Sec.  0.453   Public reference rooms.

   The Commission maintains the following public reference rooms at its offices
   in Washington, DC, and Columbia, Maryland. Much of the information available
   from the public reference rooms may also be retrieved from the Commission's
   WorldWide Website at http://www.fcc.gov: 

   (a)  The Reference Information Center of the Consumer and Governmental
   Affairs Bureau. (1) Files containing the record of all docketed cases,
   petitions for rule making and related papers. A file is maintained for each
   docketed hearing case and for each docket rule making proceeding. Cards
   summarizing the history of such cases are available for inspection.

   (2) Files, documents, and records related to the following services:

   (i) Mass Media Services.

   (A)  Applications  for  broadcast authorizations and related files are
   available for public inspection Certain broadcast applications, reports and
   records are also available for inspection in the community in which the
   station is located or is proposed to be located. See  Sec.  Sec. 73.3526 and 73.3527
   of this chapter.

   (B) Ownership reports filed by licensees of broadcast stations pursuant to
    Sec. 73.3615.

   (C)  Network  affiliation contracts between stations and networks (for
   television stations only).

   (D) Contracts relating to network service to broadcast licensees filed on or
   after the 1st day of May 1969 under  Sec. 73.3613.

   (E) Annual employment reports filed by licensees and permittees of broadcast
   stations pursuant to  Sec. 73.3612 of this chapter.

   (F) Contract files which contain pledges, trust agreements, options to
   purchase stock agreements, partnership agreements, management consultant
   agreements, and mortgage or loan agreements.

   (G) broadcast applications and related files.

   (H) FM Translator applications and related files.

   (I) Station files containing Notice of Apparent Liability and Memorandum of
   Opinion and Order and related files.

   (J) Network correspondence files and related materials.

   (ii) Common Carrier Services, including:

   (A) Annual reports filed by carriers under  Sec. 43.21 of this chapter.

   (B) Reports on pensions and benefits filed by carriers under  Sec. 43.42 of this
   chapter.

   (C) Reports of proposed changes in depreciation rates filed by carriers
   under  Sec. 43.43 of this chapter.

   (D) Tariff schedules for all charges for interstate and foreign wire or
   radio communications filed pursuant to section 203 of the Communications
   Act, all related documents and communications.

   (E) All applications for common carrier authorizations acted upon by the
   Enforcement Bureau, and related files.

   (F) All formal and informal complaints against common carriers filed under
    Sec.  Sec. 1.711 through 1.735 of this chapter, all documents filed in connection
   therewith, and all communications related thereto.

   (G)  Annual  employment  reports  filed by common carrier licensees or
   permittees pursuant to  Sec. 1.815 of this chapter.

   (H) Enforcement proceedings and public inquiries and related materials.

   (I) Files containing contracts between carriers and affiliates, accounts and
   subaccounts, pension filings, property records, disposition units, and
   depreciation rate filings.

   (J) Cost Allocation Manuals and related materials.

   (K) Section 214 applications and related files, to the extent that they
   concern domestic communications facilities and services.

   (L) Files containing reports required by FCC Rules and Regulations, annual
   reports to stockholders, administrative reports, monthly bypass reports and
   related materials.

   (M) Files containing reference material from major telephone companies.

   (N) Files containing Local Exchange Rates and related files.

   (O) Currently effective tariffs filed by Communications Common Carriers
   pursuant to various FCC Rules and Regulations.

   (P) Recent revisions to tariff filings and the Reference Information Center
   Log  which is prepared daily and lists the tariff filings received the
   previous day.

   (iii)  Wireless  Telecommunications  Services and Auction related data
   including:

   (A) Station files containing a complete history of data submitted by the
   applicant that has been approved by the Commission which includes background
   material.

   (B) Pending files containing applications for additional facilities or
   modifications of existing facilities.

   (C) Cellular and Paging Granted Station files and related materials.

   (D) Pending cellular and paging applications and related files.

   (E) Electronically stored application and licensing data for commercial
   radio operators and for all authorizations in the Wireless Radio services
   are available for public inspection via the Commission's wide area network.
   Wireless Radio services include Commercial and Private Mobile Radio, Common
   Carrier  and Private Operational Field point-to-point Microwave, Local
   Television Transmission Service (LTTS), Digital Electronic Message Service
   (DEMS),  Aviation  Ground and Marine Coast applications. Some of these
   services are available electronically now and most will be available on
   electronically  within  90 days of the implementation of the Universal
   Licensing System (ULS).

   (F) Petitions and related materials.

   (iv) International Services, except to the extent they are excluded from
   routine public inspection under another section of this chapter:

   (A) Satellite and earth station applications files and related materials
   under parts 25 and 100 of this chapter;

   (B)  Section  214 applications and related files under part 63 of this
   chapter,  to the extent that they concern international communications
   facilities and services;

   (C) International Fixed Public Radio applications and related files under
   part 23 of this chapter;

   (D) Files relating to submarine cable landing licenses and applications for
   such  licenses  since June 30, 1934, except for maps showing the exact
   location of submarine cables, which are withheld from inspection under
   section 4(j) of the Communications Act (see  Sec. 0.457(c)(1)(i));

   (E) Documents relating to INTELSAT or INMARSAT;

   (F) International broadcast applications, applications for permission to
   deliver programming to foreign stations, and related files under part 73 of
   this chapter;

   (v)  Cable  services. The following files and documents are available,
   including:

   (A) All complaints regarding cable programming rates, all documents filed in
   connection therewith, and all communications related thereto, unless the
   cable  operator  has  submitted a request pursuant to  Sec. 0.459 that such
   information not be made routinely available for public inspection.

   (B)  Special relief petitions and files pertaining to cable television
   operations.

   (C) Cable television system reports filed by operators pursuant to  Sec. 76.403
   of this chapter.

   (D) Annual employment reports filed by cable television systems pursuant to
    Sec. 76.77 of this chapter.

   (E) Files and documents related to Cable Television Relay Service (CARS)

   (b) Reference Information Center. Station files containing applications and
   related materials for Remote Pickup, Aural STL/ICR, TV Auxiliary, and Low
   Power Auxiliary Stations in the mass media services.

   (c) The Library. Various legal and technical publications, and legislative
   history compilations, related to communications are available for inspection
   in the Library.

   (d) The Office of Engineering and Technology, FCC Laboratory Reference Room.
   The following documents, files and records are available for inspection at
   this  location.  Files  containing approved applications for Equipment
   Authorization and related materials are available for review. These files
   are available in the Commission's Laboratory in Columbia, Maryland.

   (e)  The  International  Bureau.  The  International  Bureau maintains
   international settlement agreements and contracts and international cable
   agreements.

   (f) The Media Bureau. The Media Bureau maintains all cable operator requests
   for approval of existing or increased cable television rates for basic
   service and associated equipment over which the Commission had assumed
   jurisdiction,  all  documents  filed  in connection therewith, and all
   communications related thereto, unless the cable operator has submitted a
   request pursuant to  Sec. 0.459 that such information not be made routinely
   available for public inspection.

   (g) The Wireline Competition Bureau. Section 214 applications and related
   files, to the extent that they concern domestic communications facilities
   and services are available for inspection at this location.

   (1) [Reserved]

   (2) Section 214 applications and related files, to the extent that they
   concern domestic communications facilities and services.

   (h) The Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, Commercial Mobile Services
   Reference Room. The following documents, files and records are available for
   inspection at two different locations. The Legal Branch is the responsible
   custodian for both locations.

   (1) The Wireless Telecommunications Bureau Reference Room— Gettysburg.
   Commercial radio operator application files and all authorizations in the
   Wireless Radio Services and files relating thereto, which includes Land
   Mobile, Microwave, Aviation Ground and Marine Coast applications. All of
   these materials are available in the Commission's offices in Gettysburg,
   Pennsylvania. See  Sec. 0.457(f)(3). This reference room also contains station
   files containing applications and related materials for Remote Pickup, Aural
   STL/ICR, TV Auxiliary, and Low Power Auxiliary Stations in the Mass Media
   services.  This  reference room also contains station files containing
   applications  and  related  materials for the Point-to-Point Microwave
   (including the Local Television Transmission Service) and Digital Electronic
   Message (DEMS) services in the Common Carrier services. Cards summarizing
   the historical record of applications and dispositions of the Broadcast
   Auxiliary service through May 1982 are available for inspection as well.

   (2) Pending files containing applications for additional facilities or
   modifications of existing facilities.

   (3) Cellular Granted Station files and related materials.

   (4) Pending cellular applications and related files.

   (5) Petitions and related materials.

   (i) The Wireline Competition Bureau, Industry Analysis Reference Room. The
   following documents, files and records are available for inspection at this
   location.

   (1) Files containing reports required by FCC Rules and Regulations, annual
   reports to stockholders, administrative reports, monthly bypass reports and
   related materials.

   (2) Files containing reference material from major telephone companies.

   (3) Files containing Local Exchange Rates and related files.

   (j) The Wireline Competition Bureau, Tariff Review Reference Room. Contains
   currently effective tariffs filed by Communications Common Carriers pursuant
   to various FCC Rules and Regulations. Also available for review and copying
   are recent revisions to tariff filings and the Public Reference Room Log,
   which is prepared daily and lists the tariff filings received the previous
   day.

   (k) The Office of Engineering and Technology, FCC Laboratory Reference Room.
   The following documents, files and records are available for inspection at
   this  location.  Files  containing approved applications for Equipment
   Authorization and related materials are available for review. These files
   are available in the Commission's Laboratory in Columbia, Maryland.

   (l) The International Bureau Reference Room. Except to the extent they are
   excluded  from routine public inspection under another section of this
   chapter, the following documents, files, and records are available for
   inspection at this location:

   (1) Satellite and earth station applications files and related materials
   under parts 25 and 100 of this chapter;

   (2)  Section  214 applications and related files under part 63 of this
   chapter,  to the extent that they concern international communications
   facilities and services;

   (3) International Fixed Public Radio applications and related files under
   part 23 of this chapter;

   (4) Files relating to submarine cable landing licenses and applications for
   such  licenses  since June 30, 1934, except for maps showing the exact
   location of submarine cables, which are withheld from inspection under
   section 4(j) of the Communications Act (see  Sec. 0.457(c)(1)(i));

   (5)  Files relating to international settlements under part 64 of this
   chapter;

   (6) Documents relating to INTELSAT or INMARSAT;

   (7) International broadcast applications, applications for permission to
   deliver programming to foreign stations, and related files under part 73 of
   this chapter; and

   (8) International settlement agreements and contracts and international
   cable agreements.

   (m) The Media Bureau Reference Center. The following documents, files and
   records are available for inspection at this location.

   (1) All complaints regarding cable programming rates, all documents filed in
   connection therewith, and all communications related thereto, unless the
   cable  operator  has  submitted a request pursuant to  Sec. 0.459 that such
   information not be made routinely available for public inspection.

   (2) All cable operator requests for approval of existing or increased cable
   television rates for basic service and associated equipment over which the
   Commission has assumed jurisdiction, all documents filed in connection
   therewith, and all communications related thereto, unless the cable operator
   has submitted a request pursuant to  Sec. 0.459 that such information not be made
   routinely available for public inspection.

   (3)  Special relief petitions and files pertaining to cable television
   operations.

   (4) Cable television system reports filed by operators pursuant to  Sec. 76.403
   of this chapter.

   (n) Electronically stored application and licensing data for commercial
   radio operator applications and all authorizations in the Wireless Radio
   services are available for public inspection via the Commission's wide area
   network. Wireless Radio services include Commercial and Private Mobile
   Radio,  Common  Carrier  and  Private Operational Fixed Point-to-Point
   Microwave, Local Television Transmission Service (LTTS), Digital Electronic
   Message Service (DEMS), Aviation Ground and Marine Coast applications.

   [ 32 FR 10573 , July 19, 1967, as amended at  46 FR 27655 , May 21, 1981;  50 FR 40014 , Oct. 1, 1985;  52 FR 38764 , Oct. 19, 1987;  58 FR 19772 , Apr. 16, 1993;
    59 FR 32132 , June 22, 1994;  60 FR 5325 , Jan. 27, 1995;  60 FR 35507 , July 10,
   1995;  63 FR 36596 , July 7, 1998;  63 FR 68919 , Dec. 14, 1998;  64 FR 28936 ,
   May 28, 1999;  64 FR 60723 , Nov. 8, 1999;  67 FR 13221 , Mar. 21, 2002]

   Effective Date Note:   At  64 FR 28936 , May 28, 1999, in  Sec. 0.453 paragraph (o)
   was added, effective 90 days after ULS is implemented for all services
   licensed by the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau.