75530 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 243 / Thursday, December 18, 2014 / Proposed Rules 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

47 CFR Parts 1 and 27 

[RM–11395, GN Docket No. 12–268, WT 

Docket Nos. 14–170, 05–211; DA 14–1784] 

Updating Competitive Bidding Rules; 

Extension of Comment and Reply 

Comment Periods 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Proposed rules; extension of 

comment and reply comment deadlines. 

SUMMARY: The Wireless 

Telecommunications Bureau extends 

the deadline for filing comments and 

reply comments on its Competitive 

Bidding Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 

(Competitive Bidding NPRM), which 

sought comment on the revision of 

certain part 1 competitive bidding rules 

and provided notice of the 

Commission’s intention to resolve 

longstanding petitions for 

reconsideration. 

DATES: Comments are due on or before 

January 23, 2015, and reply comments 

are due on or before February 12, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

to the Competitive Bidding NPRM, 

identified by GN Docket No. 12–268 and 

WT Docket Nos. 14–170, 05–211, by any 

of the following methods: 

D Electronic Filers: Federal 

Communication Commission’s 

Electronic Comments Filing System 

(ECFS): http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/ecfs2/. 

Follow the instructions for submitting 

comments. 

D Paper Filers: All hand-delivered or 

messenger-delivered 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 

are 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Eastern Time 

(ET). All hand deliveries must be held 

together with rubber bands or fasteners. 

Any envelopes and boxes 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. 

D People with Disabilities: To request 

materials in accessible formats for 

people with disabilities (braille, large 

print, electronic files, or 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: 

Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, 

Auctions and Spectrum Access 

Division: Leslie Barnes at (202) 418– 

0660. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a 

summary of the Wireless 

Telecommunications Bureau’s Order 

(Order) in GN Docket No. 12–268, DA 

14–1784, adopted and released on 

December 8, 2014. The complete text of 

this document is available for public 

inspection and copying from 8:00 a.m. 

to 4:30 p.m. ET Monday through 

Thursday or from 8:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. 

ET on Fridays in the FCC Reference 

Information Center, 445 12th Street SW., 

Room CY–A257, Washington, DC 20554. 

The complete text may be purchased 

from the Commission’s duplicating 

contractor, Best Copy and Printing, Inc. 

(BCPI), telephone 202–488–5300, 

facsimile 202–488–5563, or by 

contacting BCPI on its Web site: 

http://www.BCPIWEB.com. The 

complete text is also available on the 

Commission’s Web site at http://

wireless.fcc.gov, or by using the search 

function on the ECFS Web page at 

http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/ecfs/. 

Summary 

The Wireless Telecommunications 

Bureau (Bureau) released an Order on 

December 8, 2014, which extends the 

comment and reply comment filing 

deadlines established in the Competitive 

Bidding NPRM, 79 FR 68172, November 

14, 2014. The Federal Communications 

Commission (Commission) adopted the 

Competitive Bidding NPRM on October 

1, 2014, proposing to reform certain of 

its general part 1 rules governing 

competitive bidding for spectrum 

licenses to reflect changes in the 

marketplace. The Commission 

expressed its intention to act on the 

issues raised in the Competitive Bidding 

NPRM in time to allow all parties to 

account for any changes while planning 

for the broadcast incentive auction. 

Extending the deadlines for comments 

and reply comments in response to the 

Competitive Bidding NPRM will 

increase the likelihood that interested 

parties will be able to take into account 

more complete information about the 

results of the bidding in Auction 97 and 

thereby promote a more comprehensive 

record in the proceeding, without 

jeopardizing the Bureau’s ability to act 

on the Competitive Bidding NPRM 

sufficiently in advance of the upcoming 

broadcast incentive auction. Pursuant to 

sections 4(i), 4(j), and 5(c) of the 

Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended, and pursuant to the authority 

delegated in 47 CFR 0.131 and 0.331, 

the Bureau extends the deadlines for 

filing comments and reply comments 

until January 23, 2015, and February 12, 

2015. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Gary D. Michaels, 

Deputy Chief, Auctions and Spectrum Access 

Division, WTB. 

[FR Doc. 2014–29590 Filed 12–17–14; 8:45 am] 

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