2015-31671. 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.

Item No.	Bureau	Subject
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.
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:

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.

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: [e-mail] 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, [phone]; 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 [phone] or go to www.capitolconnection.gmu.edu.

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: [e-mail] 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, [phone]; 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 [phone] or go to www.capitolconnection.gmu.edu.

Federal Communications Commission.

Gloria Miles,

Information Specialist.