FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAU FEE FILING GUIDE EFFECTIVE September 14, 1998 O AIRCRAFT O LAND MOBILE O AMATEUR RADIO SERVICE O LOCAL TELEVISION TRANSMISSION SERVICE O AVIATION GROUND O MARINE COAST O BROADCAST AUXILIARY O OFFSHORE RADIO O CELLULAR O PAGING AND RADIOTELEPHONE O COMMERCIAL RADIO O COMMON CARRIER POINT-TO-POINT OPERATOR MICROWAVE O COMPARATIVE HEARING O PRIVATE OPERATIONAL FIXED MICROWAVE O DIGITAL ELECTRONIC MESSAGE O RULE WAIVERS SERVICE O DUPLICATE LICENSE REQUEST O RURAL RADIO O FEE EXEMPTIONS O SHIP O GENERAL MOBILE RADIO O SPECIAL TEMPORARY AUTHORITY O INTERACTIVE VIDEO DATA O TRANSFER OF CONTROL SERVICE This is an unofficial compilation of the radio services and requests for FCC actions that are subject to fees. The public should consult the Commission's Rules as set out in Title 47 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) for application filing requirements. Further information on fees may be obtained in Part 1, Subpart G of the CFR or in the Commission's official decision implementing the Congressional Schedule of Charges. This decision is published in the FCC Record or may be purchased from the Commission's current copy contractor. The fee amounts contained in this guide are subject to review annually and may result in changes to these amounts. The FCC will issue a notice to reflect any changes. October 1998 PART A METHOD OF PAYMENT DO NOT SEND CASH. Payment of fees must be made by a single remittance (check, bank draft, money order or credit card). If paying by check, bank draft or money order, your remittance must be denominated in U.S. dollars, drawn on a U.S. financial institution and made payable to "FCC". Applicants located in foreign countries should contact their local bank to determine which U.S. financial institution they are affiliated with and if that institution will allow transfer of funds. Foreign entities also have the option of using Western Union. No postdated, altered or third-party checks will be accepted. Checks will not be accepted if issue date is older than six (6) months. Payment of fees, fines and other debts may be made by Wire Transfer, ACH Debit and ACH Credit. Western Union may also be used when paying fines, forfeitures, Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests or other debts due the Commission. To obtain more information about electronic payment or using Western Union, please contact the FCC's Billings & Collections Branch at (202) 418-1995. FCC FORM 159 - REMITTANCE ADVICE The FCC Form 159, Fee Remittance Advice (July 1997 edition) must accompany any payment of fee to the FCC. FCC Form 159 is required with all payments in order for the Commission to comply with the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996. REFUNDS Requests for refund of a fee paid to the FCC must be made in writing to: Federal Communications Commission, 1270 Fairfield Road, Gettysburg, PA 17325-7245. Refunds will not be made in cases where the fee for a service is lower for FY 1998 than the fee paid under the FY 1997 fee schedule. To comply with the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996, the Commission is required to provide your Taxpayer Identification Number to the U.S. Treasury upon generating a request for refund. To avoid delay, please include your Taxpayer Identification Number with your written request for refund to the FCC. The refund process usually takes four (4) weeks depending upon the complexity of the request. Once a refund request has been approved, it is forwarded to the U.S. Treasury in San Francisco, California, where a check is issued. For further information on the return or refund of monies, refer to CFR 47, Part 1, Section 1.1113 of the Commission's rules. FEE WAIVERS The required fee must accompany all fee waiver requests. Attach a detailed explanation indicating why you feel a fee waiver is justified. The filing should be submitted in accordance with the instructions for that type of filing as indicated in Part B of this guide. The request will be referred to the Office of General Counsel for review and legal determination and you will be notified of their decision. These decisions are also published monthly in the Federal Record and in FCC Docket 86-285. If a fee waiver is granted, the fee paid will be refunded. COURIER OR HAND DELIVERY OF APPLICATIONS The mailing addresses for feeable and non-feeable applications are provided in Part B of this guide. If you wish to hand carry or courier your feeable application to Pittsburgh, it should be enclosed in a sealed envelope with the appropriate Post Office Box address from Part B of this guide, clearly marked on the outside. If you are filing applications for multiple post office boxes, they must be enclosed in separate envelopes for each Post Office Box address. These envelopes may be delivered to the FCC's lockbox agent at the following address: Federal Communications Commission c/o Mellon Bank 525 William Penn Way 27th Floor Room 153-2713 Pittsburgh, PA 15259 Attn: Wholesale Lockbox Shift Supervisor Although feeable applications may be hand delivered to the Pittsburgh location 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, the formal filing date of an application will be either the date it was delivered, if that day was a regular FCC business day, or the next regular FCC business day, if the delivery date was a weekend or FCC holiday. APPLICATION FORMS Several manufacturers place application forms and applicable information in radio equipment boxes. The forms received in your radio equipment box may be outdated and reflect erroneous information causing delay in the processing of your application. Please note the current acceptable edition date(s) in Part B of this guide. You may obtain application forms from the Commission's Forms Distribution Center, 9300 E. Hampton Dr., Capital Heights, MD 20743 , toll free (800) 418-FORM (3676)or from the FCC's Fax-on- Demand system by calling (202) 418-0177 from the handset of your fax machine(request the index to find out the document number first). Some forms are available for downloading from the FCC's Internet homepage on the World Wide Web at http://www.fcc.gov/formpage.html. QUESTIONS For specific questions relating to fees, please call the FCC's Fee Hotline at (202) 418-0220. For general information, you may call the FCC's National Call Center at 1-888-225-5322. PART B FILING YOUR APPLICATION WITH THE WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAU To determine the proper fee and mailing instructions for your application, use the table below to find the page in this guide containing the appropriate information: TYPE OF APPLICATION PAGE AIRCRAFT............................................. 9 AMATEUR RADIO SERVICE................................18 AVIATION GROUND...................................... 6 BROADCAST AUXILIARY..................................25 CELLULAR.............................................29 COMMERCIAL RADIO OPERATOR............................16 COMPARATIVE HEARING..................................17 DIGITAL ELECTRONIC MESSAGE SERVICE...................23 DUPLICATE LICENSE REQUEST............................ 4 ELECTRONIC RENEWAL (FCC FORM 900).................... 3 FEE EXEMPTIONS....................................... 2 GENERAL MOBILE RADIO.................................14 INTERACTIVE VIDEO DATA SERVICE.......................14 LAND MOBILE..........................................11 LOCAL TELEVISION TRANSMISSION SERVICE................22 MARINE COAST......................................... 5 OFFSHORE RADIO.......................................33 PAGING AND RADIOTELEPHONE............................26 COMMON CARRIER POINT-TO-POINT MICROWAVE..............22 PRIVATE OPERATIONAL FIXED MICROWAVE..................10 RULE WAIVERS.........................................21 RURAL RADIO..........................................31 SHIP................................................. 7 SPECIAL TEMPORARY AUTHORITY..........................19 TRANSFER OF CONTROL..................................20 UNIVERSAL LICENSING SYSTEM (ULS)..................... 3 PART C - INFORMATION ABOUT REGULATORY FEES..........36 -1- FEE EXEMPTIONS The following are exempt from ALL fee requirements: o Governmental Entities - Check the block for Governmental Entity on your application. o Non-commercial Educational Broadcast stations - Submit a cover letter with your application documenting your status for exemption. o Civil Air Patrol - The Civil Air Patrol is exempt from fee requirements, however, there is no fee exemption for individual members of The Civil Air Patrol. o Requests for Special Temporary Authority in the Ship and Aircraft Radio Services o Requests for Transfer of Control in the Ship and Aircraft Radio Services The following are exempt from either application and/or regulatory fee requirements: o Non-profit applicants in the Special Emergency and Public Safety Radio Services are exempt from the application fee, provided their applications are accompanied by a current Determination Letter from the Internal Revenue Service documenting their non-profit status under IRS Code Section 501(c)(3). o All Special Emergency and Public Safety Radio Service applicants are exempt from the regulatory fee. If the application fee is required, submit the application and fee payment to the address for MODIFICATION OF LICENSE under your radio service found in this guide, regardless of the purpose indicated on your application. o Non-profit applicants in radio services other than Special Emergency and Public Safety are required to pay the application fee. However, they are exempt from