[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 103 (Friday, May 28, 1999)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 28936-28937]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-13623]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 0

[WT Docket No. 98-160; FCC 99-45]


1998 Biennial Regulatory Review

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: In this document the Commission revises its rules to eliminate 
the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau's reference facility in 
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The demand to review application and 
licensing records will be met by the Commission's public access 
capabilities, particularly as the use of electronic filing increases. 
This document also amends the Commission's rules to accurately reflect 
the location and availability of license application information within 
the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau.

EFFECTIVE DATE: Amendments to Sec. 0.453(g) and (h) are effective July 
20, 1999. Amendments to Secs. 0.453(l) and (o) and 0.455(f) are 
effective 90 days after ULS is implemented for all services licensed by 
the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau. The Wireless Bureau will issue 
a public notice announcing the specific date upon which these 
amendments become effective.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Walter Boswell, 717-338-2601.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a summary of the Commission's Report 
and Order (R&O) released March 24, 1999 in WT Docket No. 98-160; FCC 
99-45. The full text of this R&O is available for inspection and 
copying during normal business hours at the FCC Dockets Branch, 445 
12th Street SW, Washington, DC. The text of the R&O may also be 
purchased by calling International Transcription Service at 202-857-
3800.
    Given the readily available electronic access to information 
concerning applications and licenses for wireless telecommunications 
services, this R&O closes the Commission's Gettysburg reference 
facility at a future date. Due to its location outside the Washington, 
DC area, the Gettysburg reference facility is not as well used as those 
at Commission headquarters. The demand to review materials will be 
easily met by the Commission's public access capabilities, particularly 
as the use of electronic filing expands to the point where the 
Commission receives little or no paper from applicants. The Wireless 
Telecommunications Bureau staff in Gettysburg will accept requests at 
their front counter to review paper documents, and the Commission's 
duplication services contractor will provide copies of applications 
upon request for their usual research and copying fees.

List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 0

    Public information and inspection of records.

Federal Communications Commission.
Magalie Roman Salas,
Secretary.

    Part 0 of Chapter I of Title 47 of the Code of Federal Regulations 
is amended as follows:

PART 0--COMMISSION ORGANIZATION

    1. The authority citation for part 0 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: Section 5, 48 Stat. 1068, as amended; 47 U.S.C. 155.

    2. Section 0.453 is amended by revising the introductory text, 
paragraph (g) introductory text, paragraph (h) introductory text and 
adding new paragraph (o) to read as follows:


Sec. 0.453  Public reference rooms.

    The Commission maintains the following public reference rooms at 
its offices in Washington, DC:
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    (g) The Common Carrier Bureau, Network Services Division Public 
Reference Room. Section 214 applications and related files, to the 
extent that they concern domestic communications facilities and 
services are available for inspection at this location.
* * * * *
    (h) The Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, Commercial Mobile 
Services Reference Room. The following documents, files and records are 
available for inspection at two different locations. The Legal Branch 
is the responsible custodian for both locations.
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    (o) Electronically stored application and licensing data for 
commercial radio operator applications and all authorizations in the 
Wireless Radio services are available for public inspection via the 
Commission's wide area network. Wireless Radio services include 
Commercial and Private Mobile Radio, Common Carrier and Private 
Operational Fixed Point-to-Point Microwave, Local Television 
Transmission Service (LTTS), Digital Electronic Message Service (DEMS),

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Aviation Ground and Marine Coast applications.
    3. Section 0.455 is amended by revising paragraph (f) as follows:


Sec. 0.455  Other locations at which records may be inspected.

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    (f) Wireless Telecommunications Bureau. See Sec. 0.453(o) of this 
chapter.
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[FR Doc. 99-13623 Filed 5-27-99; 8:45 am]
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