[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 52 (Tuesday, March 18, 2014)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 15092-15093]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-05940]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
47 CFR Part 69
[WC Docket No. 05-25, RM-10593; DA 14-302]
Special Access Proceeding; Comment Deadline Extended
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of comment and reply comment period.
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SUMMARY: In this document, the Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau)
extends the deadline for filing comments and reply comments on section
IV.B of the Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in the special access
proceeding. This extension is necessary to allow time for the Federal
Communications Commission (Commission) to collect data on the special
access market prior to the submission of comments and replies.
DATES: Comments for section IV.B are due on or before October 6, 2014,
and reply comments are due on or before November 17, 2014.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by WC Docket No. 05-25
and RM-10593 by any of the following methods:
[ssquf] Federal Communications Commission's Web site: http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/ecfs2/. Follow the instructions for submitting
comments.
[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 detailed instructions for submitting comments and additional
information on the rulemaking process, see the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION section of this document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William Layton, Pricing Policy
Division, Wireline Competition Bureau, 202-418-0868 or
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a synopsis of the Commission's
document, WC Docket No. 05-25, RM-10593; DA 14-302, released March 5,
2014. The full text of this document is available for public inspection
and
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copying during normal business hours in the FCC Reference Information
Center, 445 12th Street, SW., Room CY-A257, Washington, DC 20554. The
complete text of this document and related Commission documents may be
purchased from the Commission's duplicating contractor, Best Copy and
Printing, Inc. (BCPI), Portals II, 445 12th Street SW., Room CY-B402,
Washington, DC 20554, via telephone at (202) 488-5300, via facsimile at
(202)488-5563, or via email at the Commission's Web site at http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-14-302A1.docx.
Background
On December 11, 2012, the Commission adopted a Report and Order and
Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking requiring providers and
purchasers of special access and certain entities providing ``best
efforts'' service to submit data and information for a comprehensive
evaluation of the special access market. In the Further Notice of
Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM), the Commission sought comment on possible
changes to its rules for granting pricing flexibility for the special
access services provided by incumbent local exchange carriers in price
cap areas; the Commission invited interested parties to provide such
comments after the Commission collected data for the market analysis to
enable commenters to include analysis of such data in their comments.
The Bureau has been working diligently to implement the data
collection, which is subject to the Office of Management and Budget's
(OMB) approval per the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). In July 2013, the
Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) extended the deadlines for filing
comments and reply comments regarding the rule changes to March 19,
2014, and April 30, 2014, respectively, ``so that parties may prepare
their comments after the data are collected and made available for
review.'' The Bureau expects to begin collecting data in summer, 2014,
following OMB approval of the data collection.
Synopsis
The Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) extends the deadline for
filing comments and reply comments on section IV.B of the FNPRM, 78 FR
2600, January 11, 2013, that was adopted on December 11, 2012 in the
special access proceeding. Collection of the data is necessary before
parties can comment on the questions posed in the FNPRM. Accordingly,
we extend the deadline for filing comments and reply comments so that
parties may prepare their comments after the data are collected and
made available for review. The new comment date is October 6, 2014, and
the new reply comment date is November 17, 2014.
Comment Filing Procedures
Pursuant to Sec. Sec. 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, May 1, 1998.
[ssquf] Electronic Filers: Comments may be filed electronically
using the Internet by accessing the ECFS: http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/ecfs2/.
[ssquf] Paper Filers: Parties who choose to file by paper must file
an original and one copy of each filing. If more than one docket or
rulemaking number appears in the caption of this proceeding, filers
must submit two additional copies for each additional docket or
rulemaking number.
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.
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).
The proceeding this Notice initiates shall be treated as a
``permit-but-disclose'' proceeding in accordance with the Commission's
ex parte rules. Persons making ex parte presentations must file a copy
of any written presentation or a memorandum summarizing any oral
presentation within two business days after the presentation (unless a
different deadline applicable to the Sunshine period applies). Persons
making oral ex parte presentations are reminded that memoranda
summarizing the presentation must (1) list all persons attending or
otherwise participating in the meeting at which the ex parte
presentation was made, and (2) summarize all data presented and
arguments made during the presentation. If the presentation consisted
in whole or in part of the presentation of data or arguments already
reflected in the presenter's written comments, memoranda or other
filings in the proceeding, the presenter may provide citations to such
data or arguments in his or her prior comments, memoranda, or other
filings (specifying the relevant page and/or paragraph numbers where
such data or arguments can be found) in lieu of summarizing them in the
memorandum. Documents shown or given to Commission staff during ex
parte meetings are deemed to be written ex parte presentations and must
be filed consistent with rule 1.1206(b). In proceedings governed by
rule 1.49(f) or for which the Commission has made available a method of
electronic filing, written ex parte presentations and memoranda
summarizing oral ex parte presentations, and all attachments thereto,
must be filed through the electronic comment filing system available
for that proceeding, and must be filed in their native format (e.g.,
.doc, .xml, .ppt, searchable .pdf). Participants in this proceeding
should familiarize themselves with the Commission's ex parte rules.
Federal Communications Commission.
Deena Shetler,
Associate Bureau Chief, Wireline Competition Bureau.
[FR Doc. 2014-05940 Filed 3-17-14; 8:45 am]
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