[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 165 (Friday, August 25, 2006)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 50379-50380]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-14161]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 1

[WT Docket No. 05-211; DA 06-1617]


Implementation of the Commercial Spectrum Enhancement Act and 
Modernization of the Commission's Competitive Bidding Rules and 
Procedures

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking; extension of comment period and 
reply comment period.

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SUMMARY: This document extends the time for filing comments and reply 
comments in response to the Second Further Notice of Proposed Rule 
Making in WT Docket No. 05-211, FCC 06-52.

DATES: Comments are due September 20, 2006; Reply Comments are due 
October 20, 2006.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by WT Docket No. 05-211, 
by any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
     Federal Communications Commission's Web Site: http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/ecfs/. Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
     People with Disabilities: Contact the FCC to request 
reasonable accommodations (accessible format documents, sign language 
interpreters, CART, etc.) by e-mail: [email protected] or phone: 202-418-
0530 or TTY: 202-418-0432.
    In addition to filing comments with the Secretary, a copy of any 
comments on the Paperwork Reduction Act information collection 
requirements contained in the Second Further Notice of Proposed Rule 
Making should be submitted to Judith B. Herman, Federal Communications 
Commission, Room 1-C804, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554, or 
via the Internet to [email protected], and to Kristy L. LaLonde, OMB Desk 
Officer, Room 10234 NEOB, 725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503, 
via the Internet to Kristy--L. [email protected], or via fax at 202-
395-5167.
    For detailed instructions for submitting comments and additional

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information on the rulemaking process, see the SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION section of the Second Further Notice of Proposed Rule 
Making in WT Docket No. 05-211, 71 FR 35594, June 21, 2006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brian Carter, Auctions and Spectrum 
Access Division, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau at (202) 418-0660.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a summary of the Commission's Order, 
DA 06-1617, released on August 10, 2006. The complete text of the Order 
is available for public inspection and copying from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. 
Monday through Thursday or from 8 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. on Friday at the 
FCC Reference Information Center, Portals II, 445 12th Street, SW., 
Room CY-A257, Washington, DC 20554. The Order and related Commission 
documents may also be purchased from the Commission's duplicating 
contractor, Best Copy and Printing, Inc. (BCPI), Portals II, 445 12th 
Street, SW., Room CY-B402, Washington, DC 20554, telephone 202-488-
5300, facsimile 202-488-5563, or you may contact BCPI at its Web site: 
http://www.BCPIWEB.com. When ordering documents from BCPI please 
provide the appropriate FCC document number, for example, DA 06-1617. 
The Order and related documents are also available on the Internet at 
the Commission's Web site: http://wireless.fcc.gov/auctions.
    1. On July 25, 2006, a motion was filed with the Commission 
requesting an extension of time for submitting comments and reply 
comments in response to the Second Further Notice of Proposed Rule 
Making in WT Docket No. 05-211, 71 FR 35594, June 21, 2006. The Second 
Further Notice of Proposed Rule Making seeks public comment on a 
variety of measures to ensure that the recipients of designated entity 
benefits are limited to those entities and for those purposes Congress 
intended. Interested parties previously had until August 21, 2006, for 
filing comments and September 19, 2006, for filing reply comments.
    2. It is the general policy of the Commission that extensions of 
time shall not be routinely granted. Nevertheless, the Commission finds 
that in this instance a limited extension of time will facilitate the 
development of a complete record in response to the Second Further 
Notice of Proposed Rule Making. The Second Further Notice of Proposed 
Rule Making seeks public comment on how to ensure that the recipients 
of designated entity benefits are limited to those entities and for 
those purposes Congress intended. Thus, the comments provided by 
designated entities will be a vital part of the record. Designated 
entities include small businesses, some of whom have just finished 
preparing and filing applications to participate in Auction No. 66 and 
arranging financing for the necessary upfront payments. The Commission 
believes that providing additional time will facilitate comments in 
response to the Second Further Notice of Proposed Rule Making by 
designated entities participating in Auction No. 66. The Commission 
also finds that providing limited additional time will not unduly delay 
resolution of the proceeding. Accordingly, the Commission extends the 
deadlines for filing comments and reply comments in response to the 
Second Further Notice of Proposed Rule Making until September 20, 2006 
and October 20, 2006, respectively.
    3. Accordingly, it is ordered that, pursuant to sections 4(i) and 
4(j) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 154(i) 
and 154(j), and sections 0.131, 0.331, and 1.46 of the Commission's 
rules, 47 CFR 0.131, 0.331, and 1.46, the deadline for filing comments 
in response to the Second Further Notice of Proposed Rule Making is 
extended to September 20, 2006, and the deadline for filing reply 
comments is extended to October 20, 2006.

Federal Communications Commission.
Margaret Wiener,
Chief, Auction Spectrum and Access Division, WTB.
[FR Doc. E6-14161 Filed 8-24-06; 8:45 am]
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