Goto Section: 0.391 | 0.401 | Table of Contents

FCC 0.392
Revised as of October 1, 2007
Goto Year:2006 | 2008
Sec.  0.392   Authority delegated.

   The Chief, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, is hereby delegated
   authority to perform all functions of the Bureau, described in  Sec. 0.191,
   subject  to the following exceptions and limitations in paragraphs (a)
   through (e) of this section.

   (a) The Chief, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau shall not have
   authority  to  act  on any applications or requests that present novel
   questions of fact, law or policy that cannot be resolved under outstanding
   precedents and guidelines.

   (b) The Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau shall not have authority
   to act upon any applications for review of actions taken by the Chief,
   Public  Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, pursuant to any delegated
   authority.

   (c) The Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau shall not have authority
   to  act  upon  any formal or informal radio application or section 214
   application for common carrier services which is in hearing status.

   (d) The Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau shall not have authority
   to impose, reduce, or cancel forfeitures pursuant to section 203 or section
   503(b) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, in amounts of more
   than $80,000 for common carrier providers and $20,000 for non-common carrier
   providers.

   (e) The Chief, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau shall not have
   authority to issue notices of proposed rulemaking, notices of inquiry, or
   reports or orders arising from either of the foregoing except such orders
   involving  ministerial  conforming amendments to rule parts, or orders
   conforming any of the applicable rules to formally adopted international
   conventions or agreements where novel questions of fact, law, or policy are
   not involved.

   (f)  The  Chief, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau or her/his
   designee  has  the authority to rule on emergency requests for Special
   Temporary Authority during non-business hours. Action on emergency requests
   for Special Temporary Authority during non-business hours shall be promptly
   reported to the responsible Bureau or Office.

   (g) The Chief, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau is authorized to
   declare that a temporary state of communications emergency exists pursuant
   to  Sec. 97.401(b) of this chapter and to act on behalf of the Commission with
   respect to the operation of amateur stations during such temporary state of
   communications emergency.

   (h)  The  Chief, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau or her/his
   designee  is authorized to issue non-hearing related subpoenas for the
   attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of books, papers,
   correspondence, memoranda, schedules of charges, contracts, agreements, and
   any other records deemed relevant to the investigation of matters within the
   jurisdiction of the Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau. Before
   issuing a subpoena, the Bureau shall obtain the approval of the Office of
   General Counsel.

   [ 71 FR 69037 , Nov. 29, 2006, as amended at  72 FR 39760 , July 20, 2007]

Subpart C—General Information

General


Goto Section: 0.391 | 0.401

Goto Year: 2006 | 2008
CiteFind - See documents on FCC website that cite this rule

Want to support this service?
Thanks!

Report errors in this rule. Since these rules are converted to HTML by machine, it's possible errors have been made. Please help us improve these rules by clicking the Report FCC Rule Errors link to report an error.
hallikainen.com
Helping make public information public