[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 118 (Monday, June 20, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35892-35893]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-15292]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[CG Docket No. 11-99 DA 11-992]
Termination of Dormant Proceedings
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In this document, the Commission, via the Consumer and
Governmental Affairs Bureau (CGB), seeks comment on whether certain
docketed Commission proceedings should be terminated as dormant. The
Commission's procedural and organizational rules, which were recently
revised to streamline and improve the agency's docket management
practices, delegate authority to the Chief, CGB to periodically review
all open dockets and, in consultation with the responsible Bureaus or
Offices, to identify those dockets that appear to be candidates for
termination.
DATES: Comments are due on or before July 20, 2011, and reply comments
are due on or before August 4, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Interested parties may submit comments, identified by [CG
Docket No. 11-99], by any of the following methods:
Electronic Filers: Comments may be filed electronically
using the Internet by accessing the Commission's Electronic Comment
Filing System (ECFS) at http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/ecfs2/. Filers should
follow the instructions provided on the Web site for submitting
comments. In completing the transmittal screen, ECFS filers should
include their full name, U.S. Postal Service mailing address, and the
applicable docket or rulemaking number, which in this instance is CG
Docket No. 11-99.
Paper Filers: Parties who choose to file by paper must
file an original and one copy of each filing. Filings can be sent by
hand or messenger delivery, by commercial overnight courier, or by
first-class or overnight 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 Street, 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 and boxes 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dorothy Stifflemire, Consumer and
Government Affairs Bureau at (202) 418-7349 or by e-mail at
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a synopsis of the Commission's
Public Notice, Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau Seeks Comment
on Termination of Certain Proceedings as Dormant, document DA 11-992,
released on June 3, 2011 in CG Docket No. 11-99.
The full text of document DA 11-992 and copies of any subsequently
filed documents in this matter will be available for public inspection
and copying via ECFS, and during regular business hours at the FCC
Reference Information Center, Portals II, 445 12th Street, SW., Room
CY-A257, Washington, DC 20554. Copies may also be purchased from the
Commission's duplicating contractor, Best Copy and Printing, Inc.,
Portals II, 445 12th Street, SW., Room CY-B402, Washington, DC 20554,
telephone (800) 378-3160, fax: (202) 488-5563, or Internet:
www.bcpiweb.com. Document DA 11-992 can also be downloaded in Word or
Portable Document Format (PDF) at: http://www.fcc.gov/document/consumer-governmental-affairs-bureau-seeks-comment-termination-certain-proceedings-dormant. The spreadsheet associated with document DA 11-992
listing the proceedings proposed for termination for dormancy, is
available in Excel at: http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-11-992A2.xls.
Pursuant to 47 CFR 1.415 and 1.419, interested parties may file
comments and reply comments on or before the respective dates indicated
in the DATES section of this document. Pursuant to 47 CFR 1.1200 et.
seq., this matter shall be treated as a ``permit-but-disclose''
proceeding in accordance with the Commission's ex parte rules. Persons
making ex parte presentations must file a copy of any written
presentation or a memorandum summarizing any oral presentation within
two business days after the presentation (unless a different deadline
applicable to the Sunshine period applies). Persons making oral ex
parte presentations are reminded that memoranda summarizing the
presentation must: (1) List all persons
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attending or otherwise participating in the meeting at which the ex
parte presentation was made; and (2) summarize all data presented and
arguments made during the presentation. If the presentation consisted
in whole or in part of the presentation of data or arguments already
reflected in the presenter's written comments, memoranda or other
filings in the proceeding, the presenter may provide citations to such
data or arguments in his or her prior comments, memoranda, or other
filings (specifying the relevant page and/or paragraph numbers where
such data or arguments can be found) in lieu of summarizing them in the
memorandum. Documents shown or given to Commission staff during ex
parte meetings are deemed to be written ex parte presentations and must
be filed consistent with 47 CFR 1.1206(b). In proceedings governed by
47 CFR 1.49(f) or for which the Commission has made available a method
of electronic filing, written ex parte presentations and memoranda
summarizing oral ex parte presentations, and all attachments thereto,
must be filed through the electronic comment filing system available
for that proceeding, and must be filed in their native format (e.g.,
.doc, .xml, .ppt, searchable .pdf). Participants in this proceeding
should familiarize themselves with the Commission's ex parte rules. 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 and Governmental Affairs Bureau
at (202) 418-0530 (voice) or (202) 418-0432 (TTY).
Synopsis
On February 4, 2011, the Commission released Amendment of Certain
of the Commission's Part 1 Rules of Practice and Procedure and Part 0
Rules of Commission Organization, Report and Order, FCC 11-16, in GC
Docket No. 10-44, published at 76 FR 24383, May 2, 2011, which revised
portions of its Part 1--Practice and Procedure and Part 0--
Organizational rules.
The revised rules, in part, delegate authority to the Chief, CGB to
periodically review all open dockets and, in consultation with the
responsible Bureaus or Offices, to identify those dockets that appear
to be candidates for termination. These candidates include dockets in
which no further action is required or contemplated, as well as those
in which no pleadings or other documents have been filed for several
years. However, the Commission specified that proceedings in which
petitions addressing the merits are pending should not be terminated,
absent the parties' consent. The termination of a dormant proceeding
also includes dismissal as moot of any pending petition, motion, or
other request for relief that is procedural in nature or otherwise does
not address the merits of the proceeding.
Prior to the termination of any particular proceeding, the
Commission was directed to issue a public notice identifying the
dockets under consideration for termination and affording interested
parties an opportunity to comment.
Federal Communications Commission.
Joel Gurin,
Chief, Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau.
[FR Doc. 2011-15292 Filed 6-17-11; 8:45 am]
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