Federal Communications Commission	DA 21-378


DA 21-1388
Released:  November 5, 2021

PUBLIC SAFETY AND HOMELAND SECURITY BUREAU ANNOUNCES 
COMMENT AND REPLY COMMENT DATES FOR THE NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING ON RESILIENT NETWORKS

PS Docket Nos. 21-346 and 15-80; ET Docket No. 04-35

Comments Due:  December 6, 2021
Reply Comments Due:  January 4, 2022

	On September 30, 2021, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) adopted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) seeking comment on proposed rules to improve communications reliability during disasters. Resilient Networks; Amendments to Part 4 of the Commission’s Rules Concerning Disruptions to Communications; New Part 4 of the Commission’s Rules Concerning Disruptions to Communications, PS Docket Nos. 21-346 and 1580; ET Docket No. 04-35, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, FCC 21-99 (September 30, 2021). 
  The NPRM seeks comment on the wireless industry's disaster response framework, the Commission’s network outage reporting rules, and strategies to reduce the impact of power outages on communications networks. Id. at 1.
  The NPRM set deadlines for filing comments and reply comments at 30 and 60 days, respectively, after publication of a summary of the NPRM in the Federal Register. Id.
  
On November 5, 2021, the Office of the Federal Register published a summary of the NPRM, including the associated comment and reply comment dates. 86 FR 61103 (Nov. 5, 2021).
  Accordingly, NPRM comments must be filed on or before December 6, 2021 and reply comments must be filed on or before January 4, 2022. The NPRM contains the comment filing instructions. NPRM at 18-19, paras. 45, 47. 
  
For further information on the NPRM, contact Saswat Misra, Attorney Advisor, Cybersecurity & Communications Reliability Division, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, 202–418–0944 or via e-mail at Saswat.Misra@fcc.gov.

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