Sec. 90.449  Answers to official communications and notices of 
          violation.

    (a) Licensees are required to respond to official communications 
with reasonable dispatch and according to the tenor of the 
communication. Failure to do so may be considered by the Commission to 
reflect adversely on a person's qualifications to hold Commission 
authorizations and may also create liabilities for other sanctions.
    (b) Any licensee receiving official notice of a violation of the 
terms of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, any legislative act 
or treaty to which the United States is a party, or the rules and 
regulations of the Commission, shall, within ten (10) days from such 
receipt or such other period as may be specified by the Commission, send 
a written answer to the office of the Commission originating the 
original notice. If an answer cannot be sent, or an acknowledgement 
made, within

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such period, acknowledgement and answer shall be made at the earliest 
practicable date with a satisfactory explanation of the delay. The 
answer to each notice shall be complete in itself and shall not be 
abbreviated by reference to other communications or answers to other 
notices. The reply shall set forth the steps taken to prevent a 
recurrence of improper operation.
[ 59 FR 59965 , Nov. 21, 1994]

                     Subpart O--Transmitter Control