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rules, 47 CFR 1.2, the Petition for

Declaratory Ruling filed by Graceba

Total Communications, Inc. IS

DISMISSED.

11. The Commission’s Consumer

Information Bureau, Reference

Information Center, SHALL SEND a

copy of this Memorandum Opinion and

Order on Reconsideration, including the

Supplemental Final Regulatory

Flexibility Certification, to the Chief

Counsel for Advocacy of the Small

Business Administration.

12. For additional information

concerning this matter, contact Don

Johnson (202–418–7240), Wireless

Telecommunications Bureau,

Commercial Wireless Division, Policy

and Rules Branch.

Federal Communications Commission.

Magalie Roman Salas,

Secretary.

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47 CFR Part 24

[WT Docket No. 96–148 and GN Docket No.

96–113; FCC 00–88]

Geographic Partitioning and Spectrum

Disaggregation by Commercial Mobile

Radio Services Licensees and the

Implementation of the

Communications Act—Elimination of

Market Entry Barriers

AGENCY: Federal Communications

Commission.

ACTION: Final rule; dismissal of

petitions.

SUMMARY: This document dismisses the

petitions filed by the National

Telephone Cooperative Association

(NTCA) and Omnipoint Corporation

(Omnipoint) requesting reconsideration

of a previous Commission decision that:

eliminated the restriction permitting

partitioning only to rural telephone

companies; prohibited entrepreneur

block licensees from swapping spectrum

blocks with non-entrepreneur block

licensees in the same geographic

market; and required the filing of the

associated contract for sale and related

documents together with any

partitioning and/or disaggregation

application that is filed within the first

three years following issuance of a new

PCS license through competitive

bidding. This document also dismisses

as moot the Rural Telecommunications

Group’s Motion for Stay to stay the

effective date of the new rules adopted

in the same Commission decision. This

action by the Commission eliminates

market entry barriers, thereby increasing

competition in the PCS marketplace

while expeditiously speeding service to

the public.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be filed

with the Office of the Secretary, Federal

Communications Commisison, TW

B204, 445 12th Street, SW Washington,

DC 20554. Comments also should be

provided to Steve Weingarten, Chief,

Commercial Wireless Division, Room

4C–224, Wireless Telecommunications

Bureau, Federal Communications

Commission, 445 12th Street, SW

Washington, DC 20554.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Diane Conley, Wireless

Telecommunications Bureau at (202)

418–0786.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The final

rule published at 62 FR 653 (January 6,

1997) previously adopted by the

Commission, and this document is in

keeping with Congress’ goal of

increasing competition in that it allows

more competitors to enter the

marketplace and deploy services to the

public quickly and efficiently, as well

as, provide opportunities for rural telcos

and other small businesses to provide

broadband PCS to the public without

increasing the administrative burden to

the Commission. This document was

released on April 13, 2000, and is

available for inspection and copying

during normal business hours in the

FCC Reference Center, 445 12th Street,

SW Washington, D.C. The complete text

may be purchased from the

Commission’s copy contractor,

International Transcription Service,

Inc., 1231 20th Street, NW Washington,

DC 20036/(202) 857–3800. The

Memorandum Opinion and Order is

also available via the Internet at

http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Wireless/

Orders/2000.

Federal Communications Commission.

William F. Caton,

Deputy Secretary.

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47 CFR Part 73

[DA 00–602, MM Docket No. 95–83, RM–

8558]

Radio Broadcasting Services;

Littlefield, Wolfforth and Tahoka, TX

AGENCY: Federal Communications

Commission.

ACTION: Final rule; petition for

reconsideration.

SUMMARY: This document grants the

Petition for Partial Reconsideration filed

by 21st Century Radio Ventures, Inc. by

substituting Channel 278A for Channel

237A at Tahoka. See 62 FR 14092

(March 25, 1997). In the Report and

Order, the Commission took no action

in Littlefield, Wolfforth or on the issue

of the deletion or substitution of

Channel 237A at Tahoka. Channel 278A

can be allotted to Tahoka in compliance

with the Commission’s minimum

distance separation requirements. The

coordinates for Channel 278A at Tahoka

are North Latitude 33–11–34 and West

Longitude 101–44–44. With this action

this proceeding is terminated.

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 3, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Arthur D. Scrutchins, Mass Media

Bureau, (202) 418–2180.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a

synopsis of the Commission’s

Memorandum Opinion and Order, MM

Docket No. 95–83, adopted March 8,

2000 and released March 20, 2000. The

full text of this Commission decision is

available for inspection and copying

during normal business hours in the

FCC Reference Information Center

(Room CY–A257) at its headquarters,

445 12th Street, SW. Washington, D.C.

The complete text of this decision may

also be purchased from the

Commission’s copy contractors,

International Transcription Service,

Inc., (202) 857–3800, 1231 20th Street,

N.W. Washington, D.C. 20036.

List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 73

Radio broadcasting.

Part 73 of Title 47 of the Code of

Federal Regulations is amended as

follows:

PART 73—[AMENDED]

1. The authority citation for Part 73

continues to read as follows:

Authority: Sections 303, 48 Stat., as

amended, 1082; 47 U.S.C. 154, as amended.

§ 73.202 [Amended]

2. Section 73.202(b), the Table of FM

Allotments under Texas is amended by

removing Channel 237A and adding

Channel 278A to Tahoka.

Federal Communications Commission.

John A. Karousos,

Chief, Allocations Branch, Policy and Rules

Division, Mass Media Bureau.

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