PUBLIC NOTICE Federal Communications Commission 445 12 th St., S.W. Washington, D.C. 20554 News Media Information: 202-418-0500 Internet: http://www.fcc.gov TTY: 888-835-5322 DA 15-1428 Released: December 21, 2015 APPLICATION PROCEDURES FOR BROADCAST INCENTIVE AUCTION SCHEDULED TO BEGIN ON MARCH 29, 2016 UPDATES AND OTHER SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION AU Docket No. 14-252 GN Docket No. 12-268 WT Docket No. 12-269 I. INTRODUCTION 1. By this Public Notice, the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (“Bureau”) updates and supplements information provided in the Auction 1000 Application Procedures Public Notice. 1 Specifically, we announce that the pre-auction process tutorial for the forward auction will be available by January 19, 2016; provide additional information concerning access to the Commission’s bidding system (“Auction System”) for the reverse and forward auctions; provide additional details about the grouping of Partial Economic Areas (“PEAs”) in the assignment phase of the forward auction; and make ministerial changes to two of the appendices released with the Auction 1000 Application Procedures Public Notice. 2. All other dates and deadlines, 2 as well as other application procedures, instructions, and information, remain as previously announced. 3 II. TUTORIAL ON FORWARD AUCTION PRE-AUCTION PROCESS TO BE AVAILABLE BY JANUARY 19, 2016 3. The Bureau will make available an interactive, online tutorial focusing on the pre-auction application process for the forward auction (Auction 1002) no later than January 19, 2016. 4 The pre- 1 See Application Procedures for Broadcast Incentive Auction Scheduled to Begin on March 29, 2016; Technical Formulas for Competitive Bidding, AU Docket No. 14-252, GN Docket No. 12-268, WT Docket No. 12-269, Public Notice, DA 15-1183 (WTB Oct. 15, 2015) (Auction 1000 Application Procedures Public Notice). 2 As previously announced, the FCC Form 177 filing window for the reverse auction opened at 12:00 noon Eastern Time (ET) on December 8, 2015, and will close at 6:00 p.m. ET on January 12, 2016. See Incentive Auction Task Force Releases Revised Baseline Data and Prices for Reverse Auction; Announces Revised Filing Window Dates, AU Docket No. 14-252, GN Docket No. 12-268, WT Docket No. 12-269, Public Notice, DA 15-1296 (WTB Nov. 12, 2015) (Revised Baseline, Prices and Filing Dates Public Notice). The FCC Form 175 filing window for the forward auction will open at 12:00 noon ET on January 26, 2016, and close at 6:00 p.m. ET on February 9, 2016. See id. Applications must be filed prior to the closing of the filing window. 3 See generally Auction 1000 Application Procedures Public Notice; Revised Baseline, Prices and Filing Dates Public Notice. 4 The Bureau had previously announced in the Auction 1000 Application Procedures Public Notice that the first auction tutorial for Auction 1002 would be available by January 7, 2016. See Auction 1000 Application Procedures (continued….) Federal Communications Commission DA 15-1428 2 auction application process tutorial will be accessible from the Commission’s Auction 1002 web page at http://www.fcc.gov/auctions/1002 through a link under the “Education” tab. 5 Once posted, the tutorial will remain available and accessible on the Auction 1002 web page anytime for reference. III. ACCESS TO THE AUCTION SYSTEM FOR BIDDING 4. As previously described in the Auction 1000 Application Procedures Public Notice, an applicant must have an FCC-provided SecurID ® token to access the Auction System in order to place bids in the reverse or forward clock rounds, as well as to participate in any mock auction. 6 SecurID ® tokens will be distributed to applicants for the reverse auction prior to the deadline for initial commitments, and to forward auction applicants prior to the announcement of qualified bidders, to enable applicants with complete applications to practice with the Auction System. Each authorized bidder identified on an applicant’s FCC Form 177 or 175 will be issued a unique SecurID ® token tailored to that bidder. For security purposes, the SecurID ® tokens, the telephonic bidding telephone number, and the relevant Auction System Bidder’s Guide are mailed only to the applicant’s contact person at the contact address listed on its auction application. 7 A. Reverse Auction Applicants 5. Each reverse auction (Auction 1001) applicant permitted to make an initial commitment must do so in the Auction System using a SecurID ® token. 8 We will therefore provide SecurID ® tokens prior to the initial commitment deadline. 6. As explained in the Auction 1000 Application Procedures Public Notice, an applicant will receive confidential notices concerning the status of its application and of each station selected on its application after the initial filing deadline (“First Confidential Status Letter”) 9 and after the resubmission deadline (“Second Confidential Status Letter”), 10 respectively. Each applicant whose application and at least one selected station have been deemed “complete” in the Second Confidential Status Letter will be permitted to make an initial commitment to a preferred relinquishment option 11 for each complete station using a SecurID ® token. 12 Additional instructions for making an initial commitment will be provided to (Continued from previous page) Public Notice at 29–30, para. 89, 51, para. 149. This change is intended to make this tutorial available approximately one week prior to the opening of the filing window for the forward auction on January 26, 2016. 5 See id. at 51, para. 149. 6 See id. at 24, paras. 68–70 (Auction 1001); id. at 54, paras. 161–63 (Auction 1002). 7 For purposes of this Public Notice, the term “auction application” refers to the FCC Forms 177 and 175 for the reverse and forward auctions, respectively. 8 Bids may be placed by an authorized bidder identified in the applicant’s FCC Form 177. 9 The First Confidential Status Letter will identify whether the application and each station selected in the application (1) is complete or (2) is incomplete or deficient because of minor defects that may be corrected. The letter will include the deadline for resubmitting corrections to an application and will inform the applicant of any potential FCC liabilities with respect to a particular station that cannot be resolved before the reverse auction. See Auction 1000 Application Procedures Public Notice at 22, para. 61. 10 See id. at 22, para. 63. 11 If an applicant’s preferred option is to move to a VHF channel, the applicant will also have the ability to commit to any other option that it selected on its FCC Form 177 as a fallback relinquishment option. See Broadcast Auction Scheduled to Begin March 29, 2016; Procedures for Competitive Bidding in Auction 1000, Including Initial Clearing Target Determination, Qualifying to Bid, and Bidding in Auctions 1001 (Reverse) and 1002 (Forward), Public Notice, 30 FCC Rcd 8975, 9020–21, paras. 70–71 (2015) (Auction 1000 Bidding Procedures Public Notice). 12 If the application is deemed not complete as to any particular station, the applicant will be not be able to make an initial commitment for that station. See Auction 1000 Application Procedures Public Notice at 22, para. 63 n.113. Federal Communications Commission DA 15-1428 3 each applicant with one or more complete stations as an enclosure to its Second Confidential Status Letter. 13 7. Once the initial clearing target has been determined based on initial commitments, an applicant that was permitted to make an initial commitment will receive a third confidential status letter (“Final Confidential Status Letter”) notifying the applicant for each complete station whether or not the station is qualified to bid in the clock rounds of the reverse auction. 14 An applicant with one or more qualified stations will be eligible to participate in a mock auction prior to bidding in the clock rounds of the reverse auction. 15 Additional instructions for participating in the mock auction and for placing bids in the clock rounds of the reverse auction, using the applicant’s previously received SecurID ® tokens, will be provided to each applicant that has at least one station qualified to bid. Any applicant with a station that is not qualified to bid in the reverse auction clock rounds will not be able to place clock round bids for that station in the Auction System. B. Forward Auction Applicants 8. As described in the Auction 1000 Application Procedures Public Notice, an Auction 1002 applicant whose application has been deemed to be “complete” will be eligible to practice with the Auction System prior to the mock auction that will be offered to qualified bidders. 16 Any applicant that is eligible to practice with the Auction System must have a SecurID ® token to log in. SecurID ® tokens along with instructions for practicing with the Auction System will therefore be distributed to each applicant whose application is listed as complete in a public notice to be released after the deadline for resubmitting corrected applications 17 and prior to the announcement of qualified bidders in the Auction 1002 Qualified Bidders Public Notice. 18 9. Each applicant listed as a qualified bidder in the Auction 1002 Qualified Bidders Public Notice will be provided with additional instructions for participating in the mock auction and for placing bids in the forward auction using the applicant’s previously received SecurID ® tokens. 19 Any applicant whose application was listed as complete after the deadline for resubmitting corrected applications that does not become qualified to bid will not be permitted to access the Auction System for bidding. IV. GROUPING OF PEAS FOR FORWARD AUCTION ASSIGNMENT PHASE BIDDING 10. In the Auction 1000 Bidding Procedures Public Notice, the Commission adopted procedures for assignment phase bidding which depend in part upon the Regional Economic Area Grouping (“REAG”) in which a PEA is included. 20 The public notice indicated that, for the grouping and sequencing of PEAs in the assignment rounds, the PEAs in the six least populous REAGs will be 13 See id. at 22, para. 63. 14 See id. at 23–24, para. 67. 15 See id. at 24–25, para. 73. 16 See id. at 29–30, para. 89, 51, para. 149. 17 The deadline for resubmitting corrected applications will be announced in the public notice that will announce applicants’ initial application statuses. See id. at 52, para. 153. 18 As explained in the Auction 1000 Application Procedures Public Notice, in order to become qualified to bid, an applicant must submit a sufficient upfront payment by 6:00 p.m. ET on the deadline to be announced in the Upfront Payment Public Notice, which will be released after the initial clearing target and associated band plan scenario have been determined. See Auction 1000 Application Procedures Public Notice at 29–30, paras. 89–90, 52, para. 156. 19 See id. at 29–30, paras. 89–90, 56, para. 156, 54–55, para. 166. Bids may be placed by an authorized bidder identified in the applicant’s FCC Form 175. 20 See Auction 1000 Bidding Procedures Public Notice, 30 FCC Rcd at 9089–90, para. 247. Federal Communications Commission DA 15-1428 4 included with the PEAs in one of the six REAGs that cover the contiguous United States. 21 Attachment 1 to this Public Notice lists each PEA and the REAG with which it will be associated for assignment phase bidding purposes. 22 V. CORRECTIONS AND NOTIFICATIONS TO TECHNICAL APPENDICES 11. The Bureau makes ministerial changes to two of the appendices released with the Auction 1000 Application Procedures Public Notice. First, we correct typographical errors in the text of APPENDIX D to the Auction 1000 Application Procedures Public Notice. 23 Specifically, in Section 5.5 of APPENDIX D, (a) the variable and the variable should be switched in much of the text in the section, including the examples, and (b) the variable in Example 3 should be replaced by the variable . The corrected text to Section 5.5 of APPENDIX D is shown in Attachment 2 of this Public Notice. 12. We also note that in Section 3.2 of APPENDIX E to the Auction 1000 Application Procedures Public Notice, 24 (,) includes those Mexican stations that cause pairwise interference less than 0.5 percent to U.S. stations when placed on their future channel as specified in the Mexican Coordination. 25 VI. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 13. For general auction questions, contact Linda Sanderson, Linda.Sanderson@fcc.gov, (717) 338-2868. For reverse auction legal questions, contact Erin Griffith, Erin.Griffith@fcc.gov, (202) 418-0660, or Kathryn Hinton, Kathryn.Hinton@fcc.gov, (202) 418-0660. For forward auction legal questions, contact Leslie Barnes, Leslie.Barnes@fcc.gov, (202) 418-0660, or Valerie Barrish, Valerie.Barrish@fcc.gov, (202) 418-0660. Press contact: Charles Meisch, Charles.Meisch@fcc.gov, (202) 418-2943. Additional information for potential Broadcast Incentive Auction participants is available at the Auction 1000 web page (http://www.fcc.gov/auctions/1000). – FCC – 21 See id. at 9089, para. 247 n.714. 22 An Excel version of Attachment 1 will be made available on the Commission’s Auction 1002 web page at http://www.fcc.gov/auctions/1002 through a link under the “Data” tab. 23 See Auction 1000 Application Procedures Public Notice at Appendix D, Section 5.5. 24 See id. at Appendix E, Section 3.2. 25 See Exchange of Coordination Letters with IFT Regarding DTV Transition and Reconfiguration of 600 MHz Band Spectrum, U.S.–Mex. (July 15, 2015), available at http://wireless.fcc.gov/incentiveauctions/learn- program/resources.html (Mexican Coordination). Federal Communications Commission DA 15-1428 Attachment 1, page 1 ATTACHMENT 1 PEAs and Associated REAGs for Assignment Phase Bidding PEA Number PEA Name REAG Number REAG Name PEA001 New York, NY n/a PEA002 Los Angeles, CA n/a PEA003 Chicago, IL n/a PEA004 San Francisco, CA n/a PEA005 Baltimore, MD-Washington, DC n/a PEA006 Philadelphia, PA n/a PEA007 Boston, MA n/a PEA008 Dallas, TX n/a PEA009 Miami, FL n/a PEA010 Houston, TX n/a PEA011 Atlanta, GA n/a PEA012 Detroit, MI n/a PEA013 Orlando, FL n/a PEA014 Cleveland, OH n/a PEA015 Phoenix, AZ n/a PEA016 Seattle, WA n/a PEA017 Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN n/a PEA018 San Diego, CA n/a PEA019 Portland, OR n/a PEA020 Denver, CO n/a PEA021 Tampa, FL n/a PEA022 Sacramento, CA n/a PEA023 Pittsburgh, PA n/a PEA024 Saint Louis, MO n/a PEA025 Cincinnati, OH n/a PEA026 Las Vegas, NV n/a PEA027 Salt Lake City, UT n/a PEA028 San Antonio, TX n/a PEA029 Jacksonville, FL n/a PEA030 Kansas City, MO n/a PEA031 Indianapolis, IN n/a PEA032 Nashville, TN n/a PEA033 Virginia Beach, VA n/a PEA034 Fresno, CA n/a PEA035 Austin, TX n/a PEA036 New Orleans, LA n/a PEA037 Columbus, OH n/a Federal Communications Commission DA 15-1428 Attachment 1, page 2 PEA Number PEA Name REAG Number REAG Name PEA038 Milwaukee, WI n/a PEA039 Oklahoma City, OK n/a PEA040 Birmingham, AL n/a PEA041 Syracuse, NY REAG 1 Northeast PEA042 Honolulu, HI * REAG 6 West PEA043 Charlotte, NC REAG 2 Southeast PEA044 Rochester, NY REAG 1 Northeast PEA045 Raleigh, NC REAG 2 Southeast PEA046 Little Rock, AR REAG 4 Mississippi Valley PEA047 Brownsville, TX REAG 5 Central PEA048 Harrisburg, PA REAG 1 Northeast PEA049 Albany, NY REAG 1 Northeast PEA050 Greenville, SC REAG 2 Southeast PEA051 Louisville, KY REAG 4 Mississippi Valley PEA052 Charleston, WV REAG 3 Great Lakes PEA053 Tucson, AZ REAG 5 Central PEA054 Buffalo, NY REAG 1 Northeast PEA055 Huntsville, AL REAG 4 Mississippi Valley PEA056 Kalamazoo, MI REAG 3 Great Lakes PEA057 Richmond, VA REAG 2 Southeast PEA058 Bloomington, IN REAG 3 Great Lakes PEA059 Memphis, TN REAG 4 Mississippi Valley PEA060 Manchester, NH REAG 1 Northeast PEA061 Toledo, OH REAG 3 Great Lakes PEA062 Dayton, OH REAG 3 Great Lakes PEA063 Tulsa, OK REAG 5 Central PEA064 South Bend, IN REAG 3 Great Lakes PEA065 Cape Coral, FL REAG 2 Southeast PEA066 Lansing, MI REAG 3 Great Lakes PEA067 Sarasota, FL REAG 2 Southeast PEA068 Grand Rapids, MI REAG 3 Great Lakes PEA069 Springfield, MA REAG 1 Northeast PEA070 Eugene, OR REAG 6 West PEA071 Knoxville, TN REAG 4 Mississippi Valley PEA072 Tallahassee, FL REAG 2 Southeast PEA073 El Paso, TX REAG 5 Central PEA074 Chattanooga, TN REAG 2 Southeast PEA075 Albuquerque, NM REAG 5 Central PEA076 Reno, NV REAG 6 West PEA077 Portland, ME REAG 1 Northeast PEA078 Greensboro, NC REAG 2 Southeast Federal Communications Commission DA 15-1428 Attachment 1, page 3 PEA Number PEA Name REAG Number REAG Name PEA079 Hattiesburg, MS REAG 4 Mississippi Valley PEA080 Omaha, NE REAG 5 Central PEA081 Saginaw, MI REAG 3 Great Lakes PEA082 Baton Rouge, LA REAG 4 Mississippi Valley PEA083 Fort Wayne, IN REAG 3 Great Lakes PEA084 Mobile, AL REAG 4 Mississippi Valley PEA085 Charleston, SC REAG 2 Southeast PEA086 Frankfort, KY REAG 4 Mississippi Valley PEA087 Pensacola, FL REAG 4 Mississippi Valley PEA088 Frederick, MD REAG 2 Southeast PEA089 Columbia, SC REAG 2 Southeast PEA090 Jackson, MS REAG 4 Mississippi Valley PEA091 Colorado Springs, CO REAG 5 Central PEA092 Decatur, IL REAG 3 Great Lakes PEA093 Lafayette, LA REAG 4 Mississippi Valley PEA094 Waco, TX REAG 5 Central PEA095 Bluefield, WV REAG 4 Mississippi Valley PEA096 Richmond, KY REAG 4 Mississippi Valley PEA097 Mankato, MN REAG 3 Great Lakes PEA098 Johnson City, TN REAG 4 Mississippi Valley PEA099 Tupelo, MS REAG 4 Mississippi Valley PEA100 Greenville, NC REAG 2 Southeast PEA101 Wichita, KS REAG 5 Central PEA102 Grand Junction, CO REAG 5 Central PEA103 Winchester, VA REAG 2 Southeast PEA104 Fort Collins, CO REAG 5 Central PEA105 Augusta, GA REAG 2 Southeast PEA106 Zanesville, OH REAG 3 Great Lakes PEA107 Bangor, ME REAG 1 Northeast PEA108 Des Moines, IA REAG 3 Great Lakes PEA109 Rocky Mount, NC REAG 2 Southeast PEA110 Jackson, TN REAG 4 Mississippi Valley PEA111 Fayetteville, AR REAG 4 Mississippi Valley PEA112 Bowling Green, KY REAG 4 Mississippi Valley PEA113 Erie, PA REAG 3 Great Lakes PEA114 Morgantown, WV REAG 3 Great Lakes PEA115 Asheville, NC REAG 2 Southeast PEA116 Rockford, IL REAG 3 Great Lakes PEA117 La Grange, GA REAG 2 Southeast PEA118 Richmond, IN REAG 3 Great Lakes PEA119 Yakima, WA REAG 6 West Federal Communications Commission DA 15-1428 Attachment 1, page 4 PEA Number PEA Name REAG Number REAG Name PEA120 Shreveport, LA REAG 5 Central PEA121 Altoona, PA REAG 3 Great Lakes PEA122 Madison, WI REAG 3 Great Lakes PEA123 Mansfield, OH REAG 3 Great Lakes PEA124 Olympia, WA REAG 6 West PEA125 Alton, IL REAG 4 Mississippi Valley PEA126 Casa Grande, AZ REAG 5 Central PEA127 Evansville, IN REAG 4 Mississippi Valley PEA128 Macon, GA REAG 2 Southeast PEA129 Springfield, IL REAG 3 Great Lakes PEA130 Spokane, WA REAG 6 West PEA131 Sanford, NC REAG 2 Southeast PEA132 Corpus Christi, TX REAG 5 Central PEA133 Nacogdoches, TX REAG 5 Central PEA134 Newark, OH REAG 3 Great Lakes PEA135 Beaumont, TX REAG 5 Central PEA136 Williamsport, PA REAG 1 Northeast PEA137 Eau Claire, WI REAG 3 Great Lakes PEA138 Burlington, VT REAG 1 Northeast PEA139 Hot Springs, AR REAG 4 Mississippi Valley PEA140 Fredericksburg, VA REAG 2 Southeast PEA141 Brainerd, MN REAG 3 Great Lakes PEA142 Merced, CA REAG 6 West PEA143 Keene, NH REAG 1 Northeast PEA144 Paris, TX REAG 5 Central PEA145 Columbia, TN REAG 4 Mississippi Valley PEA146 Wilmington, NC REAG 2 Southeast PEA147 Salisbury, MD REAG 2 Southeast PEA148 Bellingham, WA REAG 6 West PEA149 Biloxi, MS REAG 4 Mississippi Valley PEA150 Rolla, MO REAG 4 Mississippi Valley PEA151 Winston-Salem, NC REAG 2 Southeast PEA152 Tyler, TX REAG 5 Central PEA153 Fond du Lac, WI REAG 3 Great Lakes PEA154 Myrtle Beach, SC REAG 2 Southeast PEA155 Appleton, WI REAG 3 Great Lakes PEA156 Boise City, ID REAG 6 West PEA157 Yuma, AZ REAG 6 West PEA158 Helena, MT REAG 6 West PEA159 Valdosta, GA REAG 2 Southeast PEA160 Victoria, TX REAG 5 Central Federal Communications Commission DA 15-1428 Attachment 1, page 5 PEA Number PEA Name REAG Number REAG Name PEA161 Carbondale, IL REAG 4 Mississippi Valley PEA162 Elizabethtown, KY REAG 4 Mississippi Valley PEA163 Davenport, IA REAG 3 Great Lakes PEA164 Montgomery, AL REAG 4 Mississippi Valley PEA165 Rome, GA REAG 2 Southeast PEA166 Redding, CA REAG 6 West PEA167 Harrisonburg, VA REAG 2 Southeast PEA168 Peoria, IL REAG 3 Great Lakes PEA169 Goldsboro, NC REAG 2 Southeast PEA170 Dothan, AL REAG 4 Mississippi Valley PEA171 Fort Smith, AR REAG 4 Mississippi Valley PEA172 Duluth, MN REAG 3 Great Lakes PEA173 Blacksburg, VA REAG 2 Southeast PEA174 Springfield, MO REAG 4 Mississippi Valley PEA175 Southaven, MS REAG 4 Mississippi Valley PEA176 Ames, IA REAG 3 Great Lakes PEA177 Savannah, GA REAG 2 Southeast PEA178 Sedalia, MO REAG 4 Mississippi Valley PEA179 Burlington, IA REAG 3 Great Lakes PEA180 Flagstaff, AZ REAG 5 Central PEA181 Texarkana, TX REAG 5 Central PEA182 Cedar Rapids, IA REAG 3 Great Lakes PEA183 Columbia, MO REAG 4 Mississippi Valley PEA184 Ruston, LA REAG 5 Central PEA185 Marquette, MI REAG 3 Great Lakes PEA186 Rock Hill, SC REAG 2 Southeast PEA187 Pocatello, ID REAG 6 West PEA188 Jamestown, NY REAG 1 Northeast PEA189 Alexandria, LA REAG 5 Central PEA190 Bozeman, MT REAG 6 West PEA191 Petersburg, VA REAG 2 Southeast PEA192 Fayetteville, NC REAG 2 Southeast PEA193 Saint Joseph, MO REAG 4 Mississippi Valley PEA194 State College, PA REAG 3 Great Lakes PEA195 Lewiston, ID REAG 6 West PEA196 Cape Girardeau, MO REAG 4 Mississippi Valley PEA197 Wheeling, WV REAG 3 Great Lakes PEA198 Jonesboro, AR REAG 4 Mississippi Valley PEA199 Dalton, GA REAG 2 Southeast PEA200 Danville, VA REAG 2 Southeast PEA201 Eagle Pass, TX REAG 5 Central Federal Communications Commission DA 15-1428 Attachment 1, page 6 PEA Number PEA Name REAG Number REAG Name PEA202 Columbus, GA REAG 2 Southeast PEA203 Traverse City, MI REAG 3 Great Lakes PEA204 Owensboro, KY REAG 4 Mississippi Valley PEA205 Douglas City, CA REAG 6 West PEA206 Wenatchee, WA REAG 6 West PEA207 Brunswick, GA REAG 2 Southeast PEA208 Salisbury, NC REAG 2 Southeast PEA209 Green Bay, WI REAG 3 Great Lakes PEA210 Binghamton, NY REAG 1 Northeast PEA211 Ardmore, OK REAG 5 Central PEA212 Anchorage, AK * REAG 6 West PEA213 Bend, OR REAG 6 West PEA214 Lincoln, NE REAG 5 Central PEA215 Hickory, NC REAG 2 Southeast PEA216 Joplin, MO REAG 4 Mississippi Valley PEA217 Lubbock, TX REAG 5 Central PEA218 Wausau, WI REAG 3 Great Lakes PEA219 Mason City, IA REAG 3 Great Lakes PEA220 Odessa, TX REAG 5 Central PEA221 Laredo, TX REAG 5 Central PEA222 Morristown, TN REAG 4 Mississippi Valley PEA223 Dubuque, IA REAG 3 Great Lakes PEA224 De Kalb, IL REAG 3 Great Lakes PEA225 La Crosse, WI REAG 3 Great Lakes PEA226 Lima, OH REAG 3 Great Lakes PEA227 Watertown, NY REAG 1 Northeast PEA228 Roanoke, VA REAG 2 Southeast PEA229 Saint George, UT REAG 6 West PEA230 Lumberton, NC REAG 2 Southeast PEA231 Fremont, NE REAG 5 Central PEA232 Topeka, KS REAG 4 Mississippi Valley PEA233 Shelby, NC REAG 2 Southeast PEA234 Lexington, NC REAG 2 Southeast PEA235 Amarillo, TX REAG 5 Central PEA236 Grand Island, NE REAG 5 Central PEA237 Hinesville, GA REAG 2 Southeast PEA238 Florence, SC REAG 2 Southeast PEA239 Kannapolis, NC REAG 2 Southeast PEA240 Charlottesville, VA REAG 2 Southeast PEA241 Dublin, GA REAG 2 Southeast PEA242 Lake Charles, LA REAG 5 Central Federal Communications Commission DA 15-1428 Attachment 1, page 7 PEA Number PEA Name REAG Number REAG Name PEA243 Paducah, KY REAG 4 Mississippi Valley PEA244 Manhattan, KS REAG 4 Mississippi Valley PEA245 West Plains, MO REAG 4 Mississippi Valley PEA246 Auburn, AL REAG 2 Southeast PEA247 Nampa, ID REAG 6 West PEA248 Sumter, SC REAG 2 Southeast PEA249 Bryan, TX REAG 5 Central PEA250 Las Cruces, NM REAG 5 Central PEA251 Salina, KS REAG 5 Central PEA252 Sioux City, IA REAG 3 Great Lakes PEA253 Baraboo, WI REAG 3 Great Lakes PEA254 Merrill, WI REAG 3 Great Lakes PEA255 Greenville, MS REAG 4 Mississippi Valley PEA256 Lynchburg, VA REAG 2 Southeast PEA257 Cheyenne, WY REAG 5 Central PEA258 Cullman, AL REAG 4 Mississippi Valley PEA259 Roswell, NM REAG 5 Central PEA260 Alpena, MI REAG 3 Great Lakes PEA261 Fargo, ND REAG 3 Great Lakes PEA262 Hilton Head Island, SC REAG 2 Southeast PEA263 Santa Fe, NM REAG 5 Central PEA264 Kodiak, AK * REAG 6 West PEA265 Winona, MN REAG 3 Great Lakes PEA266 Lenoir, NC REAG 2 Southeast PEA267 Sheboygan, WI REAG 3 Great Lakes PEA268 Clinton, IA REAG 3 Great Lakes PEA269 Racine, WI REAG 3 Great Lakes PEA270 Ottawa, IL REAG 3 Great Lakes PEA271 Elmira, NY REAG 1 Northeast PEA272 Brownwood, TX REAG 5 Central PEA273 Bloomington, IL REAG 3 Great Lakes PEA274 Twin Falls, ID REAG 6 West PEA275 Corsicana, TX REAG 5 Central PEA276 Rapid City, SD REAG 5 Central PEA277 Hutchinson, KS REAG 5 Central PEA278 Bartlesville, OK REAG 5 Central PEA279 Logan, UT REAG 6 West PEA280 Garden City, KS REAG 5 Central PEA281 Muskogee, OK REAG 5 Central PEA282 Galesburg, IL REAG 3 Great Lakes PEA283 Plattsburgh, NY REAG 1 Northeast Federal Communications Commission DA 15-1428 Attachment 1, page 8 PEA Number PEA Name REAG Number REAG Name PEA284 Greenwood, SC REAG 2 Southeast PEA285 Gallup, NM REAG 5 Central PEA286 Sioux Falls, SD REAG 3 Great Lakes PEA287 Kenosha, WI REAG 3 Great Lakes PEA288 Abilene, TX REAG 5 Central PEA289 Price, UT REAG 6 West PEA290 Watertown, SD REAG 3 Great Lakes PEA291 Rockingham, NC REAG 2 Southeast PEA292 Pueblo, CO REAG 5 Central PEA293 Lawrenceburg, TN REAG 4 Mississippi Valley PEA294 Waterloo, IA REAG 3 Great Lakes PEA295 Stillwater, OK REAG 5 Central PEA296 Pottsville, PA REAG 1 Northeast PEA297 Pendleton, OR REAG 6 West PEA298 Fairbanks, AK * REAG 6 West PEA299 Kirksville, MO REAG 4 Mississippi Valley PEA300 Selma, AL REAG 4 Mississippi Valley PEA301 Rochester, MN REAG 3 Great Lakes PEA302 Enid, OK REAG 5 Central PEA303 Great Falls, MT REAG 6 West PEA304 Mount Airy, NC REAG 2 Southeast PEA305 Altus, OK REAG 5 Central PEA306 Wichita Falls, TX REAG 5 Central PEA307 Yankton, SD REAG 3 Great Lakes PEA308 Americus, GA REAG 2 Southeast PEA309 Elizabeth City, NC REAG 2 Southeast PEA310 Farmington, MO REAG 4 Mississippi Valley PEA311 Trinidad, CO REAG 5 Central PEA312 Farmington, NM REAG 5 Central PEA313 Lockhart, TX REAG 5 Central PEA314 Jacksonville, TX REAG 5 Central PEA315 Sheridan, WY REAG 6 West PEA316 Rock Springs, WY REAG 5 Central PEA317 Beatrice, NE REAG 5 Central PEA318 Thief River Falls, MN REAG 3 Great Lakes PEA319 Albany, GA REAG 2 Southeast PEA320 San Angelo, TX REAG 5 Central PEA321 Batesville, IN REAG 3 Great Lakes PEA322 Minot, ND REAG 3 Great Lakes PEA323 Socorro, NM REAG 5 Central PEA324 Honesdale, PA REAG 1 Northeast Federal Communications Commission DA 15-1428 Attachment 1, page 9 PEA Number PEA Name REAG Number REAG Name PEA325 Bismarck, ND REAG 3 Great Lakes PEA326 Fergus Falls, MN REAG 3 Great Lakes PEA327 Orangeburg, SC REAG 2 Southeast PEA328 Winslow, AZ REAG 5 Central PEA329 Kingsville, TX REAG 5 Central PEA330 Olney, IL REAG 4 Mississippi Valley PEA331 Plainview, TX REAG 5 Central PEA332 Bennettsville, SC REAG 2 Southeast PEA333 Sidney, OH REAG 3 Great Lakes PEA334 Pampa, TX REAG 5 Central PEA335 Natchitoches, LA REAG 5 Central PEA336 Grand Forks, ND REAG 3 Great Lakes PEA337 Mineral Wells, TX REAG 5 Central PEA338 Durango, CO REAG 5 Central PEA339 Scottsbluff, NE REAG 5 Central PEA340 Clovis, NM REAG 5 Central PEA341 Alamogordo, NM REAG 5 Central PEA342 Mitchell, SD REAG 3 Great Lakes PEA343 Pecos, TX REAG 5 Central PEA344 Clanton, AL REAG 4 Mississippi Valley PEA345 Newberry, SC REAG 2 Southeast PEA346 Franklin, NC REAG 2 Southeast PEA347 New Roads, LA REAG 4 Mississippi Valley PEA348 Aberdeen, SD REAG 3 Great Lakes PEA349 Marion, NC REAG 2 Southeast PEA350 Forrest City, AR REAG 4 Mississippi Valley PEA351 Dickinson, ND REAG 3 Great Lakes PEA352 Gonzales, TX REAG 5 Central PEA353 Watseka, IL REAG 3 Great Lakes PEA354 New London, WI REAG 3 Great Lakes PEA355 Casper, WY REAG 5 Central PEA356 Colville, WA REAG 6 West PEA357 Espanola, NM REAG 5 Central PEA358 Marble Falls, TX REAG 5 Central PEA359 Sterling, CO REAG 5 Central PEA360 Juneau, AK * REAG 6 West PEA361 Richfield, UT REAG 6 West PEA362 Payette, ID REAG 6 West PEA363 Big Spring, TX REAG 5 Central PEA364 Butte, MT REAG 6 West PEA365 Vernon, TX REAG 5 Central Federal Communications Commission DA 15-1428 Attachment 1, page 10 PEA Number PEA Name REAG Number REAG Name PEA366 Pullman, WA REAG 6 West PEA367 Moberly, MO REAG 4 Mississippi Valley PEA368 Concordia, KS REAG 5 Central PEA369 Red Oak, IA REAG 5 Central PEA370 Washington, IA REAG 3 Great Lakes PEA371 Wytheville, VA REAG 2 Southeast PEA372 Colby, KS REAG 5 Central PEA373 Walla Walla, WA REAG 6 West PEA374 North Platte, NE REAG 5 Central PEA375 Deming, NM REAG 5 Central PEA376 Hereford, TX REAG 5 Central PEA377 Demopolis, AL REAG 4 Mississippi Valley PEA378 Waynesboro, GA REAG 2 Southeast PEA379 Sault Ste. Marie, MI REAG 3 Great Lakes PEA380 Escanaba, MI REAG 3 Great Lakes PEA381 Del Rio, TX REAG 5 Central PEA382 Riverton, WY REAG 5 Central PEA383 Creston, IA REAG 3 Great Lakes PEA384 Manchester, IA REAG 3 Great Lakes PEA385 Hannibal, MO REAG 3 Great Lakes PEA386 Barnwell, SC REAG 2 Southeast PEA387 Wahpeton, ND REAG 3 Great Lakes PEA388 Atlantic, IA REAG 5 Central PEA389 McCook, NE REAG 5 Central PEA390 Snyder, TX REAG 5 Central PEA391 Ontario, OR REAG 6 West PEA392 Maryville, MO REAG 4 Mississippi Valley PEA393 Macon, MO REAG 4 Mississippi Valley PEA394 Martin, SD REAG 5 Central PEA395 Jamestown, ND REAG 3 Great Lakes PEA396 Winterset, IA REAG 3 Great Lakes PEA397 Aliceville, AL REAG 4 Mississippi Valley PEA398 South Sioux City, NE REAG 3 Great Lakes PEA399 Lampasas, TX REAG 5 Central PEA400 Muleshoe, TX REAG 5 Central PEA401 Floydada, TX REAG 5 Central PEA402 Brady, TX REAG 5 Central PEA403 Lewistown, MT REAG 6 West PEA404 Kanab, UT REAG 5 Central PEA405 Jackson, WY REAG 6 West PEA406 Anamosa, IA REAG 3 Great Lakes Federal Communications Commission DA 15-1428 Attachment 1, page 11 PEA Number PEA Name REAG Number REAG Name PEA407 Salmon, ID REAG 6 West PEA408 Ballinger, TX REAG 5 Central PEA409 Haskell, TX REAG 5 Central PEA410 Valentine, NE REAG 5 Central PEA411 Van Horn, TX REAG 5 Central PEA412 Puerto Rico * REAG 2 Southeast PEA413 Guam-Northern Mariana Islands * REAG 6 West PEA414 US Virgin Islands * REAG 2 Southeast PEA415 American Samoa * REAG 6 West PEA416 Gulf of Mexico * REAG 2 Southeast * For the grouping and sequencing of PEAs by REAG in the assignment rounds, PEAs that fall within REAGs 7-12 will be included instead with the PEAs that fall within REAGs 2 and 6, as shown below. Actual REAG Grouped With REAG 7 Alaska REAG 6 West REAG 8 Hawaii REAG 6 West REAG 9 Guam, Northern Mariana Islands REAG 6 West REAG 10 Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands REAG 2 Southeast REAG 11 American Samoa REAG 6 West REAG 12 Gulf of Mexico REAG 2 Southeast Federal Communications Commission DA 15-1428 Attachment 2, page 1 ATTACHMENT 2 Revised Section 5.5 in APPENDIX D 5.5 Determining Whether a Station is “Exited – Not Needed” A station is assigned a status of “exited – not needed” if it is determined that the station would remain feasible in its pre-auction band for any possible bidding behavior of stations that are still active in the auction. When this is determined, the station is notified that it will be assigned to its pre-auction band and will no longer participate in the auction. The following algorithm is used during processing to determine whether station with pre-auction band should be assigned a status of “exited – not needed:” - First, determine the set of stations (other than station ) that could end up in band ; denote this set by . A station ? is included in if and only if one of the following two conditions holds: (1) The currently held option of station is band ; 26 or (2) The following three conditions all hold: ? The currently held option of station is below ; and ? is not provisionally winning; and ? is permissible for station (see Section 3.1 for the definition of “permissible”) and the station indicated it is willing to consider that option on its application. - For each pair of stations (, ) and channel , let be a count of the number of applicable interference constraints. In particular, is the number of applicable interference constraints limiting the assignment of station to a channel in { ? 2, ? 1, , + 1, + 2} when station is placed in channel , taking into account the domains of stations and . 27 Thus, represents the number of channels that are ruled out for station if station is placed in channel . This is a number between 0 and 5. Each is determined at the beginning of the auction and remains unchanged throughout the auction. - For every station ? , let () be the maximum number of channels that might rule out for in band . In particular, set () to be the maximum value of among all channels in band . This is a number between 0 and 5, depending on the interference constraints. - If ? ()? is less than the number of channels that station has available in band (that is, the domain of restricted to ), then station is deemed “exited – not needed.” Example 1: Suppose that: (i) channel is in the domain of station ; (ii) channels { ? 2, ? 1, , + 1, + 2} are all in the domain of station ; and (iii) if station is placed in channel , then station cannot be placed in any of the following channels: { ? 2, ? 1, , + 1, + 2}. Then = 5, since placing station in channel will preclude from being placed in 5 channels. 26 Note that the currently held option of an exited station is its pre-auction band. Moreover, the currently held option of a non-participating station is also its pre-auction band. 27 The need for looking at second adjacent constraints (c-2 and c+2) is a result of the Canadian Coordination, which requires second adjacent constraints be considered for a small subset of Canadian stations. Federal Communications Commission DA 15-1428 Attachment 2, page 2 Example 2: Suppose that: (i) channel is in the domain of station ; (ii) channels { ? 2, ? 1, , + 1, + 2} are all in the domain of station ; and (iii) if station is placed in channel , then station cannot be placed in channel but could be placed in channels { ? 2, ? 1, + 1, + 2}. Then = 1, since placing station in channel will preclude from being placed in 1 channel. Example 3: Suppose that: (i) channel is in the domain of station ; (ii) channels { ? 2, ? 1, } are in the domain of station , whereas channels { + 1, + 2} are not; and (iii) if station is placed in channel , then station cannot be placed in channel or channel ? 1 but could be placed in channel ? 2. Then = 2. In particular, out of three possible placements for , placing in channel will preclude from being placed in two of them: and – 1. Example 4: Suppose that channel is not in the domain of station . Then = 0. Each remains unchanged throughout the auction.