[Federal Register: August 17, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 158)]
[Notices]
[Page 51080-51081]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[CCB/CPD 97-39, 97-41, DA 04-2474]
Petitions for Waiver of 6.5 Percent Price Cap Local Exchange
Carrier X-Factor
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Notice, termination of proceeding.
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SUMMARY: This document provides notice of the termination of the
petitions for waiver of the 6.5 percent productivity-based ``X-factor''
for price cap local exchange carriers adopted by the Commission in a
1997 order. The petitions for waiver have been withdrawn by the
petitioners.
DATES: Effective September 16, 2004, unless the Wireline Competition
Bureau receives an opposition to the termination prior to that date.
ADDRESSES: Oppositions to the proceeding termination should be mailed
to the Commission's Secretary through the Commission's contractor,
Natek, Inc., at 236 Massachusetts Avenue, NE., Suite 110, Washington,
DC 20002.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer McKee, Wireline Competition
Bureau, Pricing Policy Division, (202) 418-1530.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 14, 1997, Citizens Utilities Company
(Citizens) filed an emergency petition for waiver of the Commission's
rules requiring it to apply a productivity X-factor of 6.5 percent
under the price cap rules as established in the 1997 Price Cap Review
Order, 62 FR 31939, June 11, 1997. On August 13, 1997, the Southern New
England Telephone Company (SNET) also filed a petition for waiver and/
or amendment of the Commission's rules establishing a 6.5 percent
productivity X-factor. On October 7, 2003, SBC, SNET's parent company,
filed a request to withdraw its petition. On August 2, 2004, Citizens
filed a request to withdraw its petition. The Citizens Petition and the
SNET Petition are dismissed without prejudice. Since the filing of the
Citizens Petition and the SNET Petition, the Commission has revised its
rules regarding the 6.5 percent productivity X-factor. The changes to
the Commission's X-factor rules and the passage of time have mooted the
issues raised in the Citizens Petition and the SNET Petition.
Therefore, these proceedings will be terminated effective 30 days after
publication of this Public Notice in the Federal Register, unless
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the Wireline Competition Bureau receives an opposition to the
terminations before that date.
Parties filing oppositions to the termination of these proceedings
must file an original and four copies of each filing. The filings
should reference CCB/CPD File No. 97-39 for the Citizens Petition, and
CCB/CPD File No. 97-41 for the SNET Petition. Filings can be sent by
hand or messenger delivery, by commercial overnight courier, or by
first-class or overnight U.S. Postal Service mail (although we continue
to experience delays in receiving U.S. Postal Service mail). The
Commission's contractor, Natek, Inc., will receive hand-delivered or
messenger-delivered paper filings for the Commission's Secretary at 236
Massachusetts Avenue, NE., Suite 110, Washington, DC 20002.
The filing hours at this location are 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.
All hand deliveries must be held together with rubber
bands or fasteners.
Any envelopes must be disposed of before entering the
building.
Commercial overnight mail (other than U.S. Postal Service
Express Mail and Priority Mail) must be sent to 9300 East Hampton
Drive, Capitol Heights, MD 20743.
U.S. Postal Service first-class mail, Express Mail, and
Priority Mail should be addressed to 445 12th Street, SW., Washington,
DC 20554.
All filings must be addressed to the Commission's Secretary,
Marlene H. Dortch, Office of the Secretary, Federal Communications
Commission, Room TW-A325, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554.
Parties should also send a copy of their filings to Jennifer McKee,
Pricing Policy Division, Wireline Competition Bureau, Federal
Communications Commission, Room 5-A263, 445 12th Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20554, or by e-mail to jennifer.mckee@fcc.gov. Parties
shall also serve one copy with the Commission's copy contractor, Best
Copy and Printing, Inc. (BCPI), Portals II, 445 12th Street, SW., Room
CY-B402, Washington, DC 20554, (202) 488-5300, or via e-mail to
fcc@bcpiweb.com.
Authority: 47 U.S.C. 152, 154, 155, 303; 47 CFR 0.291, 1.749.
Federal Communications Commission.
Jeffrey J. Carlisle,
Acting Chief, Wireline Competition Bureau.
[FR Doc. 04-18803 Filed 8-16-04; 8:45 am]
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