[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 187 (Thursday, September 30, 2021)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 54144-54145]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-20636]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[MB Docket No. 21-123; RM-11890; DA 21-1162; FR ID 49528]


Television Broadcasting Services Fort Bragg, California

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: The Commission has before it a petition for rulemaking filed 
by One Ministries, Inc. (Petitioner), requesting the allotment of 
reserved noncommercial educational channel * 4 at Fort Bragg, 
California, as the community's second local service in the DTV Table of 
Allotments and its first local NCE television service.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or before November 1, 2021 and reply 
comments on or before November 15, 2021.

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications Commission, Office of the Secretary, 
45 L Street NE, Washington, DC 20554. In addition to filing comments 
with the FCC, interested parties should serve the Petitioner as 
follows: Keith Leitch, One Ministries, Inc., P.O. Box 1118, Santa Rosa, 
California 95402.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joyce Bernstein, Media Bureau, at 
(202) 418-1647; or Joyce Bernstein, Media Bureau, at 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In support of its channel allotment request, 
the Petitioner states that Fort Bragg is a community deserving of a new 
television broadcast service. According to the Petitioner, Fort Bragg 
(pop. 7,179/2010 Census) has a mayor, vice mayor, city manager, and two 
council members; police, public works, and utility departments; and a 
library, numerous businesses and places of worship, and its own ZIP 
Code. In addition, channel 8 (KQSL(TV)) is already allotted to Fort 
Bragg. The Petitioner states its intention to file an application for 
channel * 4, if allotted, and take all necessary steps to obtain a 
construction permit. The Commission concludes the request to amend the 
Post-Transition Table of DTV Allotments warrants consideration. The 
Petitioner's proposal would result in a second local service to Fort 
Bragg consistent with the Commission's television allotment policies. 
Channel * 4 can be allotted to Fort Bragg, consistent with the minimum 
geographic spacing requirements for new DTV allotments in section 
73.623(d) of the Commission's rules, at 39[deg]41'38.4'' N and 
123[deg]34'46.7'' W. In addition, the allotment point complies with 
section 73.625(a)(1) of the rules as the entire community of Ft. Bragg 
is encompassed by the 35 dB[mu] contour.
    This is a synopsis of the Commission's Notice of Proposed 
Rulemaking, MB Docket No. 21-123; RM-11890; DA 21-1162, adopted 
September 15, 2021, and released September 16, 2021. The full text of 
this document is available for download at https://www.fcc.gov/edocs. 
To request materials in accessible formats (braille, large print, 
computer diskettes, or audio recordings), please send an email to 
[email protected] or call the Consumer & Government Affairs Bureau at 
(202) 418-0530 (VOICE), (202) 418-0432 (TTY).
    This document does not contain 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). Provisions of the 
Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980, 5 U.S.C. 601-612, do not apply to 
this proceeding.

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    Members of the public should note that all ex parte contacts are 
prohibited from the time a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking is issued to 
the time the matter is no longer subject to Commission consideration or 
court review, see 47 CFR 1.1208. There are, however, exceptions to this 
prohibition, which can be found in Section 1.1204(a) of the 
Commission's rules, 47 CFR 1.1204(a).
    See Sections 1.415 and 1.420 of the Commission's rules for 
information regarding the proper filing procedures for comments, 47 CFR 
1.415 and 1.420.

List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 73

    Television.

Federal Communications Commission.
Thomas Horan,
Chief of Staff, Media Bureau.

Proposed Rule

    For the reasons discussed in the preamble, the Federal 
Communications Commission proposes to amend 47 CFR part 73 as follows:

PART 73--RADIO BROADCAST SERVICE

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

    Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154, 155, 301, 303, 307, 309, 310, 334, 
336, 339.


Sec.  73.622  [Amended]

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2. In Sec.  73.622(i), amend the table ``Post-Transition Table of DTV 
Allotments'' under California by revising the entry for Fort Bragg to 
read as follows:


Sec.  73.622  Digital television table of allotments.

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    (i) * * *

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                       Community                           Channel No.
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                               CALIFORNIA
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Fort Bragg.............................................          * 4, 8
 
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[FR Doc. 2021-20636 Filed 9-29-21; 8:45 am]
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