[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 111 (Thursday, June 10, 1999)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 31172]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-14734]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[MM Docket No. 99-209; RM-9628]


Radio Broadcasting Services; Buras, LA

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: This document requests comments on a petition for rule making 
filed by Mountain West Broadcasting requesting the allotment of Channel 
279C2 to Buras, Louisiana, as that community's first local aural 
transmission service. Petitioner is requested to provide additional 
engineering showings to demonstrate the availability of a suitable area 
for tower construction as the site restriction required to accommodate 
the proposal appears to be located in marshland. Coordinates used for 
this proposal are 29-18-15 NL and 89-32-00 WL.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or before July 26, 1999, and reply 
comments on or before August 10, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Secretary, Federal Communications Commission, Washington, DC 
20554. In addition to filing comments with the FCC, interested parties 
should serve the petitioner, as follows: Mountain West Broadcasting, c/
o Victor A. Michael, Jr., 6807 Foxglove Drive, Cheyenne, WY 82009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nancy Joyner, Mass Media Bureau, (202) 
418-2180.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a synopsis of the Commission's 
Notice of Proposed Rule Making, MM Docket No. 99-209, adopted May 26, 
1999, and released June 4, 1999. The full text of this Commission 
decision is available for inspection and copying during normal business 
hours in the FCC's Reference Information Center (Room CY A-257), 445 
Twelfth Street, SW., Washington, DC. The complete text of this decision 
may also be purchased from the Commission's copy contractor, 
International Transcription Service, Inc., 1231 20th Street, NW., 
Washington, DC 20036, (202) 857-3800.
    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 broadcasting.

Federal Communications Commission.
John A. Karousos,
Chief, Allocations Branch, Policy and Rules Division, Mass Media 
Bureau.
[FR Doc. 99-14734 Filed 6-9-99; 8:45 am]
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