5 FCC Red No. 21~ederaICommunications·Commission; Record DA 90-1319 Before the Federal Communications Commission Washington, D.C. 20554 MM Docket No. 87-267 In the Matter of Review of the Technical Assignment .Criteria for the AM Broadcast Service ORDER FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Roy J. Stewart Chief, Mass Media Bureau FOOTNOTES 1 FCC 90-136, adopted April 12. 1990. 5 FCC Red. 4381 (1990). 255 Fed. Reg. 31607 (August 3, 1990). Adopted: October 4, 1990; Released: October 4, 1990 By the Chief, Mass Media Bureau; 1. On July 18, 1990, the Commission released a Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) in MM Docket 87-267 that proposes to revise the AM technical standards to bring about 3, reduction of interference in the existing AM band and proposes a means of implementing the ex panded (1605kHz-1705kHz) AM band that became avail able for use on July I, 1990. 1 The deadlines for filing comments and reply comments are currently October 15, 1990 and Nov.ember 14, 1990, respectively. Non-binding letters of intent to migrate to the expanded AM band are currently due to be filed October 15, 1990. 2 2. On September 26, 1990, a request for extension of these deadlines was filed by the Association of Federal Communications ConsultingEngineer~(AFCCE). That request asks for a sixty (60) day exte'nsion of the October 15, 1990, and November 14, 1990, comment and reply comment filing dates. 3. In support of its request for/ extension of the filing deadlines, the AFCCE argues \l"at, given the complexity of the various proposed changes to. the AM technical rules, additional time is required to perform the requisite analyses necessary forde~elopinga comprehensive re sponse. 4. While we agree with AFCCE that many.of the· pro posed changes to bur AM rules involve complex technical m.atters, we nevertheless believe that sufficient and thor ough analyses of these proposals can be accomplished within an additional 30 day period. 5..Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED THAT the request to extend the comment and reply comment dates filed by the Association of Federal Communications Consulting En gineers IS GRANTED TO THE EXTENT INDICATED HEREIN. The dates for filing comments and reply com ments on the NPRM ARE EXTENDED to November 16, 1990 and December 17, 1990, respectively. On our own motion, the deadline for filing non-binding letters ofin~ tent to migrate to the expanded band IS EXTENDED to November 16, 1990. No further extension of these dates is contemplated. 6. This action is taken pursuant to authority found· in Section 4(i) and 303(r) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended and Sections 0.204(b), 0.283, 1.46 and 1.45 of the Commission's Rules. 5897