April 10, 2000

OPEN PROCEEDINGS

The following is a listing of current FCC Notices of Proposed Rulemaking
(NPRMs) and Notices of Inquiry (NOIs) open for public comment, except
routine petitions to amend the Table of Allotments. This listing also
includes pertinent Public Notices (PNs) announcing comment subjects and
dates. For additional information, contact Melody Proctor, Consumer
Information Bureau at (202) 418-1434, email mproctor@fcc.gov. Please
note: as comment and reply comment periods expire, they are deleted from
this listing. \*Asterisk indicates comment period deadline is past, but
reply comment period still is open.

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# [CABLE SERVICES BUREAU]{.underline}

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# DA 00-434; PN 2/29

**Petition seeking declaratory ruling that certain restrictions of a
homeowners association are preempted by the Commission's over-the-air
reception devices rule.**

\*Comments due March 30; replies due April 14, 2000. Contact Roberto
Rodas at (202) 418-1024.

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# CS 00-30; DA 00-689; PN 3/27

# Cable Services Bureau Action, America Online, Inc. and Time Warner, Inc. seek Commission consent for transfer of control.

Comments/petitions due April 26; Oppositions/responses due May 11, 2000.
Contact Linda Senecal at (202) 418-7044 or Richard Kalb at (202)
418-1055.

**DA 00-719; Released 3/30**

**CSB action, petition seeking declaratory ruling that certain
restrictions of an Arizona Homeowners Association are preempted by the
FCC's over-the-air reception devices rule.**

Comments due May 1, replies due May 16, 2000.

# [COMMON CARRIER BUREAU]{.underline}

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# CC 96-262, 94-1, 99-249, 96-45; DA 00-533; PN 3/8

**Pleading cycle established for Coalition for Affordable Local and Long
Distance Services (Calls).**

\*Comments due March 30; reply comments due April 13, 2000.

**CC 96-262, 94-1, 99-249, and 96-45; DA 00-692; PN 3/27**

> **Coalition for Affordable Local and Long Distance Services (CALLS)
> modified proposal**

Extension of time to file supplemental comments. \*Comments due April 3;
replies due

April 17, 2000.

#### CC 00-45; DA 00-592; PN 3/16

**Pleading cycle established for comments on the revised petition of MCI
Worldcom, Inc. for declaratory ruling regarding the process for adoption
of agreements pursuant to Section 252(l) of the Communications Act and
Section 51.809 of the Commission's Rules.**

\*Comments due March 31; reply comments due April 11, 2000. Contact
Janice M. Myles at (202) 418-1580.

#### CC 98-141; PN 3/17

**Common Carrier seeks comment on SBC's 1999 Compliance Report.**

Comments due April 28; reply comments due May 15, 2000. Contact Anthony
Dale at (202) 418-2260.

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#### CC 00-46; DA 00-603; PN 3/17

**Pleading cycle established for comments on AT&T and Alascom Petition
for Structural and other regulatory relief.**

Comments due April 17; replies due May 2, 2000. Contact Janice Myles at
(202) 418-1580.

**CC 00-49; DA 00-677; PN 3/24**

**Pleading cycle established for comments on New Jersey Ratepayer
Advocate's Petition for Preemption of New Jersey Board of Public
Utilities Order.**

Comments due April 25; Oppositions due May 10, 2000. Contact Janice M.
Myles at (202) 418-1580.

**CC 00-50;DA 00-678; PN 3/24**

**Pleading cycle established for comments on the Petition of the NewPath
Holdings for Declaratory Ruling on Scope of Unbundled Access of
High-Frequency Portion of Loops.**

Comments due April 26; Oppositions due May 11, 2000. Contact Janice M.
Myles at (202) 418-1580

#### DA 00-617; PN 3/20

**Bellsouth Telecommunications, Inc. files Petition for Waiver of 47
C.F.R. Section 32.27.**

Comments due April 20; reply comments due May 5, 2000. Contact Alicia
Dunnigan at (202) 418-0807.

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#### CC 00-51; DA 00-679; PN 3/24

**Pleading cycle established for comments on US West Petition for
Declaratory Ruling preempting state commission proceedings to regulate
provision of federally tariffed interstate service.**

Comments due April 24; Opposition due May 9, 2000. Contact Janice M.
Myles at (202) 418-1580.

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# PN 3/24

**Comments invited on GTE Southwest Incorporated's Application to
discontinue local exchange and exchange access service for certain
exchanges in Texas.**

Comments due April 24, 2000. Contact Al McCloud at (202) 418-2499 or
Marty Schwimmer at (202) 418-2320.

#### PN 3/24

**Comments invited on GTE North Inc., Application to discontinue local
exchange access service for certain exchanges in Wisconsin.**

Comments due April 24, 2000. Contact Al McCloud at (202) 418-2499 or
Marty Schwimmer at (202) 418-2320.

#### PN 3/24

**Comments invited on GTE California Inc.'s Application to discontinue
local exchange and exchange access service for certain exchanges in
Arizona.**

Comments due April 24, 2000. Contact Al McCloud at (202) 418-2499 or
Marty Schwimmer at (202) 418-2320.

#### PN 3/24

**Comments invited on GTE Southwest Inc.'s Application to discontinue
local exchange and exchange access service for certain exchange sin
Minnesota.**

Comments due April 24, 2000. Contact Al McCloud at (202) 418-2499 or
Marty Schwimmer at (202) 418-2320.

#### PN 3/24

**Comments invited on Contel of Minnesota Inc.'s Application to
discontinue local exchange and exchange access service for certain
exchanges in Minnesota.**

Comments due April 24, 2000. Contact Al McCloud at (202) 418-2499 or
Marty Schwimmer at (202) 418-2320.

#### PN 3/24

**Comments invited on GTE North, Inc.'s and GTE South, Inc.'s
Application to discontinue local exchange and exchange access service
for certain exchanges in Illinois.**

Comments due April 24, 20000. Contact Al McCloud at (202) 418-2499 or
Marty Schwimmer at (202) 418-2320.

#### PN 3/24

**Comments invited on GTE California, Inc. and GTE West Coast, Inc.'s
Application to discontinue local exchange and exchange access service
for certain exchanges in California.**

Comments due April 24, 2000. Contact Al McCloud at (202) 418-2499 or
Marty Schwimmer at (202) 418-2320.

#### PN 3/24

**Comments on Bell Atlantic-Pennsylvanian, Inc. an GTE North, Inc.'s
Request to Approve A Lata Boundary modification coincident with its
approval of the merger between Bell Atlantic Corp. and GTE Corp.**

Comments due April 13, 2000; reply comments due April 20, 2000. Contact
Al McCloud at (202) 418-2499 or Marty Schwimmer at (2020 418-2320.

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#### PN 3/24

**Comments sought on Bell Atlantic-Virginia, Inc. and GTE South, Inc.'s
Request to approve certain LATA boundary modifications coincident with
its approval of the merger between Bell Atlantic Corp. and GTE Corp.**

Comments due April 13; reply comments due April 20, 2000. Contact Al
McCloud at (202) 418-2499 or Marty Schwimmer at (202) 418-2320.

#### DA 00-727; PN 3/31

**LLC, America's Fiber Network seeks Commission determination of "Exempt
Telecommunications Company" status under the Public Utility Holding
Company Act of 1935, as amended by Section 103 of the Telecommunications
Act of 1996.**

Comments due April 21; reply comments due May 5, 2000. Contact Al
McCloud at (202) 418-2499 or Marty Schwimmer at (202) 418-2320.

**DA 00-735; PN 3/31; Released 3/30**

**Public Utility Commission of Oregon files Petition for Waiver of 47
C.F.R. Section 51.507(F).**

Comments due April 10; reply comments due April 17, 2000. Contact Neil
Fried at (202) 418-1530.

#### CC 96-45; DA 00-743; PN 4/3

**GTE Midwest, Inc. and Spectra Communications Group, LLC seek a waiver
of the definition of "study area" in Part 36 and Sections 69.3(E)(9) and
61.41(C) of the Commission's Rules.**

Comments due April; 24; reply comments due May 1, 2000. Contact Adrian
Wright at (202) 418-7400.

# CC 98-137, 99-117; FCC 00-119; FNPRM (adopted 3/31)

**In the Matter of 1998 Biennial Regulatory Review -- Review of
Depreciation Requirements for Incumbent Local Exchange
Carriers/Ameritech Corporation Telephone Operating Companies' Continuing
Property Records Audit, Et Al/GTE Telephone Operating Companies. Release
of Information Obtained During Joint Audit.**

Comments due April 17; reply comments due April 28, 2000.

## INTERNATIONAL BUREAU

# DA 00-484; PN 3/2

Comments sought by Netmoves Corporation for FCC consent for transfer of
control to mail.com. \*Petitions to deny due April 2, 2000; Oppositions
due April 12, 2000. Contact Michelle Carey at (202) 418-1557.

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# [MASS MEDIA BUREAU]{.underline}

**MM 00-39; FCC 00-83; NPRM (adopted 3/6); Released 3/8**

**FCC commences periodic review of digital television conversion.**

Comments due May 17; replies due June 16, 2000. Contact Gordon Godfrey
at (202) 418-2190 or Mania Baghdadi at (202) 418-2120.

# [WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAU]{.underline}

## DA 00-402; PN 2/29

**Wireless Bureau seeks comment on request for waiver by Lojack
Corporation to permit stolen vehicle recovery system operation with
different duty cycle.**

\*Comments due March 29, 2000; reply comments due April 13, 2000.
Contact Ghassan Khalek at (202) 418-0680.

## DA 00-668; PN 3/23

Auction of licenses for 800 MHz specialized mobile radio frequencies in
the lower 80 channels scheduled for September 13, 2000.

\*Comments on reserve price or minimum opening bids and other auction
procedural issues due April 5; reply comments due April 12, 2000.
Contact M. Nicole Oden at (202) 418-0660, Nancy Gilbert or Bob Reagle at
(717) 338-2888.

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## DA 00-667; PN 3/23

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## Auction of licenses for 800 MHz specialized mobile radio service general category frequencies in the 851-854 MHz band scheduled for August 23, 2000.

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## Comments are sought on reserve prices or minimum opening bids and other auction procedural issues. \*Comments due April 5; reply comments due April 12, 2000. Contact M. Nicole Oden at (202) 418-0660; Nancy Gilbert or Bob Reagle at (717) 338-3888.

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WT 00-32; FCC 00-63; NPRM (adopted 2/23); Released 2/29

**In the Matter of the 4.9 GHz band transferred from federal government
to private sector use as substitute spectrum for the band 4635-4685 MHz
reclaimed for Federal Government use.**

Comments due April 26, 2000; reply comments due May 17, 2000.

## WT 00-38; PN 3/3

FCC consent sought by Bell Atlantic, GTE and Alltell for assignment and
transfer of control of wireless licenses to comply with spectrum cap
rules and Department of Justice consent decree regarding pending
applications of Bell Atlantic, GTE, and Vodafone Airtouch. \*Comments
due April 3, 2000; Oppositions/responses due April 13, 2000. Contact
Monica Desai at (202) 418-0680.

**DA 00-608; PN 3/17**

**Commission seeks comment on additional applications submitted by GTE
and Bell Atlantic.**

Comments due April 17; oppositions/responses due April 27, 2000. Contact
Lauren Kravetz or Paul Murray at (202) 418-7240.

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#### WT 00-48; FCC 00-105; NPRM &MO&O (adopted 3/17); Released 3/24

**Amendment of Parts 13 and 80 of the Communications Rules concerning
Maritime Communication proposed to consolidate, revise and streamline
Rules governing maritime communications pursuant to requests from the
National GMDSS Implementation Task Force and Globe Wireless, Inc.**

Comments due 90 days after Federal Register publication and Reply
comments due 120 days after Federal Register publication.

**DA 00-687; PN 3/27**

**Federal Register Publication of the Second Further Notice of Proposed
Rule Making regarding the licensing of cellular service and other
commercial mobile radio services in the Gulf of Mexico.**

Comments due 20 days after publication in the Federal Register; replies
due 34 days after publication in the Federal Register. Contact Davida
Grant at (202) 418-7050.

**WT 99-328; DA 00-726; PN 3/30**

**The Commission seeks comment on 911 call processing waiver requested
by Motorola.**

Comments due April 10; replies due April 17, 2000. Contact Dan Grosh or
Patrick Forster at (202) 418-1310.

**[OFFICE OF MANAGING DIRECTOR]{.underline}**

**MD 00-58; FCC 00-117; NPRM (adopted 3/29); Released 4/3**

**In the Matter of Assessment and Collection or Regulatory Fees for
Fiscal Year 2000.**

The Commission commences a proceeding to revise its Schedule of
Regulatory Fees in order to collect the amount of regulatory fees that
Congress, pursuant to Section 9(a) of the Communications Act, as
amended, has required it to collect for Fiscal Year (FY) 2000. Comments
due April 24; reply comments due May 5, 2000.