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FCC further extends filing deadlines for Katrina-affected licensees

November 1, 2005 -- The FCC has extended for an additional month filing and regulatory deadlines for Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (WTB) licensees directly affected by Hurricane Katrina. The extension affects Amateur Radio licensees. "Because of the continued devastation and recovery efforts in parts of the affected states and to further alleviate any additional burden that may be caused by our filing requirements and regulatory deadlines, the WTB further extends certain filing and regulatory deadlines for affected licensees and applicants in the affected states until November 30, 2005," the WTB said in an October 31 public notice. The WTB says that after November 30, it will consider waiver requests related to Hurricane Katrina on a case-by-case basis, pursuant to the Commission's waiver standards. The WTB already has extended filing and regulatory deadlines for licensees affected by Hurricane Rita to November 21 and by Hurricane Wilma to December 22, 2005. Because the deadline extensions affect the two-year renewal "grace period" for Amateur Radio licensees, the FCC also has suspended vanity call sign processing "until further notice."

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