Federal Communications Commission	DA 19-521


DA 19-521
Released:  June 5, 2019

CONSUMER AND GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS BUREAU SEEKS COMMENT ON HAMILTON RELAY, INC. PETITION FOR PARTIAL RECONSIDERATION OF INTERNET PROTOCOL CAPTIONED TELEPHONE SERVICE REPORT AND ORDER, FURTHER NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING, AND ORDER 
CG Docket Nos. 13-24 and 03-123

Oppositions Due:  [15 days after date of publication in the Federal Register]
Replies to Oppositions Due:  [10 days after date oppositions are due]

The Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau (Bureau) of the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) seeks comment on the petition filed by Hamilton Relay, Inc. (Hamilton) regarding the Commission’s Report and Order, Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, and Order on Internet Protocol Captioned Telephone Service (IP CTS). Petition for Reconsideration, CG Docket Nos. 13-24 and 03-123 (filed Apr. 8, 2019), https://ecfsapi.fcc.gov/file/1040816929886/Hamilton_Petition_for_Reconsideration_of_2019_IPCTS_URD_Order.pdf (Hamilton Petition); Misuse of Internet Protocol (IP) Captioned Telephone Service; Telecommunications Relay Services and Speech-to-Speech Services for Individuals with Hearing and Speech Disabilities, Report and Order, Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, and Order, FCC 19-11 (Feb. 15, 2019) (IP CTS User Database Order).  
  Hamilton seeks reconsideration of the Commission’s exogenous cost recovery guidelines that limit when IP CTS providers can recover from the Interstate Telecommunication Relay Service (TRS) Fund certain costs associated with implementing the TRS User Registration Database during the period of interim IP CTS compensation rates. Hamilton Petition at 1 (citing IP CTS User Database Order at 13-14, para. 26). 

Pursuant to section 1.429 of the Commission’s rules, we invite interested parties to file and serve oppositions to and replies to oppositions to this petition on or before the dates specified above. 47 CFR § 1.429.
  All filings must reference CG Docket Nos. 13-24 and 03-123. 
Oppositions and replies may be filed using the Commission’s Electronic Comment Filing System (ECFS). See FCC, Electronic Filing of Documents in Rulemaking Proceedings, 63 Fed. Reg. 24121 (May 1, 1998).
  
· Electronic Filers:  Documents may be filed electronically using the Internet by accessing ECFS:  https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/filings. 
· Paper Filers:  
o Parties who choose to file by paper must file an original and one copy of each filing.  If more than one docket or rulemaking number appears in the caption of this proceeding, filers must submit two additional copies for each additional docket or rulemaking number.
o Filings can be sent by hand or messenger delivery, by commercial overnight courier, or by first-class or overnight U.S. Postal Service mail.  All filings must be addressed to the Commission’s Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Federal Communications Commission.
o All hand-delivered or messenger-delivered paper filings for the Commission’s Secretary must be delivered to FCC Headquarters at 445 12th St., SW, Room TW-A325, Washington, DC 20554.  The filing hours are 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.  All hand deliveries must be held together with rubber bands or fasteners.  Any envelopes and boxes must be disposed of before entering the building.
o Commercial overnight mail (other than U.S. Postal Service Express Mail and Priority Mail) must be sent to 9050 Junction Drive, Annapolis Junction, MD 20701.
o U.S. Postal Service first-class, Express, and Priority mail must be addressed to 445 12th Street, SW, Washington DC 20554.
To request materials in accessible formats for people with disabilities (Braille, large print, electronic files, audio format), send an e-mail to fcc504@fcc.gov or call the Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau at 202-418-0530 (voice) or 202-418-0432 (TTY).
For further information, please contact Michael Scott, at (202) 418-1264 or Michael.Scott@fcc.gov.
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