal Communications
Commission, 445 Twelfth Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20554.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Rolanda F. Smith, Media Bureau, (202)
418–2700.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a
synopsis of the Commission’s Order,
adopted June 13, 2013, and released
June 14, 2013. The full text of this
Commission decision is available for
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 may also be
purchased from the Commission’s
duplicating contractors, Best Copy and
Printing, Inc., 445 12th Street SW.,
Room CY–B402, Washington, DC 20554,
telephone 1–800–378–3160 or via email
www.BCPIWEB.com. 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). The Commission will not
send a copy of this Order pursuant to
the Congressional Review Act, see 5
U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A), because these
allotments were previously reported.
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List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 73
List of Subjects in 47 CFR part 73
Radio, Radio broadcasting.
Federal Communications Commission.
Nazifa Sawez,
Assistant Chief, Audio Division, Media
Bureau.
For the reasons discussed in the
preamble, the Federal Communications
Commission amends 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.
§ 73.202
[Amended]
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ACTION: Final rule.
AGENCY:
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Federal Communications Commission.
Nazifa Sawez,
Assistant Chief, Audio Division, Media
Bureau.
For the reasons discussed in the
preamble, the Federal Communications
Commission amends 47 CFR part 73 as
follows:
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
and 339.
§ 73.202
[Amended]
2. Amend § 73.202(b) Table of FM
Allotments as follows:
■ a. Add Newark, under Maryland,
Channel 235A.
■ b. Add Arlington, under Oregon,
Channel 295C2.
■ c. Add Rocksprings, under Texas,
Channel 291A.
■ d. Add Chincoteague, under Virginia,
Channel 233A.
■ e. Add Baggs, under Wyoming,
Channel 277A.
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47 CFR Part 90
[WT Docket Nos. 05–62 and 02–55; FCC
13–85]
Improving Public Safety
Communications in the 800 MHz Band
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Final rule.
AGENCY:
In this document, the Federal
Communications Commission
(Commission) modifies the freeze on
new authorizations in the Business and
Industrial Land Transportation (B/ILT)
Pool in the 896–901 MHz/935–940 MHz
band (900 MHz B/ILT Band) to allow a
qualified entity to file an application for
a new authorization in any given
National Public Safety Planning
Advisory Committee (NPSPAC) region
before Sprint Nextel’s 800 MHz
rebanding efforts are complete in that
region. This action will allow qualified
applicants to gain access to 900 MHz B/
ILT spectrum without unnecessary
delay, and promote spectrum efficiency,
by allowing access to spectrum that may
otherwise be unused during the 800
MHz rebanding process.
DATES: Effective August 16, 2013.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Joyce Jones, Mobility Division, Wireless
Telecommunications Bureau,
joyce.jones@fcc.gov, (202) 418–1327,
TTY (202) 418–7233.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a
summary of the Commission’s Order on
Reconsideration, in WT Docket Nos. 05–
62 and 02–55, FCC 13–85, adopted June
21, 2013, and released on June 24, 2013.
The complete text of this document may
be downloaded from the FCC Web site
(https://www.fcc.gov) at https://
transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/
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Daily_Business/2013/db0625/FCC-1385A1.pdf. This document and all related
Commission documents are also
available for inspection and copying
during normal business hours in the
FCC Reference Center, 445 12th Street
SW., Washington, DC 20554. A copy of
the complete text may also be purchased
from the Commission’s copy contractor,
Best Copy and Printing, Inc., 445 12th
Street SW., Room CY–B402,
Washington, DC 20554. Alternative
formats are available to persons with
disabilities by sending an email to
FCC504@fcc.gov or by calling the
Consumer & Governmental Affairs
Bureau at 202–418–0530 (voice), 202–
418–0432 (TTY).
Synopsis of the Report and Order
1. In this document, the Commission
grants, in accordance with the terms set
forth in the Order on Reconsideration,
the unopposed joint request for
clarification or limited reconsideration
filed by the Enterprise Wireless Alliance
(EWA) and Sprint Nextel Corporation
(Sprint Nextel) (collectively,
‘‘Petitioners’’) with respect to one aspect
of the Report and Order, 73 FR 67794,
November 17, 2008, in this proceeding,
to allow a qualified entity to file an
application for a new authorization in
any given National Public Safety
Planning Advisory Committee
(NPSPAC) region before Sprint Nextel’s
800 MHz rebanding efforts are complete
in that region.
Background
2. The 900 MHz B/ILT Pool channels
are licensed for the private internal
communication needs of site-by-site
licensees engaged in a variety of
endeavors, from commercial (e.g., land
transportation, manufacturing, energy)
to non-commercial (e.g., clerical,
educational, philanthropic, medical). In
2004, the Commission launched its 800
MHz rebanding initiative through the
800 MHz R&O. See Report and Order
(800 MHz R&O), 69 FR 67823,
November 22, 2004; Supplemental
Report and Order on Reconsideration
(800 MHz Supplemental R&O), 70 FR
6758, February 8, 2005. Shortly
thereafter, the Wireless
Telecommunications Bureau (Bureau)
issued a Public Notice, freezing
acceptance of applications for new 900
MHz B/ILT licenses until further notice
(a freeze that has remained in place
continuously since then). See Public
Notice, 19 FCC Rcd 18277 (2004).
3. In 2005, the Commission affirmed
the freeze, in light of the fundamental
changes it was proposing in the service
areas and channel blocks for future
licenses in the 900 MHz B/ILT service.
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See Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and
Memorandum Opinion and Order, 70
FR 13143, March 18, 2005.
4. In 2008, the Commission declined
to adopt the proposed changes and
found that a wholesale freeze on
applications for new 900 MHz B/ILT
authorizations was no longer necessary.
The Commission lifted the freeze in
each NPSPAC region six months after
rebanding was completed in that
particular NPSPAC region, concluding
that such an approach best balanced the
demands for 900 MHz B/ILT spectrum,
including the ongoing needs of Sprint
Nextel for access to this spectrum to
support its rebanding efforts. See Report
and Order, 73 FR 67794, November 17,
2008.
5. Discussion. The Commission
concludes that linking the lifting of the
freeze to Sprint Nextel’s concurrence—
rather than to the completion of
rebanding in a given NPSPAC region—
is a more appropriately tailored
approach for protecting the integrity of
the rebanding process. The Commission
finds that implementing this change
will maximize effective use of this
spectrum by permitting the initiation of
new B/ILT service without unnecessary
delay. While the Commission originally
found that the delay was necessary as a
component of the flexibility that Sprint
Nextel required in order to fulfill its
rebanding obligations, it finds that with
Sprint Nextel’s concurrence, the delay is
no longer necessary. In addition, since
the Commission launched its rebanding
initiative in 2004, rebanding has only
recently been completed in 11 out of 55
NPSPAC regions. Further, during this
time, the Commission received 29
requests for waiver of the freeze. The
Petitioners’ requested relief would
likely supplant the need for such filings
and the associated paperwork burdens
and adjudication costs. Accordingly, the
Commission concludes that the public
interest would be best served by lifting
the freeze in NPSPAC regions that are
still undergoing the rebanding process,
or that are still within the six-month
period after completion thereof, for any
application for new 900 MHz B/ILT
service that includes written
concurrence from Sprint Nextel. Thus,
the Commission clarifies that its relief
extends regardless of the status of
rebanding in a particular NPSPAC
region, so long as the application
includes such concurrence.
6. In all other respects, the
Commission retains the policy adopted
in the Report and Order that the freeze
will be lifted in a NPSPAC region six
months after rebanding is complete in
that particular NPSPAC region. The
Commission’s action does not affect any
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47 CFR Part 73
[DA 13-1376]
Radio Broadcasting Services; Various Locations
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: The Audio Division updates the FM Table of Allotments to
reinstate five vacant FM allotments in various communities in Maryland,
Oregon, Texas, Virginia, and Wyoming that were removed from FM Auction
94, because these allotments were not listed in the FM Table. These
vacant allotments have previously undergone notice and comment rule
making, but they were inadvertently removed from the FM Table of
Allotments.
DATES: Effective July 17, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Federal Communications Commission, 445 Twelfth Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20554.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rolanda F. Smith, Media Bureau, (202)
418-2700.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a synopsis of the Commission's
Order, adopted June 13, 2013, and released June 14, 2013. The full text
of this Commission decision is available for 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 may also be purchased from the Commission's duplicating
contractors, Best Copy and Printing, Inc., 445 12th Street SW., Room
CY-B402, Washington, DC 20554, telephone 1-800-378-3160 or via email
www.BCPIWEB.com. 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). The Commission will not send a copy of this Order pursuant
to the Congressional Review Act, see 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A), because
these allotments were previously reported.
List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 73
Radio, Radio broadcasting.
Federal Communications Commission.
Nazifa Sawez,
Assistant Chief, Audio Division, Media Bureau.
For the reasons discussed in the preamble, the Federal
Communications Commission amends 47 CFR part 73 as follows:
PART 73--RADIO BROADCAST SERVICES
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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 and 339.
Sec. 73.202 [Amended]
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2. Amend Sec. 73.202(b) Table of FM Allotments as follows:
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a. Add Newark, under Maryland, Channel 235A.
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b. Add Arlington, under Oregon, Channel 295C2.
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c. Add Rocksprings, under Texas, Channel 291A.
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d. Add Chincoteague, under Virginia, Channel 233A.
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e. Add Baggs, under Wyoming, Channel 277A.
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