Sec. 101.37  Public notice period.

    (a) At regular intervals, the Commission will issue a public notice 
listing:
    (1) The acceptance for filing of common carrier applications, Local 
Multipoint Distribution Service applications, and major amendments 
thereto;
    (2) Significant Commission actions concerning these applications;
    (3) The receipt of common carrier applications and Local Multipoint 
Distribution Service applications for minor modifications made pursuant 
to Sec. 101.59;
    (4) Information which the Commission in its discretion believes of 
public significance; and
    (5) Special environmental considerations as required by part 1 of 
this chapter.
    (b) A public notice will not normally be issued for any of the 
following applications:
    (1) For authorization of a minor technical change in the facilities 
of a proposed or authorized station where such a change would not be 
classified as a major amendment to a pending application, as defined by 
Sec. 101.29, or as a minor modification to a license pursuant to 
Sec. 101.59;
    (2) For temporary authorization pursuant to Sec. 101.31;
    (3) For an authorization under any of the proviso clauses of section 
308(a) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 308(a));
    (4) For consent to an involuntary assignment or transfer of control 
of a radio authorization; or
    (5) For consent to a voluntary assignment or transfer of control of 
a radio authorization, where the assignment or transfer does not involve 
a substantial change in ownership or control.
    (c) Except as otherwise provided in this part (e.g., Sec. 101.59), 
no application that has appeared on public notice will be granted until 
the expiration of a period of thirty days following the issuance of the 
public notice listing the application, or any major amendment thereto, 
or until the expiration of a period of thirty days following the 
issuance of a public notice identifying the tentative selectee of a 
random selection process, whichever is later.
    (d) The listing of an application on public notice as accepted for 
filing does not indicate that the application has been found by the 
Commission to be acceptable for filing and does not preclude the 
subsequent return of the application.
    (e) Paragraphs (a) through (c) of this section shall not apply to 
FCC Form .
[61 175 FR 26677 , May 28, 1996, as amended at  62 FR 23164 , Apr. 29, 1997]