[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 47, Volume 2]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 47CFR21.30]

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                       TITLE 47--TELECOMMUNICATION
 
                    CHAPTER I--FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
                         COMMISSION (CONTINUED)
 
PART 21--DOMESTIC PUBLIC FIXED RADIO SERVICES--Table of Contents
 
                  Subpart B--Applications and Licenses
 
Sec. 21.30  Opposition to applications.

    (a) Petitions to deny (including petitions for other forms of 
relief) and responsive pleadings for Commission consideration must:
    (1) Identify the application or applications (including applicant's 
name, station location, Commission file numbers and radio service 
involved) with which it is concerned;
    (2) Be filed in accordance with the pleading limitations, filing 
periods, and other applicable provisions of Secs. 1.41 through 1.52, and 
1.821 through 1.825;
    (3) Contain specific allegations of fact (except for those of which 
official notice may be taken), which shall be supported by affidavit of 
a person or persons with personal knowledge thereof, and which shall be 
sufficient to demonstrate that the petitioner (or respondent) is a party 
in interest and that a grant of, or other Commission action regarding, 
the application would be prima facie inconsistent with the public 
interest;
    (4) Except as provided in Sec. 21.902(i)(6) regarding Instructional 
Television Fixed Service licensees and conditional licensees, in 
Sec. 21.909 regarding MDS response station hubs and in Sec. 21.913 
regarding MDS booster stations, be filed within thirty (30) days after 
the date of public notice announcing the acceptance for filing of any 
such application or major amendment thereto, or identifying the 
tentative selectee of a random selection proceeding in the Multichannel 
Multipoint Distribution Service or for Multipoint Distribution Service 
H-channel stations (unless the Commission otherwise extends the filing 
deadline); and
    (5) Contains a certificate of service showing that it has been 
mailed to the applicant no later than the date of filing thereof with 
the Commission.
    (b) The Commission will classify as informal objections:
    (1) Any petition to deny not filed in accordance with paragraph (a) 
of this section;
    (2) Any petition to deny (or for other forms of relief) an 
application to which the thirty (30) day public notice period of 
Sec. 21.27(c) does not apply; or
    (3) Any comments on, or objections to, the grant of an application 
when the comments or objections do not conform to either paragraph (a) 
of this section or other Commission rules and requirements.
    (c) The Commission will consider informal objections, but will not 
necessarily discuss them specifically in a formal opinion if:
    (1) The informal objection is filed at least one day before 
Commission action on the application; and
    (2) The informal objection is signed by the submitting person (or 
his representative) and discloses his interest.

[44 FR 60534, Oct. 19, 1979, as amended at 50 FR 5993, Feb. 13, 1985; 50 
FR 45614, Nov. 1, 1985; 52 FR 37779, Oct. 9, 1987; 55 FR 46009, Oct. 31, 
1990; 56 FR 57816, Nov. 14, 1991; 63 FR 65101, Nov. 25, 1998]