[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 126 (Tuesday, June 30, 2020)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 39075-39076]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-12255]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 1

[DA 20-562; FRS 16806]


New Location and Hours for Filing Hand-Carried Documents at 
Commission Headquarters

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: In this document, the Office of Managing Director of the 
Federal Communications Commission (Commission) adopts an Order that 
establishes the new location and hours for filing hand-carried 
documents at Commission headquarters and modifies the relevant rule 
provisions to reflect such changes.

DATES: Effective June 30, 2020.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Warren Firschein, Office of Managing 
Director at (202) 418-2653 or Mindy Ginsburg, Office of Managing 
Director at (202) 418-0983.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a summary of the Commission's Order, 
DA 20-562, adopted on May 27, 2020 and released on May 28, 2020. The 
full text of this document is available for public inspection and 
copying during normal business hours in the FCC Reference Center (Room 
CY-A257), 445 12th Street SW, Washington, DC 20554, or by downloading 
the text from the Commission's website at https://www.fcc.gov/document/new-location-filing-hand-carried-documents-fcc-headquarters.

I. Administrative Matters

A. Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis

    1. Section 603 of the Regulatory Flexibility Act, as amended, 
requires a regulatory flexibility analysis in notice and comment 
rulemaking proceedings. See 5 U.S.C. 603(a). As we are adopting these 
rules without notice and comment, no regulatory flexibility analysis is 
required.

B. Final Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 Analysis

    2. This document does not contain new or modified information 
collection requirements subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 
(PRA), Public Law 104-13. In addition, therefore, it does not contain 
any new or modified information collection burden for small business 
concerns with fewer than 25 employees, pursuant to the Small Business 
Paperwork Relief Act of 2002, Public Law 107-198, see 44 U.S.C. 
3506(c)(4).

C. Congressional Review Act

    3. The Commission will not send a copy of the Order pursuant to the 
Congressional Review Act, see 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A), because the 
adopted rules are rules of agency organization, procedure, or practice 
that do not ``substantially affect the rights or obligations of non-
agency parties.'' See 5 U.S.C. 804(3)(C).

II. Introduction

    4. In the Order, the Office of Managing Director of the Federal 
Communications Commission amends its rules to reflect the new address 
for filing hand-carried documents at the Commission's headquarters and 
establish a new closing time for accepting such filings. Effective upon 
publication in the Federal Register, hand-carried documents are to be 
filed at 9050 Junction Drive, Annapolis Junction, MD 20701. After 
COVID-19 restrictions are lifted, this will be the only location where 
hand-carried paper filings for the Commission will be accepted. At that 
time, the filing window for hand-carried documents will be open from 
8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. The Commission will not 
accept hand-carried filings outside of those hours. These changes are 
being made to enhance security measures and in conjunction with the 
Commission's upcoming relocation to a new headquarters building located 
at 45 L Street NE, Washington, DC 20554, which is scheduled to occur 
later this year.
    5. This action is taken pursuant to the authority delegated by 
Sec. Sec.  0.11 and 0.231 of the Commission's rules, 47 CFR 0.11 and 
0.231.

III. Ordering Clauses

    6. Accordingly, pursuant to sections 4(e) and 5(e) of the 
Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 154(e) and 155(d), it 
is ordered that part 0 of the Commission's rules are amended in the 
manner indicated in the Appendix of the Order, to be effective upon 
publication in the Federal Register.

List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 1

    Administrative practice and procedure.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.

    For the reasons discussed in the preamble, the Federal 
Communications Commission amends 47 CFR parts 0 and 1 as follows:

PART 0--COMMISSION ORGANIZATION

0
1. The authority citation for part 0 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 47 U.S.C. 155, 225, unless otherwise noted.


0
2. Amend Sec.  0.401 by revising paragraph (a)(1)(ii) to read as 
follows:


Sec.  0.401   Location of Commission offices.

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    (a) * * *
    (1) * * *
    (ii) All hand-carried documents should be addressed to the 
Commission's Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Federal Communications 
Commission and delivered to 9050 Junction Drive, Annapolis Junction, MD 
20701.
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PART 1--PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE

0
3. The authority citation for part 1 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 47 U.S.C. chs. 2, 5, 9, 13; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note, 
unless otherwise noted.


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4. Amend Sec.  1.4 by revising the first sentence of paragraph (f) to 
read as follows:


Sec.  1.4   Computation of time.

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    (f) Except as provided in Sec.  0.401(b) of this chapter, all 
petitions, pleadings, tariffs or other documents not required to be 
accompanied by a fee and which are hand-carried must be tendered for 
filing in complete form, as directed by the Commission's rules, with 
the Office of the Secretary before 4 p.m., at the address indicated in 
47 CFR 0.401(a). * * *
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[FR Doc. 2020-12255 Filed 6-29-20; 8:45 am]
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