[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 234 (Wednesday, December 5, 2012)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 72294-72295]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-29357]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
47 CFR Part 20
[WT Docket No. 10-254; DA 12-1898]
Comment Deadline Extended for Public Notice Seeking Updated
Information and Comment on Review of Hearing Aid Compatibility
Regulations
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of comment period.
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SUMMARY: In this document, the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau
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(Bureau) extends the time within which to file comments on the Public
Notice seeking updated information and comment on review of hearing aid
compatibility regulations.
DATES: Comments are due on or before January 7, 2013.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by WT Docket No. 10-254,
by any of the following methods:
Federal Communications Commission's Web Site: http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/ecfs2/. Follow the instructions for submitting
comments.
Mail.
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 for submitting comments and additional
information on the rulemaking process, see the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION section of this document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Flynn, Spectrum & Competition
Policy Division, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, (202) 418-0612 or
by email [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a summary of the Commission's Public
Notice in WT Docket No. 10-254, DA 12-1898, released November 27, 2012.
The full text of the Public Notice is available for public inspection
and copying during business hours in the FCC's Reference Information
Center, Portals II, 445 12th Street SW., Room CY-A257, Washington, DC
20554. Copies may be purchased from the Commission's duplicating
contractor, Best Copy and Printing, Inc. (BCPI), 445 12th Street SW.,
Room CY-B402, Washington, DC 20554, 202-488-5300 or 800-378-3160
(voice), 202-488-5562 (TTY), 202-488-5563 (fax), or you may contact
BCPI at its Web site: http://www.BCPIWEB.com. When ordering documents
from BCPI, please provide the appropriate FCC document number, for
example, DA 12-1745. The Comment Deadline Extended for Updated
Information and Comment Sought on Review of Hearing Aid Compatibility
Regulations Public Notice is available on the Internet at the
Commission's Web site at http://www.fcc.gov/document/hearing-aid-compatibility-review-additional-comments-sought and related documents
are also available by using the search function for WT Docket No. 10-
254 on the Commission's Electronic Comment Filing System (ECFS) Web
page at http://apps.fcc.gov/ecfs/. To request information in accessible
formats (computer diskettes, large print, audio recording, and
Braille), send an email to [email protected] or call the FCC's Consumer
and Governmental Affairs Bureau at 202-418-0530 (voice) or 202-418-0432
(TTY).
Summary
1. On November 1, 2012, the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau
released a Public Notice in which it sought updated comment in its
ongoing review of the wireless hearing aid compatibility rules (WT
Docket No. 10-254, DA 12-1745). The Public Notice set the deadline for
filing comments at 30 days after its publication in the Federal
Register, which occurred on November 26, 2012 (77 FR 70407).
Accordingly, the deadline for filing comments was set at December 26,
2012.
2. On its own motion, the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau grants
an extension of time within which to file comments. The Bureau notes
that requests for extensions of time are not routinely granted. 47 CFR
1.46(a). Given the proximity of the filing deadline to a federal
holiday, as well as the desire to encourage thoughtful consideration of
the important issues raised in this proceeding, the Bureau believes
that a grant of additional time within which to file comments will help
to facilitate careful and deliberate consideration of these matters.
Therefore, the Bureau grants to all parties an extension of the comment
filing deadline until January 7, 2013.
Procedural Matters
3. 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 the Commission's Electronic
Comment Filing System (ECFS). 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/.
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 at 236 Massachusetts Avenue NE., Suite
110, Washington, DC 20002. The filing hours at this location are 8:00
a.m. to 7:00 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 mail, Express Mail, and
Priority Mail should be addressed to 445 12th Street SW., Washington,
DC 20554.
One copy of each pleading must be delivered electronically, by
email or facsimile, or if delivered as paper copy, by hand or messenger
delivery, by commercial overnight courier, or by first-class or
overnight U.S. Postal Service mail (according to the procedures set
forth above for paper filings), to the Commission's duplicating
contractor, Best Copy and Printing, Inc., at [email protected] or (202)
488-5563 (facsimile).
Federal Communications Commission.
Jane E. Jackson,
Associate Chief, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau.
[FR Doc. 2012-29357 Filed 12-4-12; 8:45 am]
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