[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 74 (Monday, April 18, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21742-21743]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-9199]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[WT Docket No. 11-35; DA 11-613]
Wireless Telecommunications Bureau Extends Period for Filing
Comments and Reply Comments on Petition for Declaratory Ruling Asking
To Clarify the Scope of Preemption of Wireless Entry Regulation
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Notice; extension of filing and reply comment period.
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SUMMARY: In this document, the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau
extends the deadline for filing comments and reply comments in response
to the Public Notice seeking comment on the December 3, 2010 petition
for declaratory ruling (Petition) filed by CTIA--The Wireless
Association (Petitioners). The Petitioners asked the Federal
Communications Commission (Commission) to clarify ``the scope of
Section 332(c)(3)(A)'s ban on state and local entry regulation.''
DATES: Interested parties may file comments on or before June 10, 2011,
and reply comments on or before July 11, 2011.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by WT Docket No. 11-35,
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://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/ecfs2/. 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.
For detailed instructions for submitting comments and additional
information on the rulemaking process, see the supplementary
information section of this document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Salhus, Spectrum and
Competition Policy Division, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, 202-
418-1310.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a summary of the Commission's Public
Notice released on April 5, 2011. The full text of the public notice is
available for public inspection and copying during business hours in
the FCC Reference Information Center, Portals II, 445 12th Street, SW.,
Room CY-A257, Washington, DC 20554. It also may be purchased from the
Commission's duplicating contractor at Portals II, 445 12th Street,
SW., Room CY-B402, Washington, DC 20554; the contractor's Web site,
http://www.bcpiweb.com; or by calling (800) 378-3160, facsimile (202)
488-5563, or e-mail [email protected]. Additionally, the complete item is
available on the Federal Communications Commission's Web site at http://www.fcc.gov.
On February 25, 2011, the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau
(Bureau) released a Public Notice seeking comment on the CTIA petition
for declaratory ruling asking the Commission to clarify ``the scope of
Section 332(c)(3)(A)'s ban on state and local entry regulation.'' The
Petitioners stated that the Connecticut Department of Public Utility
Control (Connecticut PUC) ``ordered that wireless providers must apply
for and obtain a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity (CPCN)
from the [Connecticut PUC] before they can request permission to access
public rights-of-way.'' The Petitioners asked the Commission to declare
that Connecticut's CPCN requirement is a form of entry regulation that
is prohibited by section 332(c)(A)(3).
On April 1, 2011, the Petitioners along with the Connecticut PUC
(collectively, the ``Parties'') submitted a joint request for a 60-day
extension of the comment and reply comment deadlines in this
proceeding. The Parties state that the Connecticut PUC recently
published draft changes to the requirements at issue in this matter and
that a 60-day extension is ``in the public interest because it will
allow commenters a meaningful period of time to review, analyze, and
respond to any final actions the [Connecticut PUC] takes on the draft
decision.''
The Bureau finds that granting the Parties' request and extending
the
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comment and reply comment deadlines by 60 days is in the public
interest. Extending the comment period will ensure that parties have
sufficient time to consider and address developments in this matter and
the extent to which they moot the controversy at issue in the Petition.
Therefore, interested parties will now have until June 10, 2011 to file
comments and July 11, 2011 to file reply comments as opposed to the
April 11, 2011 and May 11, 2011 deadlines set forth in the Public
Notice.
Pursuant to Sec. Sec. 1.415 and 1.419 of the Commission's rules,
47 CFR 1.415, 1.419, interested parties may file comments and reply
comments on or before the dates indicated above. Comments may be filed
using: (1) The Commission's Electronic Comment Filing System (ECFS),
(2) the Federal Government's eRulemaking Portal, or (3) by filing paper
copies. See Electronic Filing of Documents in Rulemaking Proceedings,
63 FR 24121 (1998).
Electronic Filers: Comments may be filed electronically
using the Internet by accessing the ECFS: http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/ecfs2/ or the Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
Paper Filers: Parties who choose to file by paper must
file an original and four copies of each filing. If more than one
docket or rulemaking number appears in the caption of this proceeding,
filers must submit two additional copies for each additional docket or
rulemaking number.
Filings can be sent by hand or messenger delivery, by commercial
overnight courier, or by first-class or overnight U.S. Postal Service
mail (although we continue to experience delays in receiving U.S.
Postal Service mail). All filings must be addressed to the Commission's
Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Federal Communications Commission.
All hand-delivered or messenger-delivered paper filings
for the Commission's Secretary must be delivered to FCC Headquarters at
445 12th St., SW., Room TW-A325, Washington, DC 20554. The filing hours
are 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. All hand deliveries must be held together with
rubber bands or fasteners. Any envelopes must be disposed of before
entering the building.
Commercial overnight mail (other than U.S. Postal Service
Express Mail and Priority Mail) must be sent to 9300 East Hampton
Drive, Capitol Heights, MD 20743.
U.S. Postal Service first-class, Express, and Priority
mail must be addressed to 445 12th Street, SW., Washington DC 20554.
People with Disabilities: To request materials in accessible
formats for people with disabilities (braille, large print, electronic
files, audio format), send an e-mail to [email protected] or call the
Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau at 202-418-0530 (voice), 202-
418-0432 (tty).
Federal Communications Commission.
Nese Guendelsberger,
Chief, Spectrum and Competition Policy Division, Wireless
Telecommunications Bureau.
[FR Doc. 2011-9199 Filed 4-15-11; 8:45 am]
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