DA 00-156
								Released:  February 1, 2000

VIA FACSIMILE

Paul L. Valois, President
Lincoln Communications, Inc.
2026 Williston Road
So. Burlington, VT  05403

	Re:	Confidentiality Request of Lincoln Communications, Inc.

Dear Mr. Valois:

	This letter responds to the request for confidential treatment of the information contained 
in Exhibit E to the FCC Form 175 application you submitted for Auction No. 26.  Specifically, 
you request non-disclosure of the revenue information, submitted in support of your claim to 
"very small business" status.  You contend that because release of such information could harm 
your competitive position in the auction, Exhibit E should be withheld from the public in order to 
protect your company's continuing interest in the privacy of its financial information.

	We review requests for confidentiality and non-disclosure on a case-by-case basis.   
Section 0.459 of the Commission's rules requires an entity requesting confidential treatment to 
submit a statement of the reasons for withholding the materials from inspection and of the facts 
upon which those reasons are based.  Mere conclusory or generalized allegations cannot support 
a request for nondisclosure.  Rather, the submissions must show by a preponderance of the 
evidence that nondisclosure is consistent with the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act, 
5 U.S.C.  552.  Additionally, the other sections under which you requested nondisclosure of the 
revenue information either do not exist or do not apply.

	We find that your request does not meet the requirements set forth in Section 0.459 of the 
Commission's rules.  Your statements that disclosure of the financial information in Exhibit E 
may result in substantial competitive harm are conclusory, and do not justify withholding from 
inspection materials that bear upon the applicants qualifications to participate in Auction No. 26 
as a "very small business."  See 47 C.F.R. Sections 90.1017, 90.1021, 90.1023, and 1.2105.  
Therefore, your request for confidentiality IS HEREBY DENIED.

						Sincerely,


						Mark Bollinger
Acting Chief, Auctions and Industry Analysis 
Division
						Wireless Telecommunications Bureau