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DATES: Written comments must be 

received on or before November 10, 

2014. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket number EPA–R08– 

OAR–2014–0272, by one of the 

following methods: 

• http://www.regulations.gov. Follow 

the on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• Email: fulton.abby@epa.gov. 

• Fax: (303) 312–6064 (please alert 

the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT if you are faxing 

comments). 

• Mail: Director, Air Program, 

Environmental Protection Agency 

(EPA), Region 8, Mailcode 8P–AR, 1595 

Wynkoop Street, Denver, Colorado 

80202–1129. 

• Hand Delivery: Director, Air 

Program, Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA), Region 8, Mailcode 8P– 

AR, 1595 Wynkoop Street, Denver, 

Colorado 80202–1129. Such deliveries 

are only accepted Monday through 

Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., excluding 

Federal holidays. Special arrangements 

should be made for deliveries of boxed 

information. 

Please see the direct final rule which 

is located in the Rules Section of this 

Federal Register for detailed instruction 

on how to submit comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Abby Fulton, Air Program, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency 

(EPA), Region 8, Mailcode 8P–AR, 1595 

Wynkoop Street, Denver, Colorado 

80202–1129. (303) 312–6563, 

fulton.abby@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the 

‘‘Rules and Regulations’’ section of this 

Federal Register, EPA is approving the 

revision as a direct final rule without 

prior proposal because the Agency 

views this as a noncontroversial 

revision and anticipates no adverse 

comments. A detailed rationale for the 

approval is set forth in the preamble to 

the direct final rule. If EPA receives no 

adverse comments, EPA will not take 

further action on this proposed rule. If 

EPA receives adverse comments, EPA 

will withdraw the direct final rule and 

it will not take effect. EPA will address 

all public comments in a subsequent 

final rule based on this proposed rule. 

EPA will not institute a second 

comment period on this action. Any 

parties interested in commenting must 

do so at this time. Please note that if 

EPA receives adverse comment on an 

amendment, paragraph, or section of 

this rule and if that provision may be 

severed from the remainder of the rule, 

EPA may adopt as final those provisions 

of the rule that are not the subject of an 

adverse comment. See the information 

provided in the Direct Final action of 

the same title which is located in the 

Rules and Regulations Section of this 

Federal Register. 

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq. 

Dated: September 18, 2014. 

Shaun L. McGrath, 

Regional Administrator, Region 8. 

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47 CFR Part 73 

[GN Docket No. 12–268; DA 14–1395] 

Media Bureau Seeks Comment on 

Draft TV Broadcaster Relocation Fund 

Reimbursement Form 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Proposed rule; request for 

comment. 

SUMMARY: In this Document, the Media 

Bureau of the Federal Communications 

Commission (‘‘Commission’’) seeks 

comment on a draft TV Broadcaster 

Relocation Fund Reimbursement Form 

(‘‘Reimbursement Form’’), which 

broadcasters that are reassigned to new 

channels following the Incentive 

Auction and MVPDs will submit to 

provide information needed to obtain 

expense reimbursement. The Media 

Bureau also seeks comment on whether 

any information submitted on the 

Reimbursement Form should be kept 

confidential. 

DATES: Comments are due on October 

27, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by GN Docket No. 12–268, by 

any of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Federal Communications 

Commission’s Web site: http://

www.fcc.gov/cgb/ecfs/. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Mail: Filings can be sent by hand or 

messenger delivery, by commercial 

overnight courier, or by first-class or 

overnight U.S. Postal Service mail. All 

filings must be addressed to the 

Commission’s Secretary, Office of the 

Secretary, Federal Communications 

Commission, 445 12th Street SW., 

Washington, DC 20554. Commercial 

overnight mail (other than U.S. Postal 

Service Express Mail and Priority Mail) 

must be sent to 9300 East Hampton 

Drive, Capitol Heights, MD 20743. U.S. 

Postal Service first-class, Express, and 

Priority mail must be addressed to 445 

12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Pamela Gallant, Media Bureau, Video 

Division at 202–418–0614. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a 

summary of the FCC’s document, GN 

Docket No. 12–268, DA 14–1395 

(released September 25, 2014). The full 

text of this document is available for 

inspection and copying during normal 

business hours in the FCC Reference 

Center (Room CY–A257), 445 12th 

Street SW., Washington, DC 20554. The 

complete text of this document also may 

be purchased from the Commission’s 

copy contractor Best Copy and Printing, 

Inc., 445 12th Street SW., Room CY– 

B402, Washington, DC, 20554. The full 

text may also be downloaded at: 

www.fcc.gov. 

Summary 

In this document (Public Notice 

available at http://www.fcc.gov/

document/media-bureau-seekscomment-incentive-auctionreimbursement-form), the Media Bureau 

seeks comment on a draft 

Reimbursement Form, which 

broadcasters and MVPDs will use to 

submit: Information needed to establish 

an account with the Department of 

Treasury for payment purposes; an 

estimate of their eligible relocation 

costs; actual cost documentation 

throughout the construction period, as 

they incur expenses; and their total 

expenses incurred. In order to ensure 

fairness, efficiency, and transparency of 

process for reimbursing broadcasters for 

relocation costs related to the Incentive 

Auction, and the associated costs of 

MVPDs, we are providing the 

opportunity for stakeholders to 

comment on a draft Reimbursement 

Form and instructions well in advance 

of the commencement of the Incentive 

Auction. The comments we receive will 

assist us in designing a form that 

facilitates the reimbursement process for 

all parties while also ensuring that we 

are efficient stewards of limited 

reimbursement funds, and guardians 

against waste, fraud and abuse. 

Consistent with the process set out in 

the Incentive Auction Order, 

broadcasters and MVPDs will file the 

Reimbursement Form no later than three 

months following the release of the 

Channel Reassignment Public Notice, at 

which time they will submit their 

overall estimate of the cost of 

completing their transition. At that time, 

broadcasters and MVPDs will indicate 

whether they plan to modify current 


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equipment or purchase new equipment 

and will identify the existing equipment 

that must be modified or replaced. The 

Commission’s reimbursement process 

provides for an initial allocation of 

funds based on broadcasters’ and 

MVPDs’ estimated costs. Prior to the 

deadline for filing cost estimates, 

broadcasters and MVPDs will need to 

establish a U.S. Treasury account for 

receiving payment from the TV 

Broadcaster Relocation Fund. 

Submitting this information via the 

Reimbursement Form before the 

deadline for filing estimated costs will 

allow entities to start the process of 

establishing an account well before they 

receive their initial allocation of funds. 

Once an initial amount is allocated for 

each entity, and broadcasters and 

MVPDs begin purchasing equipment 

and services, they will submit an 

updated Reimbursement Form along 

with cost documentation demonstrating 

their actual costs each time they seek 

reimbursement for an expense against 

their allocation. This process will allow 

broadcasters and MPVDs to use federal 

funds to pay their expenses as they are 

incurred. Finally, all entities that 

receive an allocation must submit a final 

Reimbursement Form showing their 

total expenses upon completing 

construction or by a specific deadline 

prior to the end of the three-year 

reimbursement period to be announced 

by the Media Bureau, whichever is 

earlier. Some stations with longer 

construction deadlines and some 

MVPDs might still have outstanding 

expenses by that deadline; these entities 

must provide a final accounting of 

expenses on the Reimbursement Form 

upon completing the transition, even if 

this occurs after the end of the 

reimbursement period. Entities need 

complete and submit only the relevant 

sections of the form as they proceed 

through each phase of the 

reimbursement process. 

As contemplated by the Incentive 

Auction Order, the Media Bureau will 

make public the amounts distributed 

from the Reimbursement Fund to each 

broadcaster and MVPD. However, we 

seek specific comment on whether any 

of the other data submitted on the 

Reimbursement Form should be 

considered confidential or not subject to 

public disclosure. Although the 

Incentive Auction Order states that 

entities can submit a request for 

confidential treatment of data submitted 

on the Reimbursement Form pursuant to 

§ 0.459 of the Commission’s rules, we 

seek comment on whether the Media 

Bureau should automatically treat 

certain specific information provided on 

the Reimbursement Form as 

confidential. If so, we invite parties to 

specify which information fields should 

be deemed confidential and which 

provision of the Commission’s rules 

permits such a blanket non-disclosure 

presumption. 

Release of a draft Reimbursement 

Form (Attachment A) (available at 

http://www.fcc.gov/article/da-14- 

1395a2) and instructions (Attachment 

B) (available at http://www.fcc.gov/

article/da-14-1395a3) well in advance of 

the commencement of the Incentive 

Auction is an important first step in the 

process of designing a form with the 

input of stakeholders that promotes 

fairness, efficiency and transparency of 

process. The draft form is a 

representation of the data fields to be 

included in the electronic form and 

illustrates the information to be 

collected. The public will have 

additional opportunity to comment on 

this data collection, as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, after 

it is submitted to the Office of 

Management and Budget. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

William T. Lake, 

Chief, Media Bureau. 

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