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'II. DISCUSSION   x4. We believe that under the circumstances presented here, consideration of Geneva's  x.February 1995 statement that it is willing to accept interference from Houston would not serve  xthe public interest or otherwise warrant grant of Geneva's application. First, Geneva does not"P ,-(-(ZZ"  xdispute that it would receive interference at five of its seven receive sites. Thus, grant of  x.Geneva's application would result in many students and viewers being deprived of the quality  X- xxreception that the Commission has always held as a standard.  See Report and Order, Amendment  X- xof Part 74 of the Commission's Rules with Regard to the Instructional Television Fixed Service,  xk10 FCC Rcd 2907, 29162917 (1995). Houston also alleges that grant of Geneva's application  x.would severely restrict its ability to modify its facilities in response to future needs and would  xjalso preclude construction of a second technically viable ITFS station on the A channel group  xin the southeast corner of Alabama. Accordingly, grant of Geneva's application would result in an inefficient use of the spectrum allocated for ITFS use.   x5. Moreover, Section 1.106(c) of our rules, 47 C.F.R.  1.106(c), provides that a petition  xfor reconsideration which relies on facts not previously presented to the Commission may be  xgranted only if the facts presented for the first time are new or previously unknown to the  x?petitioner through the exercise of ordinary diligence, or the Commission determines that  x]consideration of the facts is required in the public interest. The purpose of the rule is to  x."encourage[] applicants and others to provide complete information at an early stage, thereby  xminimizing the need for reconsideration proceedings. Our processes operate inefficiently at best  X}- xwhen, as here, facts are presented piecemeal." Carolyn S. Hagedorn, 11 FCC Rcd 1695, 1696  Xh- x?(1996); see also Payne of Virginia, Inc., 66 FCC 2d 633, 637 (1977) (The important public  xZinterest in "orderly adjudicative processes and administrative finality . . . should not be sacrificed  xto consider additional evidence which seeks only to offset the party's oversight or lack of  xdiligence . . ."). Geneva's request that denial of its application be set aside is based solely on the  xstatement of Geneva's Superintendent, first offered on reconsideration, that Geneva is willing to  xaccept interference from Houston. All attempts to resolve the mutual exclusivity between the  X- x[applicants should have been taken before the Memorandum Opinion and Order was adopted.  xIndeed, under the tiebreaker mechanism applied in this case, the applicants were given 30 days  x{from the date of notification of the tie to negotiate an agreement regarding the use of the  xchannels. Consistent with our rules and policy, we will not allow Geneva to make a  xZsupplemental showing that its application should be granted when that showing could have been  Xo- xmade earlier in the proceeding.  See Payne of Virginia, 66 FCC 2d at 637, citing Fischer v. FCC, 417 F.2d 551, 555 (D.C. Cir. 1969).   x6. Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED, That the petition for reconsideration filed by Geneva County Board of Education IS DENIED.   x7. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, That the staff of the Mass Media Bureau shall send copies of this decision to the parties by certified mail, return receipt requested. x` `  hhFEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION x` `  hhWilliam F. Caton x` `  hhActing Secretary