Federal Communications Commission	"FCC/DA  XX-XXX"



DA 21-1343
Released:  October 27, 2021

WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAU ANNOUNCES CHALLENGE AND REPLY DATES FOR AMENDED PHASE I CERTIFICATION OF ACCELERATED RELOCATION 
GN Docket No. 18-122; GN Docket No. 21-320

	On September 29, 2021, the Wireless Telecommunication Bureau (Bureau) issued a Public Notice announcing its implementation of the Commission’s incremental reduction plan for Phase I Accelerated Relocation Payments (ARP) relating to the ongoing transition of the 3.7 GHz band (Phase I Incremental Reduction PN). Wireless Telecommunications Bureau Announces Implementation of the Commission’s Incremental Reduction Plan for Phase I Accelerated Relocation Payments, GN Docket Nos. 18-122 and 21-320, Public Notice, (WTB 2021) (Phase I Incremental Reduction PN); See Expanding Flexible Use of the 3.7 to 4.2 GHz Band, Report and Order and Proposed Modification, 35 FCC Rcd 2343, 2456-57, at paras. 297-300 (2020) (3.7 GHz Report and Order).
  The Phase I Incremental Reduction PN provided that if an eligible space station operator submits an amended or refiled Phase I Certification of Accelerated Relocation, the Bureau would issue a public notice establishing a new challenge cycle with respect to the issues raised in such amended or refiled Certification. Phase I Incremental Reduction PN at 6, n.41. “Thus, WTB would place the amended or refiled Certification on Public Notice for a new challenge cycle, i.e., ten (10) days from the release of the Public Notice to file oppositions, and five (5) days to file replies.”  Id.
  

On October 26, 2021, SES Americom, Inc. (SES) submitted an amendment to the Phase I Certification of Accelerated Relocation it filed on October 1, 2021. SES Americom, Inc., Amendment, GN Docket Nos. 18-122 and 21-320 (filed Oct. 26, 2021); SES Americom, Inc., Phase I Certificate of Accelerated Relocation, GN Docket Nos. 18-122 and 21-320 (filed Oct. 1, 2021).
  Any challenge on issues raised in the SES amendment must be filed in GN Docket No. 21-320 on or before November 8, 2021; any replies must be filed in GN Docket No. 21-320 on or before November 16, 2021.

Additional Information. For further information concerning this Public Notice, please contact Susan Mort, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, (202) 418-2429, Susan.Mort@fcc.gov.


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