[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 63 (Thursday, April 1, 2004)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 17124]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-7376]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Parts 61 and 69

[CC Docket Nos. 96-262, 94-1, 91-213, 95-72; DA 04-691]


1997 Access Reform Docket: Notice of Dismissal of Petitions for 
Reconsideration

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: This document is a notification of dismissal of petitions for 
reconsideration in the 1997 Access Charge Reform Docket. The Commission 
on March 12, 2004, issued a public notice of dismissal of petitions for 
reconsideration in this docket. The parties that previously filed these 
petitions did not respond to the Commission's requests to refresh the 
record in these proceedings and expressed no intent to pursue their 
petitions. As a result, any interested parties are hereby notified that 
these petitions have been dismissed.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marv Sacks, Wireline Competition 
Bureau, Pricing Policy Division, (202) 418-1520.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On December 15, 2003, the Wireline 
Competition Bureau issued a public notice requesting parties that had 
filed petitions for reconsideration in the 1997 Access Charge Reform 
Docket to file a supplemental notice indicating those issues that the 
parties still wish to be reconsidered. The notice was published in the 
Federal Register on January 16, 2004, and comments were due February 
17, 2004. See 69 FR 2560, January 16, 2004. The notice was issued 
because the petitions for reconsideration were filed several years ago, 
and the passage of time and various intervening developments, including 
litigation and additional Commission orders addressing access charge 
reform, may have rendered the records developed in response to those 
petitions stale. The public notice further stated that the Commission 
would deem such petitions withdrawn and would dismiss them unless 
parties indicated an intent to pursue their respective petitions for 
reconsideration no later than 30 days after publication of the public 
notice in the Federal Register. The Bureau did not receive any filings 
that responded to the notice within this time frame from parties that 
had previously filed petitions for reconsideration. As a result, the 
Commission on March 12, 2004, issued a public notice of dismissal of 
petitions for reconsideration in this docket.

Federal Communications Commission.
Tamara Preiss,
Chief, Pricing Policy Division, Wireline Competition Bureau.
[FR Doc. 04-7376 Filed 3-31-04; 8:45 am]
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