47896 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 180 / Friday, September 18, 2009 / Rules and Regulations 

Discussion 

7. The Bureau finds good cause to 

extend the June 30, 2009 registration 

deadline established in the Second 

Internet-based TRS Order and, 

therefore, the Bureau extends until 

November 12, 2009, the date after which 

VRS and IP Relay providers must stop 

completing non-emergency calls for 

unregistered users. The Bureau 

concludes that extending the deadline 

will ensure a more orderly transition to 

ten-digit numbering for users of 

Internet-based TRS. In particular, the 

Bureau is concerned that, despite the 

outreach and consumer education 

efforts already undertaken by the 

Commission and the Internet-based TRS 

providers, many users may remain 

uncertain about how the ten-digit 

numbering and E911 requirements will 

affect their use of Internet-based TRS 

and their rights and responsibilities 

under the new rules. See, e.g., Joint 

Petition at 6–9 (discussing several areas 

of customer confusion concerning the 

use of toll-free numbers, equipment and 

number porting, and misconceptions 

about the use of a single number for 

multiple services). 

8. In addition, the Bureau has 

received recent data from some 

providers indicating that a majority of 

calls presently handled are not being 

made via a new ten-digit number. See, 

e.g., CSDVRS Ex parte letter, CG Docket 

No. 03–123 (June 11, 2009); Hamilton 

Relay, Inc. Ex parte letter, CG Docket 

No. 03–123, WC Docket No. 05–196 

(June 11, 2009). Extending the end of 

the permissive calling period until 

November 12, 2009 will enable the 

Commission, as well as the providers, to 

conduct additional outreach and 

education addressing particular 

consumer concerns associated with the 

transition to ten-digit numbering for 

Internet-based TRS. And to the extent 

that there are technical concerns, as 

petitioners suggest, this additional time 

will allow them to be addressed. 

9. The Bureau is not, however, 

persuaded that it should extend the June 

30th deadline indefinitely, as 

petitioners request. As Sorenson notes 

in its ex parte filing, registering users for 

ten-digit numbers ‘‘is critical for public 

safety.’’ Sorenson Letter (May 12, 2009) 

at 4. In the Second Internet-Based TRS 

Order, the Commission found that 

‘‘mandatory registration is critical to the 

effective handling of 911 calls.’’ An 

indefinite delay in implementation 

would come at the expense of enhanced 

emergency services for Internet-based 

TRS users. The Bureau believes that the 

extension granted here reasonably 

balances the concerns raised in the Joint 

Petition against the public safety 

implications of further delay. 

Ordering Clauses 

Pursuant to the authority contained in 

sections 4(i) and 225 of the 

Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended, 47 U.S.C. 154(i), 225, and 

§§ 0.141, 0.361, and 1.3 of the 

Commission’s rules, 47 CFR 0.141, 

0.361, 1.3, document DA 09–1323 is 

adopted. 

The June 30, 2009 Internet-based TRS 

registration deadline is extended until 

November 12, 2009. The Petition to 

Extend Relay Registration Deadline, 

filed by AT&T, Inc., CAC, CSDVRS, 

LLC, Hamilton Relay, Inc., Purple 

Communications, Inc., Snap 

Telecommunications, Inc., Sprint Nextel 

Corporation, and Viable, Inc. on April 

29, 2009 is granted, in part, and denied, 

in part, to the extent described herein. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Mark Stone, 

Deputy Chief, Consumer and Governmental 

Affairs Bureau. 

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

47 CFR Part 73 

[DA 08–1840; MB Docket No. 08–227; RM– 

11493] 

Radio Broadcasting Services; 

Batesville, Texas 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Audio Division grants a 

Petition for Rule Making issued at the 

request of Katherine Pyeatt, proposing 

the allotment of Channel 250A at 

Batesville, Texas, as its first local 

service. Channel 250A at Batesville can 

be allotted, consistent with the 

minimum distance separation 

requirements of the Commission’s Rules 

with the imposition of a site restriction 

located 11.4 kilometers (7.1 miles) east 

of the community at reference 

coordinates 28–58–27 NL and 99–30–12 

WL. 

DATES: Effective October 5, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Secretary, Federal 

Communications Commission, 445 12th 

Street, SW, Washington, DC 20554. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Rolanda F. Smith, Media Bureau, (202) 

418–2180. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a 

summary of the Commission’s Report 

and Order, MB Docket No. 08–227, 

adopted August 19, 2009, and released 

August 21, 2009. The Notice of 

Proposed Rule Making proposed the 

allotment of Channel 250A at Batesville, 

Texas. See 73 FR 76577, published 

December 17, 2008. The full text of this 

Commission document is available for 

inspection and copying during normal 

business hours in the Commission’s 

Reference Information Center (Room 

CY–A257), 445 12th Street, SW., 

Washington, DC. 20554. The complete 

text of this decision may also be 

purchased from the Commission’s 

duplicating contractor, Best Copy and 

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

Room CY–B402, Washington, DC 20554, 

telephone 800–378–3160 or via the 

company’s website, <http:// 

www.bcpiweb.com>. This document 

does not contain proposed information 

collection requirements subject to the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13. In addition, 

therefore, it does not contain any 

proposed information collection burden 

’’for small business concerns with fewer 

than 25 employees,’’ pursuant to the 

Small Business Paperwork Relief Act of 

2002, Public Law 107–198, see 44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(4). 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 

Radio, Radio broadcasting. 

■ As stated 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. 

§ 73.202 [Amended] 

■ 2. Section 73.202(b), the Table of FM 

Allotments under Texas, is amended by 

adding 

Batesville, Channel 250A. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

John A. Karousos, 

Assistant Chief. 

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