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FCC 0.455
Revised as of
Goto Year:1996 | 1998
Sec. 0.455  Other locations at which records may be inspected.

    Except as provided in Secs. 0.453, 0.457, and 0.459, records are 
routinely available for inspection in the offices of the Bureau or 
Office which exercises responsibility over the matters to which those 
records pertain (see Sec. 0.5), or will be made available for inspection 
at those offices upon request. Upon inquiry to the appropriate Bureau or 
Office, persons desiring to inspect such records will be directed to the 
specific location at which the particular records may be inspected. A 
list of Bureaus and Offices and examples of the records available at 
each is set out below.
    (a) Mass Media Bureau. (1) Applications for broadcast authorizations 
and related files are available for public inspection in the FCC 
Reference Center. See Sec. 0.453(a)(2). Certain broadcast applications, 
reports and records are also available for inspection in the community 
in which the station is located or is proposed to be located. See 
Secs. 73.3526 and 73.3527 of this chapter.
    (2) Ownership reports filed by licensees of broadcast stations 
pursuant to Sec. 73.3615.
    (3) Network affiliation contracts between stations and networks (for 
television stations only).
    (4) Contracts relating to network service to broadcast licensees 
filed on or after the 1st day of May 1969 under Sec. 73.3613.
    (5) Annual employment reports filed by licensees and permittees of 
broadcast stations pursuant to Sec. 73.3612 of this chapter and cable 
television systems pursuant to Sec. 76.77 of this chapter.
    (6) Contract files which contain pledges, trust agreements, options 
to purchase stock agreements, partnership agreements, management 
consultant agreements, and mortgage or loan agreements.
    (7) Rulings under the Fairness Doctrine and section 315 of the 
Communications Act, and related materials.
    (8) Ruling lists which contain brief summaries of rulings.
    (9) Files containing Station History cards for stations in existence 
prior to 1982.
    (b) Common Carrier Bureau which includes the Formal Complaints and 
Investigations Branch and the Informal Complaints and Public Inquiries 
Branch. (1) Annual reports filed by carriers under Sec. 43.21 of this 
chapter.
    (2) Monthly reports filed by carriers under Sec. 43.31 of this 
chapter.

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    (3) Reports on pensions and benefits filed by carriers under 
Sec. 43.42 of this chapter.
    (4) Reports of proposed changes in depreciation rates filed by 
carriers under Sec. 43.43 of this chapter.
    (5) Reports regarding division of international telegraph 
communications charges filed under Sec. 43.53 of this chapter.
    (6) Reports regarding services performed by telegraph carriers filed 
under Sec. 43.54 of this chapter.
    (7) Reports of public coast station operators filed under Sec. 43.71 
of this chapter.
    (8) Valuation reports filed under section 213 of the Communications 
Act, including exhibits filed in connection therewith, unless otherwise 
ordered by the Commission, with reasons therefor, pursuant to section 
213(f) of the Communications Act. See Sec. 0.457(c)(2).
    (9) A list of other reports filed by common carriers.
    (10) Contracts and other arrangements filed under Sec. 43.51 and 
reports of negotiations regarding foreign communication matters filed 
under Sec. 43.52 of this chapter, except for those kept confidential by 
the Commission pursuant to section 412 of the Communications Act. See 
Sec. 0.457(c)(3).
    (11) Tariff schedules for all charges for interstate and foreign 
wire or radio communications filed pursuant to section 203 of the 
Communications Act, all documents filed in connection therewith, and all 
communications related thereto.
    (12) All applications for common carrier authorizations acted upon 
by the Common Carrier Bureau, and files relating thereto.
    (13) All formal and informal complaints against common carriers 
filed under Secs. 1.711 through 1.735 of this chapter, all documents 
filed in connection therewith, and all comunications related thereto.
    (14) Annual employment reports filed by common carrier licensees or 
permittees pursuant to Sec. 1.815 of this chapter.
    (15) Enforcement proceedings and public inquiries and related 
materials.
    (c) Office of Managing Director. (1) All minutes of Commission 
actions, containing a record of all final votes, minutes of actions and 
internal management matters as provided in Sec. 0.457 (b)(1) and 
(c)(1)(i). These records and files are available for inspection in the 
Agenda Branch.
    (2) Files containing information concerning the history of the 
Commission's rules. These files are available for inspection in the 
Publications Branch.
    (3) See Sec. 0.443.
    (4) Reports filed pursuant to subpart E of part 19 of this chapter 
and applications for inspection of such reports. See Sec. 0.460(k).
    (d) Cable Services Bureau. Correspondence and other actions and 
decisions relating to cable television services that are not filed in 
the FCC Reference Center.
    (e) Office of Engineering and Technology which includes the Bureau's 
Technical Library containing technical reports, technical journals, and 
bulletins of spectrum management and related technical materials. (1) 
Experimental application and license files.
    (2) The Master Frequency Records.
    (3) Applications for Equipment Authorization (type accepted, type 
approval, certification, or advance approval of subscription television 
systems), following the effective date of the authorization. See 
Sec. 0.457(d)(1)(ii). (Application files, technical journals and other 
technical materials are maintained at the Commission's Laboratory at 
Columbia, Maryland.)
    (f) The Commission's offices in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. See 
Sec. 0.453(1) of the this chapter.
    (g) International Bureau. The treaties and other international and 
bilateral agreements listed in Sec. 73.1650 of this chapter are 
available for inspection in the office of the Chief, Planning and 
Negotiations Division, International Bureau.
[ 52 FR 38765 , Oct. 19, 1987;  52 FR 40020 , Oct. 26, 1987, as amended at 
 58 FR 13021 , Mar. 9, 1993;  58 FR 29752 , May 21, 1993;  59 FR 32133 , June 
22, 1994;  60 FR 5325 , Jan. 27, 1995]


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Goto Year: 1996 | 1998
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