Sec.  25.151   Public notice period.

   

   (a) At regular intervals, the Commission will issue public notices
   listing:

   (1) The receipt of applications for new station authorizations;

   (2) The receipt of applications for license or registration of
   receive-only earth stations;

   (3) The receipt of applications for major modifications to station
   authorizations;

   (4) The receipt of major amendments to pending applications;

   (5) The receipt of applications to assign or transfer control of space
   station facilities, transmitting earth station facilities, or
   international receive-only earth station facilities;

   (6) Significant Commission actions regarding applications;

   (7) Information which the Commission in its discretion believes to be
   of public significance; and

   (8) Special environmental considerations as required by part 1 of this
   chapter.

   (b) Special public notices may also be issued at other times under
   special circumstances involving non-routine matters where speed is of
   the essence and efficiency of Commission process will be served
   thereby.

   (c) A public notice will not normally be issued for receipt of any of
   the following applications:

   (1) For authorization of a minor technical change in the facilities of
   an authorized station;

   (2) For temporary authorization pursuant to Sec. 25.119;

   (3) For an authorization under any of the proviso clauses of section
   308(a) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended [47 U.S.C.
   308(a)];

   (4) For consent to an involuntary assignment or transfer of control of
   a transmitting earth station authorization; or

   (5) For consent to an assignment or transfer of control of a space
   station authorization or a transmitting earth station authorization,
   where the assignment or transfer does not involve a substantial change
   in ownership or control; or

   (6) For change in location of an earth station operating in the 4/6
   GHz and 10.95-11.7 GHz bands by no more than 1" in latitude and/or
   longitude and for change in location of an earth station operating in
   the 12/14 GHz bands by no more than 10" in latitude and/or longitude.

   (d) 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. Any comments or petitions must be delivered to the Commission
   by that date in accordance with Sec. 25.154.

   [ 56 FR 24016 , May 28, 1991, as amended at  58 FR 68061 , Dec. 23, 1993]