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 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  05-  2974 
 Before  the  Federal  Communications  Commission 
 Washington,  D.  C.  20554 


 In  the  Matter  of 
 Closed  Captioning  of  Video  Programming 
 Telecommunications  for  the  Deaf,  Inc.  Petition  for  Rulemaking 


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 CG  Docket  No.  05-  231 


 ORDER 
 Adopted:  November  16,  2005  Released:  November  17,  2005 
 By  the  Chief,  Consumer  &  Governmental  Affairs  Bureau: 


 1.  On  July  21,  2005,  the  Commission  released  a  Notice  of  Proposed  Rulemaking  1  in  the  above-  captioned  proceeding.  The  current  deadline  for  filing  reply  comments  is  November  25,  2005. 
 2.  On  November  15,  2005,  the  Commission  received  a  Request  for  Extension  of  Time  in  this  proceeding  filed  by  the  National  Association  of  Broadcasters  (NAB).  2  NAB  requests  that  the 
 Commission  extend  the  deadline  for  filing  reply  comments  until  December  16,  2005.  NAB  contends  that  the  NPRM  produced  a  significant  record  from  hundreds  of  commenters,  and  that  reviewing  all  of  the 
 filings  for  purposes  of  preparing  a  meaningful  response  is  extremely  time-  consuming.  3  NAB  notes  that  it  is  in  the  process  of  collecting  and  analyzing  the  information  provided  in  the  comments,  and  that  the 
 substantive  reply  comments  will  require  a  reasonable  amount  of  additional  time.  4  Lastly,  NAB  notes  that  the  reply  comments  are  currently  due  the  day  after  the  Thanksgiving  holiday.  5  NAB  asserts  that  a  brief 
 extension  of  the  Reply  Comment  deadline  will  enable  the  Commission  to  gather  and  consider  a  more  complete  factual  record  of  the  relevant  legal  issues,  and  as  such,  will  serve  the  public  interest.  6 


 3.  The  Commission  does  not  routinely  grant  extensions  of  time.  7  Upon  review,  however,  we  agree  that  an  extension  will  afford  parties  the  necessary  time  to  coordinate  and  file  reply  comments 
 1  Closed  Captioning  of  Video  Programming,  Telecommunications  for  the  Deaf,  Inc.  Petition  for  Rulemaking,  Notice 
 of  Proposed  Rulemaking,  CG  Docket  No.  05-  231,  20  FCC  Rcd  13211  (July  21,  2005)  (NPRM).  2 
 National  Association  of  Broadcasters,  Request  for  Extension  of  Time,  filed  November  15,  2005.  NAB’s  original  Request  for  Extension  was  filed  on  November  14,  2005,  but  the  corrected  version,  which  is  referenced  herein,  was 


 filed  on  November  15,  2005.  3 
 NAB  Request  for  Extension  of  Time,  at  1.  4 
 Id.  5 
 Id.  6 
 NAB  Request  for  Extension  of  Time,  at  2.  7 
 47  C.  F.  R.  §  1.46(  a). 
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 that  will  facilitate  the  compilation  of  a  more  complete  record  in  this  proceeding,  without  causing  undue  delay  to  the  Commission’s  consideration  of  the  issues. 
 4.  Accordingly,  IT  IS  ORDERED  that  the  Request  for  Extension  of  Time  filed  by  the  National  Association  of  Broadcasters  on  November  15,  2005,  IS  GRANTED.  Interested  parties  may  file 
 reply  comments  on  or  before  December  16,  2005. 
 5.  This  action  is  taken  pursuant  to  the  authority  provided  in  Section  1.  46  of  the  Commission's  rules,  47  C.  F.  R.  §  1.46,  and  under  delegated  authority  pursuant  to  Sections  0.141  and  0.361 
 of  the  Commission’s  Rules,  47  C.  F.  R.  §§  0.141,  0.  361. 


 FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION 


 Monica  Desai,  Chief  Consumer  &  Governmental  Affairs  Bureau 
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