[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 218 (Wednesday, November 12, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60711-60712]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-29647]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[DA 97-2327]


Notice of Telecommunications Relay Services (TRS) Applications 
for State Certification Accepted (CC Docket No. 90-571)

Released: November 5, 1997.
    Notice is hereby given that the states listed below have applied to 
the Commission for State Telecommunications Relay Service (TRS) 
Certification. Current state certifications expire July 25, 1998. 
Applications for certification, covering the five year period of July 
26, 1998 to July 25, 2003, must demonstrate that the state TRS program 
complies with the Commission's rules for the provision of TRS, pursuant 
to Title IV of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), 47 U.S.C. 
225. These rules are codified at 47 CFR 64.601-605.
    Copies of applications for certification are available for public 
inspection at the Commission's Common Carrier Bureau, Network Services 
Division, Room 235, 2000 M Street, N.W., Washington, D.C., Monday 
through Thursday, 8:30 AM to 3:00 PM (closed 12:30 to 1:30 PM) and the 
FCC Reference Center, Room 239, 1919 M Street, N.W., Washington, D.C., 
daily, from 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM. Interested persons may file comments on 
or before December 12, 1997. Comments should reference the relevant

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state file number of the state application that is being commented 
upon. One original and five copies of all comments must be sent to 
William F. Caton, Acting Secretary, Federal Communications Commission, 
1919 M Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20554. Two copies also should be 
sent to the Network Services Division, Common Carrier Bureau, 2000 M 
Street, N.W., Room 235, Washington, D.C. 20554.
    A number of state TRS programs currently holding FCC certification 
have failed to apply for recertification. Applications received after 
October 1, 1997, for which no extension has been requested before 
October 1, 1997, must be accompanied by a petition explaining the 
circumstances of the late-filing and requesting acceptance of the late-
filed application.

File No: TRS-97-40
Applicant: Connecticut Department of Public Utility Control
State of Connecticut

File No: TRS-97-37
Applicant: New Mexico Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
State of New Mexico

    For further information, contact Al McCloud, (202) 418-2499, 
[email protected], or Andy Firth, (202) 418-2224 (TTY), [email protected], 
at the Network Services Division, Common Carrier Bureau, Federal 
Communications Commission.

Federal Communications Commission.
William F. Caton,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-29647 Filed 11-10-97; 8:45 am]
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