[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 132 (Tuesday, July 10, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35977-35978]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-17248]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[CC Docket No. 94-102; DA 01-1520]


Petition for Reconsideration Regarding Allocation of Costs of 
E911 Implementation; Comments Invited

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Solicitation of comments.

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SUMMARY: This document invites comment on a Petition for 
Reconsideration (Petition) filed June 6, 2001, by four wireless 
carriers (Nextel Communications, Inc., Qwest Wireless, LLC, Verizon 
Wireless, and VoiceStream Wireless Corporation) operating in King 
County, Washington. The Petition challenges the Wireless 
Telecommunications Bureau's May 7, 2001 response to a letter from the 
E911 Program Manager for the King Country, Washington E-911 Program 
Office concerning the proper allocation of E911 implementation costs. 
In that letter, the Bureau clarifies that the proper demarcation point 
for allocating costs between wireless carriers and Public Safety 
Answering Points (PSAPs) is the input to the 911 Selective Router 
maintained by the Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier. The petitioners 
argue, among other things, that King County's request constituted an 
untimely request for reconsideration of the Second Memorandum Opinion 
and Order (64 FR 72951, December 29, 1999) in the ongoing E911 
proceeding and an impermissible collateral attack on the Commission's 
decisions in that proceeding; that the Bureau's decision exceeds its 
delegated authority; and that the scope of the inquiry and conclusion 
reached require a notice-and-comment rulemaking proceeding. The full 
text of the petition is available for public inspection during regular 
business hours in the FCC Public Reference Room, Room CY-A257, 445 12th 
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554. Pursuant to 47 CFR 1.1200(a), this 
proceeding is designated as a ``permit but disclose'' proceeding and 
subject to Sec. 1.1206 of the Commission's rules. Presentations to or 
from Commission decision making personnel are permissible, provided 
that ex parte presentations are disclosed pursuant 47 CFR 1.1206(b).
    Interested parties may file comments or oppositions responding to 
the

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Petition on or beforeJuly 30, 2001, and reply comments on or before 
August 14, 2001. Comments may be filed using the Commission's 
Electronic Comment Filing System (ECFS) or by filing paper copies. 
Comments filed through ECFS can be sent as an electronic file via the 
Internet to http://www.fcc.gov/e-file/ecfs.hmtl. Only one copy of an 
electronic submission must be filed. In completing the transmittal 
screen, commenters should include their full name, postal service 
mailing address, and the applicable docket or rulemaking number of this 
proceeding. Parties may also submit an electronic comment by Interest 
e-mail. To get filing instructions for e-mail comments, commenters 
should send an e-mail to [email protected], and should include the following 
words in the body of the message, ``get form [your e-mail address].'' A 
sample form and directions will be send in reply. Parties who choose to 
file by paper must file an original and four copies of each filing.

DATES: Comments are due on or before July 30, 2001, and reply comments 
are due on or before August 14, 2001.

ADDRESSES: All paper filings must be sent to the Commission's 
Secretary, Magalie Roman Salas, Office of the Secretary, Federal 
Communications Commission, 445 12th Street, SW., Room TW A-325, 
Washington, DC 20554. A copy should also be sent to Jane Phillips,Room 
3 A-200.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jane Phillips, 202-418-1310.

Federal Communications Commission.
James D. Schlichting,
Deputy Chief, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau.
[FR Doc. 01-17248 Filed 7-9-01; 8:45 am]
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