[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 213 (Monday, November 4, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66002-66004]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-26256]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[DA 13-2025; WC Docket No. 05-337; IB Docket No. 13-230; WT Docket No. 
13-225; WC; Docket Nos. 13-223, 13-228, 13-235, 13-237]


Revised Filing Deadlines Following Resumption of Normal 
Commission Operations

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Notice; revised filing deadlines.

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SUMMARY: The Commission is further extending certain filing deadlines 
for regulatory and enforcement filings (with the exception of Network 
Outage Reporting System (NORS) and specifically docketed proceedings 
\1\) because the public did not have access to electronic docket and 
other online Commission resources during the suspension of operations 
due to the government-wide lapse in funding.
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    \1\ A separate Federal Register notice is being published for 
filing deadlines in pending rulemaking proceedings. The Wireless 
Telecommunications Bureau and Wireline Competition Bureau will 
release a separate Public Notice in the near future announcing new 
dates and deadlines applicable to Auction 902, AU Docket No. 13-53.

DATES: 
     Filings (except NORS filings or otherwise specified 
filings) that were due between October 1 and October 6, 2013, will be 
due on October 22, 2013. Filings (except NORS filings or otherwise 
specified filings) that were due between October 7 and October 16, 2013 
are due 16 calendar days after the original filing date.
     Filings (except NORS filings or otherwise specified 
filings) due to be filed between October 17 and November 4, 2013, are 
due November 4, 2013.
     Comments in WC Docket No. 05-337 are due by November 4, 
2013; reply comments are due by November 19, 2013.
     Comments in IB Docket No. 13-230, are due October 25, 
2013, and reply comments are due November 1, 2013.
     Reply comments WT Docket No. 13-225 are due October 28, 
2013.
     Comments in WC Docket Nos. 13-223, 13-228, 13-235, 13-237, 
are due

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on October 22, 2013; reply comments are due October 29, 2013.
     Comments in all ULS applications and notifications filed 
in accordance with the Commission's rules that were originally due on 
October 1, 2013, through and including November 4, 2013, are due 
November 4, 2013.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elizabeth Lyle, Assistant General 
Counsel, 202-380-2348.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As a result of the recent government-wide 
lapse in funding, the Commission suspended normal operations from 
October 1, 2013 through October 16, 2013, for a total of 16 days. Among 
other things, the Commission's filing window, mail room, and all 
electronic filing systems, with the exception of the Network Outage 
Reporting System (NORS), were unavailable from October 1, 2013, until 
October 17, 2013. In addition, many Commission resources normally 
accessible through the Commission's Web site, including access to 
electronic dockets, were inaccessible for the same period.
    On October 1, 2013, the Commission issued a public notice stating 
that ``any materials, with the exception of NORS filings, that 
otherwise would be required to be filed with the Commission (at its 
headquarters, Gettysburg, PA or U.S. Bank), during the suspension of 
operations or on the day of return to normal operations, will be due on 
the business day following the day of return to normal operations.'' 
Upon reopening on October 17, 2013, the Commission suspended all 
Commission filing deadlines that occurred during the shutdown or that 
will occur on or before October 21, other than NORS filing deadlines, 
until further notice. This Public Notice supersedes the October 1 and 
October 17 Public Notices. In addition, Bureaus and Offices may by 
further Public Notice set additional filing deadlines different than 
those specified in this Public Notice for filings in specific 
proceedings or classes of proceedings.
    Regulatory and Enforcement Filings in General. Because parties did 
not have access to electronic dockets and other online Commission 
resources during the suspension of operations, we have determined to 
further extend the filing deadline for regulatory and enforcement 
filings, with the exception of NORS filings and certain other specified 
filings, so as to provide filers with access to Commission resources 
for the period they would have had absent the suspension of Commission 
operations. Filings, with the exception of NORS filings and certain 
other specified filings, that were due between October 1 and October 6 
will be due on October 22, 2013. Filings, with the exception of NORS 
filings and certain other specified filings, that were due between 
October 7 and October 16 will be due 16 days after the original filing 
date, an extension equivalent to the period of the Commission's 
closure. Thus, for example, a filing that would have been due on 
October 7, will be due on October 23, an extension of 16 days. To the 
extent the revised due dates for filings under this Public Notice fall 
on a weekend or other Commission holiday, they will be due on the next 
business day. Finally, any regulatory and enforcement filings that 
would otherwise be required to be filed between October 17 and November 
4 with the exception of the NORS filings and other specified filings, 
will be due for filing on November 4, 2013 (which is the first business 
day following a 16-day period after the Commission's October 17 
reopening).
    To the extent the due dates for filings to which reply or 
responsive pleadings are allowed are extended by this Public Notice, 
the due dates for the reply or responsive pleadings are extended by the 
same number of days. Thus, for example, if comments were originally due 
on October 30 and reply comments due ten days later, comments would now 
be due on November 4 and reply comments on November 14.
    2014 Modification of Average Schedule Company Universal Service 
High-Cost Loop Support Formula. In WC Docket No. 05-337, the comment 
dates set forth in DA 13-1870 are revised as follows: Comments are due 
by November 4, 2013, and reply comments are due by November 19, 2013.
    Domestic Section 214 Transfer of Control Applications. On October 
1, 2013, the Commission issued a Public Notice (DA 13-2020) for 
domestic section 214 transfer of control applications WC Docket Nos. 
13-223, 13-228, 13-235, 13-237 stating that comments addressing the 
applications would be due on the next business day after the Commission 
re-opens. This Public Notice supersedes the October 1, 2013, section 
214 Public Notice. Comments are due October 22, 2013. Reply comments 
for domestic section 214 transfer of control applications will be due 
on October 29, 2013.
    DISH Network Corporation Petition for Waiver and Request for 
Extension of Time, WT Docket No. 13-225. The date for filing reply 
comments set forth in DA 13-1877 is revised to October 28, 2013.
    Verizon Communications, Inc.; Petition for Declaratory Ruling under 
Section 310(b)(4) of the Communications Act, as Amended, IB Docket No. 
13-230. The comments dates set forth in DA 1948 (rel. Sept. 20, 2013) 
are revised as follows: Comments due by October 25, 2013, and reply 
comments are due by November 1, 2013.
    ULS Applications/Notifications. All ULS applications and 
notifications filed in accordance with the Commission's rules (e.g., 
sections 1.913, 1.946) that were originally due on October 1, 2013, 
through and including November 4, 2013, are now due on November 4, 
2013. We note that ULS is currently available and encourage applicants 
and licensees to file any applications and notifications as soon as 
practicable. Please see http://www.fcc.gov/help/uls-instructions-revised-filing-deadlines for information about filing requirements for 
these applications and notifications.
    Vanity Call Sign Requests. During the period that the Commission 
was closed, ULS was not available for Amateur Radio Service licensees 
to file an application to modify their license grants to show a vanity 
call sign. Ordinarily, vanity call sign applications are processed on a 
day-by-day basis, with a random selection procedure used to determine 
the processing order for applications filed on the same day. In order 
to accommodate the orderly resumption of business, however, vanity call 
sign applications filed via ULS between October 17 and October 22 will 
all be processed as if they were filed on October 22, 2013. In 
addition, any vanity call sign applications that were filed by mail 
between October 1 and October 22, 2013 also will be treated as if they 
were filed on October 22, 2013.
    Petitions for Reconsideration. The Commission cannot waive 
statutory filing deadlines such as those associated with petitions for 
reconsideration. Nonetheless, because of the disruption and uncertainty 
associated with the suspension of Commission activities and the 
relaunch of Commission filing systems, we will not consider the 
Commission open for filing of documents with statutory deadlines until 
Tuesday, October 22, 2013.
    STAs. Any STAs expiring between October 1, 2013 and October 22, 
2013 are extended until November 4, 2013.
    For these purposes, Section 1.4(j) of the Commission's rules, 47 
CFR 1.4(j), otherwise requiring filings to be made on the first 
business day of resumed Commission operations, is hereby waived.


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Federal Communications Commission.
Joel Kaufman,
Associate General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2013-26256 Filed 11-1-13; 8:45 am]
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