[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 128 (Tuesday, July 5, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43602-43603]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-15849]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[PS Docket No. 15-94; DA 16-721]


Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau Launches EAS Test 
Reporting System (ETRS) and Seeks Comment on EAS Operating Handbook 
Recommendations

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This document provides notice to all Emergency Alert System 
(EAS) Participants that the EAS Test Reporting System (ETRS) is 
operational and is ready to accept filings. Initial instructions are 
also provided on how EAS Participants are to begin the ETRS filing 
process. This document also seeks comment on the recommendations 
adopted by the Communications Security, Reliability, and 
Interoperability Council (CSRIC) on June 22, 2016, for updating the EAS 
Operating Handbook (Handbook). Comments will support future FCC 
guidance regarding Handbook use.

DATES: Comments are due on or before July 20, 2016.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by PS Docket No. 15-94, 
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://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/ecfs2/. Follow the instructions for submitting 
comments.
     Paper Filers: Parties that choose to file by paper must 
file an original and one copy 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. 
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 
8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. All hand deliveries must be held together with 
rubber bands or fasteners. Any envelopes and boxes 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, Express, and Priority mail must be addressed to 445 12th 
St. 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 detailed instructions for submitting 
comments, see the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Austin Randazzo, Attorney Advisor, 
Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, at (202) 418-1462, or by 
email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a summary of the Commission's Public 
Notice in PS Docket No. 15-94, released on June 27, 2016. The document 
is available for download at https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-16-721A1.pdf. The complete text of the document is also 
available for inspection and copying during normal business hours in 
the FCC Reference Information Center, Portals II, 445 12th Street SW., 
Room CY-A257, Washington, DC 20554. 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).

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    The proceeding initiated by Part III of the document shall be 
treated as a ``permit-but-disclose'' proceeding in accordance with the 
Commission's ex parte rules. To the extent any other aspect of the 
Public Notice involves a proceeding or a presentation under the 
Commission's ex parte rules, it is exempt from the application of those 
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 may provide citations to such data or 
arguments in his or her prior comments, memoranda, or other filings 
(specifying the relevant page and/or paragraph numbers where such 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 rule 1.1206(b). In proceedings governed by rule 
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 thereto, 
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.
David Furth,
Deputy Chief, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau.
[FR Doc. 2016-15849 Filed 6-30-16; 8:45 am]
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