Federal Communications Commission DA 11-1157
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Before the
Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D.C. 20554
In the Matter of
Implementation of the Commercial Advertisement 
Loudness Mitigation (CALM) Act
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MB Docket No. 11-93
ORDER
Adopted:  June 30, 2011 Released:  June 30, 2011
Revised Comment Date: July 8, 2011
Revised Reply Comment Date: July 21, 2011
By the Chief, Media Bureau
1. In this Order, the Media Bureau grants a request to extend the comment and reply 
comment due dates in the above-captioned proceeding.  We find that a brief, three-day extension of the 
comment filing deadline is in the public interest.
2. On May 27, 2011, the Commission released its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 
(“NPRM”)1 in the above-captioned proceeding, seeking public comment on its proposed rules to 
implement the Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation (“CALM”) Act.2 The NPRM set 
deadlines for filing comments and reply comments at 30 and 45 days after date of publication in the 
Federal Register.  The NPRM was published in the Federal Register on June 3, 2011, establishing the 
initial comment date as July 5, and the initial reply comment date as July 18.3 By statute, the Commission 
must adopt final rules no later than December 15, 2011.4
3. On June 29, 2011, the National Cable & Telecommunications Association (“NCTA”) 
filed a request to extend by three days the comment and reply comment deadlines in this proceeding, until 
July 8, 2011, and July 21, 2011, respectively.5 In support of its motion, NCTA notes that the NCTA 
Convention, which was attended by many industry professionals, took place during the comment period, 
from June 13-16, 2011.  NCTA asserts that “[a]dditional time would enable NCTA, its members, and 
other interested parties to provide a more complete factual and legal record in this proceeding.”6
  
1 Implementation of the Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation (CALM) Act; MB Docket No. 11-93, 
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, FCC 11-84 (rel. May 27, 2010) (“CALM Act NPRM”).
2 The Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation (“CALM”) Act, Pub. L. No. 111-311, 124 Stat. 3294 (2010) 
(codified at 47 U.S.C. § 621).
3 See NPRM, 76 Fed. Reg. 32116, June 3, 2011.  See also Public Notice, “Media Bureau Announces Comment and 
Reply Comment Dates for CALM Act Notice of Proposed Rulemaking; MB Docket No. 11-93,” DA 11-995 (MB 
rel. Jun. 3, 2011).
4 See 47 U.S.C. § 621(a).
5 National Cable & Telecommunications Association (“NCTA”) Motion for Extension of Time, MB Docket No. 11-
93 (filed Jun. 30, 2011).
6 Id.
Federal Communications Commission DA 11-1157
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4. We grant NCTA’s request for extension of time to file comments and reply comments.  
The Commission does not routinely grant extensions of time.7 In this case, however, we agree that a 
brief, three-day extension of the comment and reply comment period would help ensure that all interested 
parties have the time necessary to prepare full and informed comments and reply comments and find that 
such a modest extension would not cause any harm to any parties or to the Commission’s ability to meet 
its statutory deadline.  Accordingly, we hereby grant the above-described motion for extension of time 
and extend the comment filing deadline to July 8, 2011 and the reply comment deadline to July 21, 2011.
5. ACCORDINGLY, IT IS ORDERED that, pursuant to Sections 4(i), 4(j), and 303(r) of 
the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. §§ 154(i), 154(j), and 303(r), and Sections 0.61, 
0.283, and 1.46 of the Commission’s rules, 47 C.F.R. §§ 0.61, 0.283, and 1.46, the Motion for Extension 
of Time filed by the National Cable & Telecommunications Association IS GRANTED.
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
William T. Lake
Chief, Media Bureau
  
7 47 C.F.R. § 1.46(a).