News media information 202 / 418-0500 Fax-On-Demand 202 / 418-2830 Internet: http://www.fcc.gov ftp.fcc.govPUBLIC NOTICE Federal Communications Commission The Portals 445 Twelfth Street, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20554 Report No. 2326 April 15, 1999 PETITIONS FOR RECONSIDERATION AND CLARIFICATION OF ACTION IN RULEMAKING PROCEEDINGS Petitions for Reconsideration have been filed in the Commission's rulemaking proceedings listed in this Public Notice and published pursuant to 47 CFR Section 1.429(e). The full text of these documents are available for viewing and copying in Room 239, 1919 M Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. or may be purchased from the Commission's copy contractor, ITS, Inc. (202) 857-3800. Oppositions to these petitions must be filed within 15 days of the date of public notice of the petitions in the Federal Register. See Section 1.4(b)(1) of the Commission's rules (47 CFR 1.4(b)(1). Replies to an opposition must be filed within 10 days after the time for filing oppositions has expired. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Implementation of Section 25 of the Cable Television Consumer and Competition Act of 1992, DBS Service Obligations (MM Docket No. 93-25) Filed By: -Joseph A Godles, Attorney for Panamsat Corporation on 03-10-99 -Lisa M. Chandler, Attorney for Small Cable Business Association on 03-10-99 -Peter A. Rohrbach, Attorney for GE American Communications, Inc. on 03-10-99 -Lisa M. Chandler, Attorney for Small Cable Business Association on 03-10-99 -Angie Kronenberg, Attorney for Loral Space & Communications Ltd. on 03-10-99 -Marilyn Mohrman-Gillis for Association of America's Public Television Stations and Gregory Ferenbach for Public Broadcasting Service on 03-10-99 -Arthur H. Harding, Attorney for Time Warner Cable on 03-10-99 *Randi M. Albert, Counsel for The Center for Media Education, Peggy Charren, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, American Association of School Administrators, American Psychological Association, Association of Independent Video and Filmmakers, Benton Foundation, Center for Science in the Public Interest, Children's Defense Fund, Consumer Federation of America, Mediascope, National Association of Elementary School Principals, National Association of School Psychologists on 03-11-99 *Andrew Jay Schwartzman and Gigi B. Sohn for The Denver Area Educational Telecommunications Consortium, Inc., A *DEC, American Psychological Petitions for Reconsideration and Clarification filed in MM Docket No. 93-25 Cont'd Association, Association of Independent Video and Filmmakers, the Benton Foundation, Center for Media Education, Peggy Charren, Community Technology Centers' Network, Consumer Federation of America, Media Access Project, Minority Media and Telecommunications Council, National Association of Elementary School Principals, National Association of School Psychologists, National Federation of Community Broadcasters, National Writers Union, Office of Communication, Inc. of the United Church of Christ, Public Access Corporation of the District of Columbia and Self Help for Hard of Hearing People on 03-11-99 *Pursuant to 47 C.F.R. Section 0.231(i), the Secretary has considered arguments presented by these petitioners that operational problems with the Commission's Electronic Comment Filing System (ECFS) precluded them from filing by the March 10, 1999, deadline. After evaluating the petitioners' request for extention of time and has determined that these petitions for reconsideration will be accepted as timely. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FCC