FCC announced new filing location for paper documents and new fax...
FCC announced new filing location for paper documents and new fax number for general correspondence to take effect Dec. 18. Commission’s contractor, Vistronix, will begin receiving hand-delivered or messenger-delivered paper filings for Commission’s Secretary at new address in downtown…
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Washington: 236 Mass. Ave., NE, Suite 110, Washington, D.C. 20002. Filing hours at that location will be 8 a.m.-7 p.m. FCC said all hand deliveries must be held together with rubber bands or fasteners and any envelopes must be disposed of before entering building. That facility is only location where hand-delivered or messenger-delivered paper filings for Commission’s Secretary will be accepted. Commission said it no longer would accept such filings at Capitol Heights, Md. facility. Commission also issued reminder that it earlier stopped receiving hand-delivered or messenger-delivered filings at FCC hq. All other messenger-delivered documents, including documents sent by overnight mail -- other than United States Postal Service Express Mail and Priority Mail - - must be addressed to 9300 E. Hampton Drive, Capitol Heights, Md. 20743. Capitol Heights facility is open 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. USPS first-class mail, Express Mail, and Priority Mail should continue to be addressed to Commission’s headquarters. USPS mail addressed to Commission’s headquarters actually goes to Commission’s Capitol Heights facility for screening prior to delivery at the Commission. FCC also established new fax number for general correspondence, including inquiries about Commission activities, status inquiries, fee-related questions and any other correspondence that’s not official filing -- 202-418- 0188. Agency asked that correspondence, whenever possible, include name of the bureau or office to which it’s directed, as well as name and room number of FCC staff person to whom letter is to go. BG