Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 176 / Tuesday, September 11, 2012 / Proposed Rules 55783 

1The NCTA is a trade association that represents 

cable operators. Many of the NCTA’s members file 

Statements of Account with and pay royalties to the 

Copyright Office under the statutory license set 

forth in Section 111 of the Copyright Act, which 

allows them to retransmit television and radio 

programs that are embodied in local and distant 

broadcast transmissions. 

2Both the Joint Sports Claimants and the Program 

Suppliers represent copyright owners who are the 

beneficiaries of the royalties that are paid under the 

Section 111 and 119 statutory licenses. Generally 

speaking, the Joint Sports Claimants represent 

copyright owners that produce professional and 

college sports programming, while the Program 

Suppliers represent copyright owners that produce 

and/or syndicate movies, programs, and specials 

that are broadcast by television stations. 

date, that recommending even 

preliminary routing measures is not 

appropriate at this time. The WG has 

concluded that modeling and analysis, 

as described in the Phase 3 of the 

ACPARS interim report, is critical to 

determine if routing measures are 

appropriate and to evaluate the change 

in navigational safety risk resulting from 

different siting and routing scenarios. 

The CG is working with BOEM to 

develop a project to perform the Phase 

3 modeling and analysis. This project is 

scheduled to begin in late summer 2012. 

The Coast Guard is also contracting the 

services of a Geographic Information 

System (GIS) analyst to support efforts 

to better characterize vessel traffic and 

further explore creating initial proposals 

for routing measures independent of the 

Phase 3 modeling and analysis. 

This notice is issued under authority 

of 33 U.S.C. 1223(c) and 5 U.S.C. 552. 

Dated: August 31, 2012. 

Robert C. Parker, 

Vice Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Commander, 

Atlantic Area. 

[FR Doc. 2012–22295 Filed 9–10–12; 8:45 am] 

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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 

Copyright Office 

37 CFR Part 201 

[Docket No. 2012–5] 

Verification of Statements of Account 

Submitted by Cable Operators and 

Satellite Carriers 

AGENCY: Copyright Office, Library of 

Congress. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking: 

Extension of reply comment period. 

SUMMARY: The Copyright Office is 

extending the deadline for filing reply 

comments in response to its Notice of 

Proposed Rulemaking concerning the 

verification of Statements of Account 

and royalty payments that are deposited 

with the Office by cable operators and 

satellite carriers. Initial comments are 

available for review on the Copyright 

Office Web site. 

DATES: Reply comments on the 

proposed regulation must be received in 

the Office of the General Counsel of the 

Copyright Office no later than 5 p.m. 

Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) on October 

3, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: The Copyright Office 

strongly prefers that comments be 

submitted electronically. A comment 

submission page is posted on the 

Copyright Office Web site at http:// 

www.copyright.gov/docs/soaaudit. The 

Web site interface requires submitters to 

complete a form specifying name and 

other required information, and to 

upload comments as an attachment. To 

meet accessibility standards, all 

comments must be uploaded in a single 

file in either the Adobe Portable 

Document File (PDF) format that 

contains searchable, accessible text (not 

an image); Microsoft Word; 

WordPerfect; Rich Text Format (RTF); or 

ASCII text file format (not a scanned 

document). The maximum file size is 6 

megabytes (MB). The name of the 

submitter and organization should 

appear on both the form and the face of 

the comments. All comments will be 

posted publicly on the Copyright Office 

Web site exactly as they are received, 

along with names and organizations if 

provided. If electronic submission of 

comments is not feasible, please contact 

the Copyright Office at (202) 707–8380 

for special instructions. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Tanya Sandros, Deputy General 

Counsel, or Erik Bertin, Attorney 

Advisor, Copyright GC/I&R, P.O. Box 

70400, Washington, DC 20024. 

Telephone: (202) 707–8380. Telefax: 

(202) 707–8366. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 

14, 2012, the Copyright Office published 

a notice of proposed rulemaking and 

request for comments concerning a new 

regulation that will allow copyright 

owners to audit the Statements of 

Account and royalty fees that cable 

operators and satellite carriers deposit 

with the Copyright Office under 

Sections 111 and 119 of the Copyright 

Act. The Office received comments on 

the proposed regulation from groups 

representing copyright owners, cable 

operators, and satellite carriers, which 

have been posted on the Copyright 

Office Web site at http:// 

www.copyright.gov/docs/soaaudit/ 

comments/index.html. The notice of 

proposed rulemaking stated that reply 

comments would be due on September 

12, 2012. 

On August 24, 2012, the Office 

received a joint motion to extend the 

reply comment period by three weeks 

[http://www.copyright.gov/docs/ 

soaaudit/soa_audit.html]. The motion 

was filed by the National Cable & 

Telecommunications Association 

(‘‘NCTA’’),1 the Joint Sports Claimants, 

and the Program Suppliers.2

Specifically, the moving parties asked 

the Office to extend the deadline for 

reply comments until October 3, 2012 in 

order to determine whether there is any 

common ground among the NCTA, the 

Joint Sports Claimants, and the Program 

Suppliers concerning certain aspects of 

the proposed regulation. If so, the 

moving parties stated that they may be 

able to narrow the issues that they 

discuss in their reply comments, which 

in turn, may narrow the issues that need 

to be resolved in this rulemaking. The 

NCTA, the Joint Sports Claimants, and 

the Program Suppliers stated that they 

have been in contact with each other, 

but due to prior commitments, they will 

not be able to engage in meaningful 

negotiations until shortly before the 

current deadline. 

In the interest of giving the NCTA, the 

Joint Sports Claimants, the Program 

Suppliers, and any other interested 

parties an opportunity to discuss the 

proposed regulation amongst 

themselves and to determine if the 

parties are able to narrow the issues that 

the Office needs to consider, the Office 

has decided to extend the deadline for 

filing reply comments by a period of 

three weeks, making reply comments 

due by October 3, 2012. 

Dated: September 6, 2012. 

Tanya Sandros, 

Deputy General Counsel. 

[FR Doc. 2012–22320 Filed 9–10–12; 8:45 am] 

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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 

Copyright Office 

37 CFR Part 201 and 210 

[Docket No. 2012–7] 

Mechanical and Digital Phonorecord 

Delivery Compulsory License 

AGENCY: Copyright Office, Library of 

Congress. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking: 

Extension of comment and reply 

comment periods. 

SUMMARY: The Copyright Office is 

extending the deadline for filing 

comments and reply comments 


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55784 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 176 / Tuesday, September 11, 2012 / Proposed Rules 

regarding its Notice of Proposed 

Rulemaking concerning regulations for 

reporting Monthly and Annual 

Statements of Account for the making 

and distribution of phonorecords under 

compulsory licenses obtained pursuant 

to 17 U.S.C. 115. 

DATES: Comments on the proposed 

regulation must be received in the 

Office of the General Counsel of the 

Copyright Office no later than 5 p.m. 

Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) on October 

25, 2012. Reply comments are due 

November 26, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: The Copyright Office 

strongly prefers that comments be 

submitted electronically. A comment 

submission page is posted on the 

Copyright Office Web site at http:// 

www.copyright.gov/docs/section115/ 

soa/comments/. The Web site interface 

requires submitters to complete a form 

specifying name and other required 

information, and to upload comments as 

an attachment. To meet accessibility 

standards, all comments must be 

uploaded in a single file in either the 

Adobe Portable Document File (PDF) 

format that contains searchable, 

accessible text (not an image); Microsoft 

Word; WordPerfect; Rich Text Format 

(RTF); or ASCII text file format (not a 

scanned document). The maximum file 

size is 6 megabytes (MB). The name of 

the submitter and organization should 

appear on both the form and the face of 

the comments. All comments will be 

posted publicly on the Copyright Office 

Web site exactly as they are received, 

along with names and organizations if 

provided. If electronic submission of 

comments is not feasible, please contact 

the Copyright Office at (202) 707–8380 

for special instructions. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Tanya Sandros, Deputy General 

Counsel, or Stephen Ruwe, Attorney 

Advisor, Copyright GC/I&R, P.O. Box 

70400, Washington, DC 20024. 

Telephone: (202) 707–8380. Telefax: 

(202) 707–8366. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 

27, 2012, the Copyright Office published 

a notice of proposed rulemaking and 

request for comments concerning a new 

regulation that would amend the 

regulations for reporting Monthly and 

Annual Statements of Account for the 

making and distribution of 

phonorecords under the compulsory 

license, 17 U.S.C. 115, to bring the 

regulations up to date to reflect recent 

and pending rate determinations by the 

Copyright Royalty Judges, which among 

other things provide new rates for 

limited downloads, interactive 

streaming and incidental digital 

phonorecord deliveries, and to 

harmonize these reporting requirements 

with the existing regulations for 

reporting the making and distribution of 

physical phonorecords, permanent 

downloads and ringtones. The notice of 

proposed rulemaking stated that 

comments would be due no later than 

September 25, 2012 and that reply 

comments would be due October 25, 

2012. 

On September 5, 2012, the Office 

received a joint motion to extend the 

comment and reply comment period by 

thirty days each (i.e. until October 25, 

2012 and November 26, 2012). The 

motion was filed by the Recording 

Industry Association of America, Inc., 

National Music Publishers Association, 

Songwriters Guild of America, Digital 

Media Association, and Music Reports, 

Inc., (‘‘Joint Requestors’’). The Joint 

Requestors stated that they represent the 

most active institutional participants in 

the mechanical compulsory license 

system. They stated that it was their 

view that it would be beneficial to the 

Copyright Office and to the outcome of 

the proceeding for the Joint Requestors 

to formulate and submit consensus 

positions on as many of the issues 

raised in the Notice of Proposed 

Rulemaking as possible. They added 

that a process for formulating such 

positions is currently underway. 

However, they offered that additional 

time would likely be necessary to allow 

the Joint Requestors to adequately think 

through the issues, consult further with 

their respective members, discuss 

consensus positions, and prepare a 

written submission setting forth 

whatever consensus positions the group 

is able to reach. They stated that 

without an extension of time, the Joint 

Requestors will be less likely to reach 

consensus and provide the Office 

unified comments concerning the 

various issues raised in the NPRM. 

In the interest of giving the Joint 

Requestors the necessary time to 

conclude the ongoing process of 

formulating consensus positions, the 

Office has decided to grant the request 

for an extension to file comments and 

reply comments by thirty days in each 

case, making the comments due on 

October 25, 2012 and reply comments 

due on November 26, 2012). 

Dated: September 6, 2012. 

Tanya Sandros, 

Deputy General Counsel. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

44 CFR Part 67 

[Docket ID FEMA–2010–0003; Internal 

Agency Docket No. FEMA–B–1110] 

Proposed Flood Elevation 

Determinations; Correction 

AGENCY: Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, DHS. 

ACTION: Proposed rule; correction. 

SUMMARY: On April 14, 2010, FEMA 

published in the Federal Register a 

proposed rule that included an 

erroneous name for one of the flooding 

sources for Franklin County, North 

Carolina and Incorporated Areas. The 

flooding source name should have read 

Taylors Creek instead of Taylors Branch. 

DATES: Comments pertaining to Taylors 

Creek for the location beginning at the 

confluence with the Tar River to 

approximately 250 feet upstream of 

West Green Street are to be submitted 

on or before October 11, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by Docket No. FEMA–B– 

1110, to Luis Rodriguez, Chief, 

Engineering Management Branch, 

Federal Insurance and Mitigation 

Administration, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, 500 C Street SW., 

Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646–4064 

or (email) 

luis.rodriguez3@fema.dhs.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Luis 

Rodriguez, Chief, Engineering 

Management Branch, Federal Insurance 

and Mitigation Administration, Federal 

Emergency Management Agency, 500 C 

Street SW., Washington, DC 20472, 

(202) 646–4064 or (email) 

luis.rodriguez3@fema.dhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Federal Emergency Management Agency 

(FEMA) publishes proposed 

determinations of Base (1% annualchance) Flood Elevations (BFEs) and 

modified BFEs for communities 

participating in the National Flood 

Insurance Program (NFIP), in 

accordance with section 110 of the 

Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, 

42 U.S.C. 4104, and 44 CFR 67.4(a). 

These proposed BFEs and modified 

BFEs, together with the floodplain 

management criteria required by 44 CFR 

60.3, are minimum requirements. They 

should not be construed to mean that 

the community must change any 

existing ordinances that are more 

stringent in their floodplain 


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