[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 151 (Friday, August 6, 1999)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 42854-42855]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-20280]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 1

[MD Docket No. 98-200; DA 99-1491]


Assessment and Collection of Regulatory Fees For Fiscal Year 1999

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: The Commission revised its Schedule of Regulatory Fees on June 
11, 1999, in order to recover the amount of regulatory fees that 
Congress has required it to collect for fiscal year 1999. See Report 
and Order in the Matter of Assessment and Collection of Regulatory Fees 
for Fiscal Year 1999, MD Docket 98-200, FCC 99-146, released June 18, 
1999, 64 FR 35831 (July 1, 1999). The attached Order establishes the 
dates when these regulatory fees must be paid.

DATES: September 13, 1999, through September 22, 1999, for all annual 
fee payors. Beginning on September 13, 1999, for applicants who pay 
fees in advance in combination with their application fee for new, 
renewal and reinstatement authorizations in the private wireless 
services.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Roland Helvajian, Office of Managing 
Director at (202) 418-0444.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

    Adopted: August 2, 1999.
    Released: August 2, 1999.

    1. The Managing Director has determined the dates for collection of 
the fees adopted in the above-captioned proceeding. See Assessment and 
Collection of Regulatory Fees for Fiscal Year 1999, FCC 98-200, 
released June 18, 1999, 64 FR 35831 (July 1, 1999). We are establishing 
collection dates as indicated in paragraphs 2 and 3.
    2. Annual regulatory fees for regulatees in the cable television, 
common carrier, international, mass media, and commercial wireless 
services are due during the period beginning September 13, 1999, and 
ending September 22, 1999. Parties paying these fees electronically 
must ensure that payment is received by Mellon Bank no later than 
September 21, 1999, however they are requested to submit them on 
September 13th or September 14th to facilitate their receipt and 
recording in a timely fashion.
    3. Applicants for new, renewal and reinstatement licenses in the 
private wireless private mobile radio (PMRS) and the microwave radio 
services, which pay annual fees of $13.00 in advance for each year of 
their license term in combination with the appropriate application fee, 
are to begin paying the new fee on September 13, 1999. For private 
wireless licensees in the aviation, marine, general mobile (GMRS), and 
other land mobile radio services paying $7.00 in advance for

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each year of their license term in combination with the appropriate 
application fee, they also are to begin paying the new fee on September 
13, 1999. Applicants for amateur vanity call signs paying $1.40 in 
advance for each year of their license term in combination with the 
appropriate application fee, they too are to begin paying the new fee 
on September 13, 1999.
    4. Since the time for collecting fees is extremely limited, we are 
unable to offer installment payments for fiscal year 1999.
    5. Accordingly, It is ordered that the dates for collection of 
fiscal year 1999 regulatory fees are as provided in paragraphs 2 and 3. 
This action is taken under delegated authority pursuant to 
Sec. 0.231(a) and Sec. 1.1157(b)(1) of the Commission's rules. 47 
U.S.C. 0.231(a) and 1.1157(b)(1).

Federal Communications Commission.
Magalie Roman Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-20280 Filed 8-5-99; 8:45 am]
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