RE: [External Sender] Re: FCC issues new rules about foreign made routers

Is adding equipment to the covered list considered rule making?  The FCC could also use the excuse of The Good Cause Exception.  It would have to go to court for either to be clarified.



From: Mike Lewinski via NANOG <[email protected]>
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Subject: [External Sender] Re: FCC issues new rules about foreign made routers

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Normal rulemaking goes through a comment period, as required by the
Administrative Procedures Act. The end goal of the APA is to prevent
"arbitrary and capricious" regulations.

Given that we are hearing about this now, and not when the comment
period notice was issued, I expect an injunction shortly, and eventual
rulings that this violates APA.

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