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Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

The information collected under this 

collection will be made publicly 

available. However, to the extent that a 

respondent seeks to have certain 

information collected in response to this 

information collection withheld from 

public inspection, the respondent may 

request confidential treatment of such 

information pursuant to § 0.459 of the 

Commission’s rules, 47 CFR 0.459. 

Needs and Uses: On October 27, 2020, 

the Commission adopted the 5G Fund 

Report and Order, FCC 20–150, in 

which it, among other things, adopted 

additional public interest obligations 

and performance requirements for 

legacy high-cost support recipients, 

whose broadband-specific public 

interest obligations for mobile wireless 

services were not previously detailed. 

The public interest obligations adopted 

in the 5G Fund Report and Order for 

each competitive eligible 

telecommunications carrier (ETC) 

receiving legacy high-cost support for 

mobile wireless services require that 

such a carrier (1) use an increasing 

percentage of its legacy support toward 

the deployment, maintenance, and 

operation of voice and broadband 

networks that support 5G meeting the 

adopted performance requirements 

within its subsidized service area(s), 

and (2) meet specific 5G broadband 

service deployment coverage 

requirements and service deployment 

milestone deadlines that take into 

consideration the amount of legacy 

support the carrier receives. With 

respect to the requirement to use an 

increasing percentage of its legacy 

support toward the deployment, 

maintenance, and operation of voice 

and broadband networks that support 

5G, the rules adopted in the 5G Fund 

Report and Order specify that each 

legacy support recipient must use at 

least one-third of the legacy support it 

receives in 2021, at least two-thirds of 

the legacy support it receives in 2022, 

and all of the legacy support in 2023 

and beyond for these purposes. 

To address a concern that budgets and 

deployment plans for 2021 are largely 

complete, which could make it difficult 

for some competitive ETCs to achieve 

the 2021 support usage requirement, the 

Commission adopted a rule that affords 

such competitive ETCs the flexibility to 

use less than one-third of their legacy 

support in 2021 and make up for any 

shortfall in 2021 by proportionally 

increasing the requirement in 2022 

(above the two-thirds of its support the 

competitive ETC is required to spend on 

5G in that year). See 47 CFR 

54.322(c)(4). In order to take advantage 

of this flexibility, a competitive ETC 

receiving legacy support for mobile 

wireless services must submit a 

certification in which it (1) provides 

information regarding the service area(s) 

for which it and any affiliated mobile 

competitive ETC(s) receive legacy 

support and the annual amount of 

support they receive in each area; (2) 

indicates the total amount of legacy 

high-cost support to be spent on the 

deployment, maintenance, and 

operation of mobile networks that 

provide 5G service in calendar year 

2021 across the identified service areas; 

and (3) certifies that any 2021 spending 

shortfall will be made up in 2022. Only 

those competitive ETCs receiving legacy 

high-cost support for mobile wireless 

services that wish to avail themselves of 

the flexibility concerning their 2021 and 

2022 legacy high-cost support usage 

requirements will be required to 

respond to this information collection. 

The certification will be used by the 

Commission to identify how much a 

competitive ETC that chooses to avail 

itself of the flexibility concerning its 

2021 and 2022 legacy high-cost support 

usage requirements will spend on 5G in 

2021 and the spending shortfall it must 

make up in 2022, and to confirm the 

competitive ETC’s commitment to make 

up its 2021 spending shortfall in 2022 

in accordance with its certification and 

the Commission’s rules. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene Dortch, 

Secretary, Office of the Secretary. 

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47 CFR Part 73 

[MB Docket No. 21–156; RM–11901; DA 21– 

768; FR ID 36873] 

Television Broadcasting Services 

Boise, Idaho 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: On April 16, 2021, the Media 

Bureau, Video Division (Bureau) issued 

a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 

(NPRM) in response to a petition for 

rulemaking filed by Sinclair Boise 

Licensee, LLC (Petitioner), the licensee 

of KBOI–TV, channel 9 (NBC), Boise, 

Idaho, requesting the substitution of 

channel 20 for channel 9 at Boise in the 

DTV Table of Allotments. For the 

reasons set forth in the Report and 

Order referenced below, the Bureau 

amends FCC regulations to substitute 

channel 20 for channel 9 at Boise. 

DATES: Effective July 14, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Joyce Bernstein, Media Bureau, at (202) 

418–1647 or Joyce.Bernstein@fcc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

proposed rule was published at 86 FR 

22382 on April 28, 2021. The Petitioner 

filed comments in support of the 

petition reaffirming its commitment to 

apply for channel 20. No other 

comments were filed. The Petitioner 

states that VHF channels have certain 

propagation characteristics which may 

cause reception issues for some viewers. 

In addition, KBOI–TV has received 

numerous complaints from viewers 

unable to receive the Station’s over-theair signal, despite being able to receive 

signals from other stations. The 

Petitioner also demonstrated that while 

the noise limited contour of the 

proposed channel 20 facility does not 

completely encompass the licensed 

channel 9 contour, only 180 persons in 

two small loss areas are predicted to 

lose service from KBOI–TV, a number 

the Commission considers de minimis. 

This is a synopsis of the 

Commission’s Report and Order, MB 

Docket No. 21–156; RM–11901; DA 21– 

768, adopted July 2, 2021, and released 

July 2, 2021. The full text of this 

document is available for download at 

https://www.fcc.gov/edocs. To request 

materials in accessible formats for 

people with disabilities (braille, large 

print, electronic files, audio format), 

send an email to fcc504@fcc.gov or call 

the Consumer & Governmental 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. 

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). 

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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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