[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 242 (Tuesday, December 16, 2008)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 76325-76326]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-29798]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Parts 51, 54, 61, and 69

[WC Docket Nos. 06-122, 05-337, 04-36, 03-109; CC Docket Nos. 01-92, 
99-200, 99-68, 96-98, 96-45; DA 08-2631]


Universal Service Contribution Methodology; High-Cost Universal 
Service Support; IP-Enabled Services; Lifeline and Link Up; Developing 
a Unified Intercarrier Compensation Regime; Numbering Resource 
Optimization; Intercarrier Compensation for ISP-Bound Traffic; 
Implementation of the Local Competition Provisions in the 
Telecommunications Act of 1996; Federal-State Joint Board on Universal 
Service

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule: extension of reply comment period.

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SUMMARY: This document grants motions requesting an extension of time 
to file reply comments on the proposals contained in the appendices of 
the Commission's November 5, 2008 Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 
in the Intercarrier Compensation and Universal Service Reform, FCC 08-
262.

DATES: Reply comments are due on or before December 22, 2008.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by CC Docket Nos. 96-45, 
99-200, 96-98, 01-92, 99-68; WC Docket Nos. 05-337, 03-109, 06-122, 04-
36, 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.
     E-mail: [email protected], and include the following words in 
the body of the message, ``get form.'' A sample form and directions 
will be sent in response. Include the docket number in the subject line 
of the message.
     Mail: Secretary, Federal Communications Commission, 445 
12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554.
     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: Jennifer McKee, Telecommunications 
Access Policy Division, Wireline Competition Bureau, 202-418-7400 or 
TTY: 202-418-0484 (universal service), or Victoria Goldberg, Pricing 
Policy Division, Wireline Competition Bureau, 202-418-1520 or TTY 202-
418-0484 (intercarrier compensation).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a summary of the Commission's Order 
released December 2, 2008. The complete text of the Order is available 
on the Commission's Internet site at http://www.fcc.gov and 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]. 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).
    The Commission received motions for extension of time to file reply 
comments in these proceedings (see 73 FR 66821, Nov. 12, 2008) from the 
National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates (NASUCA) and 
the Rural Cellular Association (RCA). Although it is the policy of the 
Commission that motions for extension of time shall not be routinely 
granted, given the volume of comments to which parties are responding, 
the complexity of the issues involved, and the intervening holidays, 
the Commission finds that good cause exists to provide all parties an 
extension of time from December 3, 2008 to December 22, 2008 for filing 
reply comments in these proceedings.
    Accordingly, it is ordered that, pursuant to Sections 4(i), 4(j), 
and 5(c) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 
154(i), 154(j), 155(c) and Sections 0.91, 0.291, and 1.46 of the 
Commission's rules, 47 CFR 0.91, 0.291, 1.46, reply comments in these 
proceedings shall be filed on or before December 22, 2008.
    It is further ordered that the Motion for Extension of Time for 
Reply Comments by the National Association of State Utility Consumer 
Advocates and the Motion for Extension of Time filed by the Rural 
Cellular Association are granted.

Comment Filing Procedures

    Pursuant to sections 1.415 and 1.419 of the Commission's rules, 47 
CFR sections 1.415, 1.419, interested parties may file comments and 
reply comments on or before the dates indicated in the DATES section of 
this document. Comments may be filed using: (1) The Commission's 
Electronic Comment Filing System (ECFS); (2) the Federal Government's 
eRulemaking Portal; or (3) by filing paper copies. See Electronic 
Filing of Documents in Rulemaking Proceedings, 63 FR 24121 (1998).
     Electronic Filers: Comments may be filed electronically 
using the Internet by accessing the ECFS: http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/ecfs/ 
or the Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. Filers 
should follow the instructions provided on the Web site for submitting 
comments.
     For ECFS filers, if multiple docket or rulemaking numbers 
appear in the caption of this proceeding, filers must transmit one 
electronic copy of the comments for each docket or rulemaking number 
referenced in the caption. In completing the transmittal screen, filers 
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, 
filers should send an e-mail to [email protected], and include the following 
words in the body of the message, ``get form.'' A sample form and 
directions will be sent in response.
     Paper Filers: 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, 
filers must submit two additional copies for each additional docket or 
rulemaking number.
     Filings can be sent by hand or messenger delivery, 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). All filings must be addressed to 
the Commission's Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Federal 
Communications Commission.

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     The Commission's contractor 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.
     U.S. Postal Service first-class, Express, and Priority 
mail must be addressed to 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554.
    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).

Federal Communications Commission.
Dana R. Shaffer,
Chief, Wireline Competition Bureau.
[FR Doc. E8-29798 Filed 12-15-08; 8:45 am]
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