Proposed Rule2022-28069
Resilient Networks; Disruptions to Communications
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Published
December 27, 2022
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Federal Communications Commission
Abstract
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.
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[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 [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[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 <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#580b392b2f392c7615312b2a39183e3b3b763f372e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="db88baa8acbaaff596b2a8a9ba9bbdb8b8f5bcb4ad">[email protected]</span></a>.
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
<a href="https://www.fcc.gov/document/pshsb-extends-opposition-reply-deadline-resiliency-proceeding">https://www.fcc.gov/document/pshsb-extends-opposition-reply-deadline-resiliency-proceeding</a> or obtain access via the FCC's Electronic Comment
Filing System (ECFS) website at <a href="http://www.fcc.gov/ecfs">http://www.fcc.gov/ecfs</a>. (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 <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#accacfcf999c98eccacfcf82cbc3da"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="11777272242125517772723f767e67">[email protected]</span></a> 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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