[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 185 (Tuesday, September 26, 2017)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 44755-44756]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-20586]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Chapter I

[EB Docket No. 17-245; FCC 17-115]


Procedural Rules Governing Formal Complaint Proceedings NPRM

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: In this document, a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) 
proposes a uniform set of procedural rules for formal complaint 
proceedings delegated to the Enforcement Bureau and currently handled 
by its Market Disputes Resolution Division and Telecommunications 
Consumers Division. Specifically, the NPRM proposes to streamline and 
consolidate the procedural rules governing formal complaints filed 
under Section 208 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (Act); 
pole attachment complaints filed under Section 224 of the Act; and 
formal advanced communications services and equipment complaints filed 
under Sections 255, 716, and 718 of the Act. These separate sets of 
procedural rules are not congruent, and the inconsistencies have led to 
needless confusion.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
October 26, 2017. Reply comments are due on or before November 13, 
2017.

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ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by EB Docket No. 17-245, 
by any of the following methods:
     Federal Communications Commission's Web site: http://apps.fcc.gov/ecfs/. Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
     Mail: 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, 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 Street SW., Washington DC 20554.
     People with Disabilities: 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).
    In addition to filing comments with the Secretary, a copy of any 
comments on the Paperwork Reduction Act information collection 
requirements contained herein should be submitted to the Federal 
Communications Commission via email to [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Enforcement Bureau, Market Disputes 
Resolution Division, at (202) 418-7330. For additional information 
concerning the Paperwork Reduction Act information collection 
requirements contained in this document, send an email to [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a summary of the Commission's Notice 
of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) in EB Docket No. 17-245, adopted 
September 13, 2017 and released September 18, 2017. The full text of 
this document is available for public inspection during regular 
business hours in the FCC Reference Information Center, Portals II, 445 
12th Street SW., Room CY-A257, Washington, DC 20554. It is available on 
the Commission's Web site at https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/.
    This document contains proposed modified information collection 
requirements. The Commission, as part of its continuing effort to 
reduce paperwork burdens, invites the general public and the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) to comment on the information collection 
requirements contained in this document, as required by the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13. In addition, pursuant to the 
Small Business Paperwork Relief Act of 2002, Public Law 107-198, we 
seek specific comment on how we might further reduce the information 
collection burden for small business concerns with fewer than 25 
employees.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-20586 Filed 9-25-17; 8:45 am]
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