[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 193 (Thursday, October 4, 2012)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 60666-60667]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-24514]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
47 CFR Part 1
[MD Docket No. 12-201; FCC 12-77]
Procedures for Assessment and Collection of Regulatory Fees;
Assessment and Collection of Regulatory Fees for Fiscal Year 2008
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking; extension of reply comment date.
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SUMMARY: In this document, the Federal Communications Commission
(Commission), via the Office of Managing Director, seeks comment on a
report released by the Government Accountability Office Report on
September 12, 2012, entitled, Federal Communications Commission,
Regulatory Fee Process Needs To Be Updated. In addition, this document
extends the reply comment date in response to the Commission's Notice
of Proposed Rulemaking seeking comment on proposals to reform the
Commission's policies and procedures for assessing and collecting
regulatory fees.
DATES: The comment period is reopened and the reply comment period is
extended for the proposed rule published August 17, 2012, at 7 FR
49749. Interested parties may submit comments in response to the GAO
Regulatory Fees Reform Report on or before October 9, 2012, and reply
comments in response to both the GAO Regulatory Fees Reform Report and
Regulatory Fees Reform Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on or before
October 23, 2012.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by MD Docket No. 12-201,
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.
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.
Email: [email protected]. Include MD Docket No. 12-201 in the
subject line of the message.
Mail: Commercial overnight mail (other than U.S. Postal
Service Express
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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 should be addressed to 445 12th Street SW.,
Washington DC 20554.
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: Roland Helvajian, Office of Managing
Director at (202) 418-0444.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 17, 2012, the Federal Communications
Commission (Commission) released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
(NPRM), FCC 12-77, seeking comment on proposals to reform the
Commission's policies and procedures for assessing and collecting
regulatory fees. The Commission published this Regulatory Fees Reform
NPRM in the Federal Register, establishing a comment deadline of
September 17, 2012 and reply comment deadline of October 16, 2012. On
September 10, 2012, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released
a report entitled, Federal Communications Commission, Regulatory Fee
Process Needs To Be Updated.
In this Public Notice, the Office of Managing Director (OMD) seeks
comment on the GAO Regulatory Fees Report and extends the deadline for
filing reply comments in response to the Regulatory Fees Reform NPRM
until October 23, 2012. This extension aligns the reply comment
deadlines in response to both items so that interested parties have the
opportunity to concurrently examine and comment on the intertwined
issues in these items. Accordingly, comments for the GAO Regulatory
Fees Report will be due October 9, 2012 and reply comments in response
to both the GAO Regulatory Fees Report and Regulatory Fees Reform NPRM
are due October 23, 2012. Finally, OMD has entered the GAO Regulatory
Fees Report into the record of the Regulatory Fees Reform proceeding so
that comments on both documents may be filed in MD Docket 12-201.
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., Room CY-A257, Portals II, Washington, DC 20554, and
may also be purchased from the Commission's copy contractor, BCPI,
Inc., Portals II, 445 12th Street SW., Room CY-B402, Washington, DC
20554. Customers may contact BCPI, Inc. via their Web site, http://www.bcpi.com, or call 1-800-378-3160. This document is available in
alternative formats (computer diskette, large print, audio record, and
braille). Persons with disabilities who need documents in these formats
may contact the FCC by email: [email protected] or phone: 202-418-0530 or
TTY: 202-418-0432.
Comment Filing Procedures
Comments and Replies. 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 on the
first page of this document. 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. All filings must be addressed to the Commission's Secretary,
Office of the Secretary, Federal Communications Commission.
[ssquf] 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.
[ssquf] 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.
[ssquf] 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 email to [email protected] or call the
Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau at 202-418-0530 (voice), 202-
418-0432 (tty).
Availability of Documents. Comments, reply comments, and ex parte
submissions will be available for public inspection during regular
business hours in the FCC Reference Center, Federal Communications
Commission, 445 12th Street SW., CY-A257, Washington, DC 20554. These
documents will also be available free online, via ECFS. Documents will
be available electronically in ASCII, Word, and/or Adobe Acrobat.
Accessibility Information. To request information in accessible
formats (computer diskettes, large print, audio recording, and
Braille), send an email to [email protected] or call the Commission's
Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau at (202) 418-0530 (voice),
(202) 418-0432 (TTY). This document can also be downloaded in Word and
Portable Document Format (``PDF'') at: http://www.fcc.gov.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012-24514 Filed 10-3-12; 8:45 am]
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