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DA 14-1701
November 24, 2014
FCC Docket Nos. 10-44, 14-206, 14-207, 14-208, 14-209, 14-210, 14-211, 14-212, 14-213, 14-214, 14-215, 14-216, 14-217, 14-218, 14-219, 14-220, 14-221, 14-222, 14-223, 14-227
Enforcement Bureau Announces Effective Date for Voluntary Electronic Filing
In Section 208 and Section 224 Complaint Proceedings
On November 12, 2014, the Commission released an order requiring electronic filing through the Commission's Electronic Comment Filing System (ECFS) in two categories of cases: (1) formal complaints under Section 208 of the Communications Act (Act) and (2) pole attachment complaints under Section 224 of the Act. The MDRD ECFS Rulemaking Order authorized parties to use ECFS to file voluntarily all pleadings in such cases ten days after the release of the Order. Mandatory electronic filing will begin thirty days after publication of the revised rules in the Federal Register.
Today, the Enforcement Bureau announces that parties may begin to file electronically as of tomorrow, Tuesday, November 25. Attached hereto is an Appendix that lists for each pending complaint proceeding a new ECFS docket number along with the existing Bureau identification number. The Bureau will release a subsequent notice announcing the date when e-filing will become mandatory.
When voluntarily e-filing an initial Section 208 formal complaint or Section 224 pole attachment complaint, a complainant must select either "Section 208 Complaint: Restricted Proceedings" or "Section 224 Pole Attachment Complaint: Restricted Proceedings" from the "Submit a Non-Docketed Filing" module of ECFS. In contrast, when voluntarily e-filing a pleading in an existing Section 208 formal complaint or Section 224 pole attachment complaint proceeding, a party must select "Submit a Filing" and enter the assigned EB Docket No. as the ECFS "Proceeding Number." Under "Details," select the appropriate "Type of Filing" and enter the "Bureau Identification Number" listed below. "File Number" and "Report Number" may be left blank.
If a pleading includes confidential information, the party should file a redacted version of the pleading on ECFS and file the confidential version with the Office of the Secretary. Parties should file the redacted and confidential versions of pleadings on the same day. Anything submitted to ECFS will become public. Contact ECFS Help immediately at ecfshelp@fcc.gov, or 202-418-1413, if there is a filing error.
When filing a complaint electronically, a complainant no longer needs to submit a hard copy of the complaint with the fee payment to US Bank. Instead, the complainant should transmit the complaint filing fee electronically to a designated payment center and then file the complaint electronically using ECFS. One option is the Commission's Fee Filer System (http://www.fcc.gov/encyclopedia/fee-filer), which provides for online payment of the "application" complaint filing fee, as well as immediate payment verification, and assists the filer in completing Form 159 online (both documents must be filed with the complaint).
Electronic filing is not available for section 208 carrier-to-carrier informal complaints. Consumers and businesses may continue to file electronic informal complaints at http://www.fcc.gov/complaints, which is managed by the Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau.
We remind potential filers that Section 208 formal complaint and Section 224 pole attachment complaint proceedings are restricted for purposes of the ex parte rules and generally closed for public comment. The rule changes in the MDRD ECFS Rulemaking Order do not affect this restricted status.
Appendix A: MDRD ECFS Proceeding and Bureau Identification Numbers
Proceeding Number
Bureau Identification Number
Complainant
Defendant
14-207
EB-04-MD-006
Earthlink, Inc.
SBC Advanced Solutions & SBC Comm.
14-208
EB-08-MD-008
North County Comm.
Cricket Comm.
14-209
EB-09-MD-010
AT&T
All American Tel. Co.
14-210
EB-12-MD-002
Charter Communications
Georgia Power Company
14-211
EB-13-MD-001
LSSi & Volt Delta
Comcast
14-212
EB-13-MD-006
NTCH, Inc.
Cellco Partnership dba Verizon Wireless
14-213
EB-13-MD-007
Frontier Communications
Duke Energy Progress Inc.
14-214
EB-14-MD-001
Frontier Communications
Duke Energy Carolinas, Inc.
14-215
EB-14-MD-002
Frontier Communications
Duke Energy Carolinas, Inc.
14-216
EB-14-MD-003
Verizon Florida LLC
Florida Power and Light Company
14-217
EB-14-MD-007
Commonwealth & CTSI Company
UGI Utilities, Inc.
14-218
EB-14-MD-008
Frontier Communications
FirstEnergy
14-219
EB-14-MD-009
Edward Ryan
Verizon
14-220
EB-14-MD-010
Foreman Seeley Fountain Inc.
TW Telecom Holdings, Inc.
14-221
EB-14-MD-011
Worldcall Interconnect
AT&T
14-222
EB-14-MD-013
AT&T
Great Lakes and Westphalia Tel. Co.
14-223
EB-14-MD-014
Sprint
North County Comm.
14-227
EB-14-MD-015
Fiber Technologies
Duke Energy Indiana