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Xy- FCC Contact: Leslie K. Shapiro, (202) 4182180  XK- C. MM Docket No. 996, RM9431   X4-  X- Petitioner:` ` Dana Puopolo x` ` 37 Martin Street x` ` Rehoboth, MA 027692103  X- x Proposal: Allot Channel 262A to St. Johnsbury, Vermont, as the community's second local commercial FM service.  X|- ` q x` ` Communityhh@hPresentProposed  XN- ` ` St. Johnsbury, Vermont @h288App262A, 288A  X - Coordinates: 442550 NL; 715722 WL  X- x< Additional Information: This allotment requires a site restriction of 5.2 kilometers (3.2 miles)  xeast, to avoid a shortspacing to Station WXXK, Channel 263C3, Lebanon, New Hampshire, and  xto the proposed allotment of Channel 264A to Hardwick, Vermont, and Channel 265C2 at Berlin,  xVermont (MM Docket 9872, 13 FCC Rcd 10254 (1998). Canadian concurrence in the allotment  x<as a specially negotiated shortspaced allotment is required since St. Johnsbury is located within  x320 kilometers (200 miles) of the U.S.Canadian border, and the allotment will be shortspaced to Channel 262A at Sherbrooke, Quebec."h$0*%%[[(#"Ԍ X-ԙ FCC Contact: Leslie K. Shapiro, (202) 4182180  X- D. MM Docket No. 997, RM9432   X- Petitioner: #Xj\  P6G;CXP# Dana Puopolo x` ` 37 Martin Street x` ` Rehoboth, MA 027692103  XH- x> Proposal: Allot Channel 248A to Delhi, New York, as the community's second local aural transmission service.  X -x` `  Community hh@h Present    Pr oposed   X -x` ` Delhi, New York @h262App  248A, 262A  X - Coordinates: 421523 NL; 745835 WL  Xy- x Additional Information: This allotment requires a site restriction of 5.6 kilometers (3.5 miles)  xsouthwest to avoid a shortspacing to Station WMYY, Channel 247A, Schoharie, New York.  x[Canadian concurrence is required since Delhi is located within 320 kilometers (200 miles) of the U.S.Canadian border.  X- FCC Contact: Leslie K. Shapiro, (202) 4182180  X- E. MM Docket No. 998, RM9433   X- Petitioner: #Xj\  P6G;CXP# ` ` Dana Puopolo x` ` 37 Martin Street x` ` Rehoboth MA 027692103  XN- xZ Proposal: Allot Channel 247A to Mt. Washington, New Hampshire, as the community's second local aural transmission service.  X -x` `  Community hh@h Present    Pr oposed   X-x` ` Mt. Washington, New Hampshireh235C   235C, 247A  X!- Coordinates: 441613 NL and 781813 WL  X#- x Additional Information: This allotment requires no site restriction to comply with the spacing  xrequirements with respect to all domestic allotments. However, it requires the concurrence of the"h$0*%%[[(#"  xjCanadian Government since Mt. Washington is located within 320 kilometers (200 miles) of the  xU.S.Canadian border. Concurrence in the allotment of Channel 247A at Mt. Washington will  x\be requested as a specially negotiated shortspaced allotment with respect to the proposed allotment of Channel 247C1 at ThetfordMines, Quebec, Canada.  X- FCC Contact: Leslie K. Shapiro, (202) 4182180  X_- F. MM Docket No. 999, RM9434   X1- Petitioner:` ` Dana Puopolo x` ` 37 Martin St. x` ` Rehoboth, MA 027692103  X - x Proposal: Allot Channel 229A to Lancaster, New Hampshire, as the community's second local aural service.  X-x` ` Community hh@h Present    Proposed   Xb-x` ` Lancaster, New Hampshire@h272Ab yO- xYԍ Barry P. Lunderville, licensee of Station WXXS, Channel 272A, Lancaster, has pending before the Commission a onestep upgrade application (ARN980708ID) to specify Channel 272C3.pp  229A, 272A  XK- x  X4-Coordinates 443355 NL and 713748 WL  X- x Additional Information: This allotment requires a site restriction of 10 kilometers (6.2 miles)  x-northwest to avoid a shortspacing to Station WMWV, Channel 228A, Conway, New Hampshire.  xCanadian concurrence in the allotment, as a specially negotiated shortspaced allotment with  xrespect to unoccupied and unapplied for Channel 229A at East Angus, Quebec, is required since Lancaster is located within 320 kilometers (200 miles) of the U.S.Canadian border.  X|- FCC Contact: Leslie K. Shapiro, (202) 4182180  XN- G. MM Docket No. 9810, RM9435   X7-  X - Petitioner:` ` Dana Puopolo x` ` 37 Martin St. x` ` Rehoboth, MA 027692103  X - x Proposal: Allot Channel 296A to Walton, New York, as the community's second local FM and third local aural service. "! 0*%%[[ "Ԍ X- ` qԙ x` ` Communityhh@hPresentProposed  X- ` ` Walton, New York @h221App221A, 296A  X- Coordinates: 420705 NL; 750801 WL.  Xv- x Additional Information: This allotment requires a site restriction of 5.8 kilometers (3.6 miles)  xsouth to avoid a shortspacing to Station WRCK, Channel 297B, Utica, New York. Canadian  xconcurrence in the allotment is required since Walton is located within 320 kilometers (200 miles) of the U.S.Canadian border.  X - FCC Contact: Leslie K. Shapiro, (202) 4182180   x3. Comments, reply comments, counterproposals and other pleadings filed in response  X - xto this multiple docket Notice of Proposed Rule Making should reference  only the specific docket  xto which the filing pertains. The Commission's authority to institute rule making proceedings,  xshowings required, cutoff procedures, and filing requirements are contained in the attached  xAppendix and are incorporated by reference herein. In particular, we note that a showing of continuing interest is required in paragraph 2 of the Appendix before a channel will be allotted.   `x4. Interested parties may file comments on or before March 15, 1999, and reply  xzcomments on or before March 30, 1999, and are advised to read the Appendix for the proper  xprocedure. Additionally, a copy of any filing should be served on the petitioner listed for the particular docket.   nx5. The Commission has determined that the relevant provisions of the Regulatory  xFlexibility Act of 1980 do not apply to a rule making proceeding to amend the FM Table of  X- xAllotments, Section 73.202(b) of the Commission's Rules. See Certification that Section 603 and  x604 of the Regulatory Flexibility Act Do Not Apply to Rule Making to Amend Sections  Xe-73.202(b), 73.504 and 73.606(b) of the Commission's Rules. 46 FR 11549 (February 9, 1981).   x6. For further information concerning a proceeding listed above, contact the FCC contact  xlisted for that proceeding. For purposes of this restricted notice and comment rule making  X - xproceeding, members of the public are advised that no ex parte presentations are permitted from  xKthe time the Commission adopts a Notice of Proposed Rule Making until the proceeding has been  x<decided and such decision in the applicable docket is no longer subject to reconsideration by the  X - xCommission or review by any court. An ex parte presentation is not prohibited if specifically  xrequested by the Commission or staff for the clarification or adduction of evidence or resolution  xof issues in the proceeding. However, any new written information elicited from such a request  x1or any summary of any new information shall be served by the person making the  xpresentation upon the other parties to the proceeding in particular docket unless the "h$0*%%[[(#"  xCommission specifically waives this service requirement. Any comment which has not been  X- xyserved on the petitioner constitutes an ex parte presentation and shall not be considered in the  xMproceeding. Any reply comment which has not been served on the person(s) who filed the  X- xcomment, to which the reply is directed, constitutes an ex parte presentation and shall not be considered in the proceeding. x` `  hhFEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION x x` `  hhJohn A. Karousos x` `  hhChief, Allocations Branch x` `  hhPolicy and Rules Division  X -x` `  hhMass Media Bureaupp   Attachment: Appendix "y0*%%[["  X- hh@APPENDIX  X- 4Q  @h .   x 1. Pursuant to authority found in Sections 4(i), 5(c)(1), 303(g)and (r), and 307(b) of the  xCommunications Act of 1934, as amended, and Sections 0.61, 0.204(b) and 0.283 of the  xCommission's Rules, IT IS PROPOSED TO AMEND the FM Table of Allotments, Section  X- x73.202(b) of the Commission's Rules and Regulations, as set forth in the Notice of Proposed Rule  Xv-Making to which this Appendix is attached.  XH- xj 2. Showings Required. Comments are invited on the proposal(s) discussed in the Notice  X1- xof Proposed Rule Making to which this Appendix is attached. Proponent(s) will be expected to  xanswer whatever questions are presented in initial comments. The proponent of a proposed  xallotment is also expected to file comments even if it only resubmits or incorporates by reference  x.its former pleadings. It should also restate its present intention to apply for the channel if it is  xallotted and, if authorized, to build a station promptly. Failure to file may lead to denial of the request.  X- x 3. Cutoff protection. The following procedures will govern the consideration of filings in this proceeding.  x (a) Counterproposals advanced in this proceeding itself will be considered, if advanced  x.in initial comments, so that parties may comment on them in reply comments. They will not be  X-considered if advanced in reply comments. (See Section 1.420(d) of the Commission's Rules).  x (b) With respect to petitions for rule making which conflict with the proposals in this  X- xjNotice, they will be considered as comments in the proceeding, and Public Notice to this effect  xwill be given as long as they are filed before the date for filing initial comments herein. If they  xare filed later than that, they will not be considered in connection with the decision in this docket.  x (c) The filing of a counterproposal may lead the Commission to allot a different channel than was requested for any of the communities involved.  X - x 4. Comments and Reply Comments; Service. Pursuant to applicable procedures set out  x.in Sections 1.415 and 1.420 of the Commission's Rules and Regulations, interested parties may  X- xfile comments and reply comments on or before the dates set forth in the Notice of Proposed  X- xRule Making to which this Appendix is attached. All submissions by parties to this proceeding  x0or by persons acting on behalf of such parties must be made in written comments, reply  xcomments, or other appropriate pleadings. Comments shall be served on the petitioner by the  x]person filing the comments. Reply comments shall be served on the person(s) who filed  xcomments to which the reply is directed. Such comments and reply comments shall be  Xh$- xaccompanied by a certificate of service. (See Section 1.420(a), (b) and (c) of the Commission's"h$0*%%[[(#"  xRules.) Comments should be filed with the Office of the Secretary, Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street, S.W.; TWA325, Washington, D.C. 20554.  X- x| 5. Number of Copies. In accordance with the provisions of Section 1.420 of the  x!Commission's Rules and Regulations, an original and four copies of all comments, reply comments, pleadings, briefs, or other documents shall be furnished the Commission.  X_- x 6. Public Inspection of Filings. All filings made in this proceeding will be available for  xyexamination by interested parties during regular business hours in the Commission's Reference Center (Room 239) at its headquarters, 1919 M Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.