# Table of Allotments.
**AGENCY:**
Federal Communications Commission.
**ACTION:**
Proposed rule.
**SUMMARY:**
This document requests comments on a petition for rule making filed by SSR Communications, Inc., proposing to amend the FM Table of Allotments, by allotting Channel 272A at Koloa, Hawaii, as the community's first local service. A staff engineering analysis indicates that Channel 272A can be allotted to Koloa, Hawaii, consistent with the minimum distance separation requirements of the Commission's rules, with a site restriction of 8.3 km (5.2 miles) northwest of the community. The reference coordinates are 21-58-24 NL and 159-29-45 WL.
**DATES:**
Comments must be filed on or before August 28, 2023, and reply comments on or before September 12, 2023.
**ADDRESSES:**
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: MATTHEW K. WESOLOWSKI, CEO, SSR COMMUNICATIONS, INC., 740 HIGHWAY 49 NORTH, SUITE R, FLORA, MS 39071.
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Rolanda F. Smith, Media Bureau, (202) 418-2054, *[email protected].*
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
This is a synopsis of the Federal Communications Commission's (Commission) Notice of Proposed Rule Making, MB Docket No. 23-198, adopted July 6, 2023, and released July 7, 2023. The full text of this Commission decision is available online at *https://apps.fcc.gov/ecfs.* The full text of this document can also be downloaded in Word or Portable Document Format (PDF) at *https://www.fcc.gov/edocs.* 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, *see* 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(4).
Provisions of the Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980 do not apply to this proceeding.
Members of the public should note that from the time a Notice of Proposed Rule Making is issued until the matter is no longer subject to Commission consideration or court review, all *ex parte* contacts are prohibited in Commission proceedings, such as this one, which involve channel allotments. *See* 47 CFR 1.1204(b) for rules governing permissible *ex parte* contacts.
For information regarding proper filing procedures for comments, *see* 47 CFR 1.415 and 1.420.
**List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 73**
Radio, Radio broadcasting.
Federal Communications Commission.
Nazifa Sawez,
Assistant Chief, Audio Division, Media Bureau.
**Proposed Rules**
For the reasons discussed in the preamble, the Federal Communications Commission proposes to amend 47 CFR part 73 as follows:
**PART 73—RADIO BROADCAST SERVICES**
1. The authority citation for part 73 continues to read as follows:
**Authority:**
47 U.S.C. 154, 155, 301, 303, 307, 309, 310, 334, 336, 339.
2. In § 73.202, in paragraph (b), amend the Table of FM Allotments under Hawaii by adding in alphabetical an entry for “Koloa” to read as follows:
§ 73.202
(b) * * *
| | Channel No. |
| --- | --- |
| | |
| * * * * * | |
| | |
| Koloa | 272A |
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| * * * * * | |