Federal Communications Commission	DA 24-319


DA 24-319
Released:  April 2, 2024

PUBLIC SAFETY AND HOMELAND SECURITY BUREAU ANNOUNCES COMMENT AND REPLY DATES FOR RESILIENT NETWORKS NORS AND DIRS REPORTING 

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

Comments Due:  April 29, 2024
Reply Comments Due:  May 28, 2024

By this Public Notice, the Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau notifies interested parties that comments on the rules proposed in the Second Report and Order and Second Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM), FCC 24-5, are due on April 29, 2024, and reply comments are due on May 28, 2024. 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 15-80 and ET Docket No. 04-35, Second Report and Order and Second Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, FCC 24-5 (Jan. 25, 2024).  A summary of the FNPRM was published in the Federal Register on March 29, 2024, stating that comments on these proposed rules would be due 30 days after the date on which the Federal Register publication occurred, and that reply comments would be due 60 days after Federal Register publication.  See Federal Communications Commission, Amendments to Resilient Networks; Disruptions to Communications; New Considerations Concerning Disruptions to Communications, 89 Fed. Reg. 22106 (Mar. 29, 2024).
  The FNPRM seeks comment on proposed rules to require TV and radio broadcasters to report in NORS and DIRS subject to a simplified reporting process.  The Commission also seeks comment on whether to require broadband Internet access service (BIAS) providers to report in DIRS and the extent to which FirstNet should be subject to report in the Network Outage Reporting System (NORS) and Disaster Information Reporting System (DIRS).  The Commission also seeks comment on whether to require satellite providers to report in DIRS, whether providers required to file in DIRS should be required to supply the Commission with “after action” reports detailing how their networks fared during the DIRS activation, and whether such providers should be required to provide the location of mobile recovery assets during a disaster response.  
Filing Procedures.  Comments and reply comments may be filed using the Commission’s Electronic Comment Filing System (ECFS), or by filing paper copies. See Federal Communications Commission, Electronic Filing of Documents in Rulemaking Proceedings, 63 Fed. Reg. 24121 (May 1, 1998).
  Comments and reply comments should refer to PS Docket Nos. 21-346 and 15-80 and ET Docket No. 04-35. 

· Electronic Filers:  Comments may be filed electronically using the Internet by accessing the ECFS:  https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/. 
· Paper Filers:  Parties who choose to file by paper must file an original and one copy of each filing.
· Filings can be sent by commercial overnight courier, or by first-class or overnight U.S. Postal Service mail.  All filings must be addressed to the Commission’s Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Federal Communications Commission.
o 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.
o Postal Service first-class, Express, and Priority mail must be addressed to 45 L Street, NE, Washington, DC 20554.
· Effective March 19, 2020, and until further notice, the Commission no longer accepts any hand or messenger delivered filings.  This is a temporary measure taken to help protect the health and safety of individuals, and to mitigate the transmission of COVID-19. See FCC Announces Closure of FCC Headquarters Open Window and Change in Hand-Delivery Policy, Public Notice, 35 FCC Rcd 2788 (2020).

· During the time the Commission’s building is closed to the general public and until further notice, if more than one docket or rulemaking number appears in the caption of a proceeding, paper filers need not submit two additional copies for each additional docket or rulemaking number; an original and one copy are sufficient.
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).

Ex Parte Rules.  This proceeding shall continue to be treated as a “permit-but-disclose” proceeding in accordance with the Commission’s ex parte rules. 47 CFR §§ 1.1200 et seq.
  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).  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.  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.  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).  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).  Participants in this proceeding should familiarize themselves with the Commission’s ex parte rules. 

Additional Information.  For additional information on this proceeding, contact James Wiley, Cybersecurity and Communications Reliability Division, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, (202) 418–1678, or by email to James.Wiley@fcc.gov, or Logan Bennett, Cybersecurity and Communications Reliability Division, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, (202) 418–7790, or by email to Logan.Bennett@fcc.gov.  

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