Federal Communications Commission  DA 07-4177
Before the
Federal Communications Commission
Washington, DC 20554
In the Matter of )
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Recommendations of the Independent Panel )  EB Docket No.06-119
Reviewing the Impact of Hurricane Katrina on ) WC Docket No. 06-63
Communications Networks )
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ORDER
Adopted: October 5, 2007 Released: October 5, 2007
By the Chief, Public Safety & Homeland Security Bureau:
1. On October 4, 2007, the Commission issued an Order on Reconsideration revising 
the emergency backup power rule set forth in Section 12.2 of the Commission’s rules.1  
2. Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED, pursuant to Section 4(i) and (j) of the 
Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. §§154(i) and (j), and Section 1.3 of the 
Commission’s Rules, 47 C.F.R. § 1.3, that the previously-adopted Section 12.2 in the Katrina 
Panel Order is suspended until publication in the Federal Register of the Order on 
Reconsideration in which the Commission adopted the amended Section 12.2.
3. The effective date of this Order is the date upon which this Order is released by 
the Commission.
4. This action is taken under delegated authority pursuant to Sections 0.191 and 
0.392 of the Commission’s rules, 47 C.F.R. §§ 0.191 and 0.392.
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Derek K. Poarch
Chief, Public Safety & Homeland Security Bureau
  
1 Recommendations of the Independent Panel Reviewing the Impact of Hurricane Katrina on Communications 
Networks, EB Docket No. 06-119, WC Docket No. 06-63, Order on Reconsideration, FCC 07-177 (rel.  Oct. 4, 
2007) (Katrina Recon. Order); see also Recommendations of the Independent Panel Reviewing the Impact of 
Hurricane Katrina on Communications Networks, EB Docket No. 06-119, WC Docket No. 06-63, Order, 22 FCC 
Rcd 10541, ¶¶ 76-78 and Appendix B (2007) (Katrina Panel Order).