DA 18-678
Released:  June 29, 2018

MEDIA BUREAU ANNOUNCES COMMENT AND REPLY
COMMENT DEADLINES FOR LEASED ACCESS FNPRM

MB Docket Nos. 07-42 and 17-105

Comment Deadline:  July 30, 2018
Reply Comment Deadline:  August 13, 2018

On June 7, 2018, the Federal Communications Commission adopted a Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in the Matter of Leased Commercial Access; Modernization of Media Regulation Initiative (the FNPRM). MB Docket Nos. 07-42 and 17-105, Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, FCC 18-80 (rel. June 8, 2018).
  In the FNPRM, the Commission seeks to update its leased access rules as part of its Modernization of Media Regulation Initiative.  The Commission set deadlines for filing comments and reply comments at 30 and 45 days, respectively, after publication of the FNPRM in the Federal Register. See FNPRM at 1.

 
	By this Public Notice, the Media Bureau announces that the FNPRM was published in the Federal Register on June 29, 2018. See Leased Commercial Access; Modernization of Media Regulation Initiative, 83 Fed. Reg. 30639 (June 29, 2018).
  Comments must be submitted no later than July 30, 2018.  Reply Comments must be submitted no later than August 13, 2018.  Commenters should follow the filing instructions provided in paragraph 29 of the FNPRM. FNPRM at para. 29.    
  The FNPRM is available on the Commission’s website. See https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/FCC-18-80A1.docx (Word), https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/FCC-18-80A1.pdf (Acrobat).


For additional information on this proceeding, contact Diana Sokolow, Diana.Sokolow@fcc.gov, of the Policy Division, Media Bureau, (202) 418-2120.  Press inquiries should be directed to Janice Wise, (202) 418-8165.  TTY: (202) 418-7172 or (888) 835-5322.
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