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The Commission has consistently held that an informal objection must contain particularized allegations of harm supported by specific facts

3 The Commission has implemented this provision through its declaratory ruling process, under which applicants seeking to exceed the 25% statutory benchmark for indirect foreign ownership must file a petition disclosing their ownership structure and requesting a specific ruling that the proposed ownership is consistent with the public interest

Under Section 309(d)(1), a petition to deny must contain "specific allegations of fact sufficient to show that

The Commission has explained that an informal objection must present "specific allegations of fact" that, if true, would demonstrate that grant of the application would be inconsistent with the public interest

" While the Commission has generally interpreted this provision broadly, the objector must still demonstrate some basis for its interest in the proceeding and must present particularized allegations of harm supported by specific facts