[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 89 (Thursday, May 8, 1997)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 25157-25158]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-12074]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Chapter I

[CC Docket No. 95-116; DA 97-916]


The North American Numbering Council (NANC) Issues 
Recommendations Regarding the Implementation of Telephone Number 
Portability

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: The Commission has released a Public Notice which establishes 
a pleading cycle for comments on the NANC's recommendations regarding 
local number portability administrators (LPNAs), the duties of LPNAs, 
the location of regional number portability databases, and technical 
specifications for the regional databases.

DATES: Comments are due on or before June 2, 1997, and reply comments 
are due on or before June 17, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Comments and reply comments should be sent to Office of the 
Secretary, Federal Communications Commission, 1919 M Street, NW., Room 
222, Washington, D.C. 20554, with a copy to Janice Myles of the Common 
Carrier Bureau, 1919 M Street, NW., Room 544, Washington, D.C. 20554. 
Parties should also file one copy of any documents filed in this docket 
with the Commission's copy contractor, International Transcription 
Services, Inc., 2100 M Street, NW., Suite 140, Washington, D.C. 20037.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steven Teplitz or Kyle Dixon, Policy 
and Program Planning Division, Common Carrier Bureau, (202) 418-1580.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Synopsis of Public Notice

    On June 27, 1996, the Commission adopted the First Report and Order 
and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (First Report & Order) (61 FR 
38605 (July 25, 1996)) in the above-referenced docket implementing the 
requirement under section 251(b) of the Communications Act of 1934, as 
amended, that all local exchange carriers offer number portability in 
accordance with requirements prescribed by the Commission. In the First 
Report & Order, the Commission directed the North American Numbering 
Council (NANC), a federal advisory committee, to select one or more 
independent, non-governmental entities that are not aligned with any 
particular telecommunications segment, to serve as a local number 
portability administrator(s) (LNPA(s)). The Commission also directed 
the NANC to make recommendations regarding, inter alia, the duties of 
LNPA(s), the location of regional databases, and technical 
specifications for the regional databases.
    The NANC forwarded its recommendations to the Commission on May 1, 
1997 in a report from its Local Number Portability Administration 
Selection Working Group, dated April 25, 1997. Specifically, the NANC 
issued recommendations in the following areas: (1) What party or 
parties should be selected as LNPA(s); (2) whether one or multiple 
LNPA(s) should be selected; (3) how the LNPA(s) should be selected; (4) 
specific duties of the LNPA(s); (5) geographic coverage of the regional 
databases; (6) technical standards, including interoperability 
standards, network interface standards, and technical specifications, 
for the regional databases; (7) the sharing of numbering information 
between the North American Numbering Plan Administrator and the 
LNPA(s); and (8) the future role of the NANC with respect to local 
number portability issues. The Commission will act on these 
recommendations in a future order.

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Copies of the NANC's Local Number Portability Administration Selection 
Working Group report are available for public inspection and copying 
during normal business hours, in the Commission's Public Reference 
Center, Room 239, 1919 M Street, NW., Washington, D.C. 20554. Copies 
can also be obtained from International Transcription Service, Inc. 
(ITS), the Commission's contractor for public service records 
duplication, at 2100 M Street, NW., Washington, D.C. 20037, or by 
calling (202) 875-3800. In addition, the NANC's Local Number 
Portability Administration Selection Working Group report is available 
for review via the Commission's website at http://www.fcc.gov/ccb/Nanc.
    The First Report & Order directed the Chief, Common Carrier Bureau, 
to issue a Public Notice that specifically identifies the 
administrator(s) selected by the NANC and the proposed locations of the 
regional databases. Pursuant to this directive, we hereby announce that 
the NANC has made the following recommended LNPA selections, in the 
following regions:

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                Region                    Specific states per region                  Administrator             
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Northeast............................  Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine,    Lockheed Martin IMS.                   
                                        New York, Connecticut, Rhode                                            
                                        Island, and Massachusetts.                                              
Mid-Atlantic.........................  New Jersey, Pennsylvania,         Lockheed Martin IMS.                   
                                        Delaware, Maryland, West                                                
                                        Virginia, Virginia, and                                                 
                                        Washington, DC.                                                         
Mid-West.............................  Illinois, Wisconsin, Indiana,     Lockheed Martin IMS.                   
                                        Michigan, and Ohio.                                                     
Southeast............................  Florida, Georgia, North           Perot Systems, Inc.                    
                                        Carolina, South Carolina,                                               
                                        Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama,                                           
                                        Mississippi, and Louisiana.                                             
Southwest............................  Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas,          Lockheed Martin IMS.                   
                                        Arkansas, and Missouri.                                                 
Western..............................  Washington, Oregon, Montana,      Perot Systems, Inc.                    
                                        Wyoming, North Dakota, South                                            
                                        Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa,                                                
                                        Nebraska, Colorado, Utah,                                               
                                        Arizona, New Mexico, Idaho, and                                         
                                        Alaska.                                                                 
West Coast...........................  California, Nevada, and Hawaii..  Perot Systems, Inc.                    
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The NANC also recommends that the U.S. territories choose from one of 
the seven regions. A state has 60 days from the release date of this 
Public Notice to notify the Common Carrier Bureau and the NANC that it 
does not wish to participate in the regional database system for number 
portability.
    Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 2 
Sec. 9, and consistent with its charter, the NANC's authority is 
limited to providing advice and recommendations to the Commission. 
Moreover, all procedural requirements of the Administrative Procedure 
Act, 5 U.S.C. Sec. 551 et seq., and other applicable statutes continue 
to apply. Interested parties should file an original and four copies of 
their comments on the NANC's number portability recommendations by June 
2, 1997 and reply comments by June 17, 1997 with the Office of the 
Secretary, Federal Communications Commission, 1919 M Street, N.W., 
Washington, D.C. 20554. Comments and reply comments should reference CC 
Docket No. 96-115. In addition, parties should send one copy to Janice 
Myles, Common Carrier Bureau, FCC, Room 544, 1919 M Street, N.W., 
Washington, D.C. 20554, and one copy to ITS, at 2100 M Street, N.W., 
Washington, D.C. 20037. Comments and reply comments will be available 
for public inspection and copying during regular business hours in the 
Commission's Public Reference Center, Room 239, 1919 M Street, N.W., 
Washington, D.C. 20554. Copies of comments and reply comments will also 
be available from ITS, at 2100 M Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20037, 
or by calling (202) 875-3800.
    We will continue to treat this proceeding as a non-restricted 
rulemaking for purposes of the Commission's ex parte rules. See 
generally 47 CFR Secs. 1.1200(a), 1.1206. For further information 
contact Steven Teplitz or Kyle Dixon, Policy and Program Planning 
Division, Common Carrier Bureau, at (202) 418-1580.

Federal Communications Commission.
William F. Caton,
Acting Secretary.
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