5644 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 19 / Friday, January 30, 2009 / Notices 

1See Amendment of Parts 73 and 74 of the 

Commission’s Rules to Establish Rules for 

Replacement Digital Low Power Television 

Translator Stations, MB Docket No. 08-253, Notice 

of Proposed Rulemaking, FCC 08-278 (rel., Dec. 23, 

2008). 

2 ‘‘Media Bureau Announces Application and 

STA Filing Procedures for New Digital Television 

Translators,’’ Public Notice, Federal 

Communications Commission, DA 08-2818 (rel., 

Dec. 30, 2008), available at http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/ 

edocslpublic/attachmatch/DA-08-2818A1.pdf. 

3Announcement of Federal Funding 

Opportunity, National Telecommunications and 

Information Administration, FY 2009, U.S. 

Department of Commerce (Oct. 20, 2008), available 

at http://www.ntia.doc.gov/otiahome/ptfp/ 

attachments/FFOlNoticel09.html. 

4 ‘‘Public Telecommunications Facilities Program: 

Closing Date,’’ 73 Fed. Reg. 74,709 (NTIA Dec. 9, 

2008)(notice of amended closing date), available at 

http://www.ntia.doc.gov/otiahome/ptfp/pdfForms/ 

NOA-PTFP-AMEND-FY09.pdf. 

5 Digital Television Distributed Transmission 

System Technologies, Report and Order, MB Docket 

No. 05-312, 2008 FCC LEXIS 7698, FCC 08-256 (rel., 

Nov. 7, 2008) (DTS Report and Order). 

6 ‘‘Public Telecommunications Facilities Program: 

Closing Date,’’ 73 Fed. Reg. 62,258 (NTIA Oct. 20, 

2008)(notice), available at http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ 

otiahome/ptfp/pdfForms/PTFPlClosingDtelFY09.pdf. 

must be received prior to 5 p.m. Eastern 

Daylight Time (Closing Time), Monday, 

May 18, 2009 (Closing Date). 

Applications submitted by facsimile 

will not be accepted. If an application 

is received after the Closing Date due to 

(1) carrier error, when the carrier 

accepted the package with a guarantee 

for delivery by the Closing Date and 

Closing Time, (2) significant weather 

delays or natural disasters, or (3) delays 

due to national security issues, NTIA 

will, upon receipt of proper 

documentation, consider the application 

as having been received by the deadline. 

NTIA will not accept applications postmarked on May 18, 2009 or later and 

received after this deadline. 

ADDRESSES: To obtain a printed 

application package, submit completed 

applications, or send any other 

correspondence, write to PTFP at the 

following address (please note the new 

room number): NTIA/PTFP, Room H– 

4812, U.S. Department of Commerce, 

1401 Constitution Avenue, N.W., 

Washington, DC 20230. Application 

materials may be obtained electronically 

via the Internet at http:// 

www.ntia.doc.gov/ptfp or http:// 

www.grants.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

William Cooperman, Director, 

Broadcasting Division, telephone: (202) 

482–5802; fax: (202) 482–2156. 

Information about the PTFP can also be 

obtained electronically via the Internet 

at http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ptfp. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NTIA 

publishes this notice to announce that it 

is extending the solicitation period for 

applications for the Public 

Telecommunications Facilities Program 

(PTFP) replacement digital television 

translator projects. NTIA will accept 

applications for such projects until 

Monday, May 18, 2009. Any 

applications received between 

December 18, 2008 and May 18, 2009 

will be considered timely and will be 

given full consideration. 

On December 23, 2008, the FCC 

issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 

for the creation of a new ‘‘replacement’’ 

digital television translator service to 

permit full-service television stations to 

continue to provide service to viewers 

within their coverage area who have lost 

service as a result of those stations’ 

digital transition.1 On December 30, 

2008, the FCC announced that it would 

begin accepting applications for 

replacement digital television facilities 

on January 5, 2009. The FCC further 

announced that stations could apply for 

Special Temporary Authority to 

immediately operate replacement digital 

television translator facilities during the 

pendency of the rulemaking 

proceedings.2

Consistent with PTFP’s purposes, 

NTIA is extending the solicitation 

period for applications for replacement 

digital television translators until May 

18, 2009 so stations may apply for the 

financial assistance necessary to build 

facilities as permitted by these new FCC 

policies. Such applications will be 

placed in Subpriority A. While 

applicants may file requests for FCC 

authorizations with the FCC after the 

expiration of NTIA’s closing date for 

applications for replacement digital 

television translator projects, applicants 

are reminded that no grant will be 

awarded until confirmation has been 

received from the FCC that any 

necessary authorization will be issued. 

As noted in the Federal Funding 

Opportunity Notice of October 20, 2008, 

‘‘[t]ransmission equipment required by 

public television stations to complete 

their digital broadcast facilities will be 

considered in Broadcast Other, 

Subpriority A’’ and that facilities 

‘‘should replicate the station’s 

comparable analog Grade B coverage.’’3

The new closing date of May 18, 2009 

is consistent with the closing date for 

certain digital television Distributed 

Transmission System (DTS) projects for 

the FY 2009 PTFP grant round, which 

was announced on December 9, 2008.4

DTS projects were authorized by the 

Federal Communications Commission 

(FCC) on November 3, 2008.5

Applications for replacement digital 

television translator projects will utilize 

the same forms, and undergo the same 

review and evaluation process 

contained in the PTFP Closing Date 

Notice of October 20, 2008.6

Dated: January 26, 2009. 

Dr. Bernadette McGuire-Rivera, 

Associate Administrator, Office of 

Telecommunications and Information 

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TIME AND DATE: 11 a.m., Friday, February 

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PLACE: 1155 21st St., NW., Washington, 

DC, 9th Floor Commission Conference 

Room. 

STATUS: Closed. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: Surveillance 

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CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

Sauntia S. Warfield, 202–418–5084. 

Sauntia S. Warfield, 

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TIME AND DATE: 11 a.m., Friday, February 

6, 2009. 

PLACE: 1155 21st St., NW., Washington, 

DC, 9th Floor Commission Conference 

Room. 

STATUS: Closed. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: Surveillance 

matters. 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

Sauntia S. Warfield, 202–418–5084. 

Sauntia S. Warfield, 

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