§  3.28   Denial of privilege.

   (a) The Commission, in its sole discretion, may refuse to grant an
   application to become an accounting authority for any of the following
   reasons:

   (1) Failure to provide evidence of acceptable financial responsibility;

   (2) If the applicant, in the opinion of the FCC reviewing official,
   does not possess the qualifications necessary to the proper functioning
   of an accounting authority;

   (3) Application is not personally signed by the proper official(s);

   (4) Applicant does not provide evidence that accounting operations will
   take place in the United States or its territories and the applicant
   does not already possess an AAIC issued by another administration;

   (5) Application is incomplete, the applicant fails to provide
   additional information requested by the Commission or the applicant
   indicates that it cannot meet a particular provision; or

   (6) When the Commission determines that the grant of an authorization
   is contrary to the public interest.

   (b) These rules provide sufficient latitude to address defects in
   applications. Entities seeking review should follow procedures set
   forth in §  1.106 or §  1.115 of this chapter.

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