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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
47 CFR Parts 36, 51, 52, 53, 54, 63, 64 and 69
[WC Docket No. 02-313; FCC 06-86]
Biennial Regulatory Review of Regulations Administered by the
Wireline Competition Bureau
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: In this document, the Federal Communications Commission
(Commission or FCC) reviews rules that apply to the operations and
activities of providers of telecommunications services and repeals or
modifies previous regulations no longer necessary in the public
interest, obsolete, outdated, expired of their terms, or containing
drafting or typographical errors.
DATES: Effective December 11, 2006.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carrie-Lee Early, Wireline Competition
Bureau, (202) 418-2776 or carrielee.early@fcc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a summary of the Commission's Report
and Order in WC Docket No. 02-313, adopted June 20, 2006 and released
August 21, 2006. The complete text of this document is available for
inspection and copying during normal business hours in the FCC
Reference Information Center, Portals H, 445 12th Street, SW., Room CY-
A257, Washington DC 20554. This document may also be purchased from the
Commission's duplicating contractor, Best Copy and Printing, Inc., 445
12th Street, SW., Room CY-B402, Washington, DC 20554, telephone (800)
378-3160 or (202) 863-2893, facsimile (202) 863-2989, or via e-mail at
FCC@BIWEB.com. It is also available on the Commission's Web site at
http://www.fcc.gov. The Notice of Proposed Rule Making which initiated
the rule changes set forth in the Report and Order was published at 69
FR 12814, March 18, 2004. The rule changes do not cause any new
information collection requirements subject to the PRA of 1995, Public
Law 104-13. They also do not create any new or modified ``information
collection burden for small business concerns with fewer than 25
employees,'' pursuant to the Small Business Paperwork Relief Act of
2002, Public Law 107-198, see 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(4).
Synopsis of the Report and Order
1. Background. Section 11 of the Communications Act of 1934, as
amended (Act), requires the Commission to review biennially its
regulations that apply to the operations and activities of providers of
telecommunications service and to determine whether the regulations are
``no longer necessary as the result of meaningful economic competition
between providers of such service.'' See 47 U.S.C. 161(a).
2. Discussion. In this Order, we impose no new rules; rather, we
repeal or modify regulations that are no longer necessary in the public
interest, obsolete, outdated, have expired of their terms, or contain
drafting or typographical errors. The revisions reduce regulatory
compliance burdens by eliminating the requirements and uncertainties
described below.
3. Part 36--Jurisdictional Separations Procedures: With respect to
the fundamental principles underlying jurisdictional separations
procedures, the Commission clarifies in Sec. 36.2(b)(3)(ii) that
holding-time-minutes is the measurement unit for apportioning both
local and toll switching plant. The Commission also clarifies, in Sec.
36.2(b)(3)(iv), that subscriber plant is to be apportioned using the 25
percent Gross Allocator.
4. The Commission clarifies, in Sec. 36.125(f), application of the
weighting factor in apportioning to interstate jurisdiction certain
Category 3 telecommunication property investments for study areas with
fewer than 50,000 access lines. The Commission also repeals Sec. Sec.
36.154(d) through (f) because those sections are no longer in effect,
and deletes references to those provisions. Because their termination
dates have passed, the Commission also repeals Sec. Sec. 36.631(a) and
(b) and 36.641. The Commission also clarifies the application of Sec.
36.631(d) to apply only non-rural telephone companies serving study
areas reporting more than 200,000 working loops. With respect to the
universal service fund rules, the Commission clarifies that Sec.
36.631(d) applies only to non-rural telephone companies serving study
areas reporting more than 200,000 working loops.
5. In addition, because they reference payphone services that are
no longer regulated, the Commission eliminates the last sentence of
Sec. 36.142(a) addressing coinless pay telephone equipment and the
last sentence of Sec. 36.377(a)(7) addressing expenses related to coin
collection and administration.
6. The Commission also corrects three instances of transposed
wording in Sec. 36.377(a)(5): in subparagraphs (i) and (v),
``interstate'' is corrected to ``State,'' and in subparagraph (vi),
``State'' is changed to ``Interstate.'' Similarly, the Commission
eliminates, as obsolete, all references to Teletypwriter Exchange
Service (TWX) in part 36 because no carrier has reported data through
the Automated Reporting Management System (ARMIS) system since it was
established in 1988.
7. Part 42--Preservation of Records of Communications Carriers: The
United States Telecom Association (USTA) filed comments recommending
the elimination of Sec. Sec. 42.1 through 42.9 asserting that these
regulations are outdated and unnecessary. USTA, however, did not offer
any support for its assertions, nor did USTA make proposals regarding
less costly and more efficient ways to collect, preserve and maintain
carrier records and reports. Neither USTA's brief comment nor its
incorporation of arguments from previous Biennial Review dockets,
convince us that elimination or modification of part 42 is warranted at
this time. Accordingly, we conclude that current part 42 record
retention requirements assist the Commission to carry out its
regulatory responsibilities and therefore continue to be necessary in
the public interest at this time.
8. Part 51--Interconnection: The Commission eliminates Sec. Sec.
51.211(a)-(f), 51.213(c)-(d), which imposed deadlines on Local Exchange
Carriers (LECs) and Bell Operating Companies to implement toll dialing
parity or to notify the Commission of their failure to do so. The
provisions no longer are relevant as the compliance deadlines have
expired. Similarly, because their effective dates have expired, the
Commission eliminates Sec. Sec. 51.515(b) and (c) which permitted
incumbent LECs to assess certain interstate access charges and
intrastate access charges on purchasers of unbundled elements until
June 30, 1997.
9. The Commission also eliminates, as no longer necessary in the
public interest, Sec. 51.329(c)(3) which required incumbent LECs to
send paper and diskette copies of network change public notices or
certifications to the Chief of the Wireline Competition Bureau.
10. Part 52--Numbering: With respect to the scope and authority of
the
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numbering rules, the Commission updates part 52 to reflect two
developments: it revises the Sec. 52.5 list of United States
territories taking part in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) to
reflect American Samoa's participation and changes a reference to the
``Common Carrier Bureau'' to the ``Wireline Competition Bureau.''
11. In addition, regarding numbering administration, because the
North American Numbering Council is no longer responsible for
recommending to the Commission the entity to serve as the North
American Numbering Plan Administrator, the Commission repeals Sec.
52.11(d).
12. Further, because the North American Numbering Plan
Administrator, rather than telecommunications carriers, now performs
central office code administration, the Commission repeals Sec.
52.15(c), portions of Sec. 52.15(d), and Sec. 52.15(e) in its
entirety.
13. The Commission also modifies the introductory paragraph and
subsection (3) of Sec. 52.13(b), which governs the duties of the North
American Numbering Plan Administrator (NANPA) to reflect the existing
role of the Commission in setting numbering policy. The Commission also
modifies Sec. Sec. 52.13(c)(4) and 52.15(b)(3) to reflect that the
Numbering Resource Utilization Forecast has replaced the Central Office
Code Utilization Survey (COCUS).
14. In the number portability context, the Commission eliminates
Sec. Sec. 52.27 and 52.29 which provided rules applicable to
transitional number portability measures because long-term database
methods have been developed.
15. Because the timeframe identified in the rule has expired, the
Commission also eliminates Sec. 52.31(c) which provided Local Number
Portability (LNP) deployment deadlines.
16. Part 53--Special Provisions Concerning Bell Operating
Companies: The Commission eliminates Sec. 53.101 because the
expiration date of the prohibition against Bell Operating Company joint
marketing of local and interLATA services has passed.
17. Part 54--Universal Service: With regard to the rules governing
carriers eligible for universal service support, the Commission
eliminates Sec. 54.201(a)(2) because the waiver mechanism it provided
to state commissions to request retroactive support and eligible
telecommunications carrier (ETC) status for certain carriers is no
longer necessary in the public interest.
18. With respect to universal service support for high cost areas,
the Commission eliminates Sec. 54.313(d)(1) and (2) as the Universal
Service Program certification deadlines associated with long term
support for non-rural carriers have expired.
19. In the context of universal service support for schools and
libraries, the Commission removes obsolete parts of Sec. 54.507(b)
which addressed the length of the 1998-1999 funding year, the first
year of the Universal Service Schools and Library Program.
20. With respect to universal service support for health care
providers, the Commission eliminates expired sections Sec.
54.604(a)(2) and (d) which pertained to specified exemptions to the
Universal Service Program competitive bid requirements applicable to
eligible health care provider contracts with telecommunications service
providers during 1998 and 1999.
21. The Commission eliminates Sec. Sec. 54.623(c)(2) and (3) as
their provisions are redundant or unnecessary. The Commission modifies
Sec. 54.623(b) to eliminate an outdated reference to the already-
passed initiation of the rural health care mechanism. The Commission
also modifies Sec. 54.623(c)(4) to clarify that all applications filed
by rural health care providers within the filing window, as determined
by the Administrator, will be treated as simultaneously received.
22. Part 63--Extension of Lines, New Lines, and Discontinuance,
Reduction, Outage and Impairment of Service by Common Carriers; and
Grants of Recognized Private Operating Agency Status: The Commission
clarifies, in Sec. 63.61, that non-dominant carriers which seek to
discontinue, reduce, or impair service, must file for and receive
authority from the Commission in order to take such action. This change
was mistakenly omitted when Sec. 63.71 was adopted. The Commission
also modifies Sec. Sec. 63.61 and 63.71 to clarify that the
procedures, such as filing deadlines, for the discontinuance, reduction
or impairment of international services are governed by Sec. 63.19.
23. In Sec. Sec. 63.71(a)(5)(i) and (ii) the Commission clarifies
descriptions of notice periods and procedures set forth in exemplar
language which carriers use to advise affected customers of proposed
discontinuances, reductions, or impairments of service, and of their
rights to comment to the Commission.
24. Part 64--Miscellaneous Rules Relating to Common Carriers: The
Commission repeals the expired September 20, 1998 deadline in Sec.
64.1330(c) to eliminate confusion about the on-going nature of the
requirements under section 276 and under Sec. Sec. 64.1330(a) and (c)
regarding public interest payphones.
25. The Commission eliminates Sec. 64.1903(c) which provided
certain incumbent independent local exchange carriers a now expired
deadline in which to comply with specified obligations to provide
services through a separate affiliate. The Commission also deletes the
cross reference to Sec. 64.1903(c) set forth in Sec. 64.1903(a).
26. Part 69--Access Charges: The Commission deletes rules with
effective dates which have passed or which are no longer relevant to
the carriers to which they had applied: Sec. 69.116 which set forth a
computation formula applicable to an access charge which was to fund
the Universal Service Fund during the August 1, 1988 through December
31, 1997 time period; Sec. 69.117 which set forth a computation
formula applicable to an access charge which was to fund the Lifeline
Assistance during the August 1, 1988 through December 31, 1997 time
period; Sec. 69.126 which provided a time frame for specified
nonrecurring charges by incumbent local exchange carriers which is no
longer relevant; Sec. 69.127 which set forth a Transitional Equal
Charge Rule which has been superceded by subsequent tariffs; and Sec.
69.612 which defined the computation methods for the Long Term and
Transitional Support payment obligations but has also expired.
27. Paperwork Reduction Act Analysis: According to the terms of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Pub. L. 104-13, the modifications
engendered by the rules changes do not contain new or modified
information collections subject to Office of Management and Budget
review.
28. Final Regulatory Flexibility Certification: The Commission
provides a Final Regulatory Flexibility Certification that the
requirements of the Report and Order will not have a significant
economic effect on a substantial number of small entities.
29. Report to Congress: The Commission will send a copy of the
Order, including its Final Regulatory Flexibility Certification, in a
report to be sent to Congress and the Government Accountability Office
pursuant to the Congressional Review Act. In addition, the Commission
will send a copy of the Order including its Final Regulatory
Flexibility Certification, to the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the
Small Business Administration. A copy of this present summarized Order
and Final Regulatory Flexibility Certification is also hereby published
in the Federal Register.
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Ordering Clauses
30. Accordingly, it is ordered that, pursuant to sections 1, 3,
4(i), 4(j), 201, 205, and 403, of the Communications Act of 1934, as
amended, 47 U.S.C. 151, 153, 154, 201-205, and 403, the Report and
Order is adopted.
31. It is further ordered, pursuant to sections 4(i), 4(j), 201,
205, 303(r), and 403 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47
U.S.C. 154(i)-(j), 201-205, 303(r), 403, and section 553 of Title 5,
United States Code, that revisions to parts 36, 51, 52, 53, 54, 63, 64,
and 69 of the Commission's rules are adopted.
32. It is further ordered, that the Commission's Consumer and
Governmental Affairs Bureau, Reference Information Center, shall send a
copy of this Report and Order, including the Final Regulatory
Flexibility Certification, to the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the
Small Business Administration.
33. It is further ordered, that the Commission's Consumer and
Governmental Affairs Bureau, Reference Information Center, shall send a
copy of this Report and Order in a report to be sent to Congress and
the Government Accountability Office pursuant to the Congressional
Review Act, see 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A).
34. It is further ordered, that the provisions of the Report and
Order will be effective December 11, 2006.
List of Subjects
47 CFR Part 36
Communications common carriers, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, Telephone, Uniform system of Accounts.
47 CFR Part 51
Communications common carriers, Telecommunications.
47 CFR Part 52
Communications common carriers, Telecommunications, Telephone.
47 CFR Part 53
Communications common carriers, Telephone.
47 CFR Part 54
Communications common carriers, Health facilities, Infants and
Children, Libraries, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements,
Telecommunications, Telephone.
47 CFR Part 63
Communications common carriers, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, Telephone, Telegraph.
47 CFR Part 64
Telecommunications, Telephone.
47 CFR Part 69
Communications common carriers, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, Telephone.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
Rule Changes
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For the reasons discussed in the preamble, the Federal Communications
Commission amends 47 CFR parts 36, 51, 52, 53, 54, 63, 64 and 69 as
follows:
PART 36--JURISDICTIONAL SEPARATIONS PROCEDURES; STANDARD PROCEDURES
FOR SEPARATING TELECOMMUNICATIONS PROPERTY COSTS, REVENUES,
EXPENSES, TAXES AND RESERVES FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANIES
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1. The authority citation for part 36 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151, 154(i) and (j), 205, 221(c), 254, 403,
and 410.
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2. Amend Sec. 36.2 by revising paragraphs (b)(3)(ii) and (b)(3)(iv) to
read as follows:
Sec. 36.2 Fundamental principles underlying procedures.
* * * * *
(b) * * *
(3) * * *
(ii) Holding-time-minutes is the basis for measuring the use of
local and toll switching plant.
* * * * *
(iv) Message telecommunications subscriber plant shall be
apportioned on the basis of a Gross Allocator which assigns 25 percent
to the interstate jurisdiction and 75 percent to the state
jurisdiction.
* * * * *
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3. Amend Sec. 36.125 by revising paragraph (f) to read as follows:
Sec. 36.125 Local switching equipment--Category 3.
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(f) Beginning January 1, 1998, for study areas with fewer than
50,000 access lines, Category 3 investment is apportioned to the
interstate jurisdiction by the application of an interstate allocation
factor that is the lesser of either .85 or the sum of the interstate
DEM factor specified in paragraph (a)(5) of this section, and the
difference between the 1996 interstate DEM factor and the 1996
interstate DEM factor multiplied by a weighting factor as determined by
the table below. The Category 3 investment that is not assigned to the
interstate jurisdiction pursuant to this paragraph is assigned to the
state jurisdiction.
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Weighting
Number of access lines in service in study area factor
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0-10,000..................................................... 3.0
10,001-20,000................................................ 2.5
20,001-50,000................................................ 2.0
50,001-or above.............................................. 1.0
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4. Amend Sec. 36.126 by revising paragraphs (e)(2), (e)(3)
introductory text, (e)(3)(i) and (iii), and by removing and reserving
paragraph (e)(3)(ii) to read as follows:
Sec. 36.126 Circuit equipment-Category 4.
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(e) * * *
(2) Interexchange Circuit Equipment Used for Wideband Service--
Category 4.22--This category includes the circuit equipment portion of
interexchange channels used for wideband services. The cost of
interexchange circuit equipment in this category is determined
separately for each wideband channel and is segregated between message
and private line services on the basis of the use of the channels
provided. The respective costs are allocated to the appropriate
operation in the same manner as the related interexchange cable and
wire facilities described in Sec. 36.156.
(3) All Other Interexchange Circuit Equipment--Category 4.23--This
category includes the cost of all interexchange circuit equipment not
assigned to Categories 4.21 and 4.22. The cost of interexchange basic
circuit equipment used for the following classes of circuits is
included in this category: Jointly used message circuits, i.e., message
switching plant circuits carrying messages from the state and
interstate operations; circuits used for state private line service;
and circuits used for state private line services.
(i) An average interexchange circuit equipment cost per equivalent
interexchange telephone termination for all circuits is determined and
applied to the equivalent interexchange telephone termination counts of
each of the following classes of circuits: Private Line, State Private
Line, Message. The cost of interstate private line circuits is assigned
directly to the interstate operation. The cost of state private line
circuits is assigned directly to the state operation. The cost of
message circuits is apportioned between the state and
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interstate operations on the basis of the relative number of study area
conversation-minutes applicable to such facilities.
* * * * *
(iii) The cost of special circuit equipment is segregated among
telegraph grade private line services and other private line services
based on an analysis of the use of the equipment and in accordance with
Sec. 36.126(b)(4). The special circuit equipment cost assigned to
telegraph grade and other private line services is directly assigned to
the appropriate operations.
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5. Amend Sec. 36.142 by revising paragraph (a) to read as follows:
Sec. 36.142 Categories and apportionment procedures.
(a) Other Information Origination/Termination Equipment--Category
1. This category includes the cost of other information origination/
termination equipment not assigned to Category 2. The costs of other
information origination/termination equipment are allocated pursuant to
the factor that is used to allocate subcategory 1.3 Exchange Line C&WF.
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6. Amend Sec. 36.152 by revising paragraphs (a)(1) and (a)(2) to read
as follows:
Sec. 36.152 Categories of Cable and Wire Facilities (C&WF).
(a) * * *
(1) Exchange Line C&WF Excluding Wideband--Category 1--This
category includes C&W facilities between local central offices and
subscriber premises used for message telephone, private line, local
channels, and for circuits between control terminals and radio stations
providing very high frequency maritime service or urban or highway
mobile service.
(2) Wideband and Exchange Trunk C&WF--Category 2--This category
includes all wideband, including Exchange Line Wideband and C&WF
between local central offices and Wideband facilities. It also includes
C&WF between central offices or other switching points used by any
common carrier for interlocal trunks wholly within an exchange or
metropolitan service area, interlocal trunks with one or both terminals
outside a metropolitan service area carrying some exchange traffic,
toll connecting trunks, tandem trunks principally carrying exchange
traffic, the exchange trunk portion of WATS access lines, the exchange
trunk portion of private line local channels, and the exchange trunk
portion of circuits between control terminals and radio stations
providing very high frequency maritime service or urban or highway
mobile service.
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7. Amend Sec. 36.154 by revising paragraph (c) and by removing and
reserving paragraphs (d), (e) and (f) to read as follows:
Sec. 36.154 Exchange Line Cable and Wire Facilities (C&WF)--Category
1--apportionment procedures.
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(c) Effective January 1, 1986, 25 percent of the costs assigned to
subcategory 1.3 shall be allocated to the interstate jurisdiction.
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8. Amend Sec. 36.156 by revising paragraph (b) to read as follows:
Sec. 36.156 Interexchange Cable and Wire Facilities (C&WF)--Category
3--apportionment procedures.
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(b) The cost of C&WF applicable to this category shall be directly
assigned where feasible. If direct assignment is not feasible, cost
shall be apportioned between the state and interstate jurisdiction on
the basis of conversation-minute kilometers as applied to toll message
circuits, etc.
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9. Amend Sec. 36.212 by revising paragraph (c) to read as follows:
Sec. 36.212 Basic local services revenue--Account 5000.
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(c) Wideband Message Service revenues from monthly and
miscellaneous charges, service connections, move and change charges,
are apportioned between state and interstate operations on the basis of
the relative number of minutes-of-use in the study area. Effective July
1, 2001, through June 30, 2006, all study areas shall apportion
Wideband Message Service revenues among the jurisdictions using the
relative number of minutes of use for the twelve-month period ending
December 31, 2000.
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10. Amend Sec. 36.214 by revising paragraph (a) to read as follows:
Sec. 36.214 Long distance message revenue--Account 5100.
(a) Wideband message service revenues from monthly and
miscellaneous charges, service connections, move and change charges,
are apportioned between state and interstate operations on the basis of
the relative number of minutes-of-use in the study area. Effective July
1, 2001 through June 30, 2006, all study areas shall apportion Wideband
Message Service revenues among the jurisdictions using the relative
number of minutes of use for the twelve-month period ending December
31, 2000.
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Sec. 36.375 [Amended].
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11. Amend Sec. 36.375 by removing paragraph (b)(2) and redesignating
paragraphs (b)(3) through (b)(6) as (b)(2) through (b)(5).
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12. Amend Sec. 36.377 by removing and reserving paragraphs
(a)(1)(viii), (a)(2)(vi), (a)(3)(v), and (a)(7) and by revising
paragraphs (a)(1) introductory text, (a)(2) introductory text,
(a)(2)(vii), (a)(3) introductory text , (a)(3)(vii), (a)(5)(i),
(a)(5)(v), and (a)(5)(vi) to read as follows:
Sec. 36.377 Category 1--Local business office expense.
(a) * * *
(1) End-user service order processing includes expenses related to
the receipt and processing of end users' orders for service and
inquiries concerning service. This subcategory does not include any
service order processing expenses for services provided to the
interexchange carriers. End user service order processing expenses are
first segregated into the following subcategories based on the relative
number of actual contacts which are weighted, if appropriate, to
reflect differences in the average work time per contact: Local service
order processing; presubscription; directory advertising; State private
line and special access; interstate private line and special access;
other State message toll including WATS; other interstate message toll
including WATS.
* * * * *
(2) End user payment and collection includes expenses incurred in
relation to the payment and collection of amounts billed to end users.
It also includes commissions paid to payment agencies (which receive
payment on customer accounts) and collection agencies. This category
does not include any payment or collection expenses for services
provided to interexchange carriers. End user payment and collection
expenses are first segregated into the following subcategories based on
relative total state and interstate billed revenues (excluding revenues
billed to interexchange carriers and/or revenues deposited in coin
boxes) for services for which end user payment and collection is
provided: State private line and special access; interstate private
line and special access; State
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message toll including WATS; interstate message toll including WATS,
and interstate subscriber line charge; local, including directory
advertising.
* * * * *
(vii) Effective July 1, 2001, through June 30, 2006, study areas
subject to price cap regulation, pursuant to Sec. 61.41 of this
chapter, shall assign the balance of Account 6620--Services to the
subcategories, as specified in Sec. Sec. 36.377(a)(2)(i) through
36.377(a)(2)(vi), based on the relative percentage assignment of the
balance of Account 6620 to these categories/subcategories during the
twelve month period ending December 31, 2000. All other subcategories
of End User payment and collection expense, as specified in Sec. Sec.
36.377(a)(2)(i) through 36.377(a)(2)(v), shall be directly assigned.
* * * * *
(3) End user billing inquiry includes expenses related to handling
end users' inquiries concerning their bills. This category does not
include expenses related to the inquiries of interexchange carriers
concerning their bills. End user billing inquiry costs are first
segregated into the following subcategories based on the relative
number of actual contracts, weighted if appropriate, to reflect
differences in the average work time per contact: State private line
and special access; interstate private line and special access; State
message toll including WATS, interstate message toll including WATS,
interstate subscriber line charge; and other.
* * * * *
(vii) Effective July 1, 2001 through June 30, 2006 study areas
subject to price cap regulation, pursuant to Sec. 61.41 of this
chapter, shall assign the balance of Account 6620--Services to the
subcategories, as specified in Sec. Sec. 36.377(a)(3)(i) through
36.377(a)(3)(vi), based on the relative percentage assignment of the
balance of Account 6620 to these subcategories during the twelve month
period ending December 31, 2000. All other subcategories of End user
billing inquiry expense, as specified in Sec. Sec. 36.377(a)(3)(i)
through 36.377(a)(3)(vi), shall be directly assigned.
* * * * *
(5) * * *
(i) State special access and private line payment and collection
expense is directly assigned to the State jurisdiction.
* * * * *
(v) State billing and collection payment and collection expense is
directly assigned to the State jurisdiction.
(vi) Interstate billing and collection payment and collection
expense is directly assigned to the interstate jurisdiction.
* * * * *
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13. Amend Sec. 36.631 by removing and reserving paragraphs (a) and (b)
and by revising paragraph (d) introductory text to read as follows:
Sec. 36.631 Expense adjustment.
* * * * *
(d) Beginning January 1, 1998, for study areas reporting more than
200,000 working loops pursuant to Sec. 36.611(h), the expense
adjustment (additional interstate expense allocation) is equal to the
sum of paragraphs (d)(1) through (4) of this section. After January 1,
2000, the expense adjustment (additional interstate expense allocation)
for non-rural telephone companies serving study areas reporting more
than 200,000 working loops pursuant to Sec. 36.611(h) shall be
calculated pursuant to Sec. 54.309 of this chapter or Sec. 54.311 of
this chapter (which relies on this part), whichever is applicable.
* * * * *
Sec. 36.641 [Removed].
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14. Remove Sec. 36.641.
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15. Revise Appendix to Part 36--Glossary to read as follows:
Appendix to Part 36--Glossary
The descriptions of terms in this glossary are broad and have
been prepared to assist in understanding the use of such terms in
the separation procedures. Terms which are defined in the text of
this part are not included in this glossary.
Access Line
A communications facility extending from a customer's premises
to a serving central office comprising a subscriber line and, if
necessary, a trunk facility, e.g., a WATS access line.
Book Cost
The cost of property as recorded on the books of a company.
Cable Fill Factor
The ratio of cable conductor or cable pair kilometers in use to
total cable conductor or cable pair kilometers available in the
plant, e.g., the ratio of revenue producing cable pair kilometers in
use to total cable pair kilometers in plant.
Category
A grouping of items of property or expense to facilitate the
apportionment of their costs among the operations and to which,
ordinarily, a common measure of use is applicable.
Central Office
A switching unit, in a telephone system which provides service
to the general public, having the necessary equipment and operations
arrangements for terminating and interconnecting subscriber lines
and trunks or trunks only. There may be more than one central office
in a building.
Channel
An electrical path suitable for the transmission of
communications between two or more points, ordinarily between two or
more stations or between channel terminations in Telecommunication
Company central offices. A channel may be furnished by wire,
fiberoptics, radio or a combination thereof.
Circuit
A fully operative communications path established in the normal
circuit layout and currently used for message, WATS access, or
private line services.
Circuit Kilometers
The route kilometers or revenue producing circuits in service,
determined by measuring the length in terms of kilometers, of the
actual path followed by the transmission medium.
Common Channel Network Signaling
Channels between switching offices used to transmit signaling
information independent of the subscribers' communication paths or
transmission channels.
Complement (of cable)
A group of conductors of the same general type (e.g., quadded,
paired) within a single cable sheath.
Complex
All groups of operator positions, wherever located, associated
with the same call distribution and/or stored program control unit.
Concentration Equipment
Central office equipment whose function is to concentrate
traffic from subscriber lines onto a lesser number of circuits
between the remotely located concentration equipment and the serving
central office concentration equipment. This concentration equipment
is connected to the serving central office line equipment.
Connection--Minute
The product of (a) the number of messages and, (b) the average
minutes of connection per message.
Conversation--Minute
The product of (a) the number of messages and, (b) the average
minutes of conversation per message.
Conversation--Minute--Kilometers
The product of (a) the number of messages, (b) the average
minutes of conversation per message and (c) the average route
kilometers of circuits involved.
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Cost
The cost of property owned by the Telephone Company whose
property is to be apportioned among the operations. This term
applies either to property costs recorded on the books of the
company or property costs determined by other evaluation methods.
Current Billing
The combined amount of charges billed, excluding arrears.
Customer Dialed Charge Traffic
Traffic which is both (a) handled to completion through pulses
generated by the customer and (b) for which either a message unit
change, bulk charge or message toll charge is except for that
traffic recorded by means of message registers.
Customer Premises Equipment
Items of telecommunications terminal equipment in Accounts 2310
referred to as CPE in Sec. 64.702 of the Federal Communication
Commission's Rules adopted in the Second Computer Inquiry such as
telephone instruments, data sets, dialers and other supplemental
equipment, and PBX's which are provided by common carriers and
located on customer premises and inventory included in these
accounts to be used for such purposes. Excluded from this
classification are similar items of equipment located on telephone
company premises and used by the company in the normal course of
business as well as over voltage protection equipment, customer
premises wiring, coin operated public or pay telephones,
multiplexing equipment to deliver multiple channels to the customer,
mobile radio equipment and transmit earth stations.
Customer Premises Wire
The segment of wiring from the customer's side of the protector
to the customer premises equipment.
DSA Board
A local dial office switchboard at which are handled assistance
calls, intercepted calls and calls from miscellaneous lines and
trunks. It may also be employed for handling certain toll calls.
DSB Board
A switchboard of a dial system for completing incoming calls
received from manual offices.
Data Processing Equipment
Office equipment such as that using punched cards, punched tape,
magnetic or other comparable storage media as an operating vehicle
for recording and processing information. Includes machines for
transcribing raw data into punched cards, etc., but does not include
such items as key-operated, manually or electrically driven adding,
calculating, bookkeeping or billing machines, typewriters or similar
equipment.
Dial Switching Equipment
Switching equipment actuated by electrical impulses generated by
a dial or key pulsing arrangement.
Equal Access Costs
Include only initial incremental presubscription costs and
initial incremental expenditures for hardware and software related
directly to the provision of equal access which would not be
required to upgrade the switching capabilities of the office
involved absent the provisions of equal access.
Equivalent Gauge
A standard cross section of cable conductors for use in equating
the metallic content of cable conductors of all gauge to a common
base.
Equivalent Kilometers of 104 Wire
The basic units employed in the allocation of pole lines costs
for determining the relative use made of poles by aerial cables and
by aerial wire conductors of various sizes. This unit reflects the
relative loads of such cable and wire carried on poles.
Equivalent Pair Kilometers
The product of sheath Kilometers and the number of equivalent
gauge pairs of conductors in a cable.
Equivalent Sheath Kilometers
The product of (a) the length of a section of cable in
kilometers (sheath kilometers) and (b) the ratio of the metallic
content applicable to a particular group of conductors in the cable
(e.g., conductors assigned to a category) to the metallic content of
all conductors in the cable.
Exchange Transmission Plant
This is a combination of (a) exchange cable and wire facilities
(b) exchange central office circuit equipment, including associated
land and buildings and (c) information origination/termination
equipment which forms a complete channel.
Holding Time
The time in which an item of telephone plant is in actual use
either by a customer or an operator. For example, on a completed
telephone call, holding time includes conversation time as well as
other time in use. At local dial offices any measured minutes which
result from other than customer attempts to place calls (as
evidenced by the dialing of at least one digit) are not treated as
holding time.
Host Central Office
An electronic analog or digital base switching unit containing
the central call processing functions which service the host office
and its remote locations.
Information Origination/Termination Equipment
Equipment used to input into or receive output from the
telecommunications network.
Interexchange Channel
A circuit which is included in the interexchange transmission
equipment.
Interexchange Transmission Equipment
The combination of (a) interexchange cable and wire facilities,
(b) interexchange circuit equipment and, (c) associated land and
buildings.
Interlocal Trunk
A circuit between two local central office units, either manual
or dial. Interlocal trunks may be used for either exchange or toll
traffic or both.
Intertoll Circuits
Circuits between toll centers and circuits between a toll center
and a tandem system in a different toll center area.
Local Channel
The portion of a private line circuit which is included in the
exchange transmission plant. However, common usage of this term
usually excludes information origination/termination equipment.
Local Office
A central office serving primarily as a place of termination for
subscriber lines and for providing telephone service to the
subscribers on these lines.
Loop
A pair of wires, or its equivalent, between a customer's station
and the central office from which the station is served.
Message
A completed call, i.e., a communication in which a conversation
or exchange of information took place between the calling and called
parties.
Message Service or Message Toll Service
Switched service furnished to the general public (as
distinguished from private line service). Except as otherwise
provided, this includes exchange switched services and all switched
services provided by interexchange carriers and completed by a local
telephone company's access services, e.g., MTS, WATS, Execunet,
open-end FX and CCSA/ONALs.
Message Units
Unit of measurement used for charging for measured message
telephone exchange traffic within a specified area.
Metropolitan Service Area
The area around and including a relatively large city and in
which substantially all of the message telephone traffic between the
city and the suburban points within the area is classified as
exchange in one or both directions.
Minutes-of-Use
A unit of measurement expressed as either holding time or
conversation time.
Minutes-of-Use-Kilometers
The product of (a) the number of minutes-of-use and (b) the
average route kilometers of circuits involved.
Multi-Center Exchange
An exchange area in which are located two or more local central
office buildings or wire centers.
Operations
The term denoting the general classifications of services
rendered to the
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public for which separate tariffs are filed, namely exchange, state
toll and interstate toll.
Operator Trunks
A general term, ordinarily applied to trunks between manually
operated switchboard positions and local dial central offices in the
same wire center.
Private Line Service
A service for communications between specified locations for a
continuous period or for regularly recurring periods at stated
hours.
Remote Access Line
An access line (e.g., for WATS service) between a subscriber's
premises in one toll rate center and a serving central office
located in a different toll rate center.
Remote Line Location
A remotely located subscriber line access unit which is normally
dependent upon the central processor of the host office for call
processing functions.
Remote Trunk Arrangement (RTA)
Arrangement that permits the extension of TSPS functions to
remote locations.
Reservation
That amount or quantity of property kept or set apart for a
specific use.
Reserved
Kept or set apart for a specific use.
Separations
The process by which telecommunication property costs, revenues,
expenses, taxes and reserves are apportioned among the operations.
Service Observing Unit
A unit of work measurement which is used as the common
denominator to express the relative time required for handling the
various work functions at service observing boards.
Sheath Kilometers
The actual length of cable in route kilometers.
Special Services
All services other than message telephones, e.g., private line
services.
Station-to-Station Basis
The term applied to the basis of toll rate making which
contemplates that the message toll service charge (telephone) covers
the use made of all facilities between the originating station and
the terminating station, including the stations, and the services
rendered in connection therewith.
Study Area
Study area boundaries shall be frozen as they are on November
15, 1984.
Subscriber Line or Exchange Line
A communication channel between a telephone station or PBX
station and the central office which serves it.
Subtributary Office
A class of tributary office which does not have direct access to
its toll center, but which is connected to its toll center office by
means of circuits which are switched through to the toll center at
another tributary office.
Tandem Area
The general areas served by the local offices having direct
trunks to or from the tandem office. This area may consist of one or
more communities or may include only a portion of a relatively large
city.
Tandem Circuit or Trunk
A general classification of circuits or trunks between a tandem
central office unit and any other central office or switchboard.
Tandem Connection
A call switched at a tandem office.
Tandem Office
A central office unit used primarily as an intermediate
switching point for traffic between local central offices within the
tandem area. Where qualified by a modifying expression, or other
explanation, this term may be applied to an office employed for both
the interconnection of local central offices within the tandem area
and for the interconnection of these local offices with other
central offices, e.g., long haul tandem office.
Toll Center
An office (or group of offices) within a city which generally
handles the originating and incoming toll traffic for that city to
or from other toll center areas and which handles through switched
traffic. The toll center normally handles the inward toll traffic
for its tributary exchanges and, in general, either handles the
outward traffic originating at its tributaries or serves as the
outlet to interexchange circuits for outward traffic ticketed and
timed at its tributaries. Toll centers are listed as such in the
Toll Rate and Route Guide.
Toll Center Area
The areas served by a toll center, including the toll center
city and the communities served by tributaries of the toll center.
Toll Center Toll Office
A toll office (as contrasted to a local office) in a toll center
city.
Toll Circuit
A general term applied to interexchange trunks used primarily
for toll traffic.
Toll Connecting Trunk
A general classification of trunks carrying toll traffic and
ordinarily extending between a local office and a toll office,
except trunks classified as tributary circuits. Examples of toll
connecting trunks include toll switching trunks, recording trunks
and recording-completing trunks.
Toll Office
A central office used primarily for supervising and switching
toll traffic.
Traffic Over First Routes
A term applied to the routing of traffic and denoting routing
via principal route for traffic between any two points as
distinguished from alternate routes for such traffic.
Operator System
A stored program electronic system associated with one or more
toll switching systems which provides centralized traffic service
position functions for several local offices at one location.
Tributary Circuit
A circuit between a tributary office and a toll switchboard or
intertoll dialing equipment in a toll center city.
Tributary Office
A local office which is located outside the exchange in which a
toll center is located, which has a different rate center from its
toll center and which usually tickets and times only a part of its
originating toll traffic, but which may ticket or time all or none,
of such traffic. The toll center handles all outward traffic not
ticketed and timed at the tributary and normally switches all inward
toll traffic from outside the tributary's toll center to the
tributary. Tributary offices are indicated as such in the Toll Rate
and Route Guide.
Trunks
Circuit between switchboards or other switching equipment, as
distinguished from circuits which extend between central office
switching equipment and information origination/termination
equipment.
TSPS Complex
All groups of operator positions, wherever located, associated
with the same TSPS stored program control units.
Weighted Standard Work Second
A measurement of traffic operating work which is used to express
the relative time required to handle the various kinds of calls or
work functions, and which is weighted to reflect appropriate degrees
of waiting to serve time.
Wide Area Telephone Service WATS
A toll service offering for customer dial type
telecommunications between a given customer station and stations
within specified geographic rate areas employing a single access
line between the customer location and the serving central office.
Each access line may be arranged for either outward (OUT-WATS) or
inward (IN-WATS) service or both.
Wideband Channel
A communication channel of a bandwidth equivalent to twelve or
more voice grade channels.
Working Loop
A revenue producing pair of wires, or its equivalent, between a
customer's station and the central office from which the station is
served.
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PART 51--INTERCONNECTION
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16. The authority citation for part 51 continues to read as follows:
Authority: Sections 1-5, 7, 201-05, 207-09, 218, 225-27, 251-54,
256, 271, 303(r), 332, 48 Stat. 1070, as amended, 1077; 47 U.S.C.
151-55, 157, 201-05, 207-09, 218, 225-27, 251-54, 256, 271, 303(r),
332, 47 U.S.C. 157 note, unless otherwise noted.
Sec. 51.211 [Removed].
0
17. Remove Sec. 51.211.
Sec. 51.213 [Amended].
0
18. Amend Sec. 51.213 by removing paragraphs (c) and (d).
Sec. 51.329 [Amended].
0
19. Amend Sec. 51.329 by removing paragraph (c)(3).
Sec. 51.515 [Amended].
0
20. Amend Sec. 51.515 by removing and reserving paragraphs (a) and
(b).
PART 52--NUMBERING
0
21. The authority citation for part 52 continues to read as follows:
Authority: Sec. 1, 2, 4, 5, 48 Stat. 1066, as amended; 47
U.S.C. 151, 152, 154, 155 unless otherwise noted. Interpret or apply
secs. 3, 4, 201-05, 207-09, 218, 225-7, 251-2, 271 and 332, 48 Stat.
1070, as amended, 1077; 47 U.S.C. 153, 154, 201-05, 207-09, 218,
225-7, 251-2, 271 and 332 unless otherwise noted.
0
22. Amend Sec. 52.5 by revising paragraph (c) to read as follows:
Sec. 52.5 Definitions.
* * * * *
(c) North American Numbering Plan (NANP). The ``North American
Numbering Plan'' is the basic numbering scheme for the
telecommunications networks located in American Samoa, Anguilla,
Antigua, Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Canada,
Cayman Islands, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Jamaica,
Montserrat, St. Kitts & Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Turks & Caicos
Islands, Trinidad & Tobago, and the United States (including Puerto
Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern
Mariana Islands).
* * * * *
Sec. 52.11 [Amended].
0
23. Amend Sec. 52.11 by removing and reserving paragraph (d).
0
24. Amend Sec. 52.13 by revising paragraphs (b) introductory text,
(b)(3) and (c)(4) to read as follows:
Sec. 52.13 North American Numbering Plan Administrator.
* * * * *
(b) The NANPA shall administer the numbering resources identified
in paragraph (d) of this section. It shall assign and administer NANP
resources in an efficient, effective, fair, unbiased, and non-
discriminatory manner consistent with industry-developed guidelines and
Commission regulations. It shall support the Commission's efforts to
accommodate current and future numbering needs. It shall perform
additional functions, including but not limited to:
* * * * *
(3) Complying with guidelines of the North American Industry
Numbering Committee (INC) or its successor, related industry
documentation, Commission regulations and orders, and the guidelines of
other appropriate policy-making authorities;
* * * * *
(c) * * *
(4) Manage projects such as Numbering Plan Area (NPA) relief (area
code relief) planning, Numbering Resource Utilization and Forecast
(NRUF) data collection, and NPA and NANP exhaust projection;
* * * * *
0
25. Amend Sec. 52.15 by removing and reserving paragraphs (c) and (e)
and by revising paragraphs (b)(3) and (d) to read as follows:
Sec. 52.15 Central office code administration.
* * * * *
(b) * * *
(3) Conducting the Numbering Resource Utilization and Forecast
(NRUF) data collection;
* * * * *
(d) Central Office (CO) Code Administration functional
requirements. The NANPA shall manage the United States CO code
numbering resource, including CO code request processing, NPA code
relief and jeopardy planning, and industry notification functions. The
NANPA shall perform its CO Code administration functions in accordance
with the published industry numbering resource administration
guidelines and Commission orders and regulations of 47 CFR chapter I.
* * * * *
Sec. 52.27 [Removed].
0
26. Remove Sec. 52.27.
Sec. 52.29 [Removed].
0
27. Remove Sec. 52.29.
Sec. 52.31 [Amended].
0
28. Amend Sec. 52.31 by removing and reserving paragraph (c).
PART 53--SPECIAL PROVISIONS CONCERNING BELL OPERATING COMPANIES
0
29. The authority citation for part 53 continues to read as follows:
Authority: Sections 1-5, 7, 201-05, 218, 251, 253, 271-75, 48
Stat. 1070, as amended, 1077; 47 U.S.C. 151-55, 157, 201-05, 218,
251, 253, 271-75, unless otherwise noted.
Sec. 53.101 [Removed].
0
30. Remove Sec. 53.101.
PART 54--UNIVERSAL SERVICE
0
31. The authority citation for part 54 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 47 U.S.C. 1, 4(i), 201, 205, 214, and 254 unless
otherwise noted.
Sec. 54.201 [Amended].
0
32. Amend Sec. 54.201 by removing and reserving paragraph (a)(2).
Sec. 54.313 [Amended].
0
33. Amend Sec. 54.313 by removing and reserving paragraphs (d)(1) and
(d)(2).
0
34. Amend Sec. 54.507 by revising paragraph (b) to read as follows:
Sec. 54.507 Cap.
* * * * *
(b) A funding year for purposes of the schools and libraries cap
shall be the period July 1 through June 30.
* * * * *
0
35. Amend Sec. 54.604 by revising paragraph (a)(1), removing and
reserving (a)(2), and removing paragraph (d) to read as follows:
Sec. 54.604 Existing contracts.
(a) * * *
(1) A contract signed on or before July 10, 1997 is exempt from the
competitive bid requirement for the life of the contract.
* * * * *
0
36. Amend Sec. 54.623 by removing and reserving paragraphs (c)(2) and
(c)(3) and by revising paragraph (c)(4) to read as follows:
Sec. 54.623 Cap.
* * * * *
(c) * * *
(4) The Administrator shall implement a filing period that treats
all rural health care providers filing within the period as if their
applications were simultaneously received.
* * * * *
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PART 63--EXTENSION OF LINES, NEW LINES, AND DISCONTINUANCE,
REDUCTION, OUTAGE AND IMPAIRMENT OF SERVICE BY COMMON CARRIERS; AND
GRANTS OF RECOGNIZED PRIVATE OPERATING AGENCY STATUS
0
37. The authority citation for part 63 continues to read as follows:
Authority: Sections 1, 4(i), 4(j), 10, 11, 201-205, 214, 218,
403 and 651 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C.
151, 154(i), 154(j), 160, 201-205, 214, 218, 403, and 571, unless
otherwise noted.
0
38. Revise Sec. 63.61 to read as follows:
Sec. 63.61 Applicability.
Any carrier subject to the provisions of section 214 of the
Communications Act of 1934, as amended, proposing to discontinue,
reduce or impair interstate or foreign telephone or telegraph service
to a community, or a part of a community, shall request authority
therefor by formal application or informal request as specified in the
pertinent sections of this part:
(a) Provided, however, that where service is expanded on an
experimental basis for a temporary period of not more than 6 months, no
application shall be required to reduce service to its status prior to
such expansion but a written notice shall be filed with the Commission
within 10 days of the reduction showing:
(1) The date on which, places at which, and extent to which service
was expanded; and,
(2) The date on which, places at which, and extent to which such
expansion of service was discontinued.
(b) And provided further that a licensee of a radio station who has
filed an application for authority to discontinue service provided by
such station shall during the period that such application is pending
before the Commission, continue to file appropriate applications as may
be necessary for extension or renewal of station license in order to
provide legal authorization for such station to continue in operation
pending final action on the application for discontinuance of service.
Procedures for discontinuance, reduction or impairment of service by
dominant and non-dominant, domestic carriers are in Sec. 63.71.
Procedures for discontinuance, reduction or impairment of international
services are in Sec. 63.19.
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39. Amend Sec. 63.71 by revising paragraphs (a)(5)(i), (a)(5)(ii) and
add new paragraph (d) to read as follows:
Sec. 63.71 Procedures for discontinuance, reduction or impairment of
service for domestic carriers.
* * * * *
(a) * * *
(5) * * *
(i) If the carrier is non-dominant with respect to the service
being discontinued, reduced or impaired, the notice shall state: The
FCC will normally authorize this proposed discontinuance of service (or
reduction or impairment) unless it is shown that customers would be
unable to receive service or a reasonable substitute from another
carrier or that the public convenience and necessity is otherwise
adversely affected. If you wish to object, you should file your
comments as soon as possible, but no later than 15 days after the
Commission releases public notice of the proposed discontinuance.
Address them to the Federal Communications Commission, Wireline
Competition Bureau, Competition Policy Division, Washington, DC 20054,
and include in your comments a reference to the Sec. 63.71 Application
of (carrier's name). Comments should include specific information about
the impact of this proposed discontinuance (or reduction or impairment)
upon you or your company, including any inability to acquire reasonable
substitute service.
(ii) If the carrier is dominant with respect to the service being
discontinued, reduced or impaired, the notice shall state: The FCC will
normally authorize this proposed discontinuance of service (or
reduction or impairment) unless it is shown that customers would be
unable to receive service or a reasonable substitute from another
carrier or that the public convenience and necessity is otherwise
adversely affected. If you wish to object, you should file your
comments as soon as possible, but no later than 30 days after the
Commission releases public notice of the proposed discontinuance.
Address them to the Federal Communications Commission, Wireline
Competition Bureau, Competition Policy Division, Washington, DC 20054,
and include in your comments a reference to the Sec. 63.71 Application
of (carrier's name). Comments should include specific information about
the impact of this proposed discontinuance (or reduction or impairment)
upon you or your company, including any inability to acquire reasonable
substitute service.
* * * * *
(d) Procedures for discontinuance, reduction or impairment of
international services are in Sec. 63.19.
PART 64--MISCELLANEOUS RULES RELATING TO COMMON CARRIERS
0
40. The authority citation for part 64 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154, 254(k); secs. 403(b)(2)(B),(c), Pub.
L. 104-104, 110 Stat. 56. Interpret or apply 47 U.S.C. 201, 218,
222, 225, 226, 228, and 254 (k) unless otherwise noted.
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41. Amend Sec. 64.1330 by revising paragraph (c) to read as follows:
Sec. 64.1330 State review of payphone entry and exit regulations and
public interest payphones.
* * * * *
(c) Each state must review its rules and policies to determine
whether it has provided for public interest payphones consistent with
applicable Commission guidelines, evaluate whether it needs to take
measures to ensure that such payphones will continue to exist in light
of the Commission's implementation of Section 276 of the Communications
Act, and administer and fund such programs so that such payphones are
supported fairly and equitably.
0
42. Amend Sec. 64.1903 by revising paragraph (a) introductory text and
by removing paragraph (c) to read as follows:
Sec. 64.1903 Obligations of all incumbent independent local exchange
carriers.
(a) An incumbent independent LEC providing in-region, interstate,
interexchange services or in-region international interexchange
services shall provide such services through an affiliate that
satisfies the following requirements:
* * * * *
PART 69--ACCESS CHARGES
0
43. The authority citation for part 69 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154, 201, 202, 203, 205, 218, 220, 254,
403.
Sec. Sec. 69.116 and 69.117 [Removed].
0
44. Remove Sec. Sec. 69.116 and 69.117.
Sec. Sec. 69.126 and 69.127 [Removed].
0
45. Remove Sec. Sec. 69.126 and 69.127.
Sec. 69.612 [Removed].
0
46. Remove Sec. 69.612.
[FR Doc. E6-18842 Filed 11-8-06; 8:45 am]
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