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 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  05-  2335 
 Before  the  Federal  Communications  Commission 
 Washington,  D.  C.  20554 


 In  the  matter  of 
 Office  of  Engineering  and  Technology  Seeks  Comment  on  Petition  from  Continental 
 Airlines  for  Declaratory  Ruling  regarding  whether  certain  Restrictions  on  Antenna  Installation  are 
 Permissible  under  the  Commission’s  Over-  The-  Air  Reception  Devices  (OTARD)  Rules 


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 ET  Docket  No.  05-  247 


 ORDER  EXTENDING  COMMENT  PERIOD 
 Adopted:  August  22,  2005  Released:  August  23,  2005 
 By  the  Acting  Chief,  Office  of  Engineering  and  Technology: 
 1.  On  July  29,  2005,  the  Office  of  Engineering  and  Technology  released  a  public  notice  (Public  Notice)  1  seeking  comment  on  a  petition  from  Continental  Airlines  (Continental)  for  a  declaratory  ruling 
 regarding  whether  certain  restrictions  on  antenna  installation  are  permissible  under  the  Commission’s  over-  the-  air  reception  devices  (OTARD)  rules.  2  On  August  16,  2005,  the  Massachusetts  Port  Authority 
 (Massport)  filed  a  Motion  for  a  thirty-  day  extension  of  time  in  which  to  file  comments  and  reply  comments  in  response  to  the  Public  Notice.  At  least  one  additional  party  has  also  asked  for  an  extension 
 of  the  filing  deadlines.  3  On  August  18,  2005,  Continental  filed  a  reply  to  Massport's  motion.  4  While  Continental  does  not  object  to  a  brief  extension  of  time,  it  does  object  to  Massport's  overall 
 characterization  of  the  dispute.  5 
 2.  The  Commission’s  general  policy  is  that  extensions  of  time  are  not  routinely  granted.  6  However,  in  light  of  the  import  of  the  public  policy  issues  potentially  implicated  in  this  proceeding,  we 
 find  that  the  interests  of  commenting  parties  and  the  Commission’s  interests  in  ensuring  a  thorough  record,  without  unreasonably  or  unnecessarily  delaying  the  resolution  of  the  proceeding,  are  best  served 
 by  an  extension  of  the  comment  period. 
 1  See  OET  Seeks  Comment  on  Petition  from  Continental  Airlines  for  Declaratory  Ruling  Regarding  Whether  Certain 
 Restrictions  on  Antenna  Installation  are  Permissible  under  the  Commission’s  Over-  the-  Air  Reception  Devices  (OTARD)  Rules,  ET  Docket  No.  05-  247,  Public  Notice,  DA  05-  2213  (rel.  July  29,  2005). 


 2  See  47  C.  F.  R.  §  1.  4000.  See  also  Commission  Staff  Clarifies  FCC's  Role  Regarding  Radio  Interference  Matters 
 and  Its  Rules  Governing  Customer  Antennas  and  Other  Unlicensed  Equipment,  Public  Notice,  DA  04-  184,  19  FCC  Rcd  11300  (2004). 


 3  See  Airports  Council  International  -  North  America,  Motion  for  Extension  of  Filing  Deadlines,  filed  August  16, 
 2005.  4 
 See  Reply  of  Continental  Airlines,  Inc.  to  the  Massachusetts  Port  Authority  Motion  for  Extension  of  Time,  filed  August  18,  2005 


 5  Id. 
 6  See  47  C.  F.  R.  §  1.46(  a). 
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 3.  Therefore,  we  extend  the  time  for  the  filing  comments  in  response  to  the  Public  Notice  from  August  29,  2005,  to  September  28,  2005;  and  extend  the  reply  comment  date  from  September  13,  2005  to 
 October  13,  2005. 
 4.  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  Massachusetts  Port  Authority  to  extend  the  deadline  for  filing  comments 
 and  replies  in  response  to  the  Public  Notice  is  GRANTED. 
 5.  This  action  is  taken  under  delegated  authority  pursuant  to  Sections  0.51  and  0.261  of  the  Commission's  Rules,  47  C.  F.  R  .  §§  0.51,  0.261. 


 FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION 
 Bruce  Franca  Acting  Chief 
 Office  of  Engineering  and  Technology 
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