> **DA 01-1129**

# Released: May 3, 2001

> **COMMON CARRIER BUREAU SEEKS COMMENT ON THE PETITION OF THE PUBLIC
> SERVICE COMMISSION OF SOUTH CAROLINA FOR DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY TO
> IMPLEMENT NUMBER CONSERVATION MEASURES**
>
> **NSD File No. L-01-87**
>
> **CC Docket 96-98**
>
> **CC Docket 99-200**
>
> **Pleading Cycle Established**
>
> **COMMENTS: June 1, 2001 REPLY COMMENTS: June 22, 2001**
>
> On September 28, 1998, the Federal Communications Commission
> (Commission) released the *Pennsylvania Numbering Order*,[^1] which
> delegated authority to state public utility commissions to order
> number rationing in jeopardy situations and encouraged state
> commissions to seek further limited delegations of authority to
> implement number conservation methods.
>
> On March 31, 2000, the Commission released the *Numbering Resource
> Optimization First Report and Order*.[^2] In the *Numbering Resource
> Optimization First Report and Order*, the Commission granted state
> commissions the authority to engage in certain number conservation
> measures. The Commission also reiterated that the state delegations of
> authority to implement number conservation measures were interim in
> nature and would be superseded by forthcoming decisions in the
> *Numbering Resource Optimization* proceeding. The Commission, however,
> continued its delegation to the Common Carrier Bureau (Bureau) to rule
> on state petitions for additional delegation of numbering authority
> when no new issues are raised.
>
> In paragraph 170 of the *Numbering Resource Optimization First Report
> and Order*, the Commission required that state commissions seeking
> thousands-block number pooling authority demonstrate that: (1) a
> numbering plan area (NPA) in its state is in jeopardy; (2) the NPA in
> question has a remaining life span of at least a year; and (3) the NPA
> is in one of the largest 100 Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs), or
> alternatively, the majority of wireline carriers in the NPA are
> LNP-capable. The Commission also determined that a state commission
> may expand pooling to another MSA only after pooling had been
> implemented in the initial MSA and after providing carriers sufficient
> time to adjust their networks for thousands-block number pooling.
>
> On April 25, 2001, the Public Service Commission of South Carolina
> (South Carolina Commission or Petitioner) filed a petition requesting
> additional delegated authority to implement number conservation
> measures in the state of South Carolina.[^3] Specifically, the
> Petitioner requests authority to: (1) implement mandatory
> thousands-block number pooling for NPAs in the Charleston-North
> Charleston and Columbia MSAs; (2) order sequential number assignments
> to minimize thousands-block contamination; (3) implement NXX code
> rationing procedures following area code relief to prevent a rush of
> demand for codes; and (4) reclaim unused or minimally contaminated
> thousands-blocks. If pooling authority is not granted in whole or in
> part, Petitioner requests that the Charleston-North Charleston and
> Columbia MSAs be placed in the initial round of national
> thousands-block number pooling. However, if pooling is granted, the
> South Carolina Commission requests a waiver of the requirement that
> pooling may only occur in one MSA at a time.
>
> We hereby seek comment on the South Carolina Commission's request for
> delegated authority to implement the number conservation measures
> mentioned above. A copy of the petition will be available during
> regular business hours at the FCC Reference Center, Portals II, 445
> 12th Street, S.W., Suite CY-A257, Washington, D.C. 20554, (202)
> 418-0270. A copy of the petition may also be found by searching on the
> Commission's Electronic Comment Filing System (ECFS) at
> \<**http://www.fcc.gov/e-file/ecfs.html**\> (insert CC Docket No.
> 99-200 into the Proceeding block). Interested parties may file
> comments concerning this matter on or before **June 1, 2001**, and
> reply comments on or before **June 22, 2001**. All filings must
> reference **File No. NSD-L-01-87 and CC Docket Nos. 96-98 and
> 99-200**. Send an original and four copies to the Commission
> Secretary, Magalie Roman Salas, Portals II, 445 12th Street, SW, Suite
> TW-A325, Washington, D.C. 20554 and two copies to Carmell Weathers,
> Network Services Division, Portals II, 445 12th Street, S.W., Room
> 6-B153, Washington, D.C. 20554.
>
> Comments may be filed using the ECFS or by filing paper copies.
> Comments
>
> filed through the ECFS can be sent as an electronic file via the
> Internet to **\<http://www.fcc.gov/e-file/ecfs.html\>**. If using this
> method, please reference **CC Docket No.** **96-98** **and CC Docket
> No. 99-200** in the Proceeding block. Generally, only one copy of an
> electronic submission must be filed. In completing the transmittal
> screen, commenters should include their full name, postal service
> mailing address, and the applicable docket or rulemaking number(s).
> Parties may also submit electronic comments by Internet e-mail. To get
> filing instructions for e-mail comments, commenters should send an
> e-mail to ecfs@fcc.gov, including \"get form \<your e-mail address\>\"
> in the body of the message. A sample form and directions will be sent
> in reply. After filing your comments electronically, please send an
> e-mail to Carmell Weathers, cweather@fcc.gov, indicating that comments
> have been filed.
>
> This is a \"permit but disclose\" proceeding for purposes of the
> Commission\'s *ex parte* rules.[^4] As a \"permit but disclose\"
> proceeding, *ex parte* presentations will be governed by the
> procedures set forth in Section 1.1206 of the Commission\'s rules
> applicable to non-restricted proceedings.[^5]
>
> Parties making oral *ex parte* presentations are reminded that
> memoranda summarizing the presentation must contain a summary of the
> substance of the presentation and not merely a listing of the subjects
> discussed. More than a one or two sentence description of the views
> and arguments presented is generally required.[^6] Other rules
> pertaining to oral and written presentations are set forth in Section
> 1.1206(b) as well.
>
> For further information contact Jennifer Gorny of the Common Carrier
> Bureau, Network Services Division, at (202) 418-2320 or
> jgorny@fcc.gov. The TTY number is (202) 418-0484.
>
> **-FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION-**

[^1]:
    > Petition for Declaratory Ruling and Request for Expedited Action
    > on the July 15, 1997 Order of the Pennsylvania Public Utility
    > Commission Regarding Area Codes 412, 610, 215, and 717, Memorandum
    > Opinion and Order and Order on Reconsideration, 13 FCC Rcd 19009,
    > 19025 (1998); *see also Numbering Resource Optimization*, Second
    > Report and Order in CC Docket No. 99-200, Order on Reconsideration
    > in CC Docket No. 96-98 and CC Docket No. 99-200, and Second
    > Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in CC Docket No. 99-200
    > (rel. Dec. 29, 2000) (addressing petitions for clarification and
    > reconsideration that were filed in response to the *Pennsylvania
    > Numbering Order*).

[^2]:
    > ^?^ *Numbering Resource Optimization*, Report and Order and
    > Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 15 FCC Rcd 7574 (2000).

[^3]:
    > *Petition of the Public Service Commission of South Carolina for
    > Delegation of Authority Pertaining to NXX Code Conservation
    > Measures* (dated Apr. 20, 2001; filed Apr. 25, 2001).

[^4]: *See* *generally* 47 C.F.R. §§ 1.1200-1.1216.

[^5]:
    > ^?^ 47 C.F.R. § 1.1206.

[^6]:
    > 47 C.F.R. § 1.1206(b)(2).