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28 September 2022  
(22-7287) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  UNITED STATES OF AMERICA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) [1954]  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicate d if different from above:   
Please submit comments to: USA WTO TBT Enquiry Point, Email: usatbtep@nist.gov  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [  ], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Digital low 
power television (LPTV)/translator service; Audio, video and audiovisual engineering (ICS 
code(s): 33. 160); Television and radio broadcasting (ICS code(s): 33.170)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Establishing 
Rules for Digital Low Power Television and Television Translator Stations; (9 page(s), in 
English)  
6. Descripti on of content:  Proposed rules - In this document, the Federal Communications 
Commission (Commission or FCC) seeks comment on adjustments to certain (regulations) 
to reflect the current operating environment, including the termination of analog 
operations i n the low power television (LPTV)/translator service as of 13 July 2021. This 
notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) seeks comment on certain amendments, including 
proposing to adopt rules previously applicable to analog operations for digital operations, 
updating geographic coordinates to the current North American Datum (NAD) standard, 
modifying station identification requirements, requiring LPTV stations to transmit with a 
virtual channel that avoids conflicts with other stations, updating the process for filing 
applications with the Commission, and making certain technical modifications.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Cost saving and productivity enhancement  
8. Relevant documents:   
87 Federal Register (FR) 58207, 23 September 2022; Title 47 Code of Federal Regulations 
(CFR) Part 74:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2022-09-23/html/2022 -20293.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2022-09-23/pdf/2022 -20293.pdf  G/TBT/N/USA/1925  
 
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  Final Rule also published 23 September 2022 will be notified as Add.1:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2022-09-23/html/2022 -20294.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2022-09-23/pdf/ 2022-20294.pdf  
This proposed rule and the final rule  that will be notified as an addendum to this 
notification are identified by MB Docket Nos. 03 -185 and 22 -261; FCC 22 -58. Additional 
information on the proposed rule is accessible from the FCC's Electronic Document 
Management System ( EDOCS ) at https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc -updates -and-
proposes -rules-lptv-and-tv-translator -stations . Comments are due on or be fore 24 
October 2022; reply comments are due on or before 7 November 2022. WTO Members 
and their stakeholders are asked to submit comments to the USA TBT Enquiry Point  by 
or before 4pm Eastern Time  on 24 October 2022. Comments received by the USA TBT 
Enquiry Point from WTO Members and their stakeholders will be shared with the regulator 
and will also be submitted to the FCC's Electronic Comment Filing System (ECFS)  if 
received within the comment period.  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  24 October 2022  
10. Final date for comments:  24 October 2022  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/TBT/USA/22_6621_00_e.pdf  
 