Minimum Customer Account Record Exchange Obligations on All Local and Interexchange Carriers, 2940-2942 [06-280]

Download as PDF erjones on PROD1PC68 with NOTICES 2940 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 11 / Wednesday, January 18, 2006 / Notices required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Public Law 104–13. An agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid control number. No person shall be subject to any penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act that does not display a valid control number. Comments are requested concerning (a) whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Commission, including whether the information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the Commission’s burden estimate; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on the respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology. DATES: Written Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) comments should be submitted on or before March 20, 2006. If you anticipate that you will be submitting comments, but find it difficult to do so within the period of time allowed by this notice, you should advise the contact listed below as soon as possible. ADDRESSES: You may submit all your Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) comments by e-mail or U.S. postal mail. To submit your comments by e-mail send them to PRA@fcc.gov. To submit your comments by U.S. mail, mark them to the attention of Cathy Williams, Federal Communications Commission, Room 1–C823, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information about the information collection(s) send an e-mail to PRA@fcc.gov or contact Cathy Williams at (202) 418–2918. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OMB Control Number: 3060–0161. Title: Section 73.61, AM Directional Antenna Field Strength Measurements. Form Number: Not applicable. Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection. Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities. Number of Respondents: 1,890. Estimated Time per Response: 4 hours. Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement. Total Annual Burden: 36,020 hours. Total Annual Cost: None. Privacy Impact Assessment: No impact(s). Needs and Uses: 47 CFR 73.61 requires that each AM station using VerDate Aug<31>2005 15:06 Jan 17, 2006 Jkt 208001 directional antennas to make field strength measurement as often as necessary to ensure proper directional antenna system operation. Stations not having approved sampling systems make field strength measurements every three months. Stations with approved sampling systems must take field strength measurements as often as necessary. Also, all AM station using directional signals must take partial proofs of performance as often as necessary. The FCC staff used the data in field inspections/investigations. AM licensees with directional antennas use the data to ensure that adequate interference protection is maintained between stations and to ensure proper operation of antennas. Federal Communications Commission. Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary. [FR Doc. 06–390 Filed 1–17–06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6712–10–M FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION [CG Docket No. 02–386; DA 05–3174] Minimum Customer Account Record Exchange Obligations on All Local and Interexchange Carriers Federal Communications Commission. ACTION: Notice; comments requested. AGENCY: SUMMARY: In this document, the Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau (Bureau) seeks comment on Mid America Computer Corporation’s (MACC’s) Petition for expedited interim waiver, on behalf of its client companies, of the Commission’s Customer Account Record Exchange (CARE) rules. The Petition asks the Commission to consider waiving the requirement that carriers indicate that the customer’s account is subject to a preferred interexchange carrier (PIC) freeze, and the requirement that carriers notify the interexchange carrier that the PIC change order is rejected as mandated by the CARE rules. DATES: Comments are due on or before February 2, 2006, and reply comments are due on or before February 13, 2006. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by [docket number and/or rulemaking number], by any of the following methods: • Federal eRulemaking Portal: https:// www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for submitting comments. • Federal Communications Commission’s Web Site: https:// PO 00000 Frm 00041 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 www.fcc.gov/cgb/ecfs/. Follow the instructions for submitting comments. • Mail: Parties who choose to file by paper should also submit their comment on diskette. These diskettes should be submitted, along with three paper copies to Kelli Farmer, Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau, Policy Division, 445 12th Street, SW., Room 5A866, Washington, DC 20554. Such a submission should be on a 3.5 inch diskette formatted in an IBM compatible formatted using Word 97 or compatible software. The diskette should be accompanied by a cover letter and should be submitted in ‘‘read only’’ mode. The diskette should be clearly labeled with the commenter’s name, proceeding (including the lead docket number in this case CG Docket No. 02– 386), type of pleading (comment or reply comment), date of submission, and the name of the electronic file on the diskette. The label should also include the following phrase: ‘‘Disk Copy-Not an Original.’’ Each diskette should contain only one party’s pleadings, preferably in a single electronic file. In addition, commenters must send diskette copies to the Commission’s contractor at Portals II, 445 12th Street, SW., Room CY–B402, Washington, DC 20554. • People with Disabilities: Contact the FCC to request reasonable accommodations (accessible format documents, sign language interpreters, CART, etc.) by e-mail: FCC504@fcc.gov or phone: 202–418–0530 or TTY: 202– 418–0432. For detailed instructions for submitting comments and additional information on the rulemaking process, see the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa Boehley, Consumer Policy Division, Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau, (202) 418–7395 (voice), Lisa.Boehley@fcc.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a summary of the Commission’s document, DA 05–3174, released December 12, 2005 regarding a petition filed by MACC against a Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking the Commission released on February 25, 2005, published at 70 FR 32258 (June 2, 2005). The full text of document DA 05–3174, the MACC’s submission, and copies of any subsequently filed documents in this matter will be available for public inspection and copying during regular business hours at the FCC Reference Information Center, Portals II, 445 12th Street, SW., Room CY–A257, Washington, DC 20554. Document DA E:\FR\FM\18JAN1.SGM 18JAN1 erjones on PROD1PC68 with NOTICES Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 11 / Wednesday, January 18, 2006 / Notices 05–3174, the MACC’s submission, and copies of subsequently filed documents in this matter may also be purchased from the Commission’s contractor at Portals II, 445 12th Street, SW., Room CY-B402, Washington, DC 20554. Customers may contact the Commission’s contractor at their Web site https://www.bcpiweb.com or call 1– 800–378–3160. A copy of the MACC’s submission may also be found by searching ECFS at https://www.fcc.gov/ cgb/ecfs (insert CG Docket No. 02–386 into the proceeding block). To request materials in accessible formats for people with disabilities (Braille, large print, electronic files, audio format), send an e-mail to fcc504@fcc.gov or call the Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau at 202– 418–0530 (voice), 202–418–0432 (TTY). Document DA 05–3174 can also be downloaded in Word or Portable Document Format (PDF) at https:// www.fcc.gov/cgb/policy. Pursuant to §§ 1.415 and 1.419 of the Commission’s rules, 47 CFR 1.415, 1.419, interested parties may file comments and reply comments on or before the dates indicated on the first page of this document. Comments may be filed using: (1) the Commission’s Electronic Comment Filing System (ECFS), (2) the Federal Government’s eRulemaking Portal, or (3) by filing paper copies. See Electronic Filing of Documents in Rulemaking Proceedings, 63 FR 24121 (1998). • Electronic Filers: Comments may be filed electronically using the Internet by accessing the ECFS: https://www.fcc.gov/ cgb/ecfs/ or the Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov. Filers should follow the instructions provided on the Web site for submitting comments. • For ECFS filers, if multiple docket or rulemaking numbers appear in the caption of this proceeding, filers must transmit one electronic copy of the comments for each docket or rulemaking number referenced in the caption. In completing the transmittal screen, filers should include their full name, U.S. Postal Service mailing address, and the applicable docket or rulemaking number. Parties may also submit an electronic comment by Internet e-mail. To get filing instructions, filers should send an email to ecfs@fcc.gov, and include the following words in the body of the message, ‘‘get form.’’ A sample form and directions will be sent in response. • Paper Filers: 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 VerDate Aug<31>2005 15:06 Jan 17, 2006 Jkt 208001 proceeding, filers must submit two additional copies for each additional docket or rulemaking number. Filings can be sent by hand or messenger delivery, by commercial overnight courier, or by first-class or overnight U.S. Postal Service mail (although the Commission continues to experience delays in receiving U.S. Postal Service mail). All filings must be addressed to the Commission’s Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Federal Communications Commission. • The Commission’s contractor will receive hand-delivered or messengerdelivered paper filings for the Commission’s Secretary at 236 Massachusetts Avenue, NE., Suite 110, Washington, DC 20002. The filing hours at this location are 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. All hand deliveries must be held together with rubber bands or fasteners. Any envelopes must be disposed of before entering the building. • Commercial overnight mail (other than U.S. Postal Service Express Mail and Priority Mail) must be sent to 9300 East Hampton Drive, Capitol Heights, MD 20743. • U.S. Postal Service first-class, Express, and Priority mail should be addressed to 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554. Synopsis On December 2, 2005, Mid America Computer Corporation (MACC) filed a petition on behalf of its client companies for expedited, interim waiver of requirements set forth in § 64.4002 of the Commission’s customer account record exchange (CARE) rules. See Petition for Expedited Interim Waiver of § 64.4002 of the Commission’s rules, filed by MACC, December 2, 2005 (Waiver Request). See also 47 CFR 64.4002 of the Commission rules. The CARE rules generally require interexchange carriers (IXCs) and local exchange carriers (LECs) to exchange certain customer account information that the Commission has determined is needed by carriers to properly bill their customers and to execute carrier change requests in a timely and efficient manner. See Rules and Regulations Implementing Minimum Customer Account Record Exchange Obligations on All Local and Interexchange Carriers, Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 20 FCC Record 4560 (released February 25, 2005). The CARE rules became effective on September 21, 2005. See Rules and Regulations Implementing Minimum Customer Account Record Exchange Obligations on All Local and Interexchange Carriers, published at 70 FR 55302 (September 21, 2005). PO 00000 Frm 00042 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 2941 MACC states that it provides billing and data processing services to small, rural incumbent LECs and, more recently, to competitive LECs that provide local and long distance telephone services. On behalf of its approximately 275 client companies, MACC asks the Commission for an interim waiver of subsection 64.4002(a)(7) and § 64.4002(c) of the Commission’s CARE rules until September 1, 2006. Subsection 64.4002(a)(7) of the Commission’s rules requires a LEC, upon receiving and processing a PIC selection submitted by a customer and placing the customer on the network of the customer’s preferred IXC at the LEC’s local switch, to provide certain customer account information to the IXC concerning the IXC’s new customer. This would include, as relevant here, a notification that the IXC customer’s account is subject to a PIC freeze. See 47 CFR 64.4002(a)(7) of the Commission’s rules. Section 64.4002(c) of the Commission’s rules requires a LEC to notify an IXC when the LEC has rejected or otherwise has not acted upon an IXC-submitted PIC change order and to provide the reason(s) why the PIC change order could not be processed. See 47 CFR 64.4002(c) of the Commission’s rules. MACC represents that it seeks an interim waiver only with respect to the two provisions of the Commission’s CARE rules referenced above and that its processing services are ‘‘in compliance’’ with other requirements established in the CARE order. MACC contends that a grant of its Waiver Request is needed to allow it ‘‘sufficient time to complete [its] development of the software’’ required by MACC’s clients to fully comply with the Commission’s February 2005 CARE order. According to MACC, an interim waiver would allow it to include the programming changes needed to implement these two requirements in its next regularly-scheduled release of its operating support system product ‘‘without significant costs to its small rural LEC clients.’’ Combining and incorporating the software solutions addressing these requirements with the ‘‘regularlyscheduled release of its operating support system product,’’ according to MACC, will avoid the need to issue ‘‘numerous updates’’ and thus limit the costs of any required updates to its clients. E:\FR\FM\18JAN1.SGM 18JAN1 2942 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 11 / Wednesday, January 18, 2006 / Notices Federal Communications Commission. Jay Keithley, Deputy Bureau Chief, Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau. [FR Doc. 06–280 Filed 1–17–06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6712–01–P FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION [CG Docket No. 03–123; DA 06–23] National Exchange Carrier Association’s Request To Withdraw Its Petition for Interim Waiver and Rulemaking Concerning the Compensation of Wireless Telecommunications Relay Service (TRS) is Granted Federal Communications Commission. ACTION: Notice; petition for rulemaking; withdrawal. AGENCY: In this document, the Commission grants NECA’s request to withdraw its Petition for Interim Waiver and Rulemaking (Petition) concerning the compensation of wireless TRS calls. The Commission grants the request without prejudice to NECA (or any other interested entity) filing a future petition of this issue. DATES: Effective January 6, 2006. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas Chandler, Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau, Disability Rights Office at (202) 418–1475 (voice), (202) 418–0597 (TTY), or e-mail Thomas.Chandler@fcc.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 13, 2003, the Commission released Public Notice DA 03–1939, in CC Docket No. 98–67, which published in the Federal Register on June 23, 2003 (68 FR 37158), seeking comment on NECA’s July 22, 2002 Petition for Interim Waiver and Rulemaking concerning the compensation of wireless TRS calls. This is a summary of the Commission’s document DA 06– 23, released January 6, 2006 in CG Docket No. 03–123. The full text of document DA 06–23 and copies of any subsequently filed documents in this matter will be available for public inspection and copying during regular business hours at the FCC Reference Information Center, Portals II, 445 12th Street, SW., Room CY–A257, Washington, DC 20554. Document DA 06–23 and copies of subsequently filed documents in this matter may also be purchased from the Commission’s duplicating contractor at Portals II, 445 12th Street, SW., Room CY–B402, Washington, DC 20554. Customers may contact the Commission’s contractor at their Web site www.bcpiweb.com or by calling 1–800–378–3160. A copy of the Petition for Rulemaking may also be found by searching ECFS at https:// www.fcc.gov/cgb/ecfs (insert CG Docket No. 03–123 into the proceeding block). To request materials in accessible formats for people with disabilities (Braille, large print, electronic files, audio format), send an e-mail to fcc504@fcc.gov or call the Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau at (202) 418–0530 (voice), (202) 418–0432 (TTY). Document DA 06–23 can also be downloaded in Word or Portable Document Format (PDF) at: https:// www.fcc.gov/cgb/dro. Federal Communications Commission. Jay Keithley, Deputy Chief, Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau. [FR Doc. 06–389 Filed 1–17–06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6712–01–P erjones on PROD1PC68 with NOTICES SUMMARY: VerDate Aug<31>2005 15:06 Jan 17, 2006 Jkt 208001 FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM Agency Information Collection Activities: Announcement of Board Approval Under Delegated Authority and Submission to OMB Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. SUMMARY: Background. Notice is hereby given of the final approval of proposed information collections by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) under OMB delegated authority, as per 5 CFR 1320.16 (OMB Regulations on Controlling Paperwork Burdens on the Public). Board–approved collections of information are incorporated into the official OMB inventory of currently approved collections of information. Copies of the OMB 83–Is and supporting statements and approved collection of information instrument(s) are placed into OMB’s public docket files. The Federal Reserve may not conduct or sponsor, and the respondent is not required to respond to, an information collection that has been extended, revised, or implemented on or after October 1, 1995, unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Federal Reserve Board Clearance Officer –Michelle Long––Division of Research and Statistics, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Washington, DC 20551 (202–452–3829). OMB Desk Officer–Mark Menchik–– Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, AGENCY: PO 00000 Frm 00043 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503, or e-mail to mmenchik@omb.eop.gov. Final approval under OMB delegated authority the extension for three years, without revision, of the following reports: 1. Report title: Recordkeeping and Disclosure Requirements in Connection with Regulation B (Equal Credit Opportunity) Agency form number: Reg B OMB control number: 7100–0201 Frequency: Event–generated Reporters: State member banks, branches and agencies of foreign banks (other than federal branches, federal agencies, and insured state branches of foreign banks), commercial lending companies owned or controlled by foreign banks, and Edge and agreement corporations. Annual reporting hours: 189,540 hours Estimated average hours per response: Notice of action, 2.5 minutes; credit history reporting, 2 minutes; recordkeeping for applications & actions, 8 hours; monitoring data, 0.50 minutes; appraisal report upon request, 5 minutes; notice of right to appraisal, 0.25 minutes; recordkeeping of self test, 2 hours; recordkeeping of corrective action, 8 hours; and disclosure of optional self–test, 1 minute. Number of respondents: 1,341 General description of report: This information collection is mandatory (15 U.S.C. 1691(b)(a)(1)). The adverse action disclosure is confidential between the institution and the consumer involved. Since the Federal Reserve does not collect any information, no issue of confidentiality normally arises. However, the information may be protected from disclosure under the exemptions (b)(4), (6), and (8) of the Freedom of Information Act (5 USC 522(b)). Abstract: The Equal Credit Opportunity Act (the Act) and Regulation B prohibit discrimination in any aspect of a credit transaction because of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, marital status, age, or other specified bases. To aid in implementation of this prohibition, the statute and regulation also subject creditors to various mandatory disclosure requirements, notification provisions, credit history reporting, monitoring rules, and recordkeeping requirements. These requirements are triggered by specific events and disclosures must be provided within the time periods established by the Act and regulation. 2. Report title: Recordkeeping and Disclosure Requirements in Connection E:\FR\FM\18JAN1.SGM 18JAN1

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[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 11 (Wednesday, January 18, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2940-2942]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-280]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[CG Docket No. 02-386; DA 05-3174]


Minimum Customer Account Record Exchange Obligations on All Local 
and Interexchange Carriers

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Notice; comments requested.

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SUMMARY: In this document, the Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau 
(Bureau) seeks comment on Mid America Computer Corporation's (MACC's) 
Petition for expedited interim waiver, on behalf of its client 
companies, of the Commission's Customer Account Record Exchange (CARE) 
rules. The Petition asks the Commission to consider waiving the 
requirement that carriers indicate that the customer's account is 
subject to a preferred interexchange carrier (PIC) freeze, and the 
requirement that carriers notify the interexchange carrier that the PIC 
change order is rejected as mandated by the CARE rules.

DATES: Comments are due on or before February 2, 2006, and reply 
comments are due on or before February 13, 2006.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by [docket number and/or 
rulemaking number], by any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
     Federal Communications Commission's Web Site: https://
www.fcc.gov/cgb/ecfs/. Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
     Mail: Parties who choose to file by paper should also 
submit their comment on diskette. These diskettes should be submitted, 
along with three paper copies to Kelli Farmer, Consumer & Governmental 
Affairs Bureau, Policy Division, 445 12th Street, SW., Room 5-A866, 
Washington, DC 20554. Such a submission should be on a 3.5 inch 
diskette formatted in an IBM compatible formatted using Word 97 or 
compatible software. The diskette should be accompanied by a cover 
letter and should be submitted in ``read only'' mode. The diskette 
should be clearly labeled with the commenter's name, proceeding 
(including the lead docket number in this case CG Docket No. 02-386), 
type of pleading (comment or reply comment), date of submission, and 
the name of the electronic file on the diskette. The label should also 
include the following phrase: ``Disk Copy-Not an Original.'' Each 
diskette should contain only one party's pleadings, preferably in a 
single electronic file. In addition, commenters must send diskette 
copies to the Commission's contractor at Portals II, 445 12th Street, 
SW., Room CY-B402, Washington, DC 20554.
     People with Disabilities: Contact the FCC to request 
reasonable accommodations (accessible format documents, sign language 
interpreters, CART, etc.) by e-mail: FCC504@fcc.gov or phone: 202-418-
0530 or TTY: 202-418-0432.
    For detailed instructions for submitting comments and additional 
information on the rulemaking process, see the SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION section of this document.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa Boehley, Consumer Policy 
Division, Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau, (202) 418-7395 
(voice), Lisa.Boehley@fcc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a summary of the Commission's 
document, DA 05-3174, released December 12, 2005 regarding a petition 
filed by MACC against a Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed 
Rulemaking the Commission released on February 25, 2005, published at 
70 FR 32258 (June 2, 2005). The full text of document DA 05-3174, the 
MACC's submission, and copies of any subsequently filed documents in 
this matter will be available for public inspection and copying during 
regular business hours at the FCC Reference Information Center, Portals 
II, 445 12th Street, SW., Room CY-A257, Washington, DC 20554. Document 
DA

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05-3174, the MACC's submission, and copies of subsequently filed 
documents in this matter may also be purchased from the Commission's 
contractor at Portals II, 445 12th Street, SW., Room CY-B402, 
Washington, DC 20554. Customers may contact the Commission's contractor 
at their Web site https://www.bcpiweb.com or call 1-800-378-3160. A copy 
of the MACC's submission may also be found by searching ECFS at https://
www.fcc.gov/cgb/ecfs (insert CG Docket No. 02-386 into the proceeding 
block).
    To request materials in accessible formats for people with 
disabilities (Braille, large print, electronic files, audio format), 
send an e-mail to fcc504@fcc.gov or call the Consumer & Governmental 
Affairs Bureau at 202-418-0530 (voice), 202-418-0432 (TTY). Document DA 
05-3174 can also be downloaded in Word or Portable Document Format 
(PDF) at https://www.fcc.gov/cgb/policy. 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 and reply comments on or before the dates 
indicated on the first page of this document. Comments may be filed 
using: (1) the Commission's Electronic Comment Filing System (ECFS), 
(2) the Federal Government's eRulemaking Portal, or (3) by filing paper 
copies. See Electronic Filing of Documents in Rulemaking Proceedings, 
63 FR 24121 (1998).
     Electronic Filers: Comments may be filed electronically 
using the Internet by accessing the ECFS: https://www.fcc.gov/cgb/ecfs/ or the Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov. Filers 
should follow the instructions provided on the Web site for submitting 
comments.
     For ECFS filers, if multiple docket or rulemaking numbers 
appear in the caption of this proceeding, filers must transmit one 
electronic copy of the comments for each docket or rulemaking number 
referenced in the caption. In completing the transmittal screen, filers 
should include their full name, U.S. Postal Service mailing address, 
and the applicable docket or rulemaking number. Parties may also submit 
an electronic comment by Internet e-mail. To get filing instructions, 
filers should send an e-mail to ecfs@fcc.gov, and include the following 
words in the body of the message, ``get form.'' A sample form and 
directions will be sent in response.
     Paper Filers: 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, 
filers must submit two additional copies for each additional docket or 
rulemaking number. Filings can be sent by hand or messenger delivery, 
by commercial overnight courier, or by first-class or overnight U.S. 
Postal Service mail (although the Commission continues to experience 
delays in receiving U.S. Postal Service mail). All filings must be 
addressed to the Commission's Secretary, Office of the Secretary, 
Federal Communications Commission.
     The Commission's contractor will receive hand-delivered or 
messenger-delivered paper filings for the Commission's Secretary at 236 
Massachusetts Avenue, NE., Suite 110, Washington, DC 20002. The filing 
hours at this location are 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. All hand deliveries must be 
held together with rubber bands or fasteners. Any envelopes must be 
disposed of before entering the building.
     Commercial overnight mail (other than U.S. Postal Service 
Express Mail and Priority Mail) must be sent to 9300 East Hampton 
Drive, Capitol Heights, MD 20743.
     U.S. Postal Service first-class, Express, and Priority 
mail should be addressed to 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554.

Synopsis

    On December 2, 2005, Mid America Computer Corporation (MACC) filed 
a petition on behalf of its client companies for expedited, interim 
waiver of requirements set forth in Sec.  64.4002 of the Commission's 
customer account record exchange (CARE) rules. See Petition for 
Expedited Interim Waiver of Sec.  64.4002 of the Commission's rules, 
filed by MACC, December 2, 2005 (Waiver Request). See also 47 CFR 
64.4002 of the Commission rules. The CARE rules generally require 
interexchange carriers (IXCs) and local exchange carriers (LECs) to 
exchange certain customer account information that the Commission has 
determined is needed by carriers to properly bill their customers and 
to execute carrier change requests in a timely and efficient manner. 
See Rules and Regulations Implementing Minimum Customer Account Record 
Exchange Obligations on All Local and Interexchange Carriers, Report 
and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 20 FCC Record 4560 
(released February 25, 2005). The CARE rules became effective on 
September 21, 2005. See Rules and Regulations Implementing Minimum 
Customer Account Record Exchange Obligations on All Local and 
Interexchange Carriers, published at 70 FR 55302 (September 21, 2005).
    MACC states that it provides billing and data processing services 
to small, rural incumbent LECs and, more recently, to competitive LECs 
that provide local and long distance telephone services. On behalf of 
its approximately 275 client companies, MACC asks the Commission for an 
interim waiver of subsection 64.4002(a)(7) and Sec.  64.4002(c) of the 
Commission's CARE rules until September 1, 2006. Subsection 
64.4002(a)(7) of the Commission's rules requires a LEC, upon receiving 
and processing a PIC selection submitted by a customer and placing the 
customer on the network of the customer's preferred IXC at the LEC's 
local switch, to provide certain customer account information to the 
IXC concerning the IXC's new customer. This would include, as relevant 
here, a notification that the IXC customer's account is subject to a 
PIC freeze. See 47 CFR 64.4002(a)(7) of the Commission's rules. Section 
64.4002(c) of the Commission's rules requires a LEC to notify an IXC 
when the LEC has rejected or otherwise has not acted upon an IXC-
submitted PIC change order and to provide the reason(s) why the PIC 
change order could not be processed. See 47 CFR 64.4002(c) of the 
Commission's rules.
    MACC represents that it seeks an interim waiver only with respect 
to the two provisions of the Commission's CARE rules referenced above 
and that its processing services are ``in compliance'' with other 
requirements established in the CARE order. MACC contends that a grant 
of its Waiver Request is needed to allow it ``sufficient time to 
complete [its] development of the software'' required by MACC's clients 
to fully comply with the Commission's February 2005 CARE order. 
According to MACC, an interim waiver would allow it to include the 
programming changes needed to implement these two requirements in its 
next regularly-scheduled release of its operating support system 
product ``without significant costs to its small rural LEC clients.''
    Combining and incorporating the software solutions addressing these 
requirements with the ``regularly-scheduled release of its operating 
support system product,'' according to MACC, will avoid the need to 
issue ``numerous updates'' and thus limit the costs of any required 
updates to its clients.


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Federal Communications Commission.
Jay Keithley,
Deputy Bureau Chief, Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau.
[FR Doc. 06-280 Filed 1-17-06; 8:45 am]
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