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 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  03-  1022 
 Before  the  Federal  Communications  Commission 
 Washington,  D.  C.  20554 
 In  the  Matter  of  )  ) 
 Additional  Spectrum  for  Unlicensed  Devices  )  ET  Docket  No.  02-  380  Below  900  MHz  and  in  the  3  GHz  Band  ) 
 ) 


 ORDER  GRANTING  EXTENSION  OF  TIME 
 Adopted:  March  28,  2003  Released:  March  31,  2003 
 By  the  Chief,  Office  of  Engineering  and  Technology 
 1.  On  March  24,  2003,  the  Association  for  Maximum  Service  Television,  Inc.  (MSTV)  submitted  a  motion  to  the  Commission  to  extend  the  comment  and  reply  comment  deadlines  in  the  above  captioned 
 proceeding  by  ten  days,  from  April  7,  2003  and  May  6,  2003  to  April  17,  2003  and  May  16,  2003,  respectively.  MSTV  states  that  additional  time  is  required  to  permit  review  and  discussion  of  its 
 comments  by  its  board  of  directors  before  they  can  be  approved  and  filed  with  the  Commission. 
 2.  The  Commission  does  not  routinely  grant  extensions  of  time  in  rule  making  proceedings.  However,  we  find  MSTV’s  circumstances  compelling  and  we  believe  that  providing  more  time  will 
 enable  MSTV  to  submit  information  that  will  be  beneficial  to  the  record  in  this  proceeding.  In  addition,  such  a  brief  extension  will  not  cause  undue  delay.  Therefore,  we  agree  to  extend  the  comment  and  reply 
 comment  deadlines  by  ten  days. 
 3.  Accordingly,  IT  IS  ORDERED  that  the  deadline  for  filing  comments  in  the  above  captioned  proceeding  IS  EXTENDED  to  April  17,  2003,  and  that  the  deadline  for  filing  reply  comments  in  the 
 above  captioned  proceeding  IS  EXTENDED  to  May  16,  2003. 
 4.  This  action  is  taken  pursuant  to  the  authority  found  in  Section  4(  i)  and  303  of  the  Communications  Act  of  1934,  as  amended,  47  U.  S.  C.  §§  154(  i)  and  303;  and  pursuant  to  Sections  0.31, 
 0.241  and  1.46  of  the  Commission's  Rules,  47  CFR  §§  0.31,  0.241  and  1.46. 


 FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION 


 Edmond  J.  Thomas  Chief,  Office  of  Engineering  and  Technology 
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