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campaign literature, issuing press 

releases, maintaining a campaign 

committee, establishing campaign 

headquarters (even though the 

headquarters in some instances might be 

the residence of the candidate or his or 

her campaign manager), creating a 

campaign website, and using social 

media for the purpose of promoting or 

furthering a campaign for public office. 

Not all of the listed activities are 

necessarily required in each case to 

demonstrate a substantial showing, and 

there may be activities not listed herein 

which would contribute to such a 

showing. 

■ 6. Amend § 73.1943 by revising 

paragraph (a), redesignating paragraphs 

(b) and (c) as paragraphs (c) and (d), and 

adding new paragraph (b) to read as 

follows: 

§ 73.1943 Political file. 

(a) A licensee shall maintain, and 

make available for public inspection, a 

complete record of a request to purchase 

broadcast time that: 

(1) Is made by or on behalf of a legally 

qualified candidate for public office; or 

(2) Communicates a message relating 

to any political matter of national 

importance, including: 

(i) A legally qualified candidate; 

(ii) Any election to Federal office; or 

(iii) A national legislative issue of 

public importance. 

(b) Contents of record. A record 

maintained under paragraph (a) of this 

section shall contain information 

regarding: 

(1) Whether the request to purchase 

broadcast time is accepted or rejected by 

the licensee; 

(2) The rate charged for the broadcast 

time; 

(3) The date and time on which the 

communication is aired; 

(4) The class of time that is 

purchased; 

(5) The name of the candidate to 

which the communication refers and the 

office to which the candidate is seeking 

election, the election to which the 

communication refers, or the issue to 

which the communication refers (as 

applicable); 

(6) In the case of a request made by, 

or on behalf of, a candidate, the name 

of the candidate, the authorized 

committee of the candidate, and the 

treasurer of such committee; and 

(7) In the case of any other request, 

the name of the person purchasing the 

time, the name, address, and phone 

number of a contact person for such 

person, and a list of the chief executive 

officers or members of the executive 

committee or of the board of directors of 

such person. 

* * * * * 

PART 76—MULTICHANNEL VIDEO 

AND CABLE TELEVISION SERVICE 

■ 7. The authority citation for part 76 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151, 152, 153, 154, 

301, 302, 302a, 303, 303a, 307, 308, 309, 312, 

315, 317, 325, 338, 339, 340, 341, 503, 521, 

522, 531, 532, 534, 535, 536, 537, 543, 544, 

544a, 545, 548, 549, 552, 554, 556, 558, 560, 

561, 571, 572, 573. 

■ 8. Amend § 76.5 by revising paragraph 

(q)(5) to read as follows: 

§ 76.5 Definitions. 

* * * * * 

(q) * * * 

(5) The term ‘‘substantial showing’’ of 

a bona fide candidacy as used in 

paragraph (q) (2), (3), and (4) of this 

section means evidence that the person 

claiming to be a candidate has: 

(i) Satisfied the requirements under 

applicable law to run as a write-in (such 

as registering, collecting signatures, 

paying fees, etc.); and 

(ii) Has engaged to a substantial 

degree in activities commonly 

associated with political campaigning. 

Such activities normally would include 

making campaign speeches, distributing 

campaign literature, issuing press 

releases, maintaining a campaign 

committee, establishing campaign 

headquarters (even though the 

headquarters in some instances might be 

the residence of the candidate or his or 

her campaign manager), creating a 

campaign website, and using social 

media for the purpose of promoting or 

furthering a campaign for public office. 

Not all of the listed activities are 

necessarily required in each case to 

demonstrate a substantial showing, and 

there may be activities not listed herein 

which would contribute to such a 

showing. 

* * * * * 

■ 9. Amend § 76.1701 by revising 

paragraph (a), redesignating paragraphs 

(b) through (d) as paragraphs (c) through 

(e), and adding new paragraph (b) to 

read as follows: 

§ 76.1701 Political file. 

(a) Every cable television system 

operator engaged in origination 

programming shall maintain, and make 

available for public inspection, a 

complete record of a request to purchase 

broadcast time that: 

(1) Is made by or on behalf of a legally 

qualified candidate for public office; or 

(2) Communicates a message relating 

to any political matter of national 

importance, including: 

(i) A legally qualified candidate; 

(ii) Any election to Federal office; or 

(iii) A national legislative issue of 

public importance. 

(b) Contents of record. A record 

maintained under paragraph (a) of this 

section shall contain information 

regarding: 

(1) Whether the request to purchase 

broadcast time is accepted or rejected by 

the licensee; 

(2) The rate charged for the broadcast 

time; 

(3) The date and time on which the 

communication is aired; 

(4) The class of time that is 

purchased; 

(5) The name of the candidate to 

which the communication refers and the 

office to which the candidate is seeking 

election, the election to which the 

communication refers, or the issue to 

which the communication refers (as 

applicable); 

(6) In the case of a request made by, 

or on behalf of, a candidate, the name 

of the candidate, the authorized 

committee of the candidate, and the 

treasurer of such committee; and 

(7) In the case of any other request, 

the name of the person purchasing the 

time, the name, address, and phone 

number of a contact person for such 

person, and a list of the chief executive 

officers or members of the executive 

committee or of the board of directors of 

such person. 

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BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

47 CFR Part 64 

[WC Docket No. 12–375; DA 21–978; FR 

ID 44950] 

Rates for Interstate Inmate Calling 

Services 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of 

comment period. 

SUMMARY: In this document, the Federal 

Communications Commission is 

extending the time to file comments and 

reply comments in this proceeding in 

order to afford interested parties 

sufficient time to prepare them. 

DATES: Comments are due on or before 

September 27, 2021. Reply Comments 

are due on or before October 27, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by WC Docket No. 12–375, by 

any of the following methods: 


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• 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). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Simon Solemani, Pricing Policy 

Division of the Wireline Competition 

Bureau, at (202) 418–2270 or via email 

at simon.solemani@fcc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a 

summary of the Commission’s Order, 

DA 21–978, adopted and released on 

August 10, 2021. The full text of this 

document is available at: https://

docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-21- 

978A1.pdf. The full text of 

Telecommunications for the Deaf and 

Hard of Hearing, Inc. (TDI)’s motion is 

available at: https://ecfsapi.fcc.gov/file/ 

10802213863368/ 

2021.08.02%20Advocates

%20Carceral%20

Comms%20Motion%20for

%20Extension%20final.pdf. 

1. By this Order, the Wireline 

Competition Bureau (Bureau) of the 

Federal Communications Commission 

grants an extension of time for filing 

comments and reply comments on the 

Fifth FNPRM (86 FR 40416) in the 

above-captioned proceeding. As a result, 

comments are now due on September 

27, 2021 and reply comments are now 

due on October 27, 2021. 

2. On May 24, 2021, the Commission 

released the ICS Third Report and 

Order, Order on Reconsideration, and 

Fifth Further Notice of Proposed 

Rulemaking in this proceeding. The 

Fifth FNPRM set deadlines for filing 

comments and reply comments at 30 

and 60 days, respectively, after a 

summary of the item was published in 

the Federal Register. The Federal 

Register published that summary on 

July 28, 2021, and established deadlines 

of August 27, 2021 and September 27, 

2021 for filing comments and reply 

comments, respectively. 

3. On August 3, 2021, 

Telecommunications for the Deaf and 

Hard of Hearing, Inc. (TDI), supported 

by the Benton Institute for Broadband & 

Society, HEARD, the Human Rights 

Defense Center, the National 

Association of the Deaf (NAD), Public 

Knowledge, the United Church of 

Christ, OC Inc., Voqal, and Worth Rises 

(collectively, Movants) filed a Motion 

for Extension of Time seeking 30-day 

extensions of the comment and reply 

deadlines. Movants explain that ‘‘the 

Commission’s important and numerous 

inquiries in the Fifth FNPRM are wideranging and complex, and affording 

additional time for organizations to 

develop their comments will ensure that 

a full record is developed.’’ Movants 

further explain that their ability to meet 

the current comment and reply 

comment deadlines is compromised due 

to staffing concerns during the month of 

August, a reply comment schedule 

condensed by two holidays, and the 

need for at least one of the movants to 

transition to new legal clinic staff 

between now and the filing deadlines. 

Movants assert that ‘‘a brief extension 

would provide the organizations and 

their counsel sufficient time to finish 

developing a full array of comments on 

the broad range of important issues 

presented by the Fifth [FNPRM].’’ No 

party has filed an opposition to the 

Movants’ request. 

4. As set forth in 47 CFR 1.46, it is the 

policy of the Commission that 

extensions of time shall not be routinely 

granted. Nevertheless, the Bureau finds 

that Movants have shown good cause for 

an extension of the comment and reply 

comment deadlines and that the public 

interest will be served by extending the 

comment deadline to September 27, 

2021 and, extending the reply comment 

deadline to October 27, 2021. 

5. Under these circumstances, and in 

the interest of allowing all parties an 

opportunity to fully and meaningfully 

respond to the comments and expert 

reports filed in response to the Fifth 

FNPRM, the Bureau agrees that an 

extension of the reply comment 

deadline is warranted. 

6. This action is taken pursuant to 

delegated authority 47 CFR 0.291. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Daniel Kahn, 

Associate Bureau Chief, Wireline Competition 

Bureau. 

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BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

50 CFR Part 17 

[Docket No. FWS–R4–ES–2020–0152; 

FF09E22000 FXES11130900000 212] 

RIN 1018–BE62 

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife 

and Plants; Removing the Snail Darter 

From the List of Endangered and 

Threatened Wildlife 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service (Service), propose to 

remove the snail darter (Percina tanasi), 

a small freshwater fish native to the 

Tennessee River watershed, from the 

Federal List of Endangered and 

Threatened Wildlife (List). Our review 

of the best available scientific and 

commercial data indicates that the 

threats to the species have been 

eliminated or reduced to the point that 

the species no longer meets the 

definition of an endangered or a 

threatened species under the 

Endangered Species Act of 1973, as 

amended (Act). If we finalize this rule 

as proposed, the prohibitions and 

conservation measures provided by the 

Act, particularly through sections 7 and 

9, would no longer apply to the snail 

darter. We request information and 

comments from the public regarding 

this proposed rule to remove the snail 

darter from the List (i.e., ‘‘delist’’ the 

species). 

DATES: We will accept comments 

received or postmarked on or before 

November 1, 2021. Comments submitted 

electronically using the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal (see ADDRESSES, 

below) must be received by 11:59 p.m. 


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