§ 1.933   Public notices.

   (a) Generally. Periodically, the Commission issues Public Notices in the
   Wireless  Radio  Services  listing information of public significance.
   Categories of Public Notice listings are as follows:

   (1) Accepted for filing. Acceptance for filing of applications and major
   amendments thereto.

   (2) Actions. Commission actions on pending applications previously listed as
   accepted for filing.

   (3) Environmental considerations. Special environmental considerations as
   required by Part 1 of this chapter.

   (4)  Informative  listings.  Information  that  the Commission, in its
   discretion, believes to be of public significance. Such listings do not
   create any rights to file petitions to deny or other pleadings.

   (b) Accepted for filing public notices. The Commission will issue at regular
   intervals public notices listing applications that have been received by the
   Commission in a condition acceptable for filing, or which have been returned
   to an applicant for correction. Any application that has been listed in a
   public  notice  as acceptable for filing and is (1) subject to a major
   amendment,  or  (2)  has  been returned as defective or incomplete and
   resubmitted  to the Commission, shall be listed in a subsequent public
   notice. Acceptance for filing shall not preclude the subsequent dismissal of
   an application as defective.

   (c) Public notice prior to grant. Applications for authorizations, major
   modifications, major amendments to applications, and substantial assignment
   or  transfer applications for the following categories of stations and
   services shall be placed on Public Notice as accepted for filing prior to
   grant:

   (1) Wireless Telecommunications Services.

   (2) Industrial radiopositioning stations for which frequencies are assigned
   on an exclusive basis.

   (3) Aeronautical enroute stations.

   (4) Aeronautical advisory stations.

   (5) Airport control tower stations.

   (6) Aeronautical fixed stations.

   (7) Alaska public fixed stations.

   (8) Broadband Radio Service; and

   (9) Educational Broadband Service.

   (d) No public notice prior to grant. The following types of applications,
   notices, and other filings need not be placed on Public Notice as accepted
   for filing prior to grant:

   (1)  Applications  or  notifications concerning minor modifications to
   authorizations or minor amendments to applications.

   (2) Applications or notifications concerning non-substantial (pro forma)
   assignments and transfers.

   (3) Consent to an involuntary assignment or transfer under section 310(b) of
   the Communications Act.

   (4) Applications for licenses under section 319(c) of the Communications
   Act.

   (5) Requests for extensions of time to complete construction of authorized
   facilities.

   (6) Requests for special temporary authorization not to exceed 30 days where
   the applicant does not contemplate the filing of an application for regular
   operation,  or not to exceed 60 days pending or after the filing of an
   application for regular operation.

   (7)  Requests for emergency authorizations under section 308(a) of the
   Communications Act.

   (8) Any application for temporary authorization under section 101.31(a) of
   this chapter.

   (9) Any application for authorization in the Private Wireless Services.

   [ 63 FR 68929 , Dec. 14, 1998, as amended at  69 FR 72026 , Dec. 10, 2004]

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