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Media Bureau Reminds Remaining
Analog Low Power Television and
Television Translator Stations Without
Digital Construction Permits To File
Immediately
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In this document, the Media
Bureau (Bureau) of the Federal
Communications Commission
(Commission) reminds those remaining
analog Low Power Television and TV
Translator stations (LPTV/translator
stations) that have not filed for a digital
construction permit to construct a
digital facility to do so immediately.
Those analog LPTV/translator stations
that fail to take immediate action will
risk having their license automatically
cancelled, by operation of law, after the
analog termination date.
DATES: July 13, 2021 is the analog
termination date and digital transition
deadline.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mark Colombo (technical questions),
Mark.Colombo@fcc.gov, (202) 418–7611,
or Shaun Maher (legal questions),
Shaun.Maher@fcc.gov, (202) 418–2324,
of the Video Division, Media Bureau.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a
summary of the Commission’s
document (Public Notice), DA 21–684,
released on June 11, 2021. The full text
of this document is available for
downloading on the FCC website at
https://docs.fcc.gov/public/
attachments/DA-21-684A1.pdf.
Remaining Analog LPTV/Translator
Stations Without Digital Construction
Permits. The Bureau has posted a list of
the remaining analog LPTV/translator
stations that have not obtained a digital
construction permit to transition to
digital operations on its web page:
https://www.fcc.gov/sites/default/files/
analog_stations_without_a_digital_
permit.xlsx. The Bureau remind these
stations that, after 11:59 p.m. local time
on July 13, 2021, they may no longer
operate any facility in analog mode and
all analog licenses shall automatically
cancel at that time without any
affirmative action by the Commission.
Analog LPTV/translator stations without
a valid digital construction permit as of
11:59 p.m. local time on July 13, 2021,
will find that their analog license has
been automatically cancelled and will
have their call signs deleted.
To avoid automatic cancellation of
their station license, remaining analog
LPTV/translator stations that do not
have a digital construction permit
should immediately file an application
for one to ensure that they will be
considered before the July 13, 2021,
analog termination deadline. The
Bureau recommends filing an
application for on-channel digital
conversion (‘‘flash-cut’’) wherever
possible in order to expedite processing.
Instructions for filing an application for
digital construction permit are included
in the Appendix to the Public Notice.
Late-Filed Construction Permit
Extension Applications. All analog
LPTV/translator stations receiving a
digital construction permit, regardless of
the date it is granted, are assigned a
construction permit expiration date of
July 13, 2021. Any analog LPTV/
translator station that finds that it will
need additional time to complete its
digital construction may submit an
application for extension of its digital
construction permit. Because the March
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15, 2021 deadline for filing an extension
of digital construction permit (CP
extension filing deadline) has already
passed, stations will need to include a
request for waiver of the CP extension
filing deadline along with its request for
extension. The Bureau encourage such
stations to submit their extension
applications and filing deadline waivers
as soon as possible to ensure that they
will be considered before the July 13,
2021 expiration of their digital
construction permit. The grant of an
extension of time to complete
construction of a station’s digital facility
will in no way extend the July 13, 2021,
analog service termination date.
Instructions for filing an extension
application are included in the
Appendix to the Public Notice.
Requests for Silent Authority. The
Bureau reminds licensees that a station
may suspend operations for a period of
not more than 30 days absent specific
authority from the Commission. Stations
that remain silent for more than 10 days
must notify the Commission not later
than the tenth day of their suspended
operations by filing a Suspension of
Operations Notification via LMS as
outlined in Appendix B to the Public
Notice. Stations that need to remain
silent for more than 30 days must file a
Silent STA via LMS as outlined in the
Appendix to the Public Notice.
The Bureau also reminds stations that
the license of any station that remains
silent for any consecutive 12-month
period expires automatically at the end
of that period, by operation of law,
except that the Commission may extend
or reinstate such station license if the
holder of the license prevails in an
administrative or judicial appeal, the
applicable law changes, or for any other
reason to promote equity and fairness.
Stations that need to extend and/or
reinstate their license should do so as
part of a Silent STA or if the station is
operational by filing a Legal STA. Either
may be filed via LMS as outlined in the
Appendix to the Public Notice.
Surrender/Cancellation of Analog
Licenses. Stations that choose not to
convert to digital and instead intend to
permanently discontinue operations
must do so no later than 11:59 p.m.
local time on July 13, 2021. If a station
is currently silent and does not intend
to recommence analog operation prior to
July 13, 2021, or plans to permanently
discontinue operation prior to July 13,
2021, the Bureau encourages such
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stations to submit their station licenses
for cancellation. Instructions for
requesting cancellation of a station
license are included in the Appendix to
the Public Notice. For all other analog
LPTV/translator stations that choose not
to convert to digital but continue to
operate in analog until 11:59 p.m. local
time on July 13, 2021, their licenses will
automatically cancel, by operation of
law, and call signs will be deleted.
Federal Communications Commission.
Thomas Horan
Chief of Staff, Media Bureau.
[FR Doc. 2021–12964 Filed 6–16–21; 8:45 am]
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Information Collection Being Reviewed
by the Federal Communications
Commission
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 of 1995 (PRA), the Federal
Communications Commission (FCC or
Commission) invites the general public
and other Federal agencies to take this
opportunity to comment on the
following information collection(s).
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.
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Written comments should be
submitted on or before August 16, 2021.
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.
DATES:
Direct all PRA comments to
Cathy Williams, FCC, via email to PRA@
fcc.gov and to Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
additional information about the
information collection, contact Cathy
Williams at (202) 418–2918.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060–XXXX.
Title: FCC Authorization for Radio
Service License—3.45 GHz Band
Service.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: New collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities, state, local, or tribal
government, and not for profit
institutions.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 52 respondents, 8,197
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 5–20
hours.
Frequency of Response: Third party
disclosure requirement; on occasion
reporting requirement and periodic
reporting requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. Statutory
authority for these collections are
contained in 47 U.S.C. 151, 152, 154,
154(i), 155(c), 157, 201, 202, 208, 214,
301, 302a, 303, 307, 308, 309, 310, 311,
314, 316, 319, 324, 331, 332, 333, 336,
534, 535, and 554 of the
Communications Act of 1934.
Total Annual Burden: 9,198 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $10,353,000.
Privacy Impact Assessment: No
impacts.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
In general, there is no need for
confidentiality with this collection of
information. Insofar as confidential
information is submitted to the
Department of Defense as part of the
coordination by 3.45 GHz Service
licensees with Federal incumbents, the
Department of Defense will ensure that
information remains confidential.
Needs and Uses: On March 17, 2021,
the Federal Communications
Commission (‘‘Commission’’ or ‘‘FCC’’)
adopted a Second Report and Order,
FCC 21–32, GN Docket No. WT–19–348
(Second Report and Order) that
establishes rules for flexible-use
wireless access to the 100 megahertz in
the 3450–3550 MHz (3.45 GHz) band,
creating the new 3.45 GHz Service. The
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rules will create additional capacity for
wireless broadband allowing full-power
operations across the band in the entire
contiguous United States, while also
ensuring full protection of incumbent
Federal operations remaining in
particular locations. As part of this
process, the Commission also adopted
rules related to the relocation of
incumbent non-Federal radiolocation
operations, and reimbursement of
expenses related to such relocation.
Sections 2.016 and 27.1603 require a
3.45 GHz Service licensee whose license
area overlaps with a Cooperative
Planning Area or Periodic Use Area, as
defined in those sections, to coordinate
deployments pursuant to those licenses
in those areas with relevant Federal
agencies. This coordination may take
the form of a mutually acceptable
operator-to-operator coordination
agreement between the licensee and the
relevant Federal agency. In the absence
of such an agreement, this coordination
will include a formal request for access
through a Department of Defense online
portal, which will include the
submission of information related to the
technical characteristics of the base
stations and associated mobile units to
be used in the covered area. It does not
require a revision to the FCC Form 601.
Section 27.1605 requires non-Federal,
secondary radiolocation operations
which are relocating from the 3.45 GHz
band to alternate spectrum to clear the
band for new flexible-use wireless
operations to submit certain information
to a clearinghouse in order to ensure
their relocation costs are fairly
reimbursed. It does not require a
revision to the FCC Form 601.
Section 27.1607 requires 3.45 GHz
Service licensees to share certain
information about their network
operations in that band with operators
in the adjacent Citizens Broadband
Radio Service in order to enable the
latter to synchronize their operations to
reduce the risk of harmful interference.
In response to a request by a Citizens
Broadband Radio Service operator, a
3.45 GHz Service licensee must provide
information to enable Time Division
Duplex synchronization. The exact
nature of the information to be provided
will be determined by a negotiation
between the two entities, conducted on
a good faith basis. The 3.45 GHz Service
licensee must keep the information
current as its network operations
change. This does not require a revision
to the FCC Form 601.
Section 27.14(w) requires 3.45 GHz
Service licensees to provide information
on the extent to which they provide
service in their license areas. Licensees
are required to file two such reports:
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[DA 21-684; FR ID 33087]
Media Bureau Reminds Remaining Analog Low Power Television and
Television Translator Stations Without Digital Construction Permits To
File Immediately
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In this document, the Media Bureau (Bureau) of the Federal
Communications Commission (Commission) reminds those remaining analog
Low Power Television and TV Translator stations (LPTV/translator
stations) that have not filed for a digital construction permit to
construct a digital facility to do so immediately. Those analog LPTV/
translator stations that fail to take immediate action will risk having
their license automatically cancelled, by operation of law, after the
analog termination date.
DATES: July 13, 2021 is the analog termination date and digital
transition deadline.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Colombo (technical questions),
[email protected], (202) 418-7611, or Shaun Maher (legal questions),
[email protected], (202) 418-2324, of the Video Division, Media
Bureau.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a summary of the Commission's
document (Public Notice), DA 21-684, released on June 11, 2021. The
full text of this document is available for downloading on the FCC
website at https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-21-684A1.pdf.
Remaining Analog LPTV/Translator Stations Without Digital Construction
Permits. The Bureau has posted a list of the remaining analog LPTV/
translator stations that have not obtained a digital construction
permit to transition to digital operations on its web page: https://www.fcc.gov/sites/default/files/analog_stations_without_a_digital_permit.xlsx. The Bureau remind these
stations that, after 11:59 p.m. local time on July 13, 2021, they may
no longer operate any facility in analog mode and all analog licenses
shall automatically cancel at that time without any affirmative action
by the Commission. Analog LPTV/translator stations without a valid
digital construction permit as of 11:59 p.m. local time on July 13,
2021, will find that their analog license has been automatically
cancelled and will have their call signs deleted.
To avoid automatic cancellation of their station license, remaining
analog LPTV/translator stations that do not have a digital construction
permit should immediately file an application for one to ensure that
they will be considered before the July 13, 2021, analog termination
deadline. The Bureau recommends filing an application for on-channel
digital conversion (``flash-cut'') wherever possible in order to
expedite processing. Instructions for filing an application for digital
construction permit are included in the Appendix to the Public Notice.
Late-Filed Construction Permit Extension Applications. All analog
LPTV/translator stations receiving a digital construction permit,
regardless of the date it is granted, are assigned a construction
permit expiration date of July 13, 2021. Any analog LPTV/translator
station that finds that it will need additional time to complete its
digital construction may submit an application for extension of its
digital construction permit. Because the March 15, 2021 deadline for
filing an extension of digital construction permit (CP extension filing
deadline) has already passed, stations will need to include a request
for waiver of the CP extension filing deadline along with its request
for extension. The Bureau encourage such stations to submit their
extension applications and filing deadline waivers as soon as possible
to ensure that they will be considered before the July 13, 2021
expiration of their digital construction permit. The grant of an
extension of time to complete construction of a station's digital
facility will in no way extend the July 13, 2021, analog service
termination date. Instructions for filing an extension application are
included in the Appendix to the Public Notice.
Requests for Silent Authority. The Bureau reminds licensees that a
station may suspend operations for a period of not more than 30 days
absent specific authority from the Commission. Stations that remain
silent for more than 10 days must notify the Commission not later than
the tenth day of their suspended operations by filing a Suspension of
Operations Notification via LMS as outlined in Appendix B to the Public
Notice. Stations that need to remain silent for more than 30 days must
file a Silent STA via LMS as outlined in the Appendix to the Public
Notice.
The Bureau also reminds stations that the license of any station
that remains silent for any consecutive 12-month period expires
automatically at the end of that period, by operation of law, except
that the Commission may extend or reinstate such station license if the
holder of the license prevails in an administrative or judicial appeal,
the applicable law changes, or for any other reason to promote equity
and fairness. Stations that need to extend and/or reinstate their
license should do so as part of a Silent STA or if the station is
operational by filing a Legal STA. Either may be filed via LMS as
outlined in the Appendix to the Public Notice.
Surrender/Cancellation of Analog Licenses. Stations that choose not
to convert to digital and instead intend to permanently discontinue
operations must do so no later than 11:59 p.m. local time on July 13,
2021. If a station is currently silent and does not intend to
recommence analog operation prior to July 13, 2021, or plans to
permanently discontinue operation prior to July 13, 2021, the Bureau
encourages such
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stations to submit their station licenses for cancellation.
Instructions for requesting cancellation of a station license are
included in the Appendix to the Public Notice. For all other analog
LPTV/translator stations that choose not to convert to digital but
continue to operate in analog until 11:59 p.m. local time on July 13,
2021, their licenses will automatically cancel, by operation of law,
and call signs will be deleted.
Federal Communications Commission.
Thomas Horan
Chief of Staff, Media Bureau.
[FR Doc. 2021-12964 Filed 6-16-21; 8:45 am]
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