[Federal Register: December 16, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 242)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 76325-76326]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
47 CFR Parts 51, 54, 61, and 69
[WC Docket Nos. 06-122, 05-337, 04-36, 03-109; CC Docket Nos. 01-92,
99-200, 99-68, 96-98, 96-45; DA 08-2631]
Universal Service Contribution Methodology; High-Cost Universal
Service Support; IP-Enabled Services; Lifeline and Link Up; Developing
a Unified Intercarrier Compensation Regime; Numbering Resource
Optimization; Intercarrier Compensation for ISP-Bound Traffic;
Implementation of the Local Competition Provisions in the
Telecommunications Act of 1996; Federal-State Joint Board on Universal
Service
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Proposed rule: extension of reply comment period.
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SUMMARY: This document grants motions requesting an extension of time
to file reply comments on the proposals contained in the appendices of
the Commission's November 5, 2008 Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
in the Intercarrier Compensation and Universal Service Reform, FCC 08-
262.
DATES: Reply comments are due on or before December 22, 2008.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by CC Docket Nos. 96-45,
99-200, 96-98, 01-92, 99-68; WC Docket Nos. 05-337, 03-109, 06-122, 04-
36, by any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
Federal Communications Commission's Web Site: http://
www.fcc.gov/cgb/ecfs/. Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
E-mail: ecfs@fcc.gov, and include the following words in
the body of the message, ``get form.'' A sample form and directions
will be sent in response. Include the docket number in the subject line
of the message.
Mail: Secretary, Federal Communications Commission, 445
12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554.
People with Disabilities: Contact the FCC to request
reasonable accommodations (accessible format documents, sign language
interpreters, CART, etc.) by e-mail: FCC504@fcc.gov or phone: 202-418-
0530 or TTY: 202-418-0432.
For detailed instructions for submitting comments and additional
information on the rulemaking process, see the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION section of this document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer McKee, Telecommunications
Access Policy Division, Wireline Competition Bureau, 202-418-7400 or
TTY: 202-418-0484 (universal service), or Victoria Goldberg, Pricing
Policy Division, Wireline Competition Bureau, 202-418-1520 or TTY 202-
418-0484 (intercarrier compensation).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a summary of the Commission's Order
released December 2, 2008. The complete text of the Order is available
on the Commission's Internet site at http://www.fcc.gov and for public
inspection and copying during business hours at the FCC Reference
Information Center, Portals II, 445 12th St., SW., Room CY-A257,
Washington, DC 20554. The documents may also be purchased from BCPI,
telephone (202) 488-5300, facsimile (202) 488-5563, TTY (202) 488-5562,
e-mail fcc@bcpiweb.com. To request materials in accessible formats for
people with disabilities (braille, large print, electronic files, audio
format), send an e-mail to fcc504@fcc.gov or call the Consumer &
Governmental Affairs Bureau at 202-418-0530 (voice), 202-418-0432
(TTY).
The Commission received motions for extension of time to file reply
comments in these proceedings (see 73 FR 66821, Nov. 12, 2008) from the
National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates (NASUCA) and
the Rural Cellular Association (RCA). Although it is the policy of the
Commission that motions for extension of time shall not be routinely
granted, given the volume of comments to which parties are responding,
the complexity of the issues involved, and the intervening holidays,
the Commission finds that good cause exists to provide all parties an
extension of time from December 3, 2008 to December 22, 2008 for filing
reply comments in these proceedings.
Accordingly, it is ordered that, pursuant to Sections 4(i), 4(j),
and 5(c) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C.
154(i), 154(j), 155(c) and Sections 0.91, 0.291, and 1.46 of the
Commission's rules, 47 CFR 0.91, 0.291, 1.46, reply comments in these
proceedings shall be filed on or before December 22, 2008.
It is further ordered that the Motion for Extension of Time for
Reply Comments by the National Association of State Utility Consumer
Advocates and the Motion for Extension of Time filed by the Rural
Cellular Association are granted.
Comment Filing Procedures
Pursuant to sections 1.415 and 1.419 of the Commission's rules, 47
CFR sections 1.415, 1.419, interested parties may file comments and
reply comments on or before the dates indicated in the DATES section of
this document. Comments may be filed using: (1) The Commission's
Electronic Comment Filing System (ECFS); (2) the Federal Government's
eRulemaking Portal; or (3) by filing paper copies. See Electronic
Filing of Documents in Rulemaking Proceedings, 63 FR 24121 (1998).
Electronic Filers: Comments may be filed electronically
using the Internet by accessing the ECFS: http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/ecfs/
or the Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. Filers
should follow the instructions provided on the Web site for submitting
comments.
For ECFS filers, if multiple docket or rulemaking numbers
appear in the caption of this proceeding, filers must transmit one
electronic copy of the comments for each docket or rulemaking number
referenced in the caption. In completing the transmittal screen, filers
should include their full name, U.S. Postal Service mailing address,
and the applicable docket or rulemaking number. Parties may also submit
an electronic comment by Internet e-mail. To get filing instructions,
filers should send an e-mail to ecfs@fcc.gov, and include the following
words in the body of the message, ``get form.'' A sample form and
directions will be sent in response.
Paper Filers: Parties who choose to file by paper must
file an original and four copies of each filing. If more than one
docket or rulemaking number appears in the caption of this proceeding,
filers must submit two additional copies for each additional docket or
rulemaking number.
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). All filings must be addressed to
the Commission's Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Federal
Communications Commission.
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The Commission's contractor 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, Express, and Priority
mail must be addressed to 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554.
People with Disabilities: To request materials in accessible
formats for people with disabilities (braille, large print, electronic
files, audio format), send an e-mail to fcc504@fcc.gov or call the
Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau at 202-418-0530 (voice), 202-
418-0432 (TTY).
Federal Communications Commission.
Dana R. Shaffer,
Chief, Wireline Competition Bureau.
[FR Doc. E8-29798 Filed 12-15-08; 8:45 am]
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