Sec. 21.302  Answers to notices of violation.

    Any person receiving official notice of a violation of the terms of 
the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, any other Federal statute or 
Executive Order pertaining to radio or wire communications or any 
international radio or wire communications treaty or convention, or 
regulations annexed thereto to which the United States is a party, or 
the rules and regulations of the Federal Communications Commission, 
shall, within 10 days from such receipt, send a written answer to the 
office of the Commission originating the official notice. If an answer 
cannot be sent or an acknowledgment made within such 10-day period by 
reason of illness or other unavoidable circumstances, acknowledgment and 
answer shall be made at the earliest practicable date with a 
satisfactory explanation of the delay. The answer to each notice shall 
be complete in itself and shall not be abbreviated by reference to other 
communications or answers to other notices. If the notice relates to 
some violation that may be due to the physical or electrical 
characteristics of transmitting apparatus, the answer shall state fully 
what steps have been taken to prevent future violations, and, if any new 
apparatus is to be installed, the date such apparatus was ordered, the 
name of the manufacturer, and promised date of delivery. If the 
installation of such apparatus requires a construction permit, the file 
number of the application shall be given or, if a file number has not 
been assigned by

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the Commission, such identification as will permit ready reference 
thereto. If the notice of violation relates to inadequate maintenance 
resulting in improper operation of the transmitter, the name and license 
number of the operator performing the maintenance shall be given. If the 
notice of violation relates to some lack of attention to, or improper 
operation of, the transmitter by other employees, the reply shall set 
forth the steps taken to prevent a recurrence of such lack of attention 
or improper operation.