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time, on October 18, 2010, through 12 

noon, Washington, DC time, on October 

20, 2010. Please include in your 

registration the following information 

regarding your comments and oral 

presentation: 

• Name of individual or entity that 

submitted the comments to the 

Department and the date the comments 

were submitted. 

• Name of individual who will be 

making the oral presentation on behalf 

of the commenter. 

• E-mail address of the individual 

who will be making the oral 

presentation. 

• If available, the number assigned to 

your comments by http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

• The preferred date and session for 

your presentation. 

We will follow the following 

registration process for presentations for 

the public meeting sessions. 

• Upon receipt of the information 

identified above, the Department will 

verify that it is accurate (i.e., that the 

individual or entity identified timely 

submitted a comment on the NPRM) 

and will send an e-mail to the 

commenter indicating whether the 

commenter has been selected to make a 

presentation at one of the public 

meeting sessions and the specific time 

slot reserved for that commenter’s 

presentation. 

• A commenter may make only one 

presentation at the public meeting 

sessions; the Department reserves the 

right to reject the registration of an 

entity or individual that submitted 

separate comments but is affiliated with 

a commenter that is selected to make a 

presentation. 

• We anticipate receiving a large 

number of registrations from 

commenters for the four public meeting 

sessions. In addition, we are interested 

in hearing from a broad range of the 

commenters during those sessions. In 

the event that we receive more 

registrations than we are able to 

accommodate and to ensure a broad 

representation of commenters, the 

Department may randomly select among 

the registrations the commenters who 

will be invited to make a presentation 

at a session. 

• We will not accept any walk-in 

registrations at any of the November 4 

or November 5 public meeting sessions. 

Public Attendance at the Meetings 

The public meeting sessions are open 

to members of the public; however, 

given space constraints, we may not be 

able to accommodate all persons 

interested in attending. Members of the 

public interested in attending the public 

meeting sessions will be required to 

register at http://usdoedregistration.ed.

gov/profile/web/index.cfm?PKweb

ID=0x3626e49. We will accept 

registrations at this Web site, beginning 

at 12 noon, Washington, DC time, on 

October 18, 2010, through 12 noon, 

Washington, DC time, on October 20, 

2010. 

Members of the public interested in 

attending will need to indicate in their 

registration the session they wish to 

attend. The Department will send an email to the individual indicating 

whether the individual has been 

selected to attend one of the public 

meeting sessions. Again, we will not 

accept any written materials from any 

presenter or other individual or entity 

attending the public meeting sessions. 

We also will not accept any walk-in 

registrations to attend any of the public 

meeting sessions on November 4 or 

November 5. 

Availability of Information From the 

Public Meeting Sessions 

The Department is committed to 

gathering and sharing publicly the 

presentations made at these public 

meeting sessions. Each session will be 

videotaped and/or transcribed, and the 

video and/or transcript will be available 

for viewing at http://usdoedregistration.

ed.gov/profile/web/index.cfm?PKweb

ID=0x3626e49. 

Assistance to Individuals With 

Disabilities at the Public Meeting 

Sessions 

The meeting sites will be accessible to 

individuals with disabilities and sign 

language interpreters will be available. 

If you need an auxiliary aid or service 

other than a sign language interpreter to 

participate in the session (e.g., 

interpreting service such as oral, cued 

speech, or tactile interpreter; assisted 

listening device; or materials in 

alternate format), notify the contact 

person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT at least two weeks 

before the scheduled meeting date. 

Although we will attempt to meet a 

request we receive after this date, we 

may not be able to make available the 

requested auxiliary aid or service 

because of insufficient time to arrange 

it. 

Accessible Format: Individuals with 

disabilities can obtain this document in 

an accessible format (e.g., braille, large 

print, audiotape, or computer diskette) 

on request to the program contact 

person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. 

Electronic Access to This Document: 

You can view this document, as well as 

all other documents of this Department 

published in the Federal Register, in 

text or Adobe Portable Document 

Format (PDF) on the Internet at the 

following site: http://www.ed.gov/news/ 

fedregister. 

To use PDF you must have Adobe 

Acrobat Reader, which is available free 

at this site. 

Note: The official version of this document 

is the document published in the Federal 

Register. Free Internet access to the official 

edition of the Federal Register and the Code 

of Federal Regulations is available on GPO 

Access at: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/

index.html. 

Dated: October 13, 2010. 

Arne Duncan, 

Secretary of Education. 

[FR Doc. 2010–26180 Filed 10–15–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

47 CFR Part 20 

[DA 10–1936; WT Docket No. 07–250] 

Hearing Aid Compatibility Proceeding; 

Request That Comments Address 

Effects of New Legislation 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Request for comments. 

SUMMARY: In this document, the 

Wireless Telecommunications Bureau 

requests that the comments in the 

pending Hearing Aid Compatibility 

proceeding address the effects of the 

Twenty-First Century Communications 

and Video Accessibility Act of 2010, if 

any, on the proposed rules. 

DATES: Interested parties may file 

comments on or before October 25, 

2010, and reply comments on or before 

November 22, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by WT Docket No. 07–250, by 

any of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Federal Communications 

Commission’s 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 

(although the Commission continues to 

experience delays in receiving U.S. 

Postal Service mail). All filings must be 

addressed to the Commission’s 

Secretary, Office of the Secretary, 

Federal Communications Commission. 


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1S. 3304, 111th Cong. sec. 102 (as signed by 

President, Oct. 8, 2010); see also S. 3828, 111th 

Cong. (as signed by President, Oct. 8, 2010). 

• People with Disabilities: Contact the 

FCC to request reasonable 

accommodations (accessible format 

documents, sign language interpreters, 

CART, etc.) by e-mail: FCC504@fcc.gov 

or phone: 202–418–0530 or TTY: 202– 

418–0432. 

For detailed instructions for 

submitting comments and additional 

information on the rulemaking process, 

see the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

section of this document. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Zhaohui Yang, Wireless 

Telecommunications Bureau, (202) 418– 

1476, e-mail Zhaohui.Yang@fcc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a 

summary of the Wireless 

Telecommunications Bureau’s public 

notice released on October 12, 2010. 

The full text of the public notice is 

available for public inspection and 

copying during business hours in the 

FCC Reference Information Center, 

Portals II, 445 12th Street, SW., Room 

CY–A257, Washington, DC 20554. It 

may also be purchased from the 

Commission’s duplicating contractor at 

Portals II, 445 12th Street, SW., Room 

CY–B402, Washington, DC 20554; the 

contractor’s Web site, http:// 

www.bcpiweb.com; or by calling (800) 

378–3160, facsimile (202) 488–5563, or 

e-mail FCC@BCPIWEB.com. Copies of 

the public notice also may be obtained 

via the Commission’s Electronic 

Comment Filing System (ECFS) by 

entering the docket number, WT Docket 

No. 07–250. Additionally, the complete 

public notice is available on the Federal 

Communications Commission’s Web 

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

On October 8, 2010, President Obama 

signed into law the Twenty-First 

Century Communications and Video 

Accessibility Act of 2010,1 ensuring that 

individuals with disabilities have access 

to emerging Internet Protocol-based 

communication and video programming 

technologies in the 21st Century. 

Section 102 of the Act extends hearing 

aid compatibility requirements to 

customer premises equipment ‘‘used 

with advanced communications services 

that is designed to provide 2-way voice 

communications via a built-in speaker 

intended to be held to the ear in a 

manner functionally equivalent to a 

telephone.’’ The Act preserves the 

exemption of mobile handsets from the 

general requirement that all telephones 

be hearing aid-compatible, while 

maintaining the Commission’s authority 

to revoke or limit such exemption if 

certain conditions are met. 

On August 5, 2010, the Commission 

released a Further Notice of Proposed 

Rulemaking (FNPRM), FCC 10–145, 

seeking comment on proposed revisions 

to the rules governing hearing aid 

compatibility of mobile handsets. 75 FR 

54546 (Sept. 8, 2010). Among other 

things, the Commission proposed to 

extend its rules beyond the current 

scope of 47 CFR 20.19(a) to include 

customer equipment used to provide 

wireless voice communications over any 

type of network among members of the 

public or a substantial portion of the 

public. The Commission sought 

comment on whether considerations of 

technological feasibility or marketability 

prevent application of these 

requirements to such customer 

equipment. 

The Wireless Telecommunications 

Bureau requests that comments on the 

FNPRM address the effect of the new 

legislation, if any, on the proposed 

rules. Comments remain due on October 

25, 2010, and reply comments are due 

on November 22, 2010. 

Procedural Matters 

The rulemaking shall be treated as a 

‘‘permit-but-disclose’’ proceeding in 

accordance with the Commission’s ex 

parte rules. Persons making oral ex 

parte presentations are reminded that 

memoranda summarizing the 

presentations must contain summaries 

of the substance of the presentations 

and not merely a listing of the subjects 

discussed. More than a one or two 

sentence description of the views and 

arguments presented generally is 

required. Other requirements pertaining 

to oral and written presentations are set 

forth in Section 1.1206(b) of the 

Commission’s rules. 

Pursuant to sections 1.415 and 1.419 

of the Commission’s rules, 47 CFR 1.415 

and 1.419, interested parties may file 

comments and reply comments on or 

before the dates indicated on the first 

page of this document. All filings 

related to this public notice should refer 

to WT Docket No. 07–250. Comments 

may be filed using: (1) The 

Commission’s Electronic Comment 

Filing System (ECFS), (2) the Federal 

Government’s eRulemaking Portal, or (3) 

by filing paper copies. See Electronic 

Filing of Documents in Rulemaking 

Proceedings, 63 FR 24121 (1998). 

• Electronic Filers: Comments may be 

filed electronically using the Internet by 

accessing the ECFS: http://www.fcc.gov/ 

cgb/ecfs/ or the Federal eRulemaking 

Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 

Filers should follow the instructions 

provided on the Web site for submitting 

comments. 

• For ECFS filers, if multiple docket 

or rulemaking numbers appear in the 

caption of this proceeding, filers must 

transmit one electronic copy of the 

comments for each docket or 

rulemaking number referenced in the 

caption. In completing the transmittal 

screen, filers should include their full 

name, U.S. Postal Service mailing 

address, and the applicable docket or 

rulemaking number. Parties may also 

submit an electronic comment by 

Internet e-mail. To get filing 

instructions, filers should send an email to ecfs@fcc.gov, and include the 

following words in the body of the 

message, ‘‘get form.’’ A sample form and 

directions will be sent in response. 

• Paper Filers: Parties who choose to 

file by paper must file an original and 

four copies of each filing. If more than 

one docket or rulemaking number 

appears in the caption of this 

proceeding, filers must submit two 

additional copies for each additional 

docket or rulemaking number. 

Filings can be sent by hand or 

messenger delivery, by commercial 

overnight courier, or by first-class or 

overnight U.S. Postal Service mail 

(although the Commission continues to 

experience delays in receiving U.S. 

Postal Service mail). All filings must be 

addressed to the Commission’s 

Secretary, Marlene H. Dortch, Office of 

the Secretary, Federal Communications 

Commission, 445 12th Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20554. 

• All hand-delivered or messengerdelivered paper filings for the 

Commission’s Secretary must be 

delivered to FCC Headquarters at 445 

12th Street, SW., Room TW–A325, 

Washington, DC 20554. The filing hours 

at this location are 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. All 

hand deliveries must be held together 

with rubber bands or fasteners. Any 

envelopes must be disposed of before 

entering the building. 

• Commercial overnight mail (other 

than U.S. Postal Service Express Mail 

and Priority Mail) must be sent to 9300 

East Hampton Drive, Capitol Heights, 

MD 20743. 

• U.S. Postal Service first-class, 

Express, and Priority mail must be 

addressed to 445 12th Street, SW., 

Washington DC 20554. 

Parties shall send one copy of their 

comments and reply comments to Best 

Copy and Printing, Inc., Portals II, 445 

12th Street, SW., Room CY–B402, 

Washington, DC 20554, (202) 488–5300, 

or via e-mail to FCC@BCPIWEB.com. 

Comments filed in response to this 

public notice will be available for public 

inspection and copying during business 


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hours in the FCC Reference Information 

Center, Portals II, 445 12th Street, SW., 

Room CY–A257, Washington, DC 20554, 

and via the Commission’s Electronic 

Comment Filing System (ECFS) by 

entering the docket number, WT Docket 

No. 07–250. The comments may also be 

purchased from Best Copy and Printing, 

Inc., telephone (202) 488–5300, 

facsimile (202) 488–5563, TTY (202) 

488–5562, or e-mail 

FCC@BCPIWEB.com. 

To request materials in accessible 

formats for people with disabilities 

(Braille, large print, electronic files, 

audio format), send an e-mail to 

fcc504@fcc.gov or call the Consumer & 

Governmental Affairs Bureau at 202– 

418–0530 (voice), 202–418–0432 (tty). 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Jane E. Jackson, 

Associate Chief, Wireless 

Telecommunications Bureau. 

[FR Doc. 2010–26174 Filed 10–15–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

47 CFR Parts 73 and 74 

[MB Docket No. 03–185; FCC 10–172] 

Digital Low Power Television, 

Television Translator, and Television 

Booster Stations and Digital Class A 

Television Stations 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: In this document, the 

Commission proposes and seeks 

comment on rules and issues that need 

to be resolved to complete the low 

power television station digital 

transition. Although Congress 

established a hard deadline of June 12, 

2009 for full-power stations to cease 

analog operations and begin operating 

only in digital, many low power 

television stations are continuing to 

transmit analog signals. 

DATES: Comments for this proceeding 

are due on or before December 17, 2010 

reply comments are due on or before 

January 18, 2011. Written PRA 

comments on the proposed information 

collection requirements contained 

herein must be submitted by the public, 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB), and other interested parties on 

or before December 17, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by MB Docket No. 03–185 

and/or FCC 10–172, by any of the 

following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Federal Communications 

Commission’s 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 

(although we continue to experience 

delays in receiving 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 e-mail: FCC504@fcc.gov 

or phone: 202–418–0530 or TTY: 202– 

418–0432. 

For detailed instructions for 

submitting comments and additional 

information on the rulemaking process, 

see the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

section of this document. 

In addition to filing comments with 

the Secretary, a copy of any PRA 

comments on the proposed collection 

requirements contained herein should 

be submitted to the Federal 

Communications Commission via e-mail 

to PRA@fcc.gov and to 

Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov and also to 

Nicholas A. Fraser, Office of 

Management and Budget, via e-mail to 

Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov or via 

fax at 202–395–5167. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Shaun Maher, Shan.Maher@fcc.gov of 

the Media Bureau, Video Division, (202) 

418–1600. For additional information 

concerning the Paperwork Reduction 

Act information collection requirements 

contained in this document, send an 

e-mail to PRA@fcc.gov or contact Cathy 

Williams at (202) 418–2918, or via 

e-mail at Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a 

summary of the Commission’s Further 

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and 

Memorandum Opinion and Order 

(‘‘FNPRM and MO&O’’), FCC 10–172, 

adopted on September 17, 2010, and 

released on September 17, 2010. The 

full text of this document is available for 

public inspection and copying during 

regular business hours in the FCC 

Reference Center, Federal 

Communications Commission, 445 12th 

Street, SW., CY–A257, Washington, DC 

20554. These documents will also be 

available via ECFS (http://www.fcc.gov/ 

cgb/ecfs/). (Documents will be available 

electronically in ASCII, Word 97, and/ 

or Adobe Acrobat.) The complete text 

may be purchased from the 

Commission’s copy contractor, 445 12th 

Street, SW., Room CY–B402, 

Washington, DC 20554. To request this 

document in accessible formats 

(computer diskettes, large print, audio 

recording, and Braille), send an e-mail 

to fcc504@fcc.gov or call the 

Commission’s Consumer and 

Governmental Affairs Bureau at (202) 

418–0530 (voice), (202) 418–0432 

(TTY). 

Pursuant to §§ 1.415 and 1.419 of the 

Commission’s rules, 47 CFR 1.415, 

1.419, interested parties may file 

comments and reply comments on or 

before the dates indicated on the first 

page of this document. Comments may 

be filed using: (1) The Commission’s 

Electronic Comment Filing System 

(ECFS), (2) the Federal Government’s 

eRulemaking Portal, or (3) by filing 

paper copies. See Electronic Filing of 

Documents in Rulemaking Proceedings, 

63 FR 24121 (1998). 

• Electronic Filers: Comments may be 

filed electronically using the Internet by 

accessing the ECFS: http://www.fcc.gov/ 

cgb/ecfs/ or the Federal eRulemaking 

Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 

Filers should follow the instructions 

provided on the Web site for submitting 

comments. 

• For ECFS filers, if multiple docket 

or rulemaking numbers appear in the 

caption of this proceeding, filers must 

transmit one electronic copy of the 

comments for each docket or 

rulemaking number referenced in the 

caption. In completing the transmittal 

screen, filers should include their full 

name, U.S. Postal Service mailing 

address, and the applicable docket or 

rulemaking number. Parties may also 

submit an electronic comment by 

Internet e-mail. To get filing 

instructions, filers should send an email to ecfs@fcc.gov, and include the 

following words in the body of the 

message, ‘‘get form.’’ A sample form and 

directions will be sent in response. 

• Paper Filers: Parties who choose to 

file by paper must file an original and 

four copies of each filing. If more than 

one docket or rulemaking number 

appears in the caption of this 

proceeding, filers must submit two 

additional copies for each additional 

docket or rulemaking number. 

Filings can be sent by hand or 

messenger delivery, by commercial 

overnight courier, or by first-class or 

overnight U.S. Postal Service mail 

(although we continue to experience 

delays in receiving U.S. Postal Service 

mail). All filings must be addressed to 

the Commission’s Secretary, Office of 


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