[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 138 (Wednesday, July 20, 2005)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 41654-41655]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-14420]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Chapter I

[WC Docket No. 05-25, RM-10593; DA 05-1870]


Special Access Rates for Price Cap Local Exchange Carriers; AT&T 
Corp. Petition for Rulemaking To Reform Regulation of Incumbent Local 
Exchange Carrier Rates for Interstate Special Access Services

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: By this document, the Wireline Competition Bureau extends the 
reply comment deadline. Due to the voluminous and complex record 
received in the initial round of comments, the Bureau agreed with 
Petitioners filing motions for extensions of time that it may be 
extremely difficult for parties to review and respond to the comments 
by the reply comment deadline. In the interest of developing a thorough 
and complete record in this proceeding, the Bureau grants the 
Petitioners' request, and hereby extends the reply comment deadline. 
This extension should allow parties adequate time to review and respond 
to the record in this proceeding.

DATES: Reply comments are due on or before July 29, 2005.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by WC Docket No. 05-25, 
RM-10593 by any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
     Federal Communications Commission's Web Site: http://www.fcc.gov. Follow the instructions for submitting comments on the 
Electronic Comment Filing System (ECFS)/ http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/ecfs/.
     Hand Delivery/Courier: The Commission's contractor, Natek, 
Inc., will receive hand-delivered or messenger-delivered paper filings 
for the Commission's Secretary at 236 Massachusetts Avenue, NE., Suite 
110, Washington, DC 20002.

--The filing hours at this location are 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.
--All hand deliveries must be held together with rubber bands or 
fasteners.
--Any envelopes must be disposed of before entering the building.
--Commercial overnight mail (other than U.S. Postal Service Express 
Mail and Priority Mail) must be sent to 9300 East Hampton Drive, 
Capitol Heights, MD 20743.

     People with Disabilities: Contact the FCC to request 
reasonable accommodations (accessible format documents, sign language 
interpreters, CART, etc.) by e-mail: [email protected] or phone: (202) 
418-0530 or TTY: (202) 418-0432.
    For detailed instructions on submitting comments and additional 
information on the rulemaking process, see the SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION section of this document.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pamela Arluk, Wireline Competition 
Bureau, Pricing Policy Division, (202) 418-1471 or via the Internet at 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a summary of the Commission's Order 
in WC Docket No. 05-25, RM-10593, adopted on June 28, 2005, and 
released on June 28, 2005. The complete text of

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this Order is available for public inspection Monday through Thursday 
from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Friday from 8 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. in the 
Commission's Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau, Reference 
Information Center, Room CY-A257, 445 Twelfth Street, SW., Washington, 
DC 20554. The complete text is also available on the Commission's 
Internet Site at http://www.fcc.gov. Alternative formats are available 
to persons with disabilities by contacting Brian Millin at (202) 418-
7426 or TTY (202) 418-7365. The complete text of the Order may be 
purchased from the Commission's duplicating contractor, Best Copying 
and Printing, Inc., Room CY-B402, 445 Twelfth Street, SW., Washington, 
DC 20554, telephone (202) 488-5300, facsimile (202) 488-5563, or e-mail 
at http://www.bcpiweb.com.
    When filing reply comments, parties should reference WC Docket No. 
05-25, and RM-10593 and conform to the filing procedures referenced in 
the Order and Notice of Proposed Rulemaking. See Special Access Rates 
for Price Cap Local Exchange Carriers, AT&T Corp. Petition for 
Rulemaking to Reform Regulation of Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier 
Rates for Interstate Special Access Services, WC Docket No. 05-25, RM-
10593, Order and Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 70 FR 19381, April 13, 
2005. All pleadings may be filed using the Commission's Electronic 
Comment Filing System (ECFS) or by filing paper copies. Comments filed 
through the ECFS can be sent as an electronic file via the Internet to 
http://www.fcc.gov/e-file/ecfs.html. Commenters must transmit one 
electronic copy of the comments to each docket or rulemaking number 
referenced in the caption. In completing the transmittal screen, 
commenters should include their full name, U.S. Postal Service mailing 
address, and the applicable docket or rulemaking number, in this case 
WC Docket No. 05-25, RM-10593. Parties may also submit an electronic 
comment by Internet 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 
.'' 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. If more than one docket or rulemaking number 
appears in the caption of this proceeding, commenters must submit two 
additional copies for each additional docket or rulemaking number. All 
filings must be addressed to the Commission's Secretary, Marlene H. 
Dortch, Office of the Secretary, Federal Communications Commission, 445 
12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554. In addition, parties should 
send a copy of their filings to Pamela Arluk, Pricing Policy Division, 
Wireline Competition Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, Room 5-
C434, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554. Parties shall also 
serve one copy with the Commission's copy contractor, Best Copy and 
Printing, Inc. (BCPI), Portals II, 445 12th Street, SW., Room CY-B402, 
Washington, DC 20554, (202) 488-5300, or via e-mail to [email protected].
    Documents in WC Docket No. 05-25, RM-10593 are available for review 
through the ECFS and are available for public inspection and copying 
during business hours at the FCC Reference Information Center, Portals 
II, 445 12th Street SW., Room CY-A257, Washington, DC 20554. The 
documents may also be purchased from BCPI, telephone (202) 488-5300, 
facsimile (202) 488-5563, TTY (202) 488-5562, or by e-mail at 
[email protected].

Synopsis of Order

    On January 31, 2005, the Commission released a Notice of Proposed 
Rulemaking (NPRM) in WC Docket No. 05-25, RM-10593. See Special Access 
Rates for Price Cap Local Exchange Carriers, AT&T Corp. Petition for 
Rulemaking to Reform Regulation of Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier 
Rates for Interstate Special Access Services, WC Docket No. 05-25, RM-
10593, Order and Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 70 FR 19381, April 13, 
2005. In the NPRM, the Commission commenced a broad examination of the 
regulatory framework to apply to price cap local exchange carriers' 
(LECs) interstate special access services after June 30, 2005, and 
sought comment on the special access regime that should follow the 
expiration of the CALLS plan, including whether to maintain or modify 
the Commission's pricing flexibility rules for special access services. 
The comment deadline was June 13, 2005, and the reply comment deadline 
is July 12, 2005.
    CompTel/ALTS and the United States Telecom Association (USTA) 
(together, the Petitioners) filed motions with the Commission, 
requesting a seventeen-day extension of the deadline for filing reply 
comments. The Petitioners explain that the requested extension would 
allow all parties the opportunity to better evaluate, and respond to, 
the complex economic analyses offered by many commenters in this 
proceeding. On June 13, 2005, the Commission received more than 2,000 
pages of comments from multiple parties, many of which contained data 
submissions and economic analyses. Moreover, there was approximately a 
one-week delay before all of the comments were available on the 
Commission's Electronic Comment Filing System (ECFS). In the interest 
of developing a thorough and complete record in this proceeding, the 
Bureau grants the Petitioners' requests, and hereby extends the reply 
comment deadline to July 29, 2005. This extension should allow parties 
adequate time to review and respond to the record in this proceeding. 
All other filing requirements set forth in the NPRM remain in effect.

Ordering Clause

    Accordingly, it is ordered that, pursuant to the authority 
contained in sections 4(i), 4(j), and 303(r) of the Communications Act, 
as amended, 47 U.S.C. 154(i), 154(j), and 303(r), and Sec. Sec.  0.91, 
0.204(b), 0.291, 1.45, and 1.415 of the Commission's rules, 47 CFR 
0.91, 0.204(b), 0.291, 1.45, and 1.415, the deadline for filing reply 
comments in response to the NPRM is extended to July 29, 2005.

Federal Communications Commission.
Tamara L. Preiss,
Chief, Pricing Policy Division, Wireline Competition Bureau.
[FR Doc. 05-14420 Filed 7-19-05; 8:45 am]
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