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responses and release our verification Broadcasting Division, telephone: (202) and Further Notice of Proposed reports prior to issuance of the 482–5802; Fax: (202) 482–2156; e-mail: Rulemaking (Second Report), PS Dkt. preliminary results. Because the [email protected]. No. 07–087, 23 F.C.C. Rcd. 10765 (July Department requires additional time to SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 8, 2008). The Second Report specified address the above, it is not practicable Statutory Authority: Section 3010 of the functionality that must be built at to complete this review within the the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, the nation’s public television stations original time limit (i.e., May 10, 2010). Public Law 109–171, 120 Stat. 4, 26–27 and at a central collector to permit the Accordingly, the Department is (Feb. 8, 2006) (establishing the National public broadcasting system to provide a extending the time limit for completion Alert and Tsunami Warning Program); redundant pathway as one part of a of the preliminary results of this Section 606 of the SAFE Port Act, national alerting system. The Second administrative review by 120 days (i.e., Public Law 109–347, 120 Stat. 1884, Report identified five types of September 7, 2010), in accordance with 1941 (Oct. 13, 2006) (directing NTIA to equipment (Geo-targeting Systems, section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 compensate public television station Groomers, Data Receivers, PBS CFR 351.213(h)(2). We intend to issue licensees or permittees for reasonable Equipment, and Back-up Power the final results no later than 120 days costs incurred in complying with the Equipment) recommended by the after publication of the preliminary requirements to support the distribution Association of Public Television results notice. of geographically targeted alerts by Stations (APTS) for this purpose. The This extension is issued and commercial mobile service providers). Second Report also acknowledged that published in accordance with sections Background PBS or a similarly situated entity would 751(a)(3)(A) and 777(i) of the Act. provide the interface feed between the Section 3010 of the Deficit Reduction Alert Gateway, the national emergency Dated: May 4, 2010. Act of 2005 directed NTIA to establish John M. Andersen, message aggregator through which a National Alert and Tsunami Warning emergency messages would be Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Program and provided up to $156 Antidumping and Countervailing Duty disseminated, and the public broadcast million during fiscal years 2007 through television stations. Operations. 2012 from the Digital Television [FR Doc. 2010–11021 Filed 5–7–10; 8:45 am] Transition and Public Safety Act fund to NTIA received an unsolicited BILLING CODE 3510–DS–S pay for this effort. NTIA was directed to proposal from PBS, which seeks funding implement a unified national alert on behalf of all affected public system capable of alerting the public, on television stations as well as for DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE a national, regional, or local basis to elements of CMAS to be performed by emergency situations by using a variety PBS. APTS, an organization National Telecommunications and of communications technologies. representing America’s public television Information Administration Congress subsequently enacted the stations, has endorsed the proposal. The [Docket No. 100504211–0211–01] WARN Act, Title VI of the SAFE Port PBS proposal included the elements Act, directing NTIA’s expenditure of supported by APTS in its FCC filings Notice of a Grant With the Public some of the funds provided under and discussed by the FCC in the Second Broadcasting Service Section 3010 of the Deficit Reduction Report. NTIA has reviewed the PBS Act. The WARN Act set forth proposal pursuant to Department of AGENCY: National Telecommunications requirements to enable alerting Commerce policy and intends to award and Information Administration, U.S. capability for commercial mobile PBS a non-competitive grant under the Department of Commerce. service providers that voluntarily elect authority of the Deficit Reduction Act of ACTION: Notice of a grant to the Public to transmit emergency alerts as part of 2005 and the WARN Act to cover the Broadcasting Service. a national emergency alerting system. costs of equipment necessary for public NTIA was directed to fund certain television stations to install equipment SUMMARY: The National aspects of those activities in section 606 Telecommunications and Information and systems to comply with the FCC of the WARN Act, including Administration (NTIA) announces its requirements of the Second Report. PBS compensating public television intent to award a grant to the Public is uniquely qualified and best able to broadcasters for their reasonable costs to Broadcasting Service (PBS), a private, administer this award because it comply with the requirements imposed nonprofit corporation whose members manages the national public television by section 602(c) of the WARN Act. are America’s public television stations. interconnection system, which will be Section 602(c) directed the Federal The PBS mission is to acquire and the redundant pathway used by the Communications Commission (FCC) to distribute quality children’s, cultural, public television stations for this adopt regulations to require public educational, history, nature, news, national emergency alerting system; it television broadcasters to install public affairs and science television has the demonstrated ability to work necessary equipment and technologies programming and related services to 356 collaboratively with the public on, or as part of, any broadcast noncommercial stations serving all 50 television stations to implement the television digital signal transmitter to states and the U.S. territories through a project in the limited timeframe enable the distribution of geographically satellite interconnection system. This required by the FCC; and its targeted alerts by commercial mobile grant will support development of the management has the technical skills to service providers that have elected to Commercial Mobile Alert System implement and administer the project. transmit emergency alerts. (CMAS), a national system to distribute On July 8, 2008, the FCC adopted Dated: May 4, 2010. emergency alert messages to the rules requiring public television stations Bernadette McGuire-Rivera, American public via commercial mobile to install equipment and technologies to Associate Administrator, Office of service (CMS) devices (e.g., cellular enable them to distribute geo-targeted Telecommunications and Information telephones). emergency alerts to participating CMS Applications. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: providers. See The Commercial Mobile [FR Doc. 2010–10923 Filed 5–7–10; 8:45 am] William Cooperman, Director, Public Alert System, Second Report and Order BILLING CODE 3510–60–P

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