12748 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 40 / Wednesday, February 28, 2001 / Proposed Rules

DTV Channel 9 to Temple with a power

of 7.5 and a height above average terrain

(HAAT) of 573 meters.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or

before April 13, 2001, and reply

comments on or before April 30, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications

Commission, 445 12th Street, SW.,

Room TW–A325, Washington, DC

20554. In addition to filing comments

with the FCC, interested parties should

serve the petitioner, or its counsel or

consultant, as follows: Kenneth C.

Howard, Baker & Hostetler LLP, 1050

Connecticut Avenue, NW., Suite 1100,

Washington, DC 20036–5304 (Counsel

for Channel 6, Inc.).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pam

Blumenthal, Mass Media Bureau, (202)

418–1600.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a

synopsis of the Commission’s Notice of

Proposed Rule Making, MM Docket No.

01–46, adopted February 16, 2001, and

released February 20, 2001. The full text

of this Commission decision is available

for inspection and copying during

normal business hours in the FCC

Reference Center 445 12th Street, SW.,

Washington, DC. The complete text of

this decision may also be purchased

from the Commission’s copy contractor,

International Transcription Services,

Inc., (202) 857–3800, 1231 20th Street,

NW., Washington, DC 20036.

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 contacts.

For information regarding proper

filing procedures for comments, see 47

CFR 1.415 and 1.420.

List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 73

Television, Digital television

broadcasting.

For the reasons discussed in the

preamble, the Federal Communications

Commission proposes to amend 47 CFR

part 73 as follows:

PART 73—TELEVISION BROADCAST

SERVICES

1. The authority citation for part 73

continues to read as follows:

Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154, 303, 334, and

336.

§ 73.622 [Amended]

2. Section 73.622(b), the Table of

Digital Television Allotments under

Texas is amended by removing DTV

Channel 50 and adding DTV Channel 9

at Temple.

Federal Communications Commission.

Barbara A. Kreisman,

Chief, Video Services Division, Mass Media

Bureau.

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47 CFR Part 73

[DA 01–389, MM Docket No. 01–45, RM–

9997]

Digital Television Broadcast Service;

Mountain View, AR

AGENCY: Federal Communications

Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: The Commission requests

comments on a petition filed by

Arkansas Educational Television

Commission, licensee of noncommercial

educational station KEMV(TV), NTSC

channel *6, Mountain View, Arkansas,

requesting the substitution of DTV

channel *13 for station KEMV(TV)’s

assigned DTV channel *35. DTV

channel *13 can be allotted to Mountain

View, Arkansas, in compliance with the

principle community coverage

requirements of Section 73.625(a) at

reference coordinates (35–48–47 N. and

92–17–24 W.). As requested, we propose

to allot DTV channel *13 to Mountain

View with a power of 20 and a height

above average terrain (HAAT) of 425

meters.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or

before April 13, 2001, and reply

comments on or before April 30, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications

Commission, 445 12th Street, SW.,

Room TW–A325, Washington, DC

20554. In addition to filing comments

with the FCC, interested parties should

serve the petitioner, or its counsel or

consultant, as follows: Todd D Gray,

Dow, Lohnes & Albertson, PLLC, 1200

New Hampshire Avenue, NW., Suite

800, Washington, DC 20036 (Counsel for

Arkansas Educational Television

Commission).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pam

Blumenthal, Mass Media Bureau, (202)

418–1600.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a

synopsis of the Commission’s Notice of

Proposed Rule Making, MM Docket No.

01–45, adopted February 16, 2001 and

released April 30, 2001. The full text of

this Commission decision is available

for inspection and copying during

normal business hours in the FCC

Reference Center, 445 12th Street, SW.,

Washington, DC. The complete text of

this decision may also be purchased

from the Commission’s copy contractor,

International Transcription Services,

Inc., (202) 857–3800, 1231 20th Street,

NW., Washington, DC 20036.

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

contacts.

For information regarding proper

filing procedures for comments, see 47

CFR 1.415 and 1.420.

List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 73

Television, Digital television

broadcasting.

For the reasons discussed in the

preamble, the Federal Communications

Commission proposes to amend 47 CFR

part 73 as follows:

PART 73—TELEVISION BROADCAST

SERVICES

1. The authority citation for part 73

continues to read as follows:

Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154, 303, 334, and

336.

§ 73.622 [Amended]

2. Section 73.622(b), the Table of

Digital Television Allotments under

Arkansas is amended by removing DTV

Channel *35 and adding DTV Channel

*13 at Mountain View.

Federal Communications Commission.

Barbara A. Kreisman,

Chief, Video Services Division, Mass Media

Bureau.

[FR Doc. 01–4805 Filed 2–27–01; 8:45 am]

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