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A. 1. a.(1)(a) i) a) 1. 1. 1. a.(1)(a) i) a)#X\  P6G;qP##XP\  P6Q DXP#"5@^2Coddȧ8CCdr2C28ddddddddddCCrrrdzNdzoȐC8CtdCdoYoYCdo8Co8odooYNCodddYO,Oh2CC!CCPRCdodddddȐYYYYYN8N8N8N8oddddooooddoddddzodddYYYYYYddddooPoNoNCNodo8RoodȐYYoNoNNF2ldCddddddd<d<CCoodCCddCoCddzzzzzzzzzzCCCCozdddddddYYYYY8888dddddddndddddYdqy.C8*XC\  P6QP {y.K8?XqK\  P@QP|7PC2X DXP\  P6QXP.7UC2XxXU4  pQX5PC2X9EXP*f9 xQXXW!0(X h0\  P6QhPI(!XI,(\  P6Q,P"5@^(1<if Hooten's site change precludes allotment of a channel to Victoria.oM6 yO"- xԍ Applications for minor modifications of construction permits (like Hooten's) are cut off from competing  yO"- xrulemaking petitions as of the date the application is filed. 47 C.F.R.  73.208(a)(3)(iii). See Report and Order, MM  yO#- xDocket No. 91348, 7 FCC Rcd 4017 (1992) recon. denied, 8 FCC Rcd 4743 (1993). Here, Mazak filed its  xrulemaking request on November 7, 1996, which is after Hooten's resubmission of its application with the correct fee on October 16, 1996. o We do not find these  xarguments persuasive. KZAM, Ganado, Texas is a station with an allotted channel, and a  xconstruction permit. Mazak's request, which was returned by the staff, was simply a petition for"e ,-(-(ZZ"  x.rulemaking, asking that a new channel be allotted to Victoria, so that applications to construct  xmight be filed at some future date. Regardless of the outcome of Hooten's modification request,  x[there would be no guarantee that the Commission would ultimately grant the allotment request  xfor Victoria. Nor, if such an allotment were granted, would there be any guarantee that Mazak  xwould be the only applicant for that allotment, or that Mazak would be awarded the construction  X- xpermit. See Balanced Budget Act of 1997, Pub. L. No. 10533, 111 Stat. 251 (1997) (competing  xapplications to construct commercial broadcast stations filed on or after July 1, 1997 to be resolved by auction). Accordingly, we do not agree with Mazak's arguments.   lx10. In sum we find no staff error, and find that the waiver in this case is not inconsistent  X - xZwith our holding in Ashtabula. The Ashtabula decision represents our continuing policy that the  x"oneinthree" requirement in 47 C.F.R.  73.3555(b) is the standard generally applicable to  xmodification requests filed in the latter half of a construction period, and one that will not be  x!waived absent compelling circumstances. In the present case, Hooten has shown such circumstances, and therefore merits a waiver.  X - T X- ORDERING CLAUSES ĐTP   x11. Accordingly, the Application for Review filed on September 10, 1997 by MAZAK Broadcasting Company with respect to station KZAM, Ganado, Texas IS DENIED. ppx@FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION x@Magalie Roman Salas x@Secretary