Federal Communications Commission DA 14-745
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Before the
Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D.C. 20554
In the Matter of
Weslaco Independent School District, Texas
Licensee of Station Call Sign WPTL714
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WT Docket No. 02-55
ORDER
Adopted:  May 30, 2014                  Released: May 30, 2014
By the Deputy Chief, Policy and Licensing Division, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau:
I. INTRODUCTION.  
1. Under consideration is the May 23, 2014 Further Request for Extension of Time to Submit 
Cost Estimate for Frequency Reconfiguration (Request) filed by the Weslaco Independent School 
District, Texas (Weslaco) seeking an extension of time until July 1, 2014 to submit a cost estimate to 
Sprint Corporation (Sprint) and the 800 MHz Transition Administrator.  For the reason set out below we 
grant the Request.
II. BACKGROUND.  
2. Section 1.46(a) of the Commission’s rules states that “[i]t is the policy of the Commission 
that extensions of time shall not be routinely granted.”
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  The Public Safety and Homeland Security 
Bureau has emphasized that the “import of that rule is especially relevant to 800 MHz rebanding where 
delay in rebanding by one licensee can cause a ‘domino effect’ delay in the rebanding efforts of other 
licensees that have met the Commission’s 800 MHz band reconfiguration deadlines with a consequent 
delay of the overall program. We therefore afford a high degree of scrutiny to the reasons licensees 
advance for extensions of time.”
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III. DISCUSSION
3. Applying that heightened scrutiny here, we conclude that the requested one month extension 
is warranted.  Weslaco received two previous extensions of time until June 1, 2014 to submit its cost 
estimate,
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but claims that additional time is required.  Weslaco states that its vendor, Motorola, advised 
that the Motorola Reconfiguration Implementation Phase Agreement (RIPA) cost proposal could not be 
delivered until May 17, 2014.
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  Without further explanation, Weslaco states, that “the assumptions 
underlying the May 17
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date subsequently were substantially revised calling for significant revisions to 
                                                     
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47 C.F.R. § 1.46(a).
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Regents of the University of California, WT Docket No. 02-55, Order, 28 FCC Rcd 15920, 15921 (PSHSB 2013).
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Improving Public Safety Communications in the 800 MHz Band, WT Docket No. 02-55, Order, 29 FCC Rcd 
2163, Appendix A (PSHSB 2014).
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Request at 1.
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the RIPA,”
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and that Motorola will not commit to supplying a revised RIPA until June 25, 2014.
4. We remain concerned about the delay encountered by licensees in obtaining cost proposals 
from Motorola.  The delay in obtaining a revised cost proposal from Motorola appears, however, to be a 
matter outside Weslaco’s control, and we credit Weslaco’s undertaking to review the Motorola cost 
proposal and submit its own cost estimate to Sprint and the 800 MHz Transition Administrator within one 
week.  Accordingly, we are granting the Request with the understanding that we will not be receptive to 
further requests for extension of time from Weslaco.
IV. ORDERING CLAUSES.  
5. Accordingly IT IS ORDERED that the Further Request For Extension of Time to Submit 
Cost Estimate for Frequency Reconfiguration filed May 23, 2014 by the Weslaco Independent School 
District, Texas IS GRANTED.
6. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Weslaco Independent School District shall file a cost 
estimate with Sprint Corp. and the 800 MHz Transition Administrator no later than July 1, 2014.
7. This action is taken under delegated authority pursuant to Sections 0.191(a) and 0.392 of the 
Commission's Rules, 47 C.F.R. §§ 0.191(a), 0.392.
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Michael J. Wilhelm
Deputy Chief, Policy and Licensing Division
Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau
                                                     
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