[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 2 (Wednesday, January 4, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 345-346]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-10]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[ET Docket No. 04-295; DA 05-3153]


Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act and Broadband 
Access and Services; Petition for Reconsideration and Clarification 
Filed

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This document seeks comment on a petition for reconsideration 
and clarification filed by the United States Telecom Association, 
seeking reconsideration and clarification of the Commission's First 
Report and Order in ET Docket No. 04-295, which established that 
providers of facilities-based broadband Internet access services and 
interconnected voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services must comply 
with the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA).

DATES: Oppositions to these petitions must be filed by January 19, 
2006. Replies to an opposition must be filed within 10 days after the 
time for filing oppositions has expired.

ADDRESSES: You may submit oppositions or replies, identified by ET

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Docket No. 04-295, 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/cgb/ecfs/. Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
     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 for submitting comments and additional 
information on the rulemaking process, see the SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION section of this document.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carol Simpson, Attorney Advisor, 
Competition Policy Division, Wireline Competition Bureau, at (202) 418-
2391.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a summary of the Commission's Public 
Notice, DA 05-3153, released December 7, 2005. The full text of the 
petition and copies of any subsequently filed documents in this matter 
will be available for public inspection and copying during regular 
business hours at the FCC Reference Information Center, Portals II, 445 
12th Street, SW., Room CY-A257, Washington, DC 20554, (202) 418-0270. 
This document may be purchased from the Commission's duplicating 
contractor, Best Copy and Printing, Inc., Portals II, 445 12th Street, 
SW., Room CY-B402, Washington, DC 20554. Customers may contact BCPI, 
Inc. at their Web site: http://www.bcpiweb.com or by calling 1-800-378-
3160.

Background

    On November 14, 2005, the United States Telecom Association filed a 
petition for reconsideration and clarification, seeking reconsideration 
and clarification of aspects of the Commission's First Report and Order 
in ET Docket No. 04-295. See United States Telecom Association, 
Petition for Reconsideration and for Clarification of the CALEA 
Applicability Order, ET Docket No. 04-295, filed November 14, 2005. The 
petition asks the Commission (1) to reconsider the compliance deadline 
established in the First Report and Order, and (2) to clarify the 
specific broadband access services that qualify as ``newly covered 
services'' under the First Report and Order.

Electronic Access and Filing

    Pursuant to Sec.  1.429 of the Commission's rules, 47 CFR 1.429, 
interested parties may file Oppositions to this petition on or before 
January 19, 2006. Replies to an opposition must be filed within 10 days 
after the time for filing oppositions has expired. When filing, please 
reference ET Docket No. 04-295. 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, May 1, 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. In completing the transmittal screen, commenters should 
include their full name, U.S. Postal Service mailing address, and the 
applicable docket or rulemaking number. Parties may also submit an 
electronic comment by Internet e-mail. To get filing instructions for 
e-mail comments, commenters should send 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 send an original and 
eleven (11) copies of each filing. All filings must be addressed to the 
Commission's Secretary, Marlene H. Dortch, Office of the Secretary, 
Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street, SW., Room TW-B204, 
Washington, DC 20554.
    Filings can be sent by hand or messenger delivery, by electronic 
media, by commercial overnight courier, or by first-class or overnight 
U.S. Postal Service mail (although we continue to experience delays in 
receiving U.S. Postal Service mail). The Commission's contractor, 
Natek, Inc., will receive hand-delivered or messenger-delivered paper 
filings or electronic media 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 and electronic 
media sent by 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. U.S. Postal Service first-class mail, 
Express Mail, and Priority Mail should be addressed to 445 12th Street, 
SW., Washington, DC 20554.
    This proceeding shall be treated as a ``permit but disclose'' 
proceeding in accordance with the Commission's ex parte rules, 47 CFR 
1.1200. Persons making oral ex parte presentations are reminded that 
memoranda summarizing the presentations must contain summaries of the 
substance of the presentations and not merely a listing of the subjects 
discussed. More than a one or two sentence description of the views and 
arguments presented is generally required. See 47 CFR 1.1206(b). Other 
rules pertaining to oral and written ex parte presentations in permit-
but-disclose proceedings are set forth in Sec.  1.1206(b) of the 
Commission's rules, 47 CFR 1.1206(b).
    To request materials in accessible formats for people with 
disabilities (Braille, large print, electronic files, audio format) 
send an e-mail to [email protected] or call the Consumer & Governmental 
Affairs Bureau at (202) 418-0530 (voice) or (202) 418-0432 (TTY).

Federal Communications Commission.
Thomas J. Navin,
Chief, Wireline Competition Bureau.
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