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FCC 1.913
Revised as of October 1, 2007
Goto Year:2006 | 2008
Sec.  1.913   Application and notification forms; electronic and manual filing.

   (a) Application and notification forms. Applicants, licensees, and spectrum
   lessees (see  Sec. 1.9003) shall use the following forms and associated schedules
   for all applications and notifications:

   (1)  FCC Form 601, Application for Authorization in the Wireless Radio
   Services. FCC Form 601 and associated schedules is used to apply for initial
   authorizations, modifications to existing authorizations, amendments to
   pending applications, renewals of station authorizations, developmental
   authorizations, special temporary authority, notifications, requests for
   extension of time, and administrative updates.

   (2) FCC Form 602, Wireless Radio Services Ownership Form. FCC Form 602 is
   used by applicants and licensees in auctionable services to provide and
   update ownership information as required by  Sec.  Sec. 1.919, 1.948, 1.2112, and any
   other section that requires the submission of such information.

   (3) FCC Form 603, Application for Assignment of Authorization or Transfer of
   Control. FCC Form 603 is used by applicants and licensees to apply for
   Commission consent to assignments of existing authorizations, to apply for
   Commission consent to transfer control of entities holding authorizations,
   to notify the Commission of the consummation of assignments or transfers,
   and  to  request extensions of time for consummation of assignments or
   transfers. It is also used for Commission consent to partial assignments of
   authorization, including partitioning and disaggregation.

   (4) FCC Form 605, Quick-form Application for Authorization for Wireless
   Radio Services. FCC Form 605 is used to apply for Amateur, Ship, Aircraft,
   and  General  Mobile  Radio  Service (GMRS) authorizations, as well as
   Commercial Radio Operator Licenses.

   (5)  FCC  Form  608,  Notification or Application for Spectrum Leasing
   Arrangement. FCC Form 608 is used by licensees and spectrum lessees ( see
    Sec. 1.9003)  to  notify the Commission regarding spectrum manager leasing
   arrangements and to apply for Commission consent for de facto transfer
   leasing arrangements pursuant to the rules set forth in part 1, subpart X.
   It is also used to notify the Commission if a licensee or spectrum lessee
   establishes a private commons ( see  Sec. 1.9080).

   (6) FCC Form 609, Application to Report Eligibility Event. FCC Form 609 is
   used by licensees to apply for Commission approval of reportable eligibility
   events, as defined in  Sec. 1.2114.

   (b) Electronic filing. Except as specified in paragraph (d) of this section
   or elsewhere in this chapter, all applications and other filings using the
   application and notification forms listed in this section or associated
   schedules must be filed electronically in accordance with the electronic
   filing instructions provided by ULS. For each Wireless Radio Service that is
   subject to mandatory electronic filing, this paragraph is effective on July
   1, 1999, or six months after the Commission begins use of ULS to process
   applications  in  the service, whichever is later. The Commission will
   announce by public notice the deployment date of each service in ULS.

   (1) Attachments to applications and notifications should be uploaded along
   with  the electronically filed applications and notifications whenever
   possible. The files, other than the ASCII table of contents, should be in
   Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (PDF) whenever possible.

   (2) Any associated documents submitted with an application or notification
   must be uploaded as attachments to the application or notification whenever
   possible.  The  attachment should be uploaded via ULS in Adobe Acrobat
   Portable Document Format (PDF) whenever possible.

   (c) Auctioned license applications. Auctioned license applications, as
   defined in  Sec. 1.907 of this part, shall also comply with the requirements of
   subpart Q of this part and the applicable Commission orders and public
   notices issued with respect to each auction for a particular service and
   spectrum.

   (d)  Manual  filing. (1) ULS Forms 601, 603, 605, and 608 may be filed
   manually or electronically by applicants and licensees in the following
   services:

   (i) The part 90 Private Land Mobile Radio services for shared spectrum,
   spectrum in the public safety pool below 746 MHz, and spectrum in the public
   safety allocation above 746 MHz, except those filed by Commission-certified
   frequency coordinators;

   (ii) The part 97 Amateur Radio Service, except those filed by Volunteer
   Examination Coordinators;

   (iii) The part 95 General Mobile Radio Service and Personal Radio Service
   (excluding 218–219 MHz service);

   (iv) The part 80 Maritime Services (excluding the VHF 156–162 MHz Public
   Coast Stations);

   (v) The part 87 Aviation Services;

   (vi) Part 13 Commercial Radio Operators; and

   (vii) Part 101 licensees who are also members of any of the groups listed in
   paragraph (d)(1)(i) through (d)(1)(vi) of this section.

   (2) Manually filed applications must be submitted to the Commission at the
   appropriate address with the appropriate filing fee. The addresses for
   filing and the fee amounts for particular applications are listed in Subpart
   G of this part, and in the appropriate fee filing guide for each service
   available  from  the Commission's Forms Distribution Center by calling
   1–800–418-FORM (3676).

   (3) Manually filed applications requiring fees as set forth at Subpart G, of
   this part must be filed in accordance with  Sec. 0.401(b).

   (4) Manually filed applications that do not require fees must be addressed
   and  sent  to  Federal Communications Commission, 1270 Fairfield Road,
   Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 17325–7245.

   (5) Standard forms may be reproduced and the copies used in accordance with
   the provisions of  Sec. 0.409 of this chapter.

   (6) Attachments to manually filed applications may be filed on a standard
   3.5 magnetic diskette formatted to be readable by high density floppy drives
   operating under MS-DOS (version 3.X or later compatible versions). Each
   diskette submitted must contain an ASCII text file listing each filename and
   a  brief  description of the contents of each file and format for each
   document on the diskette. The files on the diskette, other than the table of
   contents, should be in Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (PDF) whenever
   possible. All diskettes submitted must be legibly labelled referencing the
   application and its filing date.

   (e) Applications requiring prior coordination. Parties filing applications
   that require frequency coordination shall, prior to filing, complete all
   applicable frequency coordination requirements in service-specific rules
   contained within this chapter. After appropriate frequency coordination,
   such applications may be electronically filed via ULS or, if filed manually,
   must be forwarded to the appropriate address with the appropriate filing fee
   (if applicable) in accordance with subparagraph (d). Applications filed by
   the  frequency  coordinator  on  behalf of the applicant must be filed
   electronically.

   (f) Applications for Amateur licenses. Each candidate for an amateur radio
   operator  license  which  requires  the  applicant to pass one or more
   examination elements must present the administering Volunteer Examiners (VE)
   with all information required by the rules prior to the examination. The VEs
   may collect the information required by these rules in any manner of their
   choosing,  including  creating their own forms. Upon completion of the
   examination, the administering VEs will immediately grade the test papers
   and will then issue a certificate for successful completion of an amateur
   radio operator examination (CSCE) if the applicant is successful. The VEs
   will  send  all  necessary  information  regarding  a candidate to the
   Volunteer-Examiner Coordinator (VEC) coordinating the examination session.
   Applications filed with the Commission by VECs must be filed electronically
   via  ULS.  All  other applications for amateur service licenses may be
   submitted manually to FCC, 1270 Fairfield Road, Gettysburg, PA 17325–7245,
   or may be electronically filed via ULS. Feeable requests for vanity call
   signs  must  be  filed  in  accordance  with  Sec. 0.401 of this chapter or
   electronically filed via ULS.

   (g) Section 337 Requests. Applications to provide public safety services
   submitted pursuant to 47 U.S.C. 337 must be filed on the same form and in
   the same manner as other applications for the requested frequency(ies),
   except that applicants must select the service code reflective of the type
   of service the applicant intends to provide.

   [ 63 FR 68922 , Dec. 14, 1998, as amended at  66 FR 55 , Jan. 2, 2001;  67 FR 34851 , May 16, 2002;  68 FR 42995 , July 21, 2003;  68 FR 66276 , Nov. 25, 2003;
    69 FR 77549 , Dec. 27, 2004;  71 FR 26251 , May 4, 2006]

   Effective Date Note:   At  69 FR 77549 , Dec. 27, 2004,  Sec. 1.913(a)(5) was
   added. This paragraph contains information collection and recordkeeping
   requirements and will not become effective until approval has been given by
   the Office of Management and Budget.


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