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including answers to questions such as
the following:
• Are the requirements in the
proposed priorities and requirements
clearly stated?
• Do the proposed priorities and
requirements contain technical terms or
other wording that interferes with their
clarity?
• Does the format of the proposed
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paragraphing, etc.) aid or reduce their
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we divided them into more (but shorter)
sections?
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proposed priorities and requirements in
the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section
of this preamble be more helpful in
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how?
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proposed priorities and requirements
easier to understand?
To send any comments about how the
Department could make these proposed
priorities and requirements easier to
understand, see the instructions in the
ADDRESSES section.
Intergovernmental Review: This
program is subject to Executive Order
12372 and the regulations in 34 CFR
part 79. One of the objectives of the
Executive order is to foster an
intergovernmental partnership and a
strengthened federalism. The Executive
order relies on processes developed by
State and local governments for
coordination and review of proposed
Federal financial assistance.
This document provides early
notification of our specific plans and
actions for this program.
Regulatory Flexibility Act
Certification: The Secretary certifies that
these proposed priorities and
requirements would not have a
significant economic impact on a
substantial number of small entities.
Participation in the SPDG program is
voluntary. In addition, the only eligible
entities for this program are SEAs,
which do not meet the definition of a
small entity. For these reasons, the
proposed priorities and requirements
would not impose any additional
burden on small entities. We expect that
in determining whether to apply for
SPDG program funds, an eligible entity
would evaluate the requirements of
preparing an application and any
associated costs and weigh them against
the benefits likely to be achieved by
receiving an SPDG program grant. An
eligible entity probably would apply
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only if it determines that the likely
benefits exceed the costs of preparing an
application.
We believe that these proposed
priorities and requirements would not
impose any additional burden on a
small entity applying for a grant than
the entity would face in the absence of
the proposed action. That is, the length
of the applications those entities would
submit in the absence of the proposed
regulatory action and the time needed to
prepare an application would likely be
the same.
This proposed regulatory action
would not have a significant economic
impact on a small entity once it receives
a grant because it would be able to meet
the costs of compliance using the funds
provided under this program. We invite
comments from eligible small entities as
to whether they believe this proposed
regulatory action would have a
significant economic impact on them
and, if so, request evidence to support
that belief.
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
These proposed priorities and
requirements contain information
collection requirements that are
approved by OMB under OMB control
number 1820–0028. The proposed
priorities and requirements do not affect
the currently approved data collection.
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Assistant Secretary for Special Education and
Rehabilitative Services.
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47 CFR Part 73
[DA 24–278; MB Docket No. 24–83; FR ID
210721]
Radio Broadcasting Services; Mattoon,
Illinois
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Proposed rule.
AGENCY:
This document requests
comments on the proposal to substitute
Channel 245B1 for vacant Channel 245B
at Mattoon, Illinois. The existing vacant
Channel 245B at Mattoon is not in
compliance with the minimum distance
separation requirements of the Federal
Communications Commission’s
(Commission) rules. A staff engineering
analysis indicates that Channel 245B1
can be allotted to Mattoon, Illinois,
consistent with the minimum distance
separation requirements of the
Commission’s rules, with a site
restriction of 12.2 kilometers (7.6 miles)
southeast of the community. The
reference coordinates are 39–23–17 NL
and 88–17–21 WL.
DATES: Comments must be filed on or
before May 13, 2024, and reply
comments on or before May 28, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Secretary, Federal
Communications Commission, 45 L
Street NE, Washington, DC 20554.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Rolanda F. Smith, Media Bureau, (202)
418–2054, Rolanda-Faye.Smith@fcc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a
synopsis of the Commission’s Notice of
Proposed Rule Making, MB Docket No.
24–83, adopted March 19, 2024, and
released March 20, 2024. The full text
of this Commission decision is available
online at https://apps.fcc.gov/ecfs. The
full text of this document can also be
downloaded in Word or Portable
Document Format (PDF) at https://
www.fcc.gov/edocs. This document does
not contain proposed 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
SUMMARY:
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‘‘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). The Commission will
publish the required summary of this
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on
https://www.fcc.gov/proposedrulemakings, pursuant to The Providing
Accountability Through Transparency
Act, see 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(4).
Provisions of the Regulatory
Flexibility Act of 1980 do not apply to
this proceeding.
Members of the public should note
that from the time a Notice of Proposed
Rule Making is issued until the matter
is no longer subject to Commission
consideration or court review, all ex
parte contacts are prohibited in
Commission proceedings, such as this
one, which involve channel allotments.
See 47 CFR 1.1204(b) for rules
governing permissible ex parte contacts.
For information regarding proper
filing procedures for comments, see 47
CFR 1.415 and 1.420.
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47 CFR Part 76
[MB Docket No. 98–204; FCC 24–18; FR ID
207778]
Review of the Commission’s
Broadcast and Cable Equal
Employment Opportunity Rules and
Policies
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Proposed rule.
AGENCY:
In this document, the Federal
Communications Commission
Radio, Radio broadcasting.
(Commission) refreshes the existing
record regarding the statutorily
Federal Communications Commission.
mandated collection of workforce
Nazifa Sawez,
composition data for multichannel
Assistant Chief, Audio Division, Media
video programming distributors
Bureau.
(MVPDs) on FCC Form 395–A.
Proposed Rules
DATES: Comments due on or before
For the reasons discussed in the
April 29, 2024; reply comments due on
preamble, the Federal Communications
or before May 13, 2024.
Commission proposes to amend 47 CFR ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
part 73 as follows:
identified by MB Docket No. 98–204, by
any of the following methods:
PART 73—RADIO BROADCAST
• Electronic Filers: Comments may be
SERVICES
filed electronically using the internet by
accessing the ECFS: https://apps.fcc.gov/
■ 1. The authority citation for part 73
ecfs/.
continues to read as follows:
• Paper Filers: Parties who choose to
Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154, 155, 301, 303,
file by paper must file an original and
307, 309, 310, 334, 336, 339.
one copy of each filing.
■ 2. In § 73.202, in paragraph (b), amend
Filings can be sent by commercial
the Table of FM Allotments under
overnight courier, or by first-class or
Illinois by adding in alphabetical an
overnight U.S. Postal Service mail. All
entry for ‘‘Mattoon’’ to read as follows:
filings must be addressed to the
Commission’s Secretary, Office of the
§ 73.202 Table of Allotments.
Secretary, Federal Communications
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• Commercial overnight mail (other
than U.S. Postal Service Express Mail
TABLE 1 TO PARAGRAPH (b)
and Priority Mail) must be sent to 9050
Junction Drive, Annapolis Junction, MD
[U.S. States]
Channel No.
20701.
• U.S. Postal Service first-class,
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Express, and Priority mail must be
addressed to 45 L Street NE,
Illinois
Washington, DC 20554.
• Effective March 19, 2020, and until
further notice, the Commission no
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245B1 longer accepts any hand or messenger
delivered filings. This is a temporary
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measure taken to help protect the health
and safety of individuals, and to
mitigate the transmission of COVID–19.
See FCC Announces Closure of FCC
Headquarters Open Window and
Change in Hand-Delivery Policy, Public
Notice, DA 20–304 (March 19, 2020).
https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcccloses-headquarters-open-window-andchanges-hand-delivery-policy.
People with Disabilities: To request
materials in accessible formats for
people with disabilities (braille, large
print, electronic files, audio format),
send an email to fcc504@fcc.gov (mail
to: fcc504@fcc.gov) or call the FCC’s
Consumer and Governmental Affairs
Bureau at (202) 418–0530 (voice), (202)
418–0432 (TTY).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
additional information on this
proceeding, please contact Christopher
Sova of the Media Bureau, Industry
Analysis Division, christopher.sova@
fcc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a
summary of the Commission’s Second
Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
(Second FNPRM) FCC 24–18, in MB
Docket No. 98–204, adopted on
February 7, 2024, and released on
February 22, 2024. The complete text of
this document is available electronically
via the search function on the FCC’s
website at https://docs.fcc.gov/public/
attachments/FCC-24-18A1.pdf.
Synopsis
1. Having addressed the issues
concerning the reinstatement of the
Form 395–B data collection, we now
seek, by this Second Further Notice of
Proposed Rulemaking (Second FNPRM),
to refresh the existing record regarding
the statutorily mandated collection of
Form 395–A data pursuant to 47 U.S.C.
554(d)(3)(A)–(B). Since 1984 the
Commission has required MVPDs with
six or more full-time employees to file
the FCC Form 395–A. Similar to the
Form 395–B collected from
broadcasters, Form 395–A seeks to
gather workforce composition data from
multichannel video programming
distributors (MVPDs) on an annual
basis. The Commission suspended the
filing of Form 395–A in 2001 in the
wake of the decision by the U.S. Circuit
Court of Appeals for the District of
Columbia Circuit in MD/DC/DE
Broadcasters Associations v. FCC (MD/
DC/DE Broadcasters), which vacated
certain aspects of the Commission’s EEO
requirements for broadcasters. While the
similar requirements for MVPDs have
never been challenged, the Commission
suspended the collection of both Forms
395–A and B, along with various EEO
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
47 CFR Part 73
[DA 24-278; MB Docket No. 24-83; FR ID 210721]
Radio Broadcasting Services; Mattoon, Illinois
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: This document requests comments on the proposal to substitute
Channel 245B1 for vacant Channel 245B at Mattoon, Illinois. The
existing vacant Channel 245B at Mattoon is not in compliance with the
minimum distance separation requirements of the Federal Communications
Commission's (Commission) rules. A staff engineering analysis indicates
that Channel 245B1 can be allotted to Mattoon, Illinois, consistent
with the minimum distance separation requirements of the Commission's
rules, with a site restriction of 12.2 kilometers (7.6 miles) southeast
of the community. The reference coordinates are 39-23-17 NL and 88-17-
21 WL.
DATES: Comments must be filed on or before May 13, 2024, and reply
comments on or before May 28, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Secretary, Federal Communications Commission, 45 L Street
NE, Washington, DC 20554.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rolanda F. Smith, Media Bureau, (202)
418-2054, [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a synopsis of the Commission's
Notice of Proposed Rule Making, MB Docket No. 24-83, adopted March 19,
2024, and released March 20, 2024. The full text of this Commission
decision is available online at https://apps.fcc.gov/ecfs. The full
text of this document can also be downloaded in Word or Portable
Document Format (PDF) at https://www.fcc.gov/edocs. This document does
not contain proposed 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
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``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). The Commission will publish the required
summary of this Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on https://www.fcc.gov/proposed-rulemakings, pursuant to The Providing Accountability Through
Transparency Act, see 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(4).
Provisions of the Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980 do not apply
to this proceeding.
Members of the public should note that from the time a Notice of
Proposed Rule Making is issued until the matter is no longer subject to
Commission consideration or court review, all ex parte contacts are
prohibited in Commission proceedings, such as this one, which involve
channel allotments. See 47 CFR 1.1204(b) for rules governing
permissible ex parte contacts.
For information regarding proper filing procedures for comments,
see 47 CFR 1.415 and 1.420.
List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 73
Radio, Radio broadcasting.
Federal Communications Commission.
Nazifa Sawez,
Assistant Chief, Audio Division, Media Bureau.
Proposed Rules
For the reasons discussed in the preamble, the Federal
Communications Commission proposes to amend 47 CFR part 73 as follows:
PART 73--RADIO BROADCAST SERVICES
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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. 73.202, in paragraph (b), amend the Table of FM Allotments
under Illinois by adding in alphabetical an entry for ``Mattoon'' to
read as follows:
Sec. 73.202 Table of Allotments.
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Table 1 to Paragraph (b)
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