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                                Before the
                     Federal Communications Commission
                          Washington, D.C. 20554

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In the Matter of                     )
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Delegation of Authority in           )
Forfeiture Proceedings               )
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                                   ORDER

   Adopted:  January 26, 1998                                          Released:  January 28, 1998


By the Chief, Compliance and Information Bureau:



      1.      By Order adopted May 11, 1992, and released May 19, 1992, the Chief, Compliance and
Information Bureau (formerly Field Operations Bureau) delegated authority to the Chief, Compliance
Division (formerly Enforcement Division), Compliance and Information Bureau, to impose forfeitures
in amounts up to and including $20,000.  See 47 C.F.R.  0.311(d)(1).  The Chief, Compliance Division
is responsible for developing and carrying out the agency's compliance plan and administering all
activities necessary to do so.  In this connection, the Director, Legal Services Group, Compliance
Division oversees the Bureau's forfeiture proceedings.

      2.      The purpose of this Order is to specify that the Director, Legal Services Group,
Compliance Division, has authority to issue Forfeiture orders in response to replies to Notices of
Apparent Liability filed pursuant to Section 1.80(f)(4) of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R.  1.80(f)(4).

      3.      Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that the Director, Legal Services Group, Compliance
Division, Compliance and Information Bureau, IS DELEGATED authority to issue Forfeiture orders in
response to replies to Notices of Apparent Liability filed pursuant to Section 1.80(f)(4) of the
Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R.  1.80(f)(4).


                              FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION




                              Richard D. Lee
                              Chief, Compliance and Information Bureau