[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 37 (Monday, February 27, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11912-11913]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-03756]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Open Commission Meeting, Thursday, February 23, 2017

February 16, 2017.
    The Federal Communications Commission will hold an Open Meeting on 
the subjects listed below on Thursday, February 23, 2017 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.....................  Wireless               Title: Connect America
                         Telecommunications     Fund (WC Docket No. 10-
                         and Wireline           90); A National
                         Competition.           Broadband Plan for Our
                                                Future (GN Docket No. 09-
                                                51); Establishing Just
                                                and Reasonable Rates for
                                                Local Exchange Carriers
                                                (WC Docket No. 07-135);
                                                High-Cost Universal
                                                Service Support (WC
                                                Docket No. 05-337);
                                                Developing an Unified
                                                Intercarrier
                                                Compensation Regime (CC
                                                Docket No. 01-92);
                                                Federal State Joint
                                                Board on Universal
                                                Service (CC Docket No.
                                                96-45); Lifeline and
                                                Link-Up (WC Docket No.
                                                03-109); Universal
                                                Service Reform--Mobility
                                                Fund (WT Docket No. 10-
                                                208).
                                               Summary: The Commission
                                                will consider a Report
                                                and Order adopting rules
                                                to provide ongoing
                                                support targeted to
                                                preserve and advance
                                                high-speed mobile
                                                broadband and voice
                                                service in high-cost
                                                areas that the
                                                marketplace does not
                                                otherwise serve.
2.....................  Wireline Competition.  Title: Connect America
                                                Fund (WC Docket No. 10-
                                                90); ETC Annual Reports
                                                and Certifications (WC
                                                Docket No. 14-58).
                                               Summary: The Commission
                                                will consider a Report
                                                and Order and Order on
                                                Reconsideration that (1)
                                                resolves a number of
                                                issues raised in the
                                                Phase II Auction Order
                                                FNPRM, including the
                                                adoption of weights to
                                                compare bids among
                                                service performance and
                                                latency tiers, and (2)
                                                considers several
                                                petitions for
                                                reconsideration for
                                                decisions made in the
                                                Phase II Auction Order.
3.....................  Media and Office of    Title: Authorizing
                         Engineering &          Permissive Use of the
                         Technology.            ``Next Generation''
                                                Broadcast Television
                                                Standard (GN Docket No.
                                                16-142).
                                               Summary: The Commission
                                                will consider a Notice
                                                of Proposed Rulemaking
                                                that proposes to let
                                                television broadcasters
                                                use the ``Next
                                                Generation'' broadcast
                                                television transmission
                                                standard associated with
                                                recent work of the
                                                Advanced Television
                                                Systems Committee (ATSC
                                                3.0) on a voluntary,
                                                market-driven basis.
4.....................  Media................  Title: Revitalization of
                                                the AM Radio Service (MB
                                                Docket No. 13-249).
                                               Summary: The Commission
                                                will consider a Second
                                                Report and Order that
                                                would relax the siting
                                                rule for an FM fill-in
                                                translator
                                                rebroadcasting an AM
                                                broadcast station.
5.....................  Consumer &             Title: Small Business
                         Governmental Affairs.  Exemption From Open
                                                Internet Enhanced
                                                Transparency
                                                Requirements (GN Docket
                                                No. 14-28).
                                               Summary: The Commission
                                                will consider an Order
                                                granting a five-year
                                                waiver to broadband
                                                Internet access service
                                                providers with 250,000
                                                or fewer broadband
                                                connections from the
                                                enhanced reporting
                                                requirements adopted in
                                                the 2015 Title II Order.
6.....................  Wireline Competiton..  Title: Comprehensive
                                                Review of the Part 32
                                                Uniform System of
                                                Accounts (WC Docket No.
                                                14-130).
                                               Summary: The Commission
                                                will consider a Report
                                                and Order that would
                                                streamline and eliminate
                                                outdated accounting
                                                rules no longer needed
                                                to fulfill the
                                                Commission's statutory
                                                or regulatory duties.
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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: Delta Radio
                                                Network, LLC,
                                                Application for Minor
                                                Modification of Licensed
                                                Facilities of WNLA(AM),
                                                Indianola, MS.
                                               Summary: The Commission
                                                will consider a
                                                Memorandum Opinion and
                                                Order concerning an
                                                Application for Review
                                                filed by Delta Radio
                                                Network regarding the
                                                dismissal of a
                                                modification
                                                application.
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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

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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.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-03756 Filed 2-24-17; 8:45 am]
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