Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 15 / Monday, January 24, 2022 / Proposed Rules 3489 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

47 CFR Part 73 

[MB Docket No. 22–13; RM–11914; DA 22– 

24; FR ID 67659] 

Television Broadcasting Services 

Albany, New York 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: The Commission has before it 

a petition for rulemaking filed by 

WNYT–TV, LLC (Petitioner), the 

licensee of WNYT, channel 12, Albany, 

New York. The Petitioner requests the 

substitution of channel 21 for channel 

12 at in the Table of Allotments. 

DATES: Comments must be filed on or 

before February 23, 2022 and reply 

comments on or before March 10, 2022. 

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: 

William LeBeau, Esq., Holland & Knight 

LLP, 800 17th Street NW, Washington, 

DC 20006. 

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 

of its channel substitution request, the 

Petitioner states that WNYT has a long 

history of significant reception problems 

given the local terrain. According to the 

Petitioner, once the station began 

operating solely in digital on VHF 

channel 12, it received numerous 

complaints from viewers about the 

station’s over-the-air signal, and in order 

to address these problems, the Petitioner 

applied for and received modification 

authorizations to increase WNYT’s 

effective radiated power and tried other 

means to improve viewers’ digital 

reception, including constructing two 

digital replacement translators. The 

proposal will result in a net gain in 

service to 289,588 persons within 

WNYT’s predicted noise limited service 

contour, and while it will result in a 

loss population of 210 persons within 

the predicted contour, all of the 

population located within WNYT’s 

original DTV channel 12 noise limited 

contour will continue to receive NBC 

service, except for 130 people. 

This is a synopsis of the 

Commission’s Notice of Proposed 

Rulemaking, MB Docket No. 22–13; 

RM–11914; DA 22–24, adopted January 

11, 2022, and released January 11, 2022. 

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 to read 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, 155, 301, 303, 

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

■ 2. In § 73.622(j), amend the Table of 

Allotments under New York, by revising 

the entry for ‘‘Albany’’ to read as 

follows: 

§ 73.622 Digital television table of 

allotments. 

* * * * * 

(i) * * * 

(j) Table of TV Allotments. 

Community Channel No. 

* * * * * 

NEW YORK 

* * * * * 

Albany ................................... 8, 21, 24. 

* * * * * 

* * * * * 

[FR Doc. 2022–01002 Filed 1–21–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration 

49 CFR Part 367 

[Docket No. FMCSA–2022–0001] 

RIN 2126–AC51 

Fees for the Unified Carrier 

Registration Plan and Agreement 

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration (FMCSA), Department 

of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking. 

SUMMARY: FMCSA is proposing 

reductions in the annual registration 

fees States collect from motor carriers, 

motor private carriers of property, 

brokers, freight forwarders, and leasing 

companies for the Unified Carrier 

Registration (UCR) Plan and Agreement 

for the 2023 year and subsequent 

registration years. The proposed fees for 

the 2023 registration year would be 

reduced below the fees for 2022 by 

approximately 27 percent. The 

reduction in annual registration fees 

would be between $16 and $15,350 per 

entity, depending on the number of 

vehicles owned or operated by the 

affected entities. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before February 23, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by Docket Number FMCSA– 

2022–0001 using any of the following 

methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

https://www.regulations.gov/docket/ 

FMCSA-2022-0001/document. Follow 

the online instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• Mail: Dockets Operations, U.S. 

Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building, 

Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590–0001. 


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