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If you need the complete document, download the WordPerfect version or Adobe Acrobat version, if available. ***************************************************************** Before the Federal Communications Commission Washington, D.C. 20554 In the Matter of ) ) CJW Transportation Specialist ) FCC File No. D060514 ) Request by KR&G Excavating Partners, LLC ) for Set Aside of Grant or Revocation of ) Authorization of Station WPLF973 ) Chicago, Illinois ) ORDER Adopted: December 13, 1999 Released: December 16, 1999 By the Chief, Public Safety and Private Wireless Division, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau: I. Introduction 1. On June 5, 1998, KR&G Excavating Partners, LLC (KR&G) requested that the Commission set aside the grant of or revoke the authorization of CJW Transportation Specialists (CJW) of Station WPLF973 Chicago, Illinois. For the reason set forth below, we deny the request of KR&G. II. Background 2. KR&G utilizes Business Radio Service Station WNIZ784, Oswego, Illinois on frequency pair 859.8125/814.8125 MHz (the channel). On December 18, 1996, CJW filed an application to utilize 75 mobile units on the channel in Chicago, Illinois, 35.5 miles from Oswego. Section 90.625 of the Commission's Rules provides that where an applicant shows an 800 MHz private land mobile radio channel will be loaded with seventy mobile stations, that channel will be made available to the applicant for its exclusive use in the area he proposes to operate. Because Station WNIZ784, which at the time was the only licensee on the channel in that area, was then authorized for thirty-six mobile units, there were insufficient licensed mobile units to warrant exclusive status of the frequency pair for Station WNIZ784 at the time CJW filed its application for authorization. On March 27, 1997, the Public Safety and Private Wireless Division, Licensing and Technical Analysis Branch (Branch) granted CJW a license under call sign WPLF973. 3. On June 4, 1998, CJW filed an application to assign Station WPLF973 to Illinois School Bus Company (Illinois School Bus). On June 5, 1998, KR&G filed the instant request to set aside or revoke the license for Station WPLF973. On July 7, 1998, the application regarding the assignment of Station WPLF973 to Illinois School Bus was granted. III. Discussion 4. KR&G requests that the Commission revoke the license for Station WPLF973, pursuant to Section 312 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, which provides that the Commission may commence a proceeding to revoke a license "because of conditions coming to its attention that would warrant the Commission in refusing to grant a license or permit on an original application." While KR&G originally sought revocation of CJW's license, it now argues that revoking the license from Illinois School Bus is proper because the assignment of Station WPLF973 was conditioned on the outcome of KR&G's pending Request. We note, as an initial matter, that because KR&G did not oppose the assignment application or file a petition for reconsideration of the authorization to assign Station WPLF973, that action is now final and cannot now be rescinded. We nonetheless conclude that we need not decide whether the assignment of Station WPLF973 rendered the Request moot, because we find, on the entire record, that the public interest would not be served by revoking the license. 5. First, KR&G argues the license should be revoked because CJW misrepresented itself on the initial application as a corporation owned by Dennis Cipcich, when in fact it is a partnership. CJW concedes that it provided incorrect information, but says that it was a mistake rather than an intentional misrepresentation. We are satisfied that CJW inadvertently checked the wrong box on the application form when it identified itself as a corporation rather than a partnership. Thus, we do not believe that CJW's action constitutes a violation of the prohibition against misrepresentations in Commission filings. We are also satisfied that CJW complied with Section 1.917, regarding who can sign applications, because the record before us reflects that Dennis Cipcich is one of three owners of CJW. Therefore, this argument forms no basis for revoking the license for Station WPLF973. 6. Next, KR&G asserts that CJW made misrepresentations regarding its eligibility for licensing on the channel by stating that it was engaged in business as a transportation company, but it was not registered as such with the Illinois Commerce Commission or listed as such in the telephone book. We find KR&G's Request unpersuasive, as to this allegation, because it fails to consider that the channel in question is allocated to the 800 MHz Business Category, for which persons engaged in the operation of any commercial activity are eligible for licensing. By comparison, eligibility for licensing on 800 MHz Industrial/Land Transportation Category channels is limited to persons engaged in, inter alia, activities as a motor carrier licensee. The record, as clarified, reflects that CJW was engaged in a commercial activity as an "agent" for transportation companies. Thus, even taking KR&G's factual assertions as true, we find that CJW's imprecise use of the phrase "in business as a transportation company" does not constitute substantial evidence of an intent to deceive the Commission because CJW was eligible for licensing on the requested channel regardless of its status as "a transportation company." 7. Finally, KR&G notes that before the license for Station WPLF973 was assigned, Illinois School Bus was the only entity using the station, and argues that this evidences violations by CJW of Sections 90.127 and 90.179 of the Commission's Rules. Pursuant to a complaint from KR&G, the Chicago field office of the Commission's Compliance and Information Bureau investigated and concluded in May 1998 that Illinois School Bus was using the station illegally. CJW believed that it was entitled to share the channel on a non-profit, cost shared basis with Illinois School Bus pursuant to Section 90.179. Nevertheless, Illinois School Bus agreed to stop using the station, and CJW agreed to the Chicago field office's suggestion to assign the station to Illinois School Bus. Thus, we do not believe that the assignment application was filed in an attempt to preempt or evade the Commission's decision on KR&G's Request. Indeed, CJW filed the application to assign Station WPLF973 before KR&G filed its Request. It appears that CJW sought to assign the license in order to resolve a dispute being handled by the Chicago field office regarding sharing the facility with Illinois School Bus. Furthermore, we do not believe that KR&G can complain about the Illinois School Bus operations on the subject channel because KR&G was authorized for fewer than 70 mobile units, and thus could not use the station exclusively when Illinois School Bus began utilizing the station. Further, we note that Illinois School Bus has been using the channel for over two years and has been the licensee of record for more than a year. IV. Conclusion 8. For the reasons stated herein, we find that it would not be in the public interest to revoke Illinois School Bus Company's license for Station WPLF973. Errors in the application and licensing process committed by Illinois School Bus's assignor, CJW, were minor or inadvertent, and do not demonstrate a scheme to procure service for Illinois School Bus in violation of the Commission's Rules. Accordingly, the request of KR&G will be denied. V. Ordering Clause 9. ACCORDINGLY, IT IS ORDERED that pursuant to Sections 4(i) and 405 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C.  154(i), 405, and Sections 1.104(b) and 1.106 of the Commission's Rules, 47 C.F.R.  1.104(b), 1.106, the Request for Set Aside of Grant or Revocation of Authorization of Station WPLF973 to CJW Transportation Specialists, filed by KR&G Excavating Partners, LLC, on June 5, 1998, is DENIED. 10. This action is taken under delegated authority pursuant to Sections 0.131 and 0.331 of the Commission's Rules, 47 C.F.R.  0.131, 0.331 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION D'wana R. Terry Chief, Public Safety and Private Wireless Division Wireless Telecommunications Bureau