Source: http://www.fcc.gov/print/node/45774
Timestamp: 2013-12-07 17:07:11
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Alaska Railroad Corporation Order and Consent Decree
DA 13-131
File No.: EB-12-IH-0019
Acct. No.: 201332080013
FRN: 0001573419
In this Order, we adopt a Consent Decree entered into between the Enforcement Bureau (Bureau) and Alaska Railroad Corporation (Alaska RRC). The Consent Decree terminates an investigation by the Bureau against Alaska RRC for possible violations of the Commission’s ex parterules.1
A copy of the Consent Decree negotiated by the Bureau and Alaska RRC is attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference. 3.
In the absence of material new evidence relating to this matter, we conclude that our investigation raises no substantial or material questions of fact as to whether Alaska RRC possesses the basic qualifications, including those related to character, to hold or obtain any Commission license or authorization.
Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that, pursuant to Sections 4(i) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended,2 and Sections 0.111 and 0.311 of the Commission’s rules,3 the Consent Decree attached to this Order IS ADOPTED.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the above-captioned investigation IS TERMINIATED.
1 47 C.F.R. §§ 1.1200–1.1216.2 47 U.S.C. § 154(i).3 47 C.F.R. §§ 0.111, 0.311.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that a copy of this Order and Consent Decree shall be sent by first class mail and certified mail, return receipt requested, to William Hupprich, General Counsel, Alaska Railroad Corporation, P.O. Box 107500, Anchorage, AK, 99510-7500.
The Enforcement Bureau of the Federal Communications Commission and Alaska Railroad Corporation, by their authorized representatives, hereby enter into this Consent Decree for the purpose of terminating the Enforcement Bureau’s investigation into whether Alaska Railroad Corporation violated the Commission’s ex parte rules.1
(c) “Alaska RRC” or “Company” means Alaska Railroad Corporation and its predecessors-in-interest and successors-in-interest.
(e) “Commission” and “FCC” mean the Federal Communications Commission and all of its bureaus and offices. (f) “Communications Laws” means collectively, the Act, the Rules, and the published and promulgated orders and decisions of the Commission to which Alaska RRC is subject by virtue of its business activities, including but not limited to the Ex Parte Rules.
(g) “Compliance Plan” means the plan described in this Consent Decree at paragraph 11.
(h) “Covered Employees” means all employees and agents of Alaska RRC who perform, or supervise, oversee, or manage the performance of, duties that 1 47 C.F.R. §§ 1.1200–1.1216.
relate to Alaska RRC’s responsibilities under the Communications Laws, including the Ex Parte Rules. (i) “Effective Date” means the date on which the Bureau releases the Adopting Order.
(j) “Ex Parte Rules” means Sections 1.1200–1.1216 of the Commission’s rules.
(k) “Investigation” means the investigation initiated by the Office of General Counsel’s January 17, 2012 letter2 regarding possible violations of the Ex Parte Rules.
(l) “Operating Procedures” means the standard, internal operating procedures and compliance policies established by Alaska RRC to implement the Compliance Plan. (m) “Parties” means Alaska RRC and the Bureau, and each is a “Party.”
On February 1, 2011, the Commission adopted the Ex Parte Report and Order,3
which amended and reformed the Rules on ex parte presentations made in the course of Commission proceedings.4 These rules took effect on June 1, 2011. They address, among other matters, written ex parte presentations directed to the merits or outcomes of permit-but-disclose proceedings.5 The Rules require that anyone who makes such a presentation to a Commission decision-maker must file a copy of that presentation, including any attachment, for inclusion in the record of the underlying proceeding.6
On November 29, 2011, an Alaska RRC employee sent an e-mail and attachments to Richard Arsenault, an official in the Commission’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, regarding Alaska RRC potentially using spectrum in the 220 MHz band to deploy a positive train control system.7 Mr. Arsenault determined that the e-mail and attachments 2 See Letter from Joel Kaufman, Associate General Counsel and Chief, Administrative Law Division, FCC Office of General Counsel, to Robert Turney, Alaska Railroad Corporation (Jan. 17, 2012) (OGC Letter).
3 See Amendment of the Commission’s Ex Parte Rules and Other Procedural Matters, Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 25 FCC Rcd 4517 (2011).
4 See id. at 4518.5 47 C.F.R. § 1.1206; see 47 C.F.R. § 1.1202 (defining present