[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 47, Volume 2]

[Revised as of October 1, 2004]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 47CFR25.151]



[Page 308-309]

 

                       TITLE 47--TELECOMMUNICATION

 

                    CHAPTER I--FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

                         COMMISSION (CONTINUED)

 

PART 25_SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS--Table of Contents

 

                   Subpart B_Applications and Licenses

 

Sec. 25.151  Public notice period.



    (a) At regular intervals, the Commission will issue public notices 

listing:

    (1) The receipt of applications for new station authorizations;



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    (2) The receipt of applications for license or registration of 

receive-only earth stations;

    (3) The receipt of applications for major modifications to station 

authorizations;

    (4) The receipt of major amendments to pending applications;

    (5) The receipt of applications to assign or transfer control of 

space station facilities, transmitting earth station facilities, or 

international receive-only earth station facilities;

    (6) Significant Commission actions regarding applications;

    (7) Information which the Commission in its discretion believes to 

be of public significance; and

    (8) Special environmental considerations as required by part 1 of 

this chapter.

    (b) Special public notices may also be issued at other times under 

special circumstances involving non-routine matters where speed is of 

the essence and efficiency of Commission process will be served thereby.

    (c) A public notice will not normally be issued for receipt of any 

of the following applications:

    (1) For authorization of a minor technical change in the facilities 

of an authorized station;

    (2) For temporary authorization pursuant to Sec. 25.119;

    (3) For an authorization under any of the proviso clauses of section 

308(a) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended [47 U.S.C. 308(a)];

    (4) For consent to an involuntary assignment or transfer of control 

of a transmitting earth station authorization; or

    (5) For consent to an assignment or transfer of control of a space 

station authorization or a transmitting earth station authorization, 

where the assignment or transfer does not involve a substantial change 

in ownership or control; or

    (6) For change in location of an earth station operating in the 4/6 

GHz and 10.95-11.7 GHz bands by no more than 1[sec] in latitude and/or 

longitude and for change in location of an earth station operating in 

the 12/14 GHz bands by no more than 10[sec] in latitude and/or 

longitude.

    (d) No application that has appeared on public notice will be 

granted until the expiration of a period of thirty days following the 

issuance of the public notice listing the application, or any major 

amendment thereto. Any comments or petitions must be delivered to the 

Commission by that date in accordance with Sec. 25.154.



[56 FR 24016, May 28, 1991, as amended at 58 FR 68061, Dec. 23, 1993]