[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 177 (Thursday, September 14, 2023)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 63048-63049]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-19836]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[DA 23-813; MB Docket No. 23-302; RM-11965; FR ID 170812]


Radio Broadcasting Services; Lac du Flambeau, Wisconsin

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: This document requests comments on a petition for rule making 
filed by L.D.F. Business Development Corp., the non-gaming wholly-owned 
business entity of the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa 
Indians (LDF Tribe), proposing to amend the FM Table of Allotments, by 
allotting Channel 225A at Lac du Flambeau, Wisconsin, as a Tribal 
allotment and the community's first local service. A staff engineering 
analysis indicates that Channel 225A can be allotted to Lac du 
Flambeau, Wisconsin, consistent with the minimum distance separation 
requirements of the Commission's rules, with a site restriction of 12.1 
km (7.5 miles) northwest of the community. The reference coordinates 
are 46-01-14 NL and 89-44-54 WL. Lac du Flambeau, Wisconsin is located 
within 320 kilometers (199 miles) of the U.S.-Canada border. Commission 
staff has requested Canadian concurrence.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or before October 30, 2023, and reply 
comments on or before November 15, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Secretary, Federal Communications Commission, 45 L Street 
NE, Washington, DC 20554. In addition to filing comments with the FCC, 
interested parties should serve the petitioner and its counsel as 
follows: Melodie A. Virtue, Esq., Brad C. Deutsch, Esq., c/o L.D.F. 
Business Development Corp., Foster Garvey PC, 1000 Potomac Street NW, 
Suite 200, Washington, DC 20007, [email protected], 
[email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rolanda F. Smith, Media Bureau, (202) 
418-2054, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a synopsis of the Federal 
Communications Commission's (Commission) Notice of Proposed Rule 
Making, MB Docket No. 23-302, adopted September 6, 2023, and released 
September 6, 2023. The full text of this Commission decision is 
available online at https://apps.fcc.gov/ecfs. The full text of this 
document can also be downloaded in Word or Portable Document Format 
(PDF) at https://www.fcc.gov/edocs. 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).
    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, Radio broadcasting.

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

Proposed Rules

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

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PART 73--RADIO BROADCAST SERVICES

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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.

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2. In Sec.  73.202, in paragraph (b), amend the Table of FM Allotments 
under Wisconsin by adding in alphabetical an entry for ``Lac du 
Flambeau'' to read as follows:


Sec.  73.202  Table of Allotments.

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                        Table 1 to Paragraph (b)
                              [U.S. States]
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                                                            Channel No.
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                                Wisconsin
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Lac du Flambeau.........................................            225A
 
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[FR Doc. 2023-19836 Filed 9-13-23; 8:45 am]
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