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kilowatt (kW) turbine/generators
mounted on roller frames for a
combined nameplate capacity of 3.4
megawatts; (2) two 6-foot-square padmounted metal boxes, one containing
plant controls and the other containing
a 13.8-kilovolt (kV) step-up distribution
transformer; (3) a 13.8-kV transmission
line; and (4) appurtenant facilities. The
estimated annual generation of the
Symphony Hydro Project would be
18,000 megawatt-hours.
Applicant Contact: Robert H. Shulte,
Symphony Hydro LLC, 1742 Patriot
Road, Northfield, MN 55057–1221;
Phone: (952) 949–2676.
FERC Contact: Tyrone A. Williams;
Phone: (202) 502–6331, Email:
tyrone.williams@ferc.gov.
Deadline for filing comments, motions
to intervene, competing applications
(without notices of intent), or notices of
intent to file competing applications: 60
days from the issuance of this notice.
Competing applications and notices of
intent must meet the requirements of 18
CFR 4.36. The Commission strongly
encourages electronic filing. Please file
comments, motions to intervene, notices
of intent, and competing applications
using the Commission’s eFiling system
at https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
efiling.asp. Commenters can submit
brief comments up to 6,000 characters,
without prior registration, using the
eComment system at https://
www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
ecomment.asp. You must include your
name and contact information at the end
of your comments. For assistance,
please contact FERC Online Support at
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, (866)
208–3676 (toll free), or (202) 502–8659
(TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, please
send a paper copy to: Secretary, Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426.
The first page of any filing should
include docket number P–14627–000.
More information about this project,
including a copy of the application, can
be viewed or printed on the ‘‘eLibrary’’
link of Commission’s Web site at
https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
elibrary.asp. Enter the docket number
(P–14627) in the docket number field to
access the document. For assistance,
contact FERC Online Support.
Dated: October 22, 2014.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No.14638–000]
Las Vegas Wash Hydro, LLC; Notice of
Preliminary Permit Application
Accepted for Filing and Soliciting
Comments, Motions To Intervene, and
Competing Applications
On October 2, 2014, the Las Vegas
Wash Hydro, LLC, filed an application
for a preliminary permit, pursuant to
section 4(f) of the Federal Power Act
(FPA), proposing to study the feasibility
of the Las Vegas Wash Hydroelectric
Project to be located on Las Vegas Wash,
in the city of Lake Las Vegas, Clark
County, Nevada. The sole purpose of a
preliminary permit, if issued, is to grant
the permit holder priority to file a
license application during the permit
term. A preliminary permit does not
authorize the permit holder to perform
any land-disturbing activities or
otherwise enter upon lands or waters
owned by others without the owners’
express permission.
The proposed project would use the
existing Las Vegas Wash and associated
diversion and penstocks. The source of
water through the project is waste
streams from the metropolitan area of
Las Vegas, NV. Flows would return to
the Las Vegas Wash at or near the
existing point of return. The proposed
project would be on privately owned
lands and prescriptive easement rightof-ways. The existing Las Vegas Wash
pipelines are owned by the City of
Henderson, NV, and located on private
lands by easement. The project would
consist of the following: (1) An existing
concrete diversion/inlet structure with
two gates; (2) two existing 10,204-footlong, 84-inch-diameter, side-by-side
penstocks that pass beneath Lake Las
Vegas; (3) a new connection to the
existing penstocks; (4) a new
powerhouse located adjacent to the
existing outfall structure for the Las
Vegas Wash, containing one 2.1megawatt Francis turbine; (5) a
switchyard; and (6) a 900-foot-long, 15kV transmission line, which would
interconnect into the utility distribution
system owned by NV Energy. Existing
roads would access the project. The
project would operate in a run-of-river
mode using flows of the Las Vegas Wash
consistent with historical operations.
One of the two penstocks would be used
for bypass flows. The estimated annual
generation of the Las Vegas Wash
Hydroelectric Project would be 16.5
gigawatt-hours.
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Applicant Contact: Mr. Ted Sorenson,
P.E., Sorenson Engineering, 5203 S. 11th
East, Idaho Falls, Idaho 83404; phone:
(208) 522–8069.
FERC Contact: Claire McGrath; phone:
(202) 502–8290.
Deadline for filing comments, motions
to intervene, competing applications
(without notices of intent), or notices of
intent to file competing applications: 60
days from the issuance of this notice.
Competing applications and notices of
intent must meet the requirements of 18
CFR 4.36.
The Commission strongly encourages
electronic filing. Please file comments,
motions to intervene, notices of intent,
and competing applications using the
Commission’s eFiling system at https://
www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp.
Commenters can submit brief comments
up to 6,000 characters, without prior
registration, using the eComment system
at https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
ecomment.asp. You must include your
name and contact information at the end
of your comments. For assistance,
please contact FERC Online Support at
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, (866)
208–3676 (toll free), or (202) 502–8659
(TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, please
send a paper copy to: Secretary, Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426.
The first page of any filing should
include docket number P–14638–000.
More information about this project,
including a copy of the application, can
be viewed or printed on the ‘‘eLibrary’’
link of Commission’s Web site at
https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
elibrary.asp. Enter the docket number
(P–14638) in the docket number field to
access the document. For assistance,
contact FERC Online Support.
Dated: October 22, 2014.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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COMMISSION
[WT Docket No. 14–161; DA 14–1478]
Enhancements to the Commission’s
Universal Licensing System and
Antenna Structure Registration System
for Providing Access to Official
Electronic Authorizations and Seeks
Comment on Final Procedures
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
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In this document, the
Wireless Telecommunications Bureau
(Bureau) seeks comment on certain
procedures for implementing access to
official authorizations electronically in
the Commission’s Universal Licensing
System or Antenna Structure
Registration System, while providing
options for receiving authorizations on
paper through the U.S. Postal Service.
DATES: Comments are due on or before
November 10, 2014.
ADDRESSES: All filings in response to the
Notice must refer to WT Docket No. 14–
161. The Wireless Telecommunications
Bureau strongly encourages parties to
file comments electronically. Comment
may be submitted electronically by the
following methods:
• Federal Communications
Commission’s Web site:
https://www.fcc.gov/cgb/ecfs/. Follow
the instructions for submitting
comments.
• By email. To obtain instructions for
filing by email, 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
one copy of each filing. Filings can be
sent by hand or messenger delivery, 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, Attn: WTB/MD, Office of the
Secretary, Federal Communications
Commission. 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. All hand
deliveries must be held together with
rubber bands or fasteners. All 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 mail, Express Mail, and
Priority Mail should be addressed to 445
12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554.
• In addition, Parties are requested to
send one copy of their comments to Best
Copy and Printing, Inc., Portals II, 445
12th Street SW., Room CY–B402,
Washington, DC 20554, (800) 378–3160,
email FCC@BCPIWEB.com.
People with Disabilities: Contact the
FCC to request reasonable
accommodations (accessible format
documents, sign language interpreters,
CART, etc.) by email: fcc504@fcc.gov or
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phone: (202) 418–0530 or TTY: (202)
418–0432.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mary Bucher at (202) 418–2656 or via
email at Mary.Bucher@fcc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a
summary of Public Notice (DA 14–1478)
released on October 10, 2014. The
complete text of the Public Notice is
available for viewing via the
Commission’s ECFS Web site by
entering the docket number, WT Docket
No. 14–161. The complete text of the
Public Notice is also available for public
inspection and copying from 8:00 a.m.
to 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time (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–B402,
Washington, DC 20554, telephone 202–
488–5300, fax 202–488–5563, or you
may contact BCPI at its Web site: https://
www.BCPIWEB.com. When ordering
documents from BCPI, please provide
the appropriate FCC document number,
for example, DA 14–1478.
In the Notice, the Bureau announces
enhancements to the Commission’s
Universal Licensing System (ULS) and
Antenna Structure Registration (ASR)
System to allow all commercial, private
and public safety wireless service
licensees and ASR registrants electronic
access to their current official
authorizations in ‘‘Active’’ status. For
purposes of the Notice, the term
‘‘authorization’’ includes all current
commercial, private, and public safety
wireless service licenses, commercial
radio operator permits, vessel
exemptions, and spectrum leases in
‘‘Active’’ status and authorized in parts
1, 13, 20, 22, 24, 26, 27, 74, 80, 87, 90,
95, 97 and 101 of the Commission’s
rules. The term also includes all current
FCC Forms 854R, Antenna Structure
Registrations, in ‘‘Active’’ status,
including ‘‘Granted’’ or ‘‘Constructed,’’
and authorized under part 17 of the
Commission’s rules. The term does not
include current authorizations in any
status other than ‘‘Active,’’ including,
for example, current authorizations in
‘‘Expired,’’ ‘‘Cancelled,’’ or
‘‘Terminated’’ status in ULS, or
‘‘Cancelled,’’ ‘‘Dismantled,’’ or
‘‘Terminated’’ status in the ASR System.
In addition, the term does not include
spectrum subleases or private commons
arrangements, which the Commission
will continue to process on a manual
basis, nor does the term include
authorizations archived in ULS.
Antenna Structure Registrations are not
archived in the ASR System. Finally,
while other Commission Bureaus
manage other licensing systems, the
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enhancements in the Notice apply only
to ULS and the ASR System. As of
September 1 of this year, 2,153,265
current authorizations in Active status
were stored in ULS and the ASR
System, and paper copies of official
authorizations were mailed to licensees
and registrants. The Commission’s
‘‘Report on FCC Process Reform’’
released earlier this year recommended
that, ‘‘to the extent permitted by Federal
records retention requirements,’’
licensing Bureaus ‘‘should eliminate
paper copies of licenses.’’ The Report
further stated that ‘‘[c]onsideration
should be given whether to have a
transition period during which certain
classes of licensees (such as small, rural
providers or amateur radio operators)
are excluded or permitted to opt-out of
an electronic-only approach.’’
To implement this recommendation,
upon adoption of final procedures, the
Commission will stop providing paper
copies of current authorizations to
licensees and registrants unless it is
notified that the licensee or registrant
wishes to continue receiving official
authorizations on paper. In the interim,
the Commission will continue to print
and mail out official authorizations
unless it is notified that licensees or
registrants wish to stop receiving official
authorizations on paper. The Bureau
takes the following actions:
• The Bureau deems the electronic
version of an authorization stored in
ULS or the ASR System as the official
Commission document. All licensees
and registrants can access, through
License Manager in ULS or ASR
Dashboard (formerly ASR Manager) in
the ASR System, the official electronic
versions of their current authorizations
in Active status, whether granted prior
to or after release of the Notice. Only
Commission licensees and registrants
are afforded access to their official
electronic authorizations through
License Manager or ASR Dashboard.
• The Bureau seeks comment on
certain aspects of its proposed
modernized procedures for
implementing access to official
authorizations electronically through
License Manager, through ASR
Dashboard, and by email, while
providing options for continuing to
receive authorizations on paper through
the U.S. Postal Service.
• The Bureau initiates an ‘‘interim
test period,’’ which will continue until
final procedures become effective.
During the interim test period, licensees
and registrants may elect to stop
receiving authorizations on paper
through the U.S. Postal Service. If no
such election is made, the Commission
will continue to print and mail out
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paper authorizations upon grant of
applications to licensees and registrants.
Regardless of their election, all licensees
and registrants may access official
electronic authorizations online and
provide feedback to the Bureau through
the public comment process.
• The general public will continue to
be able to access unofficial reference
copies of authorizations through ULS or
the ASR System.
The Notice provides for a 30-day
comment period on the procedures
proposed below. For promulgating
‘‘rules of agency organization,
procedure, or practice’’—so-called
‘‘procedural rules’’—section 4 of the
Administrative Procedure Act (APA)
exempts agencies like the Federal
Communications Commission from the
general APA requirements to provide
the public with advance notice and
opportunity for comment. While the
enhancements to ULS and the ASR
System that the Bureau is planning to
implement fall within this exemption,
the Bureau has nevertheless decided to
solicit public comment, which the
Bureau believes will better inform its
decision-making in this particular
proceeding. The Bureau anticipates
issuing a further public notice
announcing the adoption and
implementation of final procedures in
the near term. Thus, interested parties
are encouraged to take advantage of the
interim test period and provide detailed
comments to the Bureau.
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Authorizations—Official Electronic
Authorizations, Electronic Access,
Duplicate Copies, and Unofficial
Reference Copies
Currently, once an application is
granted, ULS or the ASR System
generates an authorization from
information provided in the granted
application. The authorization is then
printed on paper, placed in a postagepaid envelope, and mailed out through
the U.S. Postal Service to the licensee or
registrant. The Bureau finds that an
electronic, online authorization can be
considered the official Commission
authorization under both the Federal
Records Act of 1950 and the
Communications Act of 1934, as
amended. The Bureau therefore deems
the electronic version of an
authorization generated from the grant
of an application and stored in ULS or
the ASR System to be the Commission’s
official document. The Bureau notes
that while it is deeming the electronic
version of an authorization stored in
ULS to be the Commission’s official
document, lifetime commercial radio
operator licenses issued prior to
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implementation of ULS remain valid
even though the license itself is not
stored in ULS. The Commission
currently mails the official copy of a
paper authorization only to the licensee
or registrant. In keeping with this
practice, under the modernized process,
a licensee or registrant may access its
official electronic authorizations by
securely logging into License Manager
in ULS or ASR Dashboard in the ASR
System, after which the licensee or
registrant can download, save, and print
copies of its authorizations, to the extent
needed.
Making the official electronic
authorization available to a licensee
through License Manager in ULS or to
a registrant through its ASR Dashboard
in the ASR System allows the licensee
or registrant to obtain an additional
copy of an official authorization without
Commission action in the event its
existing copy is lost or destroyed. While
under this enhanced process the need to
request a duplicate paper license or
registration will be virtually eliminated,
the Commission will retain the
capability in ULS and the ASR System
that allows licensees and registrants to
file applications requesting duplicate
paper copies of official authorizations.
The Bureau notes that if a licensee
elects to submit an application for a
duplicate paper license, the licensee
would file its application along with
any application fee required under
Commission rules.
The Commission will continue
providing unofficial reference copies of
authorizations online through ULS and
the ASR System. The reference copy
includes the most recent information on
the authorization, thus providing the
public with current licensing or
registration data without compromising
the official status of the official
authorization.
Proposed Enhancements
The Bureau seeks comment on certain
aspects of the modernization process,
under which it is seeking to eliminate
the distribution of paper authorizations
to the greatest extent possible. Under
the proposed procedures, once an
application is granted, ULS or the ASR
System will generate an official
electronic authorization. The
Commission, however, will no longer
print out the authorization on paper and
mail it to the licensee or registrant
unless it is notified that the licensee or
registrant wishes to continue receiving
its official authorization(s) on paper.
Official Electronic Authorizations
Obtained Through License Manager or
ASR Dashboard. The Commission now
provides all licensees and registrants,
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through License Manager or ASR
Dashboard, access to the official
electronic versions of their current
authorizations in Active status, whether
granted prior to or after release of the
Notice. As described in detail below,
links to download authorizations in
ULS can be found on the License
Manager homepage and a registrant may
download authorizations through its
ASR Dashboard. In addition, licensees
and registrants may download more
than one authorization at a time. The
Bureau seeks comment on whether this
process for providing current official
electronic authorizations in Active
status through License Manager or ASR
Dashboard sufficiently meets the needs
of licensees or registrants wishing to use
that option.
Official Electronic Authorizations
Delivered Through Email. The Bureau
also proposes a second method by
which a licensee or registrant could
obtain its authorizations electronically.
Under this proposal, the Commission
would send the official electronic
authorization via email to a licensee or
registrant upon grant of an application
if the applicant included a valid email
address under ‘‘Applicant Information’’
(licensee) in a ULS application form or
under ‘‘Antenna Structure Ownership
Information’’ (registrant) in an ASR
System application. While in most cases
a single authorization would be attached
to a single email, the Bureau also
proposes to attach all authorizations
granted on the same day within the
same system to a single email, to the
extent capacity allows. The Bureau
notes that this would be a voluntary
process and if a licensee or registrant
did not wish to provide an email
address in an application, it could
instead obtain official electronic
authorizations through License Manager
or ASR Dashboard. While the
Commission would email the licensee
or registrant its official authorizations,
the Bureau notes that its proposal does
not include sending an official
electronic authorization to a ‘‘contact’’
listed on the application. Finally, the
Bureau proposes to send official
electronic authorizations to valid
licensee or registrant email addresses
regardless of whether a licensee or
registrant obtained its authorization(s)
electronically through License Manager
or ASR Dashboard, or elected to
continue receiving official
authorizations on paper through the
U.S. Postal Service. The Bureau seeks
comment on its proposal for sending
official electronic authorizations, upon
grant of an application, to the email
address voluntarily included with
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licensee or registrant information in the
application.
Options for Continuing To Receive
Official Authorizations on Paper. While
the default process under its proposal is
to stop printing and mailing out official
authorizations, the Bureau also proposes
options by which a licensee or registrant
could notify the Commission that it
wished to continue receiving its official
authorization(s) on paper. First, both
License Manager and ASR Dashboard
now include a setting that allows a
licensee or registrant to notify the
Commission whether it wishes to
receive official authorization(s) on
paper. Once final procedures become
effective designating electronic delivery
as the default, if a licensee or registrant
wished to continue receiving official
authorizations on paper, the licensee or
registrant could change the setting so
that once an application was granted,
the Commission would print and mail
out on paper the resulting official
authorization(s) associated with the
licensee’s or registrant’s FCC
Registration Number (FRN). Licensees
or registrants that use more than one
FRN would be required to change the
default setting for each FRN in each
applicable system, ULS and ASR, to the
extent they wished to receive official
paper authorizations specifically
associated with a particular FRN. The
Bureau further notes that, under its
proposal, while the default setting
would be set so that the Commission
would no longer print and mail out
official paper authorizations, the setting
would have no effect on how the
Commission processed other applicant,
licensee or registrant correspondence
and notices generated by ULS or the
ASR System. The proposed procedure
for changing the setting is detailed
below.
Second, a licensee or registrant could
contact the Licensing Support Center
via phone, web or mail to request paper
authorizations. Using any of these
methods, which are also detailed below,
the licensee or registrant would be
required to provide its FRN(s), and
whether its request applied to ULS or
the ASR System, or both. After the
Commission processed the request, once
any pending or future application
associated with the FRN(s) that the
licensee or registrant provided was
granted, the resulting authorization(s)
would be printed on paper and mailed
through the U.S. Postal Service to the
licensee or registrant at the licensee or
registrant address specified on the
application. The Bureau notes that if a
licensee or registrant elects to receive
paper authorizations using any of these
options, the licensee or registrant would
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also continue to have access to their
authorizations electronically through
License Manager or ASR Dashboard.
Finally, the Bureau notes that the
process for obtaining duplicate paper
copies of licenses or registrations by
filing an application, along with any
applicable filing fee, through ULS or the
ASR System would remain available
under its proposal. The Bureau seeks
comment on these options for licensees
and registrants that wish to continue
receiving their official authorizations on
paper by mail.
The Bureau’s intent is to provide
access to official electronic
authorizations and to address associated
issues with regard to making documents
available electronically using today’s
technology, while also accommodating
those who wish or need to continue
receiving paper authorizations through
the U.S. Postal Service. The Bureau is
also aware that over time, this enhanced
process will continue to change as
technology evolves. That said, the
Bureau is also interested in whether
there are other issues that need to be
addressed in this transition to official
electronic authorizations, and how
those issues may be resolved.
The Interim Test Period
In conjunction with seeking comment
on certain proposed procedures, the
Bureau is initiating an ‘‘interim test
period,’’ which will continue until final
procedures become effective. In
particular, the Commission has
enhanced ULS and the ASR System to
make some of the options included in
the Bureau’s proposal available for
voluntary use during this interim test
period so that licensees and registrants
can evaluate their experience in
accessing official electronic
authorizations online and provide
feedback to the Bureau through the
public comment process. All licensees
and registrants can access through
License Manager or ASR Dashboard the
official electronic versions of their
current authorizations in Active status,
whether granted prior to or after release
of the Notice.
They may also elect to stop receiving
paper copies. During this interim test
period, once a pending application is
granted, and ULS or the ASR System
has generated the official authorization,
the Commission will continue to print
the authorization on paper, place it in
a postage-paid envelope, and mail it
through the U.S. Postal Service to the
licensee or registrant, unless the
licensee or registrant elects to stop
receiving paper copies using the setting
now included in both License Manager
and ASR Dashboard. If a licensee or
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registrant wishes to stop receiving
official authorizations on paper during
the interim test period, the licensee or
registrant must change the setting so
that the Commission will no longer
print and mail out on paper any official
authorizations associated with the
licensee’s or registrant’s FRN. The
procedure for changing the setting is
detailed below.
Posting and Record Retention Rules
Finally, some of the Commission’s
wireless service-specific rules require
licensees to retain current
authorizations as part of their station
records, and, for some services,
licensees must post paper copies of their
station authorizations at certain
locations. In addition, Commission rules
require antenna structure owners to post
the Antenna Structure Registration
Number at each facility, and to provide
all tenant licensees (and permittees) on
the structure access to a copy of the FCC
Form 854R, Antenna Structure
Registration. The Bureau notes that
enhancing the Commission’s licensing
and Antenna Structure Registration
systems to replace official paper
authorizations with official electronic
authorizations does not affect these
rules. The Bureau further notes that the
Commission recently adopted revisions
to its part 17 rules, which become
effective October 24, 2014, including
modified requirements for posting
Antenna Structure Registration
Numbers and mailing registrations to
tenant licensees and permittees. The
enhancements described in the Notice
are independent of the proposals
adopted in that rulemaking.
Instructions for Downloading
Authorizations
ULS. The Commission is currently
providing both temporary and
permanent links on the License Manager
homepage to download authorizations
in ULS. The temporary link, ‘‘download
your official electronic authorizations
now,’’ can be found on a green bar
across the top of the License Manager
homepage. The permanent link,
‘‘Download Electronic Authorizations,’’
can be found in the navigation bar on
the left side of the License Manager
homepage.
ASR. The link to download Antenna
Structure Registrations, ‘‘Download
Official Registration,’’ can be found on
the registrant’s ASR Dashboard
homepage as well as under the ‘‘My
Registrations’’ tab on its ASR
Dashboard.
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Instructions for Selecting Electronic or
Paper Authorizations During the
Interim Test Period
Instructions for Continuing To Receive
Paper Authorizations During the Interim
Test Period
ULS. The Commission is also
providing both temporary and
permanent links in ULS on the License
Manager homepage to access the new
default setting that allows licensees and
registrants to notify the Commission
whether they wish to receive
authorizations on paper through the
U.S. Postal Service. The temporary link,
‘‘Change your paper authorization
preferences here,’’ can be found on a
green bar across the top of the License
Manager homepage. The permanent
link, ‘‘Set Paper Authorization
Preferences,’’ can be found in the
navigation bar on the left side of the
License Manager homepage. Once
accessed, the default setting will look
like this during the interim test period:
‘‘Receive Paper Authorizations?
x Yes l No’’
ASR. The default setting in the ASR
System is located on the home page of
a registrant’s ASR Dashboard and will
look like this during the interim test
period:
‘‘Receive Paper Registrations?
x Yes l No’’
If a licensee or registrant wishes to
continue receiving official
authorizations on paper during the
interim test period, they do not need to
make any changes to the settings in
License Manager or ASR Dashboard.
Instructions for Selecting ElectronicOnly Authorizations During the Interim
Test Period
If a licensee or registrant wishes to
stop receiving official authorizations on
paper during the interim test period, the
licensee or registrant must change the
setting(s) described above by checking
the ‘‘No’’ box. If the setting is changed
to ‘‘No,’’ the Commission will no longer
print and mail out on paper any official
authorizations associated with the
licensee’s or registrant’s FRN(s).
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procedures, the Commission would
continue to provide, for a period of
time, the same temporary and
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interim test period instructions on the
License Manager homepage to access
the default setting in ULS. Once
accessed, the default setting would look
like this upon implementation of final
procedures:
‘‘Receive Paper Authorizations?
l Yes x No’’
ASR. Upon adoption of final
procedures, the default setting in the
ASR System would be located on the
homepage of the registrant’s ASR
Dashboard and would look like this
upon implementation of final
procedures:
‘‘Receive Paper Registrations?
l Yes x No’’
Upon adoption of final procedures, if
a licensee or registrant wished to only
obtain official authorizations
electronically through ULS or the ASR
System, they would not need to make
any changes to the settings in License
Manager or ASR Dashboard. If the
licensee or registrant did not change the
setting, the Commission would no
longer print and mail out on paper
official authorizations associated with
the licensee’s or registrant’s FRN(s).
Instructions for Obtaining Paper
Authorizations Upon Implementation of
Final Procedures
Once the Bureau implements final
procedures, if a licensee or registrant
wished to receive official authorizations
on paper, the licensee or registrant
could change the setting(s) described
above by checking the ‘‘Yes’’ box.
OR
The licensee or registrant could
contact the Licensing Support Center
via phone, Web or mail. All requests
would be required to include the
licensee’s or registrant’s FRN(s), and
whether the request applied to ULS or
the ASR System, or both.
Phone: (877) 480–3201, Option 2;
TTY (888) 225–5322, Option 2.
Web: https://esupport.fcc.gov/
request.htm.
Mail: Send a letter to the Wireless
Telecommunications Bureau,
Technologies, Systems and Innovation
Division, 1270 Fairfield Road,
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 17325–7245.
If a licensee or registrant changed the
setting(s) described above to ‘‘Yes’’ or
used any of these other options, once an
application was granted, the
Commission would print and mail out
on paper the resulting official
authorization(s) associated with the
licensee’s or registrant’s FRN(s). Finally,
the Bureau notes that if a licensee or
registrant elected to receive paper
authorizations upon implementation of
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final procedures, the licensee or
registrant would also continue to have
access to their authorizations
electronically through License Manager
or ASR Dashboard.
This proceeding has been designated
as a ‘‘permit-but-disclose’’ proceeding in
accordance with the Commission’s ex
parte rules. Persons making ex parte
presentations must file a copy of any
written presentation or a memorandum
summarizing any oral presentation
within two business days after the
presentation (unless a different deadline
applicable to the Sunshine period
applies). Persons making oral ex parte
presentations are reminded that
memoranda summarizing the
presentation must (1) list all persons
attending or otherwise participating in
the meeting at which the ex parte
presentation was made, and (2)
summarize all data presented and
arguments made during the
presentation. If the presentation
consisted in whole or in part of the
presentation of data or arguments
already reflected in the presenter’s
written comments, memoranda or other
filings in the proceeding, the presenter
may provide citations to that data or
arguments in his or her prior comments,
memoranda, or other filings (specifying
the relevant page and/or paragraph
numbers where the data or arguments
can be found) in lieu of summarizing
them in the memorandum. Documents
shown or given to Commission staff
during ex parte meetings are deemed to
be written ex parte presentations and
must be filed consistent with § 1.1206(b)
of the Commission’s rules. In
proceedings governed by § 1.49(f) or for
which the Commission has made
available a method of electronic filing,
written ex parte presentations and
memoranda summarizing oral ex parte
presentations and all attachments to
those documents must be filed through
the electronic comment filing system
available for that proceeding, and must
be filed in their native format (e.g., .doc,
.xml, .ppt, searchable .pdf). Participants
in this proceeding should familiarize
themselves with the Commission’s ex
parte rules.
Federal Communications Commission.
Jessica Almond,
Chief of Staff, Wireless Telecommunications
Bureau.
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[WT Docket No. 14-161; DA 14-1478]
Enhancements to the Commission's Universal Licensing System and
Antenna Structure Registration System for Providing Access to Official
Electronic Authorizations and Seeks Comment on Final Procedures
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In this document, the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau
(Bureau) seeks comment on certain procedures for implementing access to
official authorizations electronically in the Commission's Universal
Licensing System or Antenna Structure Registration System, while
providing options for receiving authorizations on paper through the
U.S. Postal Service.
DATES: Comments are due on or before November 10, 2014.
ADDRESSES: All filings in response to the Notice must refer to WT
Docket No. 14-161. The Wireless Telecommunications Bureau strongly
encourages parties to file comments electronically. Comment may be
submitted electronically by the following methods:
Federal Communications Commission's Web site: https://www.fcc.gov/cgb/ecfs/. Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
By email. To obtain instructions for filing by email,
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 one copy of each filing. Filings can be sent by
hand or messenger delivery, 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, Attn: WTB/MD, Office of the
Secretary, Federal Communications Commission. 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. All hand deliveries must be held together with
rubber bands or fasteners. All 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 mail, Express Mail, and Priority Mail should be addressed
to 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554.
In addition, Parties are requested to send one copy of
their comments to Best Copy and Printing, Inc., Portals II, 445 12th
Street SW., Room CY-B402, Washington, DC 20554, (800) 378-3160, email
FCC@BCPIWEB.com.
People with Disabilities: Contact the FCC to request reasonable
accommodations (accessible format documents, sign language
interpreters, CART, etc.) by email: fcc504@fcc.gov or phone: (202) 418-
0530 or TTY: (202) 418-0432.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Bucher at (202) 418-2656 or via
email at Mary.Bucher@fcc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a summary of Public Notice (DA 14-
1478) released on October 10, 2014. The complete text of the Public
Notice is available for viewing via the Commission's ECFS Web site by
entering the docket number, WT Docket No. 14-161. The complete text of
the Public Notice is also available for public inspection and copying
from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time (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-B402, Washington, DC
20554, telephone 202-488-5300, fax 202-488-5563, or you may contact
BCPI at its Web site: https://www.BCPIWEB.com. When ordering documents
from BCPI, please provide the appropriate FCC document number, for
example, DA 14-1478.
In the Notice, the Bureau announces enhancements to the
Commission's Universal Licensing System (ULS) and Antenna Structure
Registration (ASR) System to allow all commercial, private and public
safety wireless service licensees and ASR registrants electronic access
to their current official authorizations in ``Active'' status. For
purposes of the Notice, the term ``authorization'' includes all current
commercial, private, and public safety wireless service licenses,
commercial radio operator permits, vessel exemptions, and spectrum
leases in ``Active'' status and authorized in parts 1, 13, 20, 22, 24,
26, 27, 74, 80, 87, 90, 95, 97 and 101 of the Commission's rules. The
term also includes all current FCC Forms 854R, Antenna Structure
Registrations, in ``Active'' status, including ``Granted'' or
``Constructed,'' and authorized under part 17 of the Commission's
rules. The term does not include current authorizations in any status
other than ``Active,'' including, for example, current authorizations
in ``Expired,'' ``Cancelled,'' or ``Terminated'' status in ULS, or
``Cancelled,'' ``Dismantled,'' or ``Terminated'' status in the ASR
System. In addition, the term does not include spectrum subleases or
private commons arrangements, which the Commission will continue to
process on a manual basis, nor does the term include authorizations
archived in ULS. Antenna Structure Registrations are not archived in
the ASR System. Finally, while other Commission Bureaus manage other
licensing systems, the enhancements in the Notice apply only to ULS and
the ASR System. As of September 1 of this year, 2,153,265 current
authorizations in Active status were stored in ULS and the ASR System,
and paper copies of official authorizations were mailed to licensees
and registrants. The Commission's ``Report on FCC Process Reform''
released earlier this year recommended that, ``to the extent permitted
by Federal records retention requirements,'' licensing Bureaus ``should
eliminate paper copies of licenses.'' The Report further stated that
``[c]onsideration should be given whether to have a transition period
during which certain classes of licensees (such as small, rural
providers or amateur radio operators) are excluded or permitted to opt-
out of an electronic-only approach.''
To implement this recommendation, upon adoption of final
procedures, the Commission will stop providing paper copies of current
authorizations to licensees and registrants unless it is notified that
the licensee or registrant wishes to continue receiving official
authorizations on paper. In the interim, the Commission will continue
to print and mail out official authorizations unless it is notified
that licensees or registrants wish to stop receiving official
authorizations on paper. The Bureau takes the following actions:
The Bureau deems the electronic version of an
authorization stored in ULS or the ASR System as the official
Commission document. All licensees and registrants can access, through
License Manager in ULS or ASR Dashboard (formerly ASR Manager) in the
ASR System, the official electronic versions of their current
authorizations in Active status, whether granted prior to or after
release of the Notice. Only Commission licensees and registrants are
afforded access to their official electronic authorizations through
License Manager or ASR Dashboard.
The Bureau seeks comment on certain aspects of its
proposed modernized procedures for implementing access to official
authorizations electronically through License Manager, through ASR
Dashboard, and by email, while providing options for continuing to
receive authorizations on paper through the U.S. Postal Service.
The Bureau initiates an ``interim test period,'' which
will continue until final procedures become effective. During the
interim test period, licensees and registrants may elect to stop
receiving authorizations on paper through the U.S. Postal Service. If
no such election is made, the Commission will continue to print and
mail out
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paper authorizations upon grant of applications to licensees and
registrants. Regardless of their election, all licensees and
registrants may access official electronic authorizations online and
provide feedback to the Bureau through the public comment process.
The general public will continue to be able to access
unofficial reference copies of authorizations through ULS or the ASR
System.
The Notice provides for a 30-day comment period on the procedures
proposed below. For promulgating ``rules of agency organization,
procedure, or practice''--so-called ``procedural rules''--section 4 of
the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) exempts agencies like the
Federal Communications Commission from the general APA requirements to
provide the public with advance notice and opportunity for comment.
While the enhancements to ULS and the ASR System that the Bureau is
planning to implement fall within this exemption, the Bureau has
nevertheless decided to solicit public comment, which the Bureau
believes will better inform its decision-making in this particular
proceeding. The Bureau anticipates issuing a further public notice
announcing the adoption and implementation of final procedures in the
near term. Thus, interested parties are encouraged to take advantage of
the interim test period and provide detailed comments to the Bureau.
Authorizations--Official Electronic Authorizations, Electronic Access,
Duplicate Copies, and Unofficial Reference Copies
Currently, once an application is granted, ULS or the ASR System
generates an authorization from information provided in the granted
application. The authorization is then printed on paper, placed in a
postage-paid envelope, and mailed out through the U.S. Postal Service
to the licensee or registrant. The Bureau finds that an electronic,
online authorization can be considered the official Commission
authorization under both the Federal Records Act of 1950 and the
Communications Act of 1934, as amended. The Bureau therefore deems the
electronic version of an authorization generated from the grant of an
application and stored in ULS or the ASR System to be the Commission's
official document. The Bureau notes that while it is deeming the
electronic version of an authorization stored in ULS to be the
Commission's official document, lifetime commercial radio operator
licenses issued prior to implementation of ULS remain valid even though
the license itself is not stored in ULS. The Commission currently mails
the official copy of a paper authorization only to the licensee or
registrant. In keeping with this practice, under the modernized
process, a licensee or registrant may access its official electronic
authorizations by securely logging into License Manager in ULS or ASR
Dashboard in the ASR System, after which the licensee or registrant can
download, save, and print copies of its authorizations, to the extent
needed.
Making the official electronic authorization available to a
licensee through License Manager in ULS or to a registrant through its
ASR Dashboard in the ASR System allows the licensee or registrant to
obtain an additional copy of an official authorization without
Commission action in the event its existing copy is lost or destroyed.
While under this enhanced process the need to request a duplicate paper
license or registration will be virtually eliminated, the Commission
will retain the capability in ULS and the ASR System that allows
licensees and registrants to file applications requesting duplicate
paper copies of official authorizations. The Bureau notes that if a
licensee elects to submit an application for a duplicate paper license,
the licensee would file its application along with any application fee
required under Commission rules.
The Commission will continue providing unofficial reference copies
of authorizations online through ULS and the ASR System. The reference
copy includes the most recent information on the authorization, thus
providing the public with current licensing or registration data
without compromising the official status of the official authorization.
Proposed Enhancements
The Bureau seeks comment on certain aspects of the modernization
process, under which it is seeking to eliminate the distribution of
paper authorizations to the greatest extent possible. Under the
proposed procedures, once an application is granted, ULS or the ASR
System will generate an official electronic authorization. The
Commission, however, will no longer print out the authorization on
paper and mail it to the licensee or registrant unless it is notified
that the licensee or registrant wishes to continue receiving its
official authorization(s) on paper.
Official Electronic Authorizations Obtained Through License Manager
or ASR Dashboard. The Commission now provides all licensees and
registrants, through License Manager or ASR Dashboard, access to the
official electronic versions of their current authorizations in Active
status, whether granted prior to or after release of the Notice. As
described in detail below, links to download authorizations in ULS can
be found on the License Manager homepage and a registrant may download
authorizations through its ASR Dashboard. In addition, licensees and
registrants may download more than one authorization at a time. The
Bureau seeks comment on whether this process for providing current
official electronic authorizations in Active status through License
Manager or ASR Dashboard sufficiently meets the needs of licensees or
registrants wishing to use that option.
Official Electronic Authorizations Delivered Through Email. The
Bureau also proposes a second method by which a licensee or registrant
could obtain its authorizations electronically. Under this proposal,
the Commission would send the official electronic authorization via
email to a licensee or registrant upon grant of an application if the
applicant included a valid email address under ``Applicant
Information'' (licensee) in a ULS application form or under ``Antenna
Structure Ownership Information'' (registrant) in an ASR System
application. While in most cases a single authorization would be
attached to a single email, the Bureau also proposes to attach all
authorizations granted on the same day within the same system to a
single email, to the extent capacity allows. The Bureau notes that this
would be a voluntary process and if a licensee or registrant did not
wish to provide an email address in an application, it could instead
obtain official electronic authorizations through License Manager or
ASR Dashboard. While the Commission would email the licensee or
registrant its official authorizations, the Bureau notes that its
proposal does not include sending an official electronic authorization
to a ``contact'' listed on the application. Finally, the Bureau
proposes to send official electronic authorizations to valid licensee
or registrant email addresses regardless of whether a licensee or
registrant obtained its authorization(s) electronically through License
Manager or ASR Dashboard, or elected to continue receiving official
authorizations on paper through the U.S. Postal Service. The Bureau
seeks comment on its proposal for sending official electronic
authorizations, upon grant of an application, to the email address
voluntarily included with
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licensee or registrant information in the application.
Options for Continuing To Receive Official Authorizations on Paper.
While the default process under its proposal is to stop printing and
mailing out official authorizations, the Bureau also proposes options
by which a licensee or registrant could notify the Commission that it
wished to continue receiving its official authorization(s) on paper.
First, both License Manager and ASR Dashboard now include a setting
that allows a licensee or registrant to notify the Commission whether
it wishes to receive official authorization(s) on paper. Once final
procedures become effective designating electronic delivery as the
default, if a licensee or registrant wished to continue receiving
official authorizations on paper, the licensee or registrant could
change the setting so that once an application was granted, the
Commission would print and mail out on paper the resulting official
authorization(s) associated with the licensee's or registrant's FCC
Registration Number (FRN). Licensees or registrants that use more than
one FRN would be required to change the default setting for each FRN in
each applicable system, ULS and ASR, to the extent they wished to
receive official paper authorizations specifically associated with a
particular FRN. The Bureau further notes that, under its proposal,
while the default setting would be set so that the Commission would no
longer print and mail out official paper authorizations, the setting
would have no effect on how the Commission processed other applicant,
licensee or registrant correspondence and notices generated by ULS or
the ASR System. The proposed procedure for changing the setting is
detailed below.
Second, a licensee or registrant could contact the Licensing
Support Center via phone, web or mail to request paper authorizations.
Using any of these methods, which are also detailed below, the licensee
or registrant would be required to provide its FRN(s), and whether its
request applied to ULS or the ASR System, or both. After the Commission
processed the request, once any pending or future application
associated with the FRN(s) that the licensee or registrant provided was
granted, the resulting authorization(s) would be printed on paper and
mailed through the U.S. Postal Service to the licensee or registrant at
the licensee or registrant address specified on the application. The
Bureau notes that if a licensee or registrant elects to receive paper
authorizations using any of these options, the licensee or registrant
would also continue to have access to their authorizations
electronically through License Manager or ASR Dashboard. Finally, the
Bureau notes that the process for obtaining duplicate paper copies of
licenses or registrations by filing an application, along with any
applicable filing fee, through ULS or the ASR System would remain
available under its proposal. The Bureau seeks comment on these options
for licensees and registrants that wish to continue receiving their
official authorizations on paper by mail.
The Bureau's intent is to provide access to official electronic
authorizations and to address associated issues with regard to making
documents available electronically using today's technology, while also
accommodating those who wish or need to continue receiving paper
authorizations through the U.S. Postal Service. The Bureau is also
aware that over time, this enhanced process will continue to change as
technology evolves. That said, the Bureau is also interested in whether
there are other issues that need to be addressed in this transition to
official electronic authorizations, and how those issues may be
resolved.
The Interim Test Period
In conjunction with seeking comment on certain proposed procedures,
the Bureau is initiating an ``interim test period,'' which will
continue until final procedures become effective. In particular, the
Commission has enhanced ULS and the ASR System to make some of the
options included in the Bureau's proposal available for voluntary use
during this interim test period so that licensees and registrants can
evaluate their experience in accessing official electronic
authorizations online and provide feedback to the Bureau through the
public comment process. All licensees and registrants can access
through License Manager or ASR Dashboard the official electronic
versions of their current authorizations in Active status, whether
granted prior to or after release of the Notice.
They may also elect to stop receiving paper copies. During this
interim test period, once a pending application is granted, and ULS or
the ASR System has generated the official authorization, the Commission
will continue to print the authorization on paper, place it in a
postage-paid envelope, and mail it through the U.S. Postal Service to
the licensee or registrant, unless the licensee or registrant elects to
stop receiving paper copies using the setting now included in both
License Manager and ASR Dashboard. If a licensee or registrant wishes
to stop receiving official authorizations on paper during the interim
test period, the licensee or registrant must change the setting so that
the Commission will no longer print and mail out on paper any official
authorizations associated with the licensee's or registrant's FRN. The
procedure for changing the setting is detailed below.
Posting and Record Retention Rules
Finally, some of the Commission's wireless service-specific rules
require licensees to retain current authorizations as part of their
station records, and, for some services, licensees must post paper
copies of their station authorizations at certain locations. In
addition, Commission rules require antenna structure owners to post the
Antenna Structure Registration Number at each facility, and to provide
all tenant licensees (and permittees) on the structure access to a copy
of the FCC Form 854R, Antenna Structure Registration. The Bureau notes
that enhancing the Commission's licensing and Antenna Structure
Registration systems to replace official paper authorizations with
official electronic authorizations does not affect these rules. The
Bureau further notes that the Commission recently adopted revisions to
its part 17 rules, which become effective October 24, 2014, including
modified requirements for posting Antenna Structure Registration
Numbers and mailing registrations to tenant licensees and permittees.
The enhancements described in the Notice are independent of the
proposals adopted in that rulemaking.
Instructions for Downloading Authorizations
ULS. The Commission is currently providing both temporary and
permanent links on the License Manager homepage to download
authorizations in ULS. The temporary link, ``download your official
electronic authorizations now,'' can be found on a green bar across the
top of the License Manager homepage. The permanent link, ``Download
Electronic Authorizations,'' can be found in the navigation bar on the
left side of the License Manager homepage.
ASR. The link to download Antenna Structure Registrations,
``Download Official Registration,'' can be found on the registrant's
ASR Dashboard homepage as well as under the ``My Registrations'' tab on
its ASR Dashboard.
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Instructions for Selecting Electronic or Paper Authorizations During
the Interim Test Period
Instructions for Continuing To Receive Paper Authorizations During the
Interim Test Period
ULS. The Commission is also providing both temporary and permanent
links in ULS on the License Manager homepage to access the new default
setting that allows licensees and registrants to notify the Commission
whether they wish to receive authorizations on paper through the U.S.
Postal Service. The temporary link, ``Change your paper authorization
preferences here,'' can be found on a green bar across the top of the
License Manager homepage. The permanent link, ``Set Paper Authorization
Preferences,'' can be found in the navigation bar on the left side of
the License Manager homepage. Once accessed, the default setting will
look like this during the interim test period:
``Receive Paper Authorizations? x Yes _ No''
ASR. The default setting in the ASR System is located on the home
page of a registrant's ASR Dashboard and will look like this during the
interim test period:
``Receive Paper Registrations? x Yes _ No''
If a licensee or registrant wishes to continue receiving official
authorizations on paper during the interim test period, they do not
need to make any changes to the settings in License Manager or ASR
Dashboard.
Instructions for Selecting Electronic-Only Authorizations During the
Interim Test Period
If a licensee or registrant wishes to stop receiving official
authorizations on paper during the interim test period, the licensee or
registrant must change the setting(s) described above by checking the
``No'' box. If the setting is changed to ``No,'' the Commission will no
longer print and mail out on paper any official authorizations
associated with the licensee's or registrant's FRN(s).
Instructions for Selecting Electronic or Paper Authorizations Upon
Implementation of Final Procedures
Instructions for Continuing To Obtain Electronic-Only Authorizations
Upon Implementation of Final Procedures
ULS. Upon adoption of final procedures, the Commission would
continue to provide, for a period of time, the same temporary and
permanent links described in the interim test period instructions on
the License Manager homepage to access the default setting in ULS. Once
accessed, the default setting would look like this upon implementation
of final procedures:
``Receive Paper Authorizations? _ Yes x No''
ASR. Upon adoption of final procedures, the default setting in the
ASR System would be located on the homepage of the registrant's ASR
Dashboard and would look like this upon implementation of final
procedures:
``Receive Paper Registrations? _ Yes x No''
Upon adoption of final procedures, if a licensee or registrant
wished to only obtain official authorizations electronically through
ULS or the ASR System, they would not need to make any changes to the
settings in License Manager or ASR Dashboard. If the licensee or
registrant did not change the setting, the Commission would no longer
print and mail out on paper official authorizations associated with the
licensee's or registrant's FRN(s).
Instructions for Obtaining Paper Authorizations Upon Implementation of
Final Procedures
Once the Bureau implements final procedures, if a licensee or
registrant wished to receive official authorizations on paper, the
licensee or registrant could change the setting(s) described above by
checking the ``Yes'' box.
OR
The licensee or registrant could contact the Licensing Support
Center via phone, Web or mail. All requests would be required to
include the licensee's or registrant's FRN(s), and whether the request
applied to ULS or the ASR System, or both.
Phone: (877) 480-3201, Option 2; TTY (888) 225-5322, Option 2.
Web: https://esupport.fcc.gov/request.htm.
Mail: Send a letter to the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau,
Technologies, Systems and Innovation Division, 1270 Fairfield Road,
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 17325-7245.
If a licensee or registrant changed the setting(s) described above
to ``Yes'' or used any of these other options, once an application was
granted, the Commission would print and mail out on paper the resulting
official authorization(s) associated with the licensee's or
registrant's FRN(s). Finally, the Bureau notes that if a licensee or
registrant elected to receive paper authorizations upon implementation
of final procedures, the licensee or registrant would also continue to
have access to their authorizations electronically through License
Manager or ASR Dashboard.
This proceeding has been designated as a ``permit-but-disclose''
proceeding in accordance with the Commission's ex parte rules. Persons
making ex parte presentations must file a copy of any written
presentation or a memorandum summarizing any oral presentation within
two business days after the presentation (unless a different deadline
applicable to the Sunshine period applies). Persons making oral ex
parte presentations are reminded that memoranda summarizing the
presentation must (1) list all persons attending or otherwise
participating in the meeting at which the ex parte presentation was
made, and (2) summarize all data presented and arguments made during
the presentation. If the presentation consisted in whole or in part of
the presentation of data or arguments already reflected in the
presenter's written comments, memoranda or other filings in the
proceeding, the presenter may provide citations to that data or
arguments in his or her prior comments, memoranda, or other filings
(specifying the relevant page and/or paragraph numbers where the data
or arguments can be found) in lieu of summarizing them in the
memorandum. Documents shown or given to Commission staff during ex
parte meetings are deemed to be written ex parte presentations and must
be filed consistent with Sec. 1.1206(b) of the Commission's rules. In
proceedings governed by Sec. 1.49(f) or for which the Commission has
made available a method of electronic filing, written ex parte
presentations and memoranda summarizing oral ex parte presentations and
all attachments to those documents must be filed through the electronic
comment filing system available for that proceeding, and must be filed
in their native format (e.g., .doc, .xml, .ppt, searchable .pdf).
Participants in this proceeding should familiarize themselves with the
Commission's ex parte rules.
Federal Communications Commission.
Jessica Almond,
Chief of Staff, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau.
[FR Doc. 2014-25749 Filed 10-28-14; 8:45 am]
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