81 FR 52686 - Termination of Dormant Proceedings

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 153 (August 9, 2016)

In this document, the Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau (CGB), terminates, as dormant, certain docketed Commission proceedings. The Commission believes that termination of these proceedings furthers the Commission's organizational goals of increasing the efficiency of its decision-making, modernizing the agency's processes in the digital age, and enhancing the openness and transparency of Commission proceedings for practitioners and the public.

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 153 (Tuesday, August 9, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52686-52687]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-18786]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[CG Docket No. 16-16; DA 16-761]


Termination of Dormant Proceedings

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In this document, the Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau 
(CGB), terminates, as dormant, certain docketed Commission proceedings. 
The Commission believes that termination of these proceedings furthers 
the Commission's organizational goals of increasing the efficiency of 
its decision-making, modernizing the agency's processes in the digital 
age, and enhancing the openness and transparency of Commission 
proceedings for practitioners and the public.

DATES: Effective August 9, 2016.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lauren Wilson, Consumer and 
Governmental Affairs Bureau at (202) 418-1607 or by email at 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a synopsis of the Commission's 
Order, Termination of Certain Proceedings as Dormant, document DA 16-
761, adopted on July 21, 2016, and released on July 25, 2016 in CG 
Docket No. 16-16.
    The full text of document DA 16-761 and copies of any subsequently 
filed documents in this matter will be available for public inspection 
and copying via ECFS, and during regular business hours at the FCC 
Reference Information Center, Portals II, 445 12th Street SW., Room CY-
A257, Washington, DC 20554. Document DA 16-761 can also be downloaded 
in Word or Portable Document Format (PDF) at: https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-16-761A1.docx or https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-16-761A1.pdf. The spreadsheet associated 
with document DA 16-761 listing the proceedings proposed for 
termination for dormancy is available in Excel or Portable Document 
Format at: https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-16-761A2.xls or https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-6-761A2.pdf.
    To request materials in accessible formats for people with 
disabilities (Braille, large print, electronic files, audio format), 
send an email to [email protected] or call the Consumer and Governmental 
Affairs Bureau at (202) 418-0530 (voice) or (202) 418-0432 (TTY).

Final Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 Analysis

    Document DA 16-761 does not contain information collection 
requirements subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 
104-13. In addition, therefore, it does not contain any information 
collection burden for small business concerns with fewer than 25 
employees, pursuant to the Small Business Paperwork Relief Act of 2002, 
Public Law 107-198, see 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(4).

SYNOPSIS

    1. In document DA 16-761, the Consumer and Governmental Affairs 
Bureau (CGB) terminates, as dormant, the proceedings listed on the 
Attachment hereto. CGB believes that termination of these proceedings 
furthers the Commission's organizational goals of increasing the 
efficiency of its decision-making, modernizing the agency's processes 
in the digital age, and enhancing the openness and transparency of 
Commission proceedings for practitioners and the public. In addition, 
on the basis of further evaluation, CGB leaves open two proceedings 
included in the Fifth Dormant Proceedings Termination Public Notice, 
published at 81 FR 26229, May 2, 2016, namely Amendment of the 
Commission's Rules Relating to Program Exclusivity in the Cable and 
Broadcast Industries, GN Docket No. 87-24, and Amendment of the 
Commission's Rules to Extend Its Network and Non-Network Territorial 
Exclusivity, Syndicated Exclusivity, and Network Non-Duplication 
Protection Rules, RM-10335.
    2. On February 4, 2011, the Commission released a Report and Order 
that, inter alia, amended Sec.  0.141 of the Commission's 
organizational rules to delegate authority to the Chief, CGB, to 
conduct periodic review of all open dockets with the objective of 
terminating those that were inactive. The Commission stated that 
termination of such proceedings also will include the dismissal as moot 
of any pending petition, motion, or other request for relief in the 
terminated proceeding that is procedural in nature or otherwise does 
not address the merits of the proceeding.
    3. Following the release of the Procedure Order, published at 76 FR 
24383, May 2, 2011, CGB, in consultation with the relevant other 
bureaus and offices, conducted a review of all open dockets and 
identified those dockets that could potentially be terminated. As a 
result of that process, CGB issued the First Dormant Proceedings 
Termination Public Notice, published at 76 FR 35892, June 20, 2011, 
listing the open dockets under consideration for termination, and 
providing interested parties the opportunity to file comments on these 
proposed terminations. Following these procedures, by Order released 
November 1, 2011, CGB terminated, as dormant the docketed proceedings 
listed in the attachment thereto. See 76 FR 70902, November 16, 2011. 
Further dormant proceeding terminations followed. See Second Dormant 
Proceedings Termination Order, published at 77 FR 60934, October 5, 
2012; Third Dormant Proceedings Termination Order, published at 79 FR 
58344, September 29, 2014; Fourth Dormant Proceedings Termination 
Order, published at 80 FR 4920, January 29, 2015.
    4. Based on CGB's review of the record received in response to the 
Fifth Dormant Proceedings Termination Public Notice, it terminates the 
proceedings listed in document DA 16-761 and leaves open two 
proceedings that had been listed in Attachment A to the Fifth Dormant 
Proceedings Termination Public Notice. See https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-16-761A2.xls or https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-16-761A2.pdf. After review of the comment 
and CGB's further evaluation, it has determined that GN Docket No. 87-
24 and RM-10335 will remain open and will not be terminated at this 
time.
    5. Venture Technologies (GN Docket No. 87-24, RM-10335). Venture 
Technologies Group, LLC asks that GN Docket No. 87-24 (Amendment of the 
Commission's Rules Relating to Program

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Exclusivity in the Cable and Broadcast Industries) and RM-10335 
(Amendment of the Commission's Rules to Extend Its Network and Non-
Network Territorial Exclusivity, Syndicated Exclusivity, and Network 
Non-Duplication Protection Rules) remain open due to recent Commission 
consideration of the same rules that are the subject of these 
proceedings. The CGB find that further action in these proceeding may 
be required. Accordingly, we will not terminate GN Docket No. 87-24 and 
RM-10335 at this time and they will remain open.
    6. Upon publication of document DA 16-761 in the Federal Register, 
these proceedings will be terminated in the Electronic Comment Filing 
System (ECFS). The record in the terminated proceedings will remain 
part of the Commission's official records, and the various pleadings, 
orders, and other documents in these dockets will continue to be 
accessible to the public, post-termination.

Regulatory Flexibility Act

    7. The Commission's action does not require notice and comment and 
is not subject to the Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980, as amended. 
See 5 U.S.C. 601(2), 603(a). The Commission nonetheless notes that it 
anticipates that the rules adopted will not have a significant economic 
impact on a substantial number of small entities. As described above, 
the Commission primarily changes its own internal procedures and 
organizations and does not impose substantive new responsibilities on 
regulated entities. There is no reason to believe termination of 
certain dormant proceedings would impose significant costs on parties 
to Commission proceedings. To the contrary, the Commission takes the 
actions herein with the expectation that overall they will make 
dealings with the Commission quicker, easier, and less costly for 
entities of all sizes.

Congressional Review Act

    The Commission will not send a copy of document DA 16-761 pursuant 
to the Congressional Review Act, see 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A) because the 
Commission is not adopting, amending, revising, or deleting any rules.

Ordering Clauses

    Pursuant to the authority contained in sections 4(i), and 4(j) of 
the Communications Act, 47 U.S.C. 154(i) and (j), and Sec.  0.141 of 
the Commission's rules, that the proceedings set forth in document DA 
16-761 are TERMINATED.

Federal Communications Commission.
D'wana Terry,
Associate Chief, Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau.
[FR Doc. 2016-18786 Filed 8-8-16; 8:45 am]
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