[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 126 (Tuesday, June 30, 2020)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 39075-39076]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-12255]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
47 CFR Part 1
[DA 20-562; FRS 16806]
New Location and Hours for Filing Hand-Carried Documents at
Commission Headquarters
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: In this document, the Office of Managing Director of the
Federal Communications Commission (Commission) adopts an Order that
establishes the new location and hours for filing hand-carried
documents at Commission headquarters and modifies the relevant rule
provisions to reflect such changes.
DATES: Effective June 30, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Warren Firschein, Office of Managing
Director at (202) 418-2653 or Mindy Ginsburg, Office of Managing
Director at (202) 418-0983.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a summary of the Commission's Order,
DA 20-562, adopted on May 27, 2020 and released on May 28, 2020. 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/new-location-filing-hand-carried-documents-fcc-headquarters.
I. Administrative Matters
A. Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
1. 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
2. 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
3. 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).
II. Introduction
4. In the Order, the Office of Managing Director of the Federal
Communications Commission amends its rules to reflect the new address
for filing hand-carried documents at the Commission's headquarters and
establish a new closing time for accepting such filings. Effective upon
publication in the Federal Register, hand-carried documents are to be
filed at 9050 Junction Drive, Annapolis Junction, MD 20701. After
COVID-19 restrictions are lifted, this will be the only location where
hand-carried paper filings for the Commission will be accepted. At that
time, the filing window for hand-carried documents will be open from
8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. The Commission will not
accept hand-carried filings outside of those hours. These changes are
being made to enhance security measures and in conjunction with the
Commission's upcoming relocation to a new headquarters building located
at 45 L Street NE, Washington, DC 20554, which is scheduled to occur
later this year.
5. This action is taken pursuant to the authority delegated by
Sec. Sec. 0.11 and 0.231 of the Commission's rules, 47 CFR 0.11 and
0.231.
III. Ordering Clauses
6. Accordingly, pursuant to sections 4(e) and 5(e) of the
Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 154(e) and 155(d), it
is ordered that part 0 of the Commission's rules are amended in the
manner indicated in the Appendix of the Order, to be effective upon
publication in the Federal Register.
List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 1
Administrative practice and procedure.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
For the reasons discussed in the preamble, the Federal
Communications Commission amends 47 CFR parts 0 and 1 as follows:
PART 0--COMMISSION ORGANIZATION
0
1. The authority citation for part 0 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 47 U.S.C. 155, 225, unless otherwise noted.
0
2. Amend Sec. 0.401 by revising paragraph (a)(1)(ii) to read as
follows:
Sec. 0.401 Location of Commission offices.
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(a) * * *
(1) * * *
(ii) All hand-carried documents should be addressed to the
Commission's Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Federal Communications
Commission and delivered to 9050 Junction Drive, Annapolis Junction, MD
20701.
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PART 1--PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE
0
3. 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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4. Amend Sec. 1.4 by revising the first sentence of paragraph (f) to
read as follows:
Sec. 1.4 Computation of time.
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(f) Except as provided in Sec. 0.401(b) of this chapter, all
petitions, pleadings, tariffs or other documents not required to be
accompanied by a fee and which are hand-carried must be tendered for
filing in complete form, as directed by the Commission's rules, with
the Office of the Secretary before 4 p.m., at the address indicated in
47 CFR 0.401(a). * * *
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[FR Doc. 2020-12255 Filed 6-29-20; 8:45 am]
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