Opinion ID: 740472
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Denial of Solar's motion to reopen the record

Text: 36 Finally, Solar contends that the Commission erred in denying its petition to reopen the record in order to consider whether Coast's proposal for its antenna tower and transmitter was adequate. The Commission will not reopen the record upon an applicant's belated request unless there is a substantial likelihood that if given the chance the petitioner could demonstrate a fatal flaw in a competitor's proposal. See Evergreen Broadcasting Co., 7 F.C.C.R. 6601, 6602 (1992). The Commission concluded that Solar had proffered nothing more damning than the need for Coast to make some technical modifications to its antenna and transmitter proposal. 11 F.C.C.R. at 4075. On appeal Solar does not attack the FCC's reasoning or [324 U.S.App.D.C. 311] the standard that it applied. Rather it complains that if the Commission is to be lenient in dealing with possible engineering deficiencies in Coast's proposal, then it should be equally lenient in dealing with the financial deficiencies in Solar's proposal. Because Solar's premise is flawed--it has not shown that the Commission was lenient with Coast--we reject its argument at the outset.