Federal Register: August 17, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 158)
DOCID: FR Doc 04-18804
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Federal Communications Commission
Docket ID: [CC Docket Nos. 94-1, 96-262; DA 04-2475]
NOTICE: NOTICES
ACTION: Common carrier services:
DOCUMENT ACTION: Notice.
SUBJECT CATEGORY:
Reconsideration of 1997 Price Cap Review Order
DATES: Comments due September 16, 2004, and reply comments due Ocrober 18, 2004.
DOCUMENT SUMMARY:
This document requests that parties that filed petitions for reconsideration of a 1997 Commission order adopting rules applicable to price cap local exchange carriers file supplemental notices indicating whether they wish to pursue any issues in those petitions. Subsequent rule changes may have mooted the issues in those petitions for reconsideration. To the extent parties do not indicate an intent to pursue their respective petitions for reconsideration, the Commission will consider such petitions withdrawn and will dismiss them.
SUMMARY:
Access charges—; Local exchange carriers; price cap rules; reconsideration petitions request,
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
Pursuant to the Commission's rules governing petitions for reconsideration, 47 CFR 1.106, the Wireline Competition Bureau (the Bureau) invites interested parties to update the record pertaining to petitions for reconsideration filed with respect to the 1997 Price Cap Review Order, 62 FR 31939, June 11, 1997.
On May 21, 1997, the Commission released the 1997 Price Cap Review Order, which established a 6.5 percent productivitybased Xfactor and eliminated the sharing requirements in the Commission's price cap rules. Several parties filed petitions for reconsideration of that order. Since then the rules adopted in the 1997 Price Cap Review Order have been the subject of both litigation and additional orders, including the CALLS Order, 65 FR 38684, June 21, 2000. Issues raised in the pending petitions for reconsideration may therefore have become moot or irrelevant. As a result, it is not clear what issues arising out of the 1997 Price Cap Review Order, if any, remain in dispute. Moreover, because the CALLS Order arose out of a voluntary proposal representing a large consensus in the industry, the earlier concerns raised by the petitions for reconsideration already may have been addressed. Finally, because the petitions for reconsideration were filed several years ago, the passage of time and intervening developments may have rendered the records developed by those petitions stale.
For these reasons, the Bureau requests that parties that filed petitions for reconsideration of the 1997 Price Cap Review Order now file a supplemental notice indicating those issues that they still wish to be reconsidered. In addition, parties may refresh the record with any new information or arguments that they believe to be relevant to deciding such issues. To the extent parties do not indicate an intent to pursue their respective petitions for reconsideration, the Commission will deem such petitions withdrawn and will dismiss them. The refreshed record will enable the Commission to undertake appropriate reconsideration of its price cap and access charge rules.
Pursuant to Sec. Sec. 1.415 and 1.419 of the Commission's rules,
47 CFR 1.415, 1.419, interested parties may file comments on or before
September 16, 2004, and reply comments on or before October 18, 2004.
Comments may be filed using the Commission's Electronic Comment Filing
System (ECFS) or by filing paper copies. Comments filed through the
ECFS can be sent as an electronic file via the Internet to http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/ecfs/. Generally, only one copy of an electronic
submission must be filed. If multiple docket or rulemaking numbers
appear in the caption of the proceeding, commenters must transmit one
electronic copy of the comments to each docket or rulemaking number
referenced in the caption. In completing the transmittal screen,
commenters should include their full name, U.S. Postal Service mailing
address, and the applicable docket or rulemaking number, in this case,
CC Docket Nos. 941 and 96262. Parties may also submit an electronic
comment by Internet email. To get filing instructions for email
comments, commenters should send an email to ecfs@fcc.gov, and should
include the following words in the body of the message, ``get form.'' A
sample form and directions will be sent in reply. Parties who choose to
file by paper must file an original and four copies of each filing. If
more than one docket or rulemaking number appears in the caption of
this proceeding, commenters must submit two additional copies for each additional docket or rulemaking number.
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Filings can be sent by hand or messenger delivery, by commercial overnight courier, or by firstclass or overnight U.S. Postal Service mail (although we continue to experience delays in receiving U.S. Postal Service mail).
The Commission's contractor, Natek, Inc., will receive hand
delivered or messengerdelivered paper filings for the Commission's
Secretary at 236 Massachusetts Avenue, NE., Suite 110, Washington, DC 20002.
All filings must be addressed to the Commission's Secretary,
Marlene H. Dortch, Office of the Secretary, Federal Communications
Commission, Room TWA325, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554.
Parties should also send a copy of their filings to Jennifer McKee,
Pricing Policy Division, Wireline Competition Bureau, Federal
Communications Commission, Room 5A263, 445 12th Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20554, or by email to jennifer.mckee@fcc.gov. Parties
shall also serve one copy with the Commission's copy contractor, Best
Copy and Printing, Inc. (BCPI), Portals II, 445 12th Street, SW., Room
CYB402, Washington, DC 20554, (202) 4885300, or via email to
fcc@bcpiweb.com.
The original petitions for reconsideration filed by the parties in
CC Docket Nos. 941 and 96262 are available for public inspection and
copying during business hours at the FCC Reference Information Center,
Portals II, 445 12th Street, SW., Room CYA257, Washington, DC 20554.
The documents may also be purchased from BCPI, telephone (202) 488
5300, facsimile (202) 4885563, TTY (202) 4885562, or by email at
fcc@bcpiweb.com.
This matter shall be treated as a ``permitbutdisclose'' proceeding in accordance with the Commission's ex parte rules, 47 CFR 1.1200 et seq. Persons making oral ex parte presentations are reminded that memoranda summarizing the presentations must contain summaries of the substance of the presentations and not merely a listing of the subjects discussed. More than a oneor twosentence description of the views and arguments presented generally is required. Other requirements pertaining to oral and written presentations are set forth in Sec. 1.1206(b) of the Commission's rules, 47 CFR 1.1206(b).
Authority: 47 U.S.C. 152, 154, 155, 303; 47 CFR 0.291, 1.429. Federal Communications Commission.
Jeffrey J. Carlisle,
Acting Chief, Wireline Competition Bureau.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
Jennifer McKee, Wireline Competition Bureau, Pricing Policy Division, (202) 4181530,
jennifer.mckee@fcc.gov.