Sec. 1.401  Petitions for rulemaking.

    (a) Any interested person may petition for the issuance, amendment 
or repeal of a rule or regulation.
    (b) The petition for rule making shall conform to the requirements 
of Secs. 1.49, 1.52 and 1.419(b) (or Sec. 1.420(e), if applicable), and 
shall be submitted or addressed to the Secretary, Federal Communications 
Commission, Washington, DC 20554.
    (c) The petition shall set forth the text or substance of the 
proposed rule, amendment, or rule to be repealed, together with all 
facts, views, arguments and data deemed to support the action requested, 
and shall indicate how the interests of petitioner will be affected.

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    (d) Petitions for amendment of the FM Table of Assignments 
(Sec. 73.202 of this chapter) or the Television Table of Assignments 
(Sec. 73.606) shall be served by petitioner on any Commission licensee 
or permittee whose channel assignment would be changed by grant of the 
petition. The petition shall be accompanied by a certificate of service 
on such licensees or permittees. A draft Notice of Proposed Rule Making 
may be submitted with a petition for amendment of the FM or Television 
Table of Assignments.
    (e) Petitions which are moot, premature, repetitive, frivolous, or 
which plainly do not warrant consideration by the Commission may be 
denied or dismissed without prejudice to the petitioner.
[ 28 FR 12432 , Nov. 22, 1963, as amended at  28 FR 14503 , Dec. 31, 1963; 
 40 FR 53391 , Nov. 18, 1975;  45 FR 42621 , June 25, 1980]