Electronic Filing of Certain Applications and Notices

11.24.14

Federal Communications Commission

(FCC-14-183 adopted on 11/19/14 and released on 11/26/14)

Explanation of Non-Substantive Changes to OMB Control Numbers: 3060-0989, 3060-0149, 3060-0741, and 3060-1138:

Purpose of this Submission: The Commission is submitting a non-substantive change request to the filing rules contained within four different collections (3060-0989, 3060-0149, 3060-0741, and 3060-1138). These changes allow for electronic filing of certain applications and notices using the Commission’s Electronic Comment Filing System (ECFS). Details are below.

Collection 3060-0989: Domestic 214 Authorizations for Transfers of Control-Rule Modifications

Rule #	Comment
63.52(a)	modifies filing instructions to require electronic filing of domestic 214 applications through ECFS
63.53(a)	modifies filing instructions to require electronic filing of domestic 214 applications through ECFS

Collection 3060-0149: Applications and Supplemental Information Requirements, Part 63-Rule Modifications

Rule #	Comment
63.63(a)	modifies filing instructions to require electronic filing of all 214 applications for authority for emergency discontinuance, reduction, or impairment of service through ECFS
63.71(a)(5)(i)	modifies filing instructions to allow option of electronic filing through ECFS for comments addressing non-dominant 214 applications for authority for emergency discontinuance, reduction, of impairment of service through ECFS
63.71(a)(5)(ii)	modifies filing instructions to allow option of electronic filing through ECFS for comments addressing dominant 214 applications for authority for emergency discontinuance, reduction, of impairment of service through ECFS
63.71(c)	modifies filing instructions to require electronic filing of all applications for of all 214 applications authority for emergency discontinuance, reduction, or impairment of service through ECFS

Collection 3060-0741: Implementation of the Local Competition Provisions of the Telecommunications Act of 1996-Rule Modifications

Rule #	Comment
51.329(c)	modifies filing instructions to require electronic filing of notices of network changes and associated certifications through ECFS

Collection 3060-1138: Sections 1.49 and 1.54-Rule Modifications

Rule #	Comment
1.49(f)(1)(vi)-(viii)	adds subsections to accommodate electronic filing of domestic 214 applications and notices of network changes through ECFS
1.49(f)(2)(v)	adds subsection to allow the option of electronic filing through ECFS for filings responsive to domestic 214 applications
1.49(f)(3)	adds subsection to allow Commission Bureaus and Offices to provide capabilities for electronic filing wherever possible