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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
47 CFR Part 1
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Final rule.
I. Introduction
1. In the Order, we reduce
expenditures by the Commission and
modernize procedures by amending
§ 1.1103 of our rules, 47 CFR 1.1103,
which sets forth the application fees for
services administered by the FCC’s
Office of Engineering and Technology
(OET). The rule amendment reflects the
closure of the lockbox (P.O. Box) 1 used
In this document, the Federal
Communications Commission (FCC or
Commission) adopts an Order that
closes Lockbox 979095 and modifies the
relevant rule provisions of filing and
1 A P.O. Box used for the collection of fees is
referred to as a ‘‘lockbox’’ in our rules and other
Commission documents. The FCC collects
application processing fees using a series of P.O.
Boxes located at U.S. Bank in St. Louis, Missouri.
See 47 CFR 1.1101–1.1109 (setting forth the fee
[MD Docket No. 19–334; FCC 19–114]
Closure of FCC Lockbox 979095 Used
To File Fees for Service Provided by
the Office of Engineering and
Technology
AGENCY:
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making fee payments in lieu of closing
the lockbox.
DATES: Effective January 2, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Warren Firschein, Office of Managing
Director at (202) 418–2653 or Roland
Helvajian, Office of Managing Director
at (202) 418–0444.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a
summary of the Commission’s Order,
FCC 19–114, MD Docket No. 19–334,
adopted on November 7, 2019 and
released on November 8, 2019. The full
text of this document is available for
public inspection and copying during
normal business hours in the FCC
Reference Center (Room CY–A257), 445
12th Street SW, Washington, DC 20554,
or by downloading the text from the
Commission’s website at https://
www.fcc.gov/document/amendmentpart-1-commissions-rules.
SUMMARY:
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for such manual payment of filing fees
for four types of OET services:
Experimental radio services; assignment
of grantee codes; advance approval of
subscription TV systems; and
certification of equipment approval
services. We discontinue the option of
manual fee payments and instead
require the use of an electronic payment
for each service listed above.
2. Section 1.1103 of the Commission’s
rules, 47 CFR 1.1103, provides a
schedule of application fees for
complaint proceedings handled by OET.
The rule had also directed filers that do
not utilize the Commission’s on-line
filing and fee payment systems to send
manual payments to P.O. Box 979095 at
U.S. Bank in St. Louis, Missouri. In
recent years, there have been a
decreasing number of lockbox filers, and
it now is rare that the Commission
receives a lockbox payment.
3. The Commission has begun to
reduce its reliance on P.O. Boxes for the
collection of fees, instead encouraging
the use of electronic payment systems
for all application and regulatory fees
and closing certain lockboxes. We find
that electronic payment of fees for the
services processed by OET reduces the
agency’s expenditures (including
eliminating the annual fee for the bank’s
services) and the cost of manually
processing each transaction, with little
or no inconvenience to the
schedule for each type of application remittable to
the Commission along with the correct lockbox).
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lotter on DSKBCFDHB2PROD with RULES
Commission’s regulatees, applicants,
and the public.
4. As part of this effort, we are now
closing P.O. Box 979095 and modifying
the relevant rule provision that requires
payment of fees via the closed P.O. Box.
The rule change is contained in the
Appendix of the Order. We make this
change without notice and comment
because it is a rule of agency
organization, procedure, or practice
exempt from the general notice-andcomment requirements of the
Administrative Procedure Act, see 5
U.S.C. 553(b)(A).
5. Implementation. As a temporary
transition measure, for 90 days after
publication of this document in the
Federal Register, U.S. Bank will
continue to process payments to P.O.
Box 979095. After that date, payments
for these OET services must be made in
accordance with the procedures set
forth on the Commission’s website,
https://www.fcc.gov/licensingdatabases/fees/application-processingfees (Office of Engineering and
Technology Fee Filing Guide). For now,
such payments will be made through
the Fee Filer Online System (Fee Filer),
accessible at https://www.fcc.gov/
licensing-databases/fees/fee-filer. As we
assess and implement U.S. Treasury
initiatives toward an all-electronic
payment system, we may transition to
other secure payment systems with
appropriate public notice and guidance.
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II. Procedural Matters
A. Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
6. Section 603 of the Regulatory
Flexibility Act, as amended, requires a
regulatory flexibility analysis in notice
and comment rulemaking proceedings.
See 5 U.S.C. 603(a). As we are adopting
these rules without notice and
comment, no regulatory flexibility
analysis is required.
B. Final Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995 Analysis
7. This document does not contain
new or modified information collection
requirements subject to the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), Public
Law 104–13. In addition, therefore, it
does not contain any new or modified
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).
C. Congressional Review Act
8. The Commission will not send a
copy of the Order pursuant to the
Congressional Review Act, see 5 U.S.C.
801(a)(1)(A), because the adopted rules
are rules of agency organization,
procedure, or practice that do not
‘‘substantially affect the rights or
obligations of non-agency parties. See 5
U.S.C. 804(3)(C).
III. Ordering Clauses
9. Accordingly, it is ordered, that
pursuant to sections 4(i), 4(j), 158, 208,
and 224 of the Communications Act of
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1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 154(i),
154(j), 158, 208, and 224, the Order is
hereby adopted and the rules set forth
in the Appendix of the Order are hereby
amended effective January 2, 2020.
List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 1
Administrative practice and
procedure.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary.
Final Rules
For the reasons discussed in the
preamble, the Federal Communications
Commission amends 47 CFR part 1 as
follows:
PART 1—PRACTICE AND
PROCEDURE
1. The authority citation for part 1
continues to read as follows:
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Authority: 47 U.S.C. chs. 2, 5, 9, 13; 28
U.S.C. 2461 note, unless otherwise noted.
2. Amend § 1.1103 by revising the
introductory text to read as follows:
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§ 1.1103 Schedule of charges for
assignment of grantee code, experimental
radio services (or service).
Remit payment for these services
electronically using the Commission’s
electronic payment system in
accordance with the procedures set
forth on the Commission’s website,
www.fcc.gov/licensing-databases/fees.
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
47 CFR Part 1
[MD Docket No. 19-334; FCC 19-114]
Closure of FCC Lockbox 979095 Used To File Fees for Service
Provided by the Office of Engineering and Technology
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC
or Commission) adopts an Order that closes Lockbox 979095 and modifies
the relevant rule provisions of filing and making fee payments in lieu
of closing the lockbox.
DATES: Effective January 2, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Warren Firschein, Office of Managing
Director at (202) 418-2653 or Roland Helvajian, Office of Managing
Director at (202) 418-0444.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a summary of the Commission's Order,
FCC 19-114, MD Docket No. 19-334, adopted on November 7, 2019 and
released on November 8, 2019. The full text of this document is
available for public inspection and copying during normal business
hours in the FCC Reference Center (Room CY-A257), 445 12th Street SW,
Washington, DC 20554, or by downloading the text from the Commission's
website at https://www.fcc.gov/document/amendment-part-1-commissions-rules.
I. Introduction
1. In the Order, we reduce expenditures by the Commission and
modernize procedures by amending Sec. 1.1103 of our rules, 47 CFR
1.1103, which sets forth the application fees for services administered
by the FCC's Office of Engineering and Technology (OET). The rule
amendment reflects the closure of the lockbox (P.O. Box) \1\ used for
such manual payment of filing fees for four types of OET services:
Experimental radio services; assignment of grantee codes; advance
approval of subscription TV systems; and certification of equipment
approval services. We discontinue the option of manual fee payments and
instead require the use of an electronic payment for each service
listed above.
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\1\ A P.O. Box used for the collection of fees is referred to as
a ``lockbox'' in our rules and other Commission documents. The FCC
collects application processing fees using a series of P.O. Boxes
located at U.S. Bank in St. Louis, Missouri. See 47 CFR 1.1101-
1.1109 (setting forth the fee schedule for each type of application
remittable to the Commission along with the correct lockbox).
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2. Section 1.1103 of the Commission's rules, 47 CFR 1.1103,
provides a schedule of application fees for complaint proceedings
handled by OET. The rule had also directed filers that do not utilize
the Commission's on-line filing and fee payment systems to send manual
payments to P.O. Box 979095 at U.S. Bank in St. Louis, Missouri. In
recent years, there have been a decreasing number of lockbox filers,
and it now is rare that the Commission receives a lockbox payment.
3. The Commission has begun to reduce its reliance on P.O. Boxes
for the collection of fees, instead encouraging the use of electronic
payment systems for all application and regulatory fees and closing
certain lockboxes. We find that electronic payment of fees for the
services processed by OET reduces the agency's expenditures (including
eliminating the annual fee for the bank's services) and the cost of
manually processing each transaction, with little or no inconvenience
to the
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Commission's regulatees, applicants, and the public.
4. As part of this effort, we are now closing P.O. Box 979095 and
modifying the relevant rule provision that requires payment of fees via
the closed P.O. Box. The rule change is contained in the Appendix of
the Order. We make this change without notice and comment because it is
a rule of agency organization, procedure, or practice exempt from the
general notice-and-comment requirements of the Administrative Procedure
Act, see 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(A).
5. Implementation. As a temporary transition measure, for 90 days
after publication of this document in the Federal Register, U.S. Bank
will continue to process payments to P.O. Box 979095. After that date,
payments for these OET services must be made in accordance with the
procedures set forth on the Commission's website, https://www.fcc.gov/licensing-databases/fees/application-processing-fees (Office of
Engineering and Technology Fee Filing Guide). For now, such payments
will be made through the Fee Filer Online System (Fee Filer),
accessible at https://www.fcc.gov/licensing-databases/fees/fee-filer.
As we assess and implement U.S. Treasury initiatives toward an all-
electronic payment system, we may transition to other secure payment
systems with appropriate public notice and guidance.
II. Procedural Matters
A. Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
6. Section 603 of the Regulatory Flexibility Act, as amended,
requires a regulatory flexibility analysis in notice and comment
rulemaking proceedings. See 5 U.S.C. 603(a). As we are adopting these
rules without notice and comment, no regulatory flexibility analysis is
required.
B. Final Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 Analysis
7. This document does not contain new or modified information
collection requirements subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), Public Law 104-13. In addition, therefore, it does not contain
any new or modified 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).
C. Congressional Review Act
8. The Commission will not send a copy of the Order pursuant to the
Congressional Review Act, see 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A), because the
adopted rules are rules of agency organization, procedure, or practice
that do not ``substantially affect the rights or obligations of non-
agency parties. See 5 U.S.C. 804(3)(C).
III. Ordering Clauses
9. Accordingly, it is ordered, that pursuant to sections 4(i),
4(j), 158, 208, and 224 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended,
47 U.S.C. 154(i), 154(j), 158, 208, and 224, the Order is hereby
adopted and the rules set forth in the Appendix of the Order are hereby
amended effective January 2, 2020.
List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 1
Administrative practice and procedure.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary.
Final Rules
For the reasons discussed in the preamble, the Federal
Communications Commission amends 47 CFR part 1 as follows:
PART 1--PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE
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1. The authority citation for part 1 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 47 U.S.C. chs. 2, 5, 9, 13; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note,
unless otherwise noted.
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2. Amend Sec. 1.1103 by revising the introductory text to read as
follows:
Sec. 1.1103 Schedule of charges for assignment of grantee code,
experimental radio services (or service).
Remit payment for these services electronically using the
Commission's electronic payment system in accordance with the
procedures set forth on the Commission's website, www.fcc.gov/licensing-databases/fees.
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