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 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA-  02-  1196 
 Before  the  Federal  Communications  Commission 
 Washington,  D.  C.  20554 
 In  the  Matter  of 
 Improving  Public  Safety  Communications  in  the  800  MHz  Band 


 Consolidating  the  800  MHz  Industrial/  Land  Transportation  and  Business  Pool  Channels 


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 WT  Docket  02-  55 


 Order  Extending  Time  for  Filing  of  Reply  Comments 
 Adopted:  May  17,  2002  Released:  May  17,  2002 
 By  the  Chief,  Public  Safety  and  Private  Wireless  Division,  Wireless  Telecommunications  Bureau: 
 1.  On  May  13,  2002,  the  Industrial  Telecommunications  Association  (ITA)  filed  a  Request  for  Extension  of  Time  (Request)  in  the  captioned  proceeding,  asking  that  the  current  date  set  for  the  filing 
 of  reply  comments,  June  4,  2002,  be  extended  by  ninety  days.  ITA,  in  its  Request,  points  to  the  large  number  and  the  complexity  of  the  more  than  200  filings  in  this  proceeding.  It  suggests  that  a  reply 
 comment  period  longer  than  the  currently  allotted  thirty  days  is  necessary  to  guarantee  adequately  responsive  reply  comments. 


 2.  It  is  the  policy  of  the  Commission  that  extensions  of  time  are  not  routinely  granted.  1  Although  we  agree  with  ITA  that  the  complexity  of  issues  present  in  this  proceeding  warrants  a  moderate 
 extension  of  the  reply  comment  deadline,  we  are  mindful  of  our  resolve  to  move  swiftly  to  address  the  problem  of  interference  to  800  MHz  public  safety  communications.  2  As  a  result,  we  believe  that  the 
 requested  ninety-  day  extension  is  too  lengthy.  Given  that  we  believe  that  an  extension  of  time  would  afford  the  parties  in  this  proceeding  the  opportunity  to  develop  a  more  comprehensive  and  responsive 
 record,  we  find  that  grant  of  an  extension  of  the  time  for  the  filing  of  reply  comments  is  warranted.  We  further  believe  that  the  more  appropriate  duration  for  such  extension  is  30  days.  3 


 3.  ACCORDINGLY,  IT  IS  ORDERED  that  the  ITA  Request  for  Extension  of  Time  IS  GRANTED,  to  the  extent  stated  herein  and  IS  DENIED  in  all  other  respects;  and  that  the  time  for  filing 
 reply  comments  in  the  captioned  proceeding  IS  EXTENDED  until  JULY  8,  2002. 
 FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION 


 1  See  47  C.  F.  R.  §  1.46(  a). 
 2  See  Improving  Public  Safety  Communications  in  the  800  MHz  Band;  Consolidating  the  800  MHz  Industrial/  Land 
 Transportation  and  Business  Pool  Channels,  WT  Docket  No.  02-  55,  Notice  of  Proposed  Rule  Making,  FCC  02-  81,  ¶  3  (rel.  Mar.  15,  2002). 


 3  Given  that  the  thirtieth  day  is  a  Federal  holiday,  we  believe  it  is  prudent  to  extend  the  filing  deadline  to  July  8, 
 2002. 
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 D’wana  R.  Terry  Chief,  Public  Safety  and  Private  Wireless  Division 
 Wireless  Telecommunications  Bureau 
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