[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 132 (Thursday, July 10, 1997)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 36998]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-18070]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 59

[CS Docket No. 96-237; FCC 97-36]


Implementation of Infrastructure Sharing Provisions in the 
Telecommunications Act of 1996

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Final rule; announcement of effective date.

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SUMMARY: The rules, requirements, and regulations established in 
Implementation of Infrastructure Sharing Provisions in the 
Telecommunications Act of 1996, Report and Order, CC Docket 96-237, FCC 
97-36 and the Commission's adoption of 47 CFR 59.1, 59.2, 59.3, 59.4 
became effective May 6, 1997. These rules, requirements and regulations 
were published in the Federal Register of March 4, 1997. See 62 FR 
9704, March 4, 1997.

EFFECTIVE DATE: The rules, requirements, and regulations established in 
the Report and Order and the Commission's adoption of 47 CFR 59.1, 
59.2, 59.3, 59.4 became effective May 6, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas J. Beers, Deputy Chief, 
Industry Analysis Division, Common Carrier Bureau, at (202) 418-0952, 
or Scott Bergmann, Industry Analysis Division, Common Carrier Bureau, 
at (202) 418-7102. For additional information concerning the 
information collections in the Report and Order, contact Dorothy 
Conway, at (202) 418-0217, or via the Internet at <[email protected]>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

    1. On February 7, 1997, the Commission released Implementation of 
Infrastructure Sharing Provisions in the Telecommunications Act of 
1996, Report and Order, CC Docket 96-237, FCC 97-36, to implement new 
section 259 of the Communications Act of 1934, as added by the 
Telecommunications Act of 1996, a summary of which was published in the 
Federal Register. See 62 FR 9704, March 4, 1997. As stated in the 
Federal Register summary, the requirements and regulations established 
in the Report and Order were to become effective upon approval by the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) of the new or modified 
information collection requirements, but no sooner than April 3, 1997. 
OMB approved these rule changes on May 6, 1997. See 62 FR 27735, May 
21, 1997.
    2. The March 4, 1997 Federal Register summary stated that the 
Commission would publish a document in the Federal Register announcing 
the effective date of the rules and regulations following OMB approval 
of the information collections in the Report and Order. Because this 
statement might be read to suggest that further action by the 
Commission was necessary to establish the effective date, this 
publication clarifies that the rules, requirements, and regulations 
established in the Report and Order and the Commission's adoption of 47 
CFR 59.1, 59.2, 59.3, 59.4 became effective May 6, 1997. This 
publication satisfies the statement that the Commission would publish a 
document announcing the effective date of the rule changes requiring 
OMB approval.

List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 59

    Antitrust, Communications common carriers, Communications 
equipment, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Rural areas, 
Telegraph, Telephone.

Federal Communications Commission.
William F. Caton,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-18070 Filed 7-9-97; 8:45 am]
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