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PART 180—[AMENDED] 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 180 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 21 U.S.C. 321(q), 346a and 371. 

■ 2. Section 180.451 is amended by 

alphabetically adding commodities to 

the table in paragraph (a) to read as 

follows: 

§ 180.451 Tribenuron methyl; tolerances 

for residues. 

(a) * * * 

Commodity Parts per million 

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Corn, field, forage ................................................................................................................................................................ 0.05 

Corn, field, grain .................................................................................................................................................................. 0.05 

Corn, field, stover ................................................................................................................................................................ 0.05 

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Rice, grain ............................................................................................................................................................................ 0.05 

Rice, straw ........................................................................................................................................................................... 0.05 

Sorghum, grain, forage ........................................................................................................................................................ 0.05 

Sorghum, grain, grain .......................................................................................................................................................... 0.05 

Sorghum, grain, stover ........................................................................................................................................................ 0.05 

Soybean, seed ..................................................................................................................................................................... 0.05 

Sunflower, seed ................................................................................................................................................................... 0.05 

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47 CFR Part 64 

[CG Docket 03–123; DA 06–2532] 

Telecommunications Relay Services 

and Speech-to-Speech Services for 

Individuals With Hearing and Speech 

Disabilities 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Final rule; extension of waiver. 

SUMMARY: In this document, the 

Commission extends for an additional 

year the waiver of the emergency call 

handling requirement for providers of 

Video Relay Service (VRS). The 

Commission extends the waiver for one 

year in view of continued technological 

challenges to determining the 

geographic location of 

telecommunications relay service (TRS) 

calls that originate via the Internet. 

DATES: The waiver of the emergency call 

handling requirement will expire on 

January 1, 2008, or upon the release of 

an order addressing the VRS emergency 

call handling issue, whichever comes 

first. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Thomas Chandler, (202) 418–1475 

(voice), (202) 418–0597 (TTY), or e-mail 

Thomas.Chandler@fcc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

December 31, 2001, the Commission 

released Telecommunications Relay 

Services and Speech-to-Speech Services 

for Individuals with Hearing and Speech 

Disabilities, Waiver Order, DA 01–3029, 

CC Docket No. 98–67, 17 FCC Rcd 157 

(2001), granting VRS providers a waiver 

until December 31, 2003, of certain TRS 

mandatory minimum standards, 

including the emergency call handling 

requirement. On December 19, 2003, the 

Commission released 

Telecommunications Relay Services and 

Speech-to-Speech Services for 

Individuals with Hearing and Speech 

Disabilities, Order, DA 03–4029, CC 

Docket No. 98–67, 18 FCC Rcd 26309 

(2003), extending the waiver to June 30, 

2004. On June 30, 2004, the Commission 

released Telecommunications Relay 

Services and Speech-to-Speech Services 

for Individuals with Hearing and Speech 

Disabilities, 2004 TRS Report and 

Order, FCC 04–137, CC Docket No. 98–

67, published at 69 FR 53382, 

September 1, 2004, extending the 

waiver until January 1, 2006. On 

December 5, 2005, the Commission 

released Telecommunications Relay 

Services and Speech-to-Speech Services 

for Individuals with Hearing and Speech 

Disabilities, Order, DA 05–3139, CG 

Docket No. 03–123, published at 70 FR 

76712, December 28, 2005, again 

extending the waiver until January 1, 

2007. This is a summary of the 

Commission’s document DA 06–2532, 

adopted December 15, 2006, released 

December 15, 2006. 

To request materials in accessible 

formats for people with disabilities 

(Braille, large print, electronic files, 

audio format), send an e-mail to 

fcc504@fcc.gov or call the Consumer & 

Governmental Affairs Bureau at (202) 

418–0530 (voice) or (202) 418–0432 

(TTY). The Commission’s document DA 

06–2532 can also be downloaded in 

Word and Portable Document Format 

(PDF) at http://www.fcc.gov/cgb.dro. 

Synopsis 

The Commission’s TRS regulations set 

forth operational, technical, and 

functional mandatory minimum 

standards applicable to the provision of 

TRS. See 47 CFR 64.604 of the 

Commission’s rules (the TRS 

‘‘mandatory minimum standards’’). To 

be eligible for reimbursement from the 

Interstate TRS Fund for the provision of 

TRS, the provider must offer service in 

compliance with all applicable 

mandatory minimum standards, unless 

waived. See Telecommunications Relay 

Services and Speech-to-Speech Services 

for Individuals with Hearing and Speech 

Disabilities, Report and Order and 

Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 

(Improved TRS Order and FNPRM), FCC 

00–56, CC Docket No. 98–67, published 

at 65 FR 38432, June 21, 2000 and 65 

FR 38490, June 21, 2000. 

The mandatory minimum standards 

require TRS providers to handle 

emergency calls by immediately and 

automatically transferring the calls to an 

appropriate public safety answering 

point (PSAP). See 47 CFR 64.604(a)(4) of 

the Commission’s rules. The 

Commission recognized that many 

individuals use VRS and IP Relay to 

contact emergency services despite the 

fact that persons with hearing and 

speech disabilities can make calls 

directly to the PSAP by calling 911 

through a TTY and a traditional 

telephone line. See 

Telecommunications Relay Services and 

Speech-to-Speech Services for 

Individuals with Hearing and Speech 

Disabilities, Notice of Proposed 

Rulemaking (VRS 911 NPRM), FCC 05–

196, CG Docket No. 03–123, published 

at 71 FR 5221, February 1, 2006. 

Regulations require state and local 

governments to make emergency 


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services directly accessible to TTY users 

(i.e., for direct TTY to TTY calls). 

In March 2000, the Commission 

recognized VRS as a form of TRS 

eligible for compensation from the 

Interstate TRS Fund. See Improved TRS 

Order and FNPRM, 15 FCC Rcd 5152–

5154, paragraphs 21–27. On December 

31, 2001, the Commission granted VRS 

providers a two-year waiver of certain 

TRS mandatory minimum standards, 

including the emergency call handling 

requirement. This waiver was extended 

to January 1, 2007. See 

Telecommunications Relay Services 

Speech-to-Speech Services for 

Individuals with Hearing and Speech 

Disabilities, Order (2005 VRS 911 

Waiver Order), DA 05–3139, CG Docket 

No. 03–123, published at 70 FR76712, 

December 28, 2005. 

On November 30, 2005, the 

Commission released the VRS 911 

NPRM, seeking comment on how 

providers of the Internet-based TRS 

services, including VRS, may determine 

the appropriate PSAP to contact when 

they receive an emergency call. See 

(VRS 911 NPRM). The Commission 

emphasized the importance of 

developing the technology required to 

promptly route VRS calls seeking 

emergency assistance to the appropriate 

emergency service provider. VRS 911 

NPRM, 20 FCC Rcd 19476—19477, 

paragraphs 1–2, 19484, paragraph 18. 

On November 14, 2006, Sprint Nextel 

Corporation filed a petition to extend 

the waiver until January 1, 2008, or 

until the release of an order addressing 

this matter, whichever happens first. 

Sprint Nextel Corporation (Sprint), 

Petition for Waiver, CG Docket No. 03–

123, filed November 14, 2006 (Sprint 

Petition). In its petition, Sprint states 

that the technological challenges that 

led to the extension of the current 

waiver for VRS are still present. Sprint 

therefore states that because providers 

are still unable to automatically 

determine the geographic location of 

VRS callers, there is good cause for 

extending the waiver. 

On November 15, 2006, the 

Commission held the E9–1–1 Disability 

Access Summit (Summit) to discuss 

advances in E9–1–1 calling technology 

and access for persons with hearing and 

speech disabilities, including via VRS 

calls. FCC Releases Agenda for 

November 15 E9–1–1 Disability Access 

Summit, News Release (November 13, 

2006). The Summit brought together 

representatives from the government, 

industry, and consumer groups to 

exchange information and evaluate 

options for addressing this critical issue. 

During the Summit, Sprint, 

Communications Services for the Deaf 

(CSD), Communications Access Center 

(CAC), Hands On Video Relay Services 

(Hands On), Hamilton Relay (Hamilton), 

and Sorenson Communications 

(Sorenson), all VRS providers, noted 

that technology has not yet been 

developed to allow them to 

automatically forward emergency VRS 

calls to the appropriate PSAP. See E9– 

1–1 Disability Access Summit, Meeting 

Transcript (November 15, 2006). They 

also explained the interim methods 

being used to connect VRS calls to 

PSAPs. These include ensuring that 

incoming emergency VRS calls are given 

priority call handling, using two CAs 

during an emergency call to ensure that 

location and other necessary 

information is gathered from the VRS 

user, in other words, in addition to the 

CA handling the relay call, a second CA 

would assist in relaying the call and use 

of a national database to locate the 

appropriate PSAP to call. CSD 

Comments, E9–1–1 Disability Access 

Summit, Provider Panel. In other words, 

if the VRS caller is able to do so, the 

caller provides the CA with his or her 

location, the CA determines the 

appropriate PSAP for that location 

through a national database, and the CA 

then makes the outbound call to the 

PASP. Another provider noted that its 

CAs will stay on the call until the first 

responders arrive at the emergency 

location to ensure that the VRS user is 

able to communicate with the 

emergency personnel. Sorenson 

Comments, E9–1–1 Disability Access 

Summit, Provider Panel. 

Also during the Summit, Consumer 

groups acknowledged that users are 

moving away from using TTYs and that 

VRS is now widely used in the deaf 

community. See, e.g., NorCal Center on 

Deafness Comments, E9–1–1 Disability 

Access Summit, Consumer Panel. 

Consumers also advocated for the 

development of automated methods for 

determining the location of VRS callers, 

the ability to handle emergency calls 

from mobile devices, training for 911 

operators on responding to calls from 

persons with speech or hearing 

disabilities, and interoperability 

between PSAPs. See E9–1–1 Disability 

Access Summit, Consumer Panel 

(panelist representing consumers 

included Sheri Farinha Mutti, Claude 

Stout, Rebecca Ladew, Ed Bosson, and 

Elizabeth Spiers). 

Discussion 

The Commission recognizes the vital 

importance of access to emergency 

services for all relay services, 

particularly VRS. For this reason, the 

Commission sought detailed comment 

on this issue in the VRS 911 NPRM, and 

recently held the E9–1–1 Disability 

Access Summit to explore continuing 

developments to finding a solution to 

this issue. The Commission also 

recognizes, however, that although 

providers and other interested parties 

are actively working toward a solution 

to this critical issue, presently a 

technological solution does not exist to 

automatically route Internet-based 

emergency VRS calls to the appropriate 

PSAP—i.e., to automatically determine 

the geographic location of the VRS 

caller so the call can be linked to the 

appropriate PSAP. For this reason, some 

providers have taken interim measures 

for handling emergency calls. For 

example, some providers are able to give 

emergency calls priority call handling. 

See, e.g., Sorenson Comments, E9–1–1 

Disability Access Summit, Provider 

Panel. Providers may consider the 

feasibility of using a dedicated 

emergency calling ‘‘link’’ on their VRS 

Web-site that callers making an 

emergency VRS call can use and that 

will allow providers to promptly 

identify and handle incoming 

emergency calls. Others use two CAs on 

an emergency call to assist in gathering 

accurate information from the caller. 

See, e.g., E9–1–1 Disability Access 

Summit, Provider Panel (remarks of 

CSD and Verizon). At least one provider 

uses a national database to determine 

the appropriate PSAP for the caller’s 

location. See, e.g., Sorenson Comments, 

E9–1–1 Disability Access Summit, 

Provider Panel (noting that it uses 

Intrado to determine the appropriate 

PSAP and its telephone number for a 

particular address). Until a 

technological solution is adopted that 

automatically routes VRS 911 calls, the 

Commission encourages all VRS 

providers to take similar or other steps 

to ensure that emergency calls are 

routed to the appropriate PSAP as 

quickly as possible. 

The Commission may waive a 

provision of its rules for ‘‘good cause 

shown.’’ 47 CFR 1.3; see generally 2004 

TRS Report and Order, 19 FCC Rcd 

12520, paragraph 110 (discussing 

standard for waiving Commission rules). 

Because it is apparent that the current 

state of technology does not allow a 

means of automatically determining the 

geographic location of TRS calls 

originating via the Internet, including 

VRS calls, the Commission finds good 

cause exists to extend the present 

waiver of the emergency call handling 

requirement for VRS providers until 

January 1, 2008 or upon the release of 

an order addressing this issue, 

whichever comes first. The Commission 

also notes that a similar issue exists 


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with respect to VoIP service (i.e., voice 

telephone calls made via the Internet 

rather than the PSTN), and that for this 

reason, the Commission has presently 

mandated that VoIP providers obtain a 

registered location for each of their 

customers so that the providers can 

direct an emergency VoIP call to the 

appropriate PSAP. In the pending VRS 

911 NPRM, the Commission sought 

comment on the adoption of a registered 

location requirement similar to the VoIP 

requirement. VRS 911 NPRM, 20 FCC 

Rcd 19484–19486, paragraphs 19–22. In 

addition, the Commission raised other 

potential options for addressing 

emergency call handling, including 

developing a unified database of PSAPs 

that providers could use when receiving 

an emergency call, requiring providers 

to give priority access to emergency 

calls, and structuring VRS and IP Relay 

calls in such a way that they include a 

VoIP call, so that the VoIP registration 

could apply to the VRS or IP Relay call. 

VRS 911 NPRM, 20 FCC Rcd 19487, 

paragraphs 24–26. These issues remain 

pending. 

Ordering Clause 

Pursuant to the authority contained in 

sections 225 of the Communications Act 

of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 225, and 

§ § 0.141, 0.361, and 1.3 of the 

Commission’s rules, 47 CFR 0.141, 

0.361, 1.3, the Order is adopted. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Jay Keithley, 

Deputy Bureau Chief, Consumer & 

Governmental Affairs Bureau. 

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47 CFR Part 73 

[DA 07–810; MB Docket No. 05–97; RM–

11186; RM–11251] 

Radio Broadcasting Services; Milano, 

TX 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Audio Division granted a 

Petition for Rule Making filed by 

Charles Crawford, requesting the 

allotment of Channel 274A at Milano, 

Texas, as its first local service. The 

reference coordinates for Channel 274A 

at Milano, Texas are 30–38–30 NL and 

96–55–00 WL. This allotment requires a 

site restriction of 9.2 kilometers (5.7 

miles) southwest of Milano to avoid a 

short-spacing to the license site of FM 

Station KBRQ, Channel 273C1, 

Hillsboro, Texas. A counterproposal 

filed by Starboard Media Foundation, 

Inc., proposing the reservation of 

Channel 274A at Milano, Texas for 

noncommercial educational use was 

dismissed pursuant to Section 73.525(c) 

of the Commission’s Rules. 

DATES: Effective April 9, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Secretary, Federal 

Communications Commission, 445 

Twelfth 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. 05–97, 

adopted February 21, 2007, and released 

February 23, 2007. The Notice of 

Proposed Rule Making proposed the 

allotment of Channel 274A at Milano, 

Texas. See 70 FR 15046, published 

March 24, 2005. The full text of this 

Commission decision is available for 

inspection and copying during normal 

business hours in the Commission’s 

Reference Center, 445 Twelfth 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 1–800–378–3160 or 

www.BCPIWEB.com. 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 Milano, Channel 274A. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

John A. Karousos, 

Assistant Chief, Audio Division, Media 

Bureau. 

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47 CFR Part 73 

[DA 07–809; MB Docket No. 05–229; RM–

10780] 

Radio Broadcasting Services; 

Madisonville and Rosebud, TX 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Final rule; denial of petition for 

reconsideration. 

SUMMARY: This document denies a 

petition for reconsideration filed by 

Gerald Proctor (‘‘Proctor’’) directed to 

the Report and Order in this proceeding. 

In denying the petition for 

reconsideration, the Media Bureau 

affirms the dismissal of Proctor’s 

untimely expression of interest because 

it would prejudice a conflicting 

application. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Helen McLean, Media Bureau, (202) 

418–2738. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a 

synopsis of the Commission’s 

Memorandum Opinion and Order, MB 

Docket No. 05–229, adopted February 

21, 2007, and released February 23, 

2007. The full text of this Commission 

decision is available for inspection and 

copying during regular business hours 

at the FCC’s Reference Information 

Center, Portals II, 445 Twelfth Street, 

SW., Room CY–A257, 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 1–

800–378–3160 or http:// 

www.BCPIWEB.com. 

This document is not subject to the 

Congressional Review Act. The 

Commission is, therefore, not required 

to submit a copy of this Memorandum 

Opinion and Order to the Government 

Accountability Office pursuant to the 

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

801(a)(1)(A) because the aforementioned 

petition for reconsideration was denied. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

John A. Karousos, 

Assistant Chief, Audio Division, Media 

Bureau. 

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