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  Sec.  Sec. 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  Sec.  Sec. 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, 307)

   [ 28 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]