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 PUBLIC  NOTICE  Federal  Communications  Commission  445  12  th  St.,  S.  W.  Washington,  D.  C.  20554  News  Media  Information  202  /  418-  0500  Internet:  http://  www.  fcc.  gov  TTY:  1-  888-  835-  5322 
 DA  03-  2862 
 September  10,  2003 


 MEDIA  BUREAU  ACTION 
 CSR-  6235-  Z 
 REQUEST  FOR  WAIVER  OF  SUBSCRIBER  TERMINAL  TECHNICAL  SPECIFICATION 


 Pace  Micro  Technology  PLC  (“  Pace”),  on  behalf  of  itself  and  its  cable  operator  customer  has  filed  a  Petition  for  Special  and  Interim  Relief  seeking  a  waiver  of  Section  76.605(  a)(  2)  of  the  rules,  47  C.  F.  R. 
 §  76.605(  a)(  2),  for  certain  set  top  boxes  manufactured  by  Pace.  The  boxes  at  issue  may  not  meet  the  tolerances  prescribed  in  the  rules  for  separation  between  the  audio  and  visual  carriers  at  subscriber 
 terminals.  Petitioners  assert  that  the  deviation  beyond  tolerance  is  small,  not  perceivable  by  television  viewers,  and  will  not  have  an  adverse  impact  on  the  quality  of  signal  received  by  consumers. 


 Petitioner  seeks  both  permanent  relief  pursuant  to  Sections  1.3  and  76.7  of  the  Commission’s  rules,  47  C.  F.  R.  §§  1.  3  &  76.7,  and  interim  relief  pursuant  to  Section  1.45(  d)  and  (e)  of  the  Commission’s  rule,  47 
 C.  F.  R.  §§  1.  45(  d)  –  (e).  Comments  and  oppositions  to  the  request  for  permanent  relief  are  due  within  30  days  from  the  date  of  this  Public  Notice.  Petitioner’s  reply  is  due  20  days  thereafter.  Comments  and 
 oppositions  to  the  request  for  interim  relief  are  due  within  7  days  from  the  date  of  this  notice.  Replies  to  oppositions  to  the  request  for  interim  relief  should  not  be  filed  and  will  not  be  considered.  Please  place 
 the  case  identifier,  CSR-  6235-  Z,  on  all  filings. 


 The  petition  is  available  for  public  inspection  in  the  Commission’s  Reference  Information  Center: 
 445  12  th  Street,  S.  W.  Washington,  D.  C.  20554 
 202-  418-  7092 


 Accessible  Formats  To  request  materials  in  accessible  formats  for  people  with  disabilities  (Braille,  large  print,  electronic  files, 
 audio  format),  send  an  e-  mail  to  fcc504@  fcc.  gov  or  call  the  Consumer  &  Governmental  Affairs  Bureau  at  202-  418-  0531  (voice),  202-  418-  7365  (TTY). 


 Media  Contact:  Michelle  Russo  at  (202)  418-  7200.  Media  Bureau  Contact:  Wayne  T.  McKee  at  (202)  418-  2355. 
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