White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council; Notice of Charter Renewal, 16006 [2023-05318]

Download as PDF 16006 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 50 / Wednesday, March 15, 2023 / Notices Dated: March 8, 2023. David Garcia, Director, Air and Radiation Division, Region 6. [FR Doc. 2023–05261 Filed 3–14–23; 8:45 am] [MB Docket No. 22–162; DA 22–5149; FR ID 130443] TEGNA Inc., SGCI Holdings III LLC, and CMG Media Operating Company, LLC, Applications for Transfer of Control and Assignment of Certain Subsidiaries BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL–10789–01–OA; EPA–HQ–OEJECR– 2023–0099] AGENCY: White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council; Notice of Charter Renewal SUMMARY: Federal Communications Commission. ACTION: Notice. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice of charter renewal. AGENCY: Notice is hereby given that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has determined that, in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), the White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council (WHEJAC) is necessary and in the public interest in connection with the performance of duties imposed on the agency by law. Accordingly, WHEJAC will be renewed for an additional twoyear period. The purpose of the WHEJAC is to provide independent advice and recommendations to the Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) and to the White House Environmental Justice Interagency Council (IAC) on how to increase the Federal Government’s efforts to address current and historic environmental injustice. The WHEJAC will provide advice and recommendations about broad cross-cutting issues related, but not limited, to issues of environmental justice and pollution reduction, energy, climate change mitigation and resiliency, environmental health, and racial inequity. The WHEJAC’s efforts will include a broad range of strategic, scientific, technological, regulatory, community engagement, and economic issues related to environmental justice. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Inquiries may be directed to Karen L. Martin, WHEJAC Designated Federal Officer, U.S. EPA, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20460; by telephone at 202–564–0203; via email at whejac@epa.gov. SUMMARY: lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Matthew Tejada, Deputy Assistant Administrator for Environmental Justice, Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights. [FR Doc. 2023–05318 Filed 3–14–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:48 Mar 14, 2023 Jkt 259001 This document commences a hearing in connection with a series of applications filed by TEGNA Inc. (TEGNA), SGCI Holdings III LLC (SGCI Holdings), and CMG Media Operating Company, LLC (CMG) seeking Commission consent to the transfer of control and/or assignment of broadcast television station licenses. By this document, the Media Bureau has designated two discrete substantial and material questions of fact for hearing, namely: (1) are the Transactions structured in a way that is likely to trigger a rate increase harmful to consumers, as a result of contractual clauses that take immediate effect after the consummation of the Transactions, and (2) will the Transactions reduce or impair localism, including whether they will result in labor reductions at local stations. DATES: Persons desiring to participate as parties in the hearing shall file a petition for leave to intervene no later than April 14, 2023. ADDRESSES: File documents with the Office of the Secretary, Federal Communications Commission, 45 L Street NE, Washington, DC 20554, with a copy mailed to each party to the proceeding. Each document that is filed in this proceeding must display on the front page the docket number of this hearing, ‘‘MB Docket No. 22–162.’’ FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeremy Miller, Media Bureau, at (202) 418–1507 or jeremy.miller@fcc.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a summary of the Hearing Designation Order (Order), MB Docket No. 22–162, MB 22–149, adopted and released on February 24, 2023. The complete text of this document, including attachments and any related document, is available on the Commission’s website at https:// www.fcc.gov/transaction/standardgeneral-tegna or by using the search function on the Commission’s Electronic Comment Filing System (ECFS) web page at www.fcc.gov/ecfs. Alternative formats are available to persons with disabilities by sending an PO 00000 Frm 00055 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 email to FCC504@fcc.gov or by calling the Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau at (202) 418–0530 (voice), (202) 418–0432 (TTY). Summary of the Hearing Designation Order In four sets of applications initially filed on March 18, 2022 and last amended on April 1, 2022, TEGNA Inc. (TEGNA), SGCI Holdings III LLC (SGCI Holdings), and CMG Media Operating Company, LLC (CMG) (collectively, the Applicants) sought consent to transfer control of TEGNA to SGCI Holdings, as well as three other sets of applications filed contemporaneously seeking consent for a series of related transactions: (1) the transfer of control of the four full power television stations of Community News Media LLC (CNM) to a wholly-owned subsidiary of CMG; (2) the transfer of control of Teton Parent Corp. (TPC), the parent company of licensee WFXT(TV), Boston, Massachusetts, from a wholly-owned subsidiary of CMG to SGCI Holdings; and (3) immediately upon consummation of the merger of TEGNA with TPC, the assignment of the licenses of four full-power television stations from subsidiaries of post-merger TEGNA to indirect, wholly-owned subsidiaries of CMG (collectively, the Transactions). In addition, the Applicants and affiliated entities filed letters with the Commission putting forth certain commitments, including (1) a December 16, 2022 letter from SGCI Holdings and Standard General, L.P. addressing ‘‘the applicability of retransmission consent agreements to the TEGNA stations that will be controlled by Standard General L.P. and SGCI Holdings . . . following the [Transactions],’’ Letter from Soohyung Kim, SGCI Holdings and Standard General, L.P., to Marlene H. Dortch, FCC, Dkt. No. 22–162 (filed Dec. 16, 2022) (SG Waiver Letter); and (2) a December 22, 2022 letter from SGCI Holdings and Standard General, L.P. addressing concerns raised regarding reduction of local jobs after consummation of the Transactions, Letter from Soohyung Kim, SGCI Holdings and Standard General, L.P., to Marlene H. Dortch, FCC, Dkt. No. 22– 162 (filed Dec. 22, 2022) (SG Staffing Letter)). Multiple parties filed petitions and other formal pleadings seeking, among other things, to dismiss or deny the Transactions. These parties’ arguments include objections that the structure of the Transactions would unfairly harm subscribers through increased multichannel video programming distributors (MVPD) subscription prices resulting from the triggering of after- E:\FR\FM\15MRN1.SGM 15MRN1

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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 50 (Wednesday, March 15, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 16006]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-05318]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-10789-01-OA; EPA-HQ-OEJECR-2023-0099]


White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council; Notice of 
Charter Renewal

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of charter renewal.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Environmental Protection 
Agency (EPA) has determined that, in accordance with the provisions of 
the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), the White House 
Environmental Justice Advisory Council (WHEJAC) is necessary and in the 
public interest in connection with the performance of duties imposed on 
the agency by law. Accordingly, WHEJAC will be renewed for an 
additional two-year period. The purpose of the WHEJAC is to provide 
independent advice and recommendations to the Chair of the Council on 
Environmental Quality (CEQ) and to the White House Environmental 
Justice Interagency Council (IAC) on how to increase the Federal 
Government's efforts to address current and historic environmental 
injustice. The WHEJAC will provide advice and recommendations about 
broad cross-cutting issues related, but not limited, to issues of 
environmental justice and pollution reduction, energy, climate change 
mitigation and resiliency, environmental health, and racial inequity. 
The WHEJAC's efforts will include a broad range of strategic, 
scientific, technological, regulatory, community engagement, and 
economic issues related to environmental justice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Inquiries may be directed to Karen L. 
Martin, WHEJAC Designated Federal Officer, U.S. EPA, 1200 Pennsylvania 
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20460; by telephone at 202-564-0203; via 
email at [email protected].

Matthew Tejada,
Deputy Assistant Administrator for Environmental Justice, Office of 
Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights.
[FR Doc. 2023-05318 Filed 3-14-23; 8:45 am]
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