TITLE 47—TELECOMMUNICATION CHAPTER I-FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION N. B.: Dates appearing in the citations of source of documents codified in this chapter, such as dates of issuance, approval, or effectiveness, are obtained from the original document. For general statutory provisions governing effective dates, validity, and constructive notice see section 7 of the Federal Register Act (49 Stat. 502; 44 U.S.C. 307) and sections 3 and 4 of the Administrative Procedure Act (60 Stat. 238; 5 U.S.C. 1002, 1003). Part 1 2345678 9 Subchapter A-Rules of Practice Organization, practice and procedure. [Amended] Subchapter B-Licenses and Special Radio Regulations General rules and regulations. [Note] Radio broadcast services. [Amended] Experimental and auxiliary broadcast services. [Amended] Experimental radio services. [Amended] Fixed public radio services. [Amended] Coastal and marine relay services. [Amended] Aeronautical services. [Revised] 10 Emergency radio services. [Amended] 14 15 16 Radio stations in Alaska other than amateur and broadcast. [Amended] Railroad radio service. [Amended] 17 Utility radio service. [Amended] 18 Industrial, scientific and medical service. [Added] 19 Citizens radio service. [Added] Subchapter C-Regulations Applicable to Communications Companies 31 Uniform system of accounts for Class A and Class B telephone companies. [Amended] 34 Uniform system of accounts for radiotelegraph carriers. [Revised] 35 Uniform system of accounts for wire-telegraph and ocean-cable carriers. [Revised] 41 Telegraph and telephone franks. [Amended] 43 Reports (rules governing the filing of information, contracts, periodic reports, etc.) [Amended] 63 Extension of lines and discontinuance of service by carriers. [Amended] 64 Miscellaneous rules relating to common carriers. [Note] ABBREVIATIONS: The following abbreviations are used in this chapter: Safety and Special Services. [Revised] ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION Hearing Division. [Added] 1.91 Subpart B-Delegations of Authority DELEGATION TO BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS 1.107 Delegation to Telegraph Committee. [Added] DELEGATION TO MOTIONS COMMISSIONER 1.112 Authority delegated. [Amended] DELEGATION TO CHIEF ENGINEER 1.121 Authority delegated to Chief Engineer. [Amended] DELEGATION TO SECRETARY 1.143 Authority delegated to Secretary upon securing approval of Law Department. [Amended] 1.144 Authority delegated to Secretary upon securing approval of the Law and Engineering Departments. [Amended] 1.145 Authority delegated to Secretary upon securing the approval of the Law, Engineering and Accounting Departments. [Amended] Sec. 1.146 Authority delegated to the Secretary upon securing the approval of the Law and Accounting Departments. [Added]1 1.147 Record of actions taken. [Redesignated]1 1.151 Authority delegated to Engineer in Charge of Port Offices. [Added] 1.152 Record of actions taken. [Added] Subpart C-Places For Submitting Applications and Other Requests and Securing Public Information 1.201 Main offices. [Amended] 1.204 1.211 Public reference rooms. [Amended] Applications for exemptions and waivers under Part II of Title III. [Revised] 1.213 Applications for amateur station and operator license and/or commercial operator license. [Amended] Subpart D-Rules Relating to Applications and Proceedings Affecting Radio Licenses Under Title III of the Communications Act GENERAL REQUIREMENTS AS TO APPLICATIONS 1.304 Contents of applications. [Revised] RULES RELATING TO FILING OF APPLICATIONS AND DESCRIPTION OF APPLICATION FORMS 1.311 Application forms for authority to construct a new station or make changes in an existing station; broadcast services. [Revised] 1.314 Application for extension of construction permit or for construction permit to replace expired construction permit (broadcast); application for extension of construction permit (nonbroadcast). [Amended] 1.317 Application for license following construction permit. [Amended] 1.318 Application for station license where no construction permit is required. [Amended] 1.319 Application for modification of 11cense; broadcast and nonbroadcast. [Amended] 1.320 Application for renewal of license; broadcast and nonbroadcast. [Amended] 1 Former § 1.146 was redesignated § 1.147 and a new § 1.146 was added. 1.373 Special procedure with respect to processing of standard broadcast applications. [Note] PROCEDURE WITH RESPECT TO REVOCATION AND 1.526 Application for discontinuance, reduction or impairment of service. [Amended] TARIFFS, REPORTS, AND OTHER MATERIAL REQUIRED TO BE SUBMITTED BY CARRIERS 1.551 Reports of changes in depreciation rates. [Revised] Subpart G-Rules Relating to Hearings Subpart A-Organization of the Commis sion GENERAL § 1.4 General description of Commission organization. (f) Hearing Division. [Paragraph (f) added May 29, 1947, effective June 11, 1947, 12 F.R. 3670] OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY § 1.12 License Division. (b) Commercial License Section. which examines all applications and supporting data relating to all classes of nonbroadcast radio stations, assigns call letters to all classes of radio stations (including broadcast), issues amateur operator and station licenses, maintains records concerning all classes of nonbroadcast radio stations, amateur and commercial operators; examines all applications and supporting data relating to telephone and telegraph extensions or abandonment of facilities, and interlocking directorates; and issues orders, authorizations, and certificates approved by the Commission in the above class of cases in nondocket cases. CODIFICATION: § 1.12 was amended in the following respects, by Order, Federal Communications Commission, July 10, 1947, 12 F.R. 4790: 1. Paragraph (b) was amended to read as set forth above. 2. Paragraph (c) was revoked, and paragraph (d) was redesignated paragraph (c). ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT § 1.29 Emergency and Miscellaneous Division. (d) Operators and Amateurs Section, which prepares recommendations for the preparation and promulgation of rules and regulations governing commercial radio and amateur radio operators and amateur radio stations. [Paragraph (d) amended June 6, 1947, 12 F.R. 3837] (e) Industrial Heating, Scientific and Medical Services Section, which is responsible for public interviews, correspondence and administration relating to the technical aspects of radio frequency devices used in providing industrial heating, scientific and medical services and radio frequency devices which fall within the scope of the low power radio frequency rules, citizens radio communication service, and certain low power radio frequency control, signaling, communication devices and systems. The section is responsible also for assigning and maintaining records of type approval numbers upon advice from the Laboratory Division that a manufacturer's apparatus has met the necessary requirements for such devices after having been duly tested. [Paragraph (e) added June 6, 1947, 12 F.R. 3837] § 1.36 Field Engineering and Monitoring Division. CODIFICATION: In § 1.36 (b), the address "316 F Street N.E." was changed to read "Room 2065, Temporary L Building," Oct. 30, 1947, 12 F.R. 7328. § 1.40 Location of Engineering Field Offices and Monitoring Stations. CODIFICATION: § 1.40 was amended in the following respects, by Order, Federal Communications Commission, Oct. 30, 1947, 12 F.R. 7328: 1. The addresses in the second column of the table, opposite the radio districts indicated, were amended to read as follows: Radio district: 3 9 11. 12. 13_. 23. Address of the engineer in charge 1600 Customhouse, Boston 9, Mass. 1005 U. S. Customhouse, Philadelphia 6, Pa. 324 U. S. Appraisers Building, 7300 Wingate St., Houston 11, Tex. Suboffice: P. O. Box 1527 (329 Post Office Building), Beaumont, Tex. Ship Office: 406 Post Office Building, Galveston, Tex. Suboffice: 230 U. S. Customhouse, San Diego 1, Calif. 323-A Customhouse, San Francisco 26, Calif. 406 Central Building, Portland 5, Oreg. 521 Customhouse, Denver 2, Colo. Suboffice: P. O. Box 644, Room 39, Federal Building, Anchorage, Alaska. 2. The following Ship Offices were added to the addresses in the second column opposite the radio districts indicated: and Monitoring Division, Engineering Department were amended: North Atlantic region: 506 Federal Building, 641 Washington Street, New York 14, N. Y. Gulf States region: 332 U. 8. Appraisers Building, 7300 Wingate Street, Houston 11, Tex. North Pacific region: 801 Federal Office Building, Seattle 4, Wash. Alaskan region: P. O. Box 644, Room 39, Federal Building, Anchorage, Alaska. South Pacific region: 323-A Customhouse, San Francisco 26, Calif. Central States region: 876 U. S. Courthouse, Chicago 4, Ill. 4. The address of the Primary Monitoring Station of the Engineering Department in Honolulu, T. H., was amended to read as follows: Federal Communications Commission, 609 Stangenwald Building, Honolulu 1, T. H. 5. The following addresses of Secondary Monitoring Stations of the Engineering Department were changed as indicated: These (c) Field Section, offices are located at: 90 Church Street, New York 7, New York; 100 McAllister Street, San Francisco 2, California. [Last sentence amended, Aug. 13, 1947, 12 F.R. 6575] § 1.74 Broadcast Division. • (f) Review Section, which reviews the records of hearings, proposed findings and conclusions, decisions of presiding officers and such additional material as comprise the record of a proceeding; prepares review reports and, in accordance with Commission directives, its decisions; and is responsible for coordinating all hearings and prehearing conferences, and for scheduling the times and places for such hearings and conferences. [Paragraph (f) amended, May 29, 1947, effective June 11, 1947, 12 F.R. 3670] § 1.76 Safety and Special Services Division. The Safety and Special Services Division is divided into the following sections: (a) Aviation and General Mobile Section, which reviews and prepares legal opinions, reports and recommendations (other than those involving common carrier operations) with respect to applications for radio station authorizations in the aviation service, both in the established and experimental stages and in the experimental general mobile service; reviews and makes recommendations with respect to formal and informal petitions and complaints; conducts investigations and hearings with respect to these services; drafts proposed legislative amendments and prepares Commission reports, orders, rules and regulations affecting these services. (b) Marine, Operator and Amateur Section, which is responsible for all legal matters (other than those involving common carrier operations) relating to radio installations and operations aboard ships, whether voluntary or required by Title III, Part II, of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, and the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, and to land radio installations communicating with or sending signals to radio stations aboard ship, both in the experimental and established stages; to radio installations and operations in the Amateur Radio Service; and to all licensed radio operators, both amateur and non-amateur, whether performing service aboard ships, aircraft, or on land; participates in the enforcement of the requirements of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea; reviews and makes recommendations to the Commission with respect to formal and informal petitions and complaints in marine, amateur, and operator matters; conducts investigations and hearings relating to marine, amateur, and operator matters; and as affecting such matters prepares Commission reports, orders, rules and regulations. (c) Emergency, Experimental and Miscellaneous Section, which reviews and prepares legal opinions, reports and recommendations with respect to applications for radio station authorizations (other than those involving or looking toward common carrier operations) in the Emergency Services (police, fire, forestry and special emergency stations), the Miscellaneous Services (geological, mobile press, relay press, motion picture and provisional radio stations), the Utilities Radio Service, the Railroad Service, the Experimental Service; conducts investigations and hearings affecting these services; reviews and makes recommendations with respect to formal and informal complaints; and prepares Commission reports, orders, rules and regulations affecting these services. [Order, Dec. 24, 1946, 12 F.R. 181] ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISIONS § 1.91 Hearing Division. Hearing Division, under the supervision of the Commission, is composed of presiding officers who presided at hearings as directed by the Commission and in accordance with the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act; who prepare recommended and initial decisions; and who perform such additional duties as are not inconsistent with their duties and responsibilities as presiding officers. [Order, May 29, 1947, effective June 11, 1947, 12 F.R. 3670] Subpart B-Delegations of Authority DELEGATION TO BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS § 1.107 Delegation to Telegraph Committee. (a) A Telegraph Committee composed of three Commissioners, designated as such by the Commission, will hear and determine, order, certify, report or otherwise act upon the matters set forth in paragraph (b) of this section; (b) Except as otherwise ordered by the Commission, the Telegraph Committee, or a majority thereof, shall act upon the following matters: (1) All applications or requests under section 214 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, for certificates or authorizations for the discontinuance, reduction, or impairment of telegraph service, except those covered by § 1.145 (e); (c) Any action taken by the Telegraph Committee shall be recorded each week in writing and filed in the official minutes of the Commission. [Delegation of Authority, Feb. 20, 1947, 12 F.R. 18591 |