Termination of Dormant Proceedings, 58344-58345 [2014-23140]

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• FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 188 (Monday, September 29, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58344-58345]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-23140]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[CG Docket No. 14-97; DA 14-1329]


Termination of Dormant Proceedings

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Final rule; termination of proceedings.

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SUMMARY: In this document, the Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau 
(CGB or Bureau), terminates, as dormant, certain docketed Commission 
proceedings. The Commission believes that termination of these 
proceedings furthers the Commission's organizational goals of 
increasing the efficiency of its decision-making, modernizing the 
agency's processes in the digital age, and enhancing the openness and 
transparency of Commission proceedings for practitioners and the 
public.

DATES: Effective September 29, 2014.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gayle Radley Teicher, Consumer and 
Governmental Affairs Bureau at (202) 418-1515 or by email at 
gayle.teicher@fcc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a synopsis of the Commission's 
Order, Termination of Certain Proceedings as Dormant, document DA 14-
1329, adopted on September 15, 2015, and released on September 15, 2014 
in CG Docket No. 14-97.
    The full text of document DA 14-1329 and copies of any subsequently 
filed documents in this matter will be available for public inspection 
and copying via ECFS, and during regular business hours at the FCC 
Reference Information Center, Portals II, 445 12th Street SW., Room CY-
A257, Washington, DC 20554. Copies may also be purchased from the 
Commission's duplicating contractor, Best Copy and Printing, Inc., 
Portals II, 445 12th Street, SW., Room CY-B402, Washington, DC 20554, 
telephone (800) 378-3160, fax: (202) 488-5563, or Internet: 
www.bcpiweb.com. Document DA 14-1329 can also be downloaded in Word or 
Portable Document Format (PDF) at: https://www.fcc.gov/document/termination-certain-proceedings-dormant-1. The spreadsheet associated 
with document DA 14-1329 listing the proceedings proposed for 
termination for dormancy is available in Word or Portable Document 
Format at https://www.fcc.gov/article/da-14-1329a2.
    To request materials in accessible formats for people with 
disabilities (Braille, large print, electronic files, audio format), 
send an email to fcc504@fcc.gov or call the Consumer and Governmental 
Affairs Bureau at (202) 418-0530 (voice) or (202) 418-0432 (TTY).

Final Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 Analysis

    This document does not contain information collection requirements 
subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13. In 
addition, therefore, it does not contain any information collection 
burden for small business concerns with fewer than 25 employees, 
pursuant to the Small Business Paperwork Relief Act of 2002, Public Law 
107-198, see 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(4).

Synopsis

    1. On June 30, 2014, CGB released the Third Dormant Proceedings 
Termination Public Notice, DA 14-897, published at 79 FR 42320, July 
21, 2014. On July 22, 2014, CGB released a Public Notice announcing 
that comments and reply comments were due August 20, 2014 and September 
4, 2014, respectively. In response to the Third Dormant Proceedings 
Termination Public Notice, the Commission received one Opposition, one 
comment, one reply comment, and one ex parte filing.
    2. Based on the Commission's review of the record received in 
response to the Third Dormant Proceedings Termination Public Notice, 
the Commission terminates the proceedings listed in document DA 14-1329 
and leaves open one proceeding that had been listed in document DA 14-
897. See https://apps.fcc.gov/edocspublic/attachmatch/DA-14-
897A2.doc.
    3. W. Scott McCollough filed an opposition requesting that WC 
Docket No. 04-6 remain open. Based upon further evaluation of the 
record, the Commission finds that it may be appropriate to address 
issues raised in this proceeding in the future. Accordingly, the 
Commission will not terminate this proceeding at this time.
    4. PCS Partners, L.P. (``PCSP'') requests that the Commission 
release a revised Attachment A to document DA 14-1329 in order to 
include the Multilateration Location and Monitoring Service (M-LMS) 
rulemaking proceeding in WT Docket No. 06-49 in the list of proceedings 
that the Commission proposed to terminate. As noted by PCSP, on June 
10, 2014, the Commission released its Order terminating the M-LMS 
rulemaking proceeding in WT Docket No. 06-49, finding that the 
``various proposals for broad revisions of the applicable rules do not 
merit further consideration at this time.'' PCSP asserts that the 
Commission did not issue a public notice and did not provide an 
opportunity for public input prior to release of the M-LMS Termination 
Order, and claims that the M-LMS Termination Order ``therefore does not 
comply with applicable rules.'' PCSP also claims that the Commission 
did not adequately support its decision in the M-LMS Termination Order. 
The Commission rejects the request by PCS Partners that we release a 
revised list of dockets under consideration in this proceeding. The 
Commission's delegation of authority to the Bureau to terminate certain 
proceedings does not require the process requested by PCSP in this 
case, because the Commission itself appropriately and expressly 
terminated the WT Docket No. 06-49 proceeding in the M-LMS Termination 
Order. Further, to the extent that PCSP raises substantive arguments 
regarding the M-LMS Termination Order, those arguments should have been 
raised in a petition for reconsideration in the WT Docket No. 06-49 
proceeding and not here.
    5. Upon publication of document DA 14-1329 in the Federal Register, 
these proceedings will be terminated in the Electronic Comment Filing 
System (ECFS). The record in the terminated proceedings will remain 
part of the Commission's official records, and the various pleadings, 
orders, and other documents in these dockets will continue to be 
accessible to the public, post-termination.

Regulatory Flexibility Act

    6. The Commission's action does not require notice and comment and 
is not subject to the Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980, as amended. 
See 5 U.S.C. 601(2), 603(a). The Commission nonetheless notes that it 
anticipates that the rules adopted will not have a significant economic 
impact on a substantial number of small entities. As described above, 
the Commission primarily changes its own internal procedures and 
organizations and does not impose substantive new responsibilities on 
regulated entities. There is no reason to believe termination of 
certain dormant proceedings would impose significant costs on parties 
to Commission proceedings. To the contrary, the Commission takes the 
actions herein

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with the expectation that overall they will make dealings with the 
Commission quicker, easier, and less costly for entities of all size.

Congressional Review Act

    The Commission will not send a copy of document DA 14-1329 pursuant 
to the Congressional Review Act, see 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A) because the 
Commission is not adopting, amending, revising, or deleting any rules.

Ordering Clauses

    Pursuant to the authority contained in sections 4(i), and 4(j) of 
the Communications Act, 47 USC 154(i) and (j), and Sec.  0.141 of the 
Commission's rules, that the proceedings set forth in document DA 14-
1329 are terminated.

Federal Communications Commission.
Kris Anne Monteith,
Acting Chief, Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau.
[FR Doc. 2014-23140 Filed 9-26-14; 8:45 am]
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