84266 Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 248 / Monday, December 28, 2020 / Rules and Regulations 

§ 63.60 Definitions. 

* * * * * 

(i) The term ‘‘technology transition’’ 

means any change in service that would 

result in the replacement of a wireline 

TDM-based voice service with a service 

using a different technology or medium 

for transmission to the end user, 

whether internet Protocol (IP), wireless, 

or another type; except that retirement 

of copper, as defined in § 51.325(a)(3) of 

this chapter, that does not result in a 

discontinuance, reduction, or 

impairment of service requiring 

Commission authorization pursuant to 

this part shall not constitute a 

‘‘technology transition’’ for purposes of 

this part. 

■ 3. Amend § 63.602 by revising 

paragraph (a)(2) to read as follows: 

§ 63.602 Additional contents of 

applications to discontinue, reduce, or 

impair an existing retail service as part of 

a technology transition. 

(a) * * * 

(2) A statement identifying the 

application as involving a technology 

transition, as defined in § 63.60(i); 

* * * * * 

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

47 CFR Part 73 

[MB Docket No. 20–334; RM–11864; DA 20– 

1435; FRS 17288] 

Television Broadcasting Services; 

Portland, Oregon 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Media Bureau, Video 

Division (Bureau) has before it a Notice 

of Proposed Rulemaking issued in 

response to a petition for rulemaking 

filed by Sander Operating Co. III LLC 

(Sander), licensee of KGW, channel 8, 

Portland, Oregon, requesting the 

substitution of channel 26 for channel 8 

at Portland in the DTV Table of 

Allotments. The Bureau had instituted a 

freeze on the acceptance of rulemaking 

petitions by full power television 

stations requesting channel 

substitutions in May 2011 and waived 

the freeze to consider Sander’s proposal 

to substitute channel 26 at Portland. 

TEGNA, Inc., filed comments in support 

of the petition reaffirming its 

commitment to applying for channel 26. 

The Bureau believes the public interest 

would be served by the substitution and 

will permit the station to better serve its 

viewers, who have experienced 

reception problems with VHF channel 

8. 

DATES: Effective December 28, 2020. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Joyce Bernstein, Media Bureau, at 

Joyce.Bernstein@fcc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a 

synopsis of the Commission’s Report 

and Order, MB Docket No. 20–334; RM– 

11864; DA 20–1435, adopted and 

released on December 2, 2020. The full 

text of this document is available for 

download at https://www.fcc.gov/edocs. 

To request materials in accessible 

formats for people with disabilities 

(braille, large print, electronic files, 

audio format), send an email to fcc504@

fcc.gov or call the Consumer & 

Governmental Affairs Bureau at 202– 

418–0530 (voice), 202–418–0432 (tty). 

This document does not contain 

information collection requirements 

subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act 

of 1995, Public Law. 104–13. In 

addition, therefore, it does not contain 

any proposed information collection 

burden ‘‘for small business concerns 

with fewer than 25 employees,’’ 

pursuant to the Small Business 

Paperwork Relief Act of 2002, Public 

Law 107–198, see 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(4). 

Provisions of the Regulatory Flexibility 

Act of 1980, 5 U.S.C. 601–612, do not 

apply to this proceeding. 

The Commission will send a copy of 

this Report and Order in a report to be 

sent to Congress and the Government 

Accountability Office pursuant to the 

Congressional review Act, see 5 U.S.C. 

801(a)(1)(A). 

List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 73 

Television. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Thomas Horan, 

Chief of Staff, Media Bureau. 

Final Rules 

For the reasons discussed in the 

preamble, the Federal Communications 

Commission amends 47 CFR part 73 as 

follows: 

PART 73—RADIO BROADCAST 

SERVICE 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 73 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154, 303, 334, 336, 

and 339. 

§ 73.622 [Amended] 

■ 2. Section 73.622 is amended in 

paragraph (i), in the Post-Transition 

Table of DTV Allotments under Oregon, 

by removing channel 8 and adding 

channel 26 in numerical order at 

Portland. 

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

48 CFR Part 825 

RIN 2900–AQ79 

VA Acquisition Regulation: Foreign 

Acquisition 

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Veterans 

Affairs (VA) is amending and updating 

its VA Acquisition Regulation (VAAR) 

in phased increments to revise or 

remove any policy superseded by 

changes in the Federal Acquisition 

Regulation (FAR), to remove any 

procedural guidance internal to VA into 

the VA Acquisition Manual (VAAM), 

and to incorporate any new agency 

specific regulations or policies. These 

changes seek to streamline and align the 

VAAR with the FAR and remove 

outdated and duplicative requirements 

and reduce burden on contractors. The 

VAAM incorporates portions of the 

removed VAAR as well as other internal 

agency acquisition policy. VA will 

rewrite certain parts of the VAAR and 

VAAM, and as VAAR parts are 

rewritten, will publish them in the 

Federal Register. In particular, this 

rulemaking removes VAAR coverage 

concerning Foreign Acquisition. 

DATES: This rule is effective on January 

27, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Bogdan Vaga, Senior Procurement 

Analyst, Procurement Policy and 

Warrant Management Services, 003A2A, 

425 I Street NW, Washington, DC 20001, 

(202) 894–0686. (This is not a toll-free 

number.) 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 9, 

2020, VA published a proposed rule in 

the Federal Register (85 FR 35238) 

which announced VA’s intent to amend 

regulations for VAAR Case RIN 2900– 

AQ79—VA Acquisition Regulation: 

Foreign Acquisition. VA provided a 60- 

day comment period for the public to 

respond to the proposed rule and 

submit comments. The comment period 

for the proposed rule ended on August 

10, 2020 and VA received comments 

from seven respondents. This rule 

adopts as a final rule the proposed rule 

published in the Federal Register on 

June 9, 2020, with the exception of 

minor formatting edits. 


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