Sec. 0.284  Actions taken under delegated authority.

    (a) In discharging the authority conferred by Sec. 0.283 of this 
part, the Chief, Mass Media Bureau, shall establish working 
relationships with other bureaus and staff offices to assure the 
effective coordination of actions taken in the following areas of joint 
responsibility;
    (1) Complaints arising under sections 315 and 605 of the 
Communications Act--Office of General Counsel.
    (2) Objections to proposed call signs and requests for waiver of 
procedural rules governing call sign assignments--Office of Managing 
Director.
    (3) Requests for waiver of tower painting and lighting 
specifications-Wireless Telecommunications Bureau.
    (4) Matters involving emergency communications, including the 
issuance of Emergency Alert System Authorizations (FCC Form 392) 
Compliance and Information Bureau.
    (5) Requests for use of frequencies or bands of frequencies shared 
with private sector nonbroadcast or government services--Office of 
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and Technology and appropriate operating bureau.
    (6) Requests involving coordination with other agencies of 
government--Office of General Counsel, Office of Engineering and 
Technology and appropriate operating bureau.
    (7) Proposals involving transmitter sites on public lands owned or 
controlled by the Departments of Agriculture or Interior--Office of 
Engineering and Technology.
    (8) Proposals involving possible harmful impact on radio astronomy 
or radio research installations--Office of Engineering and Technology.
    (9) [Reserved]
    (b) With respect to non-routine applications granted under authority 
delegated in Sec. 0.283 of this part, the Chief, Mass Media Bureau or 
his designees, shall enter on the working papers associated with each 
application a narrative justification of the action taken. While not 
available for public inspection, these working papers shall, upon 
request, be made available to the Commissioners and members of their 
staffs.
    (c) The Chief, Mass Media Bureau, shall prepare and submit to the 
Commission a quarterly statistical summary of actions taken during the 
preceding quarter under authority delegated to him in Sec. 0.283 of this 
part. The statistical summary shall be accompanied by a statement of 
industry trends apparent in the staff handling of non-routine matters 
during the same quarter.
[ 47 FR 47829 , Oct. 28, 1982;  47 FR 56852 , Dec. 21, 1982, as amended at 
 51 FR 12615 , Apr. 14, 1986;  52 FR 5288 , Feb. 20, 1987;  53 FR 29055 , Aug. 
2, 1988;  59 FR 26971 , May 25, 1994;  59 FR 32132 , June 22, 1994;  59 FR 67092 , Dec. 28, 1994;  61 FR 8477 , Mar. 5, 1996]