> **DA 08-1731**
>
> **Released: July 24, 2008**

**WIRELINE COMPETITION BUREAU SEEKS COMMENT ON LEVEL 3'S REQUEST FOR
SPECIAL TEMPORARY AUTHORIZATION OF THOUSAND-BLOCK CODES IN AREA CODE
603**

**PLEADING CYCLE ESTABLISHED**

**WC Docket No. 08-154**

**Comment Date: August 7, 2008**

**Reply Comment Date: August 14, 2008**

By this Notice, the Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) seeks comment
on a request filed by Level 3 Communications, LLC for the Bureau to
grant a Special Temporary Authorization of numbering resources in area
code 603, pending the resolution of its petition for additional
telephone numbers in that area code.[^1]  Specifically, Level 3 requests
that the Bureau direct the North American Numbering Plan Administrator
to assign and release a thousands-block growth code in a number of rate
centers where exhaust has been reached or is imminent.[^2]

Interested parties may file comments on the request on or before
**August 7, 2008** and reply comments on or before **August 14, 2008**.
All pleadings are to reference WC Docket No. 08-154. Comments may be
filed using: (1) the Commission's Electronic Comment Filing System
(ECFS), (2) the Federal Government's eRulemaking Portal, or (3) by
filing paper copies.[^3]

-   Electronic Filers: Comments may be filed electronically using the
    Internet by accessing the ECFS: <http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/ecfs/> or
    the Federal eRulemaking Portal:
    [http://www.regulations.gov](http://www.regulations.gov/). Filers
    should follow the instructions provided on the website for
    submitting comments.

    -   For ECFS filers, if multiple docket or rulemaking numbers appear
        in the caption of this proceeding, filers must transmit one
        electronic copy of the comments for each docket or rulemaking
        number referenced in the caption. In completing the transmittal
        screen, filers 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, filers should send
        an e-mail to <ecfs@fcc.gov>, and include the following words in
        the body of the message, "get form." A sample form and
        directions will be sent in response.

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-   Paper Filers: 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, filers
    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). All filings must be addressed to the Commission's
Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Federal Communications Commission.

-   The Commission's contractor will receive hand-delivered or
    messenger-delivered paper filings for the Commission's Secretary at
    236 Massachusetts Avenue, NE, 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]{.underline} entering the
    building.

-   Commercial overnight mail (other than 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, Express, and Priority mail should
    be addressed to 445 12^th^ Street, SW, Washington DC 20554.

People with Disabilities: 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 and
Governmental Affairs Bureau at (202) 418-0530 (voice), (202) 418-0432
(tty).

All filings must be addressed to the Commission's Secretary, Marlene H.
Dortch, Office of the Secretary, Federal Communications Commission, 445
12^th^ Street, SW, Room TW-A325, Washington, DC 20554. Parties should
also send a copy of their filings to Competition Policy Division,
Wireline Competition Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, 445
12^th^ Street, SW, Washington, DC 20554, or by e-mail to
CPDcopies@fcc.gov. Parties shall also serve one copy with the
Commission's copy contractor, Best Copy and Printing, Inc. (BCPI),
Portals II, 445 12^th^ Street, SW, Room CY-B402, Washington, DC 20554,
(202) 488-5300, or via e-mail to <fcc@bcpiweb.com>.

Documents in WC Docket No. 08-154 are available for public inspection
and copying during business hours at the FCC Reference Information
Center, Portals II, 445 12^th^ St. SW, Room CY-A257, Washington, D.C.
20554. The documents may also be purchased from BCPI, telephone (202)
488-5300, facsimile (202) 488-5563, TTY (202) 488-5562, e-mail
<fcc@bcpiweb.com>. These documents may also be viewed on the
Commission's website at <http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/ecfs>.

For further information, contact Marilyn Jones of the Competition Policy
Division, Wireline Competition Bureau at (202) 418-2357.

-FCC-

[^1]: Request of Level 3 Communications, LLC for Special Temporary
    Authorization of Thousand-Blocks in Area Code 603 (filed July 18,
    2008) (Level 3 Request). *See also* Emergency Petition of Level 3
    Communications, LLC, for the Assignment of Additional Telephone
    Numbers in Area Code 603, and for the Preemption of the Actions of
    the New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission Pursuant to Section
    253 of the Communications Act of 1934 (filed July 18, 2008). By
    separate public notice the Bureau also seeks comment on Level 3's
    emergency petition. *See Pleading Cycle Established for Comments on
    Level 3's Emergency Petition for Assignment of Additional Telephone
    Numbers in Area Code* 603, Public Notice, WC Docket No. 08-154, DA
    08-1732 (rel. Jul. 24, 2008).

[^2]: Level 3 Request at 1-2.

[^3]: *See Electronic Filing of Documents in Rulemaking Proceedings*, GC
    Docket No. 97-113, Report and Order, 13 FCC Rcd 11322 (1998).