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PUBLIC LAW 86.752-SEPT. 13, 1960

[74 S T A T.

"(2) for an instrument of authorization in the case of a station in any of the following categories: " (A) fixed point-to-point microwave stations (exclusive of control and relay stations used as integral parts of mobile radio systems), " (B) industrial radio positioning stations for which frequencies are assigned on an exclusive basis, " (C) aeronautical en route stations, " (D) aeronautical advisory stations, " (E) airdrome control stations, " (F) aeronautical fixed stations, and " (G) such other stations or classes of stations, not in the broadcasting or common carrier services, as the Commission shall by rule prescribe, shall be granted by the Commission earlier than thirty days following issuance of public notice by the Commission of the acceptance for filing of such application or of any substantial amendment thereof. "(c) Subsection (b) of this section shall not apply— " (1) to any minor amendment of an application to which such subsection is applicable, or "(2) to any application for— " (A) a minor change in the facilities of an authorized station, " (B) consent to an involuntary assignment or transfer 47 USC 310. under section 310(b) or to an assignment or transfer thereunder which does not involve a substantial change in ownership or control, 47 USC 319. " (C) a license under section 319(c) or, pending application for or grant of such license, any special or temporary authorization to permit interim operation to facilitate completion of authorized construction or to provide substantially the same service as would be authorized by such license, " (D) extension of time to complete construction of authorized facilities, " (E) an authorization of facilities for remote pickups, studio links and similar facilities for use in the operation of a broadcast station, 47 USC 325. " (F) authorizations pursuant to section 325(b) where the programs to be transmitted are special events not of a continuing nature, " (G) a special temporary authorization for nonbroadcast operation not to exceed thirty days where no application for regular operation is contemplated to be filed or pending the filing of an application for such regular operation, or " (H) an authorization under any of the proviso clauses of 47 USC 308. section 308(a). ^a"ltion*° '^^"^ " (d)(1) ^^7 P^rty in interest may file with the Commission a peti^p ca on. ^^^^ ^^ deny any application (whether as originally filed or as amended) to which subsection (b) of this section applies at any time prior to the day of Commission grant thereof without hearing or the day of formal designation thereof for hearing; except that with respect to any classification of applications, the Commission from time to time by rule may specify a shorter period (no less than thirty days following the issuance of public notice by the Commission of the acceptance for filing of such application or of any substantial amendment thereof), which shorter period shall be reasonably related to the time when the applications would normally be reached for processing. The petitioner shall serve a copy of such petition on the applicant.

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