[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 179 (Thursday, September 16, 1999)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 50265-50266]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-24232]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Parts 1, 22, 24, 26, 27, 73, 74, 80, 87, 90, 95, 97, and 101

[WT Docket No. 99-87, RM-9332, RM-9405; DA 99-1861]


Revised Competitive Bidding Authority

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Notice; extension of reply comment period.

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SUMMARY: This document extends the time to file reply comments on the 
Notice of Proposed Rule Making released on March 25, 1999. Reply 
comments were due on or before September 16, 1999. On September 10, 
1999, the Commission released an order (DA 99-1861) that grants the 
Land Mobile Communications Council's ``Request for Extension of Time to 
File Reply Comments.'' The new deadline will be September 30, 1999.

DATES: Reply comments must be filed on or before September 30, 1999.


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ADDRESSES: Federal Communications Commission, 445 Twelfth Street, SW., 
Room TW-A325, Washington, DC 20554.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gary D. Michaels, Auctions and 
Industry Analysis Division, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, at 
(202) 418-0660, or Scot Stone, Public Safety and Private Wireless 
Division, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, at (202) 418-0680.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a summary of the Commission's Order 
in WT Docket No. 99-87, DA 99-1861, adopted and released on September 
10, 1999. The full text of the Order is available for inspection and 
copying during normal business hours in the FCC Reference Information 
Center, Room CY-A257, 445 Twelfth Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554, 
and may also be purchased from the Commission's duplicating contractor, 
International Transcription Services, Inc., 445 Twelfth Street, SW., 
Room CY-B400, Washington, DC 20554, (202) 314-3070. The Order is also 
available on the Internet at the Commission's web site: http://
www.fcc.gov/wtb/documents.html.
    1. On March 25, 1999, the Commission released a Notice of Proposed 
Rule Making (``NPRM''), WT Docket No. 99-87, RM-9332, RM-9405, FCC 99-
52, 63 FR 23571, May 3, 1999. The NPRM initially stated that comments 
and reply comments would be due on or before July 2, 1999 and August 2, 
1999, respectively. On May 19, 1999 the Commission released an Order, 
WT Docket No. 99-87, RM-9332, RM-9405, FCC 99-950, 64 FR 30288, June 7, 
1999, extending the deadline for comments to August 2, 1999 and reply 
comments to September 16, 1999.
    2. On September 8, 1999, the Land Mobile Communications Council 
(``LMCC'') filed a ``Request for Extension of Time to File Reply 
Comments'' to extend the deadline for filing reply comments to 
September 30, 1999. LMCC contends that an extension is warranted due to 
the voluminous initial responses to the NPRM, the multiple questions 
raised therein as well as coinciding comment deadlines in other 
Commission proceedings that significantly impact the private wireless 
industry.
    3. Although the Commission does not routinely grant extensions of 
time in rule making proceedings, 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, without causing undue delay of the Commission's 
consideration of the issues. Accordingly, it is ordered that the 
``Request for Extension of Time to File Reply Comments'' filed by the 
Land Mobile Communications Council is granted. Interested parties may 
file reply comments on or before September 30, 1999.
    4. This action is taken pursuant to the authority provided in 47 
CFR 1.46 and under delegated authority pursuant to 47 CFR 0.131, 0.331.

Federal Communications Commission.
Mark R. Bollinger,
Deputy Chief, Auctions and Industry Analysis Division, Wireless 
Telecommunications Bureau.
[FR Doc. 99-24232 Filed 9-15-99; 8:45 am]
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