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GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2013-01564 RIN 0660-AA26 Docket No. 120620177-2445-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Telecommunications and Information Administration Final rule. These regulations become effective February 25, 2013. 47 CFR Part 301 The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) adopts regulations governing the Technical Panel and dispute resolution process established by Congress to facilitate the relocation of, and spectrum sharing with, U.S. Government stations in spectrum bands reallocated from Federal use to non-Federal use or to shared use. This action is necessary to ensure the timely relocation of Federal entities' spectrum-related operations and, where applicable, the timely implementation of arrangements for the sharing of radio frequencies. Specifically, this action implements certain additions and modifications to the NTIA Organization Act as amended by the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 (the Tax Relief Act). As required by the Tax Relief Act, this rule has been reviewed and approved by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2013-01046 RIN MB Docket No. 11-38 RM-11621 DA 13-9 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Final rule. Effective February 18, 2013. 47 CFR Part 73 The Audio Division, at the request of Charles Crawford, substitutes Channel 282A for vacant Channel 232A at Hebbronville, Texas. The purpose of the proposed channel substitution at Hebbronville is to accommodate the hybrid application, File No. BNPH-20070502ADP, which requests the substitution of Channel 232A for Channel 282A at Benavides, Texas, and modification of the new FM station. Channel 282A can be allotted to Hebbronville consistent with the minimum distance separation requirements of the Rules with a site restriction 11 kilometers (6.8 miles) northwest of the community. The reference coordinates for Channel 282A are 27-23-18 NL and 98-44-26 WL. Channel 282A at Hebbronville is located 320 kilometers from the Mexican Border. Although Mexican concurrence has been requested, notification has not been received. If a construction permit for Channel 282A at Hebbronville, Texas is granted prior to receipt of formal concurrence by the Mexican government, the authorization will include the following condition: “Operation with the facilities specified herein for Hebbronville, Texas, is subject to modification, suspension, or termination without right to hearing, if found by the Commission to be necessary in order to conform to the Mexico-United States FM Broadcast Agreement, or if specifically objected to by the Government of Mexico.”
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2013-00556 RIN WC Docket Nos. 10-90, 07-135, 05-337, 03-109 GN Docket No. 09-51 CC Docket Nos. 01-92, 96-45 WT Docket No. 10-208 FCC 12-137 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Final rule; petition for reconsideration. Effective February 19, 2013, except for the amendments made to § 54.313(f)(2)(i) through (iii) in this document, which contain information collection requirements that are not effective until approved by the Office of Management and Budget. The Federal Communications Commission will publish a document in the Federal Register announcing the effective date for that section. 47 CFR Part 54 In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) reconsiders and clarifies certain aspects of the USF/ICC Transformation Order, in response to various petitions for reconsideration and/or clarification. We grant in part petitions related to the financial reporting obligations of eligible telecommunications carriers (ETCs) that are privately held rate of return companies. This Order also provides additional guidance and clarifications regarding the standard and process for requests for waiver of our universal service reforms.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2013-00278 RIN WC Docket No. 05-25 RM-10593 FCC 12-153 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Final rule. Effective March 12, 2013. The information collection and recordkeeping requirements contained in section III and appendix A of the document are not effective until they are approved by the Office of Management and Budget. 47 CFR Part 69 In this document, the Commission continues the process of reviewing its special access rules to ensure that they reflect the state of competition today and promote competition, investment, and access to dedicated communications services businesses across the country rely on every day to deliver their products and services to American consumers. The Report and Order initiates a comprehensive data collection and specifies the nature of the data to be collected and the scope of respondents. An initial version of the data collection is attached to the Report and Order as an appendix; the Report and Order delegates authority to the Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau to review and modify the collection to implement the requirements of the Report and Order.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-30975 RIN MM Docket No. 99-25 FCC 12-144 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Final rule. Effective February 8, 2013, except for amendments to §§ 73.807, 73.810, 73.827, 73.850, 73.853, 73.855, 73.860, 73.872 which contain information collection requirements that are not effective until approved by the Office of Management and Budget (“OMB”). The FCC will seek Paperwork Reduction Act comments via a separate notice in the Federal Register . The FCC will publish a document in the Federal Register announcing the effective date for those sections. 47 CFR Part 73 In this document, the Commission modifies its rules in order to implement provisions of the Local Community Radio Act of 2010 (“LCRA”). It also proposes changes to its rules intended to promote the low power FM service's localism and diversity goals, reduce the potential for licensing abuses, and clarify certain rules.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-31563 RIN MB Docket No. 12-270 RM-11676 DA 12-2024 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Final rule. Effective January 27, 2013. 47 CFR Part 73 The Audio Division, at the request of Appalachian Broadcasting Company, Inc., allots Channel 265A at Maysville, Georgia, as the community's second local service. A staff engineering analysis confirms that Channel 265A can be allotted to Maysville consistent with the minimum distance separation requirements of the Rules with a site restriction 13.4 kilometers (8.3 miles) northwest of the community. The reference coordinates for Channel 265A at Maysville are 34-20-16 NL and 83-39-52 WL.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-31493 RIN DA 12-1976 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Final rule, petition for reconsideration. Effective January 21, 2013. 47 CFR Part 73 This document grants the Petitions for Reconsideration filed separately by Modesto Peace/Life Center (“MPLC”) and Calvary Chapel of Turlock, Inc. (“CCT”), reinstates the applications, File Nos. BNPED-20100224ABX and BNPED-20100226AGO, respectively, nunc pro tunc, and re-reserves Channel 238A at Westley, California for noncommercial educational use.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-31408 RIN MB Docket No. 12-237 RM-11672 DA 12-1978 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Final rule. Effective January 30, 2013. 47 CFR Part 73 The Audio Division, at the request of Georgia-Carolina Radiocasting Company, LLC, allots FM Channel 287A and deletes FM Channel 244A at Tignall, Georgia. The allotment change is part of a hybrid rule making and FM application proposal. Channel 287A can be allotted at Tignall, consistent with the minimum distance separation requirements of the Commission's rules, at coordinates 33-45-22 NL and 82-42-56 WL.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-31052 RIN ET Docket No. 12-338 FCC 12-140 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Final rule. Effective January 28, 2013. 47 CFR Parts 2, 15, and 90 This document amends the Commission's rules to correct grammatical, typographical, and display errors in the United States Table of Frequency Allocations (U.S. Table) and also remove inconsistencies between the non-Federal Table of Frequency Allocations (non-Federal Table) and parts 15 and 90 of the Commission's rules.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-31052 RIN ET Docket No. 12-338 FCC 12-140 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Final rule. Effective January 28, 2013. 47 CFR Parts 2, 15, and 90 This document amends the Commission's rules to correct grammatical, typographical, and display errors in the United States Table of Frequency Allocations (U.S. Table) and also remove inconsistencies between the non-Federal Table of Frequency Allocations (non-Federal Table) and parts 15 and 90 of the Commission's rules.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-31052 RIN ET Docket No. 12-338 FCC 12-140 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Final rule. Effective January 28, 2013. 47 CFR Parts 2, 15, and 90 This document amends the Commission's rules to correct grammatical, typographical, and display errors in the United States Table of Frequency Allocations (U.S. Table) and also remove inconsistencies between the non-Federal Table of Frequency Allocations (non-Federal Table) and parts 15 and 90 of the Commission's rules.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-31098 RIN WC Docket No. 10-191 WC Docket No. 05-196 CG Docket No. 03-123 FCC 12-139 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Final rule. Effective January 25, 2013. 47 CFR Part 64 In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) reconsiders and clarifies certain aspects of the iTRS Toll Free Order in response to a petition for reconsideration and clarification filed by Sorenson Communications, Inc. (Sorenson). The Commission grants Sorenson's Petition and clarifies certain aspects of the user notification requirements and denies the remainder of the Petition relating to the database mapping requirements and establishing a one-year end date for the customer notification requirements.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-30682 RIN 0660-XC00 Docket No. 121214713-2713-01 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Telecommunications and Information Administration Final rule. Effective Date: This regulation is effective on December 21, 2012. The incorporation by reference of certain publications listed in the rule is approved by the Director of the Federal Register as of December 21, 2012. 47 CFR Part 300 The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) hereby makes certain changes to its regulations, which relate to the public availability of the Manual of Regulations and Procedures for Federal Radio Frequency Management (NTIA Manual). Specifically, NTIA updates the version of the Manual of Regulations and Procedures for Federal Radio Frequency Management with which federal agencies must comply when requesting use of the radio frequency spectrum.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-28495 RIN WT Docket No. 10-153 RM-11602 FCC 12-122 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Correcting amendments. Effective December 12, 2012. 47 CFR Part 101 The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) published a document in the Federal Register of September 5, 2012. In this document, the FCC on its own motion, pursuant to § 1.108 of the Commission's rules, corrects the channel center frequencies to align the wider 60 and 80 megahertz channels with the existing 30 and 40 megahertz channels in part 101 of our rules in the Wireless Backhaul 2nd R&O and issues this limited modification of the Wireless Backhaul 2nd R&O, in order to establish more efficient channel assignments, consistent with the Commission's intent to improve spectrum utilization in these bands. In addition, the FCC corrects an entry to the table in § 101.115(b)(2).
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-29877 RIN MM Docket No. 99-25 FCC 12-144 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Denial and/or dismissal of petitions for reconsideration. Effective January 10, 2013. 47 CFR Part 73 In this document, the Commission acts on six petitions for reconsideration of the Fourth Report and Order, challenging the per-market and/or the national caps adopted in the Fourth Report and Order in this proceeding. In response to the petitions for reconsideration, the Commission modifies the national cap to allow each applicant to pursue up to 70 applications, so long as no more than 50 of them are in the spectrum-limited radio markets identified in the Fourth Report and Order; increases the per-market cap for spectrum-limited markets to allow up to three applications per applicant for each market, subject to certain conditions; and clarifies the application of the per-market cap in “embedded” markets.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-29423 RIN MB Docket No. 09-52 FCC 12-127 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Final rule; petitions for reconsideration and clarification. The rules discussed in the Second Order on Reconsideration (Order) became effective on May 6, 2011 (see 76 FR 18942 (Apr. 6, 2011)) and on July 19, 2011 (see 76 FR 42575 (Jul. 19, 2011)). The Commission, in the Order, clarified some of the methods to be used in applying the new rules, and further limited the categories of parties to whom the new rules apply. 47 CFR Part 73 In this document, the Commission denied four of six Petitions for Reconsideration, Petitions for Partial Reconsideration, and Petitions for Clarification of the Second Report and Order (Second R&O) in this proceeding, granting in part and denying in part two of the petitions. The Commission clarified some of the methodology to be used in applying the new rules and procedures in the Second R&O, in particular the method of counting reception services in service gain and loss areas, to assist applicants and allotment proponents in accurately applying the new rules and procedures. The Commission also further restricted the categories of applicants and allotment proponents to whom the new rules and procedures apply, finding that equitable considerations supported such restrictions. In addition to restrictions set forth in the Second R&O, the new rules will not apply to applications and allotment proposals filed before the new rules were proposed, or to those applications and proposals that have already been subject to Commission decisions, but that remain pending due to subsequent legal challenges.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-29150 RIN CC Docket 96-45 FCC 12-131 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Final rule. Effective December 4, 2012. 47 CFR Parts 0 and 54 In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) amends its rules to reassign to the Office of Managing Director (OMD) certain audit activities formerly assigned to the Office of Inspector General (OIG). The activities concern oversight of the annual audit of the Universal Service Administrative Corporation (USAC) required by the Commission's rules. In addition, the Commission delegates of authority to OMD, in consultation with the Office of General Counsel, to issue subpoenas concerning matters within its jurisdiction.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-29150 RIN CC Docket 96-45 FCC 12-131 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Final rule. Effective December 4, 2012. 47 CFR Parts 0 and 54 In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) amends its rules to reassign to the Office of Managing Director (OMD) certain audit activities formerly assigned to the Office of Inspector General (OIG). The activities concern oversight of the annual audit of the Universal Service Administrative Corporation (USAC) required by the Commission's rules. In addition, the Commission delegates of authority to OMD, in consultation with the Office of General Counsel, to issue subpoenas concerning matters within its jurisdiction.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-29069 RIN FCC 12-11 WC Docket Nos. 11-42 03-109 12-23 and CC Docket No. 96-45 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Final rule; announcement of effective date. The Office of Management and Budget granted approval on November 7, 2012 for the information collection requirements under OMB Control No. 3060-0819. 47 CFR Part 54 In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) announces that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved, for a period of three years, the information collection requirements associated with certain of the provisions of the rules adopted as part of the Commission's Lifeline and Link Up Reform and Modernization Report and Order ( Order ). The Commission submitted revisions to those information collection requirements under control number 3060-0819 to OMB for review and approval, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), 77 FR 52718, August 30, 2012. The revisions as updated were approved by OMB on November 7, 2012.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-26009 RIN MB Docket No. 09-52 FCC 11-190 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Final rule; announcement of effective date. Effective date: The amendment to § 73.3573, published at 77 FR 32034, May 31, 2012, was approved by OMB July 2, 2012, and is effective December 4, 2012. Applicability date: The form revisions to FCC Forms 314 and 315 associated with this rule are applicable December 4, 2012. 47 CFR Part 73 In this document, the Commission announces that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved, for a period of three years, the information collection requirements (form revisions) associated with the Commission's rules contained in the Third Report and Order, FCC 11-190, pertaining to the policies to promote rural radio service and to streamline allotment and assignment procedures. This notice is consistent with the Third Report and Order, which stated that the Commission would publish a document in the Federal Register announcing the effective date of these information collection requirements (form changes).
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-28759 RIN CG Docket Nos. 11-116 and 09-158 CC Docket No. 98-170 FCC 12-42 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Final rule; correction. Effective October 26, 2012. 47 CFR Part 64 In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is correcting a final rule that appeared in the Federal Register of October 26, 2012. The document announces the effective date of rules containing information collection requirements approved by the Office of Management and Budget that were adopted to help consumers prevent and detect the placement of unauthorized charges on their telephone bills, an unlawful and fraudulent practice commonly referred to as “cramming.”
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-28760 RIN CG Docket Nos. 11-116 and 09-158 CC Docket No. 98-170 FCC 12-42 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Final rule; correction. This correction contains modified information collection requirements that have not been approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The Commission will publish a separate document in the Federal Register announcing the effective date of this correction. 47 CFR Part 64 In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is correcting a final rule that appeared in the Federal Register of May 24, 2012. This document corrects rules adopted to help consumers prevent and detect the placement of unauthorized charges on their telephone bills, an unlawful and fraudulent practice commonly referred to as “cramming.”
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-27672 RIN CG Docket No. 12-129 FCC 12-129 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Final rule. This final rule contains new information collection requirements that have not been approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The Commission will publish a separate document in the Federal Register announcing the effective date of that rule section. 47 CFR Parts 1 and 64 In this document, the Commission adopts rules to create a Do-Not-Call registry for public safety answering points (PSAPs) as required by the “Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012” (Tax Relief Act). Specifically, section 6507 of the Tax Relief Act requires the Commission, among other things, to establish a registry that allows PSAPs to register telephone numbers on a Do-Not-Call list and prohibit the use of automatic dialing equipment to contact those numbers. Therefore, the Commission adopts rules necessary for the creation and ongoing management of the Do-Not-Call registry, including requirements for adding PSAP telephone numbers, granting and tracking access by operators of automatic dialing equipment, and protecting the registry from unauthorized disclosure or dissemination of registered numbers. In addition, the Commission adopts specific monetary penalties for unauthorized disclosure or contact of any numbers on the PSAP registry. These provisions are designed to address concerns about the use automatic dialing equipment which can generate large numbers of phone calls in a short period of time, tie up public safety lines, divert critical responder resources away from emergency services, and impede access by the public to emergency lines.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-27672 RIN CG Docket No. 12-129 FCC 12-129 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Final rule. This final rule contains new information collection requirements that have not been approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The Commission will publish a separate document in the Federal Register announcing the effective date of that rule section. 47 CFR Parts 1 and 64 In this document, the Commission adopts rules to create a Do-Not-Call registry for public safety answering points (PSAPs) as required by the “Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012” (Tax Relief Act). Specifically, section 6507 of the Tax Relief Act requires the Commission, among other things, to establish a registry that allows PSAPs to register telephone numbers on a Do-Not-Call list and prohibit the use of automatic dialing equipment to contact those numbers. Therefore, the Commission adopts rules necessary for the creation and ongoing management of the Do-Not-Call registry, including requirements for adding PSAP telephone numbers, granting and tracking access by operators of automatic dialing equipment, and protecting the registry from unauthorized disclosure or dissemination of registered numbers. In addition, the Commission adopts specific monetary penalties for unauthorized disclosure or contact of any numbers on the PSAP registry. These provisions are designed to address concerns about the use automatic dialing equipment which can generate large numbers of phone calls in a short period of time, tie up public safety lines, divert critical responder resources away from emergency services, and impede access by the public to emergency lines.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-27912 RIN PS Docket No. 06-229 PS Docket 12-94 WT Docket 06-150 DA 12-1462 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Final rule; announcement of effective date. The amendments removing 47 CFR 90.18 and 90.528, published October 15, 2012, at 77 FR 62461, are effective November 15, 2012. 47 CFR Part 90 On October 15, 2012, the Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (Bureau) of the Commission published a document announcing that a Report and Order implementing public safety broadband provisions of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012, adopted as DA 12-1462, would become effective November 14, 2012, except for the removal of certain sections. The Bureau explained that it would publish a separate document in the Federal Register announcing the subsequent effective date of the removal of these two rule provisions. In this document we announce the effective date of the removal of these two rule provisions.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-27350 RIN MB Docket No. 11-69 PP Docket No. 00-67 FCC 12-126 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Final rule. Effective December 10, 2012. 47 CFR Part 76 In this document, the Commission adopts new rules to allow cable operators to encrypt the basic service tier in all-digital systems, provided that those cable operators undertake certain consumer protection measures for a limited period of time in order to minimize any potential subscriber disruption.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-27118 RIN CG Docket No. 02-278 FCC 12-21 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Final rule; correction. Effective October 16, 2012. 47 CFR Part 64 The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is correcting a final rule that appeared in the Federal Register of October 16, 2012. The document announces the effective date of rules containing information collection requirements approved by the Office of the Management and Budget that were adopted to address unwanted telemarketing calls.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-27195 RIN DA 10-156 MB Docket No. 08-97 RM-11428 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Final rule. Effective November 7, 2012. 47 CFR Part 73 The Audio Division modified the FM Table of Allotments by substituting Channel 293A for vacant Channel 291A at Knox City, Texas; Channel 288C2 for vacant Channel 239C2 at Rule, Texas; Channel 255C3 for vacant Channel 293C3 at Crowell, Texas; and Channel 251C3 for vacant Channel 255C3 at Quanah, Texas. Channel 255C3 can be allotted to Crowell, Texas at reference coordinates 34-03-58 NL and 99-43-52 WL, at a site 9.2 km (5.7 miles) north of Crowell. Channel 293A can be allotted to Knox City, Texas at reference coordinates 33-25-55 NL and 99-47-43 WL, at a site 2.7 km (1.6 miles) northeast of Knox City. Channel 251C3 can be allotted at Quanah, Texas at reference coordinates 34-24-09 NL and 99-46-02 WL, at a site 11.9 km (7.4 miles) north of Quanah. Channel 288C2 can be allotted at Rule, Texas at reference coordinates 33-10-29 NL and 99-49-26 WL, at a site 6.6 km (4.1 miles) east of Rule. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION, supra.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-26456 RIN MB Docket Nos. 12-68 07-18 05-192 07-29 FCC 12-123 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Final rule. Effective November 30, 2012. 47 CFR Part 76 In this document, the Commission declines to extend the prohibition on exclusive contracts involving satellite-delivered, cable-affiliated programming beyond its October 5, 2012 expiration date. Instead of this prohibition, the Commission will address exclusive contracts involving satellite-delivered, cable-affiliated programming on a case-by-case basis in response to program access complaints. The Commission also affirms its expanded discovery procedures for program access complaints.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-26421 RIN CG Docket Nos. 11-116 and 09-158 CC Docket No. 98-170 FCC 12-42 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Final rule; announcement of effective date. The amendments to 47 CFR 64.2401(a)(3) published at 77 FR 30915, May 24, 2012, is effective December 26, 2012, to 47 CFR 64.2401(f), published at 77 FR 30915, May 24, 2012, is effective November 13, 2012 with respect to disclosures at points of sale and on carriers' Web sites, and is effective December 26, 2012 with respect to disclosures on each telephone bill. 47 CFR Part 64 In this document, the Commission announces that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved, for a period of three years, the information collection associated with the Commission's document Empowering Consumers to Prevent and Detect Billing for Unauthorized Charges (“Cramming”); Consumer Information and Disclosure; Truth-in-Billing Format. This notice is consistent with the Report and Order, which stated that the Commission would publish a document in the Federal Register announcing the effective dates of those sections.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-25941 RIN MB Docket No. 12-177 RM-11665 DA 12-1554 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Final rule. Effective November 12, 2012. 47 CFR Part 73 The Audio Division, at the request of Sound Enterprises, substitutes Channel 275A for vacant Channel 271A at Randsburg, California to accommodate the hybrid contingent application for Station KSSI (FM), requesting to upgrade the facilities of the FM station from Channel 274A to Channel 271B1 at China Lake, California. A staff engineering analysis determines that Channel 275A can be allotted to Randsburg consistent with the minimum distance separation requirements of the Rules with a site restriction 0.04 kilometers (0.03 miles) southeast of the community. The reference coordinates for Channel 275A at Randsburg are 35-22-06 NL and 117-39-25 WL.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-25201 RIN PS Docket No. 11-82 FCC 12-22 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Final rule; announcement of effective date. The amendments to 47 CFR 4.3, 4.7, and 4.9 published at 77 FR 25088, April 27, 2012, are effective December 16, 2012. 47 CFR Part 4 In this document, the Commission announces that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved, for a period that expires on September 30, 2015, the information collection associated with the Commission's rules in the Extension of the Commission's Rules Regarding Outage Reporting to Interconnected Voice Over Internet Protocol Service Providers and Broadband Internet Service Providers Report and Order ( Order ). This notice is consistent with the Order, which stated that the Commission would publish a document in the Federal Register announcing the effective date of those rules.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-25316 RIN CG Docket No. 02-278 FCC 12-21 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Final rule; announcement of effective date. The amendments to 47 CFR 64.1200(a)(2) and (3) published at 77 FR 34233, June 11, 2012, are effective October 16, 2013, 47 CFR 64.1200(a)(7) published at 77 FR 34233, June 11, 2012, is effective November 15, 2012, and 47 CFR 64.1200(b)(3), published at 77 FR 34233, June 11, 2012, is effective January 14, 2013. 47 CFR Part 64 In this document, the Commission announces that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved, for a period of three years, the information collection associated with the Commission's document Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 (Report and Order). This notice is consistent with the Report and Order, which stated that the Commission would publish a document in the Federal Register announcing the effective date of those amendments.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-25235 RIN PS Docket No. 06-229 PS Docket 12-94 WT Docket 06-150 DA 12-1462 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Final rule. Effective November 14, 2012, except for the removal of §§ 90.18 and 90.528 of the Commission's rules. The Commission will publish a separate document in the Federal Register announcing the subsequent effective date of these removals. 47 CFR Parts 0, 27, and 90 In this document, the Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (Bureau) of the Commission implemented certain provisions of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 (Public Safety Spectrum Act) governing deployment of a nationwide public safety broadband network in the 700 MHz band. Pursuant to clear statutory directives, the Bureau reallocated the D Block (758-763/788-793 MHz) for “public safety services” and delete Commission rules that are plainly inconsistent with this revised allocation; deleted the rules establishing, providing license authority with respect to, and governing operations under the Public Safety Broadband License in the existing public safety broadband spectrum; and adopted rules implementing the clear mandate of the Public Safety Spectrum Act to grant a license with respect to the public safety broadband spectrum (763-768/793-798 MHz), guard band (768-769/798-799 MHz), and the D Block to the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet). By eliminating any confusion or uncertainty about the new regulatory framework applicable to the public safety broadband network, these action takes further steps necessary to facilitate the transition of this spectrum to FirstNet as required by the Act.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-25235 RIN PS Docket No. 06-229 PS Docket 12-94 WT Docket 06-150 DA 12-1462 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Final rule. Effective November 14, 2012, except for the removal of §§ 90.18 and 90.528 of the Commission's rules. The Commission will publish a separate document in the Federal Register announcing the subsequent effective date of these removals. 47 CFR Parts 0, 27, and 90 In this document, the Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (Bureau) of the Commission implemented certain provisions of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 (Public Safety Spectrum Act) governing deployment of a nationwide public safety broadband network in the 700 MHz band. Pursuant to clear statutory directives, the Bureau reallocated the D Block (758-763/788-793 MHz) for “public safety services” and delete Commission rules that are plainly inconsistent with this revised allocation; deleted the rules establishing, providing license authority with respect to, and governing operations under the Public Safety Broadband License in the existing public safety broadband spectrum; and adopted rules implementing the clear mandate of the Public Safety Spectrum Act to grant a license with respect to the public safety broadband spectrum (763-768/793-798 MHz), guard band (768-769/798-799 MHz), and the D Block to the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet). By eliminating any confusion or uncertainty about the new regulatory framework applicable to the public safety broadband network, these action takes further steps necessary to facilitate the transition of this spectrum to FirstNet as required by the Act.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-25235 RIN PS Docket No. 06-229 PS Docket 12-94 WT Docket 06-150 DA 12-1462 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Final rule. Effective November 14, 2012, except for the removal of §§ 90.18 and 90.528 of the Commission's rules. The Commission will publish a separate document in the Federal Register announcing the subsequent effective date of these removals. 47 CFR Parts 0, 27, and 90 In this document, the Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (Bureau) of the Commission implemented certain provisions of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 (Public Safety Spectrum Act) governing deployment of a nationwide public safety broadband network in the 700 MHz band. Pursuant to clear statutory directives, the Bureau reallocated the D Block (758-763/788-793 MHz) for “public safety services” and delete Commission rules that are plainly inconsistent with this revised allocation; deleted the rules establishing, providing license authority with respect to, and governing operations under the Public Safety Broadband License in the existing public safety broadband spectrum; and adopted rules implementing the clear mandate of the Public Safety Spectrum Act to grant a license with respect to the public safety broadband spectrum (763-768/793-798 MHz), guard band (768-769/798-799 MHz), and the D Block to the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet). By eliminating any confusion or uncertainty about the new regulatory framework applicable to the public safety broadband network, these action takes further steps necessary to facilitate the transition of this spectrum to FirstNet as required by the Act.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-24792 RIN WT Docket No. 11-69 and ET Docket 09-234 FCC 12-114 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Final rule. Effective November 9, 2012. 47 CFR Part 90 In this document, the Commission modifies its rules to permit the certification and use of Terrestrial Trunked Radio (TETRA) equipment. These amendments are necessary in order to permit implementation of TETRA technology in the United States.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-24643 RIN CG Docket No. 12-39 DA 12-1545 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Final rule; termination of proceedings. Effective October 5, 2012. 47 CFR Part 0 In this document, the Commission, via the Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau (CGB) terminates, as dormant, certain docketed Commission proceedings. Termination of these inactive proceedings furthers the Commission's organizational goals of increasing the efficiency of its decision-making, modernizing the agency's processes in the digital age, and enhancing the openness and transparency of Commission proceedings for practitioners and the public.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-24546 RIN CG Docket No. 10-51 FCC 11-54 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Correcting amendments. Effective October 4, 2012. 47 CFR Part 64 This document contains a correction to the final regulations of the Commission's rules, which were published in the Federal Register on Monday, May 2, 2011, 76 FR 24393. The final regulations address fraud, waste, and abuse in the Video Relay Service (VRS) industry.
Title 47 published on 2012-10-01
The following are ALL rules, proposed rules, and notices (chronologically) published in the Federal Register relating to Title 47 after this date.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2013-01425 RIN DA 12-473 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Correcting amendments. Effective January 28, 2013. 47 CFR Part 1 The Federal Communications Commission published in the Federal Register of November 16, 2011, a document amending § 1.229(b). Inadvertently, this rule was amended incorrectly. This document makes correcting amendments.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2013-00838 RIN DA 12-1552 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Final rule. Effective January 28, 2013. 47 CFR Parts 32, 51 and 69 This document makes a number of nonsubstantive, editorial or conforming revisions to the Commission's rules. These revisions are made to delete certain rule provisions that are without current legal effect or are otherwise obsolete. They are also made to clarify, simplify, and harmonize Commission rules, making the rules more readily accessible to the public and avoiding potential confusion for interested parties and Commission staff alike. In addition to deleting balance sheet account instructions that are now obsolete, as well as references to rules that have previously been deleted, this document deletes and amends rules that refer to unbundled network elements that are no longer subject to unbundling as a result of decisions in the Triennial Review proceedings or expired transition periods.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2013-00838 RIN DA 12-1552 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Final rule. Effective January 28, 2013. 47 CFR Parts 32, 51 and 69 This document makes a number of nonsubstantive, editorial or conforming revisions to the Commission's rules. These revisions are made to delete certain rule provisions that are without current legal effect or are otherwise obsolete. They are also made to clarify, simplify, and harmonize Commission rules, making the rules more readily accessible to the public and avoiding potential confusion for interested parties and Commission staff alike. In addition to deleting balance sheet account instructions that are now obsolete, as well as references to rules that have previously been deleted, this document deletes and amends rules that refer to unbundled network elements that are no longer subject to unbundling as a result of decisions in the Triennial Review proceedings or expired transition periods.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2013-00838 RIN DA 12-1552 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Final rule. Effective January 28, 2013. 47 CFR Parts 32, 51 and 69 This document makes a number of nonsubstantive, editorial or conforming revisions to the Commission's rules. These revisions are made to delete certain rule provisions that are without current legal effect or are otherwise obsolete. They are also made to clarify, simplify, and harmonize Commission rules, making the rules more readily accessible to the public and avoiding potential confusion for interested parties and Commission staff alike. In addition to deleting balance sheet account instructions that are now obsolete, as well as references to rules that have previously been deleted, this document deletes and amends rules that refer to unbundled network elements that are no longer subject to unbundling as a result of decisions in the Triennial Review proceedings or expired transition periods.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2013-00840 RIN WC Docket Nos. 10-90 and 05-337 DA 12-1777 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Final rule. Effective February 27, 2013, except for the requirements contained in paragraph 16 and Appendix A of document DA 12-1777, which contain new or modified information collection requirements, and require approval by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), Public Law 104-13. These requirements shall become effective after the Commission publishes a separate document in the Federal Register announcing such approval and the relevant effective date(s). 47 CFR Part 54 In this document, the Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) adopts data specifications for collecting incumbent local exchange carrier (LEC) study area boundaries. The Bureau will use the maps to analyze costs of LECs and determine which LECs are eligible for support to deliver telecommunications and information services in rural and high cost areas, and to implement certain reforms to universal service support. The data will be used as an essential input in a model that determines the level of high cost support for rate of return carriers. The Bureau will also use the data to determine whether unsubsidized competitors offer service within all or a portion of an incumbent LEC's study area, and to phase out support where unsubsidized competitors offer voice and broadband service throughout an entire study area. Commission intends to allocate support among eligible LECs in a manner that best ensures that consumers in rural and high cost area have services and rates that are reasonably comparable to those in urban areas.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2013-01597 RIN WC Docket Nos. 10-90 and 05-337 DA 12-1561, 12-1687, 12-2011, 12-2029, 13-70 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Proposed rule. Comments are due on or before February 27, 2013 and reply comments are due on or before March 14, 2013. If you anticipate that you will be submitting comments, but find it difficult to do so within the period of time allowed by this notice, you should advise the contact listed below as soon as possible. 47 CFR Part 54 In this document, the Wireline Competition Bureau releases for discussion a number of virtual workshop topics related to the development and adoption of the forward-looking cost model for Connect America Phase II.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2013-01564 RIN 0660-AA26 Docket No. 120620177-2445-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Telecommunications and Information Administration Final rule. These regulations become effective February 25, 2013. 47 CFR Part 301 The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) adopts regulations governing the Technical Panel and dispute resolution process established by Congress to facilitate the relocation of, and spectrum sharing with, U.S. Government stations in spectrum bands reallocated from Federal use to non-Federal use or to shared use. This action is necessary to ensure the timely relocation of Federal entities' spectrum-related operations and, where applicable, the timely implementation of arrangements for the sharing of radio frequencies. Specifically, this action implements certain additions and modifications to the NTIA Organization Act as amended by the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 (the Tax Relief Act). As required by the Tax Relief Act, this rule has been reviewed and approved by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2013-01154 RIN WC Docket No. 12-375 FCC 12-167 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Notice of proposed rulemaking. Comments are due on or before March 25, 2013. Reply comments are due on or before April 22, 2013. 47 CFR Part 64 In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) seeks comment on the inmate calling services industry and how to ensure just and reasonable rates for inmate calling services.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2013-01046 RIN MB Docket No. 11-38 RM-11621 DA 13-9 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Final rule. Effective February 18, 2013. 47 CFR Part 73 The Audio Division, at the request of Charles Crawford, substitutes Channel 282A for vacant Channel 232A at Hebbronville, Texas. The purpose of the proposed channel substitution at Hebbronville is to accommodate the hybrid application, File No. BNPH-20070502ADP, which requests the substitution of Channel 232A for Channel 282A at Benavides, Texas, and modification of the new FM station. Channel 282A can be allotted to Hebbronville consistent with the minimum distance separation requirements of the Rules with a site restriction 11 kilometers (6.8 miles) northwest of the community. The reference coordinates for Channel 282A are 27-23-18 NL and 98-44-26 WL. Channel 282A at Hebbronville is located 320 kilometers from the Mexican Border. Although Mexican concurrence has been requested, notification has not been received. If a construction permit for Channel 282A at Hebbronville, Texas is granted prior to receipt of formal concurrence by the Mexican government, the authorization will include the following condition: “Operation with the facilities specified herein for Hebbronville, Texas, is subject to modification, suspension, or termination without right to hearing, if found by the Commission to be necessary in order to conform to the Mexico-United States FM Broadcast Agreement, or if specifically objected to by the Government of Mexico.”
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2013-01048 RIN WC Docket No. 10-90 DA 12-2075 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Proposed rule. Comments are due on or before February 19, 2013 and reply comments are due on or before March 4, 2013. If you anticipate that you will be submitting comments, but find it difficult to do so within the period of time allowed by this notice, you should advise the contact listed below as soon as possible. 47 CFR Part 54 In this document, the Federal Communications Commission seeks comment on procedures to determine what areas are eligible for Connect America Phase II funding and how carriers may elect to accept or decline a statewide commitment in Connect America Phase II.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2013-00556 RIN WC Docket Nos. 10-90, 07-135, 05-337, 03-109 GN Docket No. 09-51 CC Docket Nos. 01-92, 96-45 WT Docket No. 10-208 FCC 12-137 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Final rule; petition for reconsideration. Effective February 19, 2013, except for the amendments made to § 54.313(f)(2)(i) through (iii) in this document, which contain information collection requirements that are not effective until approved by the Office of Management and Budget. The Federal Communications Commission will publish a document in the Federal Register announcing the effective date for that section. 47 CFR Part 54 In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) reconsiders and clarifies certain aspects of the USF/ICC Transformation Order, in response to various petitions for reconsideration and/or clarification. We grant in part petitions related to the financial reporting obligations of eligible telecommunications carriers (ETCs) that are privately held rate of return companies. This Order also provides additional guidance and clarifications regarding the standard and process for requests for waiver of our universal service reforms.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2013-00921 RIN MB Docket No. 12-374 RM-11687 DA 12-2072 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Proposed rule. The deadline for filing comments is February 11, 2013. Reply comments must be filed on or before February 26, 2013. 47 CFR Part 73 This document sets forth a proposal to amend the FM Table of Allotments, § 73.202(b) of the Commission's rules. The Commission requests comment on a petition filed by the Hualapai Tribe, proposing to amend the Table of Allotments by allotting Channel 265A at Peach Springs, Arizona, as a Tribal Allotment. Channel 265A would constitute a first tribal allotment and a second potential service at Peach Springs. Channel 265A can be allotted at Peach Springs, Arizona, in compliance with the Commission's minimum distance separation requirements at 35-33-17 NL and 113-23-41 WL. See Supplementary Information infra.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2013-00574 RIN MB Docket Nos. 07-294, 06-121, 02-277, 04-228 MM Docket Nos. 01-235, 01-317, 00-244 FCC 09-92 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Notice of proposed rulemaking. The Commission must receive written comments on or before February 14, 2013 and reply comments on or before March 1, 2013. Written comments on the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) proposed information collection requirements must be submitted by the public, Office of Management (OMB) and other interested parties on or before March 18, 2013. 47 CFR Part 73 The Commission seeks comment on whether to collect information from holders of equity interests in a licensee that would be attributable but for the single majority shareholder exemption and from holders of interests that would be attributable but for the higher EDP thresholds adopted in the Diversity Order, published May 16, 2008, for purposes of determining attribution of certain interests in eligible entities.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2013-00552 RIN WT Docket No. 10-254 DA 13-6 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Proposed rule; extension of comment period. Comments are due on or before January 22, 2013. 47 CFR Part 20 In this document, the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (Bureau) extends the time within which to file comments on the Public Notice seeking updated information and comment on review of hearing aid compatibility regulations.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2013-00278 RIN WC Docket No. 05-25 RM-10593 FCC 12-153 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Final rule. Effective March 12, 2013. The information collection and recordkeeping requirements contained in section III and appendix A of the document are not effective until they are approved by the Office of Management and Budget. 47 CFR Part 69 In this document, the Commission continues the process of reviewing its special access rules to ensure that they reflect the state of competition today and promote competition, investment, and access to dedicated communications services businesses across the country rely on every day to deliver their products and services to American consumers. The Report and Order initiates a comprehensive data collection and specifies the nature of the data to be collected and the scope of respondents. An initial version of the data collection is attached to the Report and Order as an appendix; the Report and Order delegates authority to the Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau to review and modify the collection to implement the requirements of the Report and Order.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2013-00277 RIN WC Docket No. 05-25 RM-10593 FCC 12-153 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Proposed rule. Comments for sections IV.A and IV.C are due on or before February 11, 2013. Reply comments for sections IV.A and IV.C are due on or before March 12, 2013. Comments for section IV.B are due on or before August 19, 2013. Reply comments for section IV.B are due on or before September 30, 2013. 47 CFR Part 69 In this document, the Commission seeks comment on: A market analysis that the Commission intends to undertake in the coming months to assist in evaluating competition in the market for special access services; possible changes to the Commission's pricing flexibility rules after the Commission conducts its market analysis; and the reasonableness of terms and conditions offered by incumbent LECs in the special access market.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2013-00159 RIN PS Docket No. 11-153 PS Docket No. 10-255 FCC 12-149 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Proposed rule. Comment Date for Section III.A: January 29, 2013. Reply Comment Date for Section III.A: February 8, 2013. Comment Date for Other Sections: March 11, 2013. Reply Comment Date for Other Sections: April 9, 2013. 47 CFR Part 20 The Federal Communications Commission proposes to amend its rules by requiring all wireless carriers and providers of “interconnected” text messaging applications to support the ability of consumers to send text messages to 911 in all areas throughout the nation where 911 Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs) are also prepared to receive the texts. In addition, to inform consumers and prevent confusion, the Commission proposes to require all wireless carriers and interconnected text messaging providers to send automated “bounce back” error messages to consumers attempting to text 911 when the service is not available.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2013-00248 RIN MB Docket No. 12-217 DA 12-2081 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Proposed rule; extension of reply comment period. The reply comment period for the proposed rule published October 9, 2012 (77 FR 61351) is extended. Submit reply comments on or before January 25, 2013. 47 CFR Part 79 In this document, the Commission extends the deadline for filing reply comments on the Commission's Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) in this proceeding, which was published in the Federal Register on October 9, 2012 (77 FR 61351). The extension will facilitate the development of a full record given the importance of the issues in this proceeding.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-30975 RIN MM Docket No. 99-25 FCC 12-144 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Final rule. Effective February 8, 2013, except for amendments to §§ 73.807, 73.810, 73.827, 73.850, 73.853, 73.855, 73.860, 73.872 which contain information collection requirements that are not effective until approved by the Office of Management and Budget (“OMB”). The FCC will seek Paperwork Reduction Act comments via a separate notice in the Federal Register . The FCC will publish a document in the Federal Register announcing the effective date for those sections. 47 CFR Part 73 In this document, the Commission modifies its rules in order to implement provisions of the Local Community Radio Act of 2010 (“LCRA”). It also proposes changes to its rules intended to promote the low power FM service's localism and diversity goals, reduce the potential for licensing abuses, and clarify certain rules.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2013-00157 RIN WT Docket No. 12-357 FCC 12-152 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Notice of proposed rulemaking. Submit comments on or before February 6, 2013. Submit reply comments on or before March 6, 2013. Written comments on the proposed information collection requirements, subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Public Law 104-13, should be submitted on or before March 11, 2013. 47 CFR Parts 1 and 27 In this document, the Commission proposes rules for the Advanced Wireless Services (AWS) H Block that would make available ten megahertz of spectrum for flexible use. The proposal would extend the widely-deployed Personal Communications Services (PCS) band, which is used by the four national providers as well as regional and rural providers to offer mobile service across the nation. The additional spectrum for mobile use will help ensure that the speed, capacity, and ubiquity of the nation's wireless networks keeps pace with the skyrocketing demand for mobile service.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2013-00157 RIN WT Docket No. 12-357 FCC 12-152 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Notice of proposed rulemaking. Submit comments on or before February 6, 2013. Submit reply comments on or before March 6, 2013. Written comments on the proposed information collection requirements, subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Public Law 104-13, should be submitted on or before March 11, 2013. 47 CFR Parts 1 and 27 In this document, the Commission proposes rules for the Advanced Wireless Services (AWS) H Block that would make available ten megahertz of spectrum for flexible use. The proposal would extend the widely-deployed Personal Communications Services (PCS) band, which is used by the four national providers as well as regional and rural providers to offer mobile service across the nation. The additional spectrum for mobile use will help ensure that the speed, capacity, and ubiquity of the nation's wireless networks keeps pace with the skyrocketing demand for mobile service.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2013-00155 RIN GN Docket No. 12-354 FCC 12-148 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Proposed rule. Submit comments on or before February 20, 2013 and reply comments on or before March 22, 2013. 47 CFR Part 95 In this document, the Commission proposes to create a new Citizens Broadband Radio Service under part 95 of its rules for shared small cell use in the 3550-3650 MHz band (3.5 GHz Band). The Commission seeks comment on other techniques that could be used to manage access within the 3.5 GHz band as well as protections for incumbent Department of Defense (DoD) and Fixed Satellite Service (FSS) users. The Commission also seeks comment on how the unique characteristics of small cells may help reduce the need for geographic protections and enable shared access of the 3.5 GHz Band across the widest possible geographic footprint. In addition, the Commission offers a supplemental proposal to integrate the 3650-3700 MHz band within the proposed Citizens Broadband Service, thereby encompassing an additional 50 megahertz of contiguous spectrum. This approach would leverage the benefits of small cell technology to enable widespread broadband access to the 3.5 GHz Band while minimizing the possibility of harmful interference to incumbent DoD and FSS users.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-31563 RIN MB Docket No. 12-270 RM-11676 DA 12-2024 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Final rule. Effective January 27, 2013. 47 CFR Part 73 The Audio Division, at the request of Appalachian Broadcasting Company, Inc., allots Channel 265A at Maysville, Georgia, as the community's second local service. A staff engineering analysis confirms that Channel 265A can be allotted to Maysville consistent with the minimum distance separation requirements of the Rules with a site restriction 13.4 kilometers (8.3 miles) northwest of the community. The reference coordinates for Channel 265A at Maysville are 34-20-16 NL and 83-39-52 WL.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-31493 RIN DA 12-1976 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Final rule, petition for reconsideration. Effective January 21, 2013. 47 CFR Part 73 This document grants the Petitions for Reconsideration filed separately by Modesto Peace/Life Center (“MPLC”) and Calvary Chapel of Turlock, Inc. (“CCT”), reinstates the applications, File Nos. BNPED-20100224ABX and BNPED-20100226AGO, respectively, nunc pro tunc, and re-reserves Channel 238A at Westley, California for noncommercial educational use.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-31408 RIN MB Docket No. 12-237 RM-11672 DA 12-1978 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Final rule. Effective January 30, 2013. 47 CFR Part 73 The Audio Division, at the request of Georgia-Carolina Radiocasting Company, LLC, allots FM Channel 287A and deletes FM Channel 244A at Tignall, Georgia. The allotment change is part of a hybrid rule making and FM application proposal. Channel 287A can be allotted at Tignall, consistent with the minimum distance separation requirements of the Commission's rules, at coordinates 33-45-22 NL and 82-42-56 WL.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-31391 RIN IB/SD IB Docket No. 12-267 DA 12-2046 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Proposed rule; extension of comment and reply comment period. Comments must be received on or before January 14, 2013. Reply comments must be received on or before February 13, 2013. 47 CFR Part 25 In this document, the International Bureau granted a request for an extension of time to file comments in response to a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that initiated a comprehensive review of the Commission's rules governing space stations and earth stations. The original deadline for filing comments was December 24, 2012; the original deadline for filing reply comments was January 22, 2013. The International Bureau extended the deadlines for filing both comments and reply comments by three weeks.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-31084 RIN WC Docket No. 10-90 FCC 12-138 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Proposed rule. Comments are due on or before January 28, 2013 and reply comments are due on or before February 11, 2013. If you anticipate that you will be submitting comments, but find it difficult to do so within the period of time allowed by this notice, you should advise the contact listed below as soon as possible. 47 CFR Part 54 In this document, the Federal Communications Commission seeks comment in this Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on potential modifications to the rules governing Connect America Phase I incremental support to further accelerate the deployment of broadband facilities to consumers who lack access to robust broadband.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-31052 RIN ET Docket No. 12-338 FCC 12-140 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Final rule. Effective January 28, 2013. 47 CFR Parts 2, 15, and 90 This document amends the Commission's rules to correct grammatical, typographical, and display errors in the United States Table of Frequency Allocations (U.S. Table) and also remove inconsistencies between the non-Federal Table of Frequency Allocations (non-Federal Table) and parts 15 and 90 of the Commission's rules.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-31052 RIN ET Docket No. 12-338 FCC 12-140 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Final rule. Effective January 28, 2013. 47 CFR Parts 2, 15, and 90 This document amends the Commission's rules to correct grammatical, typographical, and display errors in the United States Table of Frequency Allocations (U.S. Table) and also remove inconsistencies between the non-Federal Table of Frequency Allocations (non-Federal Table) and parts 15 and 90 of the Commission's rules.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-31052 RIN ET Docket No. 12-338 FCC 12-140 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Final rule. Effective January 28, 2013. 47 CFR Parts 2, 15, and 90 This document amends the Commission's rules to correct grammatical, typographical, and display errors in the United States Table of Frequency Allocations (U.S. Table) and also remove inconsistencies between the non-Federal Table of Frequency Allocations (non-Federal Table) and parts 15 and 90 of the Commission's rules.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-31049 RIN ET Docket No. 12-338 FCC 12-140 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Proposed rule. Comments must be filed on or before February 25, 2013, and reply comments must be filed on or before March 27, 2013. 47 CFR Parts 1, 2, 74, 87, 90, and 97 This document proposes to amend the Commission's rules to implement allocation decisions from the World Radiocommunication Conference (Geneva, 2007) (WRC-07), make other allocation changes that are not related to WRC-07, and make certain updates to its service rules. The proposed actions are designed to conform the Commission's rules to the WRC-07 Final Acts and to provide significant benefits to the American public.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-31049 RIN ET Docket No. 12-338 FCC 12-140 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Proposed rule. Comments must be filed on or before February 25, 2013, and reply comments must be filed on or before March 27, 2013. 47 CFR Parts 1, 2, 74, 87, 90, and 97 This document proposes to amend the Commission's rules to implement allocation decisions from the World Radiocommunication Conference (Geneva, 2007) (WRC-07), make other allocation changes that are not related to WRC-07, and make certain updates to its service rules. The proposed actions are designed to conform the Commission's rules to the WRC-07 Final Acts and to provide significant benefits to the American public.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-31049 RIN ET Docket No. 12-338 FCC 12-140 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Proposed rule. Comments must be filed on or before February 25, 2013, and reply comments must be filed on or before March 27, 2013. 47 CFR Parts 1, 2, 74, 87, 90, and 97 This document proposes to amend the Commission's rules to implement allocation decisions from the World Radiocommunication Conference (Geneva, 2007) (WRC-07), make other allocation changes that are not related to WRC-07, and make certain updates to its service rules. The proposed actions are designed to conform the Commission's rules to the WRC-07 Final Acts and to provide significant benefits to the American public.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-31049 RIN ET Docket No. 12-338 FCC 12-140 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Proposed rule. Comments must be filed on or before February 25, 2013, and reply comments must be filed on or before March 27, 2013. 47 CFR Parts 1, 2, 74, 87, 90, and 97 This document proposes to amend the Commission's rules to implement allocation decisions from the World Radiocommunication Conference (Geneva, 2007) (WRC-07), make other allocation changes that are not related to WRC-07, and make certain updates to its service rules. The proposed actions are designed to conform the Commission's rules to the WRC-07 Final Acts and to provide significant benefits to the American public.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-31049 RIN ET Docket No. 12-338 FCC 12-140 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Proposed rule. Comments must be filed on or before February 25, 2013, and reply comments must be filed on or before March 27, 2013. 47 CFR Parts 1, 2, 74, 87, 90, and 97 This document proposes to amend the Commission's rules to implement allocation decisions from the World Radiocommunication Conference (Geneva, 2007) (WRC-07), make other allocation changes that are not related to WRC-07, and make certain updates to its service rules. The proposed actions are designed to conform the Commission's rules to the WRC-07 Final Acts and to provide significant benefits to the American public.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-31049 RIN ET Docket No. 12-338 FCC 12-140 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Proposed rule. Comments must be filed on or before February 25, 2013, and reply comments must be filed on or before March 27, 2013. 47 CFR Parts 1, 2, 74, 87, 90, and 97 This document proposes to amend the Commission's rules to implement allocation decisions from the World Radiocommunication Conference (Geneva, 2007) (WRC-07), make other allocation changes that are not related to WRC-07, and make certain updates to its service rules. The proposed actions are designed to conform the Commission's rules to the WRC-07 Final Acts and to provide significant benefits to the American public.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-31098 RIN WC Docket No. 10-191 WC Docket No. 05-196 CG Docket No. 03-123 FCC 12-139 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Final rule. Effective January 25, 2013. 47 CFR Part 64 In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) reconsiders and clarifies certain aspects of the iTRS Toll Free Order in response to a petition for reconsideration and clarification filed by Sorenson Communications, Inc. (Sorenson). The Commission grants Sorenson's Petition and clarifies certain aspects of the user notification requirements and denies the remainder of the Petition relating to the database mapping requirements and establishing a one-year end date for the customer notification requirements.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-30971 RIN MB Docket No. 12-352 RM-11686 DA 12-2002 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Proposed rule. The deadline for filing comments is February 4, 2013. Reply comments must be filed on or before February 21, 2013. 47 CFR Part 73 This document sets forth a proposal to amend the FM Table of Allotments, Section 73.202(b) of the Commission's rules. The Commission requests comment on a petition filed by Cochise Media Licenses, LLC, proposing to amend the Table of Allotments by allotting FM Channel 229C3 as a first local service at Dove Creek, Colorado. Channel 229C3 can be allotted at Dove Creek, Colorado, in compliance with the Commission's minimum distance separation requirements, at the proposed reference coordinates: 37-48-05 North Latitude and 108-59-33 West Longitude. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION infra.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-30682 RIN 0660-XC00 Docket No. 121214713-2713-01 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Telecommunications and Information Administration Final rule. Effective Date: This regulation is effective on December 21, 2012. The incorporation by reference of certain publications listed in the rule is approved by the Director of the Federal Register as of December 21, 2012. 47 CFR Part 300 The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) hereby makes certain changes to its regulations, which relate to the public availability of the Manual of Regulations and Procedures for Federal Radio Frequency Management (NTIA Manual). Specifically, NTIA updates the version of the Manual of Regulations and Procedures for Federal Radio Frequency Management with which federal agencies must comply when requesting use of the radio frequency spectrum.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-30591 RIN MB Docket No. 12-107 DA 12-1985 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Proposed rule; extension of reply comment period. The reply comment period for the proposed rule published November 28, 2012 (77 FR 70970) is extended. Submit reply comments on or before January 7, 2013. 47 CFR Part 79 In this document, the Commission extends the deadline for filing reply comments on the Commission's Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) in this proceeding, which was published in the Federal Register . The extension will facilitate the development of a full record given the importance of the issues in this proceeding.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-30484 RIN WT Docket No. 11-69 Report No. 2970 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Petition for reconsideration. Oppositions to the Petition must be filed on or before January 2, 2013. Replies to an opposition must be filed on or before January 14, 2013. 47 CFR Part 90 In this document, Petition for Reconsideration and/or a Petition for Clarification (Petition) has been filed in the Commission's rulemaking proceeding by Chuck Powers, Director, Engineering and Technology Policy, on the behalf of Motorola Solutions Inc.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-28495 RIN WT Docket No. 10-153 RM-11602 FCC 12-122 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Correcting amendments. Effective December 12, 2012. 47 CFR Part 101 The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) published a document in the Federal Register of September 5, 2012. In this document, the FCC on its own motion, pursuant to § 1.108 of the Commission's rules, corrects the channel center frequencies to align the wider 60 and 80 megahertz channels with the existing 30 and 40 megahertz channels in part 101 of our rules in the Wireless Backhaul 2nd R&O and issues this limited modification of the Wireless Backhaul 2nd R&O, in order to establish more efficient channel assignments, consistent with the Commission's intent to improve spectrum utilization in these bands. In addition, the FCC corrects an entry to the table in § 101.115(b)(2).
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-29962 RIN GN Docket No. 12-268 DA 12-1916 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Proposed rule; extension of comment and reply comment period. The comment and reply comment period for the proposed rule published at 77 FR 69933, November 21, 2012 is extended. Submit comments on or before January 25, 2013 and reply comments on or before March 12, 2013. 47 CFR Parts 1, 27 and 73 The Media Bureau extends the deadline for filing comments and reply comments on the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) in this proceeding which was published in the Federal Register on November 21, 2012. The extension will provide commenters with sufficient time to prepare comments and reply comments in response to the NPRM.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-29962 RIN GN Docket No. 12-268 DA 12-1916 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Proposed rule; extension of comment and reply comment period. The comment and reply comment period for the proposed rule published at 77 FR 69933, November 21, 2012 is extended. Submit comments on or before January 25, 2013 and reply comments on or before March 12, 2013. 47 CFR Parts 1, 27 and 73 The Media Bureau extends the deadline for filing comments and reply comments on the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) in this proceeding which was published in the Federal Register on November 21, 2012. The extension will provide commenters with sufficient time to prepare comments and reply comments in response to the NPRM.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-29962 RIN GN Docket No. 12-268 DA 12-1916 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Proposed rule; extension of comment and reply comment period. The comment and reply comment period for the proposed rule published at 77 FR 69933, November 21, 2012 is extended. Submit comments on or before January 25, 2013 and reply comments on or before March 12, 2013. 47 CFR Parts 1, 27 and 73 The Media Bureau extends the deadline for filing comments and reply comments on the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) in this proceeding which was published in the Federal Register on November 21, 2012. The extension will provide commenters with sufficient time to prepare comments and reply comments in response to the NPRM.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-29877 RIN MM Docket No. 99-25 FCC 12-144 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Denial and/or dismissal of petitions for reconsideration. Effective January 10, 2013. 47 CFR Part 73 In this document, the Commission acts on six petitions for reconsideration of the Fourth Report and Order, challenging the per-market and/or the national caps adopted in the Fourth Report and Order in this proceeding. In response to the petitions for reconsideration, the Commission modifies the national cap to allow each applicant to pursue up to 70 applications, so long as no more than 50 of them are in the spectrum-limited radio markets identified in the Fourth Report and Order; increases the per-market cap for spectrum-limited markets to allow up to three applications per applicant for each market, subject to certain conditions; and clarifies the application of the per-market cap in “embedded” markets.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-29879 RIN WT Docket No. 10-208 WC Docket No. 10-90 DA 12-1853 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Proposed rule. Comments are due on or before December 21, 2012, and reply comments are due on or before January 7, 2013. 47 CFR Part 1 The Wireless Telecommunications Bureau and Wireline Competition Bureau (collectively, the Bureaus) seek further comment on specific issues relating to the implementation of Phase II of the Mobility Fund. The Bureaus also seek to develop a more comprehensive record on certain issues relating to the award of ongoing support for advanced mobile services.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-29423 RIN MB Docket No. 09-52 FCC 12-127 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Final rule; petitions for reconsideration and clarification. The rules discussed in the Second Order on Reconsideration (Order) became effective on May 6, 2011 (see 76 FR 18942 (Apr. 6, 2011)) and on July 19, 2011 (see 76 FR 42575 (Jul. 19, 2011)). The Commission, in the Order, clarified some of the methods to be used in applying the new rules, and further limited the categories of parties to whom the new rules apply. 47 CFR Part 73 In this document, the Commission denied four of six Petitions for Reconsideration, Petitions for Partial Reconsideration, and Petitions for Clarification of the Second Report and Order (Second R&O) in this proceeding, granting in part and denying in part two of the petitions. The Commission clarified some of the methodology to be used in applying the new rules and procedures in the Second R&O, in particular the method of counting reception services in service gain and loss areas, to assist applicants and allotment proponents in accurately applying the new rules and procedures. The Commission also further restricted the categories of applicants and allotment proponents to whom the new rules and procedures apply, finding that equitable considerations supported such restrictions. In addition to restrictions set forth in the Second R&O, the new rules will not apply to applications and allotment proposals filed before the new rules were proposed, or to those applications and proposals that have already been subject to Commission decisions, but that remain pending due to subsequent legal challenges.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-29357 RIN WT Docket No. 10-254 DA 12-1898 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Proposed rule; extension of comment period. Comments are due on or before January 7, 2013. 47 CFR Part 20 In this document, the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (Bureau) extends the time within which to file comments on the Public Notice seeking updated information and comment on review of hearing aid compatibility regulations.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-29426 RIN MB Docket No. 12-68 DA 12-1871 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Proposed rule; extension of comment and reply comment period. The comment and reply comment period for the proposed rule published October 31, 2012 (77 FR 66052) is extended. Submit comments on or before December 14, 2012 and reply comments on or before January 14, 2013. 47 CFR Part 76 The Media Bureau extends the deadline for filing comments and reply comments on the Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“ FNPRM” ) in this proceeding which was published in the Federal Register on October 31, 2012. The extension will provide commenters with sufficient time to prepare comments and reply comments in response to the FNPRM.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-29150 RIN CC Docket 96-45 FCC 12-131 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Final rule. Effective December 4, 2012. 47 CFR Parts 0 and 54 In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) amends its rules to reassign to the Office of Managing Director (OMD) certain audit activities formerly assigned to the Office of Inspector General (OIG). The activities concern oversight of the annual audit of the Universal Service Administrative Corporation (USAC) required by the Commission's rules. In addition, the Commission delegates of authority to OMD, in consultation with the Office of General Counsel, to issue subpoenas concerning matters within its jurisdiction.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-29150 RIN CC Docket 96-45 FCC 12-131 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Final rule. Effective December 4, 2012. 47 CFR Parts 0 and 54 In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) amends its rules to reassign to the Office of Managing Director (OMD) certain audit activities formerly assigned to the Office of Inspector General (OIG). The activities concern oversight of the annual audit of the Universal Service Administrative Corporation (USAC) required by the Commission's rules. In addition, the Commission delegates of authority to OMD, in consultation with the Office of General Counsel, to issue subpoenas concerning matters within its jurisdiction.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-29069 RIN FCC 12-11 WC Docket Nos. 11-42 03-109 12-23 and CC Docket No. 96-45 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Final rule; announcement of effective date. The Office of Management and Budget granted approval on November 7, 2012 for the information collection requirements under OMB Control No. 3060-0819. 47 CFR Part 54 In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) announces that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved, for a period of three years, the information collection requirements associated with certain of the provisions of the rules adopted as part of the Commission's Lifeline and Link Up Reform and Modernization Report and Order ( Order ). The Commission submitted revisions to those information collection requirements under control number 3060-0819 to OMB for review and approval, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), 77 FR 52718, August 30, 2012. The revisions as updated were approved by OMB on November 7, 2012.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-26009 RIN MB Docket No. 09-52 FCC 11-190 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Final rule; announcement of effective date. Effective date: The amendment to § 73.3573, published at 77 FR 32034, May 31, 2012, was approved by OMB July 2, 2012, and is effective December 4, 2012. Applicability date: The form revisions to FCC Forms 314 and 315 associated with this rule are applicable December 4, 2012. 47 CFR Part 73 In this document, the Commission announces that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved, for a period of three years, the information collection requirements (form revisions) associated with the Commission's rules contained in the Third Report and Order, FCC 11-190, pertaining to the policies to promote rural radio service and to streamline allotment and assignment procedures. This notice is consistent with the Third Report and Order, which stated that the Commission would publish a document in the Federal Register announcing the effective date of these information collection requirements (form changes).
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-28759 RIN CG Docket Nos. 11-116 and 09-158 CC Docket No. 98-170 FCC 12-42 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Final rule; correction. Effective October 26, 2012. 47 CFR Part 64 In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is correcting a final rule that appeared in the Federal Register of October 26, 2012. The document announces the effective date of rules containing information collection requirements approved by the Office of Management and Budget that were adopted to help consumers prevent and detect the placement of unauthorized charges on their telephone bills, an unlawful and fraudulent practice commonly referred to as “cramming.”
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-28760 RIN CG Docket Nos. 11-116 and 09-158 CC Docket No. 98-170 FCC 12-42 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Final rule; correction. This correction contains modified information collection requirements that have not been approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The Commission will publish a separate document in the Federal Register announcing the effective date of this correction. 47 CFR Part 64 In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is correcting a final rule that appeared in the Federal Register of May 24, 2012. This document corrects rules adopted to help consumers prevent and detect the placement of unauthorized charges on their telephone bills, an unlawful and fraudulent practice commonly referred to as “cramming.”
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-27672 RIN CG Docket No. 12-129 FCC 12-129 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Final rule. This final rule contains new information collection requirements that have not been approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The Commission will publish a separate document in the Federal Register announcing the effective date of that rule section. 47 CFR Parts 1 and 64 In this document, the Commission adopts rules to create a Do-Not-Call registry for public safety answering points (PSAPs) as required by the “Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012” (Tax Relief Act). Specifically, section 6507 of the Tax Relief Act requires the Commission, among other things, to establish a registry that allows PSAPs to register telephone numbers on a Do-Not-Call list and prohibit the use of automatic dialing equipment to contact those numbers. Therefore, the Commission adopts rules necessary for the creation and ongoing management of the Do-Not-Call registry, including requirements for adding PSAP telephone numbers, granting and tracking access by operators of automatic dialing equipment, and protecting the registry from unauthorized disclosure or dissemination of registered numbers. In addition, the Commission adopts specific monetary penalties for unauthorized disclosure or contact of any numbers on the PSAP registry. These provisions are designed to address concerns about the use automatic dialing equipment which can generate large numbers of phone calls in a short period of time, tie up public safety lines, divert critical responder resources away from emergency services, and impede access by the public to emergency lines.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-27672 RIN CG Docket No. 12-129 FCC 12-129 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Final rule. This final rule contains new information collection requirements that have not been approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The Commission will publish a separate document in the Federal Register announcing the effective date of that rule section. 47 CFR Parts 1 and 64 In this document, the Commission adopts rules to create a Do-Not-Call registry for public safety answering points (PSAPs) as required by the “Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012” (Tax Relief Act). Specifically, section 6507 of the Tax Relief Act requires the Commission, among other things, to establish a registry that allows PSAPs to register telephone numbers on a Do-Not-Call list and prohibit the use of automatic dialing equipment to contact those numbers. Therefore, the Commission adopts rules necessary for the creation and ongoing management of the Do-Not-Call registry, including requirements for adding PSAP telephone numbers, granting and tracking access by operators of automatic dialing equipment, and protecting the registry from unauthorized disclosure or dissemination of registered numbers. In addition, the Commission adopts specific monetary penalties for unauthorized disclosure or contact of any numbers on the PSAP registry. These provisions are designed to address concerns about the use automatic dialing equipment which can generate large numbers of phone calls in a short period of time, tie up public safety lines, divert critical responder resources away from emergency services, and impede access by the public to emergency lines.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-28716 RIN MB Docket No. 12-107 FCC 12-142 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Proposed rule. Comments are due on or before December 18, 2012; reply comments are due on or before December 28, 2012. Written comments on the Paperwork Reduction Act proposed information collection requirements must be submitted by the public, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), and other interested parties on or before January 28, 2013. 47 CFR Part 79 In this document, the Commission proposes rules to implement provisions of the Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010 (“CVAA”) that mandate regulations to ensure that emergency information is accessible to individuals who are blind and visually disabled and that television apparatus are able to make available video description and accessible emergency information. The Commission seeks comment on rules that would apply to the distributors, providers, and owners of television video programming, as well as the manufacturers of devices that display such programming.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-28224 RIN IB Docket No. 12-299 FCC 12-125 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Proposed rule. Submit comments on or before December 26, 2012, and replies on or before January 15, 2013. Written comments on the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) proposed information collection requirements must be submitted by the public, Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and other interested parties on or before January 25, 2013. 47 CFR Parts 1 and 63 In this document, the Commission is proposing to make changes to the criteria under which it considers applications and notifications from foreign carriers or affiliates of foreign carriers for entry into the U.S. market for international telecommunications services and facilities under section 214 of Communications Act of 1934, as amended (the “Act”) and section 2 of the Cable Landing License Act. By this document, the Commission seeks to eliminate outdated or unnecessary rules, simplify rules that it may retain, reduce regulatory costs and burdens imposed on applicants, and improve transparency with respect to filing requirements of the ECO Test. It also seeks to promote competition to achieve greater decisional flexibility in evaluating applications and notifications, and continue to protect important interests related to national security, law enforcement, foreign policy, and trade policy.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-28224 RIN IB Docket No. 12-299 FCC 12-125 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Proposed rule. Submit comments on or before December 26, 2012, and replies on or before January 15, 2013. Written comments on the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) proposed information collection requirements must be submitted by the public, Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and other interested parties on or before January 25, 2013. 47 CFR Parts 1 and 63 In this document, the Commission is proposing to make changes to the criteria under which it considers applications and notifications from foreign carriers or affiliates of foreign carriers for entry into the U.S. market for international telecommunications services and facilities under section 214 of Communications Act of 1934, as amended (the “Act”) and section 2 of the Cable Landing License Act. By this document, the Commission seeks to eliminate outdated or unnecessary rules, simplify rules that it may retain, reduce regulatory costs and burdens imposed on applicants, and improve transparency with respect to filing requirements of the ECO Test. It also seeks to promote competition to achieve greater decisional flexibility in evaluating applications and notifications, and continue to protect important interests related to national security, law enforcement, foreign policy, and trade policy.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-28494 RIN WT Docket No. 10-254: DA 12-1745 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Proposed rule. Comments due on or before December 26, 2012. 47 CFR Part 20 In this document, the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (Bureau) seeks updated comment on the operation and effectiveness of the Commission's rules relating to hearing aid compatibility of wireless handsets. The Bureau seeks updated comment on whether, in light of technological and market developments, the Commission's deployment benchmarks continue to ensure that hearing aid-compatible handsets are available to all consumers. Additionally, the Bureau asks for current information on whether the rules have succeeded in making hearing aid-compatible phones available to consumers with a full range of different feature sets, and whether the rules appropriately account for the challenges facing smaller service providers.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-27235 RIN Docket No. 12-268 FCC 12-118 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Proposed rule. Comments for this proceeding are due on or before December 21, 2012; reply comments are due on or before February 19, 2012. Written PRA comments on the proposed information collection requirements contained herein must be submitted by the public, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), and other interested parties on or before January 22, 2013. 47 CFR Parts 1, 27, and 73 In the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, “Expanding the Economic and Innovation Opportunities of Spectrum Through Incentive Auctions” ( NPRM ), released October 2, 2012, the Commission considers matters related to the implementation of Congress's mandate to conduct an incentive auction of broadcast television spectrum as set forth in the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 (Spectrum Act).
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-27235 RIN Docket No. 12-268 FCC 12-118 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Proposed rule. Comments for this proceeding are due on or before December 21, 2012; reply comments are due on or before February 19, 2012. Written PRA comments on the proposed information collection requirements contained herein must be submitted by the public, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), and other interested parties on or before January 22, 2013. 47 CFR Parts 1, 27, and 73 In the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, “Expanding the Economic and Innovation Opportunities of Spectrum Through Incentive Auctions” ( NPRM ), released October 2, 2012, the Commission considers matters related to the implementation of Congress's mandate to conduct an incentive auction of broadcast television spectrum as set forth in the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 (Spectrum Act).
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-27235 RIN Docket No. 12-268 FCC 12-118 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Proposed rule. Comments for this proceeding are due on or before December 21, 2012; reply comments are due on or before February 19, 2012. Written PRA comments on the proposed information collection requirements contained herein must be submitted by the public, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), and other interested parties on or before January 22, 2013. 47 CFR Parts 1, 27, and 73 In the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, “Expanding the Economic and Innovation Opportunities of Spectrum Through Incentive Auctions” ( NPRM ), released October 2, 2012, the Commission considers matters related to the implementation of Congress's mandate to conduct an incentive auction of broadcast television spectrum as set forth in the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 (Spectrum Act).
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-28110 RIN WT Docket No. 10-153 Report 2964 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION, Federal Communication Commission Petition for reconsideration. Oppositions to the Petition must be file on or before December 5, 2012. Replies to an opposition must be filed on or before December 17, 2012. 47 CFR Part 101 In this document, a Petition for Reconsideration (Petition) has been filed in the Commission's rulemaking proceeding by Michael Mulcay, Chairman of Wireless Strategies, Inc., on the behalf of Wireless Strategies.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-27797 RIN ET Docket Nos. 11-90 and 10-28 Report No. 2965 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Petition for reconsideration. Oppositions to these Petitions must be filed on or before December 3, 2012. Replies to an opposition must be filed on or before December 11, 2012. 47 CFR Part 15 In this document, Petitions for Reconsideration (Petitions) have been filed in the Commission's rulemaking proceeding by Dennis Farrell, International Sales Manager of Navtech Radar Ltd., on behalf of Navtech Radar Ltd. and Bruce A. Olcott, for Squire Sanders LLP, on behalf of Honeywell International, Inc.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-27798 RIN ET Docket No. 08-59 Report No. 2966 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Petition for reconsideration. Oppositions to the Petitions must be filed on or before December 3, 2012. Replies to an opposition must be filed on or before December 11, 2012. 47 CFR Parts 2 and 95 In this document, Petitions for Reconsideration (Petitions) have been filed in the Commission's rulemaking proceeding filed by Dale Woodin, Executive Director of American Society for Healthcare Engineering of American Hospital Association, on behalf of American Society for Healthcare Engineering of the American Hospital Association, and David R. Sidall, Esq., for DS Law PLLC, on behalf of Phillips Healthcare, Ari Q. Fitzgerald, Esq., for Hogan Lovells US LLP, on behalf of GE Healthcare, and William K. Keane, Esq., for Duane Morris LLP, on behalf of AFTRCC.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-27798 RIN ET Docket No. 08-59 Report No. 2966 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Petition for reconsideration. Oppositions to the Petitions must be filed on or before December 3, 2012. Replies to an opposition must be filed on or before December 11, 2012. 47 CFR Parts 2 and 95 In this document, Petitions for Reconsideration (Petitions) have been filed in the Commission's rulemaking proceeding filed by Dale Woodin, Executive Director of American Society for Healthcare Engineering of American Hospital Association, on behalf of American Society for Healthcare Engineering of the American Hospital Association, and David R. Sidall, Esq., for DS Law PLLC, on behalf of Phillips Healthcare, Ari Q. Fitzgerald, Esq., for Hogan Lovells US LLP, on behalf of GE Healthcare, and William K. Keane, Esq., for Duane Morris LLP, on behalf of AFTRCC.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-27912 RIN PS Docket No. 06-229 PS Docket 12-94 WT Docket 06-150 DA 12-1462 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Final rule; announcement of effective date. The amendments removing 47 CFR 90.18 and 90.528, published October 15, 2012, at 77 FR 62461, are effective November 15, 2012. 47 CFR Part 90 On October 15, 2012, the Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (Bureau) of the Commission published a document announcing that a Report and Order implementing public safety broadband provisions of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012, adopted as DA 12-1462, would become effective November 14, 2012, except for the removal of certain sections. The Bureau explained that it would publish a separate document in the Federal Register announcing the subsequent effective date of the removal of these two rule provisions. In this document we announce the effective date of the removal of these two rule provisions.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-27350 RIN MB Docket No. 11-69 PP Docket No. 00-67 FCC 12-126 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Final rule. Effective December 10, 2012. 47 CFR Part 76 In this document, the Commission adopts new rules to allow cable operators to encrypt the basic service tier in all-digital systems, provided that those cable operators undertake certain consumer protection measures for a limited period of time in order to minimize any potential subscriber disruption.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-27118 RIN CG Docket No. 02-278 FCC 12-21 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Final rule; correction. Effective October 16, 2012. 47 CFR Part 64 The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is correcting a final rule that appeared in the Federal Register of October 16, 2012. The document announces the effective date of rules containing information collection requirements approved by the Office of the Management and Budget that were adopted to address unwanted telemarketing calls.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-26434 RIN IB Docket No. 12-267 FCC 12-117 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Proposed rule. Comments are due on or before December 24, 2012 and reply comments are due on or before January 22, 2013 47 CFR Part 25 In this document, the Commission initiates a comprehensive review of its rules governing licensing and operation of space stations and earth stations. The proposed amendments are designed to reflect evolving technology, eliminate unnecessary technical and information filing requirements for applicants, and reorganize and simplify existing requirements. Collectively, the changes proposed in this document will streamline our regulations, facilitating more rapid deployment of services to the public, greater investment, and new innovations in satellite services.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-27195 RIN DA 10-156 MB Docket No. 08-97 RM-11428 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Final rule. Effective November 7, 2012. 47 CFR Part 73 The Audio Division modified the FM Table of Allotments by substituting Channel 293A for vacant Channel 291A at Knox City, Texas; Channel 288C2 for vacant Channel 239C2 at Rule, Texas; Channel 255C3 for vacant Channel 293C3 at Crowell, Texas; and Channel 251C3 for vacant Channel 255C3 at Quanah, Texas. Channel 255C3 can be allotted to Crowell, Texas at reference coordinates 34-03-58 NL and 99-43-52 WL, at a site 9.2 km (5.7 miles) north of Crowell. Channel 293A can be allotted to Knox City, Texas at reference coordinates 33-25-55 NL and 99-47-43 WL, at a site 2.7 km (1.6 miles) northeast of Knox City. Channel 251C3 can be allotted at Quanah, Texas at reference coordinates 34-24-09 NL and 99-46-02 WL, at a site 11.9 km (7.4 miles) north of Quanah. Channel 288C2 can be allotted at Rule, Texas at reference coordinates 33-10-29 NL and 99-49-26 WL, at a site 6.6 km (4.1 miles) east of Rule. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION, supra.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-26456 RIN MB Docket Nos. 12-68 07-18 05-192 07-29 FCC 12-123 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Final rule. Effective November 30, 2012. 47 CFR Part 76 In this document, the Commission declines to extend the prohibition on exclusive contracts involving satellite-delivered, cable-affiliated programming beyond its October 5, 2012 expiration date. Instead of this prohibition, the Commission will address exclusive contracts involving satellite-delivered, cable-affiliated programming on a case-by-case basis in response to program access complaints. The Commission also affirms its expanded discovery procedures for program access complaints.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-26455 RIN FCC 12-123 MB Docket No. 12-68 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Proposed rule. Comments are due on or before November 30, 2012; reply comments are due on or before December 17, 2012. 47 CFR Part 76 In this document, the Commission seeks comment on the following revisions to its program access rules: the establishment of certain rebuttable presumptions in connection with program access complaints challenging exclusive contracts involving cable-affiliated programming; and amendments to its rules to ensure that buying groups utilized by small and medium-sized multichannel video programming distributors (“MVPDs”) can avail themselves of the program access rules.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-26553 RIN CG Docket Nos. 03-123 and 10-51 DA 12-1644 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Proposed rule. Comments are due on or before November 14, 2012. Reply comments are due on or before November 29, 2012. 47 CFR Part 64 In this document, the Commission seeks comment on matters related to access technology and enhanced database operations for video relay service (VRS) raised in recent filings submitted by CSDVRS, LLC, a VRS provider. In order for the Commission to be in a position to set new rates as it moves forward with the next phase of VRS reform, it also seeks comment on a proposal by the Fund administrator, Rolka Loube Saltzer Associates (RLSA), to modify VRS compensation rates.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-26421 RIN CG Docket Nos. 11-116 and 09-158 CC Docket No. 98-170 FCC 12-42 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Final rule; announcement of effective date. The amendments to 47 CFR 64.2401(a)(3) published at 77 FR 30915, May 24, 2012, is effective December 26, 2012, to 47 CFR 64.2401(f), published at 77 FR 30915, May 24, 2012, is effective November 13, 2012 with respect to disclosures at points of sale and on carriers' Web sites, and is effective December 26, 2012 with respect to disclosures on each telephone bill. 47 CFR Part 64 In this document, the Commission announces that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved, for a period of three years, the information collection associated with the Commission's document Empowering Consumers to Prevent and Detect Billing for Unauthorized Charges (“Cramming”); Consumer Information and Disclosure; Truth-in-Billing Format. This notice is consistent with the Report and Order, which stated that the Commission would publish a document in the Federal Register announcing the effective dates of those sections.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-26202 RIN MB Docket No. 12-270 RM-11676 DA 12-1555 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Proposed rule. Comments must be filed on or before November 19, 2012, and reply comments on or before December 4, 2012. 47 CFR Part 73 This document requests comments on a petition for rulemaking filed by Appalachian Broadcasting Company, Inc., proposing the allotment of Channel 265A at Maysville, Georgia, as the community's second local FM transmission service. A staff engineering analysis indicates that Channel 265A can be allotted to Maysville consistent with the minimum distance separation requirements of the Rules with a site restriction 13.4 kilometers (8.3 miles) northwest of the community. The reference coordinates are 34-20-16 NL and 83-39-52 WL.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-26201 RIN WT Docket Nos. 12-283 and 09-209, RM-11629 and RM-11625 FCC 12-121 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Proposed rule. Submit comments on or before December 24, 2012 and reply comments are due January 22, 2013. 47 CFR Part 97 In this document, the Commission proposes to amend the amateur radio service rules to grant examination credit for expired and beyond-the-grace-period-for renewal amateur radio operator licenses; to shorten the grace period during which an expired amateur license may be renewed to 180 days; to revise the time a call sign is not available to the vanity call sign system correspondingly; and to reduce to two the number of volunteer examiners needed to administer an amateur license examination. This document also asks for comment on amending the rules to permit remote test administration, and proposes to amend the amateur radio service rules to allow amateur stations to transmit certain additional emission types.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-25941 RIN MB Docket No. 12-177 RM-11665 DA 12-1554 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Final rule. Effective November 12, 2012. 47 CFR Part 73 The Audio Division, at the request of Sound Enterprises, substitutes Channel 275A for vacant Channel 271A at Randsburg, California to accommodate the hybrid contingent application for Station KSSI (FM), requesting to upgrade the facilities of the FM station from Channel 274A to Channel 271B1 at China Lake, California. A staff engineering analysis determines that Channel 275A can be allotted to Randsburg consistent with the minimum distance separation requirements of the Rules with a site restriction 0.04 kilometers (0.03 miles) southeast of the community. The reference coordinates for Channel 275A at Randsburg are 35-22-06 NL and 117-39-25 WL.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-25939 RIN MB Docket No. 12-271 RM-11678 DA 12-1556 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Proposed rule. Comments must be filed on or before November 19, 2012, and reply comments on or before December 4, 2012. 47 CFR Part 73 This document requests comments on a petition for rulemaking filed by Alatron Corporation, Inc., proposing the allotment of Channel 228A at Pike Road, Alabama, as the community's second local service. A staff engineering analysis indicates that Channel 228A can be allotted to Pike Road consistent with the minimum distance separation requirements of the Rules with a site restriction 4.8 kilometers (3.0 miles) south of the community. The reference coordinates are 32-14-29 NL and 86-06-40 WL.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-25825 RIN WT Docket Nos. 08-166, 08-167, ET Docket No. 10-24 DA 12-1570 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Proposed rule; comments requested. Interested parties may file comments on or before November 21, 2012, and reply comments on or before December 12, 2012. 47 CFR Parts 15, 74, and 90 In this document, the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau and the Office of Engineering and Technology invite interested parties to update and refresh the record pertaining to two specific issues raised in the Commission's 2010 Wireless Microphones further notice of proposed rulemaking.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-25825 RIN WT Docket Nos. 08-166, 08-167, ET Docket No. 10-24 DA 12-1570 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Proposed rule; comments requested. Interested parties may file comments on or before November 21, 2012, and reply comments on or before December 12, 2012. 47 CFR Parts 15, 74, and 90 In this document, the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau and the Office of Engineering and Technology invite interested parties to update and refresh the record pertaining to two specific issues raised in the Commission's 2010 Wireless Microphones further notice of proposed rulemaking.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-25825 RIN WT Docket Nos. 08-166, 08-167, ET Docket No. 10-24 DA 12-1570 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Proposed rule; comments requested. Interested parties may file comments on or before November 21, 2012, and reply comments on or before December 12, 2012. 47 CFR Parts 15, 74, and 90 In this document, the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau and the Office of Engineering and Technology invite interested parties to update and refresh the record pertaining to two specific issues raised in the Commission's 2010 Wireless Microphones further notice of proposed rulemaking.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-25201 RIN PS Docket No. 11-82 FCC 12-22 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Final rule; announcement of effective date. The amendments to 47 CFR 4.3, 4.7, and 4.9 published at 77 FR 25088, April 27, 2012, are effective December 16, 2012. 47 CFR Part 4 In this document, the Commission announces that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved, for a period that expires on September 30, 2015, the information collection associated with the Commission's rules in the Extension of the Commission's Rules Regarding Outage Reporting to Interconnected Voice Over Internet Protocol Service Providers and Broadband Internet Service Providers Report and Order ( Order ). This notice is consistent with the Order, which stated that the Commission would publish a document in the Federal Register announcing the effective date of those rules.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-25316 RIN CG Docket No. 02-278 FCC 12-21 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Final rule; announcement of effective date. The amendments to 47 CFR 64.1200(a)(2) and (3) published at 77 FR 34233, June 11, 2012, are effective October 16, 2013, 47 CFR 64.1200(a)(7) published at 77 FR 34233, June 11, 2012, is effective November 15, 2012, and 47 CFR 64.1200(b)(3), published at 77 FR 34233, June 11, 2012, is effective January 14, 2013. 47 CFR Part 64 In this document, the Commission announces that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved, for a period of three years, the information collection associated with the Commission's document Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 (Report and Order). This notice is consistent with the Report and Order, which stated that the Commission would publish a document in the Federal Register announcing the effective date of those amendments.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-25235 RIN PS Docket No. 06-229 PS Docket 12-94 WT Docket 06-150 DA 12-1462 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Final rule. Effective November 14, 2012, except for the removal of §§ 90.18 and 90.528 of the Commission's rules. The Commission will publish a separate document in the Federal Register announcing the subsequent effective date of these removals. 47 CFR Parts 0, 27, and 90 In this document, the Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (Bureau) of the Commission implemented certain provisions of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 (Public Safety Spectrum Act) governing deployment of a nationwide public safety broadband network in the 700 MHz band. Pursuant to clear statutory directives, the Bureau reallocated the D Block (758-763/788-793 MHz) for “public safety services” and delete Commission rules that are plainly inconsistent with this revised allocation; deleted the rules establishing, providing license authority with respect to, and governing operations under the Public Safety Broadband License in the existing public safety broadband spectrum; and adopted rules implementing the clear mandate of the Public Safety Spectrum Act to grant a license with respect to the public safety broadband spectrum (763-768/793-798 MHz), guard band (768-769/798-799 MHz), and the D Block to the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet). By eliminating any confusion or uncertainty about the new regulatory framework applicable to the public safety broadband network, these action takes further steps necessary to facilitate the transition of this spectrum to FirstNet as required by the Act.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-25235 RIN PS Docket No. 06-229 PS Docket 12-94 WT Docket 06-150 DA 12-1462 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Final rule. Effective November 14, 2012, except for the removal of §§ 90.18 and 90.528 of the Commission's rules. The Commission will publish a separate document in the Federal Register announcing the subsequent effective date of these removals. 47 CFR Parts 0, 27, and 90 In this document, the Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (Bureau) of the Commission implemented certain provisions of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 (Public Safety Spectrum Act) governing deployment of a nationwide public safety broadband network in the 700 MHz band. Pursuant to clear statutory directives, the Bureau reallocated the D Block (758-763/788-793 MHz) for “public safety services” and delete Commission rules that are plainly inconsistent with this revised allocation; deleted the rules establishing, providing license authority with respect to, and governing operations under the Public Safety Broadband License in the existing public safety broadband spectrum; and adopted rules implementing the clear mandate of the Public Safety Spectrum Act to grant a license with respect to the public safety broadband spectrum (763-768/793-798 MHz), guard band (768-769/798-799 MHz), and the D Block to the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet). By eliminating any confusion or uncertainty about the new regulatory framework applicable to the public safety broadband network, these action takes further steps necessary to facilitate the transition of this spectrum to FirstNet as required by the Act.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-25235 RIN PS Docket No. 06-229 PS Docket 12-94 WT Docket 06-150 DA 12-1462 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Final rule. Effective November 14, 2012, except for the removal of §§ 90.18 and 90.528 of the Commission's rules. The Commission will publish a separate document in the Federal Register announcing the subsequent effective date of these removals. 47 CFR Parts 0, 27, and 90 In this document, the Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (Bureau) of the Commission implemented certain provisions of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 (Public Safety Spectrum Act) governing deployment of a nationwide public safety broadband network in the 700 MHz band. Pursuant to clear statutory directives, the Bureau reallocated the D Block (758-763/788-793 MHz) for “public safety services” and delete Commission rules that are plainly inconsistent with this revised allocation; deleted the rules establishing, providing license authority with respect to, and governing operations under the Public Safety Broadband License in the existing public safety broadband spectrum; and adopted rules implementing the clear mandate of the Public Safety Spectrum Act to grant a license with respect to the public safety broadband spectrum (763-768/793-798 MHz), guard band (768-769/798-799 MHz), and the D Block to the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet). By eliminating any confusion or uncertainty about the new regulatory framework applicable to the public safety broadband network, these action takes further steps necessary to facilitate the transition of this spectrum to FirstNet as required by the Act.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-25196 RIN WP Docket No. 07-100 PS Docket No. 06-229 WT Docket No. 06-150 DA 12-1540 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Proposed rule; reopening of comment and reply comment periods. The comment and reply dates for the proposed rule published at 77 FR 45558 (August 1, 2012), are reopened. Submit comments on or before November 1, 2012. Submit reply comments on or before November 30, 2012. 47 CFR Parts 2 and 90 The Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau on its own motion extends by one month the comment and reply deadlines to the Fifth Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking of dockets WP Docket No. 07-100, PS Docket No. 06-229, WT Docket No. 06-150. The Bureau takes this action to allow the First Responder Network Authority, a newly formed independent authority within the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, sufficient time to file comments.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-25196 RIN WP Docket No. 07-100 PS Docket No. 06-229 WT Docket No. 06-150 DA 12-1540 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Proposed rule; reopening of comment and reply comment periods. The comment and reply dates for the proposed rule published at 77 FR 45558 (August 1, 2012), are reopened. Submit comments on or before November 1, 2012. Submit reply comments on or before November 30, 2012. 47 CFR Parts 2 and 90 The Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau on its own motion extends by one month the comment and reply deadlines to the Fifth Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking of dockets WP Docket No. 07-100, PS Docket No. 06-229, WT Docket No. 06-150. The Bureau takes this action to allow the First Responder Network Authority, a newly formed independent authority within the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, sufficient time to file comments.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-25198 RIN MB Docket No. 12-261 RM-11677 DA 12-1506 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Proposed rule. The deadline for filing comments is November 12, 2012. Reply comments must be filed on or before November 26, 2012. 47 CFR Part 73 This document sets forth a proposal to amend the FM Table of Allotments. The Commission requests comment on a petition filed by Navajo Technical College, proposing to amend the Table of Allotments by allotting Channel 297A at Crownpoint, New Mexico, as a Tribal Allotment. Channel 297A would constitute a first local service at Crownpoint. Channel 297A can be allotted at Crownpoint, New Mexico, in compliance with the Commission's minimum distance separation requirements with a site restriction of 0.9 km (0.58 miles) northeast of Crownpoint, at 35-41-07 North Latitude and 108-08-43 West Longitude. See Supplementary Information infra.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-24792 RIN WT Docket No. 11-69 and ET Docket 09-234 FCC 12-114 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Final rule. Effective November 9, 2012. 47 CFR Part 90 In this document, the Commission modifies its rules to permit the certification and use of Terrestrial Trunked Radio (TETRA) equipment. These amendments are necessary in order to permit implementation of TETRA technology in the United States.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-24790 RIN WT Docket No. 12-269 FCC 12-119 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Proposed rule. Interested parties may file comments on or before November 23, 2012, and reply comments on or before December 24, 2012. 47 CFR Part 20 In this document, the Commission seeks comment on whether to retain or modify the current case-by-case analysis used to evaluate mobile spectrum holdings in the context of transactions and auctions, as well as whether to adopt bright-line limits advocated by some providers and public interest groups. In addition, the Commission seeks comment on updating the spectrum bands that should be included in any evaluation of mobile spectrum holdings and whether to make distinctions between different bands. Further, the Commission seeks comment on the appropriate product and geographic markets and other implementation issues such as attribution rules, remedies, and possible transition issues.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-24641 RIN MB Docket No. 12-217 FCC 12-86 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Proposed rule. Comments are due on or before December 10, 2012; reply comments are due on or before January 7, 2013. Written PRA comments on the proposed information collection requirements contained herein must be submitted by the public, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), and other interested parties on or before December 10, 2012. 47 CFR Part 76 In this document, the Federal Communications Commission proposes to update technical and operational rules related to cable television systems and other multichannel video programming distributors that operate coaxial cable systems. The Commission seeks comments on rules that would update its minimum signal quality standards and signal leakage detection and monitoring for digital transmission. Additionally, the Commission proposes numerous corrections and updates to its to its cable television technical rules.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-24643 RIN CG Docket No. 12-39 DA 12-1545 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Final rule; termination of proceedings. Effective October 5, 2012. 47 CFR Part 0 In this document, the Commission, via the Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau (CGB) terminates, as dormant, certain docketed Commission proceedings. Termination of these inactive proceedings furthers the Commission's organizational goals of increasing the efficiency of its decision-making, modernizing the agency's processes in the digital age, and enhancing the openness and transparency of Commission proceedings for practitioners and the public.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-24546 RIN CG Docket No. 10-51 FCC 11-54 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Correcting amendments. Effective October 4, 2012. 47 CFR Part 64 This document contains a correction to the final regulations of the Commission's rules, which were published in the Federal Register on Monday, May 2, 2011, 76 FR 24393. The final regulations address fraud, waste, and abuse in the Video Relay Service (VRS) industry.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-24514 RIN MD Docket No. 12-201 FCC 12-77 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Notice of proposed rulemaking; extension of reply comment date. The comment period is reopened and the reply comment period is extended for the proposed rule published August 17, 2012, at 7 FR 49749. Interested parties may submit comments in response to the GAO Regulatory Fees Reform Report on or before October 9, 2012, and reply comments in response to both the GAO Regulatory Fees Reform Report and Regulatory Fees Reform Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on or before October 23, 2012. 47 CFR Part 1 In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission), via the Office of Managing Director, seeks comment on a report released by the Government Accountability Office Report on September 12, 2012, entitled, Federal Communications Commission, Regulatory Fee Process Needs To Be Updated. In addition, this document extends the reply comment date in response to the Commission's Notice of Proposed Rulemaking seeking comment on proposals to reform the Commission's policies and procedures for assessing and collecting regulatory fees.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-24406 RIN CG Docket No. 02-278 Report No. 2962 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Petition for reconsideration. Oppositions to the Petitions must be filed on or before October 18, 2012. Replies to an opposition must be filed on or before October 29, 2012. 47 CFR Part 64 In this document, Petitions for Reconsideration (Petitions) have been filed in the Commission's Rulemaking proceeding by Kourtney Keough, President/CEO of Marketlink, Inc., on behalf of Marketlink, Inc., Michele A. Shuster, Esq. and Nicholas Whisler, Esq. for Mac Murray, Petersen & Shuster LLP, on behalf of Professional Association for Customer Engagement, and Anthony S. Mendoza, Esq. on behalf of SatCom Marketing, LLC.