[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 234 (Wednesday, December 5, 2012)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 72295-72296]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-29426]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
47 CFR Part 76
[MB Docket No. 12-68; DA 12-1871]
Revision of the Commission's Program Access Rules
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of comment and reply comment period.
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SUMMARY: The Media Bureau extends the deadline for filing comments and
reply comments on the Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (``FNPRM'')
in this proceeding which was published in the Federal Register on
October 31, 2012. The extension will provide commenters with sufficient
time to prepare comments and reply comments in response to the FNPRM.
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DATES: The comment and reply comment period for the proposed rule
published October 31, 2012 (77 FR 66052) is extended. Submit comments
on or before December 14, 2012 and reply comments on or before January
14, 2013.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by MB Docket No. 12-68,
by any of the following methods:
Federal Communications Commission's 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 (although the Commission continues 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.
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 FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information on this
proceeding, contact David Konczal, [email protected], or Kathy
Berthot, [email protected], of the Media Bureau, Policy Division,
(202) 418-2120.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a summary of the Order in MB Docket
No. 12-68, DA 12-1871, adopted and released on November 19, 2012, which
extends the comment and reply comment deadlines established in the
FNPRM published under FCC No. 12-123 at 77 FR 66052, October 31, 2012.
The full text of this document is available for public inspection and
copying during normal business hours in the FCC Reference Center,
Portals II, 445 12th Street SW., Room CY-A257, Washington, DC 20554.
The complete text may also 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).
Summary of the Order
1. On October 5, 2012, the Commission released a Further Notice of
Proposed Rulemaking (``FNPRM'') on revisions to the program access
rules. The FNPRM set deadlines for filing comments and reply comments
at 30 and 45 days, respectively, after publication of the FNPRM in the
Federal Register. A summary of the FNPRM was published in the Federal
Register on October 31, 2012 (77 FR 66052). Accordingly, the filing
dates were initially established as November 30, 2012 for comments and
December 17, 2012 for reply comments.
2. On November 14, 2012, the National Cable & Telecommunications
Association (``NCTA'') filed a request to extend the comment and reply
comment deadlines to December 14, 2012 and January 14, 2013,
respectively. NCTA states that Hurricane Sandy has disrupted business
operations along the northeast corridor, thereby hindering the ability
of some of its members to gather information and prepare comments for
this proceeding. Accordingly, NCTA requests a two-week extension of the
comment deadline to December 14, 2012. Because an identical two-week
extension of the reply comment deadline would require reply comments to
be filed during the last week of December in the middle of the holiday
season, NCTA requests a four-week extension of the reply comment
deadline. We grant the requested extension. As set forth in Section
1.46 of the Commission's rules, the Commission's policy is that
extensions of time for filing comments in rulemaking proceedings shall
not be routinely granted. In this case, however, an extension of the
comment periods is warranted to provide commenters with sufficient time
to prepare comments and reply comments in response to the FNPRM.
3. Accordingly, it is ordered that, pursuant to section 4(i) of the
Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 154(i), and
Sec. Sec. 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 NCTA
is granted, and the deadlines to file comments and reply comments in
this proceeding are extended to December 14, 2012 and January 14, 2013,
respectively.
Federal Communications Commission.
Steven A. Broeckaert,
Senior Deputy Chief, Policy Division, Media Bureau.
[FR Doc. 2012-29426 Filed 12-4-12; 8:45 am]
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