[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 216 (Tuesday, November 8, 2011)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 69222]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-28790]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[MB Docket No. 11-167; RM-11642; DA 11-1711]


Radio Broadcasting Services; Altamont, OR

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: This document sets forth a proposal to amend the FM Table of 
Allotments. The Commission requests comment on a petition filed by 
Threshold Communications, proposing to amend the Table of Allotments by 
substituting Channel 235C1 for vacant Channel 249C1, at Altamont, 
Oregon. The proposal is part of a contingently filed ``hybrid'' 
application and rule making petition. Channel 235C1 can be allotted at 
Altamont in compliance with the Commission's minimum distance 
separation requirements with a site restriction of 32.3 km (20.1 miles) 
east of Altamont, at 42-07-04 North Latitude and 121-21-50 West 
Longitude. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION infra.

DATES: The deadline for filing comments is December 5, 2011. Reply 
comments must be filed on or before December 20, 2011.

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street SW., 
Washington, DC 20554. In addition to filing comments with the FCC, 
interested parties should serve counsel for petitioner as follows: 
Donald E. Martin, Esq., Donald E. Martin, P.C., Post Office Box 8433, 
Falls Church, Virginia 22041.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Deborah A. Dupont, Media Bureau (202) 
418-7072.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a synopsis of the Commission's 
Notice of Proposed Rule Making, MB Docket No. 11-167, adopted October 
12, 2011, and released October 14, 2011. The full text of this 
Commission decision is available for inspection and copying during 
normal business hours in the FCC Reference Information Center (Room CY-
A257), 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554. The complete text of 
this decision may also be purchased from the Commission's copy 
contractor, Best Copy and Printing, Inc., 445 12th Street SW., Room CY-
B402, Washington, DC 20554, (800) 378-3160, or via the company's Web 
site, http://www.bcpiweb.com. 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 ``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 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.

Federal Communications Commission.
Nazifa Sawez,
Assistant Chief, Audio Division,Media Bureau.

Rule Changes

    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

    1. The authority citation for part 73 continues to read as follows:

    Authority:  47 U.S.C. 154, 303, 334, 336 and 339.


Sec.  73.202  [Amended]

    2. Section 73.202(b), the Table of FM Allotments under Oregon, is 
amended by deleting 249C1 and adding 235C1 at Altamont.

[FR Doc. 2011-28790 Filed 11-7-11; 8:45 am]
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