******************************************************** NOTICE ******************************************************** This document was converted from WordPerfect to ASCII Text format. Content from the original version of the document such as headers, footers, footnotes, endnotes, graphics, and page numbers will not show up in this text version. All text attributes such as bold, italic, underlining, etc. from the original document will not show up in this text version. Features of the original document layout such as columns, tables, line and letter spacing, pagination, and margins will not be preserved in the text version. If you need the complete document, download the WordPerfect version or Adobe Acrobat version, if available. ***************************************************************** Before the Federal Communications Commission Washington, D.C. 20554 ) In the Matter of ) )CC Docket No. 96-45 Federal-State Joint Board on ) Universal Service ) ) ERRATA Released: July 24, 1997 By the Deputy Chief, Common Carrier Bureau: On July 10, 1997, the Federal Communications Commission adopted and released an Order on Reconsideration (FCC 97-246) in the above-captioned proceeding. On July 15, 1997, the Deputy Chief, Common Carrier Bureau released an Erratum to the Order on Reconsideration. These additional errata correct the following errors: Amend the first part of the first sentence of paragraph 20 to read as follows: "Based on the conclusions set forth in Appendix B, we modify the existing formula as follows: for study areas with 6,000 or fewer working loops the amount per working loop shall be [$27.12-(0.002 x the number of working loops)] x 1.15 or 1.15 x $8,266 / the number of working loops, whichever is greater; . . . ." Amend the second sentence in footnote 48 by replacing "date" with "data." Amend Part 36 of Title 47 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) by amending section 36.621(a)(4) as follows:  36.621Study area total unseparated loop cost. (a) * * * (4) Corporate Operations Expenses, Operating Taxes and the benefits and rent portions of operating expenses, as reported in  36.611(a)(5) attributable to investment in C&WF Category 1.3 and COE Category 4.13. This amount is calculated by multiplying the total amount of these expenses and taxes by the ratio of the unseparated gross exchange plant investment in C&WF Category 1.3 and COE Category 4.13, as reported in  36.611(a)(1) of this part, to the unseparated gross telecommunications plant investment, as reported in  36.611(a)(6) of this part. Total Corporate Operations Expense, for purposes of calculating universal service support payments beginning January 1, 1998, shall be limited to the lesser of: (i) * * * (ii) a per-line amount computed according to paragraphs (a)(4)(ii)(A), (a)(4)(ii)(B), and (a)(4)(ii)(C) of this section. * * * (A) For study areas with 6,000 or fewer working loops; [($27.12 minus (0.002 times the number of working loops)) times 1.15] or [1.15 x $8,266 divided by the number of working loops], whichever is greater. (B) * * * (C) * * * Amend the third sentence of footnote 1 in Appendix B by replacing "$60.00" with "$74.00". FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Kathleen B. Levitz Deputy Chief, Common Carrier Bureau