**DA 05-1288**

**May 4, 2005**

**WIRELINE COMPETITION BUREAU SEEKS COMMENT ON QWEST COMMUNICATIONS
CORPORATION PETITION FOR LIMITED WAIVER OF SECTION 52.15(g)(2)(i) OF THE
COMMISSION'S RULES REGARDING ACCESS TO NUMBERING RESOURCES**

**PLEADING CYCLE ESTABLISHED**

**CC Docket No. 99-200**

**Comment Date: June 4, 2005**

**Reply Comments Date: June 20, 2005**

Qwest Communications Corporation have filed a petition [^1]with the
Commission for a limited waiver of section 52.15(g)(2)(i) of the
Commission's rules.[^2] The petition request a limited waiver of the
Commission's numbering rules to allow Qwest to obtain numbering
resources from the North American Numbering Plan Administrator (NANPA)
and/or the Pooling Administrator (PA).[^3] Qwest seek the same relief
that the Commission granted in an Order allowing SBCIS to obtain
numbering resources directly from the NANPA and/or the PA until the
Commission adopts final numbering rules for IP-enabled services.[^4]

We invite comment on the Petition for Limited Waiver. Pursuant to
applicable procedures set forth in sections 1.415 and 1.419 of the
Commission's rules, interested parties may file comments on or before
**June 4, 2005**; and reply comments on or before **June 20, 2005**.
Comments may be filed using the Commission's Electronic Comment Filing
System (ECFS) or by filing paper copies. *See Electronic filing of
Documents in Rulemaking Proceedings,* 63 Fed. Reg. 24121 (1998).

Comments filed through the ECFS can be sent as an electronic file via
the Internet to \<http://www.fcc.gov/e-file/ecfs.html\>. Generally, only
one copy of an electronic submission must be filed. If multiple docket
or rulemaking numbers appear in the caption of this proceeding, however,
commenters must transmit one electronic copy of the comments to each
docket or rulemaking number referenced in the caption. In completing the
transmittal screen, commenters 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 for e-mail comments, commenters
should send an e-mail to \<ecfs@fcc.gov\>, and should include the
following words in the body of the message, "get form \<your e-mail
address\>." A sample form and directions will be sent in reply.

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, commenters 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 we continue to experience delays in receiving U.S. Postal
Service mail).

The Commission's contractor, Natek, Inc., will receive hand-delivered or
messenger-delivered paper filings for the Commission's Secretary at 236
Massachusetts Avenue, N.E., Suite 110, Washington, D.C. 20002. The
filing hours at this location are 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 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 then 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 mail, Express Mail,
and Priority Mail should be addressed to 445 12th Street, SW,
Washington, D.C. 20554. All filings must be addressed to the
Commission's Secretary, Marlene H. Dortch, Office of the Secretary,
Federal Communications Commission.

Parties also must send three paper copies of their filing to Sheryl
Todd, Telecommunications Access Policy Division, Wireline Competition
Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street, S.W., Room
5-B540, Washington, D.C. 20554. In addition, commenters must send
diskette copies to the Commission's copy contractor, Qualex
International, Portals II, 445 12th Street, S.W., Room CY-B402,
Washington, D.C. 20054.

Pursuant to section 1.1206 of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R. §
1.1206, this proceeding will be conducted as a permit-but-disclose
proceeding in which ex parte communications are permitted subject to
disclosure.

For further information, contact Mika Savir, Telecommunications Access
Policy Division, Wireline Competition Bureau at (202) 418-0384, TTY
(202) 418-0484, or Mika.Savir@fcc.gov.

[^1]: Qwest Communications Corporation *Petition for Limited Waiver of
    Section 52.15(g)(2)(i) of the Commission's Rules Regarding Numbering
    Resources,* filed March 28, 2005 (Qwest Petition).

[^2]: 47 C.F.R. § 52.15(g)(2)(i).

[^3]: *See* Qwest Petition.

[^4]: *See In the Matter of Administration of the North American
    Numbering Plan*, Order, CC Docket No. 99-200, FCC 05-20 (rel. Feb.
    1, 2005).