[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 248 (Monday, December 28, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 80770-80771]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-32638]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[WT Docket No. 12-354; DA 15-1398


Wireless Telecommunications Bureau Extends Period To File 
Comments and Reply Comments in Response to a Public Notice on an 
Appropriate Method for Determining the Protected Contours for 
Grandfathered 3650-3700 MHz Band Licensees

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In this document, the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau 
(Bureau) extends the deadline for an October 23, 2015 public notice 
seeking comment on the appropriate methodology for determining the 
contours for protecting existing 3650-3700 MHz wireless broadband 
licensees from Citizens Broadband Radio Service users during a fixed 
transition period (3650-3700 MHz Band Protection Contours Public 
Notice). The deadline for comments is extended from December 10, 2015 
to December 28, 2015 and the deadline for reply comments is extended 
from December 28, 2015 to January 12, 2016.

DATES: Comments are due on or before December 28, 2015. Reply comments 
are due on or before January 12, 2016.

ADDRESSES: All filings in response to the notice must refer to WT 
Docket No. 12-354. The Wireless Telecommunications Bureau strongly 
encourages parties to file comments electronically. Comments may be 
submitted electronically by the following methods:
     Federal Communications Commission's Web site: http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/ecfs/. Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
     By email. To obtain instructions for filing by email, 
filers should send an email to [email protected], and include the following 
words in the body of the message, ``get form.'' A sample form and 
directions will be sent in response.
     Paper Filers: Parties who choose to file by paper must 
file an original and one copy of each filing. 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, Attn: WTB/MD, Office of the 
Secretary, Federal Communications Commission. All hand-delivered or 
messenger-delivered paper filings for the Commission's Secretary must 
be delivered to FCC Headquarters at 445 12th Street SW., Room TW-A325, 
Washington, DC 20554. All hand deliveries must be held together with 
rubber bands or fasteners. All 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.

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: Paul Powell, Mobility Division, 
Wireless Telecommunications Bureau at (202) 418-1613 or via email at 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a summary of public notice (DA 15-
1398) released on December 9, 2015. The complete text of the public 
notice is available for viewing via the Commission's ECFS Web site by 
entering the docket number, WT Docket No. 12-354. The complete text of 
the public notice is also available for public inspection and copying 
from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) Monday through Thursday 
or from 8:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. ET on Fridays in the FCC Reference 
Information Center, 445 12th Street SW., Room CY-B402, Washington, DC 
20554, telephone 202-488-5300, fax 202-488-5563, 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 15-1398.
    In the notice, the Bureau extends the comment deadline for a public 
notice seeking comment on the appropriate methodology for determining 
the protected interference contours for existing 3650-3700 MHz wireless 
broadband licensees during a fixed transition period. Interested 
parties will now have until December 28, 2015 to file comments and 
until January 12, 2016 to file reply comments.
    On December 7, 2015, the Wireless Innovation Forum (WinnForum) 
filed a request to extend the comment and reply comment deadline for 
the 3650-3700 MHz Band Protection Contours Public Notice from December 
10, 2015 until December 28, 2015 for comments and from December 28, 
2015 to January 12, 2016 for reply comments. WinnForum states that the 
forum's Spectrum Sharing Committee established a Task Group, comprised 
of both Part 90 incumbent licensees and potential Part 96 entities, to 
address the questions raised in the 3650-3700 MHz Band Protection 
Contours Public Notice. WinnForum explains that the Task Group has 
reached general agreement on specific aspects for Part 90 protections 
but they will not be able to ballot comments prior to the comment 
filing deadline.
    As set forth in section 1.46(a) of the Commission's rules, ``it is 
the policy of the Commission that extensions of time shall not be 
routinely granted.'' However, in this case, we believe it is in the 
public interest to grant an extension to promote industry consensus and 
allow all interested to include their comments on the record at the 
comment deadline, as the WinnForum represents future Part 96 users and 
representatives of existing 3650-3700 MHz licensees. This will ensure 
that Commission has a complete record and all parties can fully address 
the complicated issues raised in the 3650-3700 MHz Band Protection 
Contours Public Notice. A limited extension will not negatively affect 
existing operators or delay deployment of new systems in the 3650-3700 
MHz band.
    This proceeding has been designated as a ``permit-but-disclose'' 
proceeding in accordance with the Commission's ex parte rules. Persons 
making ex parte presentations must file a copy of any written 
presentation or a memorandum summarizing any oral presentation within 
two business days after the presentation (unless a different deadline 
applicable to the Sunshine period applies). Persons making oral ex 
parte presentations are reminded that memoranda summarizing the 
presentation must (1) list all persons attending or otherwise 
participating in the meeting at which the ex parte presentation was 
made, and (2) summarize all data presented and arguments made during 
the presentation. If the presentation consisted in whole or in part of 
the presentation of data or arguments already reflected in the 
presenter's written comments, memoranda or other filings in the 
proceeding, the presenter

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may provide citations to that data or arguments in his or her prior 
comments, memoranda, or other filings (specifying the relevant page 
and/or paragraph numbers where the data or arguments can be found) in 
lieu of summarizing them in the memorandum. Documents shown or given to 
Commission staff during ex parte meetings are deemed to be written ex 
parte presentations and must be filed consistent with Sec.  1.1206(b) 
of the Commission's rules. In proceedings governed by Sec.  1.49(f) or 
for which the Commission has made available a method of electronic 
filing, written ex parte presentations and memoranda summarizing oral 
ex parte presentations and all attachments to those documents must be 
filed through the electronic comment filing system available for that 
proceeding, and must be filed in their native format (e.g., .doc, .xml, 
.ppt, searchable .pdf). Participants in this proceeding should 
familiarize themselves with the Commission's ex parte rules.

    Federal Communications Commission.
Katherine M. Harris,
Deputy Chief, Mobility Division, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau.
[FR Doc. 2015-32638 Filed 12-24-15; 8:45 am]
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