[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 8 (Thursday, January 12, 1995)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 2924]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-847]



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47 CFR Parts 21 and 74

[MM Docket No. 94-131 and PP Docket No. 93-253, DA 95-18]


Filing Procedures in the Multipoint Distribution Service and in 
the Instructional Television Fixed Service, Including Electronic Filing 
and Competitive Bidding

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of time.

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SUMMARY: This Order grants a request, filed by the Wireless Cable 
Association International, Inc., for an extension of time to submit 
comments in the above proceeding. The filing date for comments is 
currently January 9, 1995, and the date for filing reply comments is 
currently January 24, 1995. Because of the complex technical issues 
raised in this proceeding, the Order extends the time afforded for 
filing comments to January 23, 1995, and the time afforded for filing 
reply comments to February 7, 1995.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before January 23, 1995, and 
reply comments must be received on or before February 7, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Comments and reply comments may be mailed to Office of the 
Secretary, Federal Communications Commission, Washington, D.C. 20554.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Sharon Bertelsen at (202) 416-0892 or Jerianne Timmerman at (202) 416-
0881, Video Services Division, Mass Media Bureau.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The complete text of the Order Granting 
Extension of Time for Filing Comments and Reply Comments follows. It is 
also available for inspection and copying during normal business hours 
in the FCC Reference Center, Room 239, at the Federal Communications 
Commission, 1919 M Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20554, and it may be 
purchased from the Commission's copy contractor, International 
Transcription Service, Inc., 2100 M Street, N.W., Suite 140, 
Washington, D.C. 20037, (202) 857-3800. This Order was adopted January 
4, and released January 6, 1995.
    By the Chief, Mass Media Bureau:
    1. On December 1, 1994, the Commission released a Notice of 
Proposed Rulemaking (Notice), FCC 94-293, 9 FCC Rcd 7665 (1994), 59 FR 
63743 (Dec. 9, 1994), in this proceeding, soliciting comment on 
revisions to our rules and procedures that will improve the Multipoint 
Distribution Service (MDS) application processes. The filing date for 
comments is currently January 9, 1995, and the date for filing reply 
comments is currently January 24, 1995.
    2. On January 3, 1995, the Wireless Cable Association 
International, Inc. (WCAI) filed a request for an extension of time to 
submit comments in this proceeding. WCAI requests that the time 
afforded interested parties to submit comments be extended by two 
weeks, to January 23, 1995, and the time afforded for filing reply 
comments be extended to February 7, 1995. WCAI states that the 
Commission, in this Notice, proposes a wide variety of rule changes to 
govern the auctioning of MDS licenses and to regulate the provision of 
MDS services in the future. Of particular concern to WCAI is a possible 
change in the definition of protected service area for MDS stations. 
WCAI asserts that it has been working diligently to develop a proposal 
that will accommodate the Commission's goals without unduly restricting 
the wireless cable industry, and believes that it will be able to 
achieve a consensus at a quarterly meeting of the WCAI Board of 
Directors scheduled for January 10, 1995.
    3. Pursuant to Section 1.46 of the Commission's rules, 47 CFR 
Section 1.46, it is our policy that extensions of time for filing 
comments in rulemaking proceedings shall not be routinely granted. 
However, under the circumstances described above, we believe that this 
brief extension of time to file comments and reply comments is 
warranted in light of the complexity of technical issues raised in this 
proceeding. Accordingly, it is ordered, that the request for extension 
of time filed by the Wireless Cable Association International, Inc. is 
granted, the time for filing comments in this proceeding is extended to 
January 23, 1995, and the time for filing reply comments in this 
proceeding is extended to February 7, 1995.
    4. This action is taken pursuant to Sections 4(i) and 303(r) of the 
Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. Sections 4(i) and 
303(r), and Sections 0.204(b), 0.283 and 1.415 of the Commission's 
rules, 47 CFR Sections 0.204(b), 0.283 and 1.415.

Federal Communications Commission.
Roy J. Stewart,
Chief, Mass Media Bureau.
[FR Doc. 95-847 Filed 1-11-95; 8:45 am]
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