Partial Lift of Freeze on Filing Petitions for Rulemaking To Change Television Stations Community of License, 6020-6021 [2018-02794]
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dated: January 30, 2018.
Oscar Carrillo,
Designated Federal Officer.
[FR Doc. 2018–02814 Filed 2–9–18; 8:45 am]
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Announcement of Next Meeting
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ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
This document announces the
date of the next meeting of the
Commission’s Disability Advisory
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meeting is open to the public. During
this meeting, members of the Committee
will receive and discuss summaries of
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DATES: The Committee’s next meeting
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approximately 3:30 p.m. (EST).
ADDRESSES: Federal Communications
Commission, 445 12th Street SW,
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Will
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The
Committee was established in December
2014 to make recommendations to the
Commission on a wide array of
disability matters within the jurisdiction
of the Commission, and to facilitate the
participation of people with disabilities
in proceedings before the Commission.
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operated in accordance with, the
provisions of the Federal Advisory
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held its first meeting on March 17, 2015.
At its February 28, 2018 meeting, the
Committee is expected to receive and
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Subcommittee regarding best practices
for the aural description (for people who
are blind or visually impaired) of visual
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Distribution Subcommittee; reports on
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on the activities of its Emergency
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Federal Communications Commission.
Suzanne Singleton,
Chief, Disability Rights Office, Consumer and
Governmental Affairs Bureau.
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Partial Lift of Freeze on Filing Petitions
for Rulemaking To Change Television
Stations Community of License
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
This document announces
that the Media Bureau is partially lifting
the freeze on filing rulemaking petitions
to change a full power television
station’s community of license, where
no technical facility change is required.
DATES: February 12, 2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Joyce Bernstein, Joyce.Bernstein@
fcc.gov, or Kevin Harding,
Kevin.Harding@fcc.gov, Video Division,
Media Bureau, Federal Communications
Commission.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August
3, 2004, in connection with the
development of a channel election and
repacking process in advance of the
DTV transition, the Media Bureau
imposed a freeze on the filing of
petitions requesting new channels or
service areas for full power television
stations in order to ensure a stable
database in connection with that
process. Although the DTV transition
was completed in 2009, the Commission
continued the freezes as a result of the
National Broadband Plan, which
recommended that the Commission
reallocate spectrum for new broadband
services and repack television channels
to increase the efficiency of channel use.
Auction 1000, which was conducted
pursuant to Title VI of the Middle Class
Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012,
was completed on April 13, 2017, and
a 39-month post-auction transition
period is underway during which some
broadcast television stations will be
relicensed to new channel assignments.
Because the DTV transition is
complete and the post-incentive auction
transition is underway, it is no longer
necessary to freeze community of
license petitions that do not require a
change in the station’s service area. The
freeze on the filing of petitions for
rulemaking for new station channel
allotments, for changes in licensed
SUMMARY:
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stations’ channels, or to change
community of license which include
changes in authorized technical
facilities, remain in place.
Federal Communications Commission.
Barbara Kreisman,
Chief, Video Division, Media Bureau.
[FR Doc. 2018–02794 Filed 2–9–18; 8:45 am]
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Information Collection Being
Submitted 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, the Federal
Communications Commission
(Commission) invites the general public
and other Federal agencies to take this
opportunity to comment on the
following information collection.
Comments are requested concerning:
Whether the 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 Commission may not conduct or
sponsor a collection of information
unless it displays a currently valid
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 Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) control number.
DATES: Written PRA comments should
be submitted on or before March 14,
2018.
ADDRESSES: 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.
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Include in the comments the Title as
shown in the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION section below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
additional information about the
information collection, contact Cathy
Williams at (202) 418–2918.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 Commission ICRs
currently under review appears, look for
the Title of this ICR and then click on
the ICR Reference Number. A copy of
the Commission’s submission to OMB
will be displayed.
OMB Control No.: 3060–1156.
Title: 47 CFR 43.82, Annual
International Circuit Capacity Reports.
Form No.: N/A.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved information
collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit.
Number of Respondents: 65
respondents; 185 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 1–14
hours.
Frequency of Response: Annual
reporting requirement.
Obligation To Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. The
Commission’s statutory authority for
this information collection under
Sections 1, 4(i), 4(j), 11, 201–205, 214,
219–220, 303(r), 309, and 403 of the
Communications Act as amended, 47
U.S.C. 151, 154(i), 154(j), 161, 201–205,
214, 219–220, 303(r), 309, and 403, the
Cable Landing License Act of 1921, 47
U.S.C. 34–39, and 3 U.S.C. 301.
Total Annual Burden: 1,085 hours.
Annual Cost Burden: $2,400.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No
impact(s).
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
In general, there is no need for
confidentiality with this collection of
information. The Commission, however,
will allow filing entities to seek
confidential treatment of their data.
Needs and Uses: The Federal
Communications Commission
(Commission) is requesting that the
Office of Management and Budget
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(OMB) approve a revision of an existing
information collection, titled ‘‘47 CFR
43.62, Annual Reporting Requirements
for U.S. Providers of International
Services and Circuits.’’ The purpose of
the revision is to obtain OMB approval
of the annual reporting requirements
under the newly adopted 47 CFR 43.82
which will require that entities holding
capacity on submarine cables file
electronically annual circuit capacity
reports, in a format set out in a Filing
Manual. The Commission is requesting
a revision of OMB Control No. 3060–
1156 in order to obtain final approval
for the requirements in 47 CFR 43.82,
the filing manual, and the electronic
filing of the data.
Previously, U.S. providers of
international services were required to
file annual traffic and revenue reports
and circuit capacity reports as required
by 47 CFR 43.62. The Commission has
adopted rules changes that eliminate the
traffic and revenue reports and further
streamline the circuit capacity reports.
Upon OMB approval of this collection,
47 CFR 43.62 will be eliminated and
replaced with 47 CFR 43.82 for the
filing of circuit capacity reports.
The current title of OMB Control No.
3060–1156 is ‘‘47 CFR 43.62, Annual
Reporting Requirements for U.S.
Providers of International Services and
Circuits.’’ The Commission would like
to change the title to ‘‘47 CFR 43.82,
Annual International Circuit Capacity
Reports’’ in order to more accurately
describe the information collection
requirements under 47 CFR Section
43.82.
The uses to which the Commission
puts the information from the annual
circuit capacity report, and the
Registration Form are as follows:
(a) Annual Circuit Capacity Reports
[Section 43.82 (a)]
The circuit capacity reports are
comprised of two parts. First, licensees
of a submarine cable extending between
the United States and a foreign point as
of December 31 of the reporting period
report the available capacity and
planned capacity of the cable—the cable
operators report. Second, each cable
landing licensee and common carrier
that holds capacity on the U.S. end of
a submarine cable extending between
the United States and a foreign point as
of December 31 of the reporting period
(‘‘capacity holders’’) reports its available
capacity on the U.S. end of every
submarine cable between the United
States and any foreign point on which
it holds capacity as of that date—the
capacity holders report. A holding of
capacity is an interest in the U.S. end of
an international submarine cable
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
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Partial Lift of Freeze on Filing Petitions for Rulemaking To
Change Television Stations Community of License
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This document announces that the Media Bureau is partially
lifting the freeze on filing rulemaking petitions to change a full
power television station's community of license, where no technical
facility change is required.
DATES: February 12, 2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joyce Bernstein,
[email protected], or Kevin Harding, [email protected], Video
Division, Media Bureau, Federal Communications Commission.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 3, 2004, in connection with the
development of a channel election and repacking process in advance of
the DTV transition, the Media Bureau imposed a freeze on the filing of
petitions requesting new channels or service areas for full power
television stations in order to ensure a stable database in connection
with that process. Although the DTV transition was completed in 2009,
the Commission continued the freezes as a result of the National
Broadband Plan, which recommended that the Commission reallocate
spectrum for new broadband services and repack television channels to
increase the efficiency of channel use. Auction 1000, which was
conducted pursuant to Title VI of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job
Creation Act of 2012, was completed on April 13, 2017, and a 39-month
post-auction transition period is underway during which some broadcast
television stations will be relicensed to new channel assignments.
Because the DTV transition is complete and the post-incentive
auction transition is underway, it is no longer necessary to freeze
community of license petitions that do not require a change in the
station's service area. The freeze on the filing of petitions for
rulemaking for new station channel allotments, for changes in licensed
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stations' channels, or to change community of license which include
changes in authorized technical facilities, remain in place.
Federal Communications Commission.
Barbara Kreisman,
Chief, Video Division, Media Bureau.
[FR Doc. 2018-02794 Filed 2-9-18; 8:45 am]
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