*Pages 1--2 from Microsoft Word - 17406* Federal Communications Commission DA 02- 1033 Before the Federal Communications Commission Washington, D. C. 20554 In the matter of Applications for Consent to the Transfer of Control of Licenses Comcast Corporation and AT& T Corp., Transferors To AT& T Comcast Corporation, Transferee ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) MB Docket No. 02- 70 ERRATUM and ORDER EXTENDING FILING DEADLINE Adopted: May 3, 2002 Released: May 3, 2002 By the Chief, Media Bureau: 1. In a Public Notice in the above- referenced proceeding, the Media Bureau set forth filing dates and instructions for the submission of comments and reply comments concerning the above- referenced petitioners’ applications. (“ AT& T Corp. and Comcast Corp. Seek FCC Consent for a Proposed Transfer of Control,” DA 02- 733, rel. March 29, 2001). By this Erratum, we correct the address for the filing of paper copies of comments, petitions, and other documents. 2. Therefore, the third and fourth paragraphs of the “General Information” section of the notice are corrected to read as follows: Parties who choose to file by paper must file an original and four copies 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 (although we continue to experience delays in receiving U. S. Postal Service mail). The Commission’s contractor, Vistronix, Inc., will receive hand- delivered or messenger- delivered paper filings for the Commission’s Secretary at 236 Massachusetts Avenue, N. E., Suite 110, Washington, D. C. 20002. The filing hours at this location are 8: 00 a. m. to 7: 00 p. m. All hand deliveries must be held together with rubber bands or fasteners. Any 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 12 th Street, SW, Washington, D. C. 20554. All filings must be addressed to the Commission’s Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Federal Communications Commission. Parties also must send ten (10) paper copies of their filing to Linda Senecal, Industry Analysis Division, Media Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, 445 12 th Street, S. W., Room 2- C438, Washington, D. C. 20554, and one electronic copy via e- mail to lsenecal@ fcc. gov. 1 Federal Communications Commission DA 02- 1033 2 We urge persons submitting written ex parte presentations or summaries of oral ex parte presentations in this proceeding to use ECFS in accordance with the Commission rules discussed above. Parties using paper ex parte submissions must file an original and one copy with the Commission’s Secretary, Marlene H. Dortch. As applicable, please follow the procedures set forth in the paragraph above for sending your submission by mail, or for hand delivery of your submission to the Commission’s filing location in downtown Washington, D. C. 3. Any party who failed to file comments or petitions to deny by the April 29, 2002 deadline due to our provision of the incorrect information in the March 29, 2002 Public Notice will not be penalized or prejudiced in any way. 4. Additionally, the Commission has received a request from the Applicants pursuant to Section 1.46 of the Commission’s Rules for an extension of the reply comment deadline. The Applicants seek a one week extension of the reply comment deadline until May 21, 2002, so that they can submit more complete reply comments. 1 5. We believe that the public interest would best be served by granting an extension of the reply comment filing deadline. A substantial amount of interest in this proceeding was displayed in the comments already filed. A one- week extension of the reply comment deadline would allow all interested persons and entities to better respond to the record compiled to date. This, in turn, will help the Commission in its decision- making and resolving the various issues raised in this proceeding. 6. We also conclude that the Applicant’s extension of time request does not require us to “stop” the informal 180- day clock that the Commission uses as a benchmark for action on proposed transactions. Although the extension will delay our receipt of reply comments, we do not expect that this delay will materially impede our review of the proposed transaction given the early stage of this proceeding, the volume of comments received and the shortness of the extension period. 7. Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that the Motion for Extension of Time filed by the Applicants IS GRANTED. 8. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the deadline for filing reply comments in this proceeding IS EXTENDED to May 21, 2002. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION W. Kenneth Ferree Chief, Media Bureau 1 The Contra Costa (CA) Cable TV Assessment Task Force filed an informal request for extension of the comment period on April 29, 2002, the day the comment period expired. Because of the lateness of this request, we deny it. We note, however, that Contra Costa will have the benefit of the extension of the reply comment period we are granting herein in which to place its views on the record of this proceeding. Moreover, we note that we have designated this proceeding as a “permit- but- disclose” proceeding, thus permitting ex parte presentations that conform with our ex parte rules. 47 C. F. R. §§ 1.1200 et seq. 2