NOTICE ********************************************************* NOTICE ********************************************************* This document was originally prepared in Word Perfect. If the original document contained-- * Footnotes * Boldface & Italics --this information is missing in this version The document format (spacing, margins, tabs, etc.) is changed too. If you need the complete document, download the Word Perfect version. For information about downloading documents (FTP) see file how2ftp. File how2ftp (.txt & .wp) is in directory /pub/Bureaus/Miscellaneous/Public_Notices/ ***************************************************************** ******** FOR RECORD ONLY DA-96-347 March 11, 1996 Lewis J. Paper, Esq. Dickstein, Shapiro & Morin 2101 L Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20037-1526 Dear Mr. Paper: This is in response to your letter dated March 6, 1996, in which you request clarification as to the date of "public notice" for orders adopted by the General Counsel under delegated authority which dispose of joint requests for approval of settlement agreements filed pursuant to 47 C.F.R.  73.3525. You are correct that, pursuant to 47 C.F.R.  1.4(b)(5), the "release date" specified on such a document is the date of "public notice" to be used for any computation of time to be carried out with respect to that ruling, whether or not the full text is made available, pursuant to 47 C.F.R.  1.4(b)(2), to the press and public in the Commission's Office of Public Affairs. Sincerely, John I. Riffer Assistant General Counsel Administrative Law Division Office of General Counsel