Federal Communications Commission	DA 21-1073



DA 21-1073
Released:  August 30, 2021

DEADLINES FOR UPFRONT PAYMENTS AND RESUBMISSION OF PREVIOUSLY INCOMPLETE APPLICATIONS IN AUCTION 110 EXTENDED TO 
SEPTEMBER 7, 2021
AU Docket No. 21-62

1. By this Public Notice, the Office of Economics and Analytics and the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau announce that the deadline for applicants in Auction 110, the auction of flexible-use licenses in the 3.45 GHz band, See Auction of Flexible Use Licenses in the 3.45–3.55 GHz Band for Next Generation Wireless Services; Notice and Filing Requirement, Minimum Opening Bids, Upfront Payments, and Other Procedures for Auction 110; Bidding in Auction 110 Scheduled to Begin October 5, 2021, AU Docket No. 21-62, Public Notice, FCC 21-655 (OEA/WTB June 9, 2021).  
 to submit their upfront payments has been extended to September 7, 2021.  The deadline for applicants whose applications were previously deemed incomplete to resubmit a modified application has likewise been extended to September 7, 2021.
2. On Sunday, August 29, 2021, Hurricane Ida struck the Gulf Coast of the United States as a Category 4 hurricane and continues to cause significant damage in the states of Louisiana and Mississippi, See Bulletin, U.S. National Weather Service, Forecast to Strengthen Rapidly Before Landfall…Life-Threatening Storm Surge, Potentially Catastrophic Wind Damage and Flooding Rainfall Expected to Impact the Northern Gulf Cost Beginning Sunday Morning, (Aug. 28, 2021), https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCPAT4+shtml/282353.shtml. See also FEMA, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. Approves Emergency Declaration for Mississippi (Aug. 28, 2021), https://www.fema.gov/press-release/20210829/president-joseph-r-biden-jr-approves-emergency-declaration-mississippi (last visited Aug. 29, 2021) and President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. Approves Major Disaster Declaration for Louisiana (Aug. 30, 2021),  https://www.fema.gov/press-release/20210830/president-joseph-r-biden-jr-approves-major-disaster-declaration-louisiana (last visited Aug. 30, 2021).
 including significant property damage, personal injury, and substantial service disruptions and outages in communications and electric services.  Its effects are expected to continue for at least the next several days. Id.
  We take this step to ensure that Auction 110 applicants have adequate opportunity to complete the steps necessary to participate in the auction. 
3. All other dates and procedures announced in the Auction 110 Procedures Public Notice remain unchanged.
4. Interested parties should continue to monitor the Auction 110 webpage (www.fcc.gov/auction/110) for any future announcements regarding important auction information.  For further information, contact Mary Lovejoy or Andrew McArdell of the Office of Economics and Analytics, Auctions Division at (202) 418-0660 or auction110@fcc.gov. 

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