*Pages 1--2 from Microsoft Word - 38894* PUBLIC NOTICE Federal Communications Commission 445 12 th Street S. W. Washington, D. C. 20554 DA- 04- 1612 _______________________________________________________________________________ Before the Federal Communications Commission Washington, D. C. 20554 PUBLIC NOTICE Released: June 3, 2004 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: America First Communications, Inc. – Request for waiver of the late charge penalty regarding fiscal year 2003 regulatory fees for WASO- AM Metairie, LA Denied (April 20, 2004) [See Assessment and Collection of Regulatory Fees for Fiscal Year 2003, MD Docket No. 03- 83, Report and Order, 18 FCC Rcd 15,985 (2003)] Birney TV Club - Request for a waiver of the fiscal year 2003 regulatory fees for translator stations K11CH and K13RW Dismissed (May 10, 2004) Blue Ridge Cable Technologies, Inc. - Request for waiver of the late charge penalty regarding fiscal year 2003 regulatory fees Denied (May 10, 2004) [See Public Notice, FY 2003 Assessment and Collection of Regulatory Fees, Additional Guidance and Clarification, 2003 WL 22136284 (released: Sept. 17, 2003)] Ronald W. Cowan, Jr. - Request for waiver and deferral of fiscal year 2003 regulatory fees due for WVAB- AM and WBVA- AM Denied (April 8, 2004) [See Implementation of Section 9 of the Communications Act, 10 FCC Rcd 12759, 12761- 62 (1995)] First Commonwealth Cablevision, Ltd - Request for waiver of the late charge penalty regarding fiscal year 2003 regulatory fees due from First Commonwealth Cablevision, Ltd of Saluda, VA Denied (May 10, 2004) Iridum 2 GHz LLC – Request for a refund of an application processing fee Granted (April 17, 2004) [See Amendment of the Commission’s Space Station Licensing Rules and Policies; Mitigation of Orbital Debris, First Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 18 FCC Rcd 12674 (2003); see also Commission Adopts Freeze on New Satellite License Applications, Public Notice, 18 FCC Rcd 7903 (2003)] Lycom Communications, Inc. - Request for waiver of the late charge penalty regarding fiscal year 2003 regulatory fees Denied (May 10, 2004) [See 47 C. F. R. §1. 1157; see also Assessment and Collection of Regulatory Fees for Fiscal Year 2003, Report and Order, 18 FCC Rcd 15,985 (2003) (2003 Report and Order); 47 U. S. C. §159] NobelTel, LLC - Request for waiver of the late charge penalty regarding fiscal year 2003 regulatory fees Denied (May 10, 2004) [See 47 C. F. R. §1. 1157; see also News media information 202 / 418- 5000 Fax- On- Demand 202 / 418- 2830 Internet: http:// www. fcc. gov ftp. fcc. gov 1 DA- 04- 1612 Federal Communications Commission _____________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ 2 Assessment and Collection of Regulatory Fees for Fiscal Year 2003, Report and Order, 18 FCC Rcd 15,985 (2003) (2003 Report and Order); 47 U. S. C. §159] NOW Communications, Inc. - Request for a waiver of the fiscal year (FY) 2003 regulatory fee and the late charge penalty for late payment Granted (May 10, 2004) [See Implementation of Section 9 of the Communications Act, 9 FCC Rcd 5333, 5346 (1994), on recon, 10 FCC Rcd 12759 (1995)] Oration Technologies, Inc. - Request for waiver and refund of the late charge penalty regarding fiscal year 2003 regulatory fees Denied (May 10, 2004) Pine to Prairie Broadcasting, Inc. – Request for waiver of the late charge penalty regarding fiscal year 2002 and 2003 regulatory fees due on KKCQ- AM and KKEQ- FM Denied (May 10, 2004) [See Implementation of Section 9 of the Communications Act, 9 FCC Rcd 5333, 5346 (1994), on recon, 10 FCC Rcd 12759 (1995)] PNI Spectrum, LLC - Request for waiver of the regulatory fees for fiscal year 2003 Granted (May 10, 2004) [See Implementation of Section 9 of the Communications Act, 9 FCC Rcd 5333, 5346 (1994), on recon, 10 FCC Rcd 12759 (1995)] R & S Media - Request for cancellation or waiver of the regulatory fees for fiscal year 2002 for KBNH- FM Homedale, ID Granted (April 20, 2004) [See Assessment and Collection of Regulatory Fees for Fiscal Year 2002, Report and Order, 17 FCC Rcd 13203 (2002), Erratum, 17 FCC Rcd 16177, 16177 (OMD 2002)] Reunion Broadcasting, LLC - Request for waiver and refund of the late charge penalty regarding fiscal year 2003 for station KMUR- AM Granted (April 20, 2004) Rolling Plains Broadcasting Corporation – Request for a waiver of the late payment penalty for fiscal year 2003 regulatory fees and a refund of fiscal year 2002 regulatory fees for Stations KVRP- FM and KVRP( AM) FY 2002 Granted FY 2003 Denied (May 10, 2004) Southeast Cable TV, Inc. - Request for waiver of the late charge penalty regarding fiscal year 2003 regulatory fees due from Southeast Cable TV, Inc. Denied (May 10, 2004) [See Assessment and Collection of Regulatory Fees for Fiscal Year 2003, Report and Order, 18 FCC Rcd 15985,15998 (2003)] TDS Metrocom - Request for waiver of the late charge penalty regarding fiscal year 2003 regulatory fees Denied (May 10, 2004) Tri- County TV Booster Club, Inc. - Request for waiver of fiscal year 2003 regulatory fees for translator stations W13AY, W07BE and W10AQ Granted (May 10, 2004) Water’s Edge Communications – Request for waiver of regulatory fees for fiscal years 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002 and 2003 for station WBKC- AM Painsville, OH 1996, 1997, 1998 and 1999 Denied 2001, 2002 and 2003 Dismissed (April 20, 2004) [See Implementation of Section 9 of the Communications Act 9 FCC Rcd 5333, 5346 (1994), on recon, 10 FCC Rcd 12759, 12761- 62 (1995)] NOTE: ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS REPORT SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO THE REVENUE AND RECEIVABLES OPERATIONS GROUP AT (202) 418- 1995. 2