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of the Commission’s rules 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. 

List of Subjects in Parts 0 and 64 

Authority delegations (Government 

agencies), Telecommunications. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene Dortch, 

Secretary. 

Proposed Rules 

For the reasons discussed in the 

preamble, the Federal Communications 

Commission proposes to amend 47 CFR 

parts 0 and 64 as follows: 

PART 0—COMMISSION 

ORGANIZATION 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 0 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151, 154(i), 154(j), 

155, 225, and 409, unless otherwise noted. 

■ 2. Amend § 0.111 by redesignating 

paragraph (j) as paragraph (k) and 

adding new paragraph (j) to read as 

follows: 

§ 0.111 Functions of the Bureau 

* * * * * 

(j) Collects and reviews information 

received from private entities related to 

violations of § 64.1200(a) and 

§ 64.1604(a) of this title. 

PART 64—MISCELLANEOUS RULES 

RELATING TO COMMON CARRIERS 

■ 3. The authority citation for part 64 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151, 152, 154, 201, 

202, 217, 218, 220, 225, 226, 227, 227b, 228, 

251(e), 254(k), 262, 276, 403(b)(2)(B), (c), 616, 

620, 1401–1473, unless otherwise noted; Pub. 

L. 115–141, Div. P, sec. 503, 132 Stat. 348, 

1091. 

■ 4. Add § 64.1204 to read as follows: 

§ 64.1204 Private entity submissions of 

robocall violations. 

(a) Any private entity may submit to 

the Enforcement Bureau information 

related to a call made in violation of 

§ 64.1200(a). 

(b) For the purposes of this section, 

the term ‘‘private entity’’ shall mean any 

individual or entity other than a public 

entity. 

■ 5. Add § 64.1606 to read as follows: 

§ 64.1606 Private entity submissions of 

spoofing violations. 

(a) Any private entity may submit to 

the Enforcement Bureau information 

related to a call or text message for 

which misleading or inaccurate caller 

identification information was caused to 

be transmitted in violation of 

§ 64.1604(a). 

(b) For the purposes of this section, 

the term ‘‘private entity’’ shall mean any 

individual or entity other than a public 

entity. 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

49 CFR Part 571 

[Docket No. NHTSA–2020–0093] 

RIN 2127–AL34 

Federal Motor Vehicle Safety 

Standards; Child Restraint Systems, 

Incorporation by Reference 

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA), 

Department of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of 

comment period. 

SUMMARY: NHTSA has received petitions 

asking the Agency to extend the 

comment period for a notice of 

proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to update 

Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 

(FMVSS) No. 213, ‘‘Child restraint 

systems.’’ The NPRM proposed to 

incorporate a new test sled assembly to 

conduct compliance tests of child 

restraints and update a number of the 

test procedures of the standard. The 

comment period for the NPRM is 

scheduled to end on January 4, 2021. In 

response to petitions from the Juvenile 

Products Manufacturers Association and 

the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, 

the Agency is extending the comment 

period by 90 days. 

DATES: The comment period for the 

NPRM published on November 2, 2020, 

at 85 FR 69388, is extended to April 5, 

2021. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

to the docket number identified in the 

heading of this document by any of the 

following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

online instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• Mail: Docket Management Facility, 

M–30, U.S. Department of 

Transportation, West Building, Ground 

Floor, Rm. W12–140, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590. 

• Hand Delivery or Courier: West 

Building, Ground Floor, Room W12– 

140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, 

between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Eastern Time, 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays. To be sure someone is there to 

help you, please call (202) 366–9332 

before coming. 

• Fax: 202–493–2251. 

Regardless of how you submit your 

comments, please mention the docket 

number identified in the heading of this 

document. 

Instructions: For detailed instructions 

on submitting comments and additional 

information on the rulemaking process, 

see the Public Participation heading of 

the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section 

of this document. Note that all 

comments received will be posted 

without change to http://

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided. 

Privacy Act: In accordance with 5 

U.S.C. 553(c), DOT solicits comments 

from the public to better inform its 

decision-making process. DOT posts 

these comments, without edit, including 

any personal information the 

commenter provides, to 

www.regulations.gov, as described in 

the system of records notice (DOT/ALL– 

14 FDMS), which can be reviewed at 

www.transportation.gov/privacy. In 

order to facilitate comment tracking and 

response, the Agency encourages 

commenters to provide their name, or 

the name of their organization; however, 

submission of names is completely 

optional. Whether or not commenters 

identify themselves, all timely 

comments will be fully considered. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received, go to 

www.regulations.gov, or the street 

address listed above. To be sure 

someone is there to help you, please call 

(202) 366–9332 before coming. Follow 

the online instructions for accessing the 

dockets. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

technical issues, you may call Cristina 

Echemendia, Office of Crashworthiness 

Standards (telephone: 202–366–6345) 

(fax: 202–493–2990). For legal issues, 

you may call Deirdre Fujita, Office of 

Chief Counsel (telephone: 202–366– 

5246) (fax: 202–366–3820). Address: 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE, West Building, Washington, 

DC 20590. 

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1 JPMA requested that ‘‘the comment period be 

extended to 180 days from the date of publication’’ 

of the NPRM. NHTSA understands this request to 

include the 60 days provided by the NPRM, which 

means JPMA is requesting a 120-day extension. 

2 JPMA incorrectly stated the publishing date was 

November 9, 2020. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

31501(b) of the Moving Ahead for 

Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP– 

21) requires the Secretary (NHTSA, by 

delegation) to commence and complete 

a rulemaking to amend the standard seat 

assembly in FMVSS No. 213 to better 

simulate a single representative motor 

vehicle rear seat. Pursuant to this 

mandate, on November 2, 2020, NHTSA 

published an NPRM proposing to 

amend FMVSS No. 213 by updating the 

standard seat assembly NHTSA uses to 

test child restraint systems (CRSs) for 

compliance with the standard’s 

dynamic performance requirements. 

This NPRM proposed other 

amendments to modernize FMVSS No. 

213, including ways to streamline the 

Agency’s use of test dummies to assess 

restraint performance. NHTSA provided 

a 60-day comment period for the 

November 2, 2020 proposal, which 

closes on January 4, 2021. 

Petitions 

The Juvenile Products Manufacturers 

Association (JPMA), representing 

manufacturers of child restraint 

systems, submitted a petition on 

December 14, 2020 requesting a 120-day 

extension of the comment period for the 

November 2, 2020 NPRM.1 JPMA 

provided several reasons for extending 

the comment period, including the need 

for social distancing and restrictions on 

businesses due to the public health 

emergency, the delay in public release 

of the drawing package for the standard 

seat assembly referenced by the NPRM, 

and the plans of some manufacturers to 

evaluate the proposed standard seat 

assembly by fabricating and evaluating 

the assembly for repeatability and 

reproducibility of results with the child 

restraint models they produce. JPMA 

stated that the original 60-day comment 

period does not adequately reflect the 

time necessary for manufacturers to 

evaluate the potential implications of 

the NPRM thoroughly and to provide 

constructive feedback to NHTSA. They 

argued that the proposed changes are 

extensive, and evaluation of the changes 

requires the fabrication of standard seat 

assemblies, which JPMA said would 

take 8 to 16 weeks for delivery to the 

testing facilities. JPMA stated that 

‘‘[w]ithout the ability to inspect, fully 

evaluate and conduct comparative 

testing using this new bench, 

particularly in regard to its repeatability 

and reproducibility characteristics, our 

CRS manufacturing members are 

seriously limited in their ability to 

comment in the time period prescribed 

in the current NPRM.’’ 

On December 11, 2020, the Children’s 

Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) 

submitted a petition to extend the 

comment period. CHOP did not specify 

the additional time sought but argued 

that remote teleworking and competing 

work due to the public health 

emergency has created challenges to 

gather all the individuals and relevant 

data to draft a response. 

Agency Decision 

In accordance with NHTSA’s 

rulemaking procedures in 49 CFR part 

553, subpart B, the Agency is granting 

the petitioners’ requests to extend the 

comment period, but is extending it 

only for 90 days. NHTSA has 

determined that the petitioners have 

shown good cause for an extension, and 

that the extension is consistent with the 

public interest (49 CFR 553.19). Entities 

seeking to build the proposed standard 

seat assembly need time to procure 

materials and fabricate the assembly. 

NHTSA typically procures test seat 

assemblies in 6 to 8 weeks, but 

understand that it may take longer to 

obtain the seat assembly discussed in 

the NPRM due to possible customer 

demand, the time needed to procure the 

seat foam (8–12 weeks), and the 

business restrictions caused by the 

public health emergency. However, 

JPMA has not provided any basis 

explaining why it would take 8 to 16 

weeks, almost twice the normal time, to 

procure the assembly. Without a 

reasoned explanation for the 

exceptionally long period, we conclude 

a 120-day extension is unwarranted and 

unduly delays the rulemaking. 

In considering the petitions, NHTSA 

weighed the statutory interest in 

completing this rulemaking, the 

complexity and importance of the 

rulemaking, and the basis for the 

requests. The 3-dimensional drawings of 

the standard seat assembly were made 

public on November 16, 2020.2 Based 

on an 8 to 12-week lead time for 

fabrication and delivery of the proposed 

seat assembly, NHTSA estimates entities 

could acquire the proposed seat 

assembly for evaluation between midJanuary and early February 2021. A 90- 

day extension of the comment period 

provides sufficient time following 

procurement of the seat assembly for 

interested persons to test CRSs, analyze 

results, and prepare comments. 

Therefore, NHTSA partially grants the 

requests for extending the comment 

period by extending it for 90 days. 

The Agency supports efforts to 

develop useful technical information on 

the proposal and believes 90 additional 

days will achieve that result. Extending 

the comment period 90 days balances 

the need to provide more time to 

entities to assess the proposal with the 

need to incorporate a representative 

vehicle seat in FMVSS No. 213 

compliance tests expeditiously. 

Incorporating a representative vehicle 

seat in FMVSS No. 213 will provide a 

more meaningful assessment of the 

performance of CRSs in vehicles on the 

road today. 

Please note that even after the 

comment closing date has passed, 

interested persons are able to file 

comments in the docket, which NHTSA 

will consider to the extent practicable. 

49 CFR 553.23. NHTSA may also 

continue to file relevant information in 

the docket as it becomes available. 

Accordingly, the Agency recommends 

that readers periodically check the 

docket for new material. 

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 322, 30111, 30115, 

30117, and 30166; delegation of authority at 

49 CFR 1.95 and 49 CFR 501.8. 

Issued in Washington, DC, under authority 

delegated in 49 CFR 1.95 and 501.8. 

James C. Owens, 

Deputy Administrator. 

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