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measures to remedy any future
violations of the 2015 8-hour ozone
NAAQS and procedures for evaluating
potential violations.
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IX. Proposed Actions
EPA is proposing to: (1) Approve the
maintenance plan for the Northern
Kentucky Area, including the NOX and
VOC MVEBs for 2026 and 2035, and
incorporate it into the Kentucky SIP,
and (2) approve Kentucky’s
redesignation request for the 2015 8hour ozone NAAQS for the Area.
Further, as part of this proposed action,
EPA is also describing the status of its
adequacy determination for the NOX
and VOC MVEBs for the 2026 and 2035
in accordance with 40 CFR 93.118(f)(1).
Within 24 months from the effective
date of EPA’s adequacy determination
for the MVEBs or the effective date for
the final rule for this action, whichever
is earlier, the transportation partners
will need to demonstrate conformity to
the new NOX and VOC MVEBs pursuant
to 40 CFR 93.104(e)(3). If finalized,
approval of the redesignation request
would change the official designation of
a portion of Boone, Campbell, and
Kenton Counties in Kentucky for the
2015 8-hour ozone NAAQS from
nonattainment to attainment, as found
at 40 CFR part 81.
X. Statutory and Executive Order
Reviews
Under the CAA, redesignation of an
area to attainment and the
accompanying approval of a
maintenance plan under section
107(d)(3)(E) are actions that affect the
status of a geographical area and do not
impose any additional regulatory
requirements on sources beyond those
imposed by State law. A redesignation
to attainment does not in and of itself
create any new requirements, but rather
results in the applicability of
requirements contained in the CAA for
areas that have been redesignated to
attainment. Moreover, the Administrator
is required to approve a SIP submission
that complies with the provisions of the
Act and applicable Federal regulations.
See 42 U.S.C. 7410(k); 40 CFR 52.02(a).
Thus, in reviewing SIP submissions,
EPA’s role is to approve State choices,
provided that they meet the criteria of
the CAA. These actions merely propose
to approve State law as meeting Federal
requirements and do not impose
additional requirements beyond those
imposed by State law. For that reason,
these proposed actions:
• Are not significant regulatory
actions subject to review by the Office
of Management and Budget under
Executive Orders 12866 (58 FR 51735,
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January 21, 2011);
• Do not impose an information
collection burdens under the provisions
of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.);
• Are certified as not having a
significant economic impact on a
substantial number of small entities
under the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5
U.S.C. 601 et seq.);
• Do not contain any unfunded
mandate or significantly or uniquely
affect small governments, as described
in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act
of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–4);
• Do not have Federalism
implications as specified in Executive
Order 13132 (64 FR 43255, August 10,
1999);
• Are not economically significant
regulatory actions based on health or
safety risks subject to Executive Order
13045 (62 FR 19885, April 23, 1997);
• Are not significant regulatory
actions subject to Executive Order
13211 (66 FR 28355, May 22, 2001); and
• Are not subject to requirements of
section 12(d) of the National
Technology Transfer and Advancement
Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 272 note) because
application of those requirements would
be inconsistent with the CAA.
In addition, the SIP is not approved
to apply on any Indian reservation land
or in any other area where EPA or an
Indian Tribe has demonstrated that a
tribe has jurisdiction. In those areas of
Indian country, the rules do not have
tribal implications as specified by
Executive Order 13175 (65 FR 67249,
November 9, 2000).
Executive Order 12898 (Federal
Actions To Address Environmental
Justice in Minority Populations and
Low-Income Populations, 59 FR 7629,
Feb. 16, 1994) directs Federal agencies
to identify and address
‘‘disproportionately high and adverse
human health or environmental effects’’
of their actions on minority populations
and low-income populations to the
greatest extent practicable and
permitted by law. EPA defines
environmental justice (EJ) as ‘‘the fair
treatment and meaningful involvement
of all people regardless of race, color,
national origin, or income with respect
to the development, implementation,
and enforcement of environmental laws,
regulations, and policies.’’ EPA further
defines the term fair treatment to mean
that ‘‘no group of people should bear a
disproportionate burden of
environmental harms and risks,
including those resulting from the
negative environmental consequences of
industrial, governmental, and
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commercial operations or programs and
policies.’’
The Cabinet and District did not
evaluate environmental justice
considerations as part of its
redesignation request or SIP submittal;
the CAA and applicable implementing
regulations neither prohibit nor require
such an evaluation. EPA did not
perform an EJ analysis and did not
consider EJ as part of Kentucky’s
redesignation request or SIP submittal
in these proposed actions.
Consideration of EJ is not required as
part of these proposed actions, and there
is no information in the record
inconsistent with the stated goal of E.O.
12898 of achieving environmental
justice for people of color, low-income
populations, and Indigenous peoples.
List of Subjects
40 CFR Part 52
Environmental protection, Air
pollution control, Carbon monoxide,
Incorporation by reference,
Intergovernmental relations, Nitrogen
dioxide, Ozone, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements, Volatile
organic compounds.
40 CFR Part 81
Environmental protection, Air
pollution control, National parks,
Wilderness areas.
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
Jeaneanne Gettle,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 4.
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47 CFR Part 73
[MB Docket No. 23–244; RM–11955; DA 23–
622; FR ID 157779]
Television Broadcasting Services
Knoxville, Tennessee
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Proposed rule.
AGENCY:
The Commission has before it
a petition for rulemaking filed by
Tennessee TV, LLC (Petitioner), the
licensee of WKNX–TV, channel 7,
Knoxville, Tennessee. The Petitioner
requests the substitution of channel 21
for channel 7 at Knoxville in the Table
of Allotments.
DATES: Comments must be filed on or
before August 28, 2023 and reply
comments on or before September 11,
2023.
SUMMARY:
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Federal Communications
Commission, Office of the Secretary, 45
L Street NE, Washington, DC 20554. In
addition to filing comments with the
FCC, interested parties should serve
counsel for the Petitioner as follows:
Coe W. Ramsey, Esq., Brooks, Pierce,
McLendon, Humphrey and Leonard,
L.L.P, Wells Fargo Capitol Center, Suite
1700, Raleigh, NC 27601.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Joyce Bernstein, Media Bureau, at (202)
418–1647; or Joyce Bernstein, Media
Bureau, at Joyce.Bernstein@fcc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
support, the Petitioner states that
WKNX–TV’s proposed channel
substitution would serve the public
interest by resolving current reception
challenges within the Station’s existing
service area. Viewers within the
Station’s currently authorized channel 7
service area have experienced difficulty
receiving the Station’s signal,
particularly since the June 12, 2009
digital transition. Petitioner further
states that the Commission has
recognized that VHF channels pose
challenges for their use in providing
digital television service, including
propagation characteristics that allow
undesired signals and noise to be
receivable at relatively far distances and
large variability in the performance of
indoor antennas available to viewers,
with most antennas performing very
poorly on high VHF channels. The
Petitioner’s engineering analysis shows
that the 50,322 persons currently
located in the loss area along the
eastern, southern, and western fringes of
the proposed channel 21 facility would
continue to be within the noise limited
contour of least five other full power or
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Class A television stations, including
four other Knoxville television stations.
This is a synopsis of the
Commission’s Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking, MB Docket No. 23–244;
RM–11955; DA 23–622, adopted July 20,
2023, and released July 20, 2023. The
full text of this document is available for
download at https://www.fcc.gov/edocs.
To request materials in accessible
formats (braille, large print, computer
diskettes, or audio recordings), please
send an email to FCC504@fcc.gov or call
the Consumer & Government 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.
Members of the public should note
that all ex parte contacts are prohibited
from the time a Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking is issued to the time the
matter is no longer subject to
Commission consideration or court
review, see 47 CFR 1.1208. There are,
however, exceptions to this prohibition,
which can be found in Section 1.1204(a)
of the Commission’s rules, 47 CFR
1.1204(a).
See Sections 1.415 and 1.420 of the
Commission’s rules for information
regarding the proper filing procedures
for comments, 47 CFR 1.415 and 1.420.
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List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 73
Television.
Federal Communications Commission.
Thomas Horan,
Chief of Staff, Media Bureau.
Proposed Rule
For the reasons discussed in the
preamble, the Federal Communications
Commission proposes to amend 47 CFR
part 73 as follows:
PART 73—RADIO BROADCAST
SERVICE
1. The authority citation for part 73
continues to read as follows:
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Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154, 155, 301, 303,
307, 309, 310, 334, 336, 339.
2. In § 73.622, in the table in
paragraph (j), under Tennessee, revise
the entry for Knoxville to read as
follows:
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§ 73.622 Digital television table of
allotments.
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Community
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Channel No.
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Tennessee
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Knoxville ........
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10, 15, 21, 26, * 29, 34.
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
47 CFR Part 73
[MB Docket No. 23-244; RM-11955; DA 23-622; FR ID 157779]
Television Broadcasting Services Knoxville, Tennessee
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: The Commission has before it a petition for rulemaking filed
by Tennessee TV, LLC (Petitioner), the licensee of WKNX-TV, channel 7,
Knoxville, Tennessee. The Petitioner requests the substitution of
channel 21 for channel 7 at Knoxville in the Table of Allotments.
DATES: Comments must be filed on or before August 28, 2023 and reply
comments on or before September 11, 2023.
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ADDRESSES: Federal Communications Commission, Office of the Secretary,
45 L Street NE, Washington, DC 20554. In addition to filing comments
with the FCC, interested parties should serve counsel for the
Petitioner as follows: Coe W. Ramsey, Esq., Brooks, Pierce, McLendon,
Humphrey and Leonard, L.L.P, Wells Fargo Capitol Center, Suite 1700,
Raleigh, NC 27601.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joyce Bernstein, Media Bureau, at
(202) 418-1647; or Joyce Bernstein, Media Bureau, at
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In support, the Petitioner states that WKNX-
TV's proposed channel substitution would serve the public interest by
resolving current reception challenges within the Station's existing
service area. Viewers within the Station's currently authorized channel
7 service area have experienced difficulty receiving the Station's
signal, particularly since the June 12, 2009 digital transition.
Petitioner further states that the Commission has recognized that VHF
channels pose challenges for their use in providing digital television
service, including propagation characteristics that allow undesired
signals and noise to be receivable at relatively far distances and
large variability in the performance of indoor antennas available to
viewers, with most antennas performing very poorly on high VHF
channels. The Petitioner's engineering analysis shows that the 50,322
persons currently located in the loss area along the eastern, southern,
and western fringes of the proposed channel 21 facility would continue
to be within the noise limited contour of least five other full power
or Class A television stations, including four other Knoxville
television stations.
This is a synopsis of the Commission's Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking, MB Docket No. 23-244; RM-11955; DA 23-622, adopted July 20,
2023, and released July 20, 2023. The full text of this document is
available for download at https://www.fcc.gov/edocs. To request
materials in accessible formats (braille, large print, computer
diskettes, or audio recordings), please send an email to [email protected]
or call the Consumer & Government 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.
Members of the public should note that all ex parte contacts are
prohibited from the time a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking is issued to
the time the matter is no longer subject to Commission consideration or
court review, see 47 CFR 1.1208. There are, however, exceptions to this
prohibition, which can be found in Section 1.1204(a) of the
Commission's rules, 47 CFR 1.1204(a).
See Sections 1.415 and 1.420 of the Commission's rules for
information regarding the proper filing procedures for comments, 47 CFR
1.415 and 1.420.
List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 73
Television.
Federal Communications Commission.
Thomas Horan,
Chief of Staff, Media Bureau.
Proposed Rule
For the reasons discussed in the preamble, the Federal
Communications Commission proposes to amend 47 CFR part 73 as follows:
PART 73--RADIO BROADCAST SERVICE
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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.
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2. In Sec. 73.622, in the table in paragraph (j), under Tennessee,
revise the entry for Knoxville to read as follows:
Sec. 73.622 Digital television table of allotments.
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Community Channel No.
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Tennessee
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Knoxville................................. 10, 15, 21, 26, * 29, 34.
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