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housing of Federal agencies within the 

National Capital Region. 

Subpart C—Severability 

§ 102–83.150 What portions of this part are 

severable? 

All provisions of this part are separate 

and severable from one another. If any 

provision is stayed or determined to be 

invalid, it is GSA’s intention that the 

remaining provisions will continue in 

effect. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

43 CFR Part 2360 

[BLM_HQ_FRN_MO4500175868] 

RIN 1004–AE95 

Management and Protection of the 

National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska; 

Extension of Comment Period 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of 

comment period. 

SUMMARY: On September 8, 2023, the 

Bureau of Land Management (BLM) 

published in the Federal Register a 

proposed rule that would revise the 

framework for designating and assuring 

maximum protection of Special Areas’ 

significant resource values and protect 

and enhance access for subsistence 

activities throughout the National 

Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPR–A). 

The proposed rule would also 

incorporate aspects of the NPR–A 

Integrated Activity Plan approved in 

April 2022. The BLM has determined 

that it is appropriate to extend the 

comment period for the proposed rule 

by 10 days, until November 17, 2023, to 

allow for additional public comment. 

DATES: The comment period for the 

proposed rule that originally was 

published on September 8, 2023, at 88 

FR 62025 ends on November 7, 2023. 

Under this extension, comments must 

now be submitted on or before 

November 17, 2023. The BLM need not 

consider or include in the 

administrative record for the final rule 

comments that the BLM receives after 

the close of the comment period or 

comments delivered to an address other 

than those listed in the ADDRESSES

section. 

ADDRESSES: Mail, personal, or 

messenger delivery: U.S. Department of 

the Interior, Director (HQ–630), Bureau 

of Land Management, 1849 C St. NW, 

Room 5646, Washington, DC 20240, 

Attention: 1004–AE80. Federal 

eRulemaking Portal: https://

www.regulations.gov. In the Search-box, 

enter ‘‘RIN 1004–AE95’’ and click the 

‘‘Search’’ button. Follow the 

instructions at this website. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

James Tichenor, Advisor—Office of the 

Director, at 202–573–0536 or jtichenor@

blm.gov with a subject line of ‘‘RIN 

1004–AE95.’’ For questions relating to 

regulatory process issues, contact Faith 

Bremner at fbremner@blm.gov. 

Individuals in the United States who are 

deaf, blind, hard of hearing, or have a 

speech disability may dial 711 (TTY, 

TDD, or TeleBraille) to access 

telecommunications relay services. 

Individuals outside the United States 

should use the relay services offered 

within their country to make 

international calls to the point-ofcontact in the United States. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Public Comment Procedures 

If you wish to comment on this 

proposed rule, you may submit your 

comments to the BLM, marked with the 

number RIN 1004–AE95, by mail, 

personal or messenger delivery, or 

through https://www.regulations.gov 

(see the ADDRESSES section). Please note 

that comments on this proposed rule’s 

information collection burdens should 

be submitted to the OMB as described 

in the ADDRESSES section. Please make 

your comments on the proposed rule as 

specific as possible, confine them to 

issues pertinent to the proposed rule, 

and explain the reason for any changes 

you recommend. Where possible, your 

comments should reference the specific 

section or paragraph of the proposal that 

you are addressing. The comments and 

recommendations that will be most 

useful and likely to influence agency 

decisions are: 

1. Those supported by quantitative 

information or studies; and 

2. Those that include citations to, and 

analyses of, the applicable laws and 

regulations. 

The BLM is not obligated to consider 

or include in the Administrative Record 

for the final rule comments that we 

receive after the close of the comment 

period (see DATES) or comments 

delivered to an address other than those 

listed above (see ADDRESSES). 

Comments, including names and street 

addresses of respondents, will be 

available for public review at the 

physical location listed under 

ADDRESSES during regular business 

hours (7:45 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. EST), 

Monday through Friday, except 

holidays. Before including your address, 

telephone number, email address, or 

other personal identifying information 

in your comment, be advised that your 

entire comment—including your 

personal identifying information—may 

be made publicly available at any time. 

While you can ask us in your comment 

to withhold from public review your 

personal identifying information, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

Background 

The proposed rule was published on 

September 8, 2023 (88 FR 62025), with 

a 60-day comment period closing on 

November 7, 2023. Since publication, 

the BLM has received requests for 

extension of the comment period on the 

proposed rule. The BLM has determined 

that it is appropriate to extend the 

comment period for the docket until 

November 17, 2023, to allow for 

additional public comment. 

Laura Daniel-Davis, 

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Land 

and Minerals Management. 

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

47 CFR Part 27 

[GN Docket No. 18–122; DA 23–958; FR ID 

179691] 

Wireless Telecommunications Bureau 

Seeks Comment on the C-Band RPC’s 

Final Claims Submission Deadline 

Proposal 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notification, request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In this document, the 

Wireless Telecommunications Bureau 

(WTB or Bureau) of the Federal 

Communications Commission 

(Commission) seeks comment on the Cband Relocation Payment 

Clearinghouse’s (RPC) proposal to set 

final claims submission deadlines as 

part of the ongoing transition of the 3.7 

GHz band. WTB also seeks comment on 

any other steps that the Bureau should 

take pursuant to its delegated authority 

to facilitate the conclusion of the C-band 

transition reimbursement program and 

wind down of the RPC’s operations in 

an efficient and timely manner and in 

keeping with its remit to prevent fraud, 


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waste, and abuse, including proposals 

advanced in recent ex parte submissions 

by AT&T, Verizon, and SES. 

DATES: Interested parties may file 

comments on or before November 8, 

2023. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by GN Docket No. 18–122, by 

any of the following methods: 

• Electronic Filers: Comments may be 

filed electronically using the internet by 

accessing the ECFS: https://

www.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 

courier or by the U.S. Postal Service. All 

filings must be addressed to the 

Commission’s Secretary, Office of the 

Secretary, Federal Communications 

Commission. 

• Commercial deliveries (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 (braille, 

large print, electronic files, audio 

format) for people with disabilities, 

send an email to fcc504@fcc.gov or call 

the Consumer & Governmental Affairs 

Bureau at (202) 418–0530. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information on this 

proceeding, contact Susan Mort of the 

Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, 

at (202) 418–2429 or Susan.Mort@

fcc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a 

summary of the Commission’s 

document (Public Notice), in GN Docket 

No. 18–122; DA 23–958, released on 

October 13, 2023. The full text of this 

document is available for public 

inspection online at https://

docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-23- 

958A1.pdf. 

With this Public Notice, WTB seeks 

comment on the RPC’s proposal that the 

Bureau establish one or more final 

claims submission deadlines by which 

eligible incumbents would be required 

to submit any outstanding transitionrelated claims to the RPC for processing. 

Specifically, the RPC proposed the 

following final claims submission 

deadlines: February 5, 2024, for all 

reimbursement claims for costs incurred 

and paid by claimants as of December 

31, 2023, including all lump sum 

election claims by incumbent earth 

station operators; and September 30, 

2024, for all reimbursement claims for 

costs incurred and paid by claimants 

after December 31, 2023, with the 

exhortation that claims be submitted to 

the RPC on a rolling basis within 30 

days of being incurred. The Bureau 

seeks comment on the RPC’s final 

claims submission deadline request and 

the proposed deadlines, and on any 

other steps the Bureau can take 

pursuant to its delegated authority to 

facilitate the conclusion of the C-band 

transition reimbursement program and 

wind down the RPC’s operations in an 

efficient and timely manner. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Amy Brett, 

Acting Chief of Staff, Wireless 

Telecommunications Bureau. 

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