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none has merit, we uphold the classification. Significantly,
although our colleague believes that the Commission acted
arbitrarily and capriciously when it reclassified broadband, he
agrees that the Commission has statutory authority to classify
broadband as a telecommunications service. Concurring &
Dissenting Op. at 10.
A.
Before addressing petitioners’ substantive challenges to
the Commission’s reclassification of broadband service, we
must consider two procedural arguments, both offered by US
Telecom.
First, US Telecom asserts that the Commission violated
section 553 of the Administrative Procedure Act, which
requires that an NPRM “include . . . either the terms or
substance of the proposed rule or a description of the subjects
and issues involved.” 5 U.S.C. § 553(b)(3). According to US
Telecom, the Commission violated this requirement because
the NPRM proposed relying on section 706, not Title II; never
explained that the Commission would justify reclassification
based on consumer perception; and failed to signal that it
would rely on the telecommunications management
exception.
Under the APA, an NPRM must “provide sufficient
factual detail and rationale for the rule to permit interested
parties to comment meaningfully.” Honeywell International,
Inc. v. EPA, 372 F.3d 441, 445 (D.C. Cir. 2004) (internal
quotation marks omitted). The final rule, however, “need not
be the one proposed in the NPRM.” Agape Church, Inc. v.
FCC, 738 F.3d 397, 411 (D.C. Cir. 2013). Instead, it “need
only be a ‘logical outgrowth’ of its notice.”
Covad
Communications Co. v. FCC, 450 F.3d 528, 548 (D.C. Cir.
2006). An NPRM satisfies the logical outgrowth test if it
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