39228 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 150 / Thursday, August 6, 2009 / Rules and Regulations 

§ 1.55 Public notice of petitions for 

forbearance. 

(a) Filing a petition for forbearance 

initiates the statutory time limit for 

consideration of the petition. 

(b) The Commission will issue a 

public notice when it receives a 

properly filed petition for forbearance. 

The notice will include: 

(1) A statement of the nature of the 

petition for forbearance. 

(2) The scope of the forbearance 

sought and a description of the subjects 

and issues involved. 

(3) The docket number assigned to the 

proceeding. 

(4) A statement of the time for filing 

oppositions or comments and replies 

thereto. 

§ 1.56 Motions for summary denial of 

petitions for forbearance. 

(a) Opponents of a petition for 

forbearance may submit a motion for 

summary denial if it can be shown that 

the petition for forbearance, viewed in 

the light most favorable to the 

petitioner, cannot meet the statutory 

criteria for forbearance. 

(b) A motion for summary denial may 

not be filed later than the due date for 

comments and oppositions announced 

in the public notice. 

(c) Oppositions to motions for 

summary denial may not be filed later 

than the due date for reply comments 

announced in the public notice. 

(d) No reply may be filed to an 

opposition to a motion for summary 

denial. 

§ 1.57 Circulation and voting of petitions 

for forbearance. 

(a) If a petition for forbearance 

includes novel questions of fact, law or 

policy which cannot be resolved under 

outstanding precedents and decisions, 

the Chairman will circulate a draft order 

no later than 28 days prior to the 

statutory deadline, unless all 

Commissioners agree to a shorter 

period. 

(b) The Commission will vote on any 

circulated order resolving a forbearance 

petition not later than seven days before 

the last day that action must be taken to 

prevent the petition from being deemed 

granted by operation of law. 

§ 1.58 Forbearance petition quiet period 

prohibition. 

The prohibition in § 1.1203(a) on 

contacts with decisionmakers 

concerning matters listed in the 

Sunshine Agenda shall also apply to a 

petition for forbearance for a period of 

14 days prior to the statutory deadline 

under 47 U.S.C. 160(c) or as announced 

by the Commission. 

§ 1.59 Withdrawal or narrowing of 

petitions for forbearance. 

(a) A petitioner may withdraw or 

narrow a petition for forbearance 

without approval of the Commission by 

filing a notice of full or partial 

withdrawal at any time prior to the end 

of the tenth business day after the due 

date for reply comments announced in 

the public notice. 

(b) Except as provided in paragraph 

(a) of this section, a petition for 

forbearance may be withdrawn, or 

narrowed so significantly as to amount 

to a withdrawal of a large portion of the 

forbearance relief originally requested 

by the petitioner, only with approval of 

the Commission. 

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

47 CFR Part 73 

[DA 09–1533; MB Docket No. 09–70; RM– 

11534] 

Television Broadcasting Services; 

Amarillo, TX 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Commission grants a 

petition for rulemaking filed by 

Amarillo Junior College District, the 

licensee of noncommercial educational 

station KACV–DT, DTV channel *8, 

Amarillo, Texas requesting the 

substitution of DTV channel *9 for DTV 

channel *8 at Amarillo. 

DATES: This rule is effective August 6, 

2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Adrienne Y. Denysyk, Media Bureau, 

(202) 418–1600. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a 

synopsis of the Commission’s Report 

and Order, MB Docket No. 09–70, 

adopted July 13, 2009, and released July 

14, 2009. The full text of this document 

is available for public inspection and 

copying during normal business hours 

in the FCC’s Reference Information 

Center at Portals II, CY–A257, 445 12th 

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554. 

This document will also be available via 

ECFS (http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/ecfs/). 

(Documents will be available 

electronically in ASCII, Word 97, and/ 

or Adobe Acrobat.) This document may 

be purchased from the Commission’s 

duplicating contractor, Best Copy and 

Printing, Inc., 445 12th Street, SW., 

Room CY–B402, Washington, DC 20554, 

telephone 1–800–478–3160 or via e-mail 

http://www.BCPIWEB.com. To request 

this document in accessible formats 

(computer diskettes, large print, audio 

recording, and Braille), send an e-mail 

to fcc504@fcc.gov or call the 

Commission’s Consumer and 

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 

information collection burden ‘‘for 

small business concerns with fewer than 

25 employees,’’ pursuant to the Small 

Business Paperwork Relief Act of 2002, 

Public Law 107–198, see 44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(4). Provisions of the Regulatory 

Flexibility Act of 1980 do not apply to 

this proceeding. 

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, Television broadcasting. 

■ For the reasons discussed in the 

preamble, the Federal Communications 

Commission amends 47 CFR Part 73 as 

follows: 

PART 73—RADIO BROADCAST 

SERVICES 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 73 

continues to read as follows: 

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

§ 73.622 [Amended] 

■ 2. Section 73.622(i), the PostTransition Table of DTV Allotments 

under Texas, is amended by adding 

DTV channel *9 and removing DTV 

channel *8 at Amarillo. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Clay C. Pendarvis, 

Associate Chief, Video Division, Media 

Bureau. 

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