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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  06-  1538  Released:  July  27,  2006 
 MEDIA  BUREAU  ACTION 
 WAIVER  OF  EX  PARTE  SUNSHINE  PROHIBITION  IN  MEDIA  OWNERSHIP  PROCEEDING 


 On  July  24,  2006,  the  Commission  released  its  Further  Notice  of  Proposed  Rule  Making  in  MB  Docket  Nos.  06-  121  and  02-  277  and  MM  Docket  Nos.  01-  235,  01-  317,  and  00-  244,  FCC  06-  93  (“  Further 
 Notice”). 
 Under  Section  1.1203  of  the  Commission’s  rules,  presentations  to  decision  makers  are  generally  prohibited  during  the  “sunshine  period,”  which  ran  in  this  proceeding  from  June  14,  2006,  when  the 
 Commission  issued  a  Public  Notice  that  the  matter  had  been  placed  on  the  agenda  for  the  Commission’s  June  21,  2006  Open  Meeting,  until  July  24,  2006,  when  the  Further  Notice  was  released.  Nonetheless, 
 the  Commission  received  numerous  public  comments  in  this  proceeding  after  adoption  of  the  Further  Notice  at  the  Commission’s  June  21,  2006  meeting  and  prior  to  its  release.  The  Bureau,  acting  by 
 delegated  authority,  finds  that  it  would  serve  the  public  interest  to  waive  the  sunshine  prohibition  with  respect  to  these  comments  filed  after  the  adoption  date  of  the  Further  Notice,  in  the  interests  of 
 facilitating  public  comment  and  thereby  assembling  a  full  record  on  the  issues  in  this  proceeding.  Accordingly,  all  written  comments  filed  in  this  proceeding  (MB  Docket  Nos.  06-  121  et  al.)  after  June  21, 
 2006  and  during  the  sunshine  period  will  be  accepted  and  included  in  the  record  of  this  proceeding. 
 By:  Chief,  Media  Bureau 
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