Federal Communications Commission DA 20-389 DA 20-389 Released: April 6, 2020 WIRELINE COMPETITION BUREAU SEEKS COMMENT ON SKYBEAM, LLC’S REQUEST FOR WAIVER OF ITS RURAL BROADBAND EXPERIMENTS DEFINED DEPLOYMENT OBLIGATION IN EACH OF NINE STUDY AREAS WC Docket Nos. 10-90, 14-58 Comment Date: April 20, 2020 Reply Comment Date: April 27, 2020 The Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) seeks comment on a petition filed by Skybeam, LLC (Skybeam) seeking waiver of its obligation, under the rural broadband experiments program, to deploy service to a specific number of locations in each of nine study areas, as further detailed in the attachment. Skybeam, LLC Request for Waiver, WC Docket Nos. 10-90, 14-58 (filed Apr. 2, 2020), https://ecfsapi.fcc.gov/file /10402730024351/Skybeam%20Locations%20Waiver%20Request.pdf (Petition): see also Connect America et al., WC Docket Nos. 10-90 and 14-58, Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 29 FCC Rcd 8769 (2014) (establishing the Rural Broadband Experiments Program and related requirements). Skybeam asserts that for each of these study areas, despite its good faith analysis of structures, it has been unable to identify the requisite number of qualifying locations necessary to meet its defined deployment obligation. Petition at 3-4. Electronic Filers: Comments may be filed electronically using the Internet by accessing the ECFS: http://apps.fcc.gov/ecfs/. Paper Filers: 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. Filings can be sent by commercial overnight courier or by first-class or overnight U.S. Postal Service mail. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the FCC has closed its current hand-delivery filing location at FCC Headquarters. We encourage outside parties to take full advantage of the Commission’s electronic filing system. Any party that is unable to meet the filing deadline due to the building closure may request a waiver of the comment or reply comment deadline, to the extent permitted by law. FCC Announces Closure of FCC Headquarters Open Window and Change in Hand Delivery Filing, Public Notice, DA 20-304 (rel. Mar. 19, 2020). All filings must be addressed to the Commission’s Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Federal Communications Commission. · 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. · U.S. Postal Service first-class, Express, and Priority mail must be addressed to 445 12th Street, SW, Washington DC 20554. In addition, we request that one copy of each pleading be sent to each of the following: (1) Abdel Eqab, Telecommunications Access Policy Division, Wireline Competition Bureau, 445 12th Street, S.W., Room 5-B431, Washington, D.C. 20554; e-mail: Nissa.Laughner@fcc.gov; and (2) Charles Tyler, Telecommunications Access Policy Division, Wireline Competition Bureau, 445 12th Street, S.W., Room 5-A452, Washington, D.C. 20554; e-mail: Charles.Tyler@fcc.gov. 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). Availability of Documents. Comments, reply comments, and ex parte submissions will be publicly available online via ECFS. Documents will generally be available electronically in ASCII, Microsoft Word, and/or Adobe Acrobat. These documents will also be available for public inspection during regular business hours in the FCC Reference Information Center, which is located in Room CY-A257 at FCC Headquarters, 445 12th Street, SW, Washington, DC 20554. The Reference Information Center is open to the public Monday through Thursday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Permit but Disclose Ex Parte Communications. For the purposes of the Commission’s ex parte rules, each petition addressed within this public notice initiates will be treated as initiating a permit-but-disclose proceeding under the Commission’s rules. See 47 CFR § 1.1206. Persons making ex parte presentations must file a copy of any written presentation or a memorandum summarizing any oral presentation within two business days after the presentation (unless a different deadline applicable to the Sunshine period applies). Id. § 1.2016(b)(2)(iii). Persons making oral ex parte presentations are reminded that memoranda summarizing the presentation must (1) list all persons attending or otherwise participating in the meeting at which the ex parte presentation was made, and (2) summarize all data presented and arguments made during the presentation. Id. § 1.206(b)(1). If the presentation consisted in whole or in part of the presentation of data or arguments already reflected in the presenter’s written comments, memoranda or other filings in the proceeding, the presenter may provide citations to such data or arguments in his or her prior comments, memoranda, or other filings (specifying the relevant page and/or paragraph numbers where such data or arguments can be found) in lieu of summarizing them in the memorandum. Id. Documents shown or given to Commission staff during ex parte meetings are deemed to be written ex parte presentations and must be filed consistent with rule 1.1206(b). Id. § 1.1206(b)(2). In proceedings governed by rule 1.49(f) or for which the Commission has made available a method of electronic filing, written ex parte presentations and memoranda summarizing oral ex parte presentations, and all attachments thereto, must be filed through the electronic comment filing system available for that proceeding, and must be filed in their native format (e.g.,.doc,.xml,.ppt, searchable.pdf). Id. § 1.1206(b)(2)(i); see also id. § 1.49(f). Participants in this proceeding should familiarize themselves with the Commission’s ex parte rules. Additional Information. For further information regarding this Notice, please contact Nissa Laughner, Attorney Advisor, Telecommunications Access Policy Division, Wireline Competition Bureau, Nissa.Laughner@fcc.gov or at (202)418-1358. -FCC- 3