[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 78 (Tuesday, April 25, 2017)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 19014-19015]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-08433]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 54

[WT Docket No. 17-80, WC Docket No. 10-90, WT Docket No. 10-208, WC 
Docket No. 11-10; DA 17-347]


Connect America Fund; Universal Service Reform--Mobility Fund

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of comment and reply comment period.

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SUMMARY: In this document, the Commission extends the deadline for 
filing comments and reply comments on the Commission's Further Notice 
of Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM) in this proceeding, which was published 
in the Federal Register on March 13, 2017. The Commission also extends 
the deadline established in a separate Public Notice for filing 
justifications supporting confidentiality requests relating to mobile 
speed data filed through the Commission's Form 477.

DATES: The comment and reply comment period for the proposed rule 
published March 13, 2017 (82 FR 13413) is extended. Submit comments on 
or before April 26, 2017, and submit reply comments on or before May 
11, 2017.

ADDRESSES: All filings in response to the FNPRM must refer to WC Docket 
No. 10-90 and WT Docket No. 10-208. The Commission strongly encourages 
parties to develop responses to the Further Notice that adhere to the 
organization and structure of the Further Notice. All filings in 
response to the Form 477 Public Notice must refer to WT Docket No. 17-
80, WC Docket No. 10-90, WT Docket No. 10-208, and WC Docket No. 11-10. 
You may submit comments and other filings by any of the following 
methods:
    [ssquf] Federal Communications Commission's Web site: http://apps.fcc.gov/ecfs/. Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
    [ssquf] Mail: Parties who choose to file by paper must file an 
original and seven copies 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, 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. 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 Street SW., 
Washington, DC 20554.
    [ssquf] 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: Audra Hale-Maddox, [email protected], of the Auctions and Spectrum Access Division, Wireless 
Telecommunications Bureau, (202) 418-0660.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a summary of the Commission's Order 
in WC Docket No. 10-90, WT Docket No. 10-208, WC Docket 11-10, WT 
Docket No. 17-80, DA 17-347, adopted and released on April 11, 2017, 
which extends the comment and reply comment filing deadlines 
established in the FNPRM published under FCC No. 17-11 (82 FR 13413) on 
March 13, 2017. The deadline to file justifications for requests for 
confidentiality of mobile speed data submitted through FCC Form 477, 
initially established in a separate Public Notice (DA 17-286, rel. 
March 29, 2017) (Form 477 Public Notice), was also extended in this 
Order. Pursuant to sections 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).

Background

    1. On March 7, 2017, the Commission released a Further Notice of 
Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM) in WC Docket No.

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10-90, WT Docket No. 10-208. 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 March 13, 2017. 78 FR 
39691. Accordingly, the filing dates were established as April 12, 2017 
for comments and April 27, 2017 for reply comments. The deadline for 
filing justifications for confidentiality requests in the Form 477 
Public Notice was established as April 12, 2017. On April 7, 2017, CTIA 
filed a request to extend the comment deadline by 14 days and to extend 
the reply comment deadline by 14 days thereafter. CTIA also requested a 
14-day extension of the justification for confidentiality requests for 
mobile speed data from the Form 477 Public Notice. CTIA states that 
these extensions are warranted to establish a full and complete record, 
better address technically complex and complicated questions, and 
increase the possibility of its developing an industry consensus 
proposal for the challenge process before submitting comments and reply 
comments. We grant the requested extensions.
    2. As set forth in section 1.46 of the Commission's rules, 47 CFR 
1.46(a), the Commission's policy is that extensions of time for filing 
comments in rulemaking proceedings shall not be routinely granted. In 
the instant case, however, we find that granting an extension of the 
comment and reply comment periods will serve the public interest by 
allowing consumer and industry representatives additional time to seek 
consensus regarding the FNPRM issues and by facilitating the 
development of a more complete record on complicated issues. Further, 
given that the Commission has extended the deadlines for filing 
comments and reply comments in this matter, it will also extend the 
deadline to submit justifications for confidentiality requests for the 
minimum advertised or expected 4G LTE mobile speeds included in their 
Form 477 filings in order to allow the related deadlines to remain 
aligned.

Federal Communications Commission.
Gary D. Michaels,
Deputy Chief, Auctions and Spectrum Access Division, Wireless 
Telecommunications Bureau.
[FR Doc. 2017-08433 Filed 4-24-17; 8:45 am]
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