[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 88 (Tuesday, May 7, 2013)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 26572-26573]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-10687]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
47 CFR Part 64
[WC Docket No. 13-39; DA 13-780]
Rural Call Completion and List of Rural Operating Carrier Numbers
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: In this document, the Federal Communications Commission's
Wireline Competition Bureau announces the comment filing deadlines in
its proposed rulemaking proceeding on rural call completion problems
and seeks comment on the completeness and suitability of a currently
available list of rural Operating Carrier Numbers as a template for the
reporting requirements proposed in the Rural Call Completion Notice of
Proposed Rulemaking.
DATES: Comments are due on or before May 13, 2013 and reply comments
are due on or before May 28, 2013. If you anticipate that you will be
submitting comments, but find it difficult to do so within the period
of time allowed by this notice, you should advise the contact listed
below as soon as possible.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by WC Docket No. 13-39,
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://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/ecfs2/. 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 email: [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: Steve Rowings, Wireline Competition
Bureau, (202) 418-1033 or TTY: (202) 418-0484.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a synopsis of the Commission's
Public Notice in WC Docket No. 13-39, DA 13-780, released April 18,
2013. The complete text of this document is available for inspection
and copying during normal business hours in the FCC Reference
Information Center, Portals II, 445 12th Street SW., Room CY-A257,
Washington, DC 20554. These documents may also be purchased from the
Commission's duplicating contractor, Best Copy and Printing, Inc.
(BCPI), 445 12th Street SW., Room CY-B402, Washington, DC 20554,
telephone (800) 378-3160 or (202) 863-2893, facsimile (202) 863-2898,
or via the Internet at http://www.bcpiweb.com. It is also available on
the Commission's Web site at http://www.fcc.gov.
This document does not contain proposed information collection(s)
subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), Public Law 104-
13. In addition, therefore, it does not contain any new or modified
information collection burden for small business concerns with fewer
than 25 employees, pursuant to the Small Business Paperwork Relief Act
of 2002, Public Law 107-198, see 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(4).
Synopsis
On February 7, 2013, the Commission released a Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking (NPRM) seeking comment on steps the Commission should take
to help address problems in the completion of long-distance telephone
calls to rural customers.
The Commission set the comment and reply comment deadlines for the
NPRM as 30 and 45 days, respectively, after publication of the summary
of the NPRM in the Federal Register. On April 12, 2013, a summary of
the NPRM appeared in the Federal Register. Accordingly, interested
parties may file comments on or before May 13, 2013, and reply comments
on or before May 28, 2013. All pleadings are to reference WC Docket No.
13-39.
In the NPRM, the Commission proposed rules that would require that
originating long-distance providers submit in electronic form the
monthly call answer rate for rural operating carrier numbers (OCNs)
with 100 attempts or more and the nonrural monthly overall average to
the Commission once per calendar quarter. The Commission would specify
an electronic template for this reporting requirement with a list of
rural OCNs. The National Exchange Carrier Association, Inc. (NECA)
provides a list of rural OCNs on its Web site, at the following link:
http://www.neca.org/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=8874&libID=8894. The Bureau
invites comment on the completeness of NECA's list, and whether it
would be suitable for the Commission to use this list upon the adoption
of the rules proposed in the NPRM.
Pursuant to Sec. Sec. 1.415 and 1.419 of the Commission's rules,
interested parties
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may file comments and reply comments on or before the dates indicated
on the first page of this document. Comments may be filed using the
Commission's Electronic Comment Filing System (ECFS). 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://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/ecfs2/.
Paper Filers: Parties who choose to file by paper must
file an original and one copy 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. All filings must be addressed to the Commission's
Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Federal Communications Commission.
All hand-delivered or messenger-delivered paper filings
for the Commission's Secretary must be delivered to FCC Headquarters at
445 12th St. SW., Room TW-A325, Washington, DC 20554. The filing hours
are 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. All hand deliveries must be held together
with rubber bands or fasteners. Any envelopes and boxes 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 email to [email protected] or call the
Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau at 202-418-0530 (voice), 202-
418-0432 (tty).
This matter shall be treated as a ``permit-but-disclose''
proceeding in accordance with the Commission's ex parte rules, 47 CFR
1.1200 through 1.1216. Persons making ex parte presentations must file
a copy of any written presentation or a memorandum summarizing any oral
presentation within two business days after the presentation (unless a
different deadline applicable to the Sunshine period applies). Persons
making oral ex parte presentations are reminded that memoranda
summarizing the presentation must (1) list all persons attending or
otherwise participating in the meeting at which the ex parte
presentation was made, and (2) summarize all data presented and
arguments made during the presentation. If the presentation consisted
in whole or in part of the presentation of data or arguments already
reflected in the presenter's written comments, memoranda or other
filings in the proceeding, the presenter may provide citations to such
data or arguments in his or her prior comments, memoranda, or other
filings (specifying the relevant page and/or paragraph numbers where
such data or arguments can be found) in lieu of summarizing them in the
memorandum. Documents shown or given to Commission staff during ex
parte meetings are deemed to be written ex parte presentations and must
be filed consistent with Sec. 1.1206(b). In proceedings governed by
Sec. 1.49(f) or for which the Commission has made available a method
of electronic filing, written ex parte presentations and memoranda
summarizing oral ex parte presentations, and all attachments thereto,
must be filed through the electronic comment filing system available
for that proceeding, and must be filed in their native format (e.g.,
.doc, .xml, .ppt, searchable .pdf). Participants in this proceeding
should familiarize themselves with the Commission's ex parte rules.
Federal Communications Commission.
William Dever,
Chief, Competition Policy Division.
[FR Doc. 2013-10687 Filed 5-6-13; 8:45 am]
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