Sec. 73.3605  Retention of applications in hearing status after 
          designation for hearing.

    (a) After an application for a broadcast facility is designated for 
hearing, it will be retained in hearing status upon the dismissal or 
amendment and removal from hearing of any other application or 
applications with which it has been consolidated for hearing.
    (b) Where any applicants for a broadcast facility file a request 
pursuant to Sec. 73.3525(a) for approval of an agreement to remove a 
conflict between their applications, the applications will be retained 
in hearing status pending such proceedings on the joint request as may 
be ordered and such action thereon as may be taken.
    (1) If further hearing is not required on issues other than those 
arising out of the agreement, the proceeding shall be terminated and 
appropriate disposition shall be made of the applications.
    (2) Where further hearing is required on issues unrelated to the 
agreement, the presiding officer shall continue to conduct the hearing 
on such other issues pending final action on the agreement, but the 
record in the proceeding shall not be closed until such final action on 
the agreement has been taken.
    (3) In any case where a conflict between applications will be 
removed by an agreement for an engineering amendment to an application, 
the amended application shall be removed from hearing status upon final 
approval of the agreement and acceptance of the amendment.
    (c) An application for a broadcast facility which has been 
designated for hearing and which is amended so as to eliminate the need 
for hearing or further hearing on the issues specified, other than as 
provided for in paragraph (b) of this section, will be removed from 
hearing status.

[ 44 FR 38511 , July 2, 1979]