Federal Communications Commission DA 14-1491
Before the
Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D.C. 20554
In the Matter of
ANADARKO PETROLEUM CORPORATION
CHARLES COUNTY, MARYLAND
COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA
LOUISVILLE GAS AND ELECTRIC
MARATHON PETROLEUM COMPANY LP
METROPOLITAN WASHINGTON AIRPORT 
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FCC File Nos. 0005859105, 0005859428
FCC File No. 0006283452
FCC File No. 0006276701
FCC File No. 0005804842
FCC File No. 0006121321
FCC File No. 0005672318
ORDER PROPOSING MODIFICATION
Adopted:  October 14, 2014 Released: October 15, 2014
By the Deputy Chief, Mobility Division, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau:
1. Introduction.  On our own motion, we initiate a proceeding to modify certain private coast 
and marine utility station licenses of Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (Anadarko) (Call Signs 
WQTI246, WQTI268); Charles County, Maryland (Charles County) (WQUM749); Commonwealth of 
Virginia (Virginia) (WHD870); Louisville Gas and Electric (Louisville) (WQRV577); Marathon 
Petroleum Company LP (Marathon) (WQTA429); and Metropolitan Washington Airport Authority 
(MWAA) (WQJC847).  Specifically, we propose to modify the licenses to change the license expiration 
date to conform to the terms of the United States Coast Guard (Coast Guard) concurrence for the
licensees to operate on Coast Guard frequencies.  
2. Background.  Between March 2013 and August 2014, the Wireless Telecommunications 
Bureau’s Mobility Division granted, for the normal ten-year term,1 the above-captioned applications for new 
or renewed authorizations to operate private coast or marine utility stations on one or more of the following 
frequencies:  157.050 MHz, 157.075 MHz, 157.100 MHz, 157.150 MHz, and 157.175 MHz.  These 
frequencies are designated for Coast Guard use.  Each application included a letter from the local Coast 
Guard District or Sector concurring with the proposed use of Coast Guard frequencies for the purpose of 
communicating with the Coast Guard on matters pertaining to safety, search and rescue, law enforcement, 
and environmental protection activities.  The letters provided that the concurrence was for a five-year 
period, except that the Virginia letter specified an eight-year term.  
3. Discussion.  Non-Federal stations may be authorized to use Federal frequencies, but the non-
Federal operation must conform with the conditions agreed to by the Federal Government.2 Based on the 
information before us, we conclude that the above-captioned applications should not have been granted 
  
1 See 47 C.F.R. § 80.25(b).
2 See 47 C.F.R. § 2.102(c).
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for ten-year terms.  We believe that Section 316(a)(1) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 
provides the appropriate vehicle for resolving this matter.3 Section 316(a) permits the Commission to 
modify a station license if the action will promote the public interest, convenience, and necessity.4 In this 
connection, we note that a proposed modification under the circumstances presented would promote the 
public interest, convenience, and necessity by limiting the license terms to the period for which the Coast 
Guard concurred with use of Coast Guard frequencies.  Further, we believe that such action would not 
unduly disrupt the licensees’ current operations, because none of the proposed modified expiration dates 
is imminent.  Thus, we believe that a modification of the licenses to change the expiration dates is 
appropriate under the circumstances presented.  
4. Consequently, we propose to modify the licenses to change the expiration dates as follows:  
Licensee Call Sign Current Expiration Date Proposed Expiration Date
Anadarko WQTI246 February 7, 2024 August 5, 2018
Anadarko WQTI268 February 7, 2024 August 5, 2018
Charles County WQUM749 August 19, 2024 June 30, 2019
Virginia WHD870 August 3, 2024 June 10, 2022
Louisville WQRV577 August 1, 2023 June 21, 2018
Marathon WQTA429 December 18, 2023 November 4, 2018
MWAA WQJC847 May 16, 2023 February 21, 2018
In accordance with Section 1.87(a) of the Commission's Rules,5 we will not issue a modification order 
until the licensees have received notice of our proposed action and have had an opportunity to file a 
protest.  To protest the modification, a licensee must, within thirty days of the release date of this Order 
Proposing Modification, submit a written statement with sufficient evidence to show that the 
modification would not be in the public interest.  The protest must be filed with the Office of the 
Secretary, Federal Communications Commission, 445 Twelfth Street, S.W., Room TW-A325, 
Washington, DC 20554.6 If no protest is filed, licensees will have waived their right to protest the 
modification and will be deemed to have consented to the modification.
5. Conclusion and Ordering Clauses.  For the reasons stated above, we conclude that the grant 
of the above-captioned applications was defective to the extent that the licenses were granted for normal 
ten-year terms instead of the term for which the Coast Guard concurred.  Accordingly, we propose to 
modify the licenses to conform the license expiration dates to the terms of the Coast Guard concurrence 
for the licensees to operate on Coast Guard frequencies.
6. ACCORDINGLY, IT IS PROPOSED, pursuant to Sections 4(i) and 316(a) of the 
Communications Act of 1934, 47 U.S.C. §§ 154(i), 316, and Section 1.87 of the Commission's Rules, 47 
  
3 47 U.S.C. § 316(a)(1).
4 Id.
5 47 C.F.R. § 1.87(a).
6 The address for FCC locations should be used only for documents filed by United States Postal Service first-class 
mail, Express Mail, Priority Mail, and hand-delivered or messenger-delivered documents.  Documents sent by 
commercial overnight mail (other than United States Postal Service, Express Mail, and Priority Mail) should be 
addressed for delivery to 9300 East Hampton Drive, Capitol Heights, MD 20743.  
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C.F.R. § 1.87, that the licenses for Stations WQTI246, WQTI268, WQUM749, WHD870, WQRV577, 
WQTA429, and WQJC847 BE MODIFIED as set forth in paragraph 4.  
7. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that this Order Proposing Modification shall be sent by 
certified mail, return receipt requested, to Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, 1001 G Street NW, Suite
500 West, Washington, DC 20001, Attn Telecom; County of Charles, P.O. Box 2150, 10425 Audie Lane, 
La Plata, MD 20646, Attn Tony Rose; Commonwealth of Virginia, 11751 Meadowville Lane, Chester, 
VA 23836, Attn David Warner/Marine Resources; Louisville Gas and Electric, P.O. Box 32020, 820 
West Broadway, Louisville, KY 40202, Attn John Pulliam; Marathon Petroleum Company LP, 539 South 
Main Street, Findlay, OH 45840, Attn Jamie Pustay; and Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, 1 
Aviation Circle, MA630, Washington, DC 20001-6000, Attn Jackie McKinney.  
8. This action is taken under delegated authority pursuant to Sections 0.131 and 0.331 of the 
Commission’s Rules, 47 C.F.R. §§ 0.131, 0.331.
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Scot Stone
Deputy Chief, Mobility Division
Wireless Telecommunications Bureau