[Federal Register: January 26, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 17)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 3776-3777]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
47 CFR Parts 1 and 17
[WT Docket No. 03-187; DA 07-72]
Effect of Communications Towers on Migratory Birds
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Proposed rule, extension of comment and reply comment periods.
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SUMMARY: This document grants a motion requesting an extension of time
to file comments and reply comments in response to a Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking concerning the effects of communications towers on migratory
birds that the Commission released on November 7, 2006.
DATES: Comments on the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking published November
22, 2006 (71 FR 67510) are due on or before April 23, 2007, and reply
comments are due on or before May 23, 2007.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by WT Docket No. 03-187,
FCC 06-164, 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. E-mail: 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.
Mail: Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street,
SW., Washington, DC 20554.
Hand Delivery/Courier: 236 Massachusetts Avenue, NE.,
Suite 110, Washington, DC 20002.
Accessible Formats: Contact the FCC to request reasonable
accommodations (accessible format documents, sign language
interpreters, CART, etc.) for filing comments either by e-mail:
FCC504@fcc.gov or phone: 202-418-0530 or TTY: 202-418-0432.
Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name
and docket number for this rulemaking, WT Docket No. 03-187. All
comments received will be posted without change to http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/ecfs/
, including any personal information provided. For detailed
instructions on submitting comments and additional information on the
rulemaking process, see the ``Public Participation'' heading of the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document.
Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or
comments received, go to http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/ecfs/.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Louis Peraertz, Spectrum and
Competition Policy Division, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau,
Federal Communications Commission, (202) 418-1879.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a summary of the Commission's Order
released January 12, 2007. The complete text of the Order is available
for inspection and copying during normal business hours in the FCC
Reference Information Center, Portals II, 445 12th Street, SW., Room
CY-A257, Washington, DC 20554. The document may also be purchased from
the Commission's duplicating contractor, Best Copy and Printing, Inc.,
445 12th Street, SW., Room CY-B402, Washington, DC 20554, telephone
(800) 378-3160 or (202) 863-2893, facsimile (202) 863-2898, or via e-
mail at http://www.bcpiweb.com It is also available on the Commission's Web site at http://www.fcc.gov.
By the Order, the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau grants a
motion requesting an extension of the dates for filing comments and
reply comments in response to In the Matter of Effects of
Communications Towers on Migratory Birds, Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking, WT Docket No. 03-187, which the Commission adopted on
November 3, 2006, and released on November 7, 2006. On January 8, 2007,
the American Bird Conservancy, CTIA--The Wireless Association,
Defenders of Wildlife, the National Association of Tower Erectors, and
PCIA--the Wireless Infrastructure Association filed a joint
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Motion for Extension of Time. Although it is the policy of the
Commission that extensions of time shall not be routinely granted, the
WCB determined that, given the parties' agreement that the additional
time would benefit discussions related to avian tower safety, good
cause exists to provide parties an extension of time for filing
comments, from January 22, 2007, to April 23, 2007, and an extension of
time for filing reply comments from February 20, 2007, to May 23, 2007.
Accordingly, it is ordered that, pursuant to authority found in
section 4(i) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C.
154(i), and Sec. Sec. 0.131, 0.331 and 1.46 of the Commission's rules,
47 CFR 0.131, 0.331, 1.46, the pleading cycle established in this
matter is modified as follows:
Comments Due: April 23, 2007; Reply Comments Due: May 23, 2007. All
other filing procedures remain unchanged from those previously
established in this proceeding. It is further ordered that the joint
Motion for Extension of Time filed by the American Bird Conservancy,
CTIA--The Wireless Association, Defenders of Wildlife, the National
Association of Tower Erectors, and PCIA--the Wireless Infrastructure
Association, is granted as set forth herein.
Federal Communications Commission.
Fred B. Campbell, Jr.,
Chief, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau.
[FR Doc. E7-1190 Filed 1-25-07; 8:45 am]
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