Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 236 / Tuesday, December 8, 2020 / Notices 79015 

VoIP providers to make any network 

changes necessary to ensure that users 

can dial 988 to reach the Lifeline. The 

Suicide Hotline Act states that the 988 

designation shall take effect one year 

after enactment, but is silent on 

implementation. The implementation 

deadline set forth in the Report and 

Order ‘‘to allow sufficient time—but no 

more time than necessary—for covered 

providers to meet the challenges of 

implementing 10-digit dialing in 87 area 

codes and of making necessary changes 

to their switches’’ therefore remains 

unchanged by the Suicide Hotline Act. 

Although the Suicide Hotline Act 

does not mention the Commission’s 

earlier designation of 988 in the Report 

and Order, we construe Congress’s 

independent designation of 988 in the 

Suicide Hotline Act as a ratification of 

the Commission’s designation. 

Accordingly, the Report and Order is 

unaffected by the Suicide Hotline Act, 

except that we now clarify that the 

designation of 988 as the universal 

telephone number within the United 

States for the national suicide 

prevention and mental health crisis 

hotline will take effect on October 17, 

2021, which is one year after the date of 

enactment of the Suicide Hotline Act, 

and not on October 16, 2020. This 

clarification is necessary to make the 

Report and Order consistent with 

Congress’s clear intent that designation 

become effective one year after the date 

of enactment, as stated in section 3 of 

the Suicide Hotline Act. To the extent 

necessary, we hereby waive the October 

16, 2020 effective date of the 

designation in the Report and Order 

until one year after the date of 

enactment of the Suicide Hotline Act. 

This waiver is necessary to effectuate 

Congress’s intent, and we are aware of 

no harm to the public interest that 

would be caused by adopting the 

effective date that Congress prescribed 

in the Suicide Hotline Act. 

The proceeding this Notice initiates 

shall be treated as a ‘‘permit-butdisclose’’ 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. 

Pursuant to sections 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 (1998). 

• Electronic Filers: Comments may be 

filed electronically using the internet by 

accessing the ECFS: http://apps.fcc.gov/ 

ecfs/. 

• Paper Filers: Parties who choose to 

file by paper must file an original and 

one copy of each filing. 

• Filings can be sent 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. 

• Commercial overnight mail (other 

than U.S. Postal Service Express Mail 

and Priority Mail) must be sent to 9050 

Junction Drive, Annapolis Junction, MD 

20701. U.S. Postal Service first-class, 

Express, and Priority mail must be 

addressed to 45 L Street NE, 

Washington, DC 20554. 

• Effective March 19, 2020, and until 

further notice, the Commission no 

longer accepts any hand or messenger 

delivered filings. This is a temporary 

measure taken to help protect the health 

and safety of individuals, and to 

mitigate the transmission of COVID–19. 

See FCC Announces Closure of FCC 

Headquarters Open Window and 

Change in Hand-Delivery Policy, Public 

Notice, DA 20–304 (March 19, 2020). 

https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcccloses-headquarters-open-window-andchanges-hand-delivery-policy. 

People with Disabilities: To request 

materials in accessible formats for 

people with disabilities (braille, large 

print, electronic files, audio format), 

send an email to fcc504@fcc.gov or call 

the Consumer & Governmental Affairs 

Bureau at 202–418–0530 (voice), 202– 

418–0432 (TTY). 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Daniel Kahn, 

Associate Bureau Chief, Wireline Competition 

Bureau. 

[FR Doc. 2020–26917 Filed 12–7–20; 8:45 am] 

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FEDERAL MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH 

REVIEW COMMISSION 

Sunshine Act Meeting 

TIME AND DATE: 10:00 a.m., Thursday, 

December 17, 2020. 

PLACE: This meeting will be conducted 

through a videoconference involving all 

Commissioners. Any person wishing to 

listen to the proceeding may call the 

number listed below. 

STATUS: Open. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: The 

Commission will consider and act upon 

the following in open session: Secretary 

of Labor v. Solar Sources Mining, LLC, 

Docket No. LAKE 2017–0099 (Issues 

include whether, on remand, the Judge’s 

penalty assessment was erroneous.) 

Any person attending this meeting 

who requires special accessibility 

features and/or auxiliary aids, such as 

sign language interpreters, must inform 

the Commission in advance of those 

needs. Subject to 29 CFR 2706.150(a)(3) 

and 2706.160(d). 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

Emogene Johnson, (202) 434–9935/(202) 

708–9300 for TDD Relay/1–800–877– 

8339 for toll free. 

Phone Number for Listening to 

Meeting: 1–(866) 236–7472. 

Passcode: 678–100. 

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552b. 

Dated: December 4, 2020. 

Sarah L. Stewart, 

Deputy General Counsel. 

[FR Doc. 2020–27093 Filed 12–4–20; 4:15 pm] 

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