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                            Before the
                Federal Communications Commission
                      Washington, D.C. 20554

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                                )
In the Matter of                )
                                )
                                )
                                )
Amendment of the Commission's   )
Rules of Practice and Procedure )
                                )


                             ORDER


   Adopted:  May 5, 1999                Released:  May 11, 1999


By the Commission:

     1.     By this Order, the Commission amends Section 1.4(f) of the Commission's Rules, 47 C.F.R.
1.4(f), to extend the deadline for the filing of paper documents such as petitions, pleadings, and tariffs, that
are not required to be accompanied by a fee, and that are hand-delivered to the Commission's Office of the
Secretary.
 
     2.     Currently, the filing deadline for all such documents is 5:30 p.m.  The amendment adopted here
extends the deadline for the filing of paper documents to 7:00 p.m.  The document must be tendered  for
filing in complete form with the Office of the Secretary at the designated filing counter, TW-A325, at the
Commission's new offices, located at 445 12th Street, S.W., Washington, D.C.  This amendment is designed
to facilitate the filing of paper documents in a timely manner.

     3.     Because the rule amendment adopted here is a matter of agency practice and procedure,
compliance with the notice and comment and effective date provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act
is not required.

     4.      Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that Part 1 of the Commission's Rules IS AMENDED in the
manner indicated in the Appendix, to be EFFECTIVE upon publication in the Federal Register.

     5.     Authority for this action is contained in sections 4(i), 4(j), and 303(r) of the Communications
Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C.  154 (i), 154(j), and 303(r).


                                   FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION




                                   Magalie Roman Salas
                                   Secretary

                            APPENDIX
                                
Part 1 of Title 47 of the Code of Federal Regulations is amended as follows: 

    1.    The authority citation for Part 1 continues to read:
 
Authority:   47 U.S.C. 151, 154(i), 154(j), 155, 225, and 303(r), 309. 

    2.     Section 1.4 is amended by revising paragraph (f) to read as follows:


 1.4 Computation of time.

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(f) Except as provided in 0.401(b) of this chapter, all petitions, pleadings, tariffs or other documents not
required to be accompanied by a fee and which are hand-delivered must be tendered for filing in
complete form, as directed by the Rules, with the Office of the Secretary before 7:00 p.m., at 445 12th
St., S.W., TW-A325, Washington, D.C. The Secretary will determine whether a tendered document
meets the pre-7:00 p.m. deadline.  Documents filed electronically pursuant to 1.49(f) must be received
by the Commission's electronic filing system before midnight.  Applications, attachments and pleadings
filed electronically in the Universal Licensing System (ULS) pursuant to 1.939(b) must be received
before midnight on the filing date.  Mass Media Bureau applications and reports filed electronically
pursuant to 73.3500 of this Chapter must be received by the electronic filing system before midnight on
the filing date.

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