§ 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. × 29.7 cm.) or on 81⁄2 × 11 inch
   (21.6  cm.  × 27.9 cm.) paper with the margins set so that the printed
   material does not exceed 6 1⁄2 × 91⁄2 inches (16.5 cm. × 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 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 § 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, must be filed in electronic format:

   (i) Formal complaint proceedings under Section 208 of the Act and rules in
   § § 1.720 through 1.736, pole attachment complaint proceedings under Section
   224 of the Act and rules in § § 1.1401 through 1.1424, and formal complaint
   proceedings under Open Internet rules § § 8.12 through 8.17, and;

   (ii) Proceedings, other than rulemaking proceedings, relating to customer
   proprietary network information (CPNI);

   (iii) Proceedings relating to cable special relief petitions;

   (iv) Proceedings involving Over-the-Air Reception Devices;

   (v) Common carrier certifications under § 54.314 of this chapter;

   (vi) Domestic Section 214 transfer-of-control applications pursuant to
   § § 63.52 and 63.53 of this chapter;

   (vii) Domestic Section 214 discontinuance applications pursuant to § § 63.63
   and/or 63.71 of this chapter; and

   (viii) Notices of network change and associated certifications pursuant to
   § 51.325 et seq. of this chapter.

   (2) Unless required under paragraph (f)(1) of this section, 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;

   (iii)  Petition for rulemaking proceedings (except broadcast allotment
   proceedings);

   (iv) Petition for forbearance proceedings; and

   (v) Filings responsive to domestic section 214 transfers under § 63.03 of
   this chapter, section 214 discontinuances under § 63.71 of this chapter, and
   notices of network change under § 51.325 et seq. of this chapter.

   (3) To further greater reliance on electronic filing wherever possible, the
   Bureaus and Offices, in coordination with the Managing Director, may provide
   to the public capabilities for electronic filing of additional types of
   pleadings notwithstanding any provisions of this chapter that may otherwise
   be construed as requiring such filings to be submitted on paper.

   (4) For purposes of compliance with 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 than 250 words per
   page.

   Note to § 1.49: 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;  74 FR 39227 , Aug. 6, 2009;  76 FR 24390 , May 2, 2011;  80 FR 1587 , Jan.
   13, 2015;  80 FR 19847 , Apr. 13, 2015]

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