1998 Biennial Regulatory ReviewStreamlining of Mass Media Applications, Rules, and Processes

This document addresses thirty-eight petitions for reconsideration. The document grants in part several petitions, clarifies certain rules adopted in the Report and Order (hereafter the ``Streamlining Order'') in this proceeding, and denies other petitions in whole or in part. Petitioners had not provided grounds for reconsidering or reversing any policies adopted in the Streamlining Order. Nevertheless, several petitioners pointed out specific circumstances in which the Commission could exempt permittees from strict compliance with the rules while ensuring that the policy underlying the rule remained intact. It also eliminates the requirement that applications, amendments, and other requests for Commission action contain an original signature, and it revises the criteria for evaluating ``minor change'' applications in the FM broadcasting service. These actions will further the Streamlining Order's stated goals of making the Commission's broadcast licensing procedures more efficient and eliminating unwarranted regulatory burdens on Commission broadcast regulatees.