[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 147 (Wednesday, August 1, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42087-42088]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-14594]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[CC Docket Nos. 96-262, 94-1, 99-249, 96-45; DA 07-2968]


Reconsideration of CALLS Order

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This document dismisses as moot the only remaining petition 
for reconsideration of the CALLS Order, 65 FR 38684, June 21, 2000.

DATES: Effective July 3, 2007.

ADDRESSES: This is a summary of the Commission's document in CC Docket 
Nos. 96-262, 94-1, 99-249, 96-45; DA 07-2968, released July 3, 2007. 
The full text of this document is available for public inspection and 
copying during business hours at the FCC Reference Information Center, 
Portals II, 445 12th St. 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, e-mail [email protected]. 
These documents may also be viewed on the Commission's Web site at 
http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/ecfs. People with Disabilities: 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), (202) 418-0432 (tty).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Victoria Goldberg, Wireline 
Competition Bureau, Pricing Policy Division, (202) 418-1520, 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: After the Commission released the CALLS 
Order on May 31, 2000, 65 FR 38684, June 21, 2000, four parties filed 
petitions for reconsideration of that order. These petitions were filed 
by the Association for Local Telecommunications Services (ALTS) and 
Focal Communications Corp., One Call Communications, Inc., Pathfinder 
Communications, Inc., and the Texas Office of Public Utility Counsel. 
The Commission addressed the petition filed by One Call Communications, 
Inc. in a subsequent order, 68 FR 43327, July 22, 2003, and the Texas 
Office of Public Utility Counsel withdrew its petition on July 27, 
2000.
    Since these petitions were filed, there has been a court of appeals 
decision and additional Commission orders addressing the rules adopted 
in the CALLS Order, including a decision by the United States Court of 
Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, an order on remand, 68 FR 50077, August 
20, 2003, and an order on reconsideration, 68 FR 43327, July 22, 2003. 
In addition, the reform proposal adopted in the CALLS Order has reached 
the end of its five-year term and the Commission is developing a record 
on comprehensive intercarrier compensation reform in CC Docket No. 01-
92 and on regulation of special access services in WC Docket No. 05-25. 
Issues raised in the pending petitions for reconsideration may 
therefore have become moot or outdated. As a result, it was not clear 
whether issues arising out of the CALLS Order, if any, remained in 
dispute.
    On March 5, 2007, the Wireline Competition Bureau (the Bureau) 
released a public notice inviting interested parties to update the 
record pertaining to petitions for reconsideration filed with respect 
to the rules the Commission adopted in the CALLS Order, 72 FR 13283, 
March 21, 2007. Specifically, the Bureau requested that parties that 
filed petitions for reconsideration of the CALLS Order file a 
supplemental notice indicating those issues that they still wish to be 
reconsidered. On April 5, 2007, COMPTEL and Broadwing Communications, 
LLC, the successors to ALTS and Focal respectively, withdrew their 
petition for reconsideration. Thus, the only remaining petition for 
reconsideration is that filed by Pathfinder. No other notices were 
received in response to the request to update the record pertaining to 
petitions for reconsideration. Due to the passage of time, the fact 
that the CALLS Order has reached the end of its term and the Commission 
is considering comprehensive reform of the access charge regime, and 
the fact that no other notices to pursue the petition were received, 
the Commission hereby dismisses the remaining petition as moot.

    Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151-154, 201-209, 218-222, 254, 403.


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Federal Communications Commission.
Kirk S. Burgee,
Chief of Staff, Wireline Competition Bureau.
 [FR Doc. E7-14594 Filed 7-31-07; 8:45 am]
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