PUBLIC NOTICE Federal Communications Commission 445 12th St., S.W. Washington, D.C. 20554 News Media Information 202 / 418-0500 Internet: http://www.fcc.gov TTY: 1-888-835-5322 DA 11-995 June 3, 2011 Media Bureau Announces Comment and Reply Comment Dates for CALM Act Notice of Proposed Rulemaking MB Docket No. 11-93 Comments Due: July 5, 2011 Replies Due: July 18, 2011 By this Public Notice, the Media Bureau announces that the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) to implement the Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation (“CALM”) Act1 was published in the Federal Register today, June 3, 2011,2 starting the pleading cycle for the CALM Act proceeding in MB Docket No. 11-93. Accordingly, comments are due on Tuesday, July 5, and reply comments are due on Monday, July 18.3 Commenters must follow the filing instructions provided in Section V.D. of the NPRM.4 The CALM Act NPRM is available on the Commission’s website at http://www.fcc.gov/document/implementation-commercial-advertisement-loudness-mitigation-calm-act or http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-11-84A1.doc. (Documents are available electronically in ASCII (text), Microsoft Word, and/or Adobe Acrobat formats.) The document is also available for public inspection and copying during regular business hours in the FCC Reference Center, Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street, SW., CY-A257, Washington, DC, 20554. The complete text may be purchased from the Commission’s copy contractor, 445 12th Street, SW., Room CY-B402, Washington, DC 20554. Alternative formats are available for people with disabilities (Braille, large print, electronic files, audio format), by sending an e-mail to fcc504@fcc.gov or calling the Commission’s Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau at (202) 418-0530 (voice), (202) 418-0432 (TTY). For additional information, contact Evan Baranoff, Evan.Baranoff@fcc.gov, of the Media Bureau, Policy Division, at (202) 418-2120. Press inquiries should be directed to Janice Wise at (202) 418-8165. 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 CALM Act NPRM, 76 Fed. Reg. 32116, June 3, 2011. See http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2011/2011-13822.htm or http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2011-06-03/pdf/2011-13822.pdf. 3 The CALM Act NPRM set deadlines for filing comments and reply comments at 30 and 45 days after date of publication in the Federal Register. (The comment date is July 5 because July 3 is a Sunday and July 4 is a federal holiday.) 4 CALM Act NPRM, supra, at ¶¶ 51-54 (“Filing Requirements” section of “Procedural Matters”).