# Maritime Communications > Briefs, arguments, decisions, and more. URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/documents/fr%3A97-23191 ## Record - **Collection:** Federal Register - **Document type:** Proposed Rule - **Published:** September 2, 1997 - **Citation:** 62 FR 46243 ## Text FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 47 CFR Part 80 [PR Docket No. 92-257; DA 97-1806] Maritime Communications AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission. ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of comment period. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: On August 21, 1997, the Public Safety and Private Wireless Division adopted an order extending the comment and reply comment period in PR Docket No. 92-257. The extension was requested to allow interested parties more time to evaluate the issues and develop an industry consensus. The comment period is extended from August 25, 1997 to September 15, 1997, and the reply comment period is extended from September 9, 1997 to September 30, 1997. DATES: Comments are to be filed on or before September 15, 1997, and reply comments on or before September 30, 1997. ADDRESSES: Federal Communications Commission, 1919 M St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20554. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Scot Stone, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, Public Safety & Private Wireless Division, (202) 418-0680) or via E-mail to ``[email protected]''. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Adopted: August 21, 1997. Released: August 21, 1997. 1. On August 15, 1997, Ross Engineering (Ross) requested that the time for filing comments in response to the Second Further Notice of Proposed Rule Making (Second Further NPRM) in the above-captioned proceeding released by the Commission on June 26, 1997,1 be extended from August 25, 1997, to September 15, 1997, and that the time for filing reply comments be extended from September 9, 1997 to October 16, 1997. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ Amendment of the Commission's Rules Concerning Maritime Communications, Second Further Notice of Proposed Rule Making, PR Docket No. 92-257, FCC 97-217 (released June 26, 1996) (Second Further NPRM); see Maritime Communications, 62 FR 37533 (July 14, 1997). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Ross states that it needs additional time to submit comments in order to fully address the substantive effect of the issues raised in the Second Further NPRM, consider the impact of a related Petition for Rulemaking filed by the United States Coast Guard,2 and complete the work of coordinating and developing an industry consensus on these issues. Ross also states that Mobile Marine Radio, MARITEL, and the Coast Guard concur in its request for an extension of time. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \2\ United States Coast Guard Petition for Rulemaking to Amend Part 80 of the FCC Rules to Designate Maritime Channels and Allow Operation of Automatic Identification Systems and Related Safety Systems (filed August 4, 1997). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. The Commission does not routinely grant extensions of time. In this instance, however, it is desirable that the record be as complete as possible and that it include the views of as large a cross section of the maritime radio community as possible. This interest must be balanced, however, against the fact that the filing and process freeze enacted to allow the development of new rules for maritime services expires on March 17, 1998, and the Commission's intent to adopt final rules before the freeze expires.3 We believe an extension of twenty-one (21) days to be adequate to give the maritime community sufficient time to respond to the above-captioned proceeding. We therefore extend the period of time for filing comments to and including September 15, 1997, and we extend the period for filing reply comments to and including September 30, 1997. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \3\ Second Further NPRM at para.132. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. It Is Hereby Ordered that pursuant to Sec. 1.46 of the Commission's Rules, 47 CFR Sec. 1.46, Ross's request to extend the deadline for filing comments and reply comments in this proceeding is granted in part to the extent indicated herein, and otherwise denied. Federal Communications Commission. Lisa M. Higginbotham, Acting Chief, Public Safety and Private Wireless Division, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau. [FR Doc. 97-23191 Filed 8-29-97; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6712-01-P --- Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/documents/fr%3A97-23191. Public record. Not legal advice.