**DA 05-1291**

**May 4, 2005**

**WIRELINE COMPETITION BUREAU SEEKS COMMENT ON THE MISSOURI PUBLIC
SERVICE COMMISSION AND MICHIGAN PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION PETITIONS FOR
DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY TO IMPLEMENT ADDITIONAL NUMBERING OPTIMIZATION
MEASURES**

**PLEADING CYCLE ESTABLISHED**

**CC DOCKET NOS. 99-200 AND 96-98**

**Comment Date: June 4, 2005**

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

In this Notice, the Wireline Competition Bureau seeks comment on the
petitions filed by the Missouri Public Service Commission (PSC) and the
Michigan PSC for authority to implement additional numbering resource
optimization measures.[^1] The Michigan PSC seeks delegated authority to
implement mandatory thousands-block numbers pooling in the 989 Numbering
Plan Area (NPA or area code) for the State of Michigan. The Missouri PSC
seeks delegated authority to implement mandatory thousands-block number
pooling in the 417, 573, 636 and 660 NPAs for the State of Missouri.
Specifically, the petitions request that the Commission expand the scope
of the Missouri PSC's[^2] and Michigan PSC's [^3] delegated authority to
include implementation of thousands-block number pooling in the 989 NPA
for the State of Michigan and 417, 573, 636 and 660 NPAs for the State
of Missouri in rate centers located outside the nation's top 100
metropolitan statistical areas, where two or more carriers have
numbering resources. [^4]

We invite comment on the Petitions 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]: Missouri Public Service Commission, *Request for Delegation of
    Authority to Implement Additional Number Conservation Measures,*
    filed March 23, 2005 (Missouri Petition); Michigan Public Service
    Commission *Petition for Delegation of Authority to Implement
    Additional Number Conservation Measures,* filed April 2, 2005
    (Michigan Petition).

[^2]: Missouri Petition at 2.

[^3]: Michigan Petition at 3.

[^4]: *See* 47 U.S.C. § 251(e). *See* *also,* *Numbering Resource
    Optimization*, Fourth Report and Order in CC Docket Nos. 99-200 and
    95-116, and Fourth Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in CC
    Docket No. 99-200, 18 FCC Rcd 12472 (2003) (*Numbering Resource
    Optimization Fourth Report and Order*).