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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 248 / Thursday, December 30, 2021 / Proposed Rules Access Policy Division, Wireline Competition Bureau, 202 4187400 or via email at William.Layton@fcc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a summary of the Commissions document, Report No. 3185, released December 20, 2021. The full text of the Petition can be accessed online via the Commissions Electronic Comment Filing System at: http apps.fcc.gov/
ecfs/. The Commission will not send a Congressional Review Act CRA
submission to Congress or the Government Accountability Office pursuant to the CRA, 5 U.S.C.
801a1A, because no rules are being adopted by the Commission.
Subject: In the Matter of Protecting Against National Security Threats to the Communications Supply Chain Through FCC Programs, Third Report and Order, published at 86 FR 46995, August 23, 2021, in WC Docket No. 1889. This document is being published pursuant to 47 CFR 1.429e. See also 47 CFR
1.4b1 and 1.429f, g.
Number of Petitions Filed: 1.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch, Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
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MB Docket No. 21422; DA 211611; FR
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Media Bureau Extends Comment and Reply Comment Deadlines for FM
Directional Antenna NPRM
Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

In this document, the Commission grants a motion for extension of time in the Updating FM
Broadcast Radio Service Directional Antenna Performance Verification proceeding, to extend the comment and reply comment deadlines.
DATES: Comments may be filed on or before January 20, 2022, and reply comments may be filed on or before February 4, 2022.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by MB Docket No. 21422, by any of the following methods:
Electronic Filers: Federal Communications Commissions website:
https apps.fcc.gov/ecfs Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
Paper Filers: Parties who choose to file by paper must file an original and one copy of each filing.

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Filings can be sent by commercial overnight courier, or by first-class or overnight U.S. Postal Service mail although the Commission continues to experience delays in receiving U.S.
Postal Service mail. All filings must be addressed to the Commissions Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Federal Communications Commission.
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.
U.S. 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 COVID19.
During the time the Commissions 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: Contact the FCC to request reasonable accommodations accessible format documents, sign language interpreters, CART, etc. by email: FCC504@fcc.gov or phone: 2024180530 or 202418
0432 TTY.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Albert Shuldiner, Chief, Media Bureau, Audio Division, 202 4182700;
Thomas Nessinger, Senior Counsel, Media Bureau, Audio Division, 202
4182700.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a summary of the Media Bureaus Public Notice in MB Docket No. 21422; DA
211611, released on December 20, 2021. The full text of this document is available electronically for public inspection via ECFS at https
apps.fcc.gov/ecfs and the FCCs website at https docs.fcc.gov/public/
attachments/FCC-21-1611A1.pdf.
Documents will be available electronically in ASCII, Microsoft Word, and/or Adobe Acrobat. Alternative formats are available for people with disabilities Braille, large print, electronic files, audio format, by sending an email to fcc504@fcc.gov or calling the Commissions Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau at 202
4180530 voice, 202 4180432
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Synopsis 1. By this Public Notice, the Media Bureau extends the deadlines for filing comments and reply comments in the above-captioned proceeding to update the Commissions rules by allowing an FM or LPFM applicant proposing a directional antenna system to verify the systems performance through computer modeling.
2. On November 15, 2021, the Commission released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking setting out its proposed rule changes allowing verification of FM and LPFM directional antennas by computer modeling.
Updating FM Broadcast Radio Service Directional Antenna Performance Verification, MB Docket No. 21422, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, FCC
21117 Nov. 15, 2021. On November 30, 2021, the Media Bureau announced a comment filing deadline of December 30, 2021, and a reply comment filing deadline of January 14, 2022, in the above-captioned proceeding. Comment and Reply Comment Dates Set for FM
Directional Antenna NPRM, MB Docket No. 21422, Public Notice, DA 211485
MB Nov. 30, 2021.
3. On December 17, 2021, the National Association of Broadcasters NAB requested an extension of the comment and reply comment filing deadlines until January 20 and February 4, 2022, respectively. Motion for Extension of Time of the National Association of Broadcasters NAB, MB
Docket No. 21422 filed Dec. 17, 2021
Extension Motion. NAB states that, in the Joint Petition for Rulemaking on which the NPRM was based Joint Petition for Rulemaking, filed by Dielectric, LLC; Educational Media Foundation; Jampro Antennas, Inc.;
Radio Frequency Systems; and Shively Labs filed June 15, 2021, the Joint Petitioners included a technical exhibit comparing the results of computer modeling using one commercial software product with the physical measurements taken from an FM
directional antenna mounted on one particular type of tower. Extension Motion at 2. NAB believes that the record would significantly benefit from additional technical information involving common tower structures and other commercial software products.
Id. However, while NAB states it has reached out to broadcasters, consulting engineers, and antenna manufacturers to provide such technical data for the record, it points out that the end-of-year holiday season and upcoming federal holidays means that many potential commenters will be on vacation, or their offices will be closed or dealing with
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