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DA 12-978
Released:  June 21, 2012
CONSUMER & GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS BUREAU ANNOUNCES COMMENT
DEADLINES FOR THE PUBLIC SAFETY ANSWERING POINT 
DO-NOT-CALL REGISTRY NPRM
CG Docket No. 12-129
Comments Due:  July 23, 2012
Reply Comments Due: August 6, 2012
On May 22, 2012, the Commission released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM)
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initiating a proceeding to create a Do-Not-Call registry for Public Safety Answering Points (PSAP)
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as 
required by the “Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012.”
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  Specifically, the NPRM seeks
comment on a variety of issues relating to the establishment and ongoing management of the PSAP Do-
Not-Call registry, including protecting against the unauthorized disclosure and dissemination of the 
PSAP numbers included on the registry.
The NPRM was published in the Federal Register on June 21, 2012.
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  Therefore, comments are 
due on July 23, 2012, and reply comments are due on August 6, 2012.  Comments should be filed 
consistent with the instructions provided in the Notice.
For further information, contact Richard D. Smith, Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau, at 
(717) 338-2797, or Richard.Smith@fcc.gov.
                                                     
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See Implementation of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012; Establishment of a Public 
Safety Answering Point Do-Not-Call Registry, CG Docket No. 12-129, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, FCC 12-
56 (rel. May 22, 2012).
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A PSAP is defined as “a facility that has been designated to receive emergency calls and route them to emergency 
service personnel.”  47 U.S.C. § 222(h)(4); see also 47 C.F.R. § 64.3000(c).
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Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012, Pub. L. No. 112-96 (2012).
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77 Fed. Reg. 37362 (June 21, 2012).