[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 38 (Friday, February 25, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 10093]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-4442]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[CC Docket No. 98-171, DA 00-214]


Streamlined Contributor Reporting Requirements Associated with 
Administration of Telecommunications Relay Services, North American 
Numbering Plan, Local Number Portability, and Universal Service Support 
Mechanisms

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In this document, the Federal Communications Commission 
designates the National Exchange Carriers Association (NECA) as the 
data collection for purposes of the April 2000 Telecommunications 
Reporting Worksheet filing. Also, the Federal Communications Commission 
approves a method for allocating costs associated with this filing.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Legal Information: Scott Bergmann, 
Industry Analysis Division, Common Carrier Bureau, at (202) 418-7102. 
Technical Information: Jim Lande, Industry Analysis Division, Common 
Carrier Bureau, at (202) 418-0948.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a summary of the Commission's Order 
released February 4, 2000 (DA 00-214). The full text of the Order is 
available for inspection and copying during normal business hours in 
the FCC Reference Center, Room CY-A257, 445 12th Street, SW, 
Washington, D.C. 20554. The complete text also may be purchased from 
the Commission's copy contractor, International Transcription Service, 
Inc. (202) 857-3800, 1231 20th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20037. 
Additionally, the complete item is available on the Commission's 
website at http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Common__Carrier/Orders/2000.>

Synopsis of the Order

    1. In the document summarized here, the Common Carrier Bureau, 
acting on delegated authority, takes action to provide for the filing 
of the April 2000 Telecommunications Reporting Worksheet and for the 
distribution of essential contributor revenue data to the 
administrators of the: (1) Telecommunications Relay Services Fund; (2) 
the cost recovery mechanism for numbering administration; (3) the cost 
recovery mechanism for long-term local number portability; and (4) the 
universal service support mechanism. These actions are necessary to 
ensure that the administrators of these support and cost recovery 
mechanisms will each have access to reliable and timely data on which 
to base contributions to these mechanisms.
    2. Specifically, as set out below, we direct the National Exchange 
Carriers Association (NECA) to perform the data collection functions 
for the April 2000 filing, in accordance with the joint proposal 
submitted by the administrators of the four support and cost recovery 
mechanisms. We also set out procedures for the administrators to submit 
proposed arrangements for future filings. The Order directs that the 
administrators file by May 15, 2000 any proposals for handling the 
September 2000 and both the April and September 2001 filings. We expect 
that the procedures approved in the Order will result in lower 
administrative costs overall and will ensure the lowest possible 
regulatory burden on the telecommunications service providers that 
contribute to these support and cost recovery mechanisms.

Ordering Clauses

    Accordingly pursuant to sections 1, 4(i), 4(j), 11, 201-205, 210, 
214, 218, 225, 251, 254, 303(r), 332, and 403 of the Communications Act 
of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 1, 4(i), 4(j), 11, 201-205, 210, 214, 
218, 225, 251, 254, 303(r), 332, and 403 that this Order is hereby 
adopted.

Federal Communications Commission.
Peyton L. Wynns,
Chief, Industry Analysis Division, Common Carrier Bureau.
[FR Doc. 00-4442 Filed 2-24-00; 8:45 am]
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