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Radio Broadcasting Services; Puhi, Hawaii

This document requests comments on a petition for rule making filed by SSR Communications, Inc., proposing to amend the FM Table of Allotments, by allotting Channel 284A at Puhi...

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  1. 47 CFR Part 73
  2. [DA 23-592; MB Docket No. 23-197; RM-11949; FR ID 154745]

AGENCY:

Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION:

Proposed rule.

SUMMARY:

This document requests comments on a petition for rule making filed by SSR Communications, Inc., proposing to amend the FM Table of Allotments, by allotting Channel 284A at Puhi, Hawaii, as the community's first local service. A staff engineering analysis indicates that Channel 284A can be allotted to Puhi, Hawaii, consistent with the minimum distance separation requirements of the Commission's rules, with a site restriction of 10.8 km (6.7 miles) west of the community. The reference coordinates are 21-58-24 NL and 159-29-45 WL.

DATES:

Comments must be filed on or before August 28, 2023, and reply comments on or before September 12, 2023.

ADDRESSES:

Secretary, Federal Communications Commission, 45 L Street NE, Washington, DC 20554. In addition to filing comments with the FCC, interested parties should serve the petitioner and its counsel as follows: MATTHEW K. WESOLOWSKI, CEO, SSR COMMUNICATIONS, INC., 740 HIGHWAY 49 NORTH, SUITE R, FLORA, MS 39071.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Rolanda F. Smith, Media Bureau, (202) 418-2054, .

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

This is a synopsis of the Federal Communications Commission's (Commission) Notice of Proposed Rule Making, MB Docket No. 23-197, adopted July 6, 2023, and released July 7, 2023. The full text of this Commission decision is available online at https://apps.fcc.gov/​ecfs. The full text of this document can also be downloaded in Word or Portable Document Format (PDF) at https://www.fcc.gov/​edocs. This document does not contain proposed information collection requirements subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13. In addition, therefore, it does not contain any proposed information collection burden “for small business concerns with fewer than 25 employees,” pursuant to the Small Business Paperwork Relief Act of 2002, Public Law 107-198, see44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(4).

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. See47 CFR 1.1204(b) for rules governing permissible ex parte contacts.

For information regarding proper filing procedures for comments, see47 CFR 1.415 and 1.420.

List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 73

  • Radio
  • Radio broadcasting

Federal Communications Commission.

Nazifa Sawez,

Assistant Chief, Audio Division, Media Bureau.

Proposed Rules

For the reasons discussed in the preamble, the Federal Communications Commission proposes to amend 47 CFR part 73 as follows:

PART 73—RADIO BROADCAST SERVICES

1. The authority citation for part 73 continues to read as follows:

Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154, 155, 301, 303, 307, 309, 310, 334, 336, 339.

2. In § 73.202, in paragraph (b), amend the Table of FM Allotments under Hawaii by adding in alphabetical an entry for “Puhi” to read as follows:

Table of Allotments.
* * * * *

(b) * * *

Table 1 to Paragraph ( b )

[U.S. States]
  Channel No.
 
*    *    *    *    *
Hawaii
Puhi 284A
 
*    *    *    *    *
* * * * *

[FR Doc. 2023-15008 Filed 7-14-23; 8:45 am]

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