*Pages 1--2 from Microsoft Word - 33310* PUBLIC NOTICE Federal Communications Commission 445 12 th Street S. W. Washington, D. C. 20554 DA- 03- 3623 ________________________________________________________________________________ Before the Federal Communications Commission Washington, D. C. 20554 PUBLIC NOTICE Released: November 14, 2003 FEE DECISIONS OF THE MANAGING DIRECTOR AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC The Managing Director is responsible for fee decisions in response to requests for waiver or deferral of fees as well as other pleadings associated with the fee collection process. A public notice of these fee decisions is published in the FCC record. The decisions are placed in General Docket 86- 285 and are available for public inspection. A copy of the decision is also placed in the appropriate docket, if one exists. The following Managing Director fee decisions are released for public information: The Beeper Company – Request for waiver of application filing fees Granted (August 21, 2003) [See Establishment of a Fee Collection Program to Implement the Provisions of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, 5 FCC Rcd 3558, 3572- 73 (1990)] Carl H. Calvin – Request for waiver of the late charge penalty due in connection with regulatory fees due for fiscal year 2000 Denied (August 18, 2003) [See Assessment and Collection of Regulatory Fees for Fiscal Year 2002, Report and Order, 17 FCC Rcd 13,203, 13,213, ¶29 (2002) (Report and Order)] The Chronicle Publishing Company – Request for waiver of the regulatory fees and late charge penalty due for fiscal year 2000 Dismissed (July 31, 2003) The Chronicle Publishing Company – Request for waiver of the regulatory fees and late charge penalty due for fiscal year 2001 Dismissed (July 31, 2003) Clarke Broadcasting Corporation - Request for waiver and refund of the regulatory fees for fiscal years 1999, 2000 and 2001 Partially granted (September 3, 2003) [See 47 CFR para. 1.1166] D A Peterson, Inc. - Request for waiver and refund of the regulatory fees for fiscal year 2002 Denied (August 21, 2003) [See Assessment and Collection of Regulatory Fees for Fiscal Year 2002, Report and Order, 17 FCC Rcd 13,203, 13,213, ¶30 (2002)] Delta Communications Company – Request for a refund of application filing fees Denied (August 21, 2003) Electric Lightwave, Inc. - Request for waiver and refund of the late charge penalty due in connection with regulatory fees due for fiscal year 2001 Denied (August 21, 2003) KMRI Radio, LLC - Request for a review of a previous fee decision Granted (August 21, 2003) [See Implementation of Section 9 of the Communications Act, 9 FCC Rcd 5333, 5346 (1994), recon. granted, 10 FCC Rcd 12759 (1995)] KVRW- FM – Request for waiver and refund of regulatory fees due for fiscal years 2000, 2001 and 2002 Denied (August 18, 2003) [See Assessment and News media information 202 / 418- 5000 Fax- On- Demand 202 / 418- 2830 Internet: http:// www. fcc. gov ftp. fcc. gov 1 DA- 03- Federal Communications Commission _____________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ 2 Collection of Regulatory Fees for Fiscal Year 2002, Report and Order, 17 FCC Rcd 13,203, Attachment H, “Factors, measurements and calculations that go into determining station signal contours and associated population coverages” see also See Assessment and Collection of Regulatory Fees for Fiscal Year 2002, Report and Order, 17 FCC Rcd 13,203, 13,213, ¶30 (2002) (Report and Order)] Loral Space & Communications, Ltd. – Request for a waiver and partial refund of application filing fees Granted (September 5, 2003) Loral Space & Communications, Ltd. and various subsidiaries as debtors- in- possession – Request for waiver and deferral of application filing fees Granted (September 29, 2003) [See 47 CFR para. 1.1117] Mallard Holdings, Inc. – Request for a waiver and refund of application filing fees Granted (September 29, 2003) [See Establishment of a Fee Collection Program to Implement the Provisions of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, 2 FCC Rcd 3558, 3572- 73 (1990)] McKesson Corporation - Request for waiver of the late charge penalty due in connection with regulatory fees due for fiscal year 2002 Denied (August 28, 2003) [See FY 2002 International and Satellite Services Regulatory Fees, Public Notice, 2002 WL 1782100 (August 28, 2002)] Ntelos, Inc. - Request for a waiver of application filing fees Granted (August 21, 2003) [See 47 CFR para. 1.1117] Runnels broadcasting System, LLC - Request for a waiver and refund of application filing fees Granted (August 28, 2003) [See Establishment of a Fee Collection Program to Implement the Provisions of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, 2 FCC Rcd 3558, 3572- 73 (1990)] Saga Broadcasting Corporation – Request for waiver of the late charge penalty due in connection with regulatory fees due for fiscal year 2001 Denied (August 18 2003) [See the Communications Act of 1934] Sirius Satellite Radio, Inc. – Request for a review of a previous fee decision Denied (June 19, 2003) [See 47 CFR para. 1.1166( b)] Society of Broadcast Engineers, Inc. - Request for a waiver of application filing fees Denied (September 3, 2003) [See 47 CFR para. 1.1117( a)] UTC Longdistance LLC - Request for waiver of the late charge penalty due in connection with regulatory fees due for fiscal year 2000 Denied (August 18, 2003) World Wide Gospel Radio Request for waiver of the late charge penalty due in connection with regulatory fees due for FCC frequency fees Granted (August 18, 2003) [See 47 CFR para. 1.1107] WTRW Incorporated – Request for deferral of the fiscal year 2001 regulatory fee and late payment charge Denied (August 18, 2003) [See 47 CFR para. 1.1166( b)] NOTE: ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS REPORT SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO THE REVENUE AND RECEIVABLES OPERATIONS GROUP AT (202) 418- 1995. 2