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 PUBLIC  NOTICE  Federal  Communications  Commission  445  12th  St.,  S.  W.  Washington,  D.  C.  20554  News  Media  Information  202  /  418-  0500  Internet:  http://  www.  fcc.  gov  TTY:  1-  888-  835-  5322 
 DA  05-  2406  Released:  September  1,  2005 
 WIRELESS  TELECOMMUNICATIONS  BUREAU  ANNOUNCES  EXTENSION  OF  FILING  AND  REGULATORY  DEADLINES  FOR  WIRELESS  LICENSEES  IN  AREAS  IMPACTED  BY 
 HURRICANE  KATRINA 


 Due  to  the  devastation  caused  by  Hurricane  Katrina,  President  Bush  issued  a  major  disaster  declaration  for  Louisiana,  Mississippi,  and  Alabama  ("  affected  states")  on  August  29,  2005.  1  Pursuant  to  our 
 authority  to  waive  rules  for  good  cause  2  and  to  alleviate  any  additional  burden  that  may  be  caused  by  our  filing  requirements  and  regulatory  deadlines,  we  hereby  extend  certain  deadlines  occurring  between 
 August  29,  2005  and  October  30,  2005,  until  October  31,  2005  for  affected  licensees  and  applicants  in  these  states.  In  this  context,  "affected”  licensees  and  applicants  include  those  licensees  and  applicants 
 that  operate  facilities,  or,  in  a  significant  manner  essential  to  the  business  operation,  rely  on  personnel,  records,  or  financial  institutions  located  in  these  states  to  provide  services  or  to  conduct  substantial 
 business  activities  with  the  Commission. 
 (1)  We  extend  until  October  31,  2005,  deadlines  associated  with  Wireless  Radio  Service  3  applications,  notifications,  and  reports  pursuant  to  Parts  1  (Subpart  F  only),  13,  20,  22,  24,  27,  74  (excluding  Subparts 
 A,  G,  and  L),  80,  87,  90,  95,  97,  or  101  of  the  Commission’s  rules  occurring  between  August  29,  2005  and  October  30,  2005,  including,  but  not  limited  to,  filings  regarding  license  modifications,  license 
 renewals,  and  notifications  of  construction.  Licensees  filing  in  accordance  with  this  extension  must  include  with  their  filing  a  certification  upon  the  penalty  of  perjury  that  the  deadlines  could  not  be  met 
 within  the  time  otherwise  provided  in  the  Commission's  rules  because  of  the  hurricane. 
 (2)  We  also  extend  until  October  31,  2005,  all  construction  deadlines  and  other  regulatory  deadlines  applicable  to  wireless  radio  services  pursuant  to  Parts  1  (Subpart  F  only),  13,  20,  22,  24,  27,  74 
 (excluding  Subparts  A,  G,  and  L),  80,  87,  90,  95,  97,  or  101  of  the  Commission’s  rules  occurring  from  August  29,  2005  to  October  30,  2005. 


 (3)  To  the  extent  necessary,  effective  retroactively  beginning  August  29,  2005,  we  hereby  waive  the  post-auction  filing  and  payment  deadlines  contained  in  Sections  1.2107(  b)-(  f),  1.2108(  b)-(  c),  and  1.2109(  a)-(  b) 
 of  the  Commission's  rules  for  affected  applicants  in  Auction  No.  60  and  Auction  No.  61  and  extend  all 
 1  See  http://  www.  fema.  gov/  news/  disasters.  fema  (August  31,  2005).  We  recognize  that  President  Bush  also  issued  a 
 Major  Disaster  Declaration  for  the  state  of  Florida  on  August  28,  2005.  We  do  not  extend  the  relief  granted  in  this  public  notice  to  entities  in  the  state  of  Florida,  because  Florida  was  apparently  not  subject  to  the  same  level  of 


 destruction  as  were  parts  of  Louisiana,  Mississippi,  and  Alabama. 
 2  47  C.  F.  R.  §  1.3. 


 3  Wireless  Radio  Services.  All  radio  services  authorized  in  Parts  13,  20,  22,  24,  27,  74,  80,  87,  90,  95,  97  and  101  of 
 this  chapter,  whether  commercial  or  private  in  nature. 
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