Sec.  1.1117   Petitions and applications for review.

   (a) The fees established by this subpart may be waived or deferred in
   specific instances where good cause is shown and where waiver or deferral of
   the fee would promote the public interest.

   (b) Requests for waivers or deferrals will only be considered when received
   from applicants acting in respect to their own applications. Requests for
   waivers or deferrals of entire classes of services will not be considered.

   (c) Petitions for waivers, deferrals, fee determinations, reconsiderations
   and applications for review will be acted upon by the Managing Director with
   the concurrence of the General Counsel. All such filings within the scope of
   the fee rules shall be filed as a separate pleading and clearly marked to
   the attention of the Managing Director. Any such request that is not filed
   as a separate pleading will not be considered by the Commission. Requests
   for deferral of a fee payment for financial hardship must be accompanied by
   supporting documentation.

   (1) Petitions and applications for review submitted with a fee must be
   submitted to the Commission's lock box bank at the address for the
   appropriate service set forth in  Sec.  Sec. 1.1102 through 1.1107.

   (2) If no fee payment is submitted, the request should be filed with the
   Commission's Secretary.

   (d) Deferrals of fees will be granted for an established period of time not
   to exceed six months.

   (e) Applicants seeking waivers must submit the request for waiver with the
   application or filing, required fee and FCC Form 159, or a request for
   deferral. A petition for waiver and/or deferral of payment must be submitted
   to the Office of the Managing Director as specified in paragraph (c) of this
   section. Waiver requests that do not include these materials will be
   dismissed in accordance with  Sec. 1.1109 of this subpart. Submitted fees will be
   returned if a waiver is granted. The Commission will not be responsible for
   delays in acting upon these requests.

   (f) Petitions for waiver of a fee based on financial hardship will be
   subject to the provisions of paragraph 1.1166(e).

   [ 52 FR 5289 , Feb. 20, 1987, as amended at  55 FR 19172 , May 8, 1990;  55 FR 38065 , Sept. 17, 1990. Redesignated and amended at  59 FR 30998 , June 16,
   1994, as further amended at  59 FR 30999 , June 16, 1994. Redesignated at  60 FR 5326 , Jan. 27, 1995, as amended at  65 FR 49762 , Aug. 15, 2000;  66 FR 36202 , July 11, 2001;  67 FR 67337 , Nov. 5, 2002;  68 FR 48467 , Aug. 13, 2003]