[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 68 (Friday, April 9, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17365-17366]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-9018]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[DA 99-632]


Request for Waiver by San Mateo County, California, To Obtain a 
License for Thirty-one Frequencies Allocated for Paging Control 
Operations

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Notice; extension of time for filing reply comments.

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SUMMARY: This document extends the time for filing reply comments on a 
waiver request by San Mateo County, California, to permit it to use 
thirty-one frequencies for public safety purposes that are now 
allocated for point-to-multipoint paging control operation in the San 
Francisco, California, area.

DATES: Reply comments are due on or before April 12, 1999.\1\

    \1\ Editorial Note: This document was received at the Office of 
the Federal Register on April 7, 1999.
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ADDRESSES: Federal Communications Commission, Office of the Secretary, 
445 Twelfth Street, S.W., TW-325, Washington, D.C. 20554. SW, 
Washington, D.C. 20554. A copy of each filing should be sent to 
International Transcription Services, Inc. (ITS), 1231 20th Street, 
N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036, (202) 857-3800, and Peter J. Daronco, 
Federal Communications Commission, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, 
Public Safety and Private Wireless Division, Policy and Rules Branch, 
445 Twelfth Street, S.W., Room 4-C431, Washington, D.C. 20554.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Peter J. Daronco at the Public Safety 
and Private Wireless Division, Policy and Rules Branch (202) 418-0680.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a summary of the Commission's Order, 
DA 99-632, released on March 31, 1999 (DA 99-632). The full text of the 
Order is available for inspection and copying

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during normal business hours in the Public Safety and Private Wireless 
Division of the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, Federal 
Communications Commission, 445 Twelfth Street, S.W., Room 4-C207, 
Washington, D.C. 20554. The complete text of this Order may also be 
purchased from the Commission's duplicating contractor, International 
Transcription Services, 1231 20th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036, 
202-857-3800. Alternative formats (computer diskette, large print, 
audio cassette and Braille) are available to persons with disabilities 
by contacting Martha Contee at (202) 418-0260, TTY (202) 418-2555, or 
at [email protected].
    1. On January 28, 1999, San Mateo County, California (the County), 
filed the captioned application and request for waiver of the 
Commission's Rules (``Waiver Request'') pursuant to Section 337(c) of 
the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 337(c). On March 
18, 1999, the Commission released a Public Notice seeking comment on 
the County's Waiver Request under the following deadline dates: March 
29, 1999, for filing comments, and April 5, 1999, for filing reply 
comments. See Wireless Telecommunications Bureau Seeks Comment on 
Request for Waiver by San Mateo County, California, to Obtain a License 
for Thirty-one Frequencies Allocated for Paging Control Operations, 
Public Notice, DA 99-537 (rel. March 18, 1999), 64 FR 14915 (March 29, 
1999).
    2. On March 19, 1999, the County filed a Motion for Extension of 
Time (Motion) to extend the deadline date for filing reply comments to 
April 12, 1999. The County states that the specific comment schedule 
adopted in the Public Notice imposes severe constraints on the County 
because its counsel will be traveling and unable to address this matter 
from March 26 to April 5, 1999. The County avers that these 
circumstances will make it nearly impossible for it to provide full and 
complete reply comments by April 5, 1999, and it requests a seven (7) 
day extension of deadline date for reply comments.
    3. It is the policy of the Commission that extensions of time are 
not routinely granted. 47 CFR 1.46(b). Upon review, however, we agree 
that an extension will afford parties the necessary time to coordinate 
and file reply comments that will facilitate the compilation of a more 
complete record in this proceeding. We believe that a seven (7) day 
extension of time for filing reply comments should provide an adequate 
opportunity for all parties to prepare and file responsive and complete 
reply comments in this proceeding without causing undue delay to the 
Commission's consideration of this proceeding.
    4. Accordingly, pursuant to the authority of Section 4(j) of the 
Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 154(j), and section 
1.46 of the Commission's Rules, 47 CFR 1.46, It Is Ordered that the 
Motion for Extension of Time filed by the County of San Mateo, 
California, on March 19, 1999, is granted. Interested parties shall 
file reply comments in the captioned proceeding no later than April 12, 
1999.
    5. This action is taken under delegated authority pursuant to 
sections 0.131 and 0.331 of the Commission's rules, 47 CFR 0.131, 
0.331.

Federal Communications Commission.
John J. Borkowski,
Chief, Policy and Rules Branch, Public Safety & Private Wireless 
Division, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau.
[FR Doc. 99-9018 Filed 4-8-99; 8:45 am]
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