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estimated relocation costs, specially since relocation may occur as long 15 years in the future. The FCC is looking at whether to require BRS operators to provide this data on the grounds that operators should recover no more than 110% of that estimate. WCA told the FCC in a filing the requirement would be unprecedented. “Although the Commission has engaged in a myriad of involuntary relocations before, it has never required incumbents to be relocated to provide auction participants with anything like this, and there is no reason for the Commission to change course here,” WCA said. “Imposing such an obligation on BRS licensees will result in a substantial compliance burden, as a host of considerations that will ultimately determine the cost of relocating BRS operations perhaps fifteen years from now are currently unknown to incumbent BRS licensees.” “This is a very important issue,” said a BRS source. “This goes to… whether the Commission is going to treat fairly incumbent licensees who have done exactly what the Commission wants them to do.” The source said the issue could complicate the FCC’s desire to hold an AWS auction in June. “The Commission wants to deal with this before the auction and the AWS community wants it dealt with,” the source said. “But if the Commission adopts rules that are fundamentally unfair to incumbents we will pursue all legal remedies.”