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 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA-  02-  1523 
 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:  June  27,  2002  Released:  June  27,  2002 
 By  the  Chief,  Public  Safety  and  Private  Wireless  Division,  Wireless  Telecommunications  Bureau: 
 1.  On  June  25,  2002,  the  Association  of  Public  Safety  Communications  Officials-International,  Inc.,  the  International  Association  of  Fire  Chiefs,  Inc.,  the  International  Association  of 
 Chiefs  of  Police,  the  International  Municipal  Signal  Association,  the  Major  Cities  Chiefs  Association,  the  Major  County  Sheriffs  Association,  the  National  Sheriffs  Association,  Aeronautical  Radio  Inc.,  the 
 Association  of  American  Railroads,  Forest  Industries  Telecommunications,  the  Industrial  Telecommunications  Association  (ITA),  MRFAC,  Inc.,  the  National  Association  of  Manufacturers,  the 
 Personal  Communications  Industry  Association,  Small  Business  in  Telecommunications,  the  Taxicab,  Limousine  and  Paratransit  Association  and  Nextel  Communications,  Inc.  filed  a  Request  for  Extension  of 
 Time  (Request)  in  the  captioned  proceeding,  asking  that  the  current  date  set  for  the  filing  of  reply  comments,  July  8,  2002,  be  extended  by  thirty  days.  The  petitioners  request  additional  time  “to  complete 
 and  submit  a  compromise  proposal  to  the  Commission”  1  which  they  represent  will  assist  the  Commission  in  its  decision  making  in  this  proceeding.  2 


 2.  It  is  the  policy  of  the  Commission  that  extensions  of  time  are  not  routinely  granted.  3  Moreover,  we  note  that  we  previously  denied  a  request  for  a  90  day  extension,  filed  by  ITA,  but  granted  a 
 34  day  extension  of  time  from  the  original  June  4,  2002,  reply  comment  filing  date.  4  However,  we  are  encouraged  by  the  prospect  of  an  industry-  wide  compromise  position  on  the  major  issues  in  the  instant 
 proceeding.  Accordingly,  in  reliance  on  petitioners’  representation  that  they  will  actively  pursue  a  compromise  that  is  acceptable  to  as  wide  a  cross-  section  of  affected  parties  as  possible,  and  in  the  interest 
 of  building  a  complete  record,  we  are  granting  the  petition  and  are  extending  the  reply  comment  filing  date  to  August  7,  2002. 


 1  Request  at  2. 
 2  Id. 
 3  See  47  C.  F.  R.  §  1.46(  a). 
 4  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,  Order  Granting  Extension  of  Time,  DA-  02-1196  (rel.  May  17,  2002). 
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 3.  ACCORDINGLY,  IT  IS  ORDERED  that  the  petitioners’  Request  for  Extension  of  Time  IS  GRANTED,  and  that  the  time  for  filing  reply  comments  in  the  captioned  proceeding  IS  EXTENDED 
 until  August  7,  2002. 
 FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION 


 Ramona  Melson  Deputy  Chief,  Public  Safety 
 and  Private  Wireless  Division  Wireless  Telecommunications  Bureau 
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