Federal Communications Commission DA 12-2081
Before the
Federal Communications Commission
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20554
In the Matter of
Cable Television Technical and Operational 
Requirements
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MB Docket No. 12-217
ORDER
Extended Reply Comment Date: January 25, 2013
Adopted:  December 21, 2012 Released:  December 21, 2012
By the Chief, Media Bureau:
1. On October 9, 2012, the Federal Register published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) 
in the above-captioned proceeding.1 That NPRM established a comment deadline of December 8, 2012, and a 
reply comment deadline of January 7, 2013.  On December 21, 2012, the National Association of 
Telecommunications Officers and Advisors (“NATOA”) requested that the reply comment deadline be 
extended by five weeks, to allow for additional time to compile records in response to assertions made by other 
commenters, and to permit time for discussions with other commenters regarding differences in the positions 
taken in their comments.2 We grant NATOA’s request in part.
2. As set forth in Section 1.46(a) of the Commission’s Rules,3 the Commission’s policy is that 
extensions of time shall not be routinely granted. Given the importance of the issues in this proceeding, and in 
the interest of encouraging thoughtful consideration of these issues, however, we believe that granting in part 
NATOA’s request is necessary to facilitate the development of a full record.  However, we feel that five weeks 
is unnecessarily long to accomplish these goals and note that parties may avail themselves of the ex parte
process after the submission of their reply comments if necessary.  Therefore, we grant an extension of 18 
days, until January 25, 2013 for file reply comments.
3. Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that, pursuant to Section 4(i) of the Communications Act of 
1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. § 154(i), 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 NATOA IS GRANTED IN PART, and 
the deadline to file reply comments in this proceeding is extended to January 25, 2013.
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
William T. Lake
Chief, Media Bureau
  
1 Cable Technical and Operational Requirements, MB Docket No. 12-217, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, FCC 
12-86, 77 FR 61351 (Oct. 9, 2012).
2 Motion for Extension of Time to File Reply Comments of the National Association of Telecommunications 
Officers and Advisors (filed Dec. 21, 2012).
3 47 C.F.R. § 1.46.