[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 60 (Wednesday, March 29, 2006)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 15617-15619]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-2917]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Parts 0 and 1


Nomenclature Changes to the Code of Federal Regulations

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: This document makes several nomenclature changes throughout 
the Commission's title of the Code of Federal Regulations. This action 
is necessary in order to update several addresses and office 
designations.

DATES: Effective March 29, 2006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alethea Small, Office of the 
Secretary, (202) 418-0310.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This amendment is made pursuant to Sec.  
0.231(b) of the Commission's rules, 47 CFR 0.231. Because the rule 
amendments adopted here are a matter of agency practice and procedure, 
compliance with the notice and comment and effective date provisions of 
the Administrative Procedure Act is not required.\1\
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    \1\ 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(A); (d).
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List of Subjects

47 CFR Part 0

    Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.

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47 CFR Part 1

    Administrative practice and procedure, Reporting and recordkeeping 
requirements.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.

Rules Changes

0
For the reasons discussed in the preamble, the Federal Communications 
Commission amends parts 0 and 1 of title 47 of the Code of Federal 
Regulations as follows:

PART 0--COMMISSION ORGANIZATION

0
1. The authority citation for part 0 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: Secs. 5, 48 Stat. 1068, as amended; 47 U.S.C. 155.


0
2. Section 0.251 is amended by revising paragraph (e) to read as 
follows:


Sec.  0.251  Authority delegated.

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    (e) The official record of all actions taken by the General Counsel 
pursuant to Sec.  0.251 (c) and (d) is contained in the original docket 
folder, which is maintained by the Reference Information Center.
* * * * *

0
3. Section 0.401 is amended by revising paragraph (a)(1)(ii) to read as 
follows:


Sec.  0.401  Location of Commission offices.

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    (a) * * *
    (1) * * *
    (ii) Hand-carried documents should be delivered to the Secretary's 
Office at 236 Massachusetts Avenue, NE., Washington, DC 20002.
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0
4. Section 0.491 is revised to read as follows:


Sec.  0.491  Application for exemption from compulsory ship radio 
requirements.

    Applications for exemption filed under the provisions of sections 
352(b) or 383 of the Communications Act; Regulation 4, chapter I of the 
Safety Convention; Regulation 5, chapter IV of the Safety Convention; 
or Article IX of the Great Lakes Agreement, must be filed as a waiver 
request using the procedures specified in Sec.  0.482 of this part. 
Emergency requests must be filed via the Universal Licensing System or 
at the Federal Communications Commission, Office of the Secretary.

0
5. Section 0.606 is amended by revising the last sentence of paragraph 
(a) to read as follows:


Sec.  0.606  Procedures for closing a meeting to the public.

    (a) * * * Certifications will be retained in a public file in the 
Office of the Secretary.
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0
6. Section 0.607 is amended by revising the first sentence in paragraph 
(b) to read as follows:


Sec.  0.607  Transcript, recording or minutes; availability to the 
public.

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    (b) A public file of transcripts (or minutes) of closed meetings 
will be maintained in the Office of the Secretary. * * *
* * * * *

PART 1--PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE

0
7. The authority citation for part 1 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 15 U.S.C. 79 et seq.; 47 U.S.C. 151, 154(i), 154(j), 
155, 157, 225, and 303(r).

0
8. Section 1.4 is amended by revising the first sentence of paragraph 
(f) to read as follows:


Sec.  1.4  Computation of time.

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    (f) Except as provided in Sec.  0.401(b) of this chapter, all 
petitions, pleadings, tariffs or other documents not required to be 
accompanied by a fee and which are hand-delivered must be tendered for 
filing in complete form, as directed by the Rules, with the Office of 
the Secretary before 7 p.m., at 236 Massachusetts Ave, NE., Washington, 
DC 20002. * * *
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0
9. Section 1.260 is revised to read as follows:


Sec.  1.260  Certification of transcript.

    After the close of the hearing, the complete transcript of 
testimony, together with all exhibits, shall be certified as to 
identity by the presiding officer and filed in the Office of the 
Secretary. Notice of such certification shall be served on all parties 
to the proceedings.

0
10. Section 1.277 is amended by revising the first sentence of 
paragraph (e) to read as follows:


Sec.  1.277  Exceptions; oral arguments.

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    (e) Within 10 days after a transcript of oral argument has been 
filed in the Office of the Secretary, any party who participated in the 
oral argument may file with the Commission a motion requesting 
correction of the transcript, which motion shall be accompanied by 
proof of service thereof upon all other parties who participated in the 
oral argument. * * *
* * * * *

0
11. Section 1.773 is amended by revising paragraphs (a)(4) and (b)(3) 
to read as follows:


Sec.  1.773  Petitions for suspension or rejection of new tariff 
filings.

    (a) * * *
    (4) Copies, service. An original and four copies of each petition 
shall be filed with the Commission as follows: The original and three 
copies of each petition shall be filed with the Secretary, 236 
Massachusetts Ave., NE., Washington, DC 20002; one copy must be 
delivered directly to the Commission's copy contractor. Additional, 
separate copies shall be served simultaneously upon the Chief, Wireline 
Competition Bureau; and the Chief, Pricing Policy Division. Petitions 
seeking investigation, suspension, or rejection of a new or revised 
tariff made on 15 days or less notice shall be served either personally 
or via facsimile on the filing carrier. If a petition is served via 
facsimile, a copy of the petition must also be sent to the filing 
carrier via first class mail on the same day of the facsimile 
transmission. Petitions seeking investigation, suspension, or rejection 
of a new or revised tariff filing made on more than 15 days notice may 
be served on the filing carrier by mail.
    (b) * * *
    (3) Copies, service. An original and four copies of each reply 
shall be filed with the Commission, as follows: the original and three 
copies must be filed with the Secretary, 236 Massachusetts Ave., NE., 
Washington, DC 20002; one copy must be delivered directly to the 
Commission's copy contractor. Additional separate copies shall be 
served simultaneously upon the Chief, Wireline Competition Bureau, the 
Chief, Pricing Policy Division and the petitioner. Replies to petitions 
seeking investigation, suspension, or rejection of a new or revised 
tariff made on 15 days or less notice shall be served on petitioners 
personally or via facsimile. Replies to petitions seeking 
investigation, suspension, or rejection of a new or revised tariff made 
on more than 15 days notice may be served upon petitioner personally, 
by mail or via facsimile.

0
12. Section 1.774 is amended by revising paragraph (e)(2)(ii) to read 
as follows:


Sec.  1.774  Pricing flexibility.

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    (e) * * *
    (2) * * *

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    (ii) Any interested party electing to file an opposition or comment 
in response to a pricing flexibility petition through a method other 
than ETFS must file an original and four copies of each opposition or 
comment with the Commission, as follows: the original and three copies 
of each pleading shall be filed with the Secretary, 236 Massachusetts 
Ave., NE., Washington, DC 20002; one copy must be delivered directly to 
the Commission's copy contractor. Additional, separate copies shall be 
served upon the Chief, Wireline Competition Bureau and the Chief, 
Pricing Policy Division.
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0
13. Section 1.939 is amended by revising paragraph (b) to read as 
follows:


Sec.  1.939  Petitions to deny.

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    (b) Filing of petitions. Petitions to deny and related pleadings 
may be filed electronically via ULS. Manually filed petitions to deny 
must be filed with the Office of the Secretary, 236 Massachusetts Ave., 
NE., Washington, DC 20002. Attachments to manually filed applications 
may be filed on a standard 3\1/4\'' magnetic diskette formatted to be 
readable by high density floppy drives operating under MS-DOS (version 
3.X or later compatible versions). Each diskette submitted must contain 
an ASCII text file listing each filename and a brief description of the 
contents of each file on the diskette. The files on the diskette, other 
than the table of contents, should be in Adobe Acrobat Portable 
Document Format (PDF) whenever possible. Petitions to deny and related 
pleadings must reference the file number of the pending application 
that is the subject of the petition.
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0
14. Section 1.2105 is amended by revising paragraph (c)(6) to read as 
follows:


Sec.  1.2105  Bidding application and certification procedures; 
prohibition of collusion.

    (c) * * *
    (6) Any applicant that makes or receives a communication of bids or 
bidding strategies prohibited under paragraph (c)(1) of this section 
shall report such communication in writing to the Commission 
immediately, and in no case later than five business days after the 
communication occurs. Such reports shall be filed with the Office of 
the Secretary, and a copy shall be sent to the Chief of the Auctions 
and Spectrum Access Division, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau.
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[FR Doc. 06-2917 Filed 3-28-06; 8:45 am]
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