Brendan Carr, FCC chairman, is accelerating elimination of regulations through a Delete, Delete, Delete initiative that employs Direct Final Rule (DFR) and other mechanisms. The process bundles dozens of rule deletions and offers the public only 10 or 20 days to comment, rather than the typical 30-day notice. On July 24 the FCC removed 11 provisions amounting to 39 regulatory burdens, 7,194 words, and 16 pages. The agency skipped the APA prior notice-and-comment step by invoking "good cause" and set automatic deletions unless "significant adverse comments" are received. On August 7 the FCC deleted 98 broadcaster rules with a 20-day comment window. Observers warn of potential abuse to eliminate substantive consumer protections.
The Federal Communications Commission's Republican chairman is eliminating regulations at breakneck speed by using a process that cuts dozens of rules at a time while giving the public only 10 or 20 days to review each proposal and submit objections. Chairman Brendan Carr started his " Delete, Delete, Delete" rule-cutting initiative in March and later announced he'd be using the Direct Final Rule (DFR) mechanism to eliminate regulations without a full public-comment period.
The FCC eliminated these rules without the "prior notice and comment" period typically used to comply with the US Administrative Procedure Act (APA), with the FCC finding that it had "good cause" to skip that step. The FCC said it would allow comment for 10 days and that rule eliminations would take effect automatically after the 10-day period unless the FCC concluded that it received "significant adverse comments."
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