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 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  02-  483 
 Before  the  Federal  Communications  Commission 
 Washington,  D.  C.  20554 


 In  the  Matter  of 
 Reallocation  of  the  216-  220  MHz,  1390-  1395  MHz,  1427-  1429  MHz, 
 1429-  1432  MHz,  1432-  1435  MHz,  1670-  1675  MHz,  and  2385-  2390  MHz 
 Government  Transfer  Bands 


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 WT  Docket  No.  02  -  08  RM-  9267 
 RM-  9692  RM-  9797 
 RM-  9854  RM-  9882 


 ORDER  DENYING  REQUEST  TO  EXTEND  COMMENT  PERIOD 
 Adopted:  February  28,  2002  Released:  February  28,  2002 
 By  the  Acting  Chief,  Public  Safety  and  Private  Wireless  Division,  Wireless  Telecommunications  Bureau: 
 1.  On  February  25,  2002,  the  American  Hospital  Association  (AHA)  filed  a  motion,  pursuant  to  Section  1.46  of  the  Commission’s  Rules,  1  to  extend  the  period  for  filing  comments  to  the  Notice  of 
 Proposed  Rule  Making  2  in  the  above-  captioned  proceeding.  AHA  requests  that  the  deadline  for  filing  initial  comments  be  extended  thirty  days  from  March  4,  2002,  to  April  3,  2002.  3  For  the  reasons  discussed  below, 
 we  deny  the  request  to  extend  the  initial  comment  period. 
 2.  AHA  requests  an  extension  of  time  to  allow  it  to  organize  a  consensus  on  the  wide  variety  of  issues  presented  in  Notice  of  Proposed  Rule  Making.  4  AHA  contends  that  the  Notice  of  Proposed  Rule 


 Making  seeks  comment  on  several  highly  technical  issues  without  providing  concrete  rule  proposals  on  which  parties  could  comment.  5 


 3.  The  Commission  does  not  routinely  grant  requests  for  extensions  of  time.  6  Certain  frequency  bands  in  this  proceeding,  including  those  with  respect  to  which  AHA  indicates  it  may  submit 
 comments,  are  subject  to  a  statutory  requirement  providing  for  Commission  action  “in  time  for  the 


 1  47  C.  F.  R.  §  1.46. 
 2  See  Reallocation  of  the  216-  220  MHz,  1390-  1395  MHz,  1427-  1429  MHz,  1429-  1432  MHz,  1432-  1435  MHz, 
 1670-  1675  MHz,  and  2385-  2390  MHz  Government  Transfer  Bands,  WT  Docket  No.  02-  08,  Notice  of  Proposed  Rule  Making,  FCC  02-  15,  67  Fed.  Reg.  7113  (rel.  February  6,  2002). 


 3  See  AHA,  Motion  for  Extension  of  Time,  filed  February  25,  2002. 
 4  Id.  at  2. 
 5  Id.  at  2-  3. 
 6  See  47  C.  F.  R.  §  1.46(  a);  see  also,  e.  g.,  Mobile  Radio  Service,  Inc.,  Order  on  Reconsideration,  DA  02-  179  (WTB 
 PSPWD  rel.  Jan.  24,  2002). 
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 assignment  of  those  licenses  or  permits  by  September  30,  2002.”  7  Given  this  statutory  requirement,  nothing  in  AHA’s  request  persuades  us  that  an  extension  of  time  is  warranted. 
 4.  ACCORDINGLY,  IT  IS  HEREBY  ORDERED  that  pursuant  to  Section  1.46  of  the  Commission’s  Rules,  47  C.  F.  R.  §  1.46,  the  request  of  the  American  Hospital  Association  to  extend  the 
 deadline  for  filing  initial  comments  in  this  proceeding,  filed  February  25,  2002,  is  DENIED. 
 5.  This  action  is  taken  under  delegated  authority  pursuant  to  Sections  0.131  and  0.331  of  the  Commission’s  Rules,  47  C.  F.  R  .  §§  0.131,  0.331. 


 FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION 


 Barry  J.  Ohlson  Acting  Chief,  Public  Safety  and  Private  Wireless  Division 
 Wireless  Telecommunications  Bureau 


 7  See  Balanced  Budget  Act  of  1997  (BBA-  97),  Pub.  L.  105-  33,  111  Stat.  251  Section  3002(  e),  codified  at  47 
 U.  S.  C.  925(  c).  See  also  BBA-  97  Section  3002(  c)(  1),  (c)(  4);  and  Identification  of  Alternative  Bands  In  Response  to  Title  III  of  the  Balanced  Budget  Act  of  1997,  NTIA  Special  Publication  98-  39  (rel.  Nov.  1998). 
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