DA 19-582
Released: June 20, 2019

Notice of Effective Date of Revised Leased Access Rules and Announcement of 
Comment and Reply Comment Deadlines for Second FNPRM
MB Docket Nos. 07-42 and 17-105

Comment Deadline:  July 22, 2019
Reply Comment Deadline:  August 5, 2019

On June 6, 2019, the Commission adopted the Leased Access Order, which updated the Commission’s leased access rules. Leased Commercial Access; Modernization of Media Regulation Initiative, FCC 19-52 (2019) (Leased Access Order).
  Those rules become effective 30 days after publication of the order in the Federal Register, except for the rules that require approval by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). See id. at ¶ 59.  The rules that require OMB approval are sections 76.970(h) and 76.975(e), which will become effective after the Commission publishes a notice in the Federal Register announcing OMB approval and the relevant effective date.
  The Federal Register published a summary of the Leased Access Order on June 20, 2019. Federal Communications Commission, Leased Commercial Access; Modernization of Media Regulation Initiative, 84 Fed. Reg. 28761 (June 20, 2019).
  Accordingly, the rules adopted in the Leased Access Order will take effect on July 22, 2019, except for the rules that require OMB approval.  Comments on the Second Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking attached to the Leased Access Order will be due on July 22, 2019 and reply comments will be due on August 5, 2019. Federal Communications Commission, Leased Commercial Access; Modernization of Media Regulation Initiative, 84 Fed. Reg. 28784 (June 20, 2019).

The information collection requirements contained in the rules that require OMB approval are subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), Public Law No. 104-13.  The information collection will be submitted to OMB for review under 47 U.S.C. § 3507(d), and will not take effect until it is approved by OMB.

People with Disabilities:  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 & Governmental Affairs Bureau at 202-418-0530 (voice), 202-418-0432 (tty).

For further information regarding this proceeding, contact Diana Sokolow, Policy Division, Media Bureau, 202-418-2120.
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