[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 242 (Thursday, December 17, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 78730-78732]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-31671]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


FCC To Hold Open Commission Meeting, Thursday, December 17, 2015

December 10, 2015.
    The Federal Communications Commission will hold an Open Meeting on 
the subjects listed below on Thursday, December 17, 2015, which is 
scheduled to commence at 10:30 a.m. in Room TW-C305, at 445 12th Street 
SW., Washington, DC.

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         Item No.                              Bureau                                    Subject
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1.........................  WIRELINE COMPETITION.......................  TITLE: Petition of US Telecom for
                                                                          Forbearance Pursuant to 47 U.S.C. 160
                                                                          (c) from Enforcement of Obsolete ILEC
                                                                          Legacy Regulations That Inhibit
                                                                          Deployment of Next-Generation
                                                                          Networks. (WC Docket No. 14-192);
                                                                          Lifeline and Link Up Reform and
                                                                          Modernization (WC Docket No. 11-42);
                                                                          Connect America Fund (WC Docket No. 10-
                                                                          90)
                                                                         SUMMARY: The Commission will consider a
                                                                          Memorandum Opinion and Order and
                                                                          Report and Order addressing a petition
                                                                          from US Telecom that seeks forbearance
                                                                          from various categories of statutory
                                                                          and Commission requirements applicable
                                                                          to incumbent local exchange carriers.

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2.........................  MEDIA......................................  TITLE: Amendment of Parts 73 and 74 of
                                                                          the Commission's Rules to Establish
                                                                          Rules for Digital Low Power Television
                                                                          and Television Translator Stations (MB
                                                                          Docket No. 03-185); Expanding the
                                                                          Economic and Innovation Opportunities
                                                                          of Spectrum Through Incentive Auctions
                                                                          (GN Docket No. 12-268); Amendment of
                                                                          Part 15 of the Commission's Rules to
                                                                          Eliminate the Analog Turner
                                                                          Requirement (ET Docket No. 14-175)
                                                                         SUMMARY: The Commission will consider a
                                                                          Third Report and Order that extends
                                                                          the deadline for LPTV and TV
                                                                          Translator Stations to Transition to
                                                                          Digital and adopts measures to
                                                                          mitigate the impact of incentive
                                                                          auction displacement. The Fourth
                                                                          Notice of Proposed Rulemaking seeks
                                                                          comment on channel sharing issues
                                                                          between certain stations.
3.........................  INTERNATIONAL..............................  TITLE: Comprehensive Review of
                                                                          Licensing and Operating Rules for
                                                                          Satellite Services (IB Docket No. 12-
                                                                          267)
                                                                         SUMMARY: The Commission will consider a
                                                                          Second Report and Order that
                                                                          streamlines, eliminates or updates
                                                                          numerous provisions of Part 25 of the
                                                                          Commission's rules governing licensing
                                                                          and operation of space stations and
                                                                          earth stations for the provision of
                                                                          satellite communication services.
4.........................  INTERNATIONAL..............................  SUMMARY: The Commission will hear a
                                                                          presentation on the outcomes of the
                                                                          International Telecommunication
                                                                          Union's World Radio Conference that
                                                                          took place in November 2015.
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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.........................  MEDIA......................................  TITLE: Application of Hampton Roads
                                                                          Educational Telecommunications
                                                                          Association for a New Noncommercial
                                                                          Educational FM Station at Gloucester
                                                                          Point
                                                                         SUMMARY: The Commission will consider a
                                                                          Memorandum Opinion and Order
                                                                          concerning a joint Application for
                                                                          Review challenging the grant of an
                                                                          application filed by Hampton Roads
                                                                          Educational Telecommunications
                                                                          Association for a new NCE FM station.
2.........................  MEDIA......................................  TITLE: Public Media of New England,
                                                                          Inc. Application for a New LPFM
                                                                          Station at Haverhill, Massachusetts
                                                                         SUMMARY: The Commission will consider a
                                                                          Memorandum Opinion and Order
                                                                          concerning an Application for Review
                                                                          filed by Boston Radio Association
                                                                          seeking review of the grant of a
                                                                          construction permit for a new LPFM
                                                                          station to Public Media of New
                                                                          England, Inc.
3.........................  MEDIA......................................  TITLE: Cocoa Minority Educational Media
                                                                          Association, Application for a New
                                                                          LPFM Station at Cocoa, Florida
                                                                         SUMMARY: The Commission will consider a
                                                                          Memorandum Opinion and Order
                                                                          concerning an Application for Review
                                                                          filed by Cocoa Minority Educational
                                                                          Media Association seeking review of
                                                                          CMEMA's dismissed application for a
                                                                          new LPFM station.
4.........................  MEDIA......................................  TITLE: California Association for
                                                                          Research and Education, Inc.,
                                                                          Application for a New Noncommercial
                                                                          Educational FM Broadcast Station at
                                                                          Upton, KY, and Bethel Fellowship,
                                                                          Inc., Application for a New
                                                                          Noncommercial Educational FM Broadcast
                                                                          Station at Cecilia, Kentucky
                                                                         SUMMARY: The Commission will consider
                                                                          an Order on Reconsideration in which
                                                                          Bethel seeks reconsideration of a
                                                                          denial of its Application for Review
                                                                          seeking denial of CARE's noncommercial
                                                                          educational FM application.
5.........................  MEDIA......................................  TITLE: Calvary Chapel of Honolulu,
                                                                          Inc., Application to Construct New
                                                                          Noncommercial Educational FM Stations
                                                                          at Honolulu, Hawaii, and Maka'ainana
                                                                          Broadcasting Company, Ltd.,
                                                                          Application to Construct New
                                                                          Noncommercial Educational FM Stations
                                                                          at Kaneohe, Hawaii
                                                                         SUMMARY: The Commission will consider a
                                                                          Memorandum Opinion and Order
                                                                          concerning Applications for Review
                                                                          filed by Maka'ainana Broadcasting
                                                                          Company, Ltd. regarding mutually
                                                                          exclusive applications to construct
                                                                          new noncommercial educational FM
                                                                          stations in Hawaii.
6.........................  MEDIA......................................  TITLE: John Edward Ostlund, Application
                                                                          for a Permit to Construct a new AM
                                                                          Station at Easton, California, and
                                                                          Hilo Broadcasting, LLC, Application
                                                                          for a Permit to Construct a New AM
                                                                          Station at Captain Cook, Hawaii
                                                                         SUMMARY: The Commission will consider a
                                                                          Memorandum Opinion and Order
                                                                          concerning an Application for Review
                                                                          filed by Hilo Broadcasting, LLC
                                                                          regarding mutually exclusive AM
                                                                          station applications.
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    The meeting site is fully accessible to people using wheelchairs or 
other mobility aids. Sign language interpreters, open captioning, and 
assistive listening devices will be provided on site. Other reasonable 
accommodations for people with disabilities are available upon request. 
In your request, include a description of the accommodation you will 
need and a way we can contact you if we need more information. Last 
minute requests will be accepted, but may be impossible to fill. Send 
an email to: [email protected] or call the Consumer & Governmental Affairs 
Bureau at 202-418-0530 (voice), 202-418-0432 (TTY).
    Additional information concerning this meeting may be obtained from 
the Office of Media Relations, (202) 418-0500; TTY 1-888-835-5322. 
Audio/Video coverage of the meeting will be broadcast live with open 
captioning over the Internet from the FCC Live Web page at www.fcc.gov/live.
    For a fee this meeting can be viewed live over George Mason 
University's Capitol Connection. The Capitol Connection also will carry 
the meeting live via the Internet. To purchase these services, call 
(703) 993-3100 or go to www.capitolconnection.gmu.edu.

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FCC

    The meeting site is fully accessible to people using wheelchairs or 
other mobility aids. Sign language interpreters, open captioning, and 
assistive listening devices will be provided on site. Other reasonable 
accommodations for people with disabilities are available upon request. 
In your request, include a description of the accommodation you will 
need and a way we can contact you if we need more information. Last 
minute requests will be accepted, but may be impossible to fill. Send 
an email to: [email protected] or call the Consumer & Governmental Affairs 
Bureau at 202-418-0530 (voice), 202-418-0432 (TTY).
    Additional information concerning this meeting may be obtained from 
the Office of Media Relations, (202) 418-0500; TTY 1-888-835-5322. 
Audio/Video coverage of the meeting will be broadcast live with open 
captioning over the Internet from the FCC Live Web page at www.fcc.gov/live.
    For a fee this meeting can be viewed live over George Mason 
University's Capitol Connection. The Capitol Connection also will carry 
the meeting live via the Internet. To purchase these services, call 
(703) 993-3100 or go to www.capitolconnection.gmu.edu.

Federal Communications Commission.
Gloria Miles,
Information Specialist.
[FR Doc. 2015-31671 Filed 12-16-15; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 6712-01-P