Sec. 100.15  Licensing procedures.

    (a) Each application for an interim direct broadcast satellite 
system shall be placed on public notice for 45 days, during which time 
interested parties may file comments and petitions related to the 
application.
    (b) A 45 day cut-off period shall also be established for the filing 
of applications to be considered in conjunction with the original 
application. Additional applications filed before the cut-off date shall 
be considered to have equal priority with the original application and 
shall be considered together in the assignment of frequencies and 
orbital positions. If applications have included requests for particular 
frequencies or orbital positions, the cut-off date shall be considered 
in establishing the priority of such requests.

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    (c) Each application for an interim direct broadcast satellite 
system, after the public comment period and staff review, shall be acted 
upon by the Commission to determine if authorization of the proposed 
system is in the public interest.