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total number of operating space stations

authorized by the Commission.

(o) In-orbit spares. Licensees need not

file separate applications to operate

technically identical in-orbit spares

authorized as part of the blanket license

pursuant to paragraph (g) of this section.

However, the licensee shall certify to

the Commission, within 10 days of

bringing the in-orbit spare into

operation, that operation of this space

station did not cause the licensee to

exceed the total number of operating

space stations authorized by the

Commission.

(p) Earth station reporting. Licensees

shall submit to the Commission a yearly

report indicating the number of earth

stations actually brought into service

under its blanket licensing authority.

The annual report is due to the

Commission no later than the first day

of April of each year and shall indicate

the deployment figures for the

preceding calendar year.

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47 CFR Part 73

[DA No. 01–1184, MM Docket No. 00–69,

RM–9850, RM–9945 and 9946]

Radio Broadcasting Services;

Cheboygan, Rogers City, Bear Lake,

Bellaire, Rapid River, Manistique,

Ludington, Walhalla & Onaway, MI

AGENCY: Federal Communications

Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: The Commission, in response

to the counterproposal filed by D&B and

Fort Bend Broadcasting Company

proposing changes at Rogers City, Bear

Lake, Bellaire, Rapid River, Manistique,

Ludington, Walhalla & Onaway,

Michigan, issues an Order to Show

Cause to the licensee of Station WKLA,

Ludington, Michigan, as to why its

license should not be modified to

specify operation on Channel 254A in

lieu of Channel 292A. The

counterproposal was filed in response to

the Notice of Proposed Rule Making and

Order to Show Cause which proposed

the allotment of Channel 260C2 at

Cheboygan, Michigan, and the

substitution of Channel 292C2 for

Channel 260C2 at Rogers City,

Michigan. See 65 FR 30588, May 12,

2000.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or

before July 2, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications

Commission, Washington, DC 20554.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Kathleen Scheuerle, Mass Media

Bureau, (202) 418–2180.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a

summary of the Commission’s Order to

Show Cause, MM Docket No. 00–69,

adopted May 2, 2001, and released May

11, 2001. The full text of this

Commission decision is available for

inspection and copying during normal

business hours in the Commission’s

Reference Center, Washington, DC. The

complete text of this decision may also

be purchased from the Commission’s

copy contractors, International

Transcription Services, Inc., 1231 20th

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20036,

(202) 857–3800, facsimile (202) 857–

3805.

Provisions of the Regulatory

Flexibility Act of 1980 do not apply to

this proceeding.

Members of the public should note

that from the time a Notice of Proposed

Rule Making is issued until the matter

is no longer subject to Commission

consideration or court review, all ex

parte contacts are prohibited in

Commission proceedings, such as this

one, which involve channel allotments.

See 47 CFR 1.1204(b) for rules

governing permissible ex parte contact.

For information regarding proper

filing procedures for comments, see 47

CFR 1.415 and 1.420.

List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 73

Radio broadcasting.

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, 303, 334 and 336.

§ 73.202 [Amended]

2. Section 73.202(b), the Table of FM

Allotments under Michigan, is amended

by removing Channel 292A and adding

Channel 254A at Ludington.

Federal Communications Commission.

John A. Karousos,

Chief, Allocations Branch, Policy and Rules

Division, Mass Media Bureau.

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47 CFR Part 73

[DA No. 01–1291, MM Docket No. 01–112,

RM–10115]

Radio Broadcasting Services;

Waitsburg, WA

AGENCY: Federal Communications

Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: This document requests

comments on a petition filed by Jeffrey

A. Bruton proposing the allotment of

Channel 272A at Waitsburg,

Washington, as that community’s first

local broadcast service. The coordinates

for Channel 272A at Waitsburg are 46–

17–17 and 117–59–18. There is a site

restriction 12.8 kilometers (7.9 miles)

east of the community. Canadian

concurrence will be requested for the

allotment of Channel 272A at

Wasitsburg.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or

before July 16, 2001, and reply

comments on or before July 31, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications

Commission, 445 Twelfth Street, SW.,

Washington, DC 20554. In addition to

filing comments with the FCC,

interested parties should serve the

petitioner, as follows: Jeffrey A. Bruton,

1832 Fern, Walla Walla, Washington

99362.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Kathleen Scheuerle, Mass Media

Bureau, (202) 418–2180.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a

summary of the Commission’s Notice of

Proposed Rule Making, MM Docket No.

01–112, adopted May 16, 2001, and

released May 25, 2001. The full text of

this Commission decision is available

for inspection and copying during

normal business hours in the

Commission’s Reference Information

Center, 445 Twelfth Street, SW.,

Washington, DC 20554. The complete

text of this decision may also be

purchased from the Commission’s copy

contractors, International Transcription

Services, Inc., 1231 20th Street, NW.,

Washington, DC 20036, (202) 857–3800,

facsimile (202) 857–3805.

Provisions of the Regulatory

Flexibility Act of 1980 do not apply to

this proceeding.

Members of the public should note

that from the time a Notice of Proposed

Rule Making is issued until the matter

is no longer subject to Commission

consideration or court review, all ex

parte contacts are prohibited in

Commission proceedings, such as this