Sec. 21.30  Opposition to applications.

    (a) Petitions to deny (including petitions for other forms of 
relief) and responsive pleadings for Commission consideration must:
    (1) Identify the application or applications (including applicant's 
name, station location, Commission file numbers and radio service 
involved) with which it is concerned;
    (2) Be filed in accordance with the pleading limitations, filing 
periods, and other applicable provisions of Secs. 1.41 through 1.52, and 
1.821 through 1.825;
    (3) Contain specific allegations of fact (except for those of which 
official notice may be taken), which shall be supported by affidavit of 
a person or persons with personal knowledge thereof, and which shall be 
sufficient to demonstrate that the petitioner (or respondent) is a party 
in interest and that a grant of, or other Commission action regarding, 
the application would be prima facie inconsistent with the public 
interest;
    (4) Except as provided in Sec. 21.901(d)(1) of this part regarding 
Instructional Television Fixed Service licensees, be filed within thirty 
(30) days after the date of public notice announcing the acceptance for 
filing of any such application or major amendment thereto, or 
identifying the tentative selectee of a random selection proceeding in 
the Multichannel Multipoint Distribution Service or for Multipoint 
Distribution Service H--channel stations (unless the Commission 
otherwise extends the deadline); and
    (5) Contains a certificate of service showing that it has been 
mailed to the applicant no later than the date of filing thereof with 
the Commission.
    (b) The Commission will classify as informal objections:
    (1) Any petition to deny not filed in accordance with paragraph (a) 
of this section;

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    (2) Any petition to deny (or for other forms of relief) an 
application to which the thirty (30) day public notice period of 
Sec. 21.27(c) does not apply; or
    (3) Any comments on, or objections to, the grant of an application 
when the comments or objections do not conform to either paragraph (a) 
of this section or other Commission rules and requirements.
    (c) The Commission will consider informal objections, but will not 
necessarily discuss them specifically in a formal opinion if:
    (1) The informal objection is filed at least one day before 
Commission action on the application; and
    (2) The informal objection is signed by the submitting person (or 
his representative) and discloses his interest.
[ 44 FR 60534 , Oct. 19, 1979, as amended at  50 FR 5993 , Feb. 13, 1985;  50 FR 45614 , Nov. 1, 1985;  52 FR 37779 , Oct. 9, 1987;  55 FR 46009 , Oct. 31, 
1990;  56 FR 57816 , Nov. 14, 1991]