Television Broadcasting Services Bristol, Virginia, 34965-34966 [2021-13565]
Download as PDF
<![CDATA[
34965
Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 124 / Thursday, July 1, 2021 / Rules and Regulations
regulated areas during the enforcement
period unless authorized by the Captain
of the Port Charleston or a designated
representative. The operator of any
vessel in the regulated area must
comply with instructions from the Coast
Guard or designated representative.
The regulations in 33 CFR
100.704, Table 1 to § 100.704, Items No.
(7) and (8), will be enforced at various
times from July 16, 2021 through July
24, 2021.
DATES:
If
you have questions about this proposed
rulemaking, call or email Lieutenant
Commander Chad Ray, Sector
Charleston Office of Waterways
Management, Coast Guard; telephone
(843) 740–3184, email Chad.L.Ray@
uscg.mil.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
The Coast
Guard will enforce the two annual
recurring marine events listed in 33 CFR
100.704, Table 1 to § 100.704, Items No.
(7) and (8), for the Beaufort Water
Festival and Air Show. The Coast Guard
will enforce these two annual recurring
marine events on July 16, 2021, from 9
p.m. until 10:30 p.m., on July 17, 2021,
from 8 a.m. until 12:30 p.m., on July 18,
2021, from 12:30 p.m. until 3:30 p.m.,
and on July 24, 2021, from 12:30 p.m.
until 4:30 p.m. This action is being
taken to provide for the safety of life on
navigable waterways during this event.
The regulations in § 100.704, Table 1 to
§ 100.704, Items No. (7) and (8), specify
the locations of the regulated areas for
the Beaufort Water Festival, which
encompass a portion of the Beaufort
River in Beaufort, South Carolina.
During the enforcement periods, as
reflected in § 100.704(c)(1), if you are
the operator of a vessel in the regulated
area you must comply with directions of
the COTP Charleston or from his
designated representative, including the
Patrol Commander or any Official Patrol
displaying a Coast Guard ensign.
In addition to this notice of
enforcement in the Federal Register, the
Coast Guard plans to provide
notification of this enforcement period
via the Local Notice to Mariners,
Broadcast Notice to Mariners, and onscene designated representatives.
khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with RULES
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Dated: June 25, 2021.
J.D. Cole,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the
Port Charleston.
[FR Doc. 2021–14025 Filed 6–30–21; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 9110–04–P
VerDate Sep<11>2014
17:28 Jun 30, 2021
Jkt 253001
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
47 CFR Part 73
[MB Docket No. 21–128; RM–11895; DA 21–
695; FR ID 34434]
Television Broadcasting Services
Bristol, Virginia
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Final rule.
AGENCY:
On April 5, 2021, the Media
Bureau, Video Division (Bureau) issued
a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
(NPRM) in response to a petition for
rulemaking filed by Sinclair Licensee,
LLC (Petitioner), the licensee of WCYB–
TV, channel 5 (NBC), Bristol, Virginia,
requesting the substitution of channel
35 for channel 5 at Bristol in the DTV
Table of Allotments. For the reasons set
forth in the Report and Order referenced
below, the Bureau amends FCC
regulations to substitute channel 35 for
channel 5 at Bristol.
DATES: Effective July 1, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Joyce Bernstein, Media Bureau, at (202)
418–1647 or Joyce.Bernstein@fcc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
proposed rule was published at 86 FR
21681 on April 23, 2021. The Petitioner
filed comments in support of the
petition reaffirming its commitment to
apply for channel 35. No other
comments were filed. The Petitioner
states that VHF channels have certain
propagation characteristics which may
cause reception issues for some viewers.
In addition, WCYB–TV has received
numerous complaints from viewers
unable to receive the Station’s over-theair signal, despite being able to receive
signals from other stations. While the
proposed channel 35 noise limited
contour does not completely encompass
the relevant channel 5 noise limited
contour, WCYB–TV is an NBC affiliate
and there are six other NBC affiliated
stations that serve some portion of the
loss area, which, in the aggregate, serve
the entire area of the channel 5 noise
limited contour not encompassed by the
proposed channel 35 contour, so that no
one would lose NBC network service if
channel 35 was substituted for channel
5. As the Bureau explained in the
NPRM, it used the technical parameters
of WCYB–TV’s original post-transition
digital channel 5 facility (File No.
BPCDT–20080327AFS) in determining
any predicted loss which may occur.
This is a synopsis of the
Commission’s Report and Order, MB
Docket No. 21–128; RM–11895; DA 21–
SUMMARY:
PO 00000
Frm 00061
Fmt 4700
Sfmt 4700
695, adopted June 15, 2021, and
released June 15, 2021. The full text of
this document is available for download
at https://www.fcc.gov/edocs. To request
materials in accessible formats for
people with disabilities (braille, large
print, electronic files, audio format),
send an email to fcc504@fcc.gov or call
the Consumer & Governmental Affairs
Bureau at 202–418–0530 (voice), 202–
418–0432 (tty).
This document does not contain
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). Provisions of the Regulatory
Flexibility Act of 1980, 5 U.S.C. 601–
612, do not apply to this proceeding.
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 5 U.S.C.
801(a)(1)(A).
List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 73
Television.
Federal Communications Commission.
Thomas Horan
Chief of Staff, Media Bureau.
Final Rule
For the reasons discussed in the
preamble, the Federal Communications
Commission amends 47 CFR part 73 as
follows:
PART 73—RADIO BROADCAST
SERVICE
1. The authority citation for part 73
continues to read as follows:
■
Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154, 155, 301, 303,
307, 309, 310, 334, 336, 339.
2. In § 73.622(i), amend the PostTransition Table of DTV Allotments,
under Virginia, by revising the entry for
Bristol to read as follows:
■
§ 73.622 Digital television table of
allotments.
*
*
*
(i) * * *
*
*
Community
*
E:\FR\FM\01JYR1.SGM
*
Channel No.
*
VIRGINIA
01JYR1
*
*
34966
Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 124 / Thursday, July 1, 2021 / Rules and Regulations
Community
Channel No.
*
*
*
Bristol ....................................
*
*
*
*
*
35
*
*
[FR Doc. 2021–13565 Filed 6–30–21; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6712–01–P
GENERAL SERVICES
ADMINISTRATION
48 CFR Parts 501, 552 and 570
[GSAR Case 2021–G527; Docket No. GSA–
GSAR–2021–0014; Sequence No. 1]
RIN 3090–AK44
General Services Administration
Acquisition Regulation; Immediate and
Highest Level Owner for High-Security
Leased Space
Office of Acquisition Policy,
General Services Administration (GSA).
ACTION: Interim rule.
AGENCY:
GSA is amending the General
Services Administration Acquisition
Regulation (GSAR) to implement
Section 3 and Section 5 requirements of
the Secure Federal Leases from
Espionage and Suspicious Entanglement
Act (the Act or Secure Federal LEASEs
Act). The Act addresses the risks of
foreign ownership of Governmentleased real estate and requires the
disclosure of ownership information for
high-security space leased to
accommodate a Federal agency.
DATES: Effective: June 30, 2021.
Applicability: This interim rule
applies to new lease awards, the
exercise of options for current leases,
lease extensions, and ownership
changes for high-security leased space.
Except where otherwise provided, the
Act’s disclosure requirements shall
apply with respect to any lease or
novation agreement entered into on or
after June 30, 2021, involving highsecurity leased space. That includes
new, renewal, succeeding, expansion,
superseding, extension, and replacing
leases and novations.
Comment Date: Interested parties
should submit written comments to the
Regulatory Secretariat Division at the
address shown below on or before
August 30, 2021 to be considered in the
formation of the final rule.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments in
response to GSAR Case 2021–G527 to
the Federal eRulemaking portal at
https://www.regulations.gov by
searching for ‘‘GSAR Case 2021–G527’’.
Select the link ‘‘Comment Now’’ that
khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with RULES
SUMMARY:
VerDate Sep<11>2014
17:28 Jun 30, 2021
Jkt 253001
corresponds with ‘‘GSAR Case 2021–
G527’’. Follow the instructions provided
at the ‘‘Comment Now’’ screen. Please
include your name, company name (if
any), and ‘‘GSAR Case 2021–G527’’ on
your attached document. If your
comment cannot be submitted using
https://www.regulations.gov, call or
email the points of contact in the FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of
this document for alternate instructions.
Instructions: Please submit comments
only and cite ‘‘GSAR Case 2021–G527’’
in all correspondence related to this
case. Comments received generally will
be posted without change to https://
www.regulations.gov, including any
personal and/or business confidential
information provided. To confirm
receipt of your comment(s), please
check https://www.regulations.gov,
approximately two to three days after
submission to verify posting.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Stephen Carroll, Procurement Analyst,
at 817–253–7858 or GSARPolicy@
gsa.gov, for clarification of content. For
information pertaining to status or
publication schedules, contact the
Regulatory Secretariat Division at 202–
501–4755 or GSARegSec@gsa.gov.
Please cite GSAR Case 2021–G527.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
On Dec. 31, 2020, the then president
signed into law the Secure Federal
Leases from Espionage and Suspicious
Entanglements Act (Secure Federal
LEASEs Act), (Pub. L. 116–276, 134
Stat. 3362). The Act imposes disclosure
requirements regarding the foreign
ownership, particularly ‘‘beneficial
ownership,’’ of prospective lessors of
‘‘high-security leased space’’ (i.e.,
property leased to the Federal
government having a security level of III
or higher). Section 3 and Section 5 of
the Act regarding immediate and
highest-level ownership applies to a
lease or lease novation for high-security
leased space entered into six months
after the date of the enactment of the
Act. GSA will modify existing leases to
reflect the requirements of the Act when
any of the various actions highlighted in
the Applicability section arise.
These requirements of the statute are
applicable to leases by the U.S. General
Services Administration (GSA), the
Architect of the Capitol, ‘‘or the head of
any Federal agency, other than the
Department of Defense (DOD), that has
independent statutory leasing
authority’’ (Federal lessees). The Act is
not applicable to DOD or to the
intelligence community. In that regard,
Section 2876 of the FY 2018 National
PO 00000
Frm 00062
Fmt 4700
Sfmt 4700
Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)
(Pub. L. 115–91) already provides DOD
similar authority to obtain ownership
information with respect to its highsecurity leased space. GSA’s regulatory
action applies to GSA and to agencies
relying upon GSA’s leasing authority.
The Act addresses national security
risks identified in the Government
Accountability Office (GAO) report,
GSA Should Inform Tenant Agencies
When Leasing High-Security Space from
Foreign Owners, dated January 2017
(GAO–17–195). This report found
certain high-security Federal agencies
were in buildings owned or controlled
by foreign entities. According to the
report, most Federal tenants were
unaware the spaces GAO identified
were subject to foreign ownership or
control, exposing these agencies to the
heightened risk of surreptitious physical
or cyber espionage by foreign actors.
The report also noted GAO could not
identify the owners of approximately
one-third of the Federal government’s
high-security leases because such
ownership information was unavailable
for those buildings.
As the US Government’s ‘‘landlord,’’
GSA serves as the central leasing agent
for Federal leases and is responsible for
managing and obtaining space on behalf
of multiple Federal agencies. When GSA
enters into a leasing agreement, the
agency becomes the ‘‘tenant’’ of GSA,
with GSA acting as the lessee of the
property. GSA currently uses
information contained in the System for
Award Management (SAM) to collect
foreign ownership information for
potential lessors, including immediate
or highest-level owners. However, as
Congress recognized in the Act, SAM
does not capture more nuanced forms of
foreign control such as entities involved
in financing properties or beneficial
ownership.
GSA is currently reviewing and
investigating potential future
implementation steps and potential
updates through electronic means to
implement the requirements of the Act,
including externally (System for Award
Management) or internally (GSA’s Lease
Offer Platform). As these alternatives are
not yet available, this interim rule will
require reporting on an action-by-action
basis.
What is ‘‘high-security leased space’’?
The statute defines ‘‘high security
leased space’’ as ‘‘space leased by a
Federal lessee that—(A) will be
occupied by Federal employees for
nonmilitary activities; and (B) has a
facility security level of III, IV or V, as
E:\FR\FM\01JYR1.SGM
01JYR1
]]>Agencies
[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 124 (Thursday, July 1, 2021)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 34965-34966]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-13565]
=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
47 CFR Part 73
[MB Docket No. 21-128; RM-11895; DA 21-695; FR ID 34434]
Television Broadcasting Services Bristol, Virginia
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Final rule.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: On April 5, 2021, the Media Bureau, Video Division (Bureau)
issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) in response to a petition
for rulemaking filed by Sinclair Licensee, LLC (Petitioner), the
licensee of WCYB-TV, channel 5 (NBC), Bristol, Virginia, requesting the
substitution of channel 35 for channel 5 at Bristol in the DTV Table of
Allotments. For the reasons set forth in the Report and Order
referenced below, the Bureau amends FCC regulations to substitute
channel 35 for channel 5 at Bristol.
DATES: Effective July 1, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joyce Bernstein, Media Bureau, at
(202) 418-1647 or [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The proposed rule was published at 86 FR
21681 on April 23, 2021. The Petitioner filed comments in support of
the petition reaffirming its commitment to apply for channel 35. No
other comments were filed. The Petitioner states that VHF channels have
certain propagation characteristics which may cause reception issues
for some viewers. In addition, WCYB-TV has received numerous complaints
from viewers unable to receive the Station's over-the-air signal,
despite being able to receive signals from other stations. While the
proposed channel 35 noise limited contour does not completely encompass
the relevant channel 5 noise limited contour, WCYB-TV is an NBC
affiliate and there are six other NBC affiliated stations that serve
some portion of the loss area, which, in the aggregate, serve the
entire area of the channel 5 noise limited contour not encompassed by
the proposed channel 35 contour, so that no one would lose NBC network
service if channel 35 was substituted for channel 5. As the Bureau
explained in the NPRM, it used the technical parameters of WCYB-TV's
original post-transition digital channel 5 facility (File No. BPCDT-
20080327AFS) in determining any predicted loss which may occur.
This is a synopsis of the Commission's Report and Order, MB Docket
No. 21-128; RM-11895; DA 21-695, adopted June 15, 2021, and released
June 15, 2021. The full text of this document is available for download
at https://www.fcc.gov/edocs. To request materials in accessible
formats for people with disabilities (braille, large print, electronic
files, audio format), send an email to [email protected] or call the
Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau at 202-418-0530 (voice), 202-
418-0432 (tty).
This document does not contain 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). Provisions of the
Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980, 5 U.S.C. 601-612, do not apply to
this proceeding.
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 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A).
List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 73
Television.
Federal Communications Commission.
Thomas Horan
Chief of Staff, Media Bureau.
Final Rule
For the reasons discussed in the preamble, the Federal
Communications Commission amends 47 CFR part 73 as follows:
PART 73--RADIO BROADCAST SERVICE
0
1. The authority citation for part 73 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154, 155, 301, 303, 307, 309, 310, 334,
336, 339.
0
2. In Sec. 73.622(i), amend the Post-Transition Table of DTV
Allotments, under Virginia, by revising the entry for Bristol to read
as follows:
Sec. 73.622 Digital television table of allotments.
* * * * *
(i) * * *
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Community Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
* * * * *
------------------------------------------------------------------------
VIRGINIA
------------------------------------------------------------------------
[[Page 34966]]
* * * * *
Bristol................................................. 35
* * * * *
------------------------------------------------------------------------
[FR Doc. 2021-13565 Filed 6-30-21; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6712-01-P
