[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 17 (Friday, January 26, 2007)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 3776-3777]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-1190]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Parts 1 and 17

[WT Docket No. 03-187; DA 07-72]


Effect of Communications Towers on Migratory Birds

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule, extension of comment and reply comment periods.

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SUMMARY: This document grants a motion requesting an extension of time 
to file comments and reply comments in response to a Notice of Proposed 
Rulemaking concerning the effects of communications towers on migratory 
birds that the Commission released on November 7, 2006.

DATES: Comments on the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking published November 
22, 2006 (71 FR 67510) are due on or before April 23, 2007, and reply 
comments are due on or before May 23, 2007.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by WT Docket No. 03-187, 
FCC 06-164, 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.
     E-mail: [email protected], and include the following words in 
the body of the message, ``get form.'' A sample form and directions 
will be sent in response.
     Mail: Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street, 
SW., Washington, DC 20554.
     Hand Delivery/Courier: 236 Massachusetts Avenue, NE., 
Suite 110, Washington, DC 20002.
     Accessible Formats: Contact the FCC to request reasonable 
accommodations (accessible format documents, sign language 
interpreters, CART, etc.) for filing comments either by e-mail: 
[email protected] or phone: 202-418-0530 or TTY: 202-418-0432.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name 
and docket number for this rulemaking, WT Docket No. 03-187. All 
comments received will be posted without change to http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/ecfs/, including any personal information provided. For detailed 
instructions on submitting comments and additional information on the 
rulemaking process, see the ``Public Participation'' heading of the 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document.
    Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or 
comments received, go to http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/ecfs/.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Louis Peraertz, Spectrum and 
Competition Policy Division, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, 
Federal Communications Commission, (202) 418-1879.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a summary of the Commission's Order 
released January 12, 2007. The complete text of the Order is available 
for inspection and copying during normal business hours in the FCC 
Reference Information Center, Portals II, 445 12th Street, SW., Room 
CY-A257, Washington, DC 20554. The document may also be purchased from 
the Commission's duplicating contractor, Best Copy and Printing, Inc., 
445 12th Street, SW., Room CY-B402, Washington, DC 20554, telephone 
(800) 378-3160 or (202) 863-2893, facsimile (202) 863-2898, or via e-
mail at http://www.bcpiweb.com. It is also available on the 
Commission's Web site at http://www.fcc.gov.
    By the Order, the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau grants a 
motion requesting an extension of the dates for filing comments and 
reply comments in response to In the Matter of Effects of 
Communications Towers on Migratory Birds, Notice of Proposed 
Rulemaking, WT Docket No. 03-187, which the Commission adopted on 
November 3, 2006, and released on November 7, 2006. On January 8, 2007, 
the American Bird Conservancy, CTIA--The Wireless Association, 
Defenders of Wildlife, the National Association of Tower Erectors, and 
PCIA--the Wireless Infrastructure Association filed a joint

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Motion for Extension of Time. Although it is the policy of the 
Commission that extensions of time shall not be routinely granted, the 
WCB determined that, given the parties' agreement that the additional 
time would benefit discussions related to avian tower safety, good 
cause exists to provide parties an extension of time for filing 
comments, from January 22, 2007, to April 23, 2007, and an extension of 
time for filing reply comments from February 20, 2007, to May 23, 2007.
    Accordingly, it is ordered that, pursuant to authority found in 
section 4(i) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 
154(i), and Sec. Sec.  0.131, 0.331 and 1.46 of the Commission's rules, 
47 CFR 0.131, 0.331, 1.46, the pleading cycle established in this 
matter is modified as follows:
    Comments Due: April 23, 2007; Reply Comments Due: May 23, 2007. All 
other filing procedures remain unchanged from those previously 
established in this proceeding. It is further ordered that the joint 
Motion for Extension of Time filed by the American Bird Conservancy, 
CTIA--The Wireless Association, Defenders of Wildlife, the National 
Association of Tower Erectors, and PCIA--the Wireless Infrastructure 
Association, is granted as set forth herein.

Federal Communications Commission.
Fred B. Campbell, Jr.,
Chief, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau.
[FR Doc. E7-1190 Filed 1-25-07; 8:45 am]
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