[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 236 (Tuesday, December 9, 2003)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 68585-68586]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-30441]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 53

WC Docket No. 03-228; DA 03-3742]


Section 272(b)(1)'s ``Operate Independently'' Requirement for 
Section 272 Affiliates

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: This document extends the deadline for filing comments and 
reply comments in an ongoing Commission rulemaking proceeding seeking 
comment on whether the Commission should modify the rules adopted to 
implement section 272(b)(1)'s ``operate independently'' requirement for 
section 272 affiliates.

DATES: Comments are due December 10, 2003, and reply comments are due 
December 22, 2003.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christi Shewman, Attorney-Advisor, 
Competition Policy Division, Wireline Competition Bureau, (202) 418-
1686.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On November 21, 2003, the Commission

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released a public notice issuing an extension of time for parties to 
file comments and reply comments in response to a November 4, 2003, 
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) seeking comment on whether the 
Commission should modify the rules adopted to implement section 
272(b)(1)'s ``operate independently'' requirement. A summary of the 
Commission's NPRM was published in the Federal Register on November 21, 
2003, triggering the cycle for comments and reply comments on the NPRM, 
68 FR 65665, November 21, 2003. Due to the intervening Thanksgiving 
holiday during the comment cycle, the Commission grants, on its own 
motion, a limited extension of the deadline for filing comments and 
reply comments in this proceeding.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 03-30441 Filed 12-8-03; 8:45 am]
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