25196 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 82 / Thursday, April 28, 2022 / Proposed Rules 

proposed information collection 

requirements. The Commission, as part 

of its continuing effort to reduce 

paperwork burdens, invites the general 

public and the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) to comment on the 

information collection requirements 

contained in this document, as required 

by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995, Public Law 104–13. In addition, 

pursuant to the Small Business 

Paperwork Relief Act of 2002, Public 

Law 107–198, see 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(4), 

we seek specific comment on how we 

might further reduce the information 

collection burden for small business 

concerns with fewer than 25 employees. 

IV. Ordering Clauses 

100. Accordingly, it is ordered that, 

pursuant to Sections 1–4, 201, and 224 

of the Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended, 47 U.S.C. 151–154, 201, and 

224, this Second Notice of Proposed 

Rulemaking is adopted. 

101. It is further ordered that the 

Commission’s Consumer & 

Governmental Affairs Bureau, Reference 

Information Center, shall send a copy of 

this Second Further Notice of Proposed 

Rulemaking, including the Initial 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis, to the 

Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the Small 

Business Administration. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene Dortch, 

Secretary. 

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47 CFR Part 73 

[MB Docket No. 22–150; RM–11926; DA 22– 

403; FRS 82844] 

Television Broadcasting Services 

Augusta, Maine 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Communications 

Commission (Commission or FCC) has 

before it a petition for rulemaking filed 

by Maine Public Broadcasting 

Corporation (Petitioner), the licensee of 

WCBB, channel *10, Augusta, Maine. 

The Petitioner requests the substitution 

of channel *20 for channel *10 at 

Augusta in the Table of Allotments. 

DATES: Comments must be filed on or 

before May 31, 2022 and reply 

comments on or before June 13, 2022. 

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: 

Derek Teslik, Esq., Gray Miller Persh, 

2233 Wisconsin Avenue NW, 

Washington, DC 20007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Joyce Bernstein, Media Bureau, at (202) 

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

support, the Petitioner states that the 

proposed channel substitution would 

serve the public interest, since WCBB is 

one of only two full power stations in 

the market to broadcast on a VHF 

channel, and moving the Station to a 

UHF channel would improve the 

community’s access to WCBB’s Public 

Broadcasting Service (PBS) and other 

public television programming by 

improving indoor reception. According 

to Petitioner, although the proposed 

channel *20 facilities will result in a 

slight reduction in the Station’s 

predicted population served, much of 

the predicted loss area is located outside 

the State of Maine and the vast majority 

is served by Petitioner’s stations 

WMEB–TV, Orono, Maine, and WMEA– 

TV, Biddeford, Maine, or by other PBS 

member stations, WENH–TV, Durham, 

New Hampshire, WLED–TV, Littleton, 

New Hampshire, and WVTB, St. 

Johnsbury, Vermont. Petitioner further 

states that once terrain-limitations are 

factored into the analysis, the new loss 

area that would be created by the 

proposed substitution would contain 

144 persons, which it asserts is well 

below the level the Commission 

considers de minimis in the context of 

considering impermissible loss of 

service. Since the proposed facility is 

located within the Canadian 

coordination zone, concurrence from 

the Canadian government must be 

obtained for this allotment. 

This is a synopsis of the 

Commission’s Notice of Proposed 

Rulemaking, MB Docket No. 22–150; 

RM–11926; DA 22–403, adopted April 

13, 2022, and released April 13, 2022. 

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(j), amend the Table of 

Allotments under Maine by changing 

*10 to *20 in the entry for Augusta to 

read as follows: 

§ 73.622 Digital television table of 

allotments. 

* * * * * 

(j) * * * 

Community Channel No. 

* * * * * 

MAINE 

Augusta ................................. * 20 

* * * * * 

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