[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 209 (Friday, October 28, 2011)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 66889]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-27975]


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47 CFR Parts 15 and 79

[MB Docket No. 11-154; DA 11-1766]


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Programming: Implementation of the Twenty-First Century Communications 
and Video Accessibility Act of 2010

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of reply comment period.

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SUMMARY: In this document, the Commission extends the deadline for 
filing reply comments on the Commission's Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 
(NPRM) in this proceeding, which was published in the Federal Register 
on September 28, 2011. The extension will facilitate the development of 
a full record given the importance of the issues in this proceeding.

DATES: The reply comment period for the proposed rule published 
September 28, 2011 (76 FR 59963) is extended. Submit reply comments on 
or before November 1, 2011.

ADDRESSES: You may submit reply comments, identified by MB Docket No. 
11-154, by any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
     Federal Communications Commission's Electronic Comment 
Filing System (ECFS) Web Site: http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/ecfs. Follow the 
instructions for submitting comments.
     Mail: 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.
     People with Disabilities: Contact the FCC to request 
reasonable accommodations (accessible format documents, sign language 
interpreters, CART, etc.) by email: [email protected] or phone (202) 418-
0530 or TTY: (202) 418-0432.
    For detailed instructions on submitting comments and additional 
information on the rulemaking process, see the SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION section of the NPRM.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Diana Sokolow, Policy Division, Media 
Bureau, at (202) 418-2120, or email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a summary of the Commission's Order 
in MB Docket No. 11-154, DA 11-1766, adopted and released on October 
21, 2011, which extends the reply comment filing deadline established 
in the NPRM published under FCC No. 11-138 at 76 FR 59963, September 
28, 2011. The full text of this document is available for inspection 
and copying during normal business hours in the FCC Reference Center, 
445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554. The complete text may be 
purchased from the Commission's copy contractor, Best Copy and 
Printing, Inc., 445 12th Street, SW., Room CY-B402, Washington, DC 
20554. The full text may also be downloaded at: http://www.fcc.gov. 
Alternative formats are available to persons with disabilities by 
sending an email to [email protected] or by calling the Consumer & 
Governmental Affairs Bureau at (202) 418-0530 (voice), (202) 418-0432 
(TTY).

Background

    1. The NPRM in this proceeding established a comment deadline of 
October 18, 2011 and a reply comment deadline of October 28, 2011. On 
October 19, 2011, the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) 
requested that the reply comment deadline be extended by one week, due 
to the volume of substantive material filed in the initial comments and 
the groundbreaking nature of the issues considered in the proceeding. 
We grant NAB's request in part.
    2. As set forth in Section 1.46(a) of the Commission's Rules, 47 
CFR 1.46(a), the Commission's policy is that extensions of time shall 
not be routinely granted. Given the importance of the issues in this 
proceeding and in the interest of encouraging thoughtful consideration 
of these issues, however, we believe that granting in part NAB's 
request is necessary to facilitate the development of a full record. 
Due to the Commission's statutory deadline in this proceeding, we find 
that the requested one week extension is too long, and instead we grant 
a four day extension of the reply comment deadline.

Ordering Clauses

    Pursuant to Section 4(i) of the Communications Act of 1934, as 
amended, 47 U.S.C. 154(i), and Sections 0.61, 0.283, and 1.46 of the 
Commission's rules, 47 CFR 0.61, 0.283, and 1.46, the Motion for 
Extension of Time filed by NAB is granted in part, and the deadline to 
file reply comments in this proceeding is extended to November 1, 2011.

Federal Communications Commission.
William T. Lake,
Chief, Media Bureau.
[FR Doc. 2011-27975 Filed 10-27-11; 8:45 a.m.]
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