[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 240 (Monday, December 15, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 74087-74088]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-29298]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[WC Docket No. 05-25 and RM-10593; DA 14-1706]


Special Access Data Collection; Filing Deadline Extended

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In this document, the Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) 
released an order extending the deadline for responding to the data 
collection in the Commission's special access proceeding. The extension 
provides more time for respondents to navigate the procedures for 
successfully loading the database container which is necessary for 
respondents to provide much of the numerical-type data sought, e.g., 
facilities and billing information. In this Order, the Bureau also 
grants FairPoint's Communications Inc.'s request for limited waiver to 
the extent consistent with the Order.

DATES: The deadline for responding to the collection for large 
businesses with more than 1,500 employees is January 29, 2015 and for 
small businesses with 1,500 or fewer employees is February 27, 2015. 
The deadline for covered entities required to certify they are not a 
Provider, Purchaser, or entity providing Best Efforts Business 
Broadband Internet Access Service is December 15, 2014.

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ADDRESSES: Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street SW., 
Washington, DC 20554.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher Koves, Pricing Policy 
Division, Wireline Competition Bureau, 202-418-8209 or 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a summary of the Commission's Order, 
WC Docket No. 05-25, RM-10593, DA 14-1706, released November 26, 2014. 
This document does not contain information collections(s) subject to 
the Paperwork Act of 1995 (PRA), Public Law 104-13. In addition, 
therefore, it does not contain any new or modified ``information 
collection burden[s] for small business concerns with fewer than 25 
employees,'' pursuant to the Small Business Paperwork Relief Act of 
2002. The full text of this document may be downloaded at the following 
Internet address: https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-14-1706A1.docx. The complete text may be purchased from Best Copy and 
Printing, Inc., 445 12th Street SW., Room CY-B402, Washington, DC 
20554. To request alternative formats for persons with disabilities 
(e.g. accessible format documents, sign language, interpreters, CARTS, 
etc.), send an email to [email protected] or call the Commission's 
Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau at (202) 418-0530 or (202) 
418-0432 (TTY).

I. Background

    On November 26, 2014, the Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau 
(Bureau) released an order extending the deadline for responding to the 
mandatory, one-time data collection in the Commission's special access 
proceeding. The Bureau extended the deadline for responding because of 
delays in the release of a database container to the public, which is 
necessary for filers to respond to the collection. Accordingly, for 
larger businesses with more than 1,500 employees required to provide 
data and information, the deadline is extended 45 days to January 29, 
2015. Other respondents with 1,500 or fewer employees are considered 
small for purposes of the collection and must file their responses by 
February 27, 2015. For those entities not providing data and 
information in response to the collection but that are otherwise 
required to certify that they are not a covered Provider, Purchaser or 
an entity that provides Best Efforts Business Broadband Internet Access 
Services, the filing deadline remains December 15, 2014 regardless of 
the entity's size.
    The Commission will use the data obtained from the collection for 
an analysis of the special access market as it considers reforming the 
pricing rules applicable to incumbent local exchange carriers that are 
subject to price cap regulation. For more information about the 
collection and the underlying rulemaking proceeding, see the 
Commission's Web site, http://www.fcc.gov/encyclopedia/special-access-data-collection-overview-0.

Pamela Arluk,
Acting Chief, Pricing Policy Division, Federal Communications 
Commission.
[FR Doc. 2014-29298 Filed 12-12-14; 8:45 am]
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