Sec. 24.425  Application for temporary authorizations.

    (a) In circumstances requiring immediate or temporary use of 
facilities, request may be made for special temporary authority to 
install and/or operate new or modified equipment. Any such request may 
be submitted as an informal application in the manner set forth in 
Sec. 24.405 and must contain full particulars as to the proposed 
operation including all facts sufficient to justify the temporary 
authority sought and the public interest therein. No such request will 
be considered unless the request is received by the Commission at least 
10 days prior to the date of proposed construction or operation or, 
where an extension is sought, expiration date of the existing temporary 
authorization. A request received within less than 10 days may be 
accepted upon due showing of sufficient reasons for the delay in 
submitting such request.
    (b) Special temporary authorizations may be granted without regard 
to the 30-day public notice requirements of Sec. 24.427(b) when:
    (1) The authorization is for a period not to exceed 30 days and no 
application for regular operation is contemplated to be filed;
    (2) The authorization is for a period not to exceed 60 days pending 
the filing of an application for such regular operation;
    (3) The authorization is to permit interim operation to facilitate 
completion of authorized construction or to provide substantially the 
same service as previously authorized; or
    (4) The authorization is made upon a finding that there are 
extraordinary circumstances requiring operation in the public interest 
and that delay in the institution of such service would seriously 
prejudice the public interest.
    (c) Temporary authorizations of operation not to exceed 180 days may 
be granted under the standards of section 309(f) of the Communications 
Act where extraordinary circumstances so require. Extensions of the 
temporary authorization for a period of 180 days each may also be 
granted, but the renewal applicant bears a heavy burden to show that 
extraordinary circumstances warrant such an extension.
    (d) In cases of emergency found by the Commission, involving danger 
to life or property or due to damage of equipment, or during a national 
emergency proclaimed by the President or declared by the Congress or 
during the continuance of any war in which the United States is engaged 
and when such action is necessary for the national defense or safety or 
otherwise in furtherance of the war effort, or in cases of emergency 
where the Commission finds that it would not be feasible to secure 
renewal applications from existing licensees or otherwise to follow 
normal licensing procedure, the Commission will grant radio station 
authorizations and station licenses, or modifications or renewals 
thereof, during the emergency found by the Commission or during the 
continuance of any such national emergency or war, as special temporary 
licenses, only for the period of emergency or war requiring such action, 
without the filing of formal applications.
[ 59 FR 26749 , May 24, 1994;  59 FR 37164 , July 21, 1994]