[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 224 (Tuesday, November 20, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58143-58145]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-28934]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[CC Docket Nos. 96-45 and 96-98; DA 01-2636]


Final Opportunity for Parties To Refresh the Record Regarding 
Reconsideration of Rules

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Notice; solicitation of comments.

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SUMMARY: In July 2001, the Commission published three notices asking 
parties to refresh the record regarding petitions for reconsideration 
of the Universal Service First Report and Order, Local Competition 
First Report and Order, and Local Competition Second Report and Order. 
In this document, the Commission provides a list of the petitioners 
that did not respond to the July notices. To ensure that each party 
that filed a petition for reconsideration to the Universal Service 
First Report and Order, Local Competition First Report and Order, and 
Local Competition Second Report and Order has actual notice and an 
opportunity to respond, the Bureau will mail a copy of the Notice 
released on November 14, 2001 to these parties so that these parties 
may file a supplemental notice of their intent to pursue their 
respective petitions for reconsideration. The Commission intends to 
dismiss those petitions for reconsideration from parties that do not 
indicate an intent to pursue their respective petitions.

DATES: Comments are due on or before December 20, 2001.

ADDRESSES: See Supplementary Information section for where and how to 
file comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sheryl Todd, Management Analyst, or 
Richard D. Smith, Attorney, Common Carrier Bureau, Accounting Policy 
Division, (202) 418-7400 TTY: (202) 418-0484.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In July 2001, the Common Carrier Bureau 
(Bureau) released three notices, the Universal Service Notice (66 FR 
37963, July 20, 2001), the Local Competition First Report and Order 
Notice (66 FR 38611, July 25, 2001), and the Local Competition Second 
Report and Order Notice (66 FR 42499, August 13, 2001) asking parties 
to refresh the record regarding petitions for reconsideration of the 
Universal Service First Report and Order (62 FR 32862, June 17, 1997), 
Local Competition First Report and Order (61 FR 45476, August 29, 
1996), and Local Competition Second Report and Order (61 FR 47284, 
September 6, 1996). The Bureau noted that since the release of these 
orders many of the issues raised in the petitions for reconsideration 
may have become moot or irrelevant in light of intervening events. For 
these reasons, the Bureau requested that parties that had filed 
petitions for reconsideration of these orders file a supplemental 
notice in response to the notices indicating which issues, if any, they 
still wished to have reconsidered. The Bureau stated that to the extent 
parties did not indicate an intent to pursue their respective petitions 
for reconsideration, the Commission would deem such petitions withdrawn 
and would dismiss such petitions. Each of the notices were published in 
the Federal Register. Several parties filed in response to the notices 
indicating an intent to pursue their respective petitions for 
reconsideration.
    In this notice, the Bureau announces the list of the petitioners 
that did not respond to the July notices, as set forth below. These 
parties may file a supplemental notice of their intent to pursue their 
respective petitions for reconsideration on or before December 20, 
2001. The Commission intends to dismiss those petitions for 
reconsideration from parties that do not indicate an intent to pursue 
their respective petition for reconsideration. To ensure that each 
party that filed a petition for reconsideration to the Universal 
Service First Report and Order, Local Competition First Report and 
Order, and Local Competition Second Report and Order has actual notice 
and an opportunity to respond, in addition to publishing this notice in 
the Federal Register, the Bureau will also mail a copy of this notice 
to these parties. To the extent that parties have already indicated 
that they wish to pursue their respective petitions, they need not 
respond to this notice.
    All filings relating to the Universal Service First Report and 
Order are to reference CC Docket No. 96-45. All filings relating to the 
Local Competition First and Second Report and Order are to reference CC 
Docket No. 96-98. Comments may be filed using the Commission's 
Electronic Comment Filing System (ECFS) or by filing paper copies. See 
Electronic Filing of Documents in Rulemaking Proceedings, 63 FR 24121 
(1998). Comments filed through the ECFS can be sent as an electronic 
file via the Internet to 
http://www.fcc.gov/e-file/ecfs.html. Generally, only one copy of an 
electronic submission must be filed. In completing the transmittal 
screen, commenters should include their full

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name, Postal Service mailing address, and the applicable docket or 
rulemaking number. Parties may also submit electronic comments by 
Internet e-mail. To receive 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 sent in reply. Parties 
who choose to file by paper must file an original and four copies of 
each filing. All filings must be sent to the Commission's Secretary, 
Magalie Roman Salas, Office of the Secretary, Federal Communications 
Commission, 445 12th Street, SW., TW-A325, Washington, DC 20554. 
Parties also must send copies of their Universal Service First Report 
and Order filings to Sheryl Todd, Accounting Policy Division, Common 
Carrier Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, 445 Twelfth Street, 
SW., Room 5-A422, Washington, DC 20554. Parties must send copies of 
their Local Competition First Report and Order filings to Janice M. 
Myles, Common Carrier Bureau, 445 Twelfth Street, SW., Room 5-C327, 
Washington, DC 20554. Parties must send copies of their Local 
Competition Second Report and Order filings to Dennis Johnson, Common 
Carrier Bureau, 445 Twelfth Street, SW., Room 6-A207, Washington, DC 
20554. In addition, interested parties must send diskette copies to the 
Commission's copy contractor, Qualex International, Portals II, 445 
Twelfth Street, SW., Room CY-B402, Washington, DC 20554. The original 
petitions for reconsideration that parties filed in 1996-1997 are 
available for inspection and copying during normal business hours in 
the FCC's Reference Center, Room CY-A257, 445 12th Street, SW, 
Washington, DC 20554.
    Pursuant to Sec. 1.1206 of the Commission's rules, this proceeding 
will be conducted as a permit-but-disclose proceeding in which ex parte 
communications are permitted subject to disclosure.
    This is a list of the petitioners that did not respond to the July 
notices.

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                        Commenter                           Date filed
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 Petitions for Reconsideration of the Universal Service First Report and
                                  Order
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Ad Hoc..................................................         7/17/97
AirTouch Communications, Inc............................         7/17/97
Alaska Public Utilities Commission......................         7/17/97
Alaska Telephone Association............................         7/17/97
Alliance for Public Technology..........................         7/14/97
ALLTEL..................................................         7/17/97
American Petroleum Institute............................         7/16/97
AMSC Subsidiary Corporation.............................         7/17/97
Arkansas Public Service Commission......................         7/16/97
Benton Foundation/Edgemont Neighborhood Coalition.......         7/23/97
Cellular Telecommunications Industry Assoc..............         7/17/97
Columbia Communications Corp............................         7/17/97
Comcast Cellular Communications, Inc....................         7/17/97
Fidelity Telephone Company..............................         7/17/97
Florida Dept. of Education..............................         7/17/97
Florida Dept. of Management Services....................         7/17/97
Florida Public Service Commission.......................         7/16/97
GE American Communications, Inc.........................         7/17/97
Georgia Dept. of Administrative Services--Info.Tech.....         7/17/97
General Communications, Inc.............................         7/17/97
Global Village Schools Institute........................         6/25/97
GVNW....................................................         7/11/97
ITCs, Inc...............................................         7/17/97
Information Technology Assoc. of America................         7/16/97
Iowa Telecommunications and Technology Commission.......         7/17/97
Kansas Corporation Commission...........................         7/17/97
MCI Telecommunications Corporation......................         7/17/97
National Association of State Telecommunications                 7/17/97
 Directors..............................................
National Exchange Carrier Association, Inc..............         7/17/97
New Jersey Division of the Ratepayer Advocate...........         7/17/97
New York Library Association............................         7/17/97
NEXTEL Communications, Inc..............................         7/17/97
Ozark Telecom, Inc......................................         7/17/97
Personal Communications Industry Association............         7/17/97
ProNet Inc..............................................         7/17/97
Rural Telephone Companies...............................         7/17/97
Sandwich Isles..........................................         7/17/97
Sprint Corp.............................................         7/17/97
Sprint Spectrum L.P.....................................         7/17/97
Teletouch Licenses, Inc.................................         7/17/97
TelHawaii, Inc..........................................         7/17/97
Texas Public Utilities Commission.......................         7/16/97
Time Warner Communications Holdings, Inc................         7/17/97
United Utilities........................................         7/16/97
US WEST.................................................         7/17/97
Vermont Public Service Board............................         7/17/97
Washington State Dept. of Information Services..........         7/17/97
Western Alliance........................................         7/17/97
Wyoming Public Service Commission.......................         7/17/97
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 Petitions for Reconsideration of the Local Competition First Report and
                                  Order
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Airtouch Paging, Cal-Autofone and Radio Electronic               9/30/96
 Products Corp..........................................
American Electric Power Service Corporation, et al......         9/30/96
American Public Power Association.......................         9/30/96
Arch Communications Group, Inc..........................         9/30/96
Association of American Railroads.......................         9/30/96
Beehive Telephone Company, Inc..........................         9/30/96
Carolina Power & Light Company..........................         9/30/96
Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association........         9/30/96
Colorado Public Utilities Commission....................         9/27/96
Comcast Cellular Communications, Inc. and Vanguard               9/30/96
 Cellular Systems, Inc..................................
Consolidated Communications Telecom Services Inc........         9/30/96
Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc............         9/30/96
Cox Communications, Inc.................................         9/30/96
Delmarva Power & Light Company..........................         9/30/96
Duquesne Light Company..................................         9/30/96
Edison Electric Institute, et al........................         9/30/96
Florida Power & Light Company...........................         9/30/96
General Communication, Inc..............................         9/30/96
Information Technology Association of America...........         9/30/96
Kalida Telephone Company, Inc...........................         9/30/96
Local Exchange Carrier Coalition........................         9/30/96
Lower Colorado River Authority..........................         9/30/96
Margaretville Telephone Co., Inc........................         9/30/96
Meek, Representative Carrie P...........................         9/23/96
National Cable Television Association, Inc..............         9/30/96
Pacific Gas and Electric Company........................         9/30/96
Paging Network, Inc.....................................         9/30/96
Pennsylvania Power & Light Company......................         9/30/96
Pilgrim Telephone, Inc..................................         9/30/96
Public Service Commission of Wisconsin..................         9/27/96
Public Utilities Commission of Ohio.....................         9/30/96
Rand McNally & Company..................................         9/30/96
Sprint Corporation......................................         9/30/96
Teleport Communications Group Inc.......................         9/30/96
Texas Public Utility Commission.........................         9/26/96
Time Warner Communications Holdings, Inc................         9/30/96
UTC, The Telecommunications Association.................         9/30/96
Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission......         9/30/96
Weldon, Representative Dave.............................         9/23/96
WinStar Communications, Inc.............................         9/30/96
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Petitions for Reconsideration of the Local Competition Second Report and
                                  Order
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Airtouch Paging/PowerPage...............................         10/7/96
Ameritech...............................................         10/7/96
AT&T....................................................         10/7/96
BellSouth Corp..........................................         10/7/96
GTE Service Corp........................................         10/7/96
MCI Telecommunications Corp.............................         10/7/96
New York State Dept. of Public Service..................         10/7/96
NYNEX Telephone Companies...............................         10/7/96
Rural Telephone Coalition...............................         10/7/96
U.S. Telephone Association..............................         10/7/96
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    Dated: November 14, 2001.
Katherine L. Schroder,
Division Chief, Accounting Policy Division.
[FR Doc. 01-28934 Filed 11-19-01; 8:45 am]
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