§  0.314   Additional authority delegated.

   The Regional Director, Deputy Regional Director, District Director or
   Resident Agent at each installation is delegated authority to act upon
   applications, requests, or other matters, which are not in hearing
   status, and direct the following activities necessary to conduct
   investigations or inspections:

   (a) On informal requests from broadcast stations to extend temporary
   authority for operation without monitors, plate ammeter, plate
   volmeter, base current meter, common point meter, and transmission line
   meter from FM and television stations.

   (b)(1) Extend the Communications Act Safety Radiotelephony Certificate
   for a period of up to 90 days beyond the specified expiration date.

   (b)(2) Grant emergency exemption requests, extensions or waivers of
   inspection to ships in accordance with applicable provisions of the
   Communications Act, the Safety Convention, the Great Lakes Agreement or
   the Commission's rules.

   (c) To act on and make determinations on behalf of the Commission
   regarding requests for assignments and reassignments of priorities
   under the Telecommunications Service Priority System, part 64 of the
   rules, when circumstances require immediate action and the common
   carrier seeking to provide service states that it cannot contact the
   National Communications System or the Commission office normally
   responsible for such assignments. To the extent possible, all such
   actions and determinations shall be made in coordination with the
   Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau.

   (d) Require special equipment and program tests during inspections or
   investigations to determine compliance with technical requirements
   specified by the Commission.

   (e) Require stations to operate with the pre-sunrise and nighttime
   facilities during daytime hours in order that an inspection or
   investigation may be made by an authorized Commission representative to
   determine operating parameters.

   (f) Issue notices and orders to operators of industrial, scientific,
   and medical (ISM) equipment, as provided in §  18.115 of this chapter.

   (g) Act on requests for permission to resume operation of ISM equipment
   on a temporary basis, as provided by §  18.115 of this chapter, and
   requests for extensions of time within which to file final reports, as
   provided by §  18.117 of this chapter.

   (h) Issue notices and orders to operators of part 15 devices, as
   provided in §  15.5 of this chapter.

   (i) Issue notices and orders to suspend operations to multi-channel
   video programming distributors, as provided in §  76.613 of this
   chapter.

   (j) Issue notices and orders to suspend operations to part 74
   licensees, as provided in §  74.23 of this chapter.

   [ 64 FR 60721 , Nov. 8, 1999, as amended at  67 FR 13221 , Mar. 21, 2002;
    71 FR 69036 , Nov. 29, 2006]

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