PUBLIC NOTICE
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
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                                      Released: November 13, 1998


                                
THE WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAU CLARIFIES PROCEDURES  FOR
    TRANSFER AND ASSIGNMENT REQUESTS CONCERNING GOODMAN/CHAN
 RECEIVERSHIP LICENSEES AND SIMILARLY SITUATED NON-GOODMAN/CHAN
                 GENERAL CATEGORY SMR LICENSEES
     

     On August 19, 1998, we released a Public Notice announcing the Commission's adoption of the
Goodman/Chan Reconsideration Order.  Among other things, the Aug. 19 Public Notice directed that all
transfer and assignment requests filed pursuant to this Order must be accompanied by a public interest
statement, pursuant to section 90.153 of the Commission's rules, which should include, at a minimum, the
following information:  (1) a certification from the assignor that the assignor is either a Goodman/Chan
Receivership licensee or a similarly situated licensee, including a brief description of facts supporting the
assignor's claimed status; (2) a certification from the assignee that it is satisfied, based on its due diligence,
that the assignor is either a Goodman/Chan Receivership licensee or a similarly situated licensee; and (3)
a demonstration as to how the grant will either facilitate the relocation of incumbent licensees from the upper
200 channels to the lower band 800 MHz SMR channels or facilitate geographic licensing of the lower
channels themselves.  The Aug. 19 Public Notice further directed that failure to make this showing would
constitute a defective application and would result in dismissal of the application pursuant to section
90.161(b)(6) of the Commission's rules.  On October 6, 1998, we released a Public Notice announcing,
among other things, that all transfer and assignment licensees seeking to take advantage of the special ninety-
day transfer and assignment period contained in the Goodman/Chan Reconsideration Order must file
applications with the Commission on or before November 24, 1998.

     We have subsequently discovered that due to administrative error, no approval was sought for this
information collection from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, Pub. L. No. 104-13.  

     OMB approval has been requested and is approved effective November 10, 1998.  The OMB control
number for this information collection is 3060-0861.  The expiration date is May 31, 1999.  We estimate that
it will take approximately three hours per respondent to prepare the information.  Please note that this Public
Notice does not change the November 24, 1998 date for filing transfer and assignment applications.  Any
licensee that filed prior to this approval may re-file its application on or before the expiration date. 
If we do not receive a subsequent filing, we will assume that the licensee desires the previous filing to
stand.

     For further information, contact Bobby Brown at (202) 418-0620 or David Judelsohn at (202) 418-
7240.

     This Public Notice is issued by the Chief, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau.