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Richard P. Keigwin, Jr.,
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
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Media Bureau Announces Incentive
Auction Eligible Facilities and Deadline
for Filing Pre-Auction Technical
Certification Form
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
This document announces
each full power and Class A station
facility eligible for protection in the
repacking process and for
relinquishment in the reverse auction
(i.e., ‘‘eligible facility’’), as well as the
date by which a licensee with a eligible
facility must file a Pre-Auction
Technical Certification Form (FCC Form
2100, Schedule 381) (approved under
OMB control under 3060–1206). An
Appendix is attached to the Public
Notice listing each eligible facility. The
Public Notice also establishes a process
for licensees to file a Petition for Eligible
Entity Status in order to request that a
facility not listed in the Appendix
attached to the Public Notice be treated
as an eligible facility.
DATES: The deadline for filing a PreAuction Technical Certification Form
(FCC Form 2100, Schedule 381) is July
9, 2015. The deadline for filing a
Petition for Eligible Entity Status is July
9, 2015. If granted, the Bureau will
notify the petitioner of the date by
which it must file its Pre-Auction
Technical Certification Form as part of
its decision. Furthermore, if the
Commission grants a petition for
reconsideration of the Incentive Auction
R&O and in doing so extends
discretionary protection to a different
facility, or a facility that is not currently
listed in the Appendix attached to the
Public Notice, the licensee must file a
Pre-Auction Technical Certification
Form for each eligible facility no later
than seven (7) days after release of the
Commission’s decision or by July 9,
2015, whichever is later.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kevin Harding, Hossein Hashemzadeh,
or Evan Morris, Video Division, Media
Bureau, Federal Communications
Commission, (202) 418–1600.
SUMMARY:
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The Media
Bureau (Bureau) announces each station
facility eligible for protection in the
repacking process and for
relinquishment in the reverse auction
(i.e., eligible facility). Each eligible
facility is listed in an Appendix
attached to the Public Notice, which
includes each eligible facility’s call sign,
facility identification number,
community of license (city and state),
license file number, channel number,
type of service, and name of the
licensee. The Appendix is available at
https://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/
Daily_Business/2015/db0609/DA-15679A2.pdf. Additionally, the Bureau
announces that any licensee with a
station listed in the Appendix must file
an FCC Form 2100, Schedule 381 (PreAuction Technical Certification Form or
Form), through which it will verify and
certify to the accuracy of the
authorization and underlying Database
Technical Information for each eligible
facility by July 9, 2015. ‘‘Database
Technical Information’’ means all
underlying technical data that sets forth
the operational parameters of the
facility, including but not limited to the
technical information that may be found
in the Commission’s Consolidated
Database System (as well as the
successor Licensing Management
System) and Antenna Registration
System. Accordingly, when a licensee
certifies on the Pre-Auction Technical
Certification Form to the accuracy of
underlying Database Technical
Information for an eligible facility, it
must review all technical information
on file with the Commission related to
that eligible facility. When making its
certification a licensee should not limit
its review solely to the information
provided for each eligible facility in the
Appendix.
In the Incentive Auction R&O, the
Federal Communications Commission
(Commission) adopted rules and
procedures for conducting the broadcast
television incentive auction, including
rules for determining which full power
and Class A television station facilities
would be eligible for protection in the
repacking process and participation in
the reverse auction. See Expanding the
Economic and Innovation Opportunities
of Spectrum Through Incentive
Auctions, GN Docket No. 12–268,
Report and Order, 29 FCC Rcd 6567
(2014) (Incentive Auction R&O). The
Commission also instructed the Bureau
to issue a Public Notice specifying the
deadline by which all full power and
Class A licensees subject to either
discretionary or mandatory protection,
with limited exception, must either be
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licensed or have an application for a
license to cover the construction permit
on file (FCC Form 2100, Schedules B or
F/FCC Forms 302 or 302–CA) in order
to qualify as an eligible facility.
Incentive Auction R&O, 29 FCC Rcd
6651, n.615 Pursuant to that authority,
the Bureau designated May 29, 2015 as
the Pre-Auction Licensing Deadline.
Media Bureau Designates May 29, 2015
as Pre-Auction Licensing Deadline,
Public Notice, 30 FCC Rcd 393 (2015).
While the Appendix attached to the
Public Notice is intended to represent a
complete list of all Class A and full
power station facilities eligible for
protection in the repacking process and
relinquishment in the reverse auction, if
a licensee believes that the Appendix
omits an eligible facility, it should file
with the Commission a ‘‘Petition for
Eligible Entity Status’’ by July 9, 2015.
The petition must request that the
facility be designated an eligible facility,
and the caption should include the
name of the licensee, station’s call sign,
station’s community of license (city and
state), facility identification number,
channel number, and file number for the
authorization the licensee believes
should be eligible. The petitioner must
explain the reason it believes the facility
is eligible consistent with the Incentive
Auction R&O (e.g., the facility was
subject to mandatory or discretionary
protection). The Bureau will process
petitions in an expeditious manner and
inform the petitioner of its decision well
in advance of the reverse auction. All
petitions must be addressed to the
Commission’s Secretary, Office of the
Secretary, Federal Communications
Commission, and to the attention of
Barbara A. Kreisman, Chief, Video
Division, Media Bureau, Room 2–A666.
An electronic copy should also be sent
to Barbara Kreisman at
Barbara.Kreisman@fcc.gov and to Evan
Morris at Evan.Morris@fcc.gov.
To ensure a stable and accurate
database, and to facilitate the repacking
process, the Incentive Auction R&O
specified that the Commission would
require all full power and Class A
television stations to verify and certify
to the accuracy of the information
contained in the Commission’s
databases with respect to their protected
facilities. The R&O also directed the
Bureau to develop a form and announce
by Public Notice the deadline and
procedures for filing the form. Incentive
Auction R&O, 29 FCC Rcd at 6651,
n.615; Incentive Auction R&O, 29 FCC
Rcd at 6656, para. 195, n.646.
Accordingly, the Bureau announces that
licensees listed in the Appendix have
until July 9, 2015, to file, through the
Commission’s Licensing Management
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System (LMS), a Pre-Auction Technical
Certification Form (FCC Form 2100,
Schedule 381). Licensees must file a
separate Form for each eligible facility
listed in the Appendix. If a Pre-Auction
Technical Certification Form for an
eligible facility is not filed by July 9,
2015, we will consider the authorization
in the Appendix and the underlying
Database Technical Information for that
facility as of May 29, 2015 to be accurate
for purposes of determining protection
in the repacking process and the
spectrum usage rights eligible for
relinquishment in the reverse auction.
If a licensee certifies in the Form that
there is a discrepancy between the
authorization and the underlying
Database Technical Information on file
with the Commission (e.g., the
Commission has made an error and the
facility authorization listed in the
Appendix or underlying Database
Technical Information is incorrect), the
licensee must attach an exhibit to the
Form providing the correct information.
The Bureau will review and correct
such errors as appropriate. The Bureau
will take such corrections into account
for purposes of determining protection
in the repacking process and the
spectrum usage rights eligible for
relinquishment in the reverse auction.
In the alternative, if a licensee
certifies in the Form that its eligible
facility has been operating with
parameters at variance from those
specified in the authorization listed in
the Appendix and the underlying
Database Technical Information, the
licensee must either revise its
operations to reflect the licensed
parameters or file an application for
modification of its facility (FCC Form
2100, Schedules A or E) and seek a
Special Temporary Authorization to
allow it to continue to operate with
parameters at variance pending grant of
its modified license. If an application
for modification is filed prior to
submitting the Pre-Auction Technical
Certification Form, the file number of
that application must be provided on
the Form. However, consistent with our
objective of a stable and accurate
database to facilitate the repacking
process, we will rely on the operating
parameters as specified in the
authorization listed in the Appendix
and the underlying Database Technical
Information. Modifications occasioned
by a licensee’s operating at variance
from those parameters, even if granted
and ultimately licensed, will not be
taken into account for purposes of
determining protection in the repacking
process and the spectrum usage rights
eligible for relinquishment in the
reverse auction.
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In the Incentive Auction R&O, the
Commission directed the Office of
Engineering and Technology (OET) to
release a detailed summary of baseline
coverage area and population served by
each television station to be protected in
the repacking process. Incentive Auction
R&O, 29 FCC Rcd at 6635, para. 145.
The final baseline released by OET will
contain the final list of eligible stations
based on corrections to eligible facilities
resulting from their certification in the
Pre-Auction Technical Certification
Form and any granted Petitions for
Eligible Entity Status or Petitions for
Reconsideration of the Incentive
Auction R&O. Several parties have filed
petitions for reconsideration of the
Incentive Auction R&O requesting that
discretionary protection be extended to
facilities not currently protected under
the R&O. The Commission is currently
considering those petitions and the
attached Appendix is not intended to
pre-judge their outcome. If the
Commission grants a petition for
reconsideration and extends
discretionary protection to a different
facility, or a facility that is not currently
listed in the Appendix, the licensee
must file a Pre-Auction Technical
Certification Form for each eligible
facility no later than seven (7) days after
release of the Commission’s decision or
by July 9, 2015, whichever is later.
This action is taken by the Media
Bureau pursuant to authority delegated
by 47 CFR 0.283 of the Commission’s
rules.
Barbara A. Kreisman,
Chief, Video Division, Media Bureau, Federal
Communications Commission.
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[OMB 3060–0550 and OMB 3060–0560]
Information Collections Being
Submitted for Review and Approval to
the Office of Management and Budget
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
As part of its continuing effort
to reduce paperwork burdens, and as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501–
3520), the Federal Communications
Commission (FCC or Commission)
invites the general public and other
Federal agencies to take this
opportunity to comment on the
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Direct all PRA comments to
Nicholas A. Fraser, OMB, via email
Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov; and
to Cathy Williams, FCC, via email PRA@
fcc.gov and to Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov.
Include in the comments the OMB
control number as shown in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section
below.
ADDRESSES:
For
additional information or copies of the
information collection, contact Cathy
Williams at (202) 418–2918. To view a
copy of this information collection
request (ICR) submitted to OMB: (1) go
to the Web page https://www.reginfo.gov/
public/do/PRAMain, (2) look for the
section of the Web page called
‘‘Currently Under Review,’’ (3) click on
the downward-pointing arrow in the
‘‘Select Agency’’ box below the
‘‘Currently Under Review’’ heading, (4)
select ‘‘Federal Communications
Commission’’ from the list of agencies
presented in the ‘‘Select Agency’’ box,
(5) click the ‘‘Submit’’ button to the
right of the ‘‘Select Agency’’ box, (6)
when the list of FCC ICRs currently
under review appears, look for the OMB
control number of this ICR and then
click on the ICR Reference Number. A
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
SUMMARY:
following information collections.
Comments are requested concerning:
Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
Commission, including whether the
information shall have practical utility;
the accuracy of the Commission’s
burden estimate; ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information collected; ways to minimize
the burden of the collection of
information on the respondents,
including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology; and ways to
further reduce the information
collection burden on small business
concerns with fewer than 25 employees.
The FCC may not conduct or sponsor a
collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) control
number. No person shall be subject to
any penalty for failing to comply with
a collection of information subject to the
PRA that does not display a valid OMB
control number.
DATES: Written comments should be
submitted on or before August 7, 2015.
If you anticipate that you will be
submitting comments, but find it
difficult to do so within the period of
time allowed by this notice, you should
advise the contacts below as soon as
possible.
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copy of the FCC submission to OMB
will be displayed.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OMB
Control Number: 3060–0550.
Title: Local Franchising Authority
Certification, FCC Form 328; Section
76.910, Franchising Authority
Certification.
Form No.: FCC Form 328.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: State, local or tribal
governments; Businesses or other forprofit entities.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 7 respondents; 13 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 2
hours.
Frequency of Response: One-time
reporting requirement; Third party
disclosure requirement.
Obligation To Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. The statutory
authority for this collection of
information is contained in section 3 of
the Cable Television Consumer
Protection and Competition Act of 1992
(47 U.S.C. 543), as well as sections 4(i),
4(j), and 623 of the Communications Act
of 1934, as amended, and section 111 of
the STELA Reauthorization Act of 2014.
Total Annual Burden: 26 hours.
Total Annual Cost: None.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No
impact(s).
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
There is no need for confidentiality with
this collection of information.
Needs and Uses: On June 3, 2015, the
Commission released a Report and
Order, MB Docket No. 15–53; FCC 15–
62. The Report and Order adopted a
rebuttable presumption that cable
operators are subject to competing
provider effective competition.
The information collection
requirements consist of:
FCC Form 328. Pursuant to section
76.910, a franchising authority must be
certified by the Commission to regulate
the basic service tier and associated
equipment of a cable system within its
jurisdiction. To obtain this certification,
the franchising authority must prepare
and submit FCC Form 328. The Report
and Order revises section 76.910 to
require a franchising authority filing
Form 328 to submit specific evidence
demonstrating its rebuttal of the
presumption in section 76.906 that the
cable system is subject to competing
provider effective competition pursuant
to section 76.905(b)(2). The franchising
authority bears the burden of submitting
evidence rebutting the presumption that
competing provider effective
competition, as defined in section
76.905(b)(2), exists in the franchise area.
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[DA 15-679]
Media Bureau Announces Incentive Auction Eligible Facilities and
Deadline for Filing Pre-Auction Technical Certification Form
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This document announces each full power and Class A station
facility eligible for protection in the repacking process and for
relinquishment in the reverse auction (i.e., ``eligible facility''), as
well as the date by which a licensee with a eligible facility must file
a Pre-Auction Technical Certification Form (FCC Form 2100, Schedule
381) (approved under OMB control under 3060-1206). An Appendix is
attached to the Public Notice listing each eligible facility. The
Public Notice also establishes a process for licensees to file a
Petition for Eligible Entity Status in order to request that a facility
not listed in the Appendix attached to the Public Notice be treated as
an eligible facility.
DATES: The deadline for filing a Pre-Auction Technical Certification
Form (FCC Form 2100, Schedule 381) is July 9, 2015. The deadline for
filing a Petition for Eligible Entity Status is July 9, 2015. If
granted, the Bureau will notify the petitioner of the date by which it
must file its Pre-Auction Technical Certification Form as part of its
decision. Furthermore, if the Commission grants a petition for
reconsideration of the Incentive Auction R&O and in doing so extends
discretionary protection to a different facility, or a facility that is
not currently listed in the Appendix attached to the Public Notice, the
licensee must file a Pre-Auction Technical Certification Form for each
eligible facility no later than seven (7) days after release of the
Commission's decision or by July 9, 2015, whichever is later.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kevin Harding, Hossein Hashemzadeh, or
Evan Morris, Video Division, Media Bureau, Federal Communications
Commission, (202) 418-1600.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Media Bureau (Bureau) announces each
station facility eligible for protection in the repacking process and
for relinquishment in the reverse auction (i.e., eligible facility).
Each eligible facility is listed in an Appendix attached to the Public
Notice, which includes each eligible facility's call sign, facility
identification number, community of license (city and state), license
file number, channel number, type of service, and name of the licensee.
The Appendix is available at https://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2015/db0609/DA-15-679A2.pdf. Additionally, the Bureau
announces that any licensee with a station listed in the Appendix must
file an FCC Form 2100, Schedule 381 (Pre-Auction Technical
Certification Form or Form), through which it will verify and certify
to the accuracy of the authorization and underlying Database Technical
Information for each eligible facility by July 9, 2015. ``Database
Technical Information'' means all underlying technical data that sets
forth the operational parameters of the facility, including but not
limited to the technical information that may be found in the
Commission's Consolidated Database System (as well as the successor
Licensing Management System) and Antenna Registration System.
Accordingly, when a licensee certifies on the Pre-Auction Technical
Certification Form to the accuracy of underlying Database Technical
Information for an eligible facility, it must review all technical
information on file with the Commission related to that eligible
facility. When making its certification a licensee should not limit its
review solely to the information provided for each eligible facility in
the Appendix.
In the Incentive Auction R&O, the Federal Communications Commission
(Commission) adopted rules and procedures for conducting the broadcast
television incentive auction, including rules for determining which
full power and Class A television station facilities would be eligible
for protection in the repacking process and participation in the
reverse auction. See Expanding the Economic and Innovation
Opportunities of Spectrum Through Incentive Auctions, GN Docket No. 12-
268, Report and Order, 29 FCC Rcd 6567 (2014) (Incentive Auction R&O).
The Commission also instructed the Bureau to issue a Public Notice
specifying the deadline by which all full power and Class A licensees
subject to either discretionary or mandatory protection, with limited
exception, must either be licensed or have an application for a license
to cover the construction permit on file (FCC Form 2100, Schedules B or
F/FCC Forms 302 or 302-CA) in order to qualify as an eligible facility.
Incentive Auction R&O, 29 FCC Rcd 6651, n.615 Pursuant to that
authority, the Bureau designated May 29, 2015 as the Pre-Auction
Licensing Deadline. Media Bureau Designates May 29, 2015 as Pre-Auction
Licensing Deadline, Public Notice, 30 FCC Rcd 393 (2015).
While the Appendix attached to the Public Notice is intended to
represent a complete list of all Class A and full power station
facilities eligible for protection in the repacking process and
relinquishment in the reverse auction, if a licensee believes that the
Appendix omits an eligible facility, it should file with the Commission
a ``Petition for Eligible Entity Status'' by July 9, 2015. The petition
must request that the facility be designated an eligible facility, and
the caption should include the name of the licensee, station's call
sign, station's community of license (city and state), facility
identification number, channel number, and file number for the
authorization the licensee believes should be eligible. The petitioner
must explain the reason it believes the facility is eligible consistent
with the Incentive Auction R&O (e.g., the facility was subject to
mandatory or discretionary protection). The Bureau will process
petitions in an expeditious manner and inform the petitioner of its
decision well in advance of the reverse auction. All petitions must be
addressed to the Commission's Secretary, Office of the Secretary,
Federal Communications Commission, and to the attention of Barbara A.
Kreisman, Chief, Video Division, Media Bureau, Room 2-A666. An
electronic copy should also be sent to Barbara Kreisman at
Barbara.Kreisman@fcc.gov and to Evan Morris at Evan.Morris@fcc.gov.
To ensure a stable and accurate database, and to facilitate the
repacking process, the Incentive Auction R&O specified that the
Commission would require all full power and Class A television stations
to verify and certify to the accuracy of the information contained in
the Commission's databases with respect to their protected facilities.
The R&O also directed the Bureau to develop a form and announce by
Public Notice the deadline and procedures for filing the form.
Incentive Auction R&O, 29 FCC Rcd at 6651, n.615; Incentive Auction
R&O, 29 FCC Rcd at 6656, para. 195, n.646. Accordingly, the Bureau
announces that licensees listed in the Appendix have until July 9,
2015, to file, through the Commission's Licensing Management System
(LMS), a Pre-Auction Technical Certification Form (FCC Form 2100,
Schedule 381). Licensees must file a separate Form for each eligible
facility listed in the Appendix. If a Pre-Auction Technical
Certification Form for an eligible facility is not filed by July 9,
2015, we will consider the authorization in the Appendix and the
underlying Database Technical Information for that facility as of May
29, 2015 to be accurate for purposes of determining protection in the
repacking process and the spectrum usage rights eligible for
relinquishment in the reverse auction.
If a licensee certifies in the Form that there is a discrepancy
between the authorization and the underlying Database Technical
Information on file with the Commission (e.g., the Commission has made
an error and the facility authorization listed in the Appendix or
underlying Database Technical Information is incorrect), the licensee
must attach an exhibit to the Form providing the correct information.
The Bureau will review and correct such errors as appropriate. The
Bureau will take such corrections into account for purposes of
determining protection in the repacking process and the spectrum usage
rights eligible for relinquishment in the reverse auction.
In the alternative, if a licensee certifies in the Form that its
eligible facility has been operating with parameters at variance from
those specified in the authorization listed in the Appendix and the
underlying Database Technical Information, the licensee must either
revise its operations to reflect the licensed parameters or file an
application for modification of its facility (FCC Form 2100, Schedules
A or E) and seek a Special Temporary Authorization to allow it to
continue to operate with parameters at variance pending grant of its
modified license. If an application for modification is filed prior to
submitting the Pre-Auction Technical Certification Form, the file
number of that application must be provided on the Form. However,
consistent with our objective of a stable and accurate database to
facilitate the repacking process, we will rely on the operating
parameters as specified in the authorization listed in the Appendix and
the underlying Database Technical Information. Modifications occasioned
by a licensee's operating at variance from those parameters, even if
granted and ultimately licensed, will not be taken into account for
purposes of determining protection in the repacking process and the
spectrum usage rights eligible for relinquishment in the reverse
auction.
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In the Incentive Auction R&O, the Commission directed the Office of
Engineering and Technology (OET) to release a detailed summary of
baseline coverage area and population served by each television station
to be protected in the repacking process. Incentive Auction R&O, 29 FCC
Rcd at 6635, para. 145. The final baseline released by OET will contain
the final list of eligible stations based on corrections to eligible
facilities resulting from their certification in the Pre-Auction
Technical Certification Form and any granted Petitions for Eligible
Entity Status or Petitions for Reconsideration of the Incentive Auction
R&O. Several parties have filed petitions for reconsideration of the
Incentive Auction R&O requesting that discretionary protection be
extended to facilities not currently protected under the R&O. The
Commission is currently considering those petitions and the attached
Appendix is not intended to pre-judge their outcome. If the Commission
grants a petition for reconsideration and extends discretionary
protection to a different facility, or a facility that is not currently
listed in the Appendix, the licensee must file a Pre-Auction Technical
Certification Form for each eligible facility no later than seven (7)
days after release of the Commission's decision or by July 9, 2015,
whichever is later.
This action is taken by the Media Bureau pursuant to authority
delegated by 47 CFR 0.283 of the Commission's rules.
Barbara A. Kreisman,
Chief, Video Division, Media Bureau, Federal Communications Commission.
[FR Doc. 2015-16754 Filed 7-7-15; 8:45 am]
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