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Release of the full text of a Commission order constitutes official action. See MCI v. FCC. 515 F 2d 385 (D.C. Circ 1974).  y: 5 dddhy  M8h U 1  1  Figure 1  Figure 1 y!HH,,@Uddfcclogo.wpgHHy! Xz dd8k @#S2pPG;# NEWS L X   (##XR  P7jQXP# `YApril 26, 1999 jA(#\ # 4  pG; \ #  X  ,   j*A~ OPEN PROCEEDINGS# G4  pQ [#у  yOV'  yO'# C\  P6Q P#The following is a listing of current FCC Notices of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRMs) and Notices of Inquiry (NOIs) open for public comment, except routine petitions to amend the Table of Allotments. This listing also includes pertinent Public Notices (PNs) announcing comment subjects and dates. For additional information, contact Martha Contee, Public Service Division at (202) 4180260, TTY (202) 4182555, email  yO> 'mcontee@fcc.gov. # C\  P6Q P# Please note: as comment and reply comment periods expire, they are deleted from this  yO 'listing. *Asterisk indicates comment period deadline is past, but reply comment period still is open.# Xj\  P6G; y XP#  a 4 # |\  P6G;:P#CABLE SERVICES BUREAU#Xj\  P6G; y XP#   X' PN 4/19; DA 99748  Xe'Black Rock Cable Inc. Files An Application for Open Video System Certification  X74Comments due April 21. Contact: Sunil Daluvoy at (202) 4181032; TTY: (202) 4187172.  X 4News Media Contact: Morgan Broman at (202) 4182358.  a4 # |\  P6G;:P#COMMON CARRIER BUREAU#Xj\  P6G; y XP#  X4   X' CC 96115; Order 9/24/98 (adopted 9/23/98); FCC 98239 Implementation of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 Telecommunications Carriers' Use of Customer Proprietary Network Information and Other Customer Information  X-4 Extended the deadline by which all telecommunications carriers must implement effective electronic safeguards to protect against unauthorized access to customer proprietary network information (CPNI). Deadline is now six months after the release date of the Commission's Order on reconsideration addressing CPNI issues in CC Docket No. 96-115.  X!4  X#' Order 1/20/99 (adopted 1/19/99); DA 99197"#,$$ -""ԌPetition for Forbearance of the Independent Telephone and Telecommunications  X'Alliance Extended by 90 days to May 18, the date by which a petition for forbearance requesting that the Commission forbear from applying nine regulations to midsized incumbent local exchange carriers serving fewer than two percent of the nation's access lines filed by the Independent Telephone and Telecommunications Alliance shall be deemed granted in the absence of a Commission decision that the petition fails to meet the standards for forbearance under Section 10(a) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.  X 4  X ' CC 9969; CC 9998; Declaratory Ruling in CC Docket No. 9998 and NPRM in  X 'Rulemaking in CC Docket No. 9968 2/26/99 (adopted 2/25/99); FCC 9938 Implementation of the Local Competition Provisions in the Telecommunications Act of  X '1996/InterCarrier Compensation for ISPbound Traffic Concluded that parties should be bound by their existing interconnection agreements, as interpreted by state commissions. Sought comments on proposals to govern future compensation agreements. NPRM comment date: April 12*; NPRM Reply comment date: April 27.  X' CC 9935; Order 2/26/99 (adopted 2/26/99); DA 99374 Long Term Telephone Number Portability Tariff Filings of Ameritech Operating Companies/GTE System Telephone Companies/GTE Telephone Operating  X'Companies/Pacific Bell/Southwestern Bell Telephone Company Designated for investigation various issues involved in the longterm telephone number portability tariff filings filed by incumbent local exchange carriers. Direct Cases: March 29*; Oppositions/Comment Date: April 13*; Rebuttal Date: April 23.  X' BO Docket 9911; PN 3/1/99; DA 99430  X ' Federal Communications Commission Will Hold a Series of Public Hearings on  X!'Telephone Service for Indians on Reservations; Set for March 23 in Chandler Arizona. Comment period closes May 28, 1999. Contact: Eric Jensen at (202) 4180990 or Belford Lawson at (202) 4187264.  X:&4  X#'' Order 3/5/99 (adopted 3/5/99); DA 99463 Comsat Mobil Communications Request for Extension of Time for Filing Cost Allocation"(,**&"  X'Manual Audit Report Granted pursuant to Sections 0.91, 0291, and 1.46 of the Commission's Rules CMC's request for an extension of time until June 1, 1999, to file its independent cost allocation manual audit report.  Xv' CC 97172; Order 3/8/99 (adopted 3/8/99); DA 99468  X1'Petition of US West Communications, Inc. for Forbearance Extended to June 9, 1999, the date on which the petition seeking forbearance filed by US West shall be deemed granted in absence of a Commission denial of the peitition for failure to meet the statutory requirements for forbearance.  X' CC 97181; R&O/FNPRM 3/10/99 (adopted 2/22/99); FCC 9929  Xb' Defining Primary Lines Adopted requirements for differentiating and identifying nonprimary residential lines and multiline business lines from primary residential lines and single line business lines in regards to the FCC's access charge rules for subscriber line charges and presubscribed interexchange carrier charges. Issued FNPRM on issue of individuals with speech or hearing disabilities having access at primary line rates to TTY line. Comments due April 9*; replies April 26.  X|' CC 9645; PN 3/16/99; DA 99459 Common Carrier Bureau Sends Updated Lists of Rural and NonRural Telephone Companies to the Universal Service Administrative Company and Changes 1999 Self X 'Certification Filing Deadline On May 8, 1997, the Commission established in the Universal Service Order that rural and nonrural local exchange carriers (LECs) will receive federal universal service support determined by separate mechanisms. This PN revises the annual deadline for local exchange carriers to be classified as rural telephone companies to file letters certifying that they meet the statutory definition of rural telephone company. The new deadline for filing selfcertification letters with the Commission is July 1 of each year. Contact: Adrian Wright, Accounting Policy Division at (202) 4187400.  X#'' PN 3/24/99; DA 99577 Southwestern Bell Emergency Motion for Extension of Time is Granted New Pleading"(,**&"  X'Cycle Established in CC Docket No. 9935 LongTerm Number Portability Direct Cases On March 23, Pacific Bell and Southwestern Bell Telephone Company filed an emergency motion requesting a oneweek extension from March 29 to April 5 for filing direct cases re: Pacific Bell's Transmittal No. 2029 and Southwestern Bell's Transmittal No. 2745. Direct cases due: April 5*; oppositions April 19; rebuttals April 29. Contact: Rhonda Lien, Competitive Pricing Division at (202) 4181530.  X1' CC 9935; Order 3/25 (adopted 3/25); DA 99561  X ' LongTerm Telephone Number Portability Designated issues for investigation of U.S. West Transmittals 965 and 975. Comments due May 3, rebuttals May 17. X(#  X' XCC 9935; PN 4/12; DA 99697(# XNew Pleading Cycle Established in CC Docket No. 9935 Time Extended for Filings Involving LongTerm Number Portability Tariff Filings of U S WEST  X4'Communications, Inc. (# XExtended pleading cycle in this proceeding: Direct cases due April 26; Oppositions due May 7; Rebuttals due May 17. Contact: Josephine Simmons, Competitive Pricing  X4Division at (202) 4181530. (#  X' CC 94129; PN 3/25/99; DA 99582 Enforcement Division of the Common Carrier Bureau Announces Extension of time for Filing Reply Comments on Slamming Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, CC Docket 94129  X 4 On December 23, 1998, the Commissions released In the Matter of Implementation of the Subscriber Carrier Selection .....Policies and Rules Concerning Unauthorized Changes of Consumers' Long Distance Carriers, Second Report and Order and FNPRM, FCC 98334. It contained a FNPRM in which the Commissions proposed several additional changes to further strengthen FCC slamming rules and to otherwise prevent slamming. This PN extends date reply comments are due to May 3. Contact: Kimberly Parker at (202) 4187393.  XQ%' CC 9645; PN 3/26; DA 99573  X#'' Pleading Cycle Established for Vermont Telephone Company, Inc.'s Request for Modification of Conditions Adopted by the Common Carrier Bureau in Approval of  X(4Petition for Study Area Waiver CC Docket No. 9645 "(,**&"ԌVermont Telephone Company (VTel) has requested that the Common Carrier Bureau increase the cap on VTel's high cost support payments based on updated financial data. VTel proposes a new allocation methodology whereby the caps on the three carriers that acquired the Contel exchanges would be adjusted, but the total of the three caps would be unchanged. Comments due April 15*; replies due April 26. Contact: Adrian Wright, Accounting Policy Division at (202) 481-7400; TTY; (202) 418-0484.  XH' PN 3/31; DA 99614 North American Power Brokers, Inc. Seeks Commission Determination of "Exempt  X 'Telecommunications Company" Status North American Power Brokers, Inc. has requested Commission determination of "exempt telecommunications Company" status under the Public Utility Holding company Act of 1935, as amended by Section 103 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996. Comments due April 21* replies April 28. Contact: Al McCloud at (202) 4182499.  XK' PN 4/1/; DA 99638 Common Carrier Bureau Seeks Comment on the Maine Public Utilities Commission's Petition for Additional Authority to Implement Number Conservation Measures  X'Pleading Cycle Established On September 28, 1998, the FCC released an order int he matter of a Petition for Declaratory Ruling and Request for Expedited Action on the July 15, 1997, Order of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission Regarding Area Codes 412, 610, 215, and 717, and Implementation of the Local Competition Provisions of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, MO&O and Order on Recon FCC 98224, CC Docket No. 9698. This Order delegated additional authority to state public utility commissions to order NXX code rationing in jeopardy situations and encouraged state commissions to seek further limited delegations of authority to implement other innovative number conservation methods. On March 17, 1999, the Maine Public Utilities Commission filed a petition requesting that the FCC delegate to MPUC additional authority to implement various number conservation measures. Comments due May 3; replies May 17. Contact: Al McCloud, network Services Division at (202) 4182320.  X!4  X#' PN 4/5; DA 99657 Pleading Cycle Established for Comments on Homeowners Long Distance, Inc.'s Petition for A Declaratory ruling that WorldCom Cannot Limit Its Liability for Gross  X#'4Negligence or Other Willful Misconduct Through Its Interstate Tariffs On December 4, 1998, Home Owners Long Distance, Inc. filed a petition requesting that the"(,**&"ԌCommission issue a declaratory ruling that, under the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, Worldcom, Inc. cannot limit its liability for gross negligence or other willful misconduct through any provisions in its filed interstate tariff. Comments due May 5; replies May 19. (DA No. 99-657). Contact: Tonya Rutherford at (202) 418-0960.  Xv' PN 4/7; DA 99674 Petition of Ameritech for Expedited Waiver Concerning Treatment of InterCarrier  X1'Compensation Payments for Interstate ISPBound Traffic Pleading Cycle Established On April 2, 1999, Ameritech filed a petition requesting an interim waiver of relevant portions of Part 61 and 69 of the Commission's rules an the Commission's orders dealing with the recovery of interstate costs so that Ameritech may allocate the costs associated with intercarrier compensation payments for interstate Internet service provider bound calls to interstate price cap baskets and bands in the same manner that it allocates the costs associated with its federal universal service fund contributions. Comments due April 28; replies May 5. Contact: Ed Krachmer or Tamara Preiss at (202) 4181520.  Xb'  X4'CC- 99-117; NOI 4/7 (adopted 4/6); FCC 9969  X4 Accounting Practices of Certain Telephone Companies Initiated a proceeding concerning certain accounting practices of seven telephone companies. The inquiry is based on audits of the companies' hard-wired central office equipment by the Common Carrier Bureau. The FCC is also seeking comments concerning issues arising out of these audit reports. Comments due June 7; replies July 7.  Xe' CC 94129; PN 4/8; DA 99683  X7' Common Carrier Bureau Announces Deadline for Filing Comments on MCI WorldCom's Joint Petition for Waiver of Slamming Liability Rules and Third Party  X 'Administrator Proposal On March 30, 1999, MCI WorldCom and several other parties filed a Joint Petition for  X 4Waiver of certain of the rules released in the Commission's "Implementation of the Subscriber Carrier Selection Changes Provisions of the ... Unauthorized Changes of Consumers' Long  X"4Distance Carriers,"  2nd R&O and FNPRM, FCC 98334, released 12/23/98. Comments ont he Waiver Petition and TPA proposal and Motion for Extension due April 16*; replies April 23. Contact: Kimberly Parker at (202) 418-7393, fax: (202) 418-0236.  X''' PN 4/13; DA 99704 U S West Petitions to Establish Part 69 Rate Elements Offer Switched Access Transport"(,**&"  X' &XGp  &XGp In Conjunction with Managed Bandwidth SONET Service Pleading Cycle Established On April 7, 1999, U S West Communications, Inc. (U S West) filed an Expedited Petition to Establish Part 69 Rate Elements to Offer Switched Access Transport in Conjunction with Managed Bandwidth SONET Service. U S West requests authority to establish eight new rate elements to enable it to offer its customers the transport of switched access service using MBSS Synchronous Optical Network (SONET) based services. Comments due May 13; replies May 28. Contact: Renee Terry, Competitive Pricing Division at (202) 4181520.  X ' PN 4/15; DA 99725 Common Carrier Bureau Seeks Comment on the Florida Public Service commission's Petition for Authority to Implement Number Conservation Measures Pleading Cycle  X 'Established On April 2, 1999, the Florida Public Service commission filed a petition requesting that the commission delegate to the FPSC authority to implement various number conservation measures. Comments due May 14; replies May 28. Contact: Alan McCloud, Network Services Division at (202) 4182320; TTY: (202) 4180484.  X' CC 96128; PN 4/15; DA 99730 Common Carrier Bureau Seeks Comment on the RBOC/GTE/SNET Payphone Coalition Petition for Clarification Regarding Carrier Responsibility for Payphone Compensation  X'Payment CC Docket No. 96128 Pleading Cycle Established On February 26, 1999, the RBOC/GTE/SNET Payphone Coalition filed a petition requesting clarification, on a goingforward basis, which interexchange carrier is the party responsible for payment of percall compensation when a "dialaround" or "subscriber" call is made from a payphone. The Commission seeks comment on issues raised in the Petitioners' request for clarification . Comments due May 17; replies June 1. Contact: Marty Schwimmer or Robin Smolen, Network Services Division at (202) 4182320; TTY: (202) 4180484.  X ' PN 4/16; DA 99740; Minburn Telecommunications, Inc. Petitions for Waiver of Sections  X!'61.41(c) and (d) of the Commission's Rules Pleading Cycle Established On April 8, 1999, Minburn Telecommunications, Inc. filed a petition requesting that the Commission waive sections 61.41(c) and (d) of the Commission's rules. Minburn requests that the Commission waive these rules in order to allow Minburn to operate the Woodward, Iowa, telephone exchange as a cost carrier under rate of return regulation following Minburn's acquisition of the exchange from Frontier CommunicationsSchuyler, Inc., a carrier operating under price cap regulation. Comments due May 17; replies June 1. Contact: Rodney McDonald, Competitive Pricing Division at (202) 4181520."(,**&"Ԍ &XGq  &XGq   X' CC 9698, CC 95185; 2nd FNPRM 4/16 (adopted 4/8); FCC 9970 Implementation of the Local Competition Provisions in the Telecommunications Act of  X'1996 The FCC, in a 2nd FNPRM, sought comment on what network elements incumbents must make available to new entrants in the local telecommunications market. Comments due 30 days after publication in the Federal Register; replies due 45 days after publication in the Federal Register.  X ' PN 4/19; DA 99750  X 'Bell Atlantic Files Revisions to Its Cost Allocation Manual Public Comment Invited On April 7, Bell Atlantic Telephone Companies filed revisions to its cost allocation manual. Comments due May 19; replies June 3. Contact: Debbie Weber at (202) 4180810; TTY: (202) 4180484  X' CC 92105; PN 4/20/99; DA 99761 Petition by the United States Department of Transportation for Assignment of an Abbreviated Dialing Code (N11) To Access Intelligent Transportation System (ITS)  X'Services Nationwide CC Docket No. 92105 Pleading Cycle Established On March 8, 1999, the United States Department of Transportation filed a Petition for assignment of a nationwide standard abbreviated dialing number (N11). Petitioner proposes that state and local governments use the abbreviated dialing number to deliver travelrelated information to the public. Comments due July 20; replies August 20. Contact: Helene Schrier Nankin, Network Services Division at (202) 4182320; TTY: (202) 4180484.   a 4 # |\  P6G;:P#INTERNATIONAL BUREAU  X!4 #Xj\  P6G; y XP#  X"' IB 9967; NPRM 3/5/99 (adopted 2/25/99); FCC 9937 Amendment of Parts 2 and 25 to Implement the global Mobile Personal  Xr%'Communications By Satellite Memorandum of Understanding and Arrangements Proposed amending the Commission's Rules to facilitate the global transport of portable telecommunications terminals used in connection with satellite systems providing global data, voice, Internet and other broadband services. Comments due May 3; replies May 18."),**'"Ԍ X4 &XGr  &XGr  ę  X'&XGr PN 3/10/99; DA 99479  X'Petitions for Enforcement of International Settlement Benchmark Rates AT&T, MCI WorldCom, and Sprint have filed joint petitions requesting that the Commission enforce its benchmark settlement rate of 15 cents per minute as required by the Commission's Benchmarks Order for service on the following routes: U.S.-Cyprus, U.S.-Kuwait, and U.S.- Netherlands Antilles. Comments Due: April 28, 1999; Reply Comments Due: May 10, 1999.  X ' IB 9981; NPRM 3/25 (adopted 3/18); FCC 9950  X ' Establishment of Policies and Service Rules for the Mobile Satellite Service in the 2 GHz  X 'Band Proposed initiating the process for licensing a new generation of innovative mobile satellite services. Comments due June 24, replies July 26.  X4  a4 # |\  P6G;:P#MASS MEDIA BUREAU #x6X@`7fX@#  X'#Xj\  P6G; y XP#  X' MM 9925; NPRM 2/3/99 (adopted 1/28/99); FCC 996  X'Creation of a Low Power Radio Service Proposed to establish rules authorizing the operations of new, low power FM (LPFM) radio stations. Comments due April 12*; replies May 12. X(#  XA'X MM 9925; Order 3/19/99 (adopted 3/19/99); DA 99542(#  X'XCreation of a Low Power Radio Service (# XGranted extension of the comment date to June 1, 1999, and reply comment date to July 1, 1999, in response to petitions filed by Lucent Digital Radio and by the National Association of Broadcasters, the Consumer Electronics Manufacturers Association, and a number of state broadcaster organizations.(#  a[&4# |\  P6G;:P#  ae'4WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAU#Xj\  P6G; y XP#  Xo(4 "o( ,**q&"Ԍ X' CC 95116; MO&O 9/1/98 (adopted 9/1/98); DA 981763 Telephone Number Portability  X4 Granted a petition filed by the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association (CTIA) requesting a nine-month stay of the requirement that all cellular, broadband personal communications service (PCS), and covered specialized mobile radio (SMR) carriers provide service provider number portability by June 30, 1999, while supporting nationwide roaming. The Bureau finds that extending the deadline from June 30, 1999 to March 31, 2000, is necessary to ensure the efficient development of wireless number portability.  X 4  X ' WT 9966; NPRM 2/24/99 (adopted 2/12/99); FCC 9923  X ' Amendment of Parts 2 and 95 to Establish a Medical Implant Communications Service Proposed allocating 402-405 MHz band for this service on a shared basis. Comments due April 9*, replies April 26.  X4' WT 98229/CC 95116; PN 3/10/99; DA 99484 Clarification of Filing Deadline for Petitions for Reconsideration of the CMRS Local  X'Number Portability Forbearance Order WT Docket 98229; CC Docket 95116 On February 9, 1999, the FCC released an order addressing a Petition for Forbearance filed by the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association concerning implementation of local number portability by commercial mobile radio service (CMRS) providers. Deadline for filing petitions to reconsider the Forbearance Order may be filed within 30 days of the publication of the amended rules and a summary of the order in the Federal Register. Contact: David Furth at (202) 4180632.  X ' PN 3/16/99; DA 99523; Report No. 997 Public Safety National Plan Region 20 (Washington, DC) Announces an Application  X 'Filing Window for the 821824 /866869 MHz Bands Filing Window Accepted from March 15 through April 30. Contact: William Van Aller at (301) 2177779.  X:&4 WT 9987; NPRM 3/25 (adopted 3/19); FCC 9952  X (' Establishment of Public Service Radio Pool in the Private Mobile Frequencies Below 800  X('MHz "( ,**&"ԌProposed changes to the FCC's rules and policies to implement the revised auction authority. Comments due 60 days and replies 90 days after Federal Register publication.  X' PN 3/26/99; DA 99590 SBC Communications Inc. and Comcast Cellular Holdings Co. Seek FCC Consent to  X_'Transfer Control of Licenses to SBC q SBC Communications, Inc. and Comcast Cellular Holdings Co. have filed applications pursuant to Section 310(d) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, seeking Commission consent to transfer control of licenses currently controlled by subsidiaries and affiliates of Comcast to SBC. Comments due April 26; replies May 6. Contact: Jonathan Radin or Elizabeth Williams, Commercial Wireless Division at (202) 418-7240.  X4  Xy' PN 4/19; DA 99759 Wireless Telecommunications Bureau Establishes Pleading Cycle for Request for  X4'Authorization to Participate in the AirCell System On December 24, 1998, the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau issued an order granting, in part, AirCell, Inc.'s Petition for Waiver regarding section 22.925 of the Commission's rules. In the AirCell Order, the Bureau stated that future cellular operators seeking to become participants in the AirCell system must file requests for waiver. On April 9,1999, North Alabama Cellular, Inc. filed a petition for waiver of section 22.925 and for authorization to participate in the AirCell system. Deadline for oppositions to this waiver is May 3. Contact: Wilbert Nixon, Commercial Wireless Division at (202) 4180620.  a 4 # |\  P6G;:P#OFFICE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY #Xj\  P6G; y XP#  X4  X' ET 9934; NPRM 2/3/99 (adopted 1/28/99); FCC 998 In the Matter of an Industry Coordination Committee System for Broadcast Digital  X"'Television Service The Commission seeks comment on the establishment of an industry coordination committee to assist the Commission in the implementation of digital television (DTV) service, and specifically requests comment on proposals addressing certain issues. Comments due March 29*; replies April 28.  X-(' ") ,**'"ԌOrder Granting Extension of Time 4/20 (adopted 4/20); DA 99760 Amendment of the Commission's Rules to Update ISM Regulations and Promote  X'Deployment of New, High Bandwidth Communications Devices Granted The International Microwave Power Institute's motion for extension of time to extend the comment deadline in this proceeding. Comments now due May 19.  a 4# |\  P6G;:P# #|\  P6G;:P#OFFICE OF THE MANAGING DIRECTOR#Xj\  P6G; y XP#  X 4X (#  X ' MD 98200; NOI 12/4/98 (adopted 11/10/98); FCC 98298  X 'Assessment and Collection of Regulatory Fees for Fiscal Year 1999 The Commission began a rulemaking proceeding seeking comments and suggestions for revising its Schedule of Regulatory Fees in order to recover the amount of regulatory fees that Congress requires it to collect for Fiscal Year 1999. OMD Contact: Fee Hotline at (202) 4180192.  X' MD 98200; NPRM 3/24/99 (adopted 3/9/99); FCC 9944  X'Assessment and Collection of Regulatory Fees for Fiscal Year 1999 Commenced a proceeding to revise the FCC's Schedule of Regulatory Fees in order to collect the amount of regulatory fees that Congress, pursuant to section 9(a) of the Communications Act, as amended, has required the Commission to collect for Fiscal Year 1999. Comments due April 19*; replies April 29.