[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 239 (Tuesday, December 13, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 77533]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-31989]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[DA 11-1930]


Mandatory Electronic Filing for Cable Special Relief Petitions 
and Cable Show Cause Petitions, Via the Electronic Comment Filing 
System

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This document announces the implementation of electronic 
filing of Cable Special Relief (CSR) Petitions and Cable Show Cause 
(CSC) Petitions using the FCC Electronic Comment Filing System (ECFS). 
A description of procedures for filing is also provided.

DATES: Effective December 1, 2011, voluntary electronic filing of CSR 
and CSC petitions will be permitted through January 3, 2012, when 
electronic filing will become mandatory.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For assistance using ECFS, contact 
ECFS help at (202) 418-0193 or [email protected]. For further 
information, contact Pam Pusey at (202) 418-1067 or Claudia Tillery of 
the Media Bureau at (202) 418-1056.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a summary of the CSR and CSC 
Electronic Filing Public Notice which was released November 22, 2011. 
The complete text of the CSR and CSC Electronic Filing Public Notice is 
available for public inspection and copying from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. ET 
Monday through Thursday and from 8 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. ET on Friday in 
the FCC Reference Information Center, 445 12th Street SW., Room CY-
A257, Washington, DC 20554. The CSR and CSC Electronic Filing Public 
Notice may also be purchased from the Commission's duplicating 
contractor, Best Copy and Printing, Inc. (BCPI), Portals II, 445 12th 
Street SW., Room CY-A257, Washington, DC 20554, telephone (202) 488-
5300, facsimile (202) 488-5563, or Web site http://www.BCPIWEB.com 
using document number DA 11-1930 for the CSR and CSC Electronic Filing 
Public Notice. The CSR and CSC Electronic Filing Public Notice is also 
available on the Internet at the Commission's Web site: http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-11-1930A1.doc; http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-11-1930A1.pdf; or http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-11-1930A1.txt.
    This change in filing procedures is made pursuant to Sec.  1.49(f) 
of the Commission's rules, as recently amended in the Commission's 
Report and Order released on February 4, 2011. Amendment of Certain of 
the Commission's Part 1 Rules of Practice and Procedure and Part 0 
Rules of Commission Organization, Report and Order, 26 FCC Rcd 1594 
(2011). The Commission revised portions of its Part 1, Practice and 
Procedural rules and its Part 0, Organizational rules to increase the 
efficiency of Commission decision-making and modernize the agency's 
processes in the digital age. The Commission delegated authority to the 
Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau, in consultation with relevant 
bureau, authority to implement the various electronic filing provisions 
by Public Notice. This Public Notice implements electronic filing of 
Cable Special Relief (CSR) petitions and Cable Show Cause (CSC) 
petitions, which are filed in accordance with the provisions of 47 CFR. 
76.7.

Federal Communications Commission.
William T. Lake,
Chief, Media Bureau.
[FR Doc. 2011-31989 Filed 12-12-11; 8:45 am]
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