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the docket, along with more information 

about dockets generally, is available at 

https://www.epa.gov/dockets/aboutepa-dockets. 

Due to the public health concerns 

related to COVID–19, the EPA Docket 

Center (EPA/DC) and Reading Room is 

open to visitors by appointment only. 

For the latest status information on 

EPA/DC services and access, visit 

https://www.epa.gov/dockets. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Charles Smith, Biopesticides and 

Pollution Prevention Division (BPPD) 

(7511P), main telephone number: (703) 

305–7090, email address: 

BPPDFRNotices@epa.gov; The mailing 

address for each contact person is: 

Office of Pesticide Programs, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 

20460–0001. As part of the mailing 

address, include the contact person’s 

name, division, and mail code. The 

division to contact is listed at the end 

of each pesticide petition summary. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information 

A. Does this action apply to me? 

You may be potentially affected by 

this action if you are an agricultural 

producer, food manufacturer, or 

pesticide manufacturer. The following 

list of North American Industrial 

Classification System (NAICS) codes is 

not intended to be exhaustive, but rather 

provides a guide to help readers 

determine whether this document 

applies to them. Potentially affected 

entities may include: 

• Crop production (NAICS code 111). 

• Animal production (NAICS code 

112). 

• Food manufacturing (NAICS code 

311). 

B. What should I consider as I prepare 

my comments for EPA? 

1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this 

information to EPA through 

regulations.gov or email. Clearly mark 

the part or all of the information that 

you claim to be CBI. For CBI 

information in a disk or CD–ROM that 

you mail to EPA, mark the outside of the 

disk or CD–ROM as CBI and then 

identify electronically within the disk or 

CD–ROM the specific information that 

is claimed as CBI. In addition to one 

complete version of the comment that 

includes information claimed as CBI, a 

copy of the comment that does not 

contain the information claimed as CBI 

must be submitted for inclusion in the 

public docket. Information so marked 

will not be disclosed except in 

accordance with procedures set forth in 

40 CFR part 2. 

2. Tips for preparing your comments. 

When preparing and submitting your 

comments, see the commenting tips at 

https://www.epa.gov/dockets/ 

commenting-epa-dockets. 

II. Registration Applications 

EPA has received applications to 

register pesticide products containing 

active ingredients not included in any 

currently registered pesticide products. 

Pursuant to the provisions of FIFRA 

section 3(c)(4) (7 U.S.C. 136a(c)(4)), EPA 

is hereby providing notice of receipt and 

opportunity to comment on these 

applications. Notice of receipt of these 

applications does not imply a decision 

by the Agency on these applications. 

For actions being evaluated under EPA’s 

public participation process for 

registration actions, there will be an 

additional opportunity for public 

comment on the proposed decisions. 

Please see EPA’s public participation 

website for additional information on 

this process (http://www2.epa.gov/ 

pesticide-registration/publicparticipation-process-registrationactions). 

Notice of Receipt—New Active 

Ingredients: 

File Symbols: 92988–R, 92988–E, 

92988–G, and 92988–U. Docket ID 

number: EPA–HQ–OPP–2022–0147. 

Applicant: Attune Agriculture LLC, 751 

Park of Commerce Drive, #106, Boca 

Raton, FL 33487. Product names: 

Rhexalloid, IS–39, IS–29, and IS–27. 

Active ingredient: Biochemical 

insecticide—Xanthan Gum at 100% for 

manufacturing-use product Rhexalloid 

and at 0.15% for end-use products IS– 

39, IS–29, and IS–27. Proposed use: 

Biochemical insecticide for use on 

crops. Contact: BPPD. 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq. 

Dated: February 14, 2022. 

Delores Barber, 

Director, Information Technology and 

Resources Management Division, Office of 

Program Support. 

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COMMISSION 

[MB Docket No. 22–53; FCC DA 22–115; 

FR ID 71980] 

Snake River Radio, LLC, Radio Station 

KPCQ(AM), Chubbuck, ID 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This document commences a 

hearing to determine (a) whether the 

license renewal application for AM 

radio station KPCQ, Chubbuck, ID 

should be granted or denied due to the 

station’s history of silence or low power 

operations in the period when Snake 

River Radio, LLC (SRR) was the station’s 

licensee, and (b) whether the station’s 

license automatically expired due to 

failure to operate with authorized 

facilities for a period of twelve 

consecutive months. 

DATES: Persons desiring to participate as 

parties in the hearing shall file a 

petition for leave to intervene not later 

than March 21, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: File documents with the 

Office of the Secretary, Federal 

Communications Commission, 45 L 

Street NE, Washington, DC 20554, with 

a copy mailed to each party to the 

proceeding. Each document that is filed 

in this proceeding must display on the 

front page the docket number of this 

hearing, ‘‘MB Docket No. 22–53.’’ 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Albert Shuldiner, Media Bureau, (202) 

418–2721. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a 

summary of the Hearing Designation 

Order and Notice of Opportunity for 

Hearing (Order), MB Docket No. 22–53, 

FCC DA 22–115, adopted February 7, 

2022 and released February 8, 2022. The 

full text of the Order is available online 

by using the search function for MB 

Docket No. 22–53 on the Commission’s 

ECFS web page at http://apps.fcc.gov/ 

ecfs/. 

Summary of the Hearing Designation 

Order 

1. A broadcast licensee’s 

authorization to use radio spectrum in 

the public interest carries with it the 

obligation that the station must serve its 

community, providing programming 

responsive to local needs and interests. 

Broadcast licensees also are required to 

operate in compliance with the 

Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended (Act) and the Commission’s 

rules (Rules). These requirements 

include the obligation to transmit 

potentially lifesaving national level 

Emergency Alert System (EAS) 

messages in times of emergency and to 

engage in periodic tests to ensure that 

their stations are equipped to do so. 

2. The basic duty of broadcast 

licensees to serve their communities is 

reflected in the license renewal 

provisions of the Act. In 1996, Congress 

revised the Commission’s license 

renewal process and the renewal 

standards for broadcast stations by 

adopting section 309(k) of the Act, 47 


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U.S.C. 309(k). Section 309(k)(1) of the 

Act provides that the Commission shall 

grant a license renewal application if it 

finds, with respect to the applying 

station, that during the preceding 

license term: (a) The station has served 

the public interest, convenience, and 

necessity; (b) there have been no serious 

violations by the licensee of the Act or 

the Rules; and (c) there have been no 

other violations by the licensee of the 

Act or the Rules which, taken together, 

would constitute a pattern of abuse. 

Section 309(k)(2) of the Act provides 

that if a station fails to meet the 

foregoing standard, the Commission 

may deny the renewal application 

pursuant to section 309(k)(3) or grant 

the application on appropriate terms 

and conditions, including a short-term 

renewal. Section 309(k)(3) of the Act 

provides that if the Commission 

determines, after notice and opportunity 

for hearing, that the licensee has failed 

to meet the standard of section 309(k)(1) 

and that no mitigating factors justify the 

imposition of lesser sanctions, the 

Commission shall issue an order 

denying the license renewal application 

for the station. 

3. Section 312(g) of the Act, 47 U.S.C. 

312(g), which Congress also added in 

1996 and then amended in 2004, 

provides: If a broadcasting station fails 

to transmit broadcast signals for any 

consecutive 12-month period, then the 

station license granted for the operation 

of that broadcast station expires at the 

end of that period, notwithstanding any 

provision, term, or condition of the 

license to the contrary, except that the 

Commission may extend or reinstate 

such station license if the holder of the 

station license prevails in an 

administrative or judicial appeal, the 

applicable law changes, or for any other 

reason to promote equity and fairness. 

4. Thus, section 312(g) has relieved 

the Commission of the need to conduct 

license renewal or revocation 

proceedings, with their lengthy and 

resource-intensive procedural 

requirements, including evidentiary 

hearings, for stations that remain silent 

for extended periods of time. However, 

in response to section 312(g), some 

licensees of silent stations have adopted 

a practice of resuming operation for a 

short period of time, in some cases as 

little as a day or less, before the one-year 

limit in section 312(g) applies and the 

station license automatically expires. 

Other stations have alternated between 

periods of silence and operations with 

minimal power levels—in some cases as 

low as five watts—that cover a small 

portion of their service areas and may be 

insufficient to allow them to provide 

service to their communities of license. 

5. These practices raise a question as 

to whether the licenses for such stations 

should be renewed pursuant to section 

309(k) of the Act, 47 U.S.C. 309(k). In 

2001, the Commission cautioned ‘‘all 

licensees that . . . a licensee will face 

a very heavy burden in demonstrating 

that it has served the public interest 

where it has remained silent for most or 

all of the prior license term.’’ The policy 

against allowing extended periods of 

silence or minimal operation by 

licensed stations is to ensure ‘‘that 

scarce broadcast spectrum does not lie 

fallow and unavailable to others capable 

of instituting and maintaining service to 

the public.’’ In addition to enforcing 

section 312(g) of the Act, 47 U.S.C. 

312(g), the Commission has stressed its 

interest in promoting efficient use of 

radio broadcast spectrum for the benefit 

of the listening public in several 

different contexts since the enactment of 

section 312(g). These concerns about 

efficient use of spectrum are also 

reflected in the Commission’s statutory 

authority to award licenses at auction. 

6. The KPCQ license renewal 

application is designated for hearing to 

determine whether the station’s license 

should be renewed in light of the 

station’s minimal record of operation 

during SRR’s tenure as licensee. We are 

also designating the question of whether 

the station’s license expired pursuant to 

section 312(g) of the Act, 47 U.S.C. 

312(g). 

7. SRR consummated the assignment 

of the KPCQ license from Inspirational 

Family Sunny Radio, Inc. on February 1, 

2018. KPCQ’s operational history during 

SRR’s tenure as licensee is that the 

station was silent for 1,077 days out of 

1,399 days in the period from February 

1, 2018 to October 1, 2021 (80% of the 

time) and operated only 149 days in 

2018, two days in 2019, one day in 

2020, and 110 days in the portion of 

2021 ending on October 1, 2021 (20% of 

the time). After the license term ended 

on October 1, 2021, the station remained 

on the air 100% of the time. 

8. SRR reported that KPCQ initially 

went silent when the site owner 

required that SRR remove the station’s 

tower on June 30, 2018. However, on 

June 26, 2019, SRR filed a notice of 

resumption stating that the Station had 

resumed operation using its licensed 

facilities on June 15, 2019. This 

discrepancy is not mentioned or 

explained in the exhibit to the license 

renewal application. Because it is 

improbable that SRR was able to resume 

operation with KPCQ’s licensed 

facilities after dismantling its tower, we 

are designating an issue to determine 

whether the station’s license expired 

pursuant to section 312(g) of the Act, 47 

U.S.C. 312(g), because the station failed 

to operate with its authorized facilities 

for more than 12 months. 

9. KPCQ went silent again on June 17, 

2019, when SRR claimed that a 

construction crew clipped and severed 

a tower guy wire, causing collapse of the 

tower. This is also not explained in the 

license renewal application. On June 24, 

2019, SRR filed an application for 

construction permit to change site, 

which was granted on September 12, 

2019, expiring on September 12, 2022. 

Subsequently, on June 14, 2020, KPCQ 

operated for one day, using a temporary 

long wire facility, which the license 

renewal application characterized as 

operating for ‘‘less than 30 days.’’ KPCQ 

went silent again when that facility was 

destroyed by a construction crew, and 

SRR requested extension of silent 

authority because it was still 

constructing its new facility. KPCQ 

remained silent until June 14, 2021, 

when it resumed operation using 

program test authority prior to filing its 

license application to cover the 

construction permit. KPCQ has operated 

since that date, while its license 

application remains pending. 

10. On June 24, 2020, SRR filed the 

station’s license renewal application. 

Section 309(k)(1) of the Act, 47 U.S.C. 

309(k), provides that grant of a renewal 

application is appropriate if we find that 

(1) the station has served the public 

interest, convenience, and necessity, (2) 

there have been no serious violations of 

the Act or the Rules, and (3) there have 

been no other violations that, taken 

together, constitute a pattern of abuse. 

When such a finding cannot be made on 

the basis of the application, section 

309(k) provides that the license renewal 

application will be designated for a 

hearing. Because of KPCQ’s extended 

periods of silence during SRR’s tenure 

as licensee, and because substantial and 

material questions of fact exist 

concerning whether the station’s license 

expired automatically under section 

312(g) of the Act, 47 U.S.C. 312(g), we 

are unable to find that grant of the 

renewal application is in the public 

interest. Accordingly, we designate this 

matter for hearing. 

11. The Commission recently 

supplemented its formal hearing 

processes applicable to the revocation of 

Title III licenses by adopting Rules that, 

inter alia, expand the use of a hearing 

procedure that relies in appropriate 

cases on written submissions and 

documentary evidence. These hearing 

proceedings are resolved on a written 

record consisting of affirmative case, 

responsive case, and reply case 

submissions, along with all associated 

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stipulations and agreements of the 

parties and official notice of material 

facts. Based on that record, the 

presiding officer will issue an Initial 

Decision pursuant to section 409(a) of 

the Act, 47 U.S.C. 409(a), and sections 

1.267 and 1.274(c) of the Rules, 47 CFR 

1.267, 1.274(c). Based on the 

information before us, we believe this 

matter can be adequately resolved on a 

written record, and we therefore find 

that this is an appropriate case for use 

of those procedures. 

12. All parties shall file a timely 

notice of appearance in accordance with 

the Rules. 

13. After release of this Hearing 

Designation Order and Notice of 

Opportunity for Hearing, the presiding 

officer shall promptly release an Initial 

Case Order. The Initial Case Order shall 

put all parties on notice that they are 

expected to be fully cognizant of Part I 

of the Rules concerning Practice and 

Procedure, 47 CFR part 1, subparts A 

and B. The Initial Case Order shall also 

set a date for the initial status 

conference and a date by which each 

party should file a pre-conference 

submission that would include (a) 

whether discovery is expected in this 

case, and if so, a proposed discovery 

schedule; (b) any preliminary motions 

they are intending to file; and (c) a 

proposed case schedule. The parties’ 

pre-conference submission should also 

indicate whether they request that a 

Protective Order be entered in this case. 

14. In accordance with section 1.246 

of the Rules, 47 CFR 1.246, any party 

may serve upon any other party written 

requests for the admission of the 

genuineness of any relevant documents 

or of the truth of any relevant matters 

of fact. Such requests shall be served 

within twenty (20) days after the 

deadline for filing a notice of 

appearance unless the presiding officer 

sets a different time frame. 

15. During the initial status 

conference, the presiding officer shall 

set the case schedule, including any 

deadlines by which the parties should 

submit the motions they identified in 

their pre-conference submissions. If 

discovery is anticipated, the presiding 

officer shall also set the discovery 

period. The presiding officer shall also 

set the deadlines for the parties’ 

affirmative case, responsive case, and 

reply case submissions in accordance 

with sections 1.371–1.377 of the Rules, 

47 CFR 1.371–1.377. If the parties have 

requested the entrance of a Protective 

Order, the presiding officer shall also set 

a deadline by which a joint proposed 

Protective Order shall be submitted for 

consideration. In accordance with 

section 1.248(b) of the Rules, 47 CFR 

1.248(b), the presiding officer may adopt 

a schedule to govern the hearing 

proceeding during the status conference 

or in an order following the conference. 

16. Additional status conferences may 

be scheduled throughout the course of 

the proceeding at the request of the 

parties and/or at the discretion of the 

presiding officer. Any requests by a 

party for a status conference must be 

made in writing to the presiding officer 

and shall be copied on all other parties. 

17. In accordance with section 1.248 

of the Rules, 47 CFR 1.248, an official 

transcript of all case conferences shall 

be made, unless the parties and the 

presiding officer agree to forego a 

transcript. Transcripts shall be made 

available to the public as part of the 

official record in the Commission’s 

Electronic Comment Filing System 

(ECFS) in MB Docket No. 22–53. 

18. The Commission, in section 1.351 

of the Rules, 47 CFR 1.351, has adopted 

the evidentiary standard set forth in the 

formal APA hearing requirements. In 

relevant part, section 1.351 of the Rules 

now states, ‘‘any oral or documentary 

evidence may be adduced, but the 

presiding officer shall exclude 

irrelevant, immaterial, or unduly 

repetitious evidence.’’ The parties 

remain free to make evidentiary 

arguments based on the Federal Rules of 

Evidence. 

19. Any person or entity seeking 

status as a party in this proceeding must 

file a petition to intervene or petition for 

leave to intervene in accordance with 

section 1.223 of the Rules, 47 CFR 

1.223. 

20. Motions to enlarge, change, or 

delete issues to be considered in this 

proceeding shall be allowed, consistent 

with section 1.229 of the Rules, 47 CFR 

1.229. 

21. This hearing proceeding is a 

‘‘restricted’’ proceeding pursuant to 

section 1.1208 of the Rules, 47 CFR 

1.1208, and thus ex parte presentations 

to or from Commission decision-making 

personnel, including the presiding 

officer and her staff and staff of the 

Commission’s Media Bureau, are 

prohibited, except as otherwise 

provided in the Rules. 

22. All pleadings in this proceeding, 

including written submissions such as 

letters, discovery requests and 

objections and written responses 

thereto, excluding confidential and/or 

other protected material, must be filed 

in MB Docket No. 22–53 using ECFS. 

ECFS shall also act as the repository for 

records of actions taken in this 

proceeding, excluding confidential and/ 

or other protected material, by the 

presiding officer and the Commission. 

23. The caption of any pleading filed 

in this proceeding, as well as all letters, 

documents, or other written 

submissions including discovery 

requests and objections and responses 

thereto, shall indicate whether it is to be 

acted upon by the Commission or the 

presiding officer. The presiding officer 

shall be identified by name. 

24. Electronic service on the 

Enforcement Bureau shall be made 

using the following email address: 

EBHearings@fcc.gov. 

25. To the extent any party to this 

proceeding wishes to submit materials 

or information that it would like 

withheld from the public record, it may 

do so in accordance with the procedures 

set forth in section 1.314 of the Rules, 

47 CFR 1.314. The parties may also 

enter into a Protective Order initiated as 

described above. As stated above, 

requests for a Protective Order should 

be made in the parties’ pre-conference 

submission in accordance with the 

schedule set forth in the Initial Case 

Order. 

26. The presiding officer shall issue 

an Initial Decision on the issues set 

forth herein, as well as any other issues 

designated for hearing in the course of 

the proceeding. This Initial Decision 

shall contain, at a minimum, findings of 

fact and conclusions of law, as well as 

the reasons or basis therefor, and the 

appropriate rule or order or policy and 

the sanction, relief or denial thereof, as 

appropriate. 

27. Accordingly, it is ordered that, 

pursuant to sections 312(a)(2) and 

312(c) of the Communications Act of 

1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 312(a)(2) 

and 312(c), and section 1.91(a) of the 

Commission’s Rules, 47 CFR 1.91(a), 

and pursuant to authority delegated 

under section 0.283 of the Commission’s 

Rules, 47 CFR 0.283, the captioned 

application is designated for hearing in 

a consolidated proceeding before the 

FCC Administrative Law Judge, at a 

time and place to be specified in a 

subsequent order, upon the following 

issues: (a) To determine, with respect to 

station KPCQ(AM), Chubbuck, Idaho, 

whether, during the preceding license 

term, (i) the station has served the 

public interest, convenience, and 

necessity, (ii) there have been any 

serious violations by the licensee of the 

Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended, or the rules and regulations of 

the Commission, and (iii) there have 

been any other violations of the 

Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended, or the rules and regulations of 

the Commission which, taken together, 

would constitute a pattern of abuse; (b) 

to determine, with respect to station 

KPCQ(AM), Chubbuck, Idaho, whether 


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the station’s license expired 

automatically pursuant to section 312(g) 

of the Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended, 47 U.S.C. 312(g), because the 

station failed to operate with its 

authorized facilities for more than 12 

months; and (c) in light of the evidence 

adduced pursuant to issues (a) and (b) 

above, whether the captioned 

application for renewal of the license for 

station KPCQ(AM) should be (1) 

dismissed as moot because the station’s 

license expired automatically pursuant 

to section 312(g) of the Communications 

Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 

312(g), (2) granted on such terms and 

conditions as are appropriate, including 

renewal for a term less than the 

maximum otherwise permitted, or (3) 

denied due to failure to satisfy the 

requirements of section 309(k)(1) of the 

Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended, 47 U.S.C. 309(k)(1). 

28. It is further ordered that, pursuant 

to section 312(c) of the Communications 

Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 

312(c), and section 1.91(c) of the 

Commission’s Rules, 47 CFR 1.91(c), in 

order to avail itself of the opportunity to 

be heard and the right to present 

evidence at a hearing in these 

proceedings, Snake River Radio, LLC, in 

person or by an attorney, shall file 

within 20 days of the mailing of this 

Hearing Designation Order and Notice 

of Opportunity for Hearing, a written 

appearance stating its intention to 

appear at the hearing and present 

evidence on the issues specified above. 

29. It is further ordered, pursuant to 

sections 1.221(c) of the Commission’s 

Rules, 47 CFR 1.221(c), that if Snake 

River Radio, LLC fails to file a written 

appearance within the time specified 

above, or has not filed prior to the 

expiration of that time a petition to 

dismiss without prejudice, or a petition 

to accept, for good cause shown, such 

written appearance beyond expiration of 

said 20 days, the pending application 

will be dismissed with prejudice for 

failure to prosecute. 

30. It is further ordered that the Chief, 

Enforcement Bureau, is made a party to 

this proceeding without the need to file 

a written appearance. 

31. It is further ordered that, in 

accordance with section 309(e) of the 

Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended, 47 U.S.C. 309(e), and section 

1.254 of the Commission’s Rules, 47 

CFR 1.254, the burden of proceeding 

with the introduction of evidence and 

the burden of proof with respect to the 

issues at paragraph 27 (a)–(c) shall be 

upon Snake River Radio, LLC. 

32. It is further ordered that a copy of 

each document filed in this proceeding 

subsequent to the date of adoption of 

this Hearing Designation Order and 

Notice of Opportunity for Hearing shall 

be served on the counsel of record 

appearing on behalf of the Chief, 

Enforcement Bureau. Parties may 

inquire as to the identity of such 

counsel by calling the Investigations & 

Hearings Division of the Enforcement 

Bureau at (202) 418–1420. Such service 

copy shall be addressed to the named 

counsel of record, Investigations & 

Hearings Division, Enforcement Bureau, 

Federal Communications Commission, 

45 L Street NE, Washington, DC 20554. 

33. It is further ordered that the 

parties to the captioned application 

shall, pursuant to section 311(a)(2) of 

the Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended, 47 U.S.C. 311(a)(2), and 

section 73.3594 of the Commission’s 

Rules, 47 CFR 73.3594, give notice of 

the hearing within the time and in the 

manner prescribed in such Rule, and 

shall advise the Commission of the 

satisfaction of such requirements as 

mandated by section 73.3594 of the 

Commission’s Rules, 47 CFR 73.3594. 

34. It is further ordered that a copy of 

this Hearing Designation Order and 

Notice of Opportunity for Hearing shall 

be sent via Certified Mail, Return 

Receipt Requested, and by regular firstclass mail to Snake River Radio, LLC, 

Ted Austin, P.O. Box 17, St. Anthony, 

ID 83445 and Jeffrey L. Timmons, Esq., 

Timmons Communications Law, 974 

Branford Lane NW, Lilburn, GA 30047– 

2680. 

35. It is further ordered that the 

Secretary of the Commission shall cause 

to have this Hearing Designation Order 

and Notice of Opportunity for Hearing, 

or a summary thereof published in the 

Federal Register. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Thomas Horan, 

Chief of Staff, Media Bureau. 

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[FR ID 71104] 

Wireless Telecommunications Bureau 

and Public Safety and Homeland 

Security Bureau Extend the Date for 

the Acceptance and Processing of 

Certain Applications for 470–512 MHz 

(T-Band) Spectrum 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In this Public Notice, the 

Public Safety and Homeland Security 

Bureau and Wireless 

Telecommunications Bureau 

(collectively the Bureaus) extend the 

period for accepting certain applications 

for 470–512 MHz (T-Band) spectrum 

until April 1, 2022. 

DATES: The Bureaus issued the Public 

Notice on December 17, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Brian Marenco, Electronics Engineer, 

Policy and Licensing Division, Public 

Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, 

(202) 418–0838 or via email at 

Brian.Marenco@fcc.gov, and Joshua 

Smith, Mobility Division, Wireless 

Telecommunications Bureau, (717) 338– 

2502 or via email at Joshua.Smith@

fcc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a 

summary of the Commission’s Public 

Notice, DA 21–1596, released on 

December 17, 2021. The complete text 

of this document is available for 

inspection and copying during normal 

business hours in the FCC Reference 

Information Center, 45 L Street NE, 

Washington, DC 20554. Effective March 

19, 2020, and until further notice, the 

Commission no longer accepts any hand 

or messenger delivered filings. This is a 

temporary measure taken to help protect 

the health and safety of individuals, and 

to mitigate the transmission of COVID– 

19. See FCC Announces Closure of FCC 

Headquarters Open Window and 

Change in Hand-Delivery Policy, Public 

Notice, DA 20–304 (March 19, 2020). 

https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcccloses-headquarters-open-window-andchanges-hand-delivery-policy. During 

the time the Commission’s building is 

closed to the general public and until 

further notice. 

1. On January 19, 2021, the Bureaus 

released a Public Notice establishing a 

90-day period from March 22, 2021 

until June 21, 2021 for accepting certain 

Part 22 and Part 90 applications for 

facilities in the T-Band. The Bureaus 

limited applications to incumbent 

licensees to ensure orderly resumption 

of the application and licensing 

processes following suspension on 

acceptance of certain T-Band 

applications in 2012. On June 21, 2021, 

the Bureaus extended the incumbentonly filing window until Dec. 19, 2021. 

2. On December 17, 2021, the Bureaus 

released a Public Notice extending the 

period limiting applications to 

incumbent licensees to April 1, 2022 

while staff continues working on ways 

to improve the orderly resumption of 

the application and licensing processes 

for the T-Band. 

3. The Bureaus noted in the Public 

Notice that the decision to extend the 

date for acceptance of certain T-Band 


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