FCC Record, Volume 26, No. 19, Pages 14991 to 15893, October 24 - November 10, 2011 Page: 15,263
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PUBLIC NOTICE
Federal Communications Commission News Media Information 202 / 418-0500
445 12th St., S.W. Internet: http:llwww.fcc.gov
Washington, D.C. 20554 TTY: 1-888-835-5322
DA 11-1818
October 31, 2011
NOTICE CONCERNING EX PARTE STATUS OF PRESENTATIONS MADE TO
THE EMERGENCY ACCESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE
On December 7, 2010, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius
Genachowski announced the establishment of the Emergency Access Advisory Committee
(EAAC), an advisory committee required by the Twenty-First Century Communications and
Video Accessibility Act of 2010 (CVAA).' The purpose of the EAAC is to determine the most
effective and efficient technologies and methods by which to enable access to Next Generation
911 emergency services by individuals with disabilities.2 In order to fulfill this mission, the
CVAA directs that within one year after the EAAC's members are appointed, the Committee
shall conduct a national survey, with the input of groups represented by the Committee's
membership, after which the Committee shall develop and submit to the Commission
recommendations to implement such technologies and methods.3
Under the CVAA and the charter and by-laws adopted by the EAAC, the Commission is
responsible for oversight of the EAAC, including its informal working groups and
subcommittees.4 As a result, Commission staff may participate in meetings or other activities
held by the EAAC or its informal working groups or subcommittees. We are therefore
announcing that, pursuant to section 1.1200(a) of the Commission's rules,' presentations to the
EAAC will be treated as exempt presentations for ex parte purposes. This treatment is
appropriate because presentations to the EAAC, like comments in response to a Notice of
Inquiry, will not directly result in the promulgation of rules.'
We recognize, however, that issues that may be considered or addressed by the EAAC
are the subject of a number of pending Commission proceedings. The Commission will not rely
Pub. L. No. 1 1 1-260, as amended by technical amendments contained in Pub. L. No. I 11-265 ("Pub. L.
No. 111-260"). See Emer,,genc' .tc ess .Idvi'otrl Commiiee .ltnnou'nceent't of Members and Co-(hatirpersons,
Public Notice, DA 10-2318 (CGB rel. Dec. 7, 2010).
Pub. L. No. 111-260 106(a).
Pub. L. No. 111-260 ( 106(c).
i Pub. L. No. 111-260. See Structure of the EAAC C L'harter and By-Laws.
http:.'w\. tw .fcc.ovC enc clopedia emergencv-accep.s,-ad,. isory-'-co)lmm ittc-eac.
47 C.F.R. I.!200(a).
" See 47 C.F.R. I.1204(b)(I) (exempt treatment of Notices of Inquiry).15263
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