Sec. 1.405  Responses to petitions; replies.

    Except for petitions to amend the FM Television or Air-Ground Tables 
of Assignments:
    (a) Any interested person may file a statement in support of or in 
opposition to a petition for rule making prior to Commission action on 
the petition but not later than 30 days after ``Public Notice'', as 
provided for in Sec. 1.403, is given of the filing of such a petition. 
Such a statement shall be accompanied by proof of service upon the 
petitioner on or prior to the date of filing in conformity with 
Sec. 1.47 and shall conform in other aspects with the requirements of 
Secs. 1.49, 1.52, and 1.419(b).
    (b) Any interested person may file a reply to statements in support 
of or in opposition to a petition for rule making prior to Commission 
action on the petition but not later than 15 days after the filing of 
such a statement. Such a reply shall be accompanied by proof of service 
upon the party or parties filing the statement or statements to which 
the reply is directed on or prior to the date of filing in conformity 
with Sec. 1.47 and shall conform in other aspects with the requirements 
of Secs. 1.49, 1.52, and 1.419(b).
    (c) No additional pleadings may be filed unless specifically 
requested by the Commission or authorized by it.
    (d) The Commission may act on a petition for rule making at any time 
after the deadline for the filing of replies to statements in support of 
or in opposition to the petition. Statements in support of or in 
opposition to a petition for rule making, and replies thereto, shall not 
be filed after Commission action.

(Secs. 4, 303, 307, 48 Stat., as amended, 1066, 1082, 1083; 47 U.S.C. 
154, 303, )
[28 307 FR 12413 , Nov. 22, 1963, as amended at  28 FR 14503 , Dec. 31, 1963; 
 45 FR 42621 , June 25, 1980;  46 FR 60404 , Dec. 9, 1981]