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47 CFR Part 64
[CG Docket No. 02–386; FCC 06–134]
Rules and Regulations Implementing
Minimum Customer Account Record
Exchange Obligations on All Local and
Interexchange Carriers
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Final rule.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In this document, the
Commission adopts minor
modifications of the Commission’s
customer account record exchange
(CARE) rules. The Commission
concluded that minor modifications to
its rules are needed to clarify carriers’
respective obligations under that section
in order to ensure accurate billing of
end user customers, and to execute end
user customer requests in a timely
manner.
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The rules in this document
contain information collection
requirements that have not been
approved by the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB). The Commission
will publish a document in the Federal
Register announcing the effective date
for these rules. Written comments by the
public on the new and modified
information collections are due
February 12, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Federal Communications
Commission, 445 12th Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20554.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
David Marks, Consumer &
Governmental Affairs Bureau at (202)
418–0347 (voice), or e-mail
David.Marks@fcc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On
February 25, 2005, the Commission
released a Report and Order and Further
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (Report
and Order), Rules and Regulations
Implementing Minimum Customer
Account Record Exchange Obligations
on All Local and Interexchange Carriers,
published at 70 FR 32258, June 2, 2005
in which it established mandatory,
minimum standards governing the
exchange of customer account
information between local exchange
carriers (LECs) and interexchange
carriers (IXCs). On August 9, 2005, the
Commission released a public notice
requesting comment on proposed
clarifications and modifications to the
rules (see Consumer & Governmental
Affairs Bureau Seeks Comment on
Proposed Modifications/Clarifications to
Rules Governing the Exchange of
Customer Account Information Between
Local and Long Distance Carriers, CG
Docket No. 02–386, Public Notice, DA
05–2266, 70 FR 53137 (Sept. 7, 2005)
(Public Notice)). This is a summary of
the Commission’s Order on
Reconsideration, CG Docket No. 02–386,
FCC 06–134, adopted September 6,
2003, and released September 13, 2006.
This document contains new
information collection requirements
subject to the PRA of 1995, Public Law
104–13. These requirements will be
submitted to OMB for review under
section 3507(d) of the PRA. OMB, the
general public, and other Federal
agencies are invited to comment on the
new information collection
requirements contained in this
proceeding. In addition to filing
comments with the Secretary, a copy of
any comments on the Paperwork
Reduction Act (PRA) information
collection requirements contained
herein should be submitted to Leslie
Smith, Federal Communications
Commission, Room 1–C216, 445 12th
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Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554, or
via the Internet to Leslie.Smith@fcc.gov,
and to Allison E. Zaleski, OMB Desk
Officer, Room 10236 NEOB, 725 17th
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503, via
the Internet to Allison E.
Zaleski@omb.eop.gov or via fax at (202)
395–6466.
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.
The complete text of this document may
be purchased from the Commission’s
duplicating contractor, Best Copy and
Printing, at Portals II, 445 12th Street,
SW., Room CY–B402, Washington, DC
20554. Customers may contact the
Commission’s duplicating contractor at
its Web site: https://www.bcpiweb.com or
call 1–800–378–3160. 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) or
(202) 418–0432 (TTY).
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
Analysis
This document contains new
information collection requirements.
The Commission, as part of its
continuing effort to reduce paperwork
burdens, invites the general public to
comment on the information collection
requirements contained in the Order on
Reconsideration as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of
1995, Public Law 104–13. Public and
agency comments are due February 12,
2007. In addition, the Commission notes
that pursuant to the Small Business
Paperwork Relief Act of 2002, Public
Law 107–198, see 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(4),
the Commission previously sought
specific comment on how the
Commission might ‘‘further reduce the
information collection burden for small
business concerns with fewer than 25
employees.’’ In the present document,
the Commission undertook to minimize
the burden of the new rules on small
businesses and small entities. For
example, the rules adopted here do not
require the use of particular CARE codes
for the exchange of customer account
information. The Commission also does
not adopt specific performance
measurements for the timeliness and
completeness of the transfer of customer
account information between LECs and
IXCs. Finally, the Commission notes
that carriers subject to these
requirements may use a variety of
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transmission mediums (e.g., facsimile,
mail, electronic mail, cartridge) for the
required information exchanges. These
measures should substantially alleviate
any burdens on businesses with fewer
than 25 employees.
and is needed to confirm that the LEC
has properly identified the intended
recipient of a particular notification.
Synopsis
In this Order on Reconsideration, the
Commission concludes that minor
modifications to § 64.4002 are needed to
clarify carriers’ respective obligations
under that rule section. Section
64.4002(d) is modified to require that a
LEC notify an IXC when the LEC has
removed at its local switch a
presubscribed customer of the IXC in
connection with the customer’s
selection of ‘‘no-PIC’’ status. In this
context, the selection of ‘‘no-PIC’’ status
by the customer refers to the selection
of no carrier for interLATA service or no
carrier for intraLATA service. The
Commission concludes that this
modification is needed to ensure that an
IXC does not continue billing a
customer for non-usage-related monthly
charges where that customer has
contacted his current LEC or his current
IXC to select ‘‘no-PIC’’ status.
Section 64.4002(e) of the
Commission’s rules is modified to
include the effective date of any changes
to a customer’s local service account
and the carrier identification code of the
customer’s IXC among the categories of
information that must be provided to
the IXC by the LEC. The Commission
concludes that knowing the effective
date of account changes will help IXCs
to maintain accurate customer account
information and that including the
carrier identification code of the
customer’s IXC will enable an IXC to
verify that it is the proper recipient of
the transmitted information.
Section 64.4002(g) of the
Commission’s rules is modified to make
the information categories included in
§ 64.4002(g) consistent with those
included in other LEC notification
requirements.
Section 64.4002(g) also is modified to
require that when a customer changes
LECs, but wishes to retain his current
PIC, the new LEC must so notify the
current PIC so that the current PIC does
not erroneously assume, absent
additional notification from the new
LEC, that the customer also wishes to
cancel his current PIC.
Sections 64.4002(a)(6), (b)(6), (d)(5)
and (f)(5) of the Commission’s rules are
modified to substitute the phrase
‘‘carrier identification code of the IXC’’
for the phrase ‘‘carrier identification
code of the submitting LEC.’’ This
‘‘mirroring’’ of information back to the
IXC by the LEC serves as a ‘‘handshake’’
The Regulatory Flexibility Act of
1980, as amended (RFA), requires that a
regulatory flexibility analysis be
prepared for notice-and-comment
rulemaking proceedings, unless the
agency certifies that ‘‘the rule will not,
if promulgated, have a significant
economic impact on a substantial
number of small entities.’’ The RFA
generally defines the term ‘‘small
entity’’ as having the same meaning as
the terms ‘‘small business,’’ ‘‘small
organization,’’ and ‘‘small governmental
jurisdiction.’’ In addition, the term
‘‘small business’’ has the same meaning
as the term ‘‘small business concern’’
under the Small Business Act. A ‘‘small
business concern’’ is one which: (1) Is
independently owned and operated; (2)
is not dominant in its field of operation;
and (3) satisfies any additional criteria
established by the Small Business
Administration (SBA).
On August 9, 2005, the Commission
released a Public Notice seeking
comment on the Coalition’s proposed
clarifications and modifications to
§ 64.4002 of the Commission’s rules.
This Order on Reconsideration adopts
clarifications and modifications that are
in the nature of technical corrections to
the Commission’s customer account
record exchange rules that do not have
a significant economic impact on
entities subject to those rules. First, our
modification to § 64.4002(d) makes this
provision consistent with similar
notification requirements adopted in the
CARE Order simply by requiring a LEC
to confirm its receipt of a particular IXCinitiated notification with an
appropriate response. Similarly, we
adopt modifications to §§ 64.4002(e)
and (g) to include within the
information exchanges prescribed by
those section, the same standard
categories of information that carriers
routinely must provide in connection
with other notification obligations
adopted in the CARE Order. Changing
these two sections to parallel other
sections of the Commission’s CARE
rules simplifies and, thereby, reduces
the compliance burden. Lastly, we
modify §§ 64.4002(a)(6), (b)(6), (d)(5)
and (f)(5) to change the phrase ‘‘carrier
identification code of the submitting
LEC’’ to read ‘‘carrier identification code
of the submitting IXC.’’ This change
adds no additional compliance burden.
The Commission believes that the
compliance burden, and resulting
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economic impact on entities subject
thereto, will be de minimis.
Therefore, we certify for purposes of
the RFA that the clarifications and
modifications we adopt in this Order on
Reconsideration will not have a
significant economic impact on a
substantial number of small entities.
The Commission will send a copy of
the Order on Reconsideration, including
a copy of this Final Regulatory
Flexibility Certification (FRFC), to the
Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the SBA.
This final certification will also be
published in the Federal Register.
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Congressional Review Act
The Commission will send a copy of
the Order on Reconsideration, including
the FRFC, in a report to be sent to
Congress and the Comptroller General
pursuant to the Congressional Review
Act. In addition, the Commission will
send a copy of the Order on
Reconsideration, including this FRFC,
to the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the
Small Business Administration. A copy
of the Order on Reconsideration and
FRFC (or summaries thereof) will also
be published in the Federal Register.
(See 5 U.S.C. 604(b)).
Ordering Clauses
Pursuant to the authority contained in
sections 1–4, 201, 202, 222, 258, and
303(r) of the Communications Act of
1934, as amended; 47 U.S.C. 151–154,
201, 202, 222, 258, and 303(r), the Order
on Reconsideration Is Adopted.
Pursuant to the authority contained in
sections 1–4, 201, 202, 222, 258, and
303(r) of the Communications Act of
1934, as amended; 47 U.S.C. 151–154,
201, 202, 222, 258, and 303(r), part 64
of the Commission’s rules, 47 CFR part
64, Is Amended as set forth below.
Because many of the rules and
requirements contained in this Order on
Reconsideration and as set forth below
contain information collection
requirements under the PRA, the rules
and requirements Shall Not Become
Effective until the information
collection requirements have been
approved by OMB. The Commission
will publish a document in the Federal
Register announcing the effective date
of these rules.
Pursuant to the authority contained in
sections 1–4, 201, 202, 222, 258, and
303(r) of the Communications Act of
1934, as amended; 47 U.S.C. 151–154,
201, 202, 222, 258, and 303(r), and
§ 1.407 of the Commission’s rules, 47
CFR 1.407, the Request for Modification
filed by AT&T Corp, BellSouth
Corporation, Sprint Corporation, Qwest
Communications International Inc., and
VerizonCommunications, Inc. on April
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15, 2005, and June 15, 2005, is granted
in part and denied in part, to the extent
provided herein.
List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 64
Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, telecommunications,
telephone.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
Rule Changes
For the reasons discussed in the
preamble, the Federal Communications
Commission amends 47 CFR part 64 as
follows:
I
PART 64—MISCELLANEOUS RULES
RELATING TO COMMON CARRIERS
1. The authority citation continues to
read as follows:
I
Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154, 254(k); secs.
403(b)(2)(B), (c), Pub. L. 104–104, 110 Stat.
56. Interpret or apply 47 U.S.C. 201, 218, 222,
225, 226, 228, and 254(k) unless otherwise
noted.
2. Section 64.4002 is revised to read
as follows:
I
§ 64.4002
Notification obligations of LECs.
To the extent that the information is
reasonably available to a LEC, the LEC
shall provide to an IXC the customer
account information described in this
section consistent with § 64.4004.
Nothing in this section shall prevent a
LEC from providing additional customer
account information to an IXC to the
extent that such additional information
is necessary for billing purposes or to
properly execute a customer’s PIC order.
(a) Customer-submitted PIC order.
Upon receiving and processing a PIC
selection submitted by a customer and
placing the customer on the network of
the customer’s preferred interexchange
carrier at the LEC’s local switch, the
LEC must notify the IXC of this event.
The notification provided by the LEC to
the IXC must contain all of the customer
account information necessary to allow
for proper billing of the customer by the
IXC including but not limited to:
(1) The customer’s billing telephone
number, working telephone number,
and billing name and address;
(2) The effective date of the PIC
change;
(3) A statement describing the
customer type (i.e., business or
residential);
(4) A statement indicating, to the
extent appropriate, that the customer’s
telephone service listing is not printed
in a directory and is not available from
directory assistance or is not printed in
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a directory but is available from
directory assistance;
(5) The jurisdictional scope of the PIC
installation (i.e., intraLATA and/or
interLATA and/or international);
(6) The carrier identification code of
the IXC; and
(7) If relevant, a statement indicating
that the customer’s account is subject to
a PIC freeze. The notification also must
contain information, if relevant and to
the extent that it is available, reflecting
the fact that a customer’s PIC selection
was the result of:
(i) A move (an end user customer has
moved from one location to another
within a LEC’s service territory);
(ii) A change in responsible billing
party; or
(iii) The resolution of a PIC dispute.
(b) Confirmation of IXC-submitted PIC
order. When a LEC has placed a
customer on an IXC’s network at the
local switch in response to an IXCsubmitted PIC order, the LEC must send
a confirmation to the submitting IXC.
The confirmation provided by the LEC
to the IXC must include:
(1) The customer’s billing telephone
number, working telephone number,
and billing name and address;
(2) The effective date of the PIC
change;
(3) A statement describing the
customer type (i.e., business or
residential);
(4) A statement indicating, to the
extent appropriate, if the customer’s
telephone service listing is not printed
in a directory and is not available from
directory assistance, or is not printed in
a directory but is available from
directory assistance;
(5) The jurisdictional scope of the PIC
installation (i.e., intraLATA and/or
interLATA and/or international); and
(6) The carrier identification code of
the IXC. If the PIC order at issue
originally was submitted by an
underlying IXC on behalf of a toll
reseller, the confirmation provided by
the LEC to the IXC must indicate, to the
extent that this information is known, a
statement indicating that the customer’s
PIC is a toll reseller.
(c) Rejection of IXC-submitted PIC
order. When a LEC rejects or otherwise
does not act upon a PIC order submitted
to it by an IXC, the LEC must notify the
IXC and provide the reason(s) why the
PIC order could not be processed. The
notification provided by the LEC to the
IXC must state that it has rejected the
IXC-submitted PIC order and specify the
reason(s) for the rejection (e.g., due to a
lack of information, incorrect
information, or a PIC freeze on the
customer’s account). The notification
must contain the identical data elements
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that were provided to the LEC in the
original IXC-submitted PIC order (i.e.,
mirror image of the original order),
unless otherwise specified by this
paragraph. If a LEC rejects an IXCsubmitted PIC order for a multi-line
account (i.e., the customer has selected
the IXC as his PIC for two or more lines
or terminals associated with his billing
telephone number), the notification
provided by the LEC rejecting that order
must explain the effect of the rejection
with respect to each line (working
telephone number or terminal)
associated with the customer’s billing
telephone number. A LEC is not
required to generate a line-specific or
terminal-specific response, however,
and may communicate the rejection at
the billing telephone level, when the
LEC is unable to process an entire order,
including all working telephone
numbers and terminals associated with
a particular billing telephone number.
In addition, the notification must
indicate the jurisdictional scope of the
PIC order rejection (i.e., intraLATA and/
or interLATA and/or international). If a
LEC rejects a PIC order because:
(1) The customer’s telephone number
has been ported to another LEC; or
(2) The customer has otherwise
changed local service providers, the LEC
must include in its notification, to the
extent that it is available, the identity of
the customer’s new LEC.
(d) Customer contacts LEC or new IXC
to change PIC(s) or customer contacts
LEC or current IXC to change PIC to NoPIC. When a LEC has removed at its
local switch a presubscribed customer
from an IXC’s network in response to a
customer order, upon receipt of a
properly verified PIC order submitted by
another IXC, or in response to a
notification from the customer’s current
IXC relating to the customer’s request to
change his or her PIC to No-PIC, the LEC
must notify the customer’s former IXC
of this event. The LEC must provide to
the IXC the customer account
information that is necessary to allow
for proper final billing of the customer
by the IXC including but not limited to:
(1) The customer’s billing telephone
number, working telephone number,
and billing name and address;
(2) The effective date of the PIC
change;
(3) A description of the customer type
(i.e., business or residential);
(4) The jurisdictional scope of the
lines or terminals affected (i.e.,
intraLATA and/or interLATA and/or
international); and
(5) The carrier identification code of
the IXC. If a customer changes PICs but
retains the same LEC, the LEC is
responsible for notifying both the old
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PIC and new PIC of the PIC change. The
notification also must contain
information, if relevant and to the extent
that it is available, reflecting the fact
that a customer’s PIC removal was the
result of:
(i) The customer moving from one
location to another within the LEC’s
service territory, but where there is no
change in local service provider;
(ii) A change of responsible party on
an account; or
(iii) A disputed PIC selection.
(e) Particular changes to customer’s
local service account. When, according
to a LEC’s records, certain account or
line information changes occur on a
presubscribed customer’s account, the
LEC must communicate this information
to the customer’s PIC. For purposes of
this paragraph, the LEC must provide to
the appropriate IXC account change
information that is necessary for the IXC
to issue timely and accurate bills to its
customers including but not limited to:
(1) The customer’s billing telephone
number, working telephone number,
and billing name and address;
(2) The customer code assigned to that
customer by the LEC;
(3) The type of customer account (i.e.,
business or residential);
(4) The status of the customer’s
telephone service listing, to the extent
appropriate, as not printed in a
directory and not available from
directory assistance, or not printed in a
directory but available from directory
assistance; and
(5) The jurisdictional scope of the PIC
installation (i.e., intraLATA and/or
interLATA and/or international);
(6) The effective date of any change to
a customer’s local service account; and
(7) The carrier identification code of
the IXC. If there are changes to the
customer’s billing or working telephone
number, customer code, or customer
type, the LEC must supply both the old
and new information for each of these
categories.
(f) Local service disconnection. Upon
receipt of an end user customer’s
request to terminate his entire local
service account or disconnect one or
more lines (but not all lines) of a multiline account, the LEC must notify the
PIC(s) for the billing telephone number
or working telephone number on the
account of the account termination or
lines disconnected. In conjunction with
this notification requirement, the LEC
must provide to a customer’s PIC(s) all
account termination or single/multi-line
disconnection change information
necessary for the PIC(s) to maintain
accurate billing and PIC records,
including but not limited to:
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(1) The effective date of the
termination/disconnection; and
(2) The customer’s working and
billing telephone numbers and billing
name and address;
(3) The type of customer account (i.e.,
business or residential);
(4) The jurisdictional scope of the PIC
installation (i.e., intraLATA and/or
interLATA and/or international); and
(5) The carrier identification code of
the IXC.
(g) Change of local service provider.
When a customer changes LECs, the
customer’s former LEC must notify the
customer’s PIC(s) of the customer’s
change in LEC and, if known, the
identity of the customer’s new LEC. If
the customer also makes a PIC change,
the customer’s former LEC must also
notify the customer’s former PIC(s) of
the change. When a customer only
changes LECs, the new LEC must notify
the customer’s current PIC(s) that the
customer’s PIC selection has not
changed. If the customer also makes a
PIC change, the new LEC must notify
the customer’s new PIC of the
customer’s PIC selection. If the
customer’s former LEC is unable to
identify the customer’s new LEC, the
former LEC must notify the customer’s
PIC(s) of a local service disconnection as
described in paragraph (f).
(1) The required notifications also
must contain information, if relevant
and to the extent that it is available,
reflecting the fact that an account
change was the result of:
(i) The customer porting his number
to a new LEC;
(ii) A local resale arrangement
(customer has transferred to local
reseller); or
(iii) The discontinuation of a local
resale arrangement;
(2) The notification provided by the
LEC to the IXC must include:
(i) The customer’s billing telephone
number, working telephone number,
and, billing name and address;
(ii) The effective date of the change of
local service providers or PIC change;
(iii) A description of the customer
type (i.e., business or residential);
(iv) The jurisdictional scope of the
lines or terminals affected (i.e.,
intraLATA and/or interLATA and/or
international); and
(v) The carrier identification code of
the IXC.
(h) IXC requests for customer BNA
information. Upon the request of an
IXC, a LEC must provide the billing
name and address information
necessary to facilitate a customer’s
receipt of a timely, accurate bill for
services rendered and/or to prevent
fraud, regardless of the type of service
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the end user receives/has received from
the requesting carrier (i.e.,
presubscribed, dial-around, casual). In
response to an IXC’s BNA request for
ANI, a LEC must provide the BNA for
the submitted ANI along with:
(1) The working telephone number for
the ANI;
(2) The date of the BNA response;
(3) The carrier identification code of
the submitting IXC; and
(4) A statement indicating, to the
extent appropriate, if the customer’s
telephone service listing is not printed
in a directory and is not available from
directory assistance, or is not printed in
a directory but is available from
directory assistance. A LEC that is
unable to provide the BNA requested
must provide the submitting carrier
with the identical information
contained in the original BNA request
(i.e., the mirror image of the original
request), along with the specific
reason(s) why the requested information
could not be provided. If the BNA is not
available because the customer has
changed local service providers or
ported his telephone number, the LEC
must include the identity of the new
provider when this information is
available.
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149, at 71 FR 66460, November 15,
2006, which incorrectly defined some of
the ‘‘Data. Telemetry, telecommand and
computer communications emissions’’
under 47 CFR 97.3(c)(2)(ii) and (c)(2)(iii)
in the Amateur Radio Service
proceeding in WT Docket No. 04–140.
The Erratum corrects the rule
amendments in §§ 97.3(c)(2)(ii) and
(c)(2)(iii) of the Report and Order. The
overall effect of this action is to revise
§ 97.3(c)(2) to conform the rule to the
pertinent discussion in the text of the
Report and Order.
Need for Correction
As published, the final regulations
contain errors which may prove to be
misleading and need to be clarified.
List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 97
Radio.
Accordingly, 47 CFR part 97 is
corrected by making the following
correcting amendments:
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PART 97—AMATEUR RADIO SERVICE
1. The authority citation for part 97
continues to read as follows:
I
Authority: 48 Stat. 1066, 1082, as
amended; 47 U.S.C. 154, 303. Interpret or
apply 48 Stat. 1064–1068, 1081–1105, as
amended; 47 U.S.C. 151–155, 301–809,
unless otherwise noted.
2. Revise paragraph (c)(2) of § 97.3 to
read as follows:
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47 CFR Part 97
[WT Docket No. 04–140; DA 06–2379]
§ 97.3
Amateur Service Rules
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Correcting amendments.
hsrobinson on PROD1PC76 with RULES
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This document contains
corrections to the final regulations
which were published in the Federal
Register on Wednesday, November 15,
2006, (71 FR 66460). This amendment
will clarify that the 500 Hz limitation in
the definition applies only to the
emission types that were added to the
definition of data when these emissions
transmitted on amateur service
frequencies below 30 MHz.
DATES: Effective December 15, 2006.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
William T. Cross, Wireless
Telecommunications Bureau at (202)
418–0691, or TTY (202) 418–7233.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On October 10, 2006, the Commission
released a Report and Order, FCC 06–
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(2) Data. Telemetry, telecommand and
computer communications emissions
having (i) designators with A, C, D, F,
G, H, J or R as the first symbol, 1 as the
second symbol, and D as the third
symbol; (ii) emission J2D; and (iii)
emissions A1C, F1C, F2C, J2C, and J3C
having an occupied bandwidth of 500
Hz or less when transmitted on an
amateur service frequency below 30
MHz. Only a digital code of a type
specifically authorized in this part may
be transmitted.
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Federal Communications Commission.
Katherine M. Harris,
Deputy Chief, Mobility Services Division.
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National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration
49 CFR Part 571
[Docket No. NHTSA–2006–26299]
Federal Motor Vehicle Safety
Standards; Brake Hoses
National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration (NHTSA),
Department of Transportation.
ACTION: Final rule; delay of effective
date.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: NHTSA published a final rule
in December 2004 that amended the
Federal motor vehicle safety standard
on brake hoses, and announced an
effective date of December 20, 2006. The
agency has received several petitions for
reconsideration of the rule and a
petition to delay the effective date of the
final rule. To allow for more time to
respond to petitions for reconsideration,
and to give industry more time to meet
new requirements, this document delays
the effective date of the final rule for
one year, to December 20, 2007.
This decision was made after NHTSA
published a notice of proposed
rulemaking on November 15, 2006,
soliciting public comment on whether
the effective date should be extended.
All commenters wrote in support of
extending the effective date.
DATES: The effective date of the final
rule amending 49 CFR 571.106
published at 69 FR 76298 on December
20, 2004 is delayed until December 20,
2007. Optional early compliance
continues to be permitted as of February
18, 2005. Any petitions for
reconsideration of today’s final rule
must be received by NHTSA not later
than January 29, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Petitions for reconsideration
should refer to the docket number for
this action and be submitted to:
Administrator, National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration, 400
Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC
20590.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
technical issues you may call: Mr. Jeff
Woods, Vehicle Dynamics Division,
Office of Crash Avoidance Standards, at
(202) 366–6206. Mr. Woods’ FAX
number is: (202) 366–4921.
For legal issues, you may call Ms.
Dorothy Nakama, Office of the Chief
Counsel, at (202) 366–2992. Her FAX
number is: (202) 366–3820.
You may send mail to both of these
officials at the National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration, 400 Seventh
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590.
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47 CFR Part 64
[CG Docket No. 02-386; FCC 06-134]
Rules and Regulations Implementing Minimum Customer Account
Record Exchange Obligations on All Local and Interexchange Carriers
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: In this document, the Commission adopts minor modifications of
the Commission's customer account record exchange (CARE) rules. The
Commission concluded that minor modifications to its rules are needed
to clarify carriers' respective obligations under that section in order
to ensure accurate billing of end user customers, and to execute end
user customer requests in a timely manner.
DATES: The rules in this document contain information collection
requirements that have not been approved by the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB). The Commission will publish a document in the Federal
Register announcing the effective date for these rules. Written
comments by the public on the new and modified information collections
are due February 12, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20554.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Marks, Consumer & Governmental
Affairs Bureau at (202) 418-0347 (voice), or e-mail
David.Marks@fcc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On February 25, 2005, the Commission
released a Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
(Report and Order), Rules and Regulations Implementing Minimum Customer
Account Record Exchange Obligations on All Local and Interexchange
Carriers, published at 70 FR 32258, June 2, 2005 in which it
established mandatory, minimum standards governing the exchange of
customer account information between local exchange carriers (LECs) and
interexchange carriers (IXCs). On August 9, 2005, the Commission
released a public notice requesting comment on proposed clarifications
and modifications to the rules (see Consumer & Governmental Affairs
Bureau Seeks Comment on Proposed Modifications/Clarifications to Rules
Governing the Exchange of Customer Account Information Between Local
and Long Distance Carriers, CG Docket No. 02-386, Public Notice, DA 05-
2266, 70 FR 53137 (Sept. 7, 2005) (Public Notice)). This is a summary
of the Commission's Order on Reconsideration, CG Docket No. 02-386, FCC
06-134, adopted September 6, 2003, and released September 13, 2006.
This document contains new information collection requirements
subject to the PRA of 1995, Public Law 104-13. These requirements will
be submitted to OMB for review under section 3507(d) of the PRA. OMB,
the general public, and other Federal agencies are invited to comment
on the new information collection requirements contained in this
proceeding. In addition to filing comments with the Secretary, a copy
of any comments on the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) information
collection requirements contained herein should be submitted to Leslie
Smith, Federal Communications Commission, Room 1-C216, 445 12th
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Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554, or via the Internet to
Leslie.Smith@fcc.gov, and to Allison E. Zaleski, OMB Desk Officer, Room
10236 NEOB, 725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503, via the
Internet to Allison E. Zaleski@omb.eop.gov or via fax at (202) 395-
6466.
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. The complete text of
this document may be purchased from the Commission's duplicating
contractor, Best Copy and Printing, at Portals II, 445 12th Street,
SW., Room CY-B402, Washington, DC 20554. Customers may contact the
Commission's duplicating contractor at its Web site: https://
www.bcpiweb.com or call 1-800-378-3160. 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) or (202) 418-0432 (TTY).
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 Analysis
This document contains new information collection requirements. The
Commission, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork
burdens, invites the general public to comment on the information
collection requirements contained in the Order on Reconsideration as
required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Public Law 104-
13. Public and agency comments are due February 12, 2007. In addition,
the Commission notes that pursuant to the Small Business Paperwork
Relief Act of 2002, Public Law 107-198, see 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(4), the
Commission previously sought specific comment on how the Commission
might ``further reduce the information collection burden for small
business concerns with fewer than 25 employees.'' In the present
document, the Commission undertook to minimize the burden of the new
rules on small businesses and small entities. For example, the rules
adopted here do not require the use of particular CARE codes for the
exchange of customer account information. The Commission also does not
adopt specific performance measurements for the timeliness and
completeness of the transfer of customer account information between
LECs and IXCs. Finally, the Commission notes that carriers subject to
these requirements may use a variety of transmission mediums (e.g.,
facsimile, mail, electronic mail, cartridge) for the required
information exchanges. These measures should substantially alleviate
any burdens on businesses with fewer than 25 employees.
Synopsis
In this Order on Reconsideration, the Commission concludes that
minor modifications to Sec. 64.4002 are needed to clarify carriers'
respective obligations under that rule section. Section 64.4002(d) is
modified to require that a LEC notify an IXC when the LEC has removed
at its local switch a presubscribed customer of the IXC in connection
with the customer's selection of ``no-PIC'' status. In this context,
the selection of ``no-PIC'' status by the customer refers to the
selection of no carrier for interLATA service or no carrier for
intraLATA service. The Commission concludes that this modification is
needed to ensure that an IXC does not continue billing a customer for
non-usage-related monthly charges where that customer has contacted his
current LEC or his current IXC to select ``no-PIC'' status.
Section 64.4002(e) of the Commission's rules is modified to include
the effective date of any changes to a customer's local service account
and the carrier identification code of the customer's IXC among the
categories of information that must be provided to the IXC by the LEC.
The Commission concludes that knowing the effective date of account
changes will help IXCs to maintain accurate customer account
information and that including the carrier identification code of the
customer's IXC will enable an IXC to verify that it is the proper
recipient of the transmitted information.
Section 64.4002(g) of the Commission's rules is modified to make
the information categories included in Sec. 64.4002(g) consistent with
those included in other LEC notification requirements.
Section 64.4002(g) also is modified to require that when a customer
changes LECs, but wishes to retain his current PIC, the new LEC must so
notify the current PIC so that the current PIC does not erroneously
assume, absent additional notification from the new LEC, that the
customer also wishes to cancel his current PIC.
Sections 64.4002(a)(6), (b)(6), (d)(5) and (f)(5) of the
Commission's rules are modified to substitute the phrase ``carrier
identification code of the IXC'' for the phrase ``carrier
identification code of the submitting LEC.'' This ``mirroring'' of
information back to the IXC by the LEC serves as a ``handshake'' and is
needed to confirm that the LEC has properly identified the intended
recipient of a particular notification.
Final Regulatory Flexibility Certification
The Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980, as amended (RFA), requires
that a regulatory flexibility analysis be prepared for notice-and-
comment rulemaking proceedings, unless the agency certifies that ``the
rule will not, if promulgated, have a significant economic impact on a
substantial number of small entities.'' The RFA generally defines the
term ``small entity'' as having the same meaning as the terms ``small
business,'' ``small organization,'' and ``small governmental
jurisdiction.'' In addition, the term ``small business'' has the same
meaning as the term ``small business concern'' under the Small Business
Act. A ``small business concern'' is one which: (1) Is independently
owned and operated; (2) is not dominant in its field of operation; and
(3) satisfies any additional criteria established by the Small Business
Administration (SBA).
On August 9, 2005, the Commission released a Public Notice seeking
comment on the Coalition's proposed clarifications and modifications to
Sec. 64.4002 of the Commission's rules. This Order on Reconsideration
adopts clarifications and modifications that are in the nature of
technical corrections to the Commission's customer account record
exchange rules that do not have a significant economic impact on
entities subject to those rules. First, our modification to Sec.
64.4002(d) makes this provision consistent with similar notification
requirements adopted in the CARE Order simply by requiring a LEC to
confirm its receipt of a particular IXC-initiated notification with an
appropriate response. Similarly, we adopt modifications to Sec. Sec.
64.4002(e) and (g) to include within the information exchanges
prescribed by those section, the same standard categories of
information that carriers routinely must provide in connection with
other notification obligations adopted in the CARE Order. Changing
these two sections to parallel other sections of the Commission's CARE
rules simplifies and, thereby, reduces the compliance burden. Lastly,
we modify Sec. Sec. 64.4002(a)(6), (b)(6), (d)(5) and (f)(5) to change
the phrase ``carrier identification code of the submitting LEC'' to
read ``carrier identification code of the submitting IXC.'' This change
adds no additional compliance burden. The Commission believes that the
compliance burden, and resulting
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economic impact on entities subject thereto, will be de minimis.
Therefore, we certify for purposes of the RFA that the
clarifications and modifications we adopt in this Order on
Reconsideration will not have a significant economic impact on a
substantial number of small entities.
The Commission will send a copy of the Order on Reconsideration,
including a copy of this Final Regulatory Flexibility Certification
(FRFC), to the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the SBA. This final
certification will also be published in the Federal Register.
Congressional Review Act
The Commission will send a copy of the Order on Reconsideration,
including the FRFC, in a report to be sent to Congress and the
Comptroller General pursuant to the Congressional Review Act. In
addition, the Commission will send a copy of the Order on
Reconsideration, including this FRFC, to the Chief Counsel for Advocacy
of the Small Business Administration. A copy of the Order on
Reconsideration and FRFC (or summaries thereof) will also be published
in the Federal Register. (See 5 U.S.C. 604(b)).
Ordering Clauses
Pursuant to the authority contained in sections 1-4, 201, 202, 222,
258, and 303(r) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended; 47
U.S.C. 151-154, 201, 202, 222, 258, and 303(r), the Order on
Reconsideration Is Adopted.
Pursuant to the authority contained in sections 1-4, 201, 202, 222,
258, and 303(r) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended; 47
U.S.C. 151-154, 201, 202, 222, 258, and 303(r), part 64 of the
Commission's rules, 47 CFR part 64, Is Amended as set forth below.
Because many of the rules and requirements contained in this Order
on Reconsideration and as set forth below contain information
collection requirements under the PRA, the rules and requirements Shall
Not Become Effective until the information collection requirements have
been approved by OMB. The Commission will publish a document in the
Federal Register announcing the effective date of these rules.
Pursuant to the authority contained in sections 1-4, 201, 202, 222,
258, and 303(r) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended; 47
U.S.C. 151-154, 201, 202, 222, 258, and 303(r), and Sec. 1.407 of the
Commission's rules, 47 CFR 1.407, the Request for Modification filed by
AT&T Corp, BellSouth Corporation, Sprint Corporation, Qwest
Communications International Inc., and VerizonCommunications, Inc. on
April 15, 2005, and June 15, 2005, is granted in part and denied in
part, to the extent provided herein.
List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 64
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, telecommunications,
telephone.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
Rule Changes
0
For the reasons discussed in the preamble, the Federal Communications
Commission amends 47 CFR part 64 as follows:
PART 64--MISCELLANEOUS RULES RELATING TO COMMON CARRIERS
0
1. The authority citation continues to read as follows:
Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154, 254(k); secs. 403(b)(2)(B), (c), Pub.
L. 104-104, 110 Stat. 56. Interpret or apply 47 U.S.C. 201, 218,
222, 225, 226, 228, and 254(k) unless otherwise noted.
0
2. Section 64.4002 is revised to read as follows:
Sec. 64.4002 Notification obligations of LECs.
To the extent that the information is reasonably available to a
LEC, the LEC shall provide to an IXC the customer account information
described in this section consistent with Sec. 64.4004. Nothing in
this section shall prevent a LEC from providing additional customer
account information to an IXC to the extent that such additional
information is necessary for billing purposes or to properly execute a
customer's PIC order.
(a) Customer-submitted PIC order. Upon receiving and processing a
PIC selection submitted by a customer and placing the customer on the
network of the customer's preferred interexchange carrier at the LEC's
local switch, the LEC must notify the IXC of this event. The
notification provided by the LEC to the IXC must contain all of the
customer account information necessary to allow for proper billing of
the customer by the IXC including but not limited to:
(1) The customer's billing telephone number, working telephone
number, and billing name and address;
(2) The effective date of the PIC change;
(3) A statement describing the customer type (i.e., business or
residential);
(4) A statement indicating, to the extent appropriate, that the
customer's telephone service listing is not printed in a directory and
is not available from directory assistance or is not printed in a
directory but is available from directory assistance;
(5) The jurisdictional scope of the PIC installation (i.e.,
intraLATA and/or interLATA and/or international);
(6) The carrier identification code of the IXC; and
(7) If relevant, a statement indicating that the customer's account
is subject to a PIC freeze. The notification also must contain
information, if relevant and to the extent that it is available,
reflecting the fact that a customer's PIC selection was the result of:
(i) A move (an end user customer has moved from one location to
another within a LEC's service territory);
(ii) A change in responsible billing party; or
(iii) The resolution of a PIC dispute.
(b) Confirmation of IXC-submitted PIC order. When a LEC has placed
a customer on an IXC's network at the local switch in response to an
IXC-submitted PIC order, the LEC must send a confirmation to the
submitting IXC. The confirmation provided by the LEC to the IXC must
include:
(1) The customer's billing telephone number, working telephone
number, and billing name and address;
(2) The effective date of the PIC change;
(3) A statement describing the customer type (i.e., business or
residential);
(4) A statement indicating, to the extent appropriate, if the
customer's telephone service listing is not printed in a directory and
is not available from directory assistance, or is not printed in a
directory but is available from directory assistance;
(5) The jurisdictional scope of the PIC installation (i.e.,
intraLATA and/or interLATA and/or international); and
(6) The carrier identification code of the IXC. If the PIC order at
issue originally was submitted by an underlying IXC on behalf of a toll
reseller, the confirmation provided by the LEC to the IXC must
indicate, to the extent that this information is known, a statement
indicating that the customer's PIC is a toll reseller.
(c) Rejection of IXC-submitted PIC order. When a LEC rejects or
otherwise does not act upon a PIC order submitted to it by an IXC, the
LEC must notify the IXC and provide the reason(s) why the PIC order
could not be processed. The notification provided by the LEC to the IXC
must state that it has rejected the IXC-submitted PIC order and specify
the reason(s) for the rejection (e.g., due to a lack of information,
incorrect information, or a PIC freeze on the customer's account). The
notification must contain the identical data elements
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that were provided to the LEC in the original IXC-submitted PIC order
(i.e., mirror image of the original order), unless otherwise specified
by this paragraph. If a LEC rejects an IXC-submitted PIC order for a
multi-line account (i.e., the customer has selected the IXC as his PIC
for two or more lines or terminals associated with his billing
telephone number), the notification provided by the LEC rejecting that
order must explain the effect of the rejection with respect to each
line (working telephone number or terminal) associated with the
customer's billing telephone number. A LEC is not required to generate
a line-specific or terminal-specific response, however, and may
communicate the rejection at the billing telephone level, when the LEC
is unable to process an entire order, including all working telephone
numbers and terminals associated with a particular billing telephone
number. In addition, the notification must indicate the jurisdictional
scope of the PIC order rejection (i.e., intraLATA and/or interLATA and/
or international). If a LEC rejects a PIC order because:
(1) The customer's telephone number has been ported to another LEC;
or
(2) The customer has otherwise changed local service providers, the
LEC must include in its notification, to the extent that it is
available, the identity of the customer's new LEC.
(d) Customer contacts LEC or new IXC to change PIC(s) or customer
contacts LEC or current IXC to change PIC to No-PIC. When a LEC has
removed at its local switch a presubscribed customer from an IXC's
network in response to a customer order, upon receipt of a properly
verified PIC order submitted by another IXC, or in response to a
notification from the customer's current IXC relating to the customer's
request to change his or her PIC to No-PIC, the LEC must notify the
customer's former IXC of this event. The LEC must provide to the IXC
the customer account information that is necessary to allow for proper
final billing of the customer by the IXC including but not limited to:
(1) The customer's billing telephone number, working telephone
number, and billing name and address;
(2) The effective date of the PIC change;
(3) A description of the customer type (i.e., business or
residential);
(4) The jurisdictional scope of the lines or terminals affected
(i.e., intraLATA and/or interLATA and/or international); and
(5) The carrier identification code of the IXC. If a customer
changes PICs but retains the same LEC, the LEC is responsible for
notifying both the old PIC and new PIC of the PIC change. The
notification also must contain information, if relevant and to the
extent that it is available, reflecting the fact that a customer's PIC
removal was the result of:
(i) The customer moving from one location to another within the
LEC's service territory, but where there is no change in local service
provider;
(ii) A change of responsible party on an account; or
(iii) A disputed PIC selection.
(e) Particular changes to customer's local service account. When,
according to a LEC's records, certain account or line information
changes occur on a presubscribed customer's account, the LEC must
communicate this information to the customer's PIC. For purposes of
this paragraph, the LEC must provide to the appropriate IXC account
change information that is necessary for the IXC to issue timely and
accurate bills to its customers including but not limited to:
(1) The customer's billing telephone number, working telephone
number, and billing name and address;
(2) The customer code assigned to that customer by the LEC;
(3) The type of customer account (i.e., business or residential);
(4) The status of the customer's telephone service listing, to the
extent appropriate, as not printed in a directory and not available
from directory assistance, or not printed in a directory but available
from directory assistance; and
(5) The jurisdictional scope of the PIC installation (i.e.,
intraLATA and/or interLATA and/or international);
(6) The effective date of any change to a customer's local service
account; and
(7) The carrier identification code of the IXC. If there are
changes to the customer's billing or working telephone number, customer
code, or customer type, the LEC must supply both the old and new
information for each of these categories.
(f) Local service disconnection. Upon receipt of an end user
customer's request to terminate his entire local service account or
disconnect one or more lines (but not all lines) of a multi-line
account, the LEC must notify the PIC(s) for the billing telephone
number or working telephone number on the account of the account
termination or lines disconnected. In conjunction with this
notification requirement, the LEC must provide to a customer's PIC(s)
all account termination or single/multi-line disconnection change
information necessary for the PIC(s) to maintain accurate billing and
PIC records, including but not limited to:
(1) The effective date of the termination/disconnection; and
(2) The customer's working and billing telephone numbers and
billing name and address;
(3) The type of customer account (i.e., business or residential);
(4) The jurisdictional scope of the PIC installation (i.e.,
intraLATA and/or interLATA and/or international); and
(5) The carrier identification code of the IXC.
(g) Change of local service provider. When a customer changes LECs,
the customer's former LEC must notify the customer's PIC(s) of the
customer's change in LEC and, if known, the identity of the customer's
new LEC. If the customer also makes a PIC change, the customer's former
LEC must also notify the customer's former PIC(s) of the change. When a
customer only changes LECs, the new LEC must notify the customer's
current PIC(s) that the customer's PIC selection has not changed. If
the customer also makes a PIC change, the new LEC must notify the
customer's new PIC of the customer's PIC selection. If the customer's
former LEC is unable to identify the customer's new LEC, the former LEC
must notify the customer's PIC(s) of a local service disconnection as
described in paragraph (f).
(1) The required notifications also must contain information, if
relevant and to the extent that it is available, reflecting the fact
that an account change was the result of:
(i) The customer porting his number to a new LEC;
(ii) A local resale arrangement (customer has transferred to local
reseller); or
(iii) The discontinuation of a local resale arrangement;
(2) The notification provided by the LEC to the IXC must include:
(i) The customer's billing telephone number, working telephone
number, and, billing name and address;
(ii) The effective date of the change of local service providers or
PIC change;
(iii) A description of the customer type (i.e., business or
residential);
(iv) The jurisdictional scope of the lines or terminals affected
(i.e., intraLATA and/or interLATA and/or international); and
(v) The carrier identification code of the IXC.
(h) IXC requests for customer BNA information. Upon the request of
an IXC, a LEC must provide the billing name and address information
necessary to facilitate a customer's receipt of a timely, accurate bill
for services rendered and/or to prevent fraud, regardless of the type
of service
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the end user receives/has received from the requesting carrier (i.e.,
presubscribed, dial-around, casual). In response to an IXC's BNA
request for ANI, a LEC must provide the BNA for the submitted ANI along
with:
(1) The working telephone number for the ANI;
(2) The date of the BNA response;
(3) The carrier identification code of the submitting IXC; and
(4) A statement indicating, to the extent appropriate, if the
customer's telephone service listing is not printed in a directory and
is not available from directory assistance, or is not printed in a
directory but is available from directory assistance. A LEC that is
unable to provide the BNA requested must provide the submitting carrier
with the identical information contained in the original BNA request
(i.e., the mirror image of the original request), along with the
specific reason(s) why the requested information could not be provided.
If the BNA is not available because the customer has changed local
service providers or ported his telephone number, the LEC must include
the identity of the new provider when this information is available.
[FR Doc. E6-20911 Filed 12-12-06; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6712-01-P
