PUBLIC NOTICE
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
1919 M STREET, N.W.
   WASHINGTON, D.C. 20554                                                             DA 97-2042

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                                                                           Released:  September 22, 1997
                                                                                                                        NOTICE OF
            TELECOMMUNICATIONS RELAY SERVICES (TRS)
         APPLICATIONS FOR STATE CERTIFICATION ACCEPTED
                     (CC Docket No. 90-571)

     Notice is hereby given that the states listed below have applied to the Commission for
State Telecommunications Relay Service (TRS) Certification.  Current state certifications expire
July 25, 1998.  Applications for certification, covering the five year period of July 26, 1998 to
July 25, 2003, must demonstrate that the state TRS program complies with the Commission's
rules for the provision of TRS, pursuant to Title IV of the Americans with Disabilities Act
(ADA), 47 U.S.C.  225.  These rules are codified at 47 CFR  64.601-605.

     Copies of applications for certification are available for public inspection at the
Commission's Common Carrier Bureau, Network Services Division, Room 235, 2000 M Street,
N.W., Washington, D.C., Monday through Thursday, 8:30 AM to 3:00 PM (closed 12:30 to 1:30
PM) and the FCC Reference Center, Room 239, 1919 M Street, N.W., Washington, D.C., daily,
from 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM.  Interested persons may file comments with respect to those
applications on or before November 7, 1997.  Comments should reference the relevant state file
number of  the state application that is being commented upon.  One original and five copies of
all comments must be sent to William F. Caton, Acting Secretary, Federal Communications
Commission, 1919 M Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20554.  Two copies also should be sent to
the Network Services Division, Common Carrier Bureau, 2000 M Street, N.W., Room 235,
Washington, D.C. 20554. 

Applicants for State Certification
File No: TRS-97-01                      File No: TRS-97-02
Applicant: Florida Public Service Commission      Applicant: Hawaii Public Utilities      
State of Florida                                                      Commission
                                   State of Hawaii  
           For further information, contact Al McCloud, (202) 418-2499, amccloud@fcc.gov, at the
Network Services Division, Common Carrier Bureau, Federal Communications Commission.

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