Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 6 / Wednesday, January 9, 2013 / Proposed Rules 1823 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

47 CFR Part 79 

[MB Docket No. 12–217; DA 12–2081] 

Cable Television Technical and 

Operational Requirements 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of 

reply comment period. 

SUMMARY: In this document, the 

Commission extends the deadline for 

filing reply comments on the 

Commission’s Notice of Proposed 

Rulemaking (NPRM) in this proceeding, 

which was published in the Federal 

Register on October 9, 2012 (77 FR 

61351). The extension will facilitate the 

development of a full record given the 

importance of the issues in this 

proceeding. 

DATES: The reply comment period for 

the proposed rule published October 9, 

2012 (77 FR 61351) is extended. Submit 

reply comments on or before January 25, 

2013. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit reply 

comments, identified by MB Docket No. 

12–217, by any of the following 

methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Federal Communications 

Commission’s Electronic Comment 

Filing System (ECFS) Web Site: http:// 

www.fcc.gov/cgb/ecfs. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Mail: Filings can be sent by hand or 

messenger delivery, 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. 

• People with Disabilities: Contact the 

FCC to request reasonable 

accommodations (accessible format 

documents, sign language interpreters, 

CART, etc.) by email: FCC504@fcc.gov 

or phone (202) 418–0530 or TTY: (202) 

418–0432. 

For detailed instructions on submitting 

comments and additional information 

on the rulemaking process, see the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 

the NPRM. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jeffrey Neumann, 

Jeffrey.Neumann@fcc.gov, of the 

Engineering Division, Media Bureau, 

(202) 418–2046. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a 

summary of the Commission’s Order in 

MB Docket No. 12–217, DA 12–2081, 

adopted and released on December 21, 

2012, which extends the reply comment 

filing deadline established in the NPRM 

published under FCC No. 12–86 at 77 

FR 61351, October 9, 2012. The full text 

of this document is available for 

inspection and copying during normal 

business hours in the FCC Reference 

Center, 445 12th Street SW., 

Washington, DC 20554. The complete 

text may be purchased from the 

Commission’s copy contractor, Best 

Copy and Printing, Inc., 445 12th Street 

SW., Room CY–B402, Washington, DC 

20554. The full text may also be 

downloaded at: http://www.fcc.gov. 

Alternative formats are available to 

persons with disabilities by sending an 

email to fcc504@fcc.gov or by calling the 

Consumer & Governmental Affairs 

Bureau at (202) 418–0530 (voice), (202) 

418–0432 (TTY). 

Background 

1. The NPRM in this proceeding 

established a comment deadline of 

December 8, 2012, and a reply comment 

deadline of January 7, 2013. On 

December 21, 2012, the National 

Association of Telecommunications 

Officers and Advisors (‘‘NATOA’’) 

requested that the reply comment 

deadline be extended by five weeks, to 

allow for additional time to compile 

records in response to assertions made 

by other commenters, and to permit 

time for discussions with other 

commenters regarding differences in the 

positions taken in their comments. We 

grant NATOA’s request in part. 

2. As set forth in Section 1.46 of the 

Commission’s Rules, 47 CFR 1.46(a), of 

the Commission’s Rules, the 

Commission’s policy is that extensions 

of time shall not be routinely granted. 

Given the importance of the issues in 

this proceeding, and in the interest of 

encouraging thoughtful consideration of 

these issues, however, we believe that 

granting in part NATOA’s request is 

necessary to facilitate the development 

of a full record. However, we feel that 

five weeks is unnecessarily long to 

accomplish these goals and note that 

parties may avail themselves of the ex 

parte process after the submission of 

their reply comments if necessary. 

Therefore, we grant an extension of 18 

days, until January 25, 2013 for file 

reply comments. 

Ordering Clauses 

Pursuant to section 4(i) of the 

Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended, 47 U.S.C. 154(i), and §§ 0.61, 

0.283, and 1.46 of the Commission’s 

rules, 47 CFR 0.61, 0.283, and 1.46, the 

Motion for Extension of Time to File 

Reply Comments filed by NATOA is 

granted in part, and the deadline to file 

reply comments in this proceeding is 

extended to January 25, 2013. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

William T. Lake, 

Chief, Media Bureau. 

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