Radio Broadcasting Services; Ethete, Wyoming

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION <CFR>47 CFR Part 73</CFR> <DEPDOC>[DA 24-1198; MB Docket No. 24-667; RM-11992; FR ID 266488]</DEPDOC> <SUBJECT>Radio Broadcasting Services; Ethete, Wyoming</SUBJECT> <HD SOURCE="HED">AGENCY:</HD> Federal Communications Commission. <HD SOURCE="HED">ACTION:</HD> Proposed rule. <SUM> <HD SOURCE="HED">SUMMARY:</HD> This document requests comments on a petition for rule making filed by The Business Council of the Northern Arapaho, the non-gaming Tribal governmental agency of the Northern Arapaho Tribe, proposing to amend the FM Table of Allotments, by allotting Channel 260C0 at Ethete, Wyoming, as a Tribal allotment and the community's first local service. A staff engineering analysis indicates that Channel 260C0 can be allotted to Ethete, Wyoming, consistent with the minimum distance separation requirements of the Commission's rules, with a site restriction of 42 km (26 miles) north of the community. The reference coordinates are 43-22-25 NL and 108-36-28 WL. </SUM> <EFFDATE> <HD SOURCE="HED">DATES:</HD> Comments must be filed on or before January 17, 2025, and reply comments on or before February 3, 2025. </EFFDATE> <HD SOURCE="HED">ADDRESSES:</HD> 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: The Business Council of the Northern Arapaho, c/o Anne Goodwin Crump, Fletcher, Heald & Hildreth, P.L.C., 1300 N 17th Street—Eleventh Floor, Arlington, Virginia 22209. <FURINF> <HD SOURCE="HED">FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:</HD> Rolanda F. Smith, Media Bureau, (202) 418-2054, <E T="03">Rolanda-Faye.Smith@fcc.gov.</E> </FURINF> <SUPLINF> <HD SOURCE="HED">SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:</HD> This is a synopsis of the Federal Communications Commission's (Commission) Notice of Proposed Rule Making, MB Docket No. 24-667, adopted December 3, 2024, and released December 3, 2024. The full text of this Commission decision is available online at <E T="03">https://apps.fcc.gov/ecfs.</E> The full text of this document can also be downloaded in Word or Portable Document Format (PDF) at <E T="03">https://www.fcc.gov/edocs.</E> 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, <E T="03">see</E> 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(4). The Commission will publish the required summary of this notice of proposed rulemaking on <E T="03">https://www.fcc.gov/proposed-rulemakings,</E> pursuant to The Providing Accountability Through Transparency Act, <E T="03">see</E> 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(4). Provisions of the Regulatory Flexibility Act of l980 do not apply to this proceeding. Members of the public should note that from the time a notice of proposed rulemaking is issued until the matter is no longer subject to Commission consideration or court review, all <E T="03">ex parte</E> contacts are prohibited in Commission proceedings, such as this one, which involve channel allotments. <E T="03">See</E> 47 CFR 1.1204(b) for rules governing permissible <E T="03">ex parte</E> contacts. For information regarding proper filing procedures for comments, <E T="03">see</E> 47 CFR 1.415 and 1.420. <LSTSUB> <HD SOURCE="HED">List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 73</HD> Radio, Radio broadcasting. </LSTSUB> <SIG> <FP>Federal Communications Commission.</FP> <NAME>Nazifa Sawez,</NAME> Assistant Chief, Audio Division, Media Bureau. </SIG> <HD SOURCE="HD1">Proposed Rules</HD> For the reasons discussed in the preamble, the Federal Communications Commission proposes to amend 47 CFR part 73 as follows: <HD SOURCE="HED">PART 73—RADIO BROADCAST SERVICES</HD> 1. The authority citation for part 73 continues to read as follows: <HD SOURCE="HED">Authority: </HD> 47 U.S.C. 154, 155, 301, 303, 307, 309, 310, 334, 336, 339. 2. In § 73.202, amend table 1 to paragraph (b) under Wyoming by adding in alphabetical an entry for “Ethete” to read as follows: <SECTION> <SECTNO>§ 73.202</SECTNO> <SUBJECT>Table of Allotments.</SUBJECT> <STARS/> (b) * * * <GPOTABLE COLS="2" OPTS="L1,i1" CDEF="s50,12C"> <TTITLE> Table 1 to Paragraph ( <E T="01">b</E> ) </TTITLE> [U.S. States] <CHED H="1"> </CHED> <CHED H="1">Channel No.</CHED> <ROW> <ENT I="22"> </ENT> </ROW> <ROW RUL="s"> <ENT I="28">*    *    *    *    *</ENT> </ROW> <ROW EXPSTB="01" RUL="s"> <FRDOC>[FR Doc. 2024-29434 Filed 12-13-24; 8:45 am]</FRDOC>