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national origin, or income with respect 

to the development, implementation, 

and enforcement of environmental laws, 

regulations, and policies.’’ EPA further 

defines the term fair treatment to mean 

that ‘‘no group of people should bear a 

disproportionate burden of 

environmental harms and risks, 

including those resulting from the 

negative environmental consequences of 

industrial, governmental, and 

commercial operations or programs and 

policies.’’ 

Indiana did not evaluate EJ 

considerations as part of its SIP 

submittal; the CAA and applicable 

implementing regulations neither 

prohibit nor require such an evaluation. 

EPA did not perform an EJ analysis and 

did not consider EJ in this action. Due 

to the nature of the action being taken 

here, this action is expected to have a 

neutral to positive impact on the air 

quality of the affected area. 

Consideration of EJ is not required as 

part of this action, and there is no 

information in the record inconsistent 

with the stated goal of E.O. 12898 of 

achieving environmental justice for 

people of color, low-income 

populations, and Indigenous peoples. 

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52 

Environmental protection, Air 

pollution control, Incorporation by 

reference, Intergovernmental relations, 

Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements, Volatile organic 

compounds. 

Dated: August 24, 2023. 

Debra Shore, 

Regional Administrator, Region 5. 

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47 CFR Part 73 

[MB Docket No. 23–286; RM–11960; DA 23– 

749; FR ID 166837] 

Television Broadcasting Services 

Winnemucca, Nevada 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: The Commission has before it 

a petition for rulemaking filed by Gray 

Television Licensee, LLC (Petitioner), 

the permittee of unbuilt station 

KWNV(DT), channel 7, Winnemucca, 

Nevada. The Petitioner requests the 

substitution of channel 16 for channel 7 

at Winnemucca in the Table of 

Allotments. 

DATES: Comments must be filed on or 

before September 29, 2023 and reply 

comments on or before October 16, 

2023. 

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications 

Commission, Office of the Secretary, 45 

L Street NE, Washington, DC 20554. In 

addition to filing comments with the 

FCC, interested parties should serve 

counsel for the Petitioner as follows: 

Joan Stewart, Esq., Wiley Rein LLP, 

2050 M Street NW, Washington, DC 

20036. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Joyce Bernstein, Media Bureau, at (202) 

418–1647; or Joyce Bernstein, Media 

Bureau, at Joyce.Bernstein@fcc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

support, the Petitioner states its 

proposed channel substitution would 

serve the public interest by allowing 

Gray to build out this new station to 

avoid well-documented issues with 

indoor digital VHF reception since the 

2009 digital transition. Petitioner states 

that the Commission has recognized the 

deleterious effects manmade noise has 

on the reception of VHF signals, finding 

that the propagation characteristics of 

these channels allow undesired signals 

and noise to be receivable at relatively 

farther distances, nearby electrical 

devices tend to emit noise in this band 

that can cause interference, and 

reception of VHF signals require 

physically larger antennas, relative to 

UHF channels. Additionally, the 

Commission has observed the large 

variability in the performance 

(especially intrinsic gain) of indoor 

antennas available to consumers, with 

most antennas receiving fairly well at 

UHF and the substantial majority not so 

well to very poor at high-VHF. 

This is a synopsis of the 

Commission’s Notice of Proposed 

Rulemaking, MB Docket No. 23–286; 

RM–11960; DA 23–749, adopted August 

23, 2023, and released August 23, 2023. 

The full text of this document is 

available for download at https://

www.fcc.gov/edocs. To request materials 

in accessible formats (braille, large 

print, computer diskettes, or audio 

recordings), please send an email to 

FCC504@fcc.gov or call the Consumer & 

Government 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. 

Members of the public should note 

that all ex parte contacts are prohibited 

from the time a Notice of Proposed 

Rulemaking is issued to the time the 

matter is no longer subject to 

Commission consideration or court 

review, see 47 CFR 1.1208. There are, 

however, exceptions to this prohibition, 

which can be found in Section 1.1204(a) 

of the Commission’s rules, 47 CFR 

1.1204(a). 

See Sections 1.415 and 1.420 of the 

Commission’s rules for information 

regarding the proper filing procedures 

for comments, 47 CFR 1.415 and 1.420. 

List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 73 

Television. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Thomas Horan, 

Chief of Staff, Media Bureau. 

Proposed Rule 

For the reasons discussed in the 

preamble, the Federal Communications 

Commission proposes to amend 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, 155, 301, 303, 

307, 309, 310, 334, 336, 339. 

■ 2. In § 73.622, in the table in 

paragraph (j), under Nevada, revise the 

entry for Winnemucca to read as 

follows: 

§ 73.622 Digital television table of 

allotments. 

* * * * * 

(j) * * * 

Community Channel 

No. 

* * * * * 

Nevada 

* * * * * 

Winnemucca ............................. 16 

* * * * * 

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