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EME had proposed eliminating the conflict between Paxson's pending" ,**UUE$"   ?application for Channel 268C1 at Quincy, Florida, and CBA's proposal to allot Channel 270A to   Bainbridge, Georgia, by substituting Channel 221A for Channel 251A at Dawson, Georgia, and   substituting Channel 251A for 270A at Bainbridge, Georgia. EME's petition was deemed to be an   [untimely filed counterproposal in that it introduced a new community to the proceeding and thus should have been filed by the close of the initial comment period. X(#  S- 3. Petition for Reconsideration. In its Petition for Reconsideration, Paxson argues that the Report  S-  and Order erred by not considering whether alternate allotments would have resolved the conflict between   CBA's proposal to allot channel 270A to Bainbridge, Georgia, and Paxson's application for a minor change  S5-  yin Station WXSR(FM)'s facilities. Specifically, Paxson claims that the Report and Order did not indicate   that the Commission's staff had followed its usual policy of undertaking its own engineering analysis of  S-  alternate allotments for the channel proposed in the petition for rulemaking. yO7 -ԍ Paxson cites the following language from Conflicts at 4745 n.12 (1993), which states that the FCC's staff will:  >Xattempt to resolve conflicts between a rulemaking petition and a laterfiled FM application...by allotting  an alternate channel for that proposed in the petition, whenever it is possible to do so without prejudice to a timely filed FM application or rulemaking petition.(# Further, Paxson contends  S -  that the Report and Order erred in dismissing EME's latefiled counterproposal. Paxson argues that good   cause existed for considering the EME counterproposal in that the untimeliness of the filing of that   counterproposal was the result of highly unique circumstances. Paxson notes that the Commission Report  S -  and Order in Cordele, Georgia et al.,S x yO-ԍ 12 FCC Rcd 9777 (Allocations Br. 1997). S which freed additional channel allotments that allegedly could be   Lused to resolve the conflict between CBA's proposal and Paxson's application, was not issued until July   1997, which was several months after the comment period in this proceeding had closed. Paxson contends   that given the foregoing circumstances and the significant public interest benefit in resolving the conflict   Lbetween CBA's allotment proposal and Paxson's minor change application, the Commission should have considered the EME proposal.  S- 4. Discussion. We deny the Petition for Reconsideration. As stated earlier, the EME proposal   zis, in fact, a counterproposal in that it introduces a new community into this proceeding. We will not   consider this counterproposal. Section 1.420(d) of the Commission's Rules requires that counterproposals   be advanced in initial comments and that counterproposals will not be considered if they are advanced   in reply comments. Such a procedure is necessary for the orderly transaction of allotment proceedings.   >The EME proposal was filed more than five months after the time for filing counterproposals in this  Sl-  proceeding. As noted by CBA, in order to consider EME's Dawson proposal in the context of this   proceeding, it would have been necessary to issue a Further Notice of Proposed Rule Making. Such a   procedure would not be conducive to the efficient transaction of Commission business and would not have   been warranted in order to accommodate a site preference for the Station WXSR(FM) upgrade. The issue   of using alternate channels to resolve conflicts between petitions for rule making and applications filed  Sm-  by the comment date in the rulemaking proceeding was addressed in Conflicts. In Conflicts, the   Commission reaffirmed its longstanding procedure of allotting alternate channels whenever possible   =without prejudice to a timely filed application or petition for rule making. In this case, issuing a Further   NNotice in order to consider a Dawson channel substitution would be both contrary to our existing   procedure and would unnecessarily delay this proceeding to the prejudice of the original rulemaking proponent.  5. The staff conducted a channel search in this proceeding to determine if the mutual exclusivity   between Paxson's application and CBA's rulemaking petition could be avoided by the use of an alternative" ,C)C)UU'$"   channel at Bainbridge. No such channel was discovered. As explained in the preceding paragraph, we   may not consider any alternative channel in a community that had not been proposed prior to the close   of the comment period, such as Dawson. Thus, since there is no available alternative channel at   Bainbridge whose use would eliminate the conflict between Paxson's application and CBA's rulemaking   proposal, and since EME's counterproposal cannot be considered pursuant to relevant law and precedents, we deny Paxson's Petition for Reconsideration.  6. Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED That the Petition for Reconsideration filed by Paxson Communications Corporation IS DENIED. 7. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED That this proceeding IS TERMINATED.  8. For further information concerning this proceeding, contact R. Barthen Gorman, Mass Media Bureau, (202) 4182170. ` `  hh,FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION ` `  hh,Charles W. Logan ` `  hh,Chief, Policy and Rules Division ` `  hh,Mass Media Bureau