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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  05-  995 
 Released:  April  1,  2005 


 FILING  REQUIREMENTS  IN  FM  ALLOTMENT  RULEMAKING  PROCEEDINGS 


 The  Audio  Division,  Media  Bureau,  issues  this  reminder  regarding  filing  requirements  for  rulemaking  proceedings  to  amend  the  FM  Table  of  Allotments,  47  C.  F.  R.  §73.202(  b).  In  recent  months, 
 numerous  petitions,  counterproposals  and  comments  have  been  improperly  filed  in  these  proceedings.  Typically,  these  filings  have  been  incorrectly  addressed  to  the  Media  Bureau  or  the  Audio  Division, 
 thereby  delaying  their  receipt  in  the  Office  of  the  Secretary  and  their  prompt  entry  into  in  the  Commission’s  Electronic  Comment  Filing  System  (“  ECFS”). 


 As  stated  in  each  FM  allotment  Notice  of  Proposed  Rulemaking,  all  filings  in  these  proceedings  are  to  be  addressed  to  Marlene  H.  Dortch,  Secretary,  Federal  Communications  Commission,  Office  of  the 
 Secretary,  and  addressed  for  delivery,  as  appropriate,  to  the  addresses  established  by  the  Secretary  for  hand  delivered,  commercial  overnight  mail,  and  United  States  Postal  Service-  delivered  filings.  See 
 Public  Notice,  Reminder,  Filing  Locations  for  Paper  Documents  and  Instructions  for  Mailing  Electronic  Media,  18  FCC  Rcd  16705  (2003);  http://  www.  fcc.  gov/  osec.  The  first  page  and  cover  sheet  of  each  filing 
 must  indicate  “To:  Office  of  the  Secretary.”  Incorrectly  addressed  filings  will  be  treated  as  having  been  filed  on  the  receipt  date  shown  on  the  official  “Office  of  the  Secretary”  date  stamp.  Failure  to  follow 
 these  requirements  may  result  in  the  treatment  of  a  filing  as  untimely.  See  47  C.  F.  R.  §  1.7. 


 By:  Chief,  Audio  Division 
 Contact:  William  F.  Caton,  Deputy  Secretary,  Office  of  the  Secretary,  william.  caton@  fcc.  gov,  202-  418-  0304. 
 Victoria  M.  McCauley,  Audio  Division,  Media  Bureau,  victoria.  mccauley@  fcc.  gov,  202-  418-  2180. 


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