37060 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 132 / Wednesday, July 14, 2021 / Rules and Regulations 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Thomas Horan, 

Chief of Staff, Media Bureau. 

Final Rule 

For the reasons discussed in the 

preamble, the Federal Communications 

Commission amends 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 paragraph (i), amend 

the Post-Transition Table of DTV 

Allotments, under Idaho, by revising the 

entry for ‘‘Boise’’ to read as follows: 

§ 73.622 Digital television table of 

allotments. 

* * * * * 

(i) * * * 

Community Channel No. 

* * * * * 

IDAHO 

Boise ................................. 7, 20, * 21, 39 

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47 CFR Part 74 

[MB Docket No. 19–193; FCC 21–70; FR ID 

35680] 

Low Power FM Radio Service 

Technical Rules 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: In this document, the Federal 

Communications Commission 

(Commission) adopts an Order on 

Reconsideration (Order) to consider 

petitions for reconsideration filed in 

response to revisions of technical rules 

that primarily affect Low Power FM 

(LPFM) radio stations. 

DATES: Effective August 13, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Irene Bleiweiss, Media Bureau, Audio 

Division, (202) 418–2785, or via the 

internet at Irene.Bleiweiss@fcc.gov. 

Direct press inquiries to Janice Wise at 

(202) 418–8165, or via the internet at 

Janice.Wise@fcc.gov. For additional 

information concerning the Paperwork 

Reduction Act (PRA) information 

collection requirements contained in 

this document, contact Cathy Williams 

at 202–418–2918, or via the internet at 

Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a 

summary of the Commission’s Order, in 

MB Docket No. 19–193, FCC 21–70, 

adopted June 15, 2021 and released on 

June 16, 2021. The full text of this 

document is available electronically via 

the FCC’s Electronic Document 

Management System (EDOCS) website 

https://www.fcc.gov/edocs or by 

downloading the text from the 

Commission’s website at https://

ecfsapi.fcc.gov/file/0616283713905/ 

FCC-21-70A1.pdf or https://

docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/FCC21-70A1.pdf (Documents will be 

available electronically in ASCII, 

Microsoft Word, and/or Adobe Acrobat.) 

Alternative formats are available for 

people with disabilities (Braille, large 

print, electronic files, audio format), by 

sending an email to fcc504@fcc.gov or 

calling the Commission’s Consumer and 

Governmental Affairs Bureau at (202) 

418–0530 (voice), (202) 418–0432 

(TTY). 

Final Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

Analysis 

The Order does not contain new or 

modified information collection 

requirements subject to the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104– 

13. Therefore, it does not contain any 

new or modified information collection 

burdens for small business concerns 

with fewer than 25 employees, pursuant 

to the Small Business Paperwork Relief 

Act of 2002, Public Law 107–198. 

Congressional Review Act 

The Commission has determined, and 

the Administrator of the Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget, 

concurs that this rule change is ‘‘nonmajor’’ under the Congressional Review 

Act, 5 U.S.C. 804(2). The Commission 

will send a copy of the Order to 

Congress and the Government 

Accountability Office pursuant to 5 

U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A). 

Synopsis 

1. Introduction. On June 15, 2021, the 

Commission adopted an Order on 

Reconsideration (Order), Amendment of 

Parts 73 and 74 of the Commission’s 

Rules to Improve the Low Power FM 

Radio Service Technical Rules; FCC 21– 

70, MB Docket No. 19–193. The Order 

dismisses in part and denies in part two 

petitions for reconsideration of revisions 

to technical rules governing the Low 

Power FM (LPFM) service in order to 

improve LPFM reception and increase 

flexibility in transmitter siting while 

maintaining interference protection and 

the core LPFM goals of diversity and 

localism. The Order also restores text 

that was inadvertently deleted from an 

existing LPFM rule. 

2. The Commission proposed to 

modify the LPFM technical rules in a 

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 

published at 84 FR 49205 (Sept. 19, 

2019). It adopted revised technical rules 

in a Report and Order published at 85 

FR 35567 (June 11, 2020). The 

Commission established that the 

revisions would apply prospectively, 

i.e., to applications for which no 

decision had yet issued as of the rules’ 

effective date. The goal of the revisions 

was to provide LPFM stations with 

greater flexibility, to improve their 

service, and to remove regulatory 

burdens. 

3. Petitions for Reconsideration. The 

Commission received two petitions for 

reconsideration. One petition sought 

further revisions of the LPFM rules to 

increase maximum power, eliminate 

certain testing requirements for 

directional antennas, and revise a 

requirement that LPFM stations use 

equipment that has been certified for 

LPFM use. Another petition asked the 

Commission to extend the new rules to 

cases decided under former rules if the 

decision was not yet final when the new 

rules took effect. The Order dismisses 

and/or denies these petitions consistent 

with the Commission’s goal of keeping 

LPFM requirements simple and 

accessible in order to facilitate 

construction and operation of 

community-oriented noncommercial 

stations by organizations with limited 

expertise and small budgets. 

4. Restoration of Inadvertently 

Deleted Language. The Order takes the 

opportunity to correct an error that 

occurred when the Commission 

amended the Rules to permit LPFM 

stations to retransmit their signals over 

co-owned FM booster stations. In 

making ancillary changes to add the 

concept of LPFM boosters to existing 

rules governing booster use in other 

services, the Commission inadvertently 

deleted three words (‘‘or FM translator’’) 

from the existing language in section 

74.1263(b) of the Rules. The Order 

includes a rule revision to restore that 

language. Because the deletion of FM 

translators from the scope of the rule in 

question was clearly inadvertent and 

correcting this error is noncontroversial, 

the Order finds that the notice and 

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Administrative Procedure Act would 

serve no useful purpose and are 

therefore unnecessary. 

Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

5. The Regulatory Flexibility Act of 

1980, as amended (RFA), see 5 U.S.C. 

603 and amended by the Small Business 

Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 

1996 (SBREFA), Public Law 104–121, 

Title II, 110 Stat. 847 (1996), requires 

that a regulatory flexibility analysis be 

prepared for notice-and-comment rule 

making proceedings, unless the agency 

certifies that ‘‘the rule will not, if 

promulgated, have a significant 

economic impact on a substantial 

number of small entities.’’ 5 U.S.C. 

605(b). The RFA generally defines the 

term ‘‘small entity’’ as having the same 

meaning as the terms ‘‘small business,’’ 

‘‘small organization,’’ and ‘‘small 

governmental jurisdiction.’’ 5 U.S.C. 

601(6); See 5 U.S.C. 601(3) 

(incorporating by reference the 

definition of ‘‘small-business concern’’ 

in 15 U.S.C. 632). Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 

601(3), the statutory definition of a 

small business applies ‘‘unless an 

agency, after consultation with the 

Office of Advocacy of the Small 

Business Administration and after 

opportunity for public comment, 

establishes one or more definitions of 

such term which are appropriate to the 

activities of the agency and publishes 

such definition(s) in the Federal 

Register.’’ 5 U.S.C. 601(3). In addition, 

the term ‘‘small business’’ has the same 

meaning as the term ‘‘small business 

concern’’ under the Small Business Act. 

15 U.S.C. 632. A small business concern 

is one which: (1) Is independently 

owned and operated; (2) is not 

dominant in its field of operation; and 

(3) satisfies any additional criteria 

established by the SBA. See 5 U.S.C. 

601–612. 

6. This Order on Reconsideration 

disposes of petitions for reconsideration 

in MB Docket Nos. 19–193 and 17–105 

without making any resulting rule 

changes. The only rule change made in 

the Order on Reconsideration merely 

reinserts a phrase that the NPRM and 

Order inadvertently deleted. Because 

this rule change does not require notice 

and comment, the Regulatory Flexibility 

Act does not apply. Id. 601(2). In the 

Order in this proceeding, the 

Commission issued a Final Regulatory 

Flexibility Analysis (FRFA) that 

conforms to the RFA, as amended. 

Order, 35 FCC Rcd at 4149, Appendix 

C. The Commission received no 

petitions for reconsideration of that 

FRFA. This Order on Reconsideration 

does not alter the Commission’s 

previous analysis under the RFA. 

7. Congressional Review Act. The 

Commission will send a copy of this 

Order on Reconsideration to Congress 

and the Government Accountability 

Office pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A). 

Ordering Clauses 

8. Accordingly, it is ordered that, 

pursuant to the authority contained in 

sections 1, 4(i), 4(j), 301, 303, 307, 308, 

309, 316, and 319 of the 

Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended, 47 U.S.C. 151, 154(i), 154(j), 

301, 303, 307, 308, 309, 316, and 319, 

as well as the Local Community Radio 

Act of 2010, Public Law 111–371, 124 

Stat. 4072 (2011), and the 

Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. 

553(b)(B), this Order on Reconsideration 

is adopted. 

9. It is further ordered that the 

Petition for Reconsideration filed by 

Todd Urick, Todd Urick (Common 

Frequency) and Paul Bame (Prometheus 

Radio Project) along with Peter Gray 

(KFZR–LP), Makeda Dread Cheatom 

(KVIB–LP), Brad Johnson (KGIG–LP), 

David Stepanyuk (KIEV–LP), and Andy 

Hansen-Smith (KCFZ–LP) is dismissed 

in part and denied in part. 

10. It is further ordered that the 

Petition for Reconsideration filed by 

Foundation for a Beautiful Life is 

dismissed and in the alternative is 

denied. 

11. It is further ordered that, effective 

30 days after publication in the Federal 

Register, 47 CFR 74.1263(b) is amended 

as specified in Appendix A of the Order. 

12. It is further ordered that the 

Commission shall send a copy of this 

Order on Reconsideration 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 74 

FM broadcast booster station, LPFM 

booster, Time of operation, Station 

identification. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene Dortch, 

Secretary. 

Final Rules 

For the reasons stated in the 

preamble, the Federal Communications 

Commission amends 47 CFR part 74 as 

follows: 

PART 74—EXPERIMENTAL RADIO, 

AUXILIARY, SPECIAL BROADCAST 

AND OTHER PROGRAM 

DISTRIBUTIONAL SERVICES 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 74 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154, 302a, 303, 307, 

309, 310, 336, and 554. 

■ 2. Amend § 74.1263 by revising 

paragraph (b) to read as follows: 

§ 74.1263 Time of operation. 

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(b) An FM booster or FM Translator 

station rebroadcasting the signal of an 

AM, FM or LPFM primary station shall 

not be permitted to radiate during 

extended periods when signals of the 

primary station are not being 

retransmitted. Notwithstanding the 

foregoing, FM translators rebroadcasting 

Class D AM stations may continue to 

operate during nighttime hours only if 

the AM station has operated within the 

last 24 hours. 

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47 CFR Chapter 1 

[WC Docket No. 18–213; FCC 21–74; FR 

ID 36878] 

Promoting Telehealth for Low-Income 

Consumers 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: In this document, the Federal 

Communications Commission 

(Commission) offers further guidance on 

the administration of the Connected 

Care Pilot Program, including guidance 

on eligible services, competitive 

bidding, invoicing, and data reporting 

for selected participants, allowing 

selected Pilot Program participants to 

begin their Pilot projects. 

DATES: Effective August 13, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Bryan Boyle, Wireline Competition 

Bureau, 202–418–7400 or by email at 

Bryan.Boyle@fcc.gov. The Commission 

asks that requests for accommodations 

be made as soon as possible to allow the 

agency time to satisfy such requests 

whenever possible. Send an email to 

fcc504@fcc.gov or call the Consumer 

and Governmental Affairs Bureau at 

(202) 418–0530. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a 

summary of the Commission’s Second 

Report and Order (R&O) in WC Docket 

No. 18–213; FCC 21–74, adopted on 

June 17, 2021 and released on June 21, 

2021. Due to the COVID–19 pandemic, 

the Commission’s headquarters will be 

closed to the general public until further 


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