[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 32 (Wednesday, February 18, 2004)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 7615]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-3463]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Parts 1, 61, and 69

[CC Docket No. 96-128; DA 03-4027]


Implementation of Pay Telephone Reclassification and Compensation 
Provisions of the Telecommunications Act of 1996

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking; comment periods extended.

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SUMMARY: On February 3, 2004, the Commission granted a request by 
Evercom et al. to extend the deadlines for filing comments and reply 
comments regarding a Petition For Rulemaking or, in the Alternative, 
Petition To Address Referral Issues In A Pending Rulemaking (Wright 
Petition) filed in CC Docket No. 96-128.

DATES: Comments are due on or before March 10, 2004, and reply comments 
are due on or before March 31, 2004.

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications Commission, Marlene H. Dortch, Office 
of the Secretary, 445 12th Street, SW., TW-A325, Washington, DC 20554. 
See Supplementary Information for information on additional 
instructions for filing paper copies.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joi Roberson Nolen, Wireline 
Competition Bureau, 202-418-1520.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On December 31, 2003, the Commission 
released the Wright Public Notice seeking comment on a Petition for 
Rulemaking or, in the Alternative, Petition to Address Referral Issues 
In a Pending Rulemaking (Wright Petition) filed by Martha Wright and 
other prison inmate and non-inmate petitioners. The Wright Public 
Notice stated that comments would be due 20 days after publication of 
the public notice in the Federal Register, and reply comments would be 
due 30 days after Federal Register publication. The Federal Register 
published the Wright Public Notice on January 20, 2004. See 
Implementation of the Pay Telephone Reclassification and Compensation 
Provisions of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, CC Docket No. 96-128, 
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 69 FR 2697, January 20, 2004.
    On January 26, 2004, Evercom Systems, Inc., T-NETIX, Inc., and 
Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) (jointly, ``commenters'') 
filed a joint motion to extend the deadlines for filing comments and 
reply comments in this proceeding. It is the policy of the Commission 
that extensions of time are not routinely granted. See 47 CFR 1.46(a). 
In this instance, however, the Bureau finds that the commenters have 
shown good cause for an extension of the deadline for filing comments 
and reply comments in this proceeding. Because of the complexity of the 
issues, the related necessary economic analysis, and the length of the 
pleadings, a limited extension is granted so that parties may file 
comments by March 10, 2004, and reply comments by March 31, 2004. This 
matter shall continue to be treated as a ``permit-but-disclose'' 
proceeding in accordance with the Commission's ex parte rules. See 47 
CFR 1.1206. All procedures for filing comments discussed in the Federal 
Register publication of the Wright Public Notice remain in effect. See 
Implementation of the Pay Telephone Reclassification and Compensation 
Provisions of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, CC Docket No. 96-128, 
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 69 FR 2697, January 20, 2004.

    Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 04-3463 Filed 2-17-04; 8:45 am]
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