[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 75 (Thursday, April 20, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18643-18644]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-07949]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Open Commission Meeting, Thursday, April 20, 2017
April 13, 2017.
The Federal Communications Commission will hold an Open Meeting on
the subjects listed below on Thursday, April 20, 2017 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: Connect America
Fund (WC Docket No. 10-
90); ETC Annual Reports
and Certifications (WC
Docket No. 14-58);
Developing a Unified
Intercarrier
Compensation Regime (CC
Docket No. 01-92)
Summary: The Commission
will consider an Order
on Reconsideration that
would amend the
construction project
limitation within
section 54.303 of the
Commission's rules to
permit carriers to
report, for universal
service purposes,
capital expenses per
location up to the
established per-location
per-project limit,
rather than disallowing
all capital expenses
associated with
construction projects in
excess of the limit.
2..................... Wireline Competition. Title: Accelerating
Wireline Broadband
Deployment by Removing
Barriers to
Infrastructure
Investment (WC Docket
No. 17-84)
Summary: The Commission
will consider a Notice
of Proposed Rulemaking,
Notice of Inquiry, and
Request for Comment that
would propose to remove
regulatory barriers to
infrastructure
investment, suggest
changes to speed the
transition from copper
networks and legacy
services to next-
generation networks and
services dependent on
fiber, and propose to
reform Commission
regulations that are
raising costs and
slowing, rather than
facilitating, broadband
deployment.
3..................... Wireless Tele- Title: Accelerating
Communications. Wireless Broadband
Deployment by Removing
Barriers to
Infrastructure
Investment (WT Docket
No. 17-79); Revising the
Historic Preservation
Review Process for
Wireless Facility
Deployments (WT Docket
No. 15-180)
Summary: The Commission
will consider a Notice
of Proposed Rulemaking
and Notice of Inquiry
that commences an
examination of the
regulatory impediments
to wireless network
infrastructure
investment and
deployment, and how the
Commission may remove or
reduce such impediments
consistent with the law
and the public interest.
4..................... Wireline Competition. Title: Business Data
Services in an Internet
Protocol Environment (WC
Docket No. 16-143);
Technology Transitions
(GN Docket No. 13-5);
Special Access for Price
Cap Local Exchange
Carriers (WC Docket No.
05-25); AT&T Corporation
Petition for Rulemaking
to Reform Regulation of
Incumbent Local Exchange
Carrier Rates for
Interstate Special
Access Services (RM-
10593)
Summary: The Commission
will consider a Report
and Order that
recognizes the strong
competition present in
the business data
services market and
modernizes the
Commission's regulatory
structure accordingly to
bring ever new and
exciting technologies,
products, and services
to businesses and
consumers.
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5..................... Media................ Title: Amendment of
section 73.3555(e) of
the Commission's Rules,
National Television
Multiple Ownership Rule
(MB Docket No. 13-236)
Summary: The Commission
will consider an Order
on Reconsideration to
reinstate the UHF
discount used to
calculate compliance
with the national
television audience
reach cap.
6..................... Media................ Title: Noncommercial
Educational Station
Fundraising for Third-
Party Non-Profit
Organizations (MB Docket
No. 12-106)
Summary: The Commission
will consider a Report
and Order that would
adopt rules permitting
NCE stations not funded
by the Corporation for
Public Broadcasting to
alter or suspend regular
programming in order to
conduct fundraising for
third-party non-profit
organizations so long as
such stations do not
spend more than one
percent of their total
annual airtime on such
activities.
7..................... Media................ Title: Promoting
Diversification of
Ownership in the
Broadcasting Services
(MB Docket No. 07-294);
Amendment of part 1 of
the Commission's Rules,
Concerning Practice and
Procedure, Amendment of
CORES Registration
System (MD Docket No. 10-
234)
Summary: The Commission
will consider an Order
on Reconsideration that
would allow
noncommercial
broadcasters greater
flexibility to use a
Special Use FRN for
ownership reporting
purposes and avoid the
need to submit personal
information to the
Commission.
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Consent Agenda
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The Commission will consider the following subjects listed below as a
consent agenda and these items will not be presented individually:
1..................... Media................ Title: WLPC, LLC,
Application For Renewal
of License For Class A
Television Station WLPC-
CD, Detroit, Michigan
Kingdom of God, Inc.,
DWKOG-LP, Indianapolis,
Indiana
Summary: The Commission
will consider an Order
on Reconsideration
concerning the
expiration of WKOG-LP's
license.
2..................... Media................ Title: Threshold
Communications,
Application for
Construction Permit,
KVNW(FM), Napavine,
Washington
Summary: The Commission
will consider a
Memorandum Opinion and
Order concerning the
grant of an application
for a construction
permit for a new FM
station.
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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.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-07949 Filed 4-19-17; 8:45 am]
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