[CVCC] Fw: [PVRC] ARRL Requests Filing Deadline Extension in BPL Proceeding

Wed, 14 Apr 2004 18:46:00 -0000

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Subject: [PVRC] ARRL Requests Filing Deadline Extension in BPL
Proceeding


> Subject: ARLB011 ARRL Requests Filing Deadline Extension in BPL
Proceeding
> Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 10:15:16 -0400
> From: "W1AW Mailing List" <[email protected]>
>
>
> The ARRL has asked the FCC to extend the deadline for comments and
> reply comments by 45 days in the Broadband over Power Line (BPL)
> Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) in ET Docket 04-37. Comments
> now are due by May 3 and reply comments by June 1. Although the FCC
> does not routinely grant such extensions, the League said it wants
> to allow time for the National Telecommunications and Information
> Administration (NTIA) to conclude its study at BPL field trial
> locations. The ARRL said it anticipates the NTIA report to go public
> on or around April 16, thus allowing only a couple of weeks at best
> to evaluate the study's results and incorporate its findings into
> comments in the proceeding.
>
> "This proceeding stands to have a profound effect on the Amateur
> Radio Service, and a full and complete opportunity to evaluate the
> results of the NTIA study is critical to the ability of ARRL to
> respond in a meaningful manner to the proposals in the instant
> Notice," ARRL said in filing its request April 9. "At the same time,
> there is no need for any rush to judgment in this proceeding, since
> BPL trial sites are only now commencing operation."
>
> If the FCC okays the request, the comment date would move to June
> 14, and the reply comment deadline would become July 16. Granting
> the request, the ARRL contended, "will have no adverse effect on any
> interested party to this proceeding."
>
> The League said the new deadlines would provide everyone with
> approximately 60 days to review and evaluate the NTIA study before
> having to file comments.
>
> A copy of the ARRL's Motion For Extension Of Time To Submit Comments
> is available on the ARRL Web site at,
> http://www.arrl.org/announce/regulatory/et03-47/arrl-motion.html .
>
> For more information on BPL, visit ARRL's Broadband Over Power Line
> (BPL) and Amateur Radio page at, http://www.arrl.org/bpl/.
>
>
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