Federal Communications Commission	"FCC/DA  XX-XXX"



DA 26-829
Released:  August 7, 2026

COMMENT DUE DATES SET FOR THE BUILD AMERICA:
ELIMINATING BARRIERS TO WIRELINE DEPLOYMENTS
NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING

WC Docket No. 25-253

Comments Due:  September 21, 2026
Reply Comments Due:  November 5, 2026

	By this Public Notice, the Wireline Competition Bureau announces that comments in response to the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (Notice) in the Build America: Eliminating Barriers to Wireline Deployments proceeding are due no later than September 21, 2026, and the reply comments are due no later than November 5, 2026. Build America: Eliminating Barries to Wireline Deployments, WC Docket No. 25-253, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, FCC 26-40 (June 26, 2026) (Notice).  This document is available on the Commission’s website at https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/FCC-26-40A1.pdf.  The document is also available electronically via the Commission’s Electronic Document Management System (EDOCS) website at https://www.fcc.gov/edocs (by FCC Number, FCC 26-40) or via the Commission’s Electronic Comment Filing System (ECFS) website at https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/ (by docket number, WC Docket No. 25-253).
  In the Notice, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) proposes and seeks comment on rules that would prevent certain state and local statutes, regulations, and legal requirements from having a prohibitive effect on the provision of wireline telecommunications services in violation of Section 253 of the Communications Act. 47 U.S.C. § 253.

The Notice set deadlines for filing comments and reply comments at 45 and 90 days after the date of publication of the summary of the Notice in the Federal Register. See Notice at 43, para. 84.
  The Federal Register published a summary of the Notice on August 7, 2026. FCC, Build America: Eliminating Barries to Wireline Deployments, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 91 Fed. Reg. 51121 (Aug. 7, 2026) (Federal Register Notice).  
  Complete filing instructions are contained in the Notice and the Federal Register Notice. Notice at 42, para. 76; Federal Register Notice at 51121.

For additional information, please contact Benjamin Goodwin, Wireline Competition Bureau, Competition Policy Division, by email at Benjamin.Goodwin@fcc.gov or by phone (202) 418-0958.

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