[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 247 (Tuesday, December 27, 2022)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 79263-79264]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-28069]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 4

[PS Docket Nos. 21-346; 15-80; ET Docket No. 04-35; DA 22-1343; FR ID 
119958]


Resilient Networks; Disruptions to Communications

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Petition for clarification and partial reconsideration; 
extension of filing replies to oppositions.

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SUMMARY: In this document, the Federal Communications Commission 
(Commission) extends the deadline for filing replies to oppositions to 
the October 31, 2022 Petition for Clarification and Partial 
Reconsideration (Petition) filed in the above-captioned proceeding.

DATES: The deadline for filing replies to oppositions in response to 
the Petition is extended to January 10, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications Commission, 45 L Street NE, 
Washington, DC 20554.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Saswat Misra of the Public Safety and 
Homeland Security Bureau, Cybersecurity and Communications Reliability 
Division, at (202) 418-0944 or [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a summary of the Commission's Order 
Granting Extension of Time (Order) in PS Docket Nos. 21-346 and 15-80 
and ET Docket No. 04-35; DA 22-1343, adopted and released on December 
19, 2022. For the full text of this document, visit FCC's website at 
https://www.fcc.gov/document/pshsb-extends-opposition-reply-deadline-resiliency-proceeding or obtain access via the FCC's Electronic Comment 
Filing System (ECFS) website at http://www.fcc.gov/ecfs. (Documents 
will be available electronically in ASCII, Microsoft Word, and/or Adobe 
Acrobat.) Alternative formats are available for people with 
disabilities (braille, large print, electronic files, audio format), by 
sending an email to [email protected] or calling the Commission's Consumer 
and Governmental Affairs Bureau at (202) 418-0530 (voice), (202) 418-
0432 (TTY).

I. Synopsis

    1. By this Order, the Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau 
(PSHSB) grants a joint request filed by the Competitive Carriers 
Association (CCA) and CTIA (collectively, Requestors) seeking an 
extension of 14 days to file Replies to Oppositions in connection with 
their Petition for Clarification and Partial Reconsideration (Petition) 
filed in the above-captioned proceeding. See CCA and CTIA Joint Request 
for Extension of Time to Reply to Oppositions to Petition For 
Reconsideration, PS Docket Nos. 21-346 and 15-80, ET Docket No. 04-35 
(filed Dec. 7, 2022) (Request). For the reasons stated below, PSHSB 
finds that Requestors' request is warranted, and accordingly extends 
the deadline for filing Replies to Oppositions to January 10, 2023.
    2. On June 27, 2022, the Federal Communications Commission 
(Commission) adopted a Report and Order addressing improvements to 
communications reliability during disasters. See Resilient Networks; 
Amendments to Part 4 of the Commission's Rules Concerning Disruptions 
to Communications; New Part 4 of the Commission's Rules Concerns 
Disruptions to Communications, PS Docket Nos. 21-346 and 15-80; ET 
Docket No. 04-35, Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed 
Rulemaking (Report and Order), 87 FR 59329 (Sept. 30, 2022). Requestors 
filed their Petition on October 31, 2022. See CTIA and Competitive 
Carriers Association Petition for Clarification and Partial 
Reconsideration, PS Docket Nos. 21-346 and 15-80; ET Docket No. 04-35 
(filed Oct. 31, 2022).
    3. On December 2, 2022, the Office of the Federal Register 
published notice of the Petition in the Federal Register indicating 
that Oppositions to the Petition would be due on December 19, 2022 and 
Replies to Oppositions would be due on December 27, 2022. See 87 FR 
74102 (Dec. 2, 2022); see also Public Safety and Homeland Security 
Bureau Announces Filing Deadlines for Oppositions and Opposition 
Replies to the Petition for Clarification and Partial Reconsideration 
filed by CTIA and CCA Regarding the Resilient Networks Report and 
Order, PS Docket Nos. 21-346 and 15-80; ET Docket No. 04-35, Public 
Notice (PSHSB Dec. 2, 2022); 47 CFR 1.429(f) and (g).
    4. On December 7, 2022, Requestors filed the Request seeking a 14-
day extension of the deadline for Replies to Oppositions, from December 
27, 2022 to January 10, 2023. In doing so, Requestors note that the 
current schedule provides only eight days, rather than the typical 10 
days, between the filing deadlines for Oppositions and Replies to the 
Oppositions and that the December 26, 2022 federal holiday for 
Christmas also falls within this time window. Requestors state that the 
deadline for Replies to Oppositions should be extended to provide 
sufficient time for Requestors and other parties to ``review the 
record, prepare potential oppositions in this complex proceeding, and 
develop a complete record for the Commission's consideration.'' 
Requestors further remark that the current schedule ``creates 
significant challenges to the parties' ability to review any 
oppositions, formulate positions with constituents and member 
companies, and draft replies that substantively respond to the 
oppositions to the Petition.'' Requestors contend that the requested 
extension would be consistent with past instances where the Commission 
has granted extensions of time. No objections to the Request have been 
filed.
    5. As set forth in Sec.  1.46 of the Commission's rules, the 
Commission does not routinely grant extensions of time for such 
filings. In this case, however, the requested extension is unopposed, 
limited to only 14 days, and will allow commenters sufficient time to

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file meaningful comments given the intervening weekend and Christmas 
holiday. See 47 CFR 1.46; see also 47 CFR 1.45(e), 47 CFR 1.3. We 
therefore grant Requestors unopposed Request and set the new deadline 
for filing Oppositions to Replies to January 10, 2023. The deadline for 
filing Oppositions remains December 19, 2022.

II. Ordering Clauses

    6. Accordingly, it is ordered that, pursuant to section 4(i) and 
(j) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 154(i) and 
(j), and Sec. Sec.  0.204, 0.392, and 1.46 of the Commission's rules, 
47 CFR 0.204, 0.392, 1.46, the Request for Extension of Time filed by 
Requestors is granted.
    7. It is further ordered that the date to file Oppositions to 
Replies in response to the Petition is extended to January 10, 2023.

Federal Communications Commission.
Lauren Kravetz,
Chief of Staff, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau.
[FR Doc. 2022-28069 Filed 12-23-22; 8:45 am]
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