[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 14 (Friday, January 22, 1999)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 3480]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-1458]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
47 CFR Part 90
[WT Docket No. 98-182, PR Docket No. 92-235, DA 98-2651]
1998 Biennial Regulatory Review; Private Land Mobile Radio
Services
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Proposed rules; extension of time for comments.
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SUMMARY: This document extends the time to file comments on the Notice
of Proposed Rulemaking adopted September 30, 1998. Comments on this
notice were due January 4, 1999, and reply comments were due on or
before January 22, 1999. Pursuant to a request by Land Mobile
Communications Council (LMCC), the Commission is extending the time to
file comments to afford interested parties the necessary time to
coordinate and file substantive comments for the record.
DATES: Comments must be filed on or before January 19, 1999, and reply
comments on or before February 3, 1999.
ADDRESSES: Federal Communications Commission, Office of the Secretary,
The Portals II, 445 12th St., SW, Washington, D.C. 20554
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ghassan Khalek, Public Safety and
Private Wireless Division, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, (202)
418-2771 or via E-Mail to gkhalek@fcc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a summary of the Public Safety and
Private Wireless Division's Order, WT Docket No. 98-182, DA 98-2651,
adopted December 30, 1998, and released December 31, 1998. The full
text of this Order is available for inspection and copying during
normal business hours in the Public Safety and Private Wireless
Division, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, 2025 M Street, N.W., Room
8010, Washington D.C. The complete text may be purchased from the
Commission's copy contractor, International Transcription Service,
Inc., 2100 M Street, Suite 140, Washington, D.C. 20037, telephone (202)
857-3800.
Summary of Order
1. On September 30, 1998, the Commission adopted A Notice of
Proposed Rulemaking (Notice) in the above-captioned proceeding.
Comments on the Notice were due on or before January 4, 1999, and Reply
Comments were due on or before January 22, 1999. On December 23, 1998,
the Commission received a request for Extension of Time to File
Comments filed by the Land Mobile Communications Council.
2. LMCC requests an extension until January 18, 1999, to file
comments. It states that this would afford interested parties adequate
time to prepare full and complete comments in order that the Commission
may develop as complete a record as possible. LMCC indicates that it
files comments in proceedings before the Commission with the consensus
of, and on behalf of, the vast majority of public safety, business,
industrial, private, commercial and land transportation radio users.
LMCC points out that the comment deadline falls immediately after an
extended holiday period making it difficult for LMCC to develop
consensus comments because of the unavailability of many of its members
due to travel.
3. It is the policy of the Commission that extensions of time are
not routinely granted. Upon review, however, we agree that an extension
would afford parties the necessary time to coordinate and file
substantive comments for the record. We believe, that a 15 day
extension of time, until January 19, 1999, within which to file
comments on the Notice should be sufficient. This extension should
provide an adequate opportunity for all parties to prepare and file
responsive and complete comments in this proceeding,
Ordering Clauses
4. Accordingly, it is hereby ordered that the Request for Extension
of Time to File Comments filed by LMCC on December 23, 1998, is hereby
granted. Parties shall file comments on the Notice no later than
January 19, 1999. Reply comments are due on or before February 3, 1999.
List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 90
Administrative practice and procedure, Communications equipment,
Radio.
Federal Communications Commission.
John Clark,
Deputy Chief, Public Safety and Private Wireless Division, Wireless
Telecommunications Bureau.
[FR Doc. 99-1458 Filed 1-21-99; 8:45 am]
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