[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 179 (Tuesday, September 16, 1997)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 48485-48486]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-24352]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
47 CFR Parts 61 and 69
[CC Docket Nos. 96-262, 94-1, 91-213, 96-263; FCC 97-158, FCC 97-159]
Access Charge Reform; Price Cap Performance Review for Local
Exchange Carriers; Transport Rate Structure and Pricing; Usage of the
Public Switched Network by Information Service and Internet Access
Providers
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Notification of OMB approval and effective dates; correction.
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SUMMARY: This document provides notification that OMB approved the
information collections resulting from amendments and additions to
Commission rules relating to access charge reform as set out in the
Access Charge Reform First Report and Order. This document also
corrects the summary of the Commission's Report and Order reforming
access charges published in the Federal Register of June 11, 1997 (62
FR 31868) (Access Charge Reform Order), the summary of the Commission's
Report and Order revising its price cap regulations for incumbent local
exchange carriers published in the Federal Register of June 11, 1997
(62 FR 31939) (X-Factor Order), and the correction of the access charge
reform summary published in the Federal Register of July 29, 1997 (62
FR 40460) (Access Charge Reform Correction).
EFFECTIVE DATE: September 16, 1997.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard Lerner, Attorney, Common
Carrier Bureau, Competitive Pricing Division, (202) 418-1520, email:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Commission sought OMB approval for
certain information collections pursuant to rule amendments and
additions in the Access Charge Reform Order. OMB approved the
information collections on June 12, 1997. In the Access Charge Reform
Order, the effective dates for several rule amendments and additions
were contingent upon OMB approval. With OMB's approval, these
contingent dates are no longer necessary. The X-Factor Order amended
rules promulgated in the Access Charge Reform Order. One of these
amendments concerned a rule that had an effective date contingent on
OMB approval. In light of the OMB approval on June 12, 1997, we clarify
the effective
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dates of the rules and amendments in the Access Charge Reform Order and
the X-Factor Order. We also correct the Access Charge Reform Order and
the Access Charge Reform Correction to clarify the deletion and
replacement of Subpart C.
These documents are corrected as follows:
Access Charge Reform First Report and Order
The publication on June 11, 1997 of the Access Charge Reform First
and Order summary (62 FR 31868), which was the subject of FR Doc. 97-
14628, is clarified as follows:
On June 12, 1997, OMB granted approval for the information
collections resulting from several rule amendments and changes in the
Access Charge Reform First Report and Order. On page 31868, in the
first column, under DATES:, the following sections were to be effective
upon approval of OMB, but no earlier than June 15, 1997: 47 CFR 61.45,
61.47, 69.104, 69.126, 69.151, 69.152, and 69.410. Because of the OMB
approval granted on June 12, 1997, the following sections were
therefore effective June 15, 1997: 47 CFR 61.45, 61.47, 69.104, 69.126,
69.151, 69.152, and 69.410. Similarly, the following sections were to
be effective upon approval of OMB, but no earlier than January 1, 1998:
47 CFR 61.42, 61.48, 69.4, 69.106, 69.111, 69.153, and 69.156. Because
of the OMB approval granted on June 12, 1997, the following sections
are therefore effective January 1, 1998: 47 CFR 61.42, 61.48, 69.4,
69.106, 69.111, 69.153, and 69.156.
The publication on June 11, 1997 of the Access Charge Reform First
and Order summary (62 FR 31868), which was the subject of FR Doc. 97-
14628, is corrected as follows:
On page 31868, in the first column under DATES:, line 20, insert
the following sentence after ``69.611.'':
``The removal of 47 CFR 69.201, 69.203, 69.204, 69.205 and 69.209
is effective January 1, 1998.''
On page 31935, in the third column, add amendment paragraph #22.a.
that reads as follows:
``Sections 69.201, 69.203, 69.204, 69.205 and 69.209 are removed.''
On page 31935, in the third column, paragraph #23, line 1, insert
``by adding sections 69.151, 69.152, 69.153, 69.154, 69.155, 69.156
and 69.157''
after the phrase ``is revised''.
X-Factor Order
The publication on June 11, 1997 of the Price Cap Performance
Review for Local Exchange Carriers Fourth Report and Order summary (62
FR 31939), which was the subject of FR Doc. 97-14746, is clarified as
follows:
On June 12, 1997, OMB granted approval of information collections
pursuant to rule amendments and additions in the Access Charge Reform
First Report and Order, making those amendments to 47 CFR 61.45
effective June 15, 1997. Therefore, the subsequent amendments to 47 CFR
61.45 contained in the Price Cap Performance Review for Local Exchange
Carriers Fourth Report and Order were effective June 16, 1997 as stated
in the summary published at 62 FR 31939, because OMB approval was
effective prior to June 15, 1997.
Access Charge Reform Correction
The publication on July 29, 1997 of the Access Charge Reform First
and Order Correction (62 FR 40460), which was the subject of FR Doc.
97-19911, is corrected as follows:
On page 40460, second column, delete correction #2.
Federal Communications Commission.
William F. Caton,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-24352 Filed 9-15-97; 8:45 am]
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