82 FR 10559 - Media Bureau Seeks Comment on Requiring the Filing of Transition Progress Reports by Stations That Are Not Eligible for Reimbursement From the TV Broadcast Relocation Fund
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[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 29 (Tuesday, February 14, 2017)] [Proposed Rules] [Pages 10559-10561] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2017-02926] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 47 CFR Part 73 [MB Docket No. 16-306, GN Docket No. 12-268; DA 17-34] Media Bureau Seeks Comment on Requiring the Filing of Transition Progress Reports by Stations That Are Not Eligible for Reimbursement From the TV Broadcast Relocation Fund AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission. ACTION: Proposed rule; request for comment. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: In this document, the Federal Communications Commission seeks comment on a proposed Transition Progress Report (FCC Form 2100-- Schedule 387 (Transition Progress Report)) and proposed filing requirements for periodic progress reports by full power and Class A television stations that are not eligible to receive payment of relocation expenses from the TV Broadcast Relocation Fund in connection with their being assigned to a new channel through the Incentive Auction. The Commission tentatively concludes that this mechanism is needed to help the Commission, broadcasters, those involved in construction of broadcast facilities, other interested parties, and the public to monitor the construction of the stations that are not eligible for reimbursement. DATES: Comments due on or before March 1, 2017; and reply comments are due on or before March 13, 2017. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by GN Docket No. 12-268 and MB Docket No. 16-306, 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: https://www.fcc.gov/. Electronic Filers: Comments may be filed electronically using the Internet by accessing the ECFS: https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/. Paper Filers: 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. All hand-delivered or messenger-delivered paper filings for the Commission's Secretary must be delivered to FCC Headquarters at 445 12th St. SW., Room TW-A325, Washington, DC 20554. The filing hours are 8:00 a.m. to 7 p.m. All hand deliveries must be held together with rubber bands or fasteners. Any envelopes and boxes must be disposed of before entering the building. 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. People with Disabilities: Contact the FCC to request reasonable accommodations (accessible format documents, sign language interpreters, CART, etc.) by email: [email protected] or phone: 202-418- 0530 or TTY: 202-418-0432. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joyce Bernstein, [email protected], (202) 418-1647. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the Incentive Auction R&O, the Commission adopted rules and procedures for conducting the broadcast television incentive auction. See Expanding the Economic and Innovation Opportunities of Spectrum Through Incentive Auctions, GN Docket No. 12- 268, Report and Order, 79 FR 48442, August 15, 2014. The incentive auction is composed of a reverse auction in which [[Page 10560]] broadcasters offer to voluntarily relinquish some or all of their spectrum usage rights, and a forward auction of new, flexible-use licenses suitable for providing mobile broadband services. The reverse auction incorporates a repacking process to reorganize the broadcast television bands so that the television stations that remain on the air after the transition will occupy a smaller portion of the ultra-high frequency (UHF) band, thereby clearing contiguous spectrum that will be repurposed as the 600 MHz Band for flexible wireless use. After bidding concludes, the Media and Wireless Telecommunications Bureaus will release the Closing and Reassignment Public Notice which, among other things, will announce the results of the repacking process and identify the channel reassignments of television channels. The Closing and Reassignment Public Notice will also establish the beginning of the 39- month post-auction transition period (transition period). By the end of the transition period, all stations reassigned to new channels must complete construction of their post-auction channel facilities, commence operation on their post-auction channel, cease operation on their pre-auction channel, and file a license application. Most stations that incur costs as a result of being reassigned to new channels will be eligible for reimbursement from the Reimbursement Fund and the Commission determined in the Incentive Auction R&O, that reimbursable stations will be required, on a regular basis, to provide progress reports to the Commission showing how the disbursed funds have been spent and what portion of their construction is complete. In this document the Bureau announces that each full power and Class A television station that is eligible for reimbursement of its relocation costs from the TV Broadcast Relocation Fund established by the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 must periodically file an FCC Form 2100--Schedule 387 (Transition Progress Report) that is attached as Appendix A to the Public Notice. The appendix is available at https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-17-34A1.pdf. Reimbursable stations must file Transition Progress Reports using the Commission's electronic filing system starting with first full calendar quarter after completion of the Incentive Auction and on a quarterly basis thereafter. In addition to these quarterly reports, reimbursable stations must file the reports: (1) 10 weeks before the end of their assigned construction deadline; (2) 10 days after they complete all work related to construction of their post-auction facilities; and (3) five days after they cease broadcasting on their pre-auction channel. Once a station has filed Transition Progress Reports certifying that it has completed all work related to construction of its post-auction facilities and has ceased operating on its pre-auction channel, it will no longer be required to file reports. Other stations that will be relocating to new channels are not eligible for reimbursement, including stations with a winning reverse auction bid to move to the low or high very-high frequency (VHF) band, stations requesting a waiver of the Commission's service rules in lieu of reimbursement, and a small number of Class A stations that may be displaced as a result of repacking. This document tentatively concludes that a similar mechanism is needed to help the Commission, broadcasters, those involved in construction of broadcast facilities, other interested parties, and the public to monitor the construction of the stations that are not eligible for reimbursement, and seeks comment on the Transition Progress Report as it relates to non-reimbursable stations, including whether the same questions asked of reimbursable stations should be asked of non-reimbursable stations, or whether different filing intervals or different filing requirements would be advisable. Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 Analysis: This document contains new or modified information collection requirements. The Commission, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, the general public and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) are invited to comment on the information collection requirements contained in this document as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13, see 44 U.S.C. 3507. Initial Regulatory Flexibility Act Analysis: As required by the Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980, as amended (``RFA'') the Commission has prepared this Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis (``IRFA'') concerning the possible significant economic impact on small entities of the policies and rules proposed in the this PN (Progress Report Form PN). Written public comments are requested on this IRFA. Comments must be identified as responses to the IRFA and must be filed by the deadlines for comments provided on the first page of the Progress Report Form PN. The Commission will send a copy of the Progress Report Form PN, including this IRFA, to the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the Small Business Administration (``SBA''). In addition, the Progress Report Form PN and IRFA (or summaries thereof) will be published in the Federal Register. The Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980, as amended (``RFA''), requires that a regulatory flexibility analysis be prepared for notice and comment rule making proceedings, unless the agency certifies that ``the rule will not, if promulgated, have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities.'' The RFA generally defines the term ``small entity'' as having the same meaning as the terms ``small business,'' ``small organization,'' and ``small governmental jurisdiction.'' In addition, the term ``small business'' has the same meaning as the term ``small business concern'' under the Small Business Act. A ``small business concern'' is one which: (1) Is independently owned and operated; (2) is not dominant in its field of operation; and (3) satisfies any additional criteria established by the Small Business Administration (SBA). A. Need for, and Objectives of, the Proposed Rule Changes The Federal Communications Commission (Commission) adopted a 39- month transition period during which television stations that are assigned to new channels in the incentive auction must construct their new facilities. The Commission determined that reassigned television stations that are eligible for reimbursement from the TV Broadcast Relocation Fund are required, on a regular basis, to provide progress reports to the Commission showing how the disbursed funds have been spent and what portion of construction is complete. The Commission directed the Media Bureau (Bureau) to develop a form for such progress reports and set the filing deadlines for such reports. The Progress Report Form PN describes the information that must be provided by these stations, and when and how the progress reports must be filed. The Bureau proposes to require that reassigned television stations that are not eligible for reimbursement from the TV Broadcast Relocation Fund provide the same progress reports to the Commission on the same schedule as that specified for stations eligible for reimbursement. The Transition Progress Report in Appendix A requires reassigned stations to certify that certain steps toward construction of their post-auction channel either have been completed or are not required, and to identify potential problems which they believe may make it difficult for them to meet their construction deadlines. The [[Page 10561]] information in the progress reports will be used by the Commission, stations, and other interested parties to monitor the status of reassigned stations' construction during the 39-month transition period. B. Legal Basis The proposed action is authorized pursuant to sections 1, 4, 301, 303, 307, 308, 309, 310, 316, 319, and 403 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 151, 154, 301, 303, 307, 308, 309, 310, 316, 319, and 403. C. Description and Estimate of the Number of Small Entities to Which the Proposed Rules Will Apply The RFA directs agencies to provide a description of, and where feasible, an estimate of the number of small entities that may be affected by the proposed rules, if adopted. The RFA generally defines the term ``small entity'' as having the same meaning as the terms ``small business,'' ``small organization,'' and ``small governmental jurisdiction.'' In addition, the term ``small business'' has the same meaning as the term ``small business concern'' under the Small Business Act. A small business concern is one which: (1) Is independently owned and operated; (2) is not dominant in its field of operation; and (3) satisfies any additional criteria established by the SBA. Below, we provide a description of such small entities, as well as an estimate of the number of such small entities, where feasible. Television Broadcasting. This economic census category ``comprises establishments primarily engaged in broadcasting images together with sound.'' The SBA has created the following small business size standard for such businesses: Those having $38.5 million or less in annual receipts. The 2007 U.S. Census indicates that 808 firms in this category operated in that year. Of that number, 709 had annual receipts of $25,000,000 or less, and 99 had annual receipts of more than $25,000,000. Because the Census has no additional classifications that could serve as a basis for determining the number of stations whose receipts exceeded $38.5 million in that year, we conclude that the majority of television broadcast stations were small under the applicable SBA size standard. Apart from the U.S. Census, the Commission has estimated the number of licensed commercial television stations to be 1,386 stations. Of this total, 1,221 stations (or about 88 percent) had revenues of $38.5 million or less, according to Commission staff review of the BIA Kelsey Inc. Media Access Pro Television Database (BIA) on July 2, 2014. In addition, the Commission has estimated the number of licensed noncommercial educational (NCE) television stations to be 395. NCE stations are non-profit, and therefore considered to be small entities. Therefore, we estimate that the majority of television broadcast stations are small entities. We note, however, that in assessing whether a business concern qualifies as small under the above definition, business (control) affiliations must be included. Our estimate, therefore, likely overstates the number of small entities that might be affected by our action because the revenue figure on which it is based does not include or aggregate revenues from affiliated companies. In addition, an element of the definition of ``small business'' is that the entity not be dominant in its field of operation. We are unable at this time to define or quantify the criteria that would establish whether a specific television station is dominant in its field of operation. Accordingly, the estimate of small businesses to which rules may apply does not exclude any television station from the definition of a small business on this basis and is therefore possibly over-inclusive to that extent. Class A TV Stations. The same SBA definition that applies to television broadcast stations would apply to licensees of Class A television stations. As noted above, the SBA has created the following small business size standard for this category: Those having $38.5 million or less in annual receipts. The Commission has estimated the number of licensed Class A television stations to be 418. Given the nature of these services, we will presume that these licensees qualify as small entities under the SBA definition. D. Description of Projected Reporting, Recordkeeping, and Other Compliance Requirements The Bureau proposes that reassigned stations that are not eligible for reimbursement file the Transition Progress Report in Appendix A on a quarterly basis, beginning for the first full quarter after the release of a public notice announcing the completion of the incentive auction, as well as 10 weeks before their construction deadline, 10 days after they complete construction of their post-auction facility, and five days after they cease broadcasting on their pre-auction channel. Once a station has ceased operating on its pre-auction channel, it would no longer need to file reports. We seek comment on the possible burdens the reporting requirement would place on small entities. Entities, especially small businesses, are encouraged to quantify, if possible, the costs and benefits of the proposed reporting requirement. E. Steps Taken To Minimize Significant Impact on Small Entities and Significant Alternatives Considered The RFA requires an agency to describe any significant alternatives that it has considered in reaching its proposed approach, which may include the following four alternatives (among others): (1) The establishment of differing compliance or reporting requirements or timetables that take into account the resources available to small entities; (2) the clarification, consolidation, or simplification of compliance or reporting requirements under the rule for small entities; (3) the use of performance, rather than design, standard; and (4) an exemption from coverage of the rule, or any part thereof, for small entities. In general, alternatives to proposed rules or policies are discussed only when those rules pose a significant adverse economic impact on small entities. We believe the burdens of the proposed reporting requirement are minimal and, in any event, are outweighed by the potential benefits of allowing for monitoring of the post-auction transition. In particular, the intent is to allow the Commission, broadcasters, and other interested parties to more closely monitor that status of construction during the transition, and focus resources on ensuring successful completion of the transition by all reassigned stations and continuity of over-the-air television service. Although the proposal to require reassigned stations that are not eligible for reimbursement to file regular progress reports during the transition may impose additional burdens on these stations, we believe the benefits of the proposal (such as further facilitating the successful post-incentive auction transition) outweigh any burdens associated with compliance. F. Federal Rules That May Duplicate, Overlap, or Conflict With the Proposed Rule None. Federal Communications Commission. Thomas Horan, Chief of Staff, Media Bureau. [FR Doc. 2017-02926 Filed 2-13-17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6712-01-P
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will consider all comments and material continue encouraging this important other interested parties, and the public
received due on or before April 17, public discussion, we are adding an to monitor the construction of the
2017. Your comments can help shape additional 60 days to the comment stations that are not eligible for
the outcome of this possible rulemaking. period. reimbursement.
If you submit a comment, please include DATES: Comments due on or before
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indicate the specific section of this Public participation is requested to due on or before March 13, 2017.
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Media Bureau Seeks Comment on U.S. Postal Service Express Mail and
publish rulemaking documents related Requiring the Filing of Transition
to the ANPRM. Priority Mail) must be sent to 9300 East
Progress Reports by Stations That Are Hampton Drive, Capitol Heights, MD
B. Basis and Purpose Not Eligible for Reimbursement From 20743. U.S. Postal Service first-class,
the TV Broadcast Relocation Fund Express, and Priority mail must be
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With its publication, we initiated the Schedule 387 (Transition Progress FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
early stage of a methodical and public Report)) and proposed filing Joyce Bernstein, Joyce.Bernstein@
rulemaking process to learn all possible requirements for periodic progress fcc.gov, (202) 418–1647.
navigational, environmental, terrestrial, reports by full power and Class A SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the
and other effects caused by a television stations that are not eligible to Incentive Auction R&O, the Commission
modification of the security zone receive payment of relocation expenses adopted rules and procedures for
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around the Ellis Island Bridge. The from the TV Broadcast Relocation Fund conducting the broadcast television
ANPRM is a preliminary step, the goal in connection with their being assigned incentive auction. See Expanding the
of which is to gather information that to a new channel through the Incentive Economic and Innovation Opportunities
defines the multiple stakeholder Auction. The Commission tentatively of Spectrum Through Incentive
considerations we need to incorporate concludes that this mechanism is Auctions, GN Docket No. 12–268,
when considering a proposed rule for needed to help the Commission, Report and Order, 79 FR 48442, August
modification of the security zone broadcasters, those involved in 15, 2014. The incentive auction is
around the Ellis Island Bridge. To construction of broadcast facilities, composed of a reverse auction in which
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information in the progress reports will or less, according to Commission staff reports. We seek comment on the
be used by the Commission, stations, review of the BIA Kelsey Inc. Media possible burdens the reporting
and other interested parties to monitor Access Pro Television Database (BIA) on requirement would place on small
the status of reassigned stations’ July 2, 2014. In addition, the entities. Entities, especially small
construction during the 39-month Commission has estimated the number businesses, are encouraged to quantify,
transition period. of licensed noncommercial educational if possible, the costs and benefits of the
(NCE) television stations to be 395. NCE proposed reporting requirement.
B. Legal Basis
stations are non-profit, and therefore
The proposed action is authorized E. Steps Taken To Minimize Significant
considered to be small entities.
pursuant to sections 1, 4, 301, 303, 307, Impact on Small Entities and
Therefore, we estimate that the majority
308, 309, 310, 316, 319, and 403 of the Significant Alternatives Considered
of television broadcast stations are small
Communications Act of 1934, as entities. We note, however, that in The RFA requires an agency to
amended, 47 U.S.C. 151, 154, 301, 303, assessing whether a business concern describe any significant alternatives that
307, 308, 309, 310, 316, 319, and 403. qualifies as small under the above it has considered in reaching its
C. Description and Estimate of the definition, business (control) affiliations proposed approach, which may include
Number of Small Entities to Which the must be included. Our estimate, the following four alternatives (among
Proposed Rules Will Apply therefore, likely overstates the number others): (1) The establishment of
of small entities that might be affected differing compliance or reporting
The RFA directs agencies to provide by our action because the revenue figure requirements or timetables that take into
a description of, and where feasible, an on which it is based does not include or account the resources available to small
estimate of the number of small entities aggregate revenues from affiliated entities; (2) the clarification,
that may be affected by the proposed companies. In addition, an element of consolidation, or simplification of
rules, if adopted. The RFA generally the definition of ‘‘small business’’ is that compliance or reporting requirements
defines the term ‘‘small entity’’ as the entity not be dominant in its field under the rule for small entities; (3) the
having the same meaning as the terms of operation. We are unable at this time use of performance, rather than design,
‘‘small business,’’ ‘‘small organization,’’ to define or quantify the criteria that standard; and (4) an exemption from
and ‘‘small governmental jurisdiction.’’ would establish whether a specific coverage of the rule, or any part thereof,
In addition, the term ‘‘small business’’ television station is dominant in its field for small entities.
has the same meaning as the term of operation. Accordingly, the estimate In general, alternatives to proposed
‘‘small business concern’’ under the of small businesses to which rules may rules or policies are discussed only
Small Business Act. A small business apply does not exclude any television when those rules pose a significant
concern is one which: (1) Is station from the definition of a small adverse economic impact on small
independently owned and operated; (2) business on this basis and is therefore entities. We believe the burdens of the
is not dominant in its field of operation; possibly over-inclusive to that extent. proposed reporting requirement are
and (3) satisfies any additional criteria Class A TV Stations. The same SBA minimal and, in any event, are
established by the SBA. Below, we definition that applies to television outweighed by the potential benefits of
provide a description of such small broadcast stations would apply to allowing for monitoring of the post-
entities, as well as an estimate of the licensees of Class A television stations. auction transition. In particular, the
number of such small entities, where As noted above, the SBA has created the intent is to allow the Commission,
feasible. following small business size standard broadcasters, and other interested
Television Broadcasting. This for this category: Those having $38.5 parties to more closely monitor that
economic census category ‘‘comprises million or less in annual receipts. The status of construction during the
establishments primarily engaged in Commission has estimated the number transition, and focus resources on
broadcasting images together with of licensed Class A television stations to ensuring successful completion of the
sound.’’ The SBA has created the be 418. Given the nature of these transition by all reassigned stations and
following small business size standard services, we will presume that these continuity of over-the-air television
for such businesses: Those having $38.5 licensees qualify as small entities under service. Although the proposal to
million or less in annual receipts. The the SBA definition. require reassigned stations that are not
2007 U.S. Census indicates that 808 eligible for reimbursement to file regular
firms in this category operated in that D. Description of Projected Reporting,
Recordkeeping, and Other Compliance progress reports during the transition
year. Of that number, 709 had annual may impose additional burdens on these
receipts of $25,000,000 or less, and 99 Requirements
stations, we believe the benefits of the
had annual receipts of more than The Bureau proposes that reassigned proposal (such as further facilitating the
$25,000,000. Because the Census has no stations that are not eligible for successful post-incentive auction
additional classifications that could reimbursement file the Transition transition) outweigh any burdens
serve as a basis for determining the Progress Report in Appendix A on a associated with compliance.
number of stations whose receipts quarterly basis, beginning for the first
exceeded $38.5 million in that year, we full quarter after the release of a public F. Federal Rules That May Duplicate,
conclude that the majority of television notice announcing the completion of the Overlap, or Conflict With the Proposed
broadcast stations were small under the incentive auction, as well as 10 weeks Rule
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applicable SBA size standard. before their construction deadline, 10 None.
Apart from the U.S. Census, the days after they complete construction of
Commission has estimated the number their post-auction facility, and five days Federal Communications Commission.
of licensed commercial television after they cease broadcasting on their Thomas Horan,
stations to be 1,386 stations. Of this pre-auction channel. Once a station has Chief of Staff, Media Bureau.
total, 1,221 stations (or about 88 ceased operating on its pre-auction [FR Doc. 2017–02926 Filed 2–13–17; 8:45 am]
percent) had revenues of $38.5 million channel, it would no longer need to file BILLING CODE 6712–01–P
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