Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 123 / Wednesday, June 30, 2021 / Proposed Rules 34695 

§ 9.19 Reliability of covered 911 service 

providers. 

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(4) * * * 

(i) * * * 

(B) Operates one or more central 

offices that directly serve a PSAP. For 

purposes of this section, a central office 

directly serves a PSAP if it hosts a 

selective router or ALI/ANI database, 

provides equivalent NG911 capabilities, 

or is the last service-provider facility 

through which a 911 trunk or 

administrative line (i.e., a business line 

or line group that connects to a PSAP 

but is not used as the default or primary 

route over which 911 calls are 

transmitted to the PSAP) passes before 

connecting to a PSAP. 

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

47 CFR Part 73 

[MB Docket No. 21–248; RM–11910; DA 21– 

694; FR ID 34410] 

Television Broadcasting Services 

Staunton, Virginia 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: The Commission has before it 

a petition for rulemaking filed by VPM 

Media Corporation (Petitioner), the 

licensee of noncommercial educational 

television station WVPT (PBS), channel 

*11, Staunton, Virginia. The Petitioner 

requests the substitution of channel *15 

for channel *11 at Staunton in the DTV 

Table of Allotments. 

DATES: Comments must be filed on or 

before July 30, 2021 and reply 

comments on or before August 16, 2021. 

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: Ari 

Meltzer, Esq., Wiley Rein LLP, 1776 K 

Street NW, Washington, DC 20006. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Joyce Bernstein, Media Bureau, at (202) 

418–1647; or at Joyce.Bernstein@fcc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In support 

of its channel substitution request, the 

Petitioner states that the proposed 

channel substitution would resolve 

significant over the air reception 

problems in the WVPT service area. The 

Petitioner states that the challenges of 

digital reception are well-documented, 

and that the Commission has recognized 

the deleterious effects of manmade 

noise on the reception of digital VHF 

signals. The Petitioner also believes that 

the channel substitution will allow for 

more efficient construction of WVPT’s 

post-incentive auction facilities. The 

Petitioner explains that it initially 

planned to retune WVPT’s existing 

Distributed Transmission System (DTS) 

transmitters from channel *11 to 

channel *12, its repacked channel. The 

transmitter and antenna manufacturers, 

however, were unable to support the 

planned retuning effort. Meanwhile, a 

structural analysis of WVPT’s existing 

tower revealed that it could not support 

a replacement antenna for VHF channel 

12. According to the Petitioner, the 

tower can support a lighter weight UHF 

antenna, and thus, allowing WVPT to 

move to channel *15 will obviate the 

need to construct a new tower, saving 

both time and money. It further states 

that the proposed channel *15 facility 

will result in a net gain of 56,814 

people, and while there is a loss area of 

27,033 people, only seven people would 

lose their only PBS noncommercial 

educational service, a number the 

Commission considers de minimis. 

This is a synopsis of the 

Commission’s Notice of Proposed 

Rulemaking, MB Docket No. 21–248; 

RM–11910; DA 21–694, adopted June 

15, 2021, and released June 15, 2021. 

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 § 1.1204(a) of the 

Commission’s rules, 47 CFR 1.1204(a). 

See §§ 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 

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(i), amend the PostTransition Table of DTV Allotments 

under Virginia by revising the entry for 

Staunton to read as follows: 

§ 73.622 Digital television table of 

allotments. 

* * * * * 

(i) * * * 

Community Channel No. 

* * * * * 

Virginia 

* * * * * 

Staunton ............................... * 15 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

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50 CFR Part 17 

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RIN 1018–BE72 

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