21030 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 69 / Monday, April 11, 2022 / Rules and Regulations 

network programing that did not have it 

before. 

This is a synopsis of the 

Commission’s Report and Order, MB 

Docket No. 22–13; RM–11914; DA 22– 

360, adopted April 4, 2022, and released 

April 4, 2022. 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 

the 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). 

List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 73 

Television. 

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 

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(j), amend the Table of 

Allotments, under New York, by 

revising the entry for Albany to read as 

follows: 

§ 73.622 Digital television table of 

allotments. 

* * * * * 

(j) * * * 

Community Channel No. 

* * * * * 

NEW YORK 

Albany ....................................... 8, 21, 24 

* * * * * 

[FR Doc. 2022–07637 Filed 4–8–22; 8:45 am] 

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

47 CFR Part 73 

[MB Docket No. 22–39; RM–11917; DA 22– 

359; FR ID 81399] 

Television Broadcasting Services 

Billings, Montana 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: On January 26, 2022, the 

Media Bureau, Video Division (Bureau) 

issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 

(NPRM) in response to a petition for 

rulemaking filed by Scripps 

Broadcasting Holdings LLC (Scripps or 

Petitioner), the licensee of KTVQ(TV) 

(KTVQ or Station), channel 10, Billings, 

Montana, requesting the substitution of 

channel 20 for channel 10 at Billings in 

the Table of Allotments. For the reasons 

set forth in the Report and Order 

referenced below, the Bureau amends 

the Federal Communications 

Commission (Commission or FCC) 

regulations to substitute channel 20 for 

channel 10 at Billings. 

DATES: Effective April 11, 2022. 

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 87 FR 

6473 on February 4, 2022. The 

Petitioner filed comments in support of 

the petition reaffirming its commitment 

to apply for channel 20. No other 

comments were filed. In support of its 

channel substitution request, the 

Petitioner states that the Commission 

has recognized that VHF channels have 

certain characteristics that pose 

challenges for their use in providing 

digital television service, including 

propagation characteristics that allow 

undesired signals and noise to be 

receivable at relatively far distances, 

and that the Station has received many 

complaints from viewers unable to 

receive a reliable signal on channel 10. 

An analysis using the Commission’s 

TVStudy software tool indicates that 

KTVQ’s move from channel 10 to 

channel 20 is predicted to create a small 

area with 3,624 persons. That loss area, 

however, is partially overlapped by the 

noise limited contours of Scripps’ 

owned TV translator stations K15LB–D, 

Red Lodge, Montana, and K28ON–D, 

Castle Rock, Montana, both of which 

carry the CBS network programming 

aired by KTVQ, and it appears that due 

to VHF reception issues and terrain, 

most of the viewers in the loss area 

already receive their CBS service from 

these translators. Accordingly, taking 

into account service from the Scripps’ 

translators, only 483 persons would lose 

CBS service if KTVQ moves to channel 

20, a number which the Commission 

considers de minimis. In addition, the 

loss area is also partially overlapped by 

the noise limited contours of KSVI 

(ABC) and KULR (NBC), Billings, 

Montana; KHMT (FOX), Hardin, 

Montana; and KSGW (ABC/FOX), 

Sheridan, Wyoming, so viewers in the 

loss area will continue to have access to 

major network programming. 

This is a synopsis of the 

Commission’s Report and Order, MB 

Docket No. 22–39; RM–11917; DA 22– 

359, adopted April 4, 2022, and released 

April 4, 2022. 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 

the 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). 

List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 73 

Television. 


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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 

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(j), amend the Table of 

Allotments, under Montana, by revising 

the entry for Billings to read as follows: 

§ 73.622 Digital television table of 

allotments. 

* * * * * 

(j) * * * 

Community Channel No. 

* * * * * 

MONTANA 

Billings .............................. 11, * 16, 18, 20 

* * * * * 

[FR Doc. 2022–07636 Filed 4–8–22; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 679 

[Docket No. 22016–0049; RTID 0648–XB756] 

Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic 

Zone Off Alaska; Pacific Cod by 

Catcher Vessels Using Trawl Gear in 

the Western Regulatory Area of the 

Gulf of Alaska 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Temporary rule; closure. 

SUMMARY: NMFS is prohibiting directed 

fishing for Pacific cod by catcher vessels 

using trawl gear in the Western 

Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska 

(GOA). This action is necessary to 

prevent exceeding the A season 

allowance of the 2022 total allowable 

catch of Pacific cod by catcher vessels 

using trawl gear in the Western 

Regulatory Area of the GOA. 

DATES: Effective 1200 hours, Alaska 

local time (A.l.t.), April 6, 2022, through 

1200 hours, A.l.t., June 10, 2022. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Krista Milani, 907–581–2062. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NMFS 

manages the groundfish fishery in the 

GOA exclusive economic zone 

according to the Fishery Management 

Plan for Groundfish of the Gulf of 

Alaska (FMP) prepared by the North 

Pacific Fishery Management Council 

under authority of the MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and 

Management Act. Regulations governing 

fishing by U.S. vessels in accordance 

with the FMP appear at subpart H of 50 

CFR part 600 and 50 CFR part 679. 

The A season allowance of the 2022 

Pacific cod total allowable catch (TAC) 

apportioned to catcher vessels using 

trawl gear in the Western Regulatory 

Area of the GOA is 2,118 metric tons 

(mt) as established by the final 2022 and 

2023 harvest specifications for 

groundfish in the GOA (87 FR 11599, 

March 2, 2022). 

In accordance with § 679.20(d)(1)(i), 

the Regional Administrator has 

determined that the A season allowance 

of the 2022 Pacific cod TAC 

apportioned to catcher vessels using 

trawl gear in the Western Regulatory 

Area of the GOA will soon be reached. 

Therefore, the Regional Administrator is 

establishing a directed fishing 

allowance of 2,018 mt and is setting 

aside the remaining 100 mt as bycatch 

to support other anticipated groundfish 

fisheries. In accordance with 

§ 679.20(d)(1)(iii), the Regional 

Administrator finds that this directed 

fishing allowance has been reached. 

Consequently, NMFS is prohibiting 

directed fishing for Pacific cod by 

catcher vessels using trawl gear in the 

Western Regulatory Area of the GOA. 

While this closure is effective the 

maximum retainable amounts at 

§ 679.20(e) and (f) apply at any time 

during a trip. 

Classification 

NMFS issues this action pursuant to 

section 305(d) of the Magnuson-Stevens 

Act. This action is required by 50 CFR 

part 679, which was issued pursuant to 

section 304(b), and is exempt from 

review under Executive Order 12866. 

Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B), there 

is good cause to waive prior notice and 

an opportunity for public comment on 

this action, as notice and comment 

would be impracticable and contrary to 

the public interest, as it would prevent 

NMFS from responding to the most 

recent fisheries data in a timely fashion 

and would delay the closure of Pacific 

cod by catcher vessels using trawl gear 

in the Western Regulatory Area of the 

GOA. NMFS was unable to publish a 

notice providing time for public 

comment because the most recent, 

relevant data only became available as 

of April 5, 2022. 

The Assistant Administrator for 

Fisheries, NOAA also finds good cause 

to waive the 30-day delay in the 

effective date of this action under 5 

U.S.C. 553(d)(3). This finding is based 

upon the reasons provided above for 

waiver of prior notice and opportunity 

for public comment. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. 

Dated: April 6, 2022. 

Jennifer M. Wallace, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2022–07698 Filed 4–6–22; 4:15 pm] 

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