Missouri Code of State Regulations
Title 20 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND INSURANCE
Division 4240 - Public Service Commission
Chapter 29 - Enhanced Record Exchange Rules
Section 20 CSR 4240-29.030 - General Provisions

(1) Telecommunications companies may orig-inate, transit, and terminate telecommunications traffic utilizing the Local Exchange Carrier-to-Local Exchange Carrier (LEC-to-LEC) network only upon compliance with the rules set forth in this chapter. Any request for variance from the rules set forth in this chapter must be made to the Missouri Public Service commission pursuant to 4 CSR 240-2.060(4).

(2) No originating wireline carrier shall place interLATA traffic on the LEC-to-LEC network. This section shall not apply to calls delivered from local exchange carriers to Internet Service Providers. Nothing in this section shall preclude a tandem carrier from routing interLATA wireline traffic to a non-affiliated terminating carrier over the LEC-to-LEC network, provided such terminating carrier has agreed to accept such traffic from the tandem carrier and such acceptance is contained in a commission-approved interconnection agreement.

(3) No carrier shall terminate traffic on the LEC-to-LEC network, when such traffic was originated by or with the use of feature group A, B or D protocol trunking arrangements.

(4) No traffic aggregator shall place traffic on the LEC-to-LEC network, except as permitted in this chapter.

(5) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to alter, or otherwise change, the record creation, record exchange, or billing processes currently in place for traffic carried by interexchange carriers using feature groups A, B, or D protocols.

(6) All carriers with existing interconnection agreements allowing for the exchange of traffic placed on the LEC-to-LEC network shall take appropriate action to ensure compliance with this chapter unless the commission has granted a variance from the requirements of this chapter.