[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 90 (Wednesday, May 9, 2001)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 23625]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-11589]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 68

[CC Docket No. 99-216, FCC 00-400]


2000 Biennial Regulatory Review of Adopting Technical Criteria 
and Approving Terminal Equipment

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Final rule; announcement of effective date.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Communications Commission (Commission) amended its 
rules governing the connection of terminal equipment to the public 
switched telephone network to streamline the standards development and 
approval processes. These rules contained information collection 
requirements that became effective on May 9, 2001.

DATES: Effective May 9, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Susan Magnotti, (202) 418-2320 
(voice), [email protected], or Dennis Johnson, (202) 418-2320 (voice), 
[email protected], of the Network Services Division, Common Carrier 
Bureau. The TTY number is (202) 418-0484.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On December 21, 2000, the Commission adopted 
the Part 68 Streamlining Order which amended the Commission's rules 
governing the connection of terminal equipment to the public switched 
telephone network in an effort to privatize and streamline the 
standards development and approval processes; a summary of the order 
was published in the Federal Register. 66 FR 7579 (January 24, 2001). 
Some of the regulations adopted in that order included information 
collection that required approval from the Office of Management and 
Budget. The order explained that ``[t]he collections of information 
contained within are contingent upon approval by the OMB. The 
Commission will publish a document at a later date establishing the 
effective date.'' OMB approved the amendments to 47 CFR 68.106-68.610 
that establish those reporting requirements. See OMB No. 3060-0056. 
Accordingly, these regulations will become effective upon publication 
of this document in the Federal Register. This document constitutes 
publication of the effective date of the regulations. We note that the 
information collection requirements in Sec. 68.105, as adopted in the 
Part 68 Streamlining Order, were originally established in a separate 
proceeding as part of the definition of the term ``demarcation point'' 
in 47 CFR 68.3 (1999). 15 FCC Rcd 22983 (2000). Therefore, that rule 
will become effective upon OMB approval in the Competitive Networks 
proceeding.

List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 68

    Communications common carriers, Terminal equipment, Part 68, 
Technical criteria.

Federal Communications Commission.
Magalie Roman Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 01-11589 Filed 5-8-01; 8:45 am]
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