PUBLIC NOTICE
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DA 15-710
Released:  June 17, 2015
PUBLIC SAFETY AND HOMELAND SECURITY BUREAU ANNOUNCES COMMENT AND 
REPLY COMMENT DATES FOR AMENDMENTS TO PART 4 OF THE COMMISSION'S 
RULES CONCERNING DISRUPTIONS TO COMMUNICATIONS
NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING
PS Docket No. 15-80
Comment Date:  July 16, 2015
Reply Comment Date:  July 31, 2015
On March 30, 2015, the Federal Communications Commission adopted a Notice of Proposed 
Rulemaking (NPRM) regarding proposals to update our Part 4 Outage Reporting rules in order to enhance 
the reliability and resiliency of the Nation’s communication system, in particular to strengthen the 
Nation’s 911 system.
1
  The NPRM set deadlines for filing comments and reply comments at 30 and 45
days after publication in the Federal Register.
On June 16, 2015, a summary of the NPRM appeared in the Federal Register.
2
  Accordingly, 
comments will be due on or before July 16, 2015, and reply comments will be due on or before July 31,
2015.  Interested parties need to file only in PS Docket No. 15-80.  Complete comment filing instructions
are set forth in the NPRM.  
For further information regarding this proceeding, contact Brenda Villanueva in the Public Safety 
and Homeland Security Bureau, at (202) 418-7005 or Brenda.Villanueva@fcc.gov.
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1
Amendments to Part 4 of the Commission’s Rules Concerning Disruptions to Communications; New Part 4 of the 
Commission’s Rules Concerning Disruptions to Communications, PS Docket Nos. 15-80 and 04-35, Notice of 
Proposed Rulemaking, Second Report and Order, Order on Reconsideration, 30 FCC Rcd 3206, available at 
https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-15-39A1_Rcd.pdf. 
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See 80 Fed. Reg. 34350 (Jun. 16, 2015), available at http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2015-06-16/pdf/2015-
14687.pdf.