Sec. 1.325  Discovery and production of documents and things for 
          inspection, copying, or photographing.

    (a) A party to a Commission proceeding may request any other party 
except the Commission to produce and permit inspection and copying or 
photographing, by or on behalf of the requesting party, of any 
designated documents, papers, books, accounts, letters, photographs, 
objects, or tangible things which constitute or contain evidence within 
the scope of the examination permitted by Sec. 1.311(b) of this part and 
which are in his possession, custody, or control or to permit entry upon 
designated land or other property in his possession or control for 
purposes of inspecting, measuring, surveying, or photographing the 
property or any designated object or operation thereon within the scope 
of the examination permitted by Sec. 1.311(b) of this part.
    (1) Such requests need not be filed with the presiding officer, but 
copies of the request shall be served on all other parties to the 
proceeding.
    (2) The party against whom the request was made must, within 10 
days, comply with the request or object to the request, claiming a 
privilege or raising other proper objections. If the request is not 
complied with in whole or in part, the requesting party may file a 
motion to compel production of documents or access to property with the 
presiding officer. A motion to compel must be accompanied by a copy of 
the original request and the responding party's objection or claim of 
privilege.

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Motions to compel must be filed within five business days of the 
objection or claim of privilege.
    (3) In resolving any disputes involving the production of documents 
or access to property, the presiding officer may direct that the 
materials objected to be presented to him for in camera inspection.
    (b) Any party seeking the production of Commission records should 
proceed under Sec. 0.460 or Sec. 0.461 of this chapter. See Secs. 0.451 
through 0.467.
    (c) In comparative broadcast proceedings involving applicants for 
only new facilities, all applicants will serve the materials listed in 
the Standard Document Production Order and the Standardized Integration 
Statement on all other parties in the case that have filed Notices of 
Appearance. The exchange of these materials must be accomplished within 
five days after the date established for filing notices of appearance 
(see Sec. 1.221).
    (1) Standard Document Production Order. The following documents must 
be produced or objected to on grounds of privilege (Unless otherwise 
directed by the presiding officer, copies of these documents should not 
be filed with the presiding officer):
    (i) All formation and organizational documents, including articles 
of incorporation, by laws, partnership agreements, voting rights, 
proxies, and any amendments to the foregoing documents;
    (ii) All minutes of meetings relating to the application;
    (iii) All documents relating to the rights or plans of persons or 
entities to purchase an interest in the applicant or of current owners 
to alineate their interests;
    (iv) All documents relating to pledges, mortgages, security 
interests, or other encumbrances of any kind with respect to the 
applicant;
    (v) All bank letters and other financing documents with the dollar 
amounts unexpurgated;
    (vi) All documents relating to the applicant's proposed transmitter 
site;
    (vii) All documents relating to communications by proposed 
integrated principals with respect to their proposed participation in 
the management of the station and the disposition of their current 
employment;
    (viii) All documents relating to prior integration pledges made by 
principals who propose to be integrated into the management of the 
station at issue;
    (ix) All documents relating to communications by and between 
principals of the applicant concerning the application, including 
communications between active and passive principals;
    (x) Representative documents relating to enhancement credits and 
preferences sought by the applicant's principals for local residence, 
civic participation, past broadcast experience, minority/female status, 
and the like;
    (xi) All documents relating to commitments to divest other media 
interests; and
    (xii) All documents that identify or describe the principals who are 
responsible for completing the application, arranging financing, 
obtaining the applicant's transmitter site, publishing the required 
notices, establishing the local public inspection file, and retaining 
lawyers, engineers, and other professionals.
    (2) Standardized Integration Statement. On the same day that 
documents are exchanged pursuant to the Standardized Document Production 
Order, the following information must also be provided by all applicants 
(Copies of this statement should be filed with the presiding officer and 
served on all parties to the proceeding that have filed Notices of 
Appearance):
    (i) The ownership structure of the applicant, i.e., whether it is a 
partnership, limited partnership, or a corporation (if a corporation, 
indicate whether it has voting and non-voting stock);
    (ii) The ownership percentage of each owner;
    (iii) The identity of the owners who will work at the proposed 
station, what titles and duties they will have, how many hours they will 
work per week, and how they will reconcile any current business 
interests or employment with that commitment to the station;
    (iv) All other media interests held by the persons identified under 
paragraph (c)(2)(ii), of this section;

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    (v) Whether the integrated owners will claim credit for minority or 
female ownership and if so, specifically on what basis;
    (vi) Whether the integrated owners will claim credit for local 
residence and civic involvement in the city of license or service area 
and if so, specifically on what basis (including a detailed chronology 
of past residence and a description of civic activities and their 
duration);
    (vii) Whether the integrated owners will claim credit for previous 
broadcast experience and if so, provide a detailed list of the stations 
they worked at, the titles and duties they had, and the years in which 
they were so employed; and
    (viii) Whether the applicant will claim a daytimer preference and if 
so, specifically on what basis.
    (3) Supplemental document production. Parties may request additional 
relevant documents, not called for in the Standard Document Production 
Order, at any time after the release of the designation order. 
Supplemental requests for documents based on materials exchanged 
pursuant to the Standardized Document Production Order and Standardized 
Integration Statement must be filed no later than ten days after those 
standardized exchanges. Other supplemental document requests must be 
filed no later than ten days after receipt of the information on which 
those requests are based. Supplemental document requests will be handled 
under the procedures established in paragraph (a) of this section. To 
facilitate the resolution of disputes concerning the production of 
documents, the presiding officer may convene a pre-hearing conference to 
hear argument on and dispose of any such disputes.
[ 33 FR 463 , Jan. 12, 1968, as amended at  40 FR 39509 , Aug. 28, 1975;  56 FR 794 , Jan. 9, 1991;  56 FR 25639 , June 5, 1991]

                                Subpenas

    Authority: Sections 1.331 and 1.333 through 1.340 are issued under 
sec. 409, 48 Stat. 1096; 47 U.S.C. 409.