[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 47, Volume 1]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

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

[CITE: 47CFR1.49]



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                       TITLE 47--TELECOMMUNICATION

 

              CHAPTER I--FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

 

PART 1_PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE--Table of Contents

 

            Subpart A_General Rules of Practice and Procedure

 

Sec. 1.49  Specifications as to pleadings and documents.



    (a) All pleadings and documents filed in paper form in any 

Commission proceeding shall be typewritten or prepared by mechanical 

processing methods, and shall be filed on A4 (21 cm. x 29.7 cm.) or on 

8\1/2\ x 11 inch (21.6 cm. x 27.9 cm.) paper with the margins set so 

that the printed material does not exceed 6 \1/2\ x 9\1/2\ inches (16.5 

cm. x 24.1 cm.). The printed material may be in any typeface of at least 

12-point (0.42333 cm. or \12/72\) in height. The body of the 

text must be double spaced with a minimum distance of \7/32\ of an inch 

(0.5556 cm.) between each line of text. Footnotes and long, indented 

quotations may be single spaced, but



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must be in type that is 12-point or larger in height, with at least \1/

16\ of an inch (0.158 cm.) between each line of text. Counsel are 

cautioned against employing extended single spaced passages or excessive 

footnotes to evade prescribed pleading lengths. If single-spaced 

passages or footnotes are used in this manner the pleading will, at the 

discretion of the Commission, either be rejected as unacceptable for 

filing or dismissed with leave to be refiled in proper form. Pleadings 

may be printed on both sides of the paper. Pleadings that use only one 

side of the paper shall be stapled, or otherwise bound, in the upper 

left-hand corner; those using both sides of the paper shall be stapled 

twice, or otherwise bound, along the left-hand margin so that it opens 

like a book. The foregoing shall not apply to printed briefs 

specifically requested by the Commission, official publications, charted 

or maps, original documents (or admissible copies thereof) offered as 

exhibits, specially prepared exhibits, or if otherwise specifically 

provided. All copies shall be clearly legible.

    (b) Except as provided in paragraph (d) of this section, all 

pleadings and documents filed with the Commission, the length of which 

as computed under this chapter exceeds ten pages, shall include, as part 

of the pleading or document, a table of contents with page references.

    (c) Except as provided in paragraph (d) of this section, all 

pleadings and documents filed with the Commission, the length of which 

filings as computed under this chapter exceeds ten pages, shall include, 

as part of the pleading or document, a summary of the filing, suitably 

paragraphed, which should be a succinct, but accurate and clear 

condensation of the substance of the filing. It should not be a mere 

repetition of the headings under which the filing is arranged. For 

pleadings and documents exceeding ten but not twenty-five pages in 

length, the summary should seldom exceed one and never two pages; for 

pleadings and documents exceeding twenty-five pages in length, the 

summary should seldom exceed two and never five pages.

    (d) The requirements of paragraphs (b) and (c) of this section shall 

not apply to:

    (1) Interrogatories or answers to interrogatories, and depositions;

    (2) FCC forms or applications;

    (3) Transcripts;

    (4) Contracts and reports;

    (5) Letters; or

    (6) Hearing exhibits, and exhibits or appendicies accompanying any 

document or pleading submitted to the Commission.

    (e) Petitions, pleadings, and other documents associated with 

licensing matters in the Wireless Radio Services may be filed 

electronically in ULS. See Sec. 22.6 for specifications.

    (f)(1) In the following types of proceedings, all pleadings, 

including permissible ex parte submissions, notices of ex parte 

presentations, comments, reply comments, and petitions for 

reconsideration and replies thereto, may be filed in electronic format:

    (i) General rulemaking proceedings other than broadcast allotment 

proceedings;

    (ii) Notice of inquiry proceedings; and

    (iii) Petition for rulemaking proceedings (except broadcast 

allotment proceedings).

    (2) For purposes of paragraphs (b) and (c) of this section, and any 

prescribed pleading lengths, the length of any document filed in 

electronic form shall be equal to the length of the document if printed 

out and formatted according to the specifications of paragraph (a) of 

this section, or shall be no more that 250 words per page.



    Note: The table of contents and the summary pages shall not be 

included in complying with any page limitation requirements as set forth 

by Commission rule.



[40 FR 19198, May 2, 1975, as amended at 47 FR 26393, June 18, 1982; 51 

FR 16322, May 2, 1986; 54 FR 31032, July 26, 1989; 58 FR 44893, Aug. 25, 

1993; 59 FR 37721, July 25, 1994; 63 FR 24125, May 1, 1998; 63 FR 68920, 

Dec. 14, 1998]