Sec. 1.106  Petitions for reconsideration.

    (a)(1) Petitions requesting reconsideration of a final Commission 
action will be acted on by the Commission. Petitions requesting 
reconsideration of other final actions taken pursuant to delegated 
authority will be acted on by the designated authority or referred by 
such authority to the Commission. A petition for reconsideration of an 
order designating a case for hearing will be entertained if, and insofar 
as, the petition relates to an adverse ruling with respect to 
petitioner's participation in the proceeding. Petitions for 
reconsideration of other interlocutory actions will not be entertained. 
(For provisions governing reconsideration of Commission action in notice 
and comment rule making proceedings, see Sec. 1.429. This Sec. 1.106 
does not govern reconsideration of such actions.)
    (2) Within the period allowed for filing a petition for 
reconsideration, any party to the proceeding may request the presiding 
officer to certify to the Commission the question as to whether, on 
policy in effect at the time of designation or adopted since 
designation, and undisputed facts, a hearing should be held. If the 
presiding officer finds that there is substantial doubt, on established 
policy and undisputed facts, that a hearing should be held, he will 
certify the policy question to the Commission with a statement to that 
effect. No appeal may be filed from an order denying such a request. See 
also, Secs. 1.229 and 1.251.
    (b)(1) Subject to the limitations set forth in paragraph (b)(2) of 
this section, any party to the proceeding, or any other person whose 
interests are adversely affected by any action taken by the Commission 
or by the designated authority, may file a petition requesting 
reconsideration of the action taken. If the petition is filed by a 
person who is not a party to the proceeding, it shall state with 
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the manner in which the person's interests are adversely affected by the 
action taken, and shall show good reason why it was not possible for him 
to participate in the earlier stages of the proceeding.
    (2) Where the Commission has denied an application for review, a 
petition for reconsideration will be entertained only if one or more of 
the following circumstances is present:
    (i) The petition relies on facts which relate to events which have 
occurred or circumstances which have changed since the last opportunity 
to present such matters; or
    (ii) The petition relies on facts unknown to petitioner until after 
his last opportunity to present such matters which could not, through 
the exercise of ordinary diligence, have been learned prior to such 
opportunity.
    (3) A petition for reconsideration of an order denying an 
application for review which fails to rely on new facts or changed 
circumstances may be dismissed by the staff as repetitious.
    (c) A petition for reconsideration which relies on facts not 
previously presented to the Commission or to the designated authority 
may be granted only under the following circumstances:
    (1) The facts fall within one or more of the categories set forth in 
Sec. 1.106(b)(2); or
    (2) The Commission or the designated authority determines that 
consideration of the facts relied on is required in the public interest.
    (d)(1) The petition shall state with particularity the respects in 
which petitioner believes the action taken by the Commission or the 
designated authority should be changed. The petition shall state 
specifically the form or relief sought and, subject to this requirement, 
may contain alternative requests.
    (2) The petition for reconsideration shall also, where appropriate, 
cite the findings of fact and/or conclusions of law which petitioner 
believes to be erroneous, and shall state with particularity the 
respects in which he believes such findings and conclusions should be 
changed. The petition may request that additional findings of fact and 
conclusions of law be made.
    (e) Where a petition for reconsideration is based upon a claim of 
electrical interference, under appropriate rules in this chapter, to an 
existing station or a station for which a construction permit is 
outstanding, such petition, in addition to meeting the other 
requirements of this section, must be accompanied by an affidavit of a 
qualified radio engineer. Such affidavit shall show, either by following 
the procedures set forth in this chapter for determining interference in 
the absence of measurements, or by actual measurements made in 
accordance with the methods prescribed in this chapter, that electrical 
interference will be caused to the station within its normally protected 
contour.
    (f) The petition for reconsideration and any supplement thereto 
shall be filed within 30 days from the date of public notice of the 
final Commission action, as that date is defined in Sec. 1.4(b) of these 
rules, and shall be served upon parties to the proceeding. The petition 
for reconsideration shall not exceed 25 double spaced typewritten pages. 
No supplement or addition to a petition for reconsideration which has 
not been acted upon by the Commission or by the designated authority, 
filed after expiration of the 30 day period, will be considered except 
upon leave granted upon a separate pleading for leave to file, which 
shall state the grounds therefor.
    (g) Oppositions to a petition for reconsideration shall be filed 
within 10 days after the petition is filed, and shall be served upon 
petitioner and parties to the proceeding. Oppositions shall not exceed 
25 double spaced typewritten pages.
    (h) Petitioner may reply to oppositions within seven days after the 
last day for filing oppositions, and any such reply shall be served upon 
parties to the proceeding. Replies shall not exceed 10 double spaced 
typewritten pages, and shall be limited to matters raised in the 
opposition.
    (i) Petitions for reconsideration, oppositions, and replies shall 
conform to the requirements of Secs. 1.49, 1.51, and 1.52 and shall be 
submitted to the Secretary, Federal Communications Commission, 
Washington, D.C., 20554.

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    (j) The Commission or designated authority may grant the petition 
for reconsideration in whole or in part or may deny the petition. Its 
order will contain a concise statement of the reasons for the action 
taken. Where the petition for reconsideration relates to an instrument 
of authorization granted without hearing, the Commission or designated 
authority will take such action within 90 days after the petition is 
filed.
    (k)(1) If the Commission or the designated authority grants the 
petition for reconsideration in whole or in part, it may, in its 
decision:
    (i) Simultaneously reverse or modify the order from which 
reconsideration is sought;
    (ii) Remand the matter to a bureau or other Commission personnel for 
such further proceedings, including rehearing, as may be appropriate; or
    (iii) Order such other proceedings as may be necessary or 
appropriate.
    (2) If the Commission or designated authority initiates further 
proceedings, a ruling on the merits of the matter will be deferred 
pending completion of such proceedings. Following completion of such 
further proceedings, the Commission or designated authority may affirm, 
reverse, or modify its original order, or it may set aside the order and 
remand the matter for such further proceedings, including rehearing, as 
may be appropriate.
    (3) Any order disposing of a petition for reconsideration which 
reverses or modifies the original order is subject to the same 
provisions with respect to reconsideration as the original order. In no 
event, however, shall a ruling which denies a petition for 
reconsideration be considered a modification of the original order. A 
petition for reconsideration of an order which has been previously 
denied on reconsideration may be dismissed by the staff as repetitious.

    Note: For purposes of this section, the word ``order'' refers to 
that portion of its action wherein the Commission announces its 
judgment. This should be distinguished from the ``memorandum opinion'' 
or other material which often accompany and explain the order.

    (l) No evidence other than newly discovered evidence, evidence which 
has become available only since the original taking of evidence, or 
evidence which the Commission or the designated authority believes 
should have been taken in the original proceeding shall be taken on any 
rehearing ordered pursuant to the provisions of this section.
    (m) The filing of a petition for reconsideration is not a condition 
precedent to judicial review of any action taken by the Commission or by 
the designated authority, except where the person seeking such review 
was not a party to the proceeding resulting in the action, or relies on 
questions of fact or law upon which the Commission or designated 
authority has been afforded no opportunity to pass. (See Sec. 1.115(c).) 
Persons in those categories who meet the requirements of this section 
may qualify to seek judicial review by filing a petition for 
reconsideration.
    (n) Without special order of the Commission, the filing of a 
petition for reconsideration shall not excuse any person from complying 
with or obeying any decision, order, or requirement of the Commission, 
or operate in any manner to stay or postpone the enforcement thereof. 
However, upon good cause shown, the Commission will stay the 
effectiveness of its order or requirement pending a decision on the 
petition for reconsideration. (This paragraph applies only to actions of 
the Commission en banc. For provisions applicable to actions under 
delegated authority, see Sec. 1.102.)

(Secs. 4, 303, 307, 405, 48 Stat., as amended, 1066, 1082, 1083, 1095; 
47 U.S.C. 154, 303, 307, )
[28 405 FR 12415 , Nov. 22, 1963, as amended at  37 FR 7507 , Apr. 15, 1972;  41 FR 1287 , Jan. 7, 1976;  44 FR 60294 , Oct. 19, 1979;  46 FR 18556 , Mar. 25, 
1981;  62 FR 4170 , Jan. 29, 1997]