[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 47, Volume 3]
[Revised as of October 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 47CFR51.320]

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                       TITLE 47--TELECOMMUNICATION
 
        CHAPTER I--FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (CONTINUED)
 
PART 51_INTERCONNECTION--Table of Contents
 
  Subpart D_Additional Obligations of Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers
 
Sec. 51.320  Assumption of responsibility by the Commission.

    If a state commission fails to exercise its authority under Sec. 
51.319, any party seeking that the Commission step into the role of the 
state commission shall file with the Commission and serve on the state 
commission a petition that explains with specificity the bases for the 
petition and information that supports the claim that the state 
commission has failed to act. Subsequent to the Commission's issuing a 
public notice and soliciting comments on the petition from interested 
parties, the Commission will rule on the petition within 90 days of the 
date of the public notice. If it agrees that the state commission has 
failed to act, the Commission will assume responsibility for the 
proceeding, and within nine months from the date it assumed 
responsibility for the proceeding, make any findings in accordance with 
the Commission's rules.

[68 FR 52305, Sept. 2, 2003]