[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 213 (Monday, November 4, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66002-66004]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-26256]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[DA 13-2025; WC Docket No. 05-337; IB Docket No. 13-230; WT Docket No.
13-225; WC; Docket Nos. 13-223, 13-228, 13-235, 13-237]
Revised Filing Deadlines Following Resumption of Normal
Commission Operations
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Notice; revised filing deadlines.
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SUMMARY: The Commission is further extending certain filing deadlines
for regulatory and enforcement filings (with the exception of Network
Outage Reporting System (NORS) and specifically docketed proceedings
\1\) because the public did not have access to electronic docket and
other online Commission resources during the suspension of operations
due to the government-wide lapse in funding.
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\1\ A separate Federal Register notice is being published for
filing deadlines in pending rulemaking proceedings. The Wireless
Telecommunications Bureau and Wireline Competition Bureau will
release a separate Public Notice in the near future announcing new
dates and deadlines applicable to Auction 902, AU Docket No. 13-53.
DATES:
Filings (except NORS filings or otherwise specified
filings) that were due between October 1 and October 6, 2013, will be
due on October 22, 2013. Filings (except NORS filings or otherwise
specified filings) that were due between October 7 and October 16, 2013
are due 16 calendar days after the original filing date.
Filings (except NORS filings or otherwise specified
filings) due to be filed between October 17 and November 4, 2013, are
due November 4, 2013.
Comments in WC Docket No. 05-337 are due by November 4,
2013; reply comments are due by November 19, 2013.
Comments in IB Docket No. 13-230, are due October 25,
2013, and reply comments are due November 1, 2013.
Reply comments WT Docket No. 13-225 are due October 28,
2013.
Comments in WC Docket Nos. 13-223, 13-228, 13-235, 13-237,
are due
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on October 22, 2013; reply comments are due October 29, 2013.
Comments in all ULS applications and notifications filed
in accordance with the Commission's rules that were originally due on
October 1, 2013, through and including November 4, 2013, are due
November 4, 2013.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elizabeth Lyle, Assistant General
Counsel, 202-380-2348.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As a result of the recent government-wide
lapse in funding, the Commission suspended normal operations from
October 1, 2013 through October 16, 2013, for a total of 16 days. Among
other things, the Commission's filing window, mail room, and all
electronic filing systems, with the exception of the Network Outage
Reporting System (NORS), were unavailable from October 1, 2013, until
October 17, 2013. In addition, many Commission resources normally
accessible through the Commission's Web site, including access to
electronic dockets, were inaccessible for the same period.
On October 1, 2013, the Commission issued a public notice stating
that ``any materials, with the exception of NORS filings, that
otherwise would be required to be filed with the Commission (at its
headquarters, Gettysburg, PA or U.S. Bank), during the suspension of
operations or on the day of return to normal operations, will be due on
the business day following the day of return to normal operations.''
Upon reopening on October 17, 2013, the Commission suspended all
Commission filing deadlines that occurred during the shutdown or that
will occur on or before October 21, other than NORS filing deadlines,
until further notice. This Public Notice supersedes the October 1 and
October 17 Public Notices. In addition, Bureaus and Offices may by
further Public Notice set additional filing deadlines different than
those specified in this Public Notice for filings in specific
proceedings or classes of proceedings.
Regulatory and Enforcement Filings in General. Because parties did
not have access to electronic dockets and other online Commission
resources during the suspension of operations, we have determined to
further extend the filing deadline for regulatory and enforcement
filings, with the exception of NORS filings and certain other specified
filings, so as to provide filers with access to Commission resources
for the period they would have had absent the suspension of Commission
operations. Filings, with the exception of NORS filings and certain
other specified filings, that were due between October 1 and October 6
will be due on October 22, 2013. Filings, with the exception of NORS
filings and certain other specified filings, that were due between
October 7 and October 16 will be due 16 days after the original filing
date, an extension equivalent to the period of the Commission's
closure. Thus, for example, a filing that would have been due on
October 7, will be due on October 23, an extension of 16 days. To the
extent the revised due dates for filings under this Public Notice fall
on a weekend or other Commission holiday, they will be due on the next
business day. Finally, any regulatory and enforcement filings that
would otherwise be required to be filed between October 17 and November
4 with the exception of the NORS filings and other specified filings,
will be due for filing on November 4, 2013 (which is the first business
day following a 16-day period after the Commission's October 17
reopening).
To the extent the due dates for filings to which reply or
responsive pleadings are allowed are extended by this Public Notice,
the due dates for the reply or responsive pleadings are extended by the
same number of days. Thus, for example, if comments were originally due
on October 30 and reply comments due ten days later, comments would now
be due on November 4 and reply comments on November 14.
2014 Modification of Average Schedule Company Universal Service
High-Cost Loop Support Formula. In WC Docket No. 05-337, the comment
dates set forth in DA 13-1870 are revised as follows: Comments are due
by November 4, 2013, and reply comments are due by November 19, 2013.
Domestic Section 214 Transfer of Control Applications. On October
1, 2013, the Commission issued a Public Notice (DA 13-2020) for
domestic section 214 transfer of control applications WC Docket Nos.
13-223, 13-228, 13-235, 13-237 stating that comments addressing the
applications would be due on the next business day after the Commission
re-opens. This Public Notice supersedes the October 1, 2013, section
214 Public Notice. Comments are due October 22, 2013. Reply comments
for domestic section 214 transfer of control applications will be due
on October 29, 2013.
DISH Network Corporation Petition for Waiver and Request for
Extension of Time, WT Docket No. 13-225. The date for filing reply
comments set forth in DA 13-1877 is revised to October 28, 2013.
Verizon Communications, Inc.; Petition for Declaratory Ruling under
Section 310(b)(4) of the Communications Act, as Amended, IB Docket No.
13-230. The comments dates set forth in DA 1948 (rel. Sept. 20, 2013)
are revised as follows: Comments due by October 25, 2013, and reply
comments are due by November 1, 2013.
ULS Applications/Notifications. All ULS applications and
notifications filed in accordance with the Commission's rules (e.g.,
sections 1.913, 1.946) that were originally due on October 1, 2013,
through and including November 4, 2013, are now due on November 4,
2013. We note that ULS is currently available and encourage applicants
and licensees to file any applications and notifications as soon as
practicable. Please see http://www.fcc.gov/help/uls-instructions-revised-filing-deadlines for information about filing requirements for
these applications and notifications.
Vanity Call Sign Requests. During the period that the Commission
was closed, ULS was not available for Amateur Radio Service licensees
to file an application to modify their license grants to show a vanity
call sign. Ordinarily, vanity call sign applications are processed on a
day-by-day basis, with a random selection procedure used to determine
the processing order for applications filed on the same day. In order
to accommodate the orderly resumption of business, however, vanity call
sign applications filed via ULS between October 17 and October 22 will
all be processed as if they were filed on October 22, 2013. In
addition, any vanity call sign applications that were filed by mail
between October 1 and October 22, 2013 also will be treated as if they
were filed on October 22, 2013.
Petitions for Reconsideration. The Commission cannot waive
statutory filing deadlines such as those associated with petitions for
reconsideration. Nonetheless, because of the disruption and uncertainty
associated with the suspension of Commission activities and the
relaunch of Commission filing systems, we will not consider the
Commission open for filing of documents with statutory deadlines until
Tuesday, October 22, 2013.
STAs. Any STAs expiring between October 1, 2013 and October 22,
2013 are extended until November 4, 2013.
For these purposes, Section 1.4(j) of the Commission's rules, 47
CFR 1.4(j), otherwise requiring filings to be made on the first
business day of resumed Commission operations, is hereby waived.
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Federal Communications Commission.
Joel Kaufman,
Associate General Counsel.
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