§ 1.913   Application and notification forms; electronic and manual filing.

   (a) Application and notification forms. Applicants, licensees, and
   spectrum lessees (see § 1.9003) shall use the following forms and
   associated schedules for all applications and notifications:

   (1) FCC Form 601, Application for Authorization in the Wireless Radio
   Services. FCC Form 601 and associated schedules are used to apply for
   initial authorizations, modifications to existing authorizations,
   amendments to pending applications, renewals of station authorizations,
   special temporary authority, notifications, requests for extension of
   time, and administrative updates.

   (2) FCC Form 602, Wireless Radio Services Ownership Form. FCC Form 602
   is used by applicants and licensees in auctionable services to provide
   and update ownership information as required by § § 1.919, 1.948,
   1.2112, and any other section that requires the submission of such
   information.

   (3) FCC Form 603, Application for Assignment of Authorization or
   Transfer of Control. FCC Form 603 is used by applicants and licensees
   to apply for Commission consent to assignments of existing
   authorizations, to apply for Commission consent to transfer control of
   entities holding authorizations, to notify the Commission of the
   consummation of assignments or transfers, and to request extensions of
   time for consummation of assignments or transfers. It is also used for
   Commission consent to partial assignments of authorization, including
   partitioning and disaggregation.

   (4) FCC Form 605, Quick-form Application for Authorization for Wireless
   Radio Services. FCC Form 605 is used to apply for Amateur, Ship,
   Aircraft, and General Mobile Radio Service (GMRS) authorizations, as
   well as Commercial Radio Operator Licenses.

   (5) FCC Form 608, Notification or Application for Spectrum Leasing
   Arrangement. FCC Form 608 is used by licensees and spectrum lessees
   (see § 1.9003) to notify the Commission regarding spectrum manager
   leasing arrangements and to apply for Commission consent for de facto
   transfer leasing arrangements pursuant to the rules set forth in part
   1, subpart X. It is also used to notify the Commission if a licensee or
   spectrum lessee establishes a private commons (see § 1.9080).

   (6) FCC Form 609, Application to Report Eligibility Event. FCC Form 609
   is used by licensees to apply for Commission approval of reportable
   eligibility events, as defined in § 1.2114.

   (b) Electronic filing. Except as specified in paragraph (d) of this
   section or elsewhere in this chapter, all applications and other
   filings using the application and notification forms listed in this
   section or associated schedules must be filed electronically in
   accordance with the electronic filing instructions provided by ULS. For
   each Wireless Radio Service that is subject to mandatory electronic
   filing, this paragraph is effective on July 1, 1999, or six months
   after the Commission begins use of ULS to process applications in the
   service, whichever is later. The Commission will announce by public
   notice the deployment date of each service in ULS.

   (1) Attachments to applications and notifications should be uploaded
   along with the electronically filed applications and notifications
   whenever possible. The files, other than the ASCII table of contents,
   should be in Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (PDF) whenever
   possible.

   (2) Any associated documents submitted with an application or
   notification must be uploaded as attachments to the application or
   notification whenever possible. The attachment should be uploaded via
   ULS in Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (PDF) whenever possible.

   (c) Auctioned license applications. Auctioned license applications, as
   defined in § 1.907 of this part, shall also comply with the
   requirements of subpart Q of this part and the applicable Commission
   orders and public notices issued with respect to each auction for a
   particular service and spectrum.

   (d) Manual filing. (1) ULS Forms 601, 603, 605, and 608 may be filed
   manually or electronically by applicants and licensees in the following
   services:

   (i) The part 90 Private Land Mobile Radio services for shared spectrum,
   spectrum in the public safety pool below 746 MHz, and spectrum in the
   public safety allocation above 746 MHz, except those filed by
   Commission-certified frequency coordinators;

   (ii) The part 97 Amateur Radio Service, except those filed by Volunteer
   Examination Coordinators;

   (iii) The part 95 General Mobile Radio Service and Personal Radio
   Service (excluding 218-219 MHz service);

   (iv) The part 80 Maritime Services (excluding the VHF 156-162 MHz
   Public Coast Stations);

   (v) The part 87 Aviation Services;

   (vi) Part 13 Commercial Radio Operators (individual applicants only;
   commercial operator license examination managers must file
   electronically, see § 13.13(c) of this part); and

   (vii) Part 101 licensees who are also members of any of the groups
   listed in paragraph (d)(1)(i) through (d)(1)(vi) of this section.

   (2) Manually filed applications must be submitted to the Commission at
   the appropriate address with the appropriate filing fee. The addresses
   for filing and the fee amounts for particular applications are listed
   in Subpart G of this part, and in the appropriate fee filing guide for
   each service available from the Commission's Forms Distribution Center
   by calling 1-800-418-FORM (3676).

   (3) Manually filed applications requiring fees as set forth at Subpart
   G, of this part must be filed in accordance with § 0.401(b).

   (4) Manually filed applications that do not require fees must be
   addressed and sent to Federal Communications Commission, 1270 Fairfield
   Road, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 17325-7245.

   (5) Standard forms may be reproduced and the copies used in accordance
   with the provisions of § 0.409 of this chapter.

   (6) Attachments to manually filed applications may be filed on a
   standard 3.5 magnetic diskette formatted to be readable by high density
   floppy drives operating under MS-DOS (version 3.X or later compatible
   versions). Each diskette submitted must contain an ASCII text file
   listing each filename and a brief description of the contents of each
   file and format for each document on the diskette. The files on the
   diskette, other than the table of contents, should be in Adobe Acrobat
   Portable Document Format (PDF) whenever possible. All diskettes
   submitted must be legibly labelled referencing the application and its
   filing date.

   (e) Applications requiring prior coordination. Parties filing
   applications that require frequency coordination shall, prior to
   filing, complete all applicable frequency coordination requirements in
   service-specific rules contained within this chapter. After appropriate
   frequency coordination, such applications may be electronically filed
   via ULS or, if filed manually, must be forwarded to the appropriate
   address with the appropriate filing fee (if applicable) in accordance
   with subparagraph (d). Applications filed by the frequency coordinator
   on behalf of the applicant must be filed electronically.

   (f) Applications for Amateur licenses. Each candidate for an amateur
   radio operator license which requires the applicant to pass one or more
   examination elements must present the administering Volunteer Examiners
   (VE) with all information required by the rules prior to the
   examination. The VEs may collect the information required by these
   rules in any manner of their choosing, including creating their own
   forms. Upon completion of the examination, the administering VEs will
   immediately grade the test papers and will then issue a certificate for
   successful completion of an amateur radio operator examination (CSCE)
   if the applicant is successful. The VEs will send all necessary
   information regarding a candidate to the Volunteer-Examiner Coordinator
   (VEC) coordinating the examination session. Applications filed with the
   Commission by VECs must be filed electronically via ULS. All other
   applications for amateur service licenses may be submitted manually to
   FCC, 1270 Fairfield Road, Gettysburg, PA 17325-7245, or may be
   electronically filed via ULS. Feeable requests for vanity call signs
   must be filed in accordance with § 0.401 of this chapter or
   electronically filed via ULS.

   (g) Section 337 Requests. Applications to provide public safety
   services submitted pursuant to 47 U.S.C. 337 must be filed on the same
   form and in the same manner as other applications for the requested
   frequency(ies), except that applicants must select the service code
   reflective of the type of service the applicant intends to provide.

   [ 63 FR 68922 , Dec. 14, 1998, as amended at  66 FR 55 , Jan. 2, 2001;  67 FR 34851 , May 16, 2002;  68 FR 42995 , July 21, 2003;  68 FR 66276 , Nov.
   25, 2003;  69 FR 77549 , Dec. 27, 2004;  71 FR 26251 , May 4, 2006;  78 FR 23152 , Apr. 18, 2013;  78 FR 25160 , Apr. 29, 2013]

   Effective Date Note: At  69 FR 77549 , Dec. 27, 2004, § 1.913(a)(5) was
   added. This paragraph contains information collection and recordkeeping
   requirements and will not become effective until approval has been
   given by the Office of Management and Budget.

   Effective Date Note: At  78 FR 23152 , Apr. 18, 2013, § 1.913 was amended
   by revising paragraph (d)(1)(vi). This paragraph contains information
   collection and recordkeeping requirements and will not become effective
   until approval has been given by the Office of Management and Budget.

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