[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 45 (Wednesday, March 9, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11655-11658]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-4722]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Sunshine Act Meeting, Open Commission Meeting, Thursday, March 
10, 2005

March 3, 2005.
    The Federal Communications Commission will hold an Open Meeting on 
the subjects listed below on Thursday, March 10, 2005, which is 
scheduled to commence at in Room TW-C305, at 445 12th Street, SW., 
Washington, DC.

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          Item No.                 Bureau                Subject
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1..........................  Consumer &          Title: Truth-in-Billing
                              Governmental        and Billing Format (CC
                              Affairs.            Docket No. 98-170) and
                                                  National Association
                                                  of State Utility
                                                  Consumer Advocates'
                                                  Petition for
                                                  Declaratory Ruling
                                                  Regarding Truth-in-
                                                  Billing (CG Docket No.
                                                  04-208).
                                                 Summary: The Commission
                                                  will consider a Second
                                                  Report and Order,
                                                  Declaratory Ruling,
                                                  and Second Further
                                                  Notice of Proposed
                                                  Rulemaking regarding
                                                  the truth-in-billing
                                                  rules and a related
                                                  petition for
                                                  declaratory ruling
                                                  filed by the National
                                                  Association of State
                                                  Utility Consumer
                                                  Advocates.
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2..........................  Office of           Title: Wireless
                              Engineering and     Operations in the 3650-
                              Technology          3700 MHz Band (ET
                              Wireless and Tele-  Docket No. 04-151);
                              Communications.     Wireless Operations in
                                                  the 3650-3700 MHz
                                                  Band; Additional
                                                  Spectrum for
                                                  Unlicensed Devices
                                                  Below 900 MHz and in
                                                  the 3 GHz Band (ET
                                                  Docket No. 02-380);
                                                  and Amendment of the
                                                  Commission's Rules
                                                  with Regard to the
                                                  3650-3700 MHz
                                                  Government Transfer
                                                  Band (ET Docket No. 98-
                                                  237).
                                                 Summary: The Commission
                                                  will consider a Report
                                                  and Order and
                                                  Memorandum Opinion and
                                                  Order concerning the
                                                  use of the 3650-3700
                                                  MHz Band.
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3..........................  Office of           Title: Facilitating
                              Engineering and     Opportunities for
                              Technology.         Flexible, Efficient,
                                                  and Reliable Spectrum
                                                  Use Employing
                                                  Cognitive Radio
                                                  Technologies (ET
                                                  Docket No. 03-108).
                                                 Summary: The Commission
                                                  will consider a Report
                                                  and Order on the use
                                                  of cognitive radio
                                                  technologies to
                                                  facilitate
                                                  opportunities for more
                                                  flexible, efficient,
                                                  and reliable spectrum
                                                  use.
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4..........................  Office of           Title: Petition for
                              Engineering and     Waiver of the Part 15
                              Technology.         UWB Regulations Filed
                                                  by the Multi-band OFDM
                                                  Alliance Special
                                                  Interest Group (ET
                                                  Docket No. 04-352).
                                                 Summary: The Commission
                                                  will consider an Order
                                                  concerning UWB
                                                  Transmitters that
                                                  operate under Part 15
                                                  rules.
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5..........................  Wireline            Title: The Use of N11
                              Competition.        Codes and Other
                                                  Abbreviated Dialing
                                                  Arrangements (CC
                                                  Docket No. 92-105).
                                                 Summary: The Commission
                                                  will consider an Order
                                                  designating 811 as the
                                                  national abbreviated
                                                  dialing code to be
                                                  used by state One Call
                                                  notification systems
                                                  for providing advanced
                                                  notice of excavation
                                                  activities to
                                                  underground facility
                                                  operators in
                                                  compliance with the
                                                  Pipeline Safety
                                                  Improvement Act of
                                                  2002.
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Consent Agenda

    The Commission will consider the following subjects listed below as 
a consent agenda and these items will not be presented individually:

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1..........................  Enforcement.......  Title: Enforcement of
                                                  Sections 201 and 258
                                                  of the Act.
                                                 Summary: The Commission
                                                  will consider action
                                                  concerning an
                                                  investigation into
                                                  compliance with the
                                                  Commission's slamming
                                                  rules.
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2..........................  Enforcement.......  Title: C&W
                                                  Communications, Inc.,
                                                  Licensee of Private
                                                  Land Mobile Stations
                                                  WNJB566 and KNBV420;
                                                  Steve Gill, Licensee
                                                  of Private Land Mobile
                                                  Station WNEC236; Radio
                                                  Service Company,
                                                  Licensee of Private
                                                  Land Mobile Stations
                                                  WPBB209, WNXZ684, and
                                                  WNXZ686; and Fresno
                                                  Mobile Radio, Inc.,
                                                  Licensee of Private
                                                  Land Mobile Stations
                                                  WYY797, WYY798,
                                                  WYY799, KNDC491, and
                                                  WNA511.
                                                 Summary: The Commission
                                                  will consider an
                                                  action concerning an
                                                  Application for Review
                                                  filed by Nextel
                                                  Communications, Inc.
                                                  and Nextel Partners,
                                                  Inc. of an Enforcement
                                                  Bureau decision
                                                  denying Nextel's
                                                  requests for the
                                                  commencement of
                                                  license revocation
                                                  proceedings against
                                                  Private Land Mobile
                                                  licensees C&W
                                                  Communications, Inc.
                                                  and its owner, Steve
                                                  Gill, Radio Service
                                                  Company, and Fresno
                                                  Mobile Radio, Inc.
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3..........................  International.....  Title: 2000 Biennial
                                                  Regulatory Review--
                                                  Streamlining and Other
                                                  Revisions of Part 25
                                                  of the Commission's
                                                  Rules Governing the
                                                  Licensing of, and
                                                  Spectrum Usage by,
                                                  Satellite Network
                                                  Earth Stations and
                                                  Space Stations (IB
                                                  Docket No. 00-248) and
                                                  Amendment of Part 25
                                                  of the Commission's
                                                  Rules and Regulations
                                                  to Reduce Alien
                                                  Carrier Interference
                                                  Between Fixed-
                                                  Satellite at
                                                  Application Procedures
                                                  for Satellite
                                                  Communication Services
                                                  (CC Docket No. 86-
                                                  496).
                                                 Summary: The Commission
                                                  will consider a Fifth
                                                  Report and Order in IB
                                                  Docket No. 00-248, and
                                                  Third Report and Order
                                                  in CC Docket No. 86-
                                                  496 concerning
                                                  streamlining the
                                                  procedures for
                                                  reviewing non-routine
                                                  earth station
                                                  applications.
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4..........................  International.....  Title: 2000 Biennial
                                                  Regulatory Review--
                                                  Streamlining and Other
                                                  Revisions of Part 25
                                                  of the Commission's
                                                  Rules Governing the
                                                  Licensing of, and
                                                  Spectrum Usage by,
                                                  Satellite Network
                                                  Earth Stations and
                                                  Space Stations (IB
                                                  Docket No. 00-248).
                                                 Summary: The Commission
                                                  will consider a Sixth
                                                  Report, Order, and
                                                  Third Further Notice
                                                  of Proposed Rulemaking
                                                  concerning revisions
                                                  to its earth station
                                                  antenna gain pattern
                                                  requirements, and the
                                                  establishment of an
                                                  off-axis EIRP envelope
                                                  for Earth Stations in
                                                  the Fixed Satellite
                                                  Service.
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5..........................  Media.............  Title: Amendment of
                                                  Section 73.202(b),
                                                  Table of Allotments,
                                                  FM Broadcast Stations,
                                                  (Alva, Mooreland,
                                                  Tishomingo, Tuttle and
                                                  Woodward, Oklahoma)
                                                  (MM Docket No. 98-155,
                                                  RM-9082, and RM-9133).
                                                 Summary: The Commission
                                                  will consider a
                                                  Memorandum Opinion and
                                                  Order concerning an
                                                  Application for Review
                                                  filed by Ralph Tyler
                                                  seeking review of a
                                                  decision by the Mass
                                                  Media Bureau denying a
                                                  request to reallot
                                                  Channel 259C3 to
                                                  Tuttle, Oklahoma.
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6..........................  Media.............  Title: Birach
                                                  Broadcasting
                                                  Corporation, Request
                                                  to Toll the Period to
                                                  Construct Unbuilt
                                                  Station WIJR(AM) Palm
                                                  Beach Gardens,
                                                  Florida.
                                                 Summary: The Commission
                                                  will consider an Order
                                                  on Reconsideration
                                                  concerning an
                                                  Application for Review
                                                  filed by Birach
                                                  Broadcasting Corp.
                                                  seeking review of a
                                                  decision by the
                                                  Commission to affirm a
                                                  denial of Birach's
                                                  request for additional
                                                  time to construct
                                                  unbuilt station
                                                  WIJR(AM).
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7..........................  Media.............  Title: KEGG
                                                  Communications, Inc.,
                                                  Licensee of Station
                                                  K216EQ, Daingerfield,
                                                  Texas, and Application
                                                  for Construction
                                                  Permit for a New
                                                  Noncommercial
                                                  Educational FM Station
                                                  in Daingerfield,
                                                  Texas.
                                                 Summary: The Commission
                                                  will consider action
                                                  concerning an
                                                  application filed by
                                                  KEGG Communications,
                                                  Inc. for a
                                                  construction permit
                                                  for a new
                                                  noncommercial
                                                  educational FM station
                                                  in Daingerfield,
                                                  Texas, and materials
                                                  relating to KEGG
                                                  Communications'
                                                  operation of NCE
                                                  translator station
                                                  K216EQ, Daingerfield,
                                                  Texas.
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8..........................  Media.............  Title: DTV Build-out,
                                                  Requests for Extension
                                                  of the Digital
                                                  Television
                                                  Construction Deadline,
                                                  Commercial Television
                                                  Stations with May 1,
                                                  2002 Deadline.
                                                 Summary: The Commission
                                                  will consider an Order
                                                  concerning
                                                  applications filed by
                                                  commercial television
                                                  stations seeking
                                                  extensions of the May
                                                  1, 2002 deadline for
                                                  construction of their
                                                  digital television
                                                  facilities.
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9..........................  Media.............  Title: DTV Build-out,
                                                  Requests for Extension
                                                  of the Digital
                                                  Television
                                                  Construction Deadline,
                                                  Noncommercial
                                                  Educational Television
                                                  Stations with May 1,
                                                  2003 Deadline.
                                                 Summary: The Commission
                                                  will consider an Order
                                                  concerning
                                                  applications filed by
                                                  Noncommercial
                                                  television stations
                                                  seeking extensions of
                                                  the May 1, 2003
                                                  deadline for
                                                  construction of their
                                                  digital television
                                                  facilities.
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10.........................  Office of           Title: Amendment of
                              Engineering         Parts 2 and 90 of the
                              Technology.         Commission's Rules to
                                                  Provide for Narrowband
                                                  Private and Land
                                                  Mobile Radio Channels
                                                  in the 150.05-150.8
                                                  MHz, 162-174 MHz, and
                                                  406.1-420 MHz Bands
                                                  that are Allocated for
                                                  Federal Government Use
                                                  (ET Docket No. 04-
                                                  243).
                                                 Summary: The Commission
                                                  will consider a Report
                                                  and Order concerning
                                                  the procedures by
                                                  which 40 Private Land
                                                  Mobile Radio channels,
                                                  which are located in
                                                  frequency bands that
                                                  are primarily
                                                  allocated for Federal
                                                  use, are to transition
                                                  to narrower, more
                                                  efficient channels in
                                                  a process commonly
                                                  known as
                                                  ``narrowbanding.''
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11.........................  Office of           Title: Amendment of
                              Engineering and     Parts 2, 25, and 73 of
                              Technology.         the Commission's Rules
                                                  to Implement Decisions
                                                  from the World
                                                  Radiocommunication
                                                  Conference (Geneva
                                                  2003) (WRC-03)
                                                  Concerning Frequency
                                                  Bands Between 5900 kHz
                                                  and 27.5 GHz and to
                                                  Otherwise Update the
                                                  Rules in this
                                                  Frequency Range (ET
                                                  Docket No. 04-139).
                                                 Summary: The Commission
                                                  will consider a Report
                                                  and Order concerning
                                                  the use of Frequency
                                                  Band Between 5900 kHz
                                                  and 27.5 GHz Band.
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12.........................  Wireline            Title: Request to
                              Competition.        Update Default
                                                  Compensation Rate for
                                                  Dial-Around Calls from
                                                  Payphones (WC Docket
                                                  No. 03-225).
                                                 Summary: The Commission
                                                  will consider a
                                                  Further Notice of
                                                  Proposed Rulemaking
                                                  that solicits data to
                                                  enable the Commission
                                                  to determine a current
                                                  and accurate monthly
                                                  average of compensable
                                                  dial-around calls per-
                                                  payphone for the
                                                  purpose of
                                                  establishing a monthly
                                                  per-payphone default
                                                  rate.
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13.........................  Wireline            Title: Application for
                              Competition.        Review of a Decision
                                                  of the Wireline
                                                  Competition Bureau,
                                                  Mescalero Apache
                                                  School, Mescalero, New
                                                  Mexico; and Schools
                                                  and Libraries
                                                  Universal Service
                                                  Support Mechanism (CC
                                                  Docket No. 02-6).
                                                 Summary: The Commission
                                                  will consider an Order
                                                  regarding an
                                                  Application for Review
                                                  of a decision issued
                                                  by the
                                                  Telecommunications
                                                  Access Policy Division
                                                  of the Wireline
                                                  Competition Bureau.
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14.........................  Wireline            Title: 1993 Annual
                              Competition.        Access Tariff Filings,
                                                  GSF Order Compliance
                                                  Filings (CC Docket No.
                                                  93-193); 1994 Annual
                                                  Access Tariff Filings,
                                                  1995 Annual Access
                                                  Tariff Filings, and
                                                  1996 Annual Access
                                                  Tariff Filings (CC
                                                  Docket No. 94-65).
                                                 Summary: The Commission
                                                  will consider an Order
                                                  on Review of a Common
                                                  Carrier Bureau Order
                                                  clarifying methods to
                                                  be used by local
                                                  exchange carriers to
                                                  allocate refund and
                                                  sharing amounts among
                                                  price cap baskets.
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other mobility aids. Sign language interpreters, open captioning, and 
assistive listening devices will be provided on site. Request other 
reasonable accommodations for people with disabilities as early as 
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Governmental Affairs Bureau at 202-418-0530 (voice), 202-418-0432 
(tty).
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Audrey Spivack or David Fiske, Office of Media Relations, (202) 418-
0500; TTY 1-888-835-5322. Audio/Video coverage of the meeting will be 
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Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 05-4722 Filed 3-7-05; 12:43 pm]
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