[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 242 (Thursday, December 17, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 78730-78732]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-31671]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
FCC To Hold Open Commission Meeting, Thursday, December 17, 2015
December 10, 2015.
The Federal Communications Commission will hold an Open Meeting on
the subjects listed below on Thursday, December 17, 2015, which is
scheduled to commence at 10:30 a.m. in Room TW-C305, at 445 12th Street
SW., Washington, DC.
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Item No. Bureau Subject
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1......................... WIRELINE COMPETITION....................... TITLE: Petition of US Telecom for
Forbearance Pursuant to 47 U.S.C. 160
(c) from Enforcement of Obsolete ILEC
Legacy Regulations That Inhibit
Deployment of Next-Generation
Networks. (WC Docket No. 14-192);
Lifeline and Link Up Reform and
Modernization (WC Docket No. 11-42);
Connect America Fund (WC Docket No. 10-
90)
SUMMARY: The Commission will consider a
Memorandum Opinion and Order and
Report and Order addressing a petition
from US Telecom that seeks forbearance
from various categories of statutory
and Commission requirements applicable
to incumbent local exchange carriers.
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2......................... MEDIA...................................... TITLE: Amendment of Parts 73 and 74 of
the Commission's Rules to Establish
Rules for Digital Low Power Television
and Television Translator Stations (MB
Docket No. 03-185); Expanding the
Economic and Innovation Opportunities
of Spectrum Through Incentive Auctions
(GN Docket No. 12-268); Amendment of
Part 15 of the Commission's Rules to
Eliminate the Analog Turner
Requirement (ET Docket No. 14-175)
SUMMARY: The Commission will consider a
Third Report and Order that extends
the deadline for LPTV and TV
Translator Stations to Transition to
Digital and adopts measures to
mitigate the impact of incentive
auction displacement. The Fourth
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking seeks
comment on channel sharing issues
between certain stations.
3......................... INTERNATIONAL.............................. TITLE: Comprehensive Review of
Licensing and Operating Rules for
Satellite Services (IB Docket No. 12-
267)
SUMMARY: The Commission will consider a
Second Report and Order that
streamlines, eliminates or updates
numerous provisions of Part 25 of the
Commission's rules governing licensing
and operation of space stations and
earth stations for the provision of
satellite communication services.
4......................... INTERNATIONAL.............................. SUMMARY: The Commission will hear a
presentation on the outcomes of the
International Telecommunication
Union's World Radio Conference that
took place in November 2015.
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Consent Agenda
The Commission will consider the following subjects listed below as
a consent agenda and these items will not be presented individually:
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1......................... MEDIA...................................... TITLE: Application of Hampton Roads
Educational Telecommunications
Association for a New Noncommercial
Educational FM Station at Gloucester
Point
SUMMARY: The Commission will consider a
Memorandum Opinion and Order
concerning a joint Application for
Review challenging the grant of an
application filed by Hampton Roads
Educational Telecommunications
Association for a new NCE FM station.
2......................... MEDIA...................................... TITLE: Public Media of New England,
Inc. Application for a New LPFM
Station at Haverhill, Massachusetts
SUMMARY: The Commission will consider a
Memorandum Opinion and Order
concerning an Application for Review
filed by Boston Radio Association
seeking review of the grant of a
construction permit for a new LPFM
station to Public Media of New
England, Inc.
3......................... MEDIA...................................... TITLE: Cocoa Minority Educational Media
Association, Application for a New
LPFM Station at Cocoa, Florida
SUMMARY: The Commission will consider a
Memorandum Opinion and Order
concerning an Application for Review
filed by Cocoa Minority Educational
Media Association seeking review of
CMEMA's dismissed application for a
new LPFM station.
4......................... MEDIA...................................... TITLE: California Association for
Research and Education, Inc.,
Application for a New Noncommercial
Educational FM Broadcast Station at
Upton, KY, and Bethel Fellowship,
Inc., Application for a New
Noncommercial Educational FM Broadcast
Station at Cecilia, Kentucky
SUMMARY: The Commission will consider
an Order on Reconsideration in which
Bethel seeks reconsideration of a
denial of its Application for Review
seeking denial of CARE's noncommercial
educational FM application.
5......................... MEDIA...................................... TITLE: Calvary Chapel of Honolulu,
Inc., Application to Construct New
Noncommercial Educational FM Stations
at Honolulu, Hawaii, and Maka'ainana
Broadcasting Company, Ltd.,
Application to Construct New
Noncommercial Educational FM Stations
at Kaneohe, Hawaii
SUMMARY: The Commission will consider a
Memorandum Opinion and Order
concerning Applications for Review
filed by Maka'ainana Broadcasting
Company, Ltd. regarding mutually
exclusive applications to construct
new noncommercial educational FM
stations in Hawaii.
6......................... MEDIA...................................... TITLE: John Edward Ostlund, Application
for a Permit to Construct a new AM
Station at Easton, California, and
Hilo Broadcasting, LLC, Application
for a Permit to Construct a New AM
Station at Captain Cook, Hawaii
SUMMARY: The Commission will consider a
Memorandum Opinion and Order
concerning an Application for Review
filed by Hilo Broadcasting, LLC
regarding mutually exclusive AM
station applications.
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The meeting site is fully accessible to people using wheelchairs or
other mobility aids. Sign language interpreters, open captioning, and
assistive listening devices will be provided on site. Other reasonable
accommodations for people with disabilities are available upon request.
In your request, include a description of the accommodation you will
need and a way we can contact you if we need more information. Last
minute requests will be accepted, but may be impossible to fill. Send
an email to: [email protected] or call the Consumer & Governmental Affairs
Bureau at 202-418-0530 (voice), 202-418-0432 (TTY).
Additional information concerning this meeting may be obtained from
the Office of Media Relations, (202) 418-0500; TTY 1-888-835-5322.
Audio/Video coverage of the meeting will be broadcast live with open
captioning over the Internet from the FCC Live Web page at www.fcc.gov/live.
For a fee this meeting can be viewed live over George Mason
University's Capitol Connection. The Capitol Connection also will carry
the meeting live via the Internet. To purchase these services, call
(703) 993-3100 or go to www.capitolconnection.gmu.edu.
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FCC
The meeting site is fully accessible to people using wheelchairs or
other mobility aids. Sign language interpreters, open captioning, and
assistive listening devices will be provided on site. Other reasonable
accommodations for people with disabilities are available upon request.
In your request, include a description of the accommodation you will
need and a way we can contact you if we need more information. Last
minute requests will be accepted, but may be impossible to fill. Send
an email to: [email protected] or call the Consumer & Governmental Affairs
Bureau at 202-418-0530 (voice), 202-418-0432 (TTY).
Additional information concerning this meeting may be obtained from
the Office of Media Relations, (202) 418-0500; TTY 1-888-835-5322.
Audio/Video coverage of the meeting will be broadcast live with open
captioning over the Internet from the FCC Live Web page at www.fcc.gov/live.
For a fee this meeting can be viewed live over George Mason
University's Capitol Connection. The Capitol Connection also will carry
the meeting live via the Internet. To purchase these services, call
(703) 993-3100 or go to www.capitolconnection.gmu.edu.
Federal Communications Commission.
Gloria Miles,
Information Specialist.
[FR Doc. 2015-31671 Filed 12-16-15; 8:45 am]
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