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Implementation, New London 

County, CT, Comment Period Ends: 

March 02, 2005, Contact: Richard L. 

Emch, Jr. (301) 415–1590. 

EIS No. 040562, DRAFT EIS, BOP, WV, 

Southern West Virginia Proposed 

Federal Correctional Institution, Four 

Alternatives Sites in Southern West 

Virginia: Boone County, Mingo 

County, Nicholas County, and 

McDowell County, WV, Comment 

Period Ends: January 24, 2005, 

Contact: Pamela J. Chandler (202) 

514–6470. 

EIS No. 040563, DRAFT EIS, NRC, AL, 

Generic—License Renewal of Nuclear 

Plants for Browns Ferry, Unit 1, 2 and 

3 (TAC Nos. MC7168, MC1769, and 

MC1770), Supplement 21 to NUREG–

1437, Implementation, Athens, AL, 

Comment Period Ends: March 2, 2005, 

Contact: Dr. Michael Masnik (301) 

415–1191. 

EIS No. 040564, FINAL EIS, NRC, AL, 

Generic—License Renewal of Nuclear 

Plants for Browns Ferry, Unit 1, 2 and 

3 (TAC Nos. MC7168, MC1769, and 

MC1770), Supplement 21 to NUREG–

1437, Implementation, Athens, AL, 

Wait Period Ends: January 10, 2005, 

Contact: Michael L. Erk (605) 745–

4107. 

EIS No. 040565, DRAFT EIS, IBR, CA, 

Central Valley Project, San Luis Unit 

Long-Term Water Service Contract 

Renewal, West San Joaquin Division, 

Cities of Avenal, Coalinga and Huron, 

Fresno, King and Merced Counties, 

CA, Comment Period Ends: January 

24, 2005, Contact: Joe Thompson 

(559) 487–5179. 

EIS No. 040566, FINAL EIS, IBR, CA, 

Mendota Pool 10-Year Exchange 

Agreements, Water Provision to 

Irrigable Lands, Central Valley Project 

Improvement Act (CVPIA), Fresno 

and Madera Counties, CA, Wait 

Period Ends: January 10, 2005, 

Contact: David Young (559) 487–5127. 

Amended Notices 

EIS No. 040436, DRAFT EIS, AFS, SD, 

WY, Black Hills National Forest Land 

and Resource Management Plan Phase 

II Amendment, Proposal to Amend 

the 1997 Land and Resource 

Management Plan, Custer, Fall River, 

Lawrence, Meade, and Pennington 

Counties, SD and Crook and Weston 

Counties, WY, Comment Period Ends: 

January 14, 2005, Contact: Jeff Ulrich 

(605) 673–9200. Revision of Federal 

Register Notice Published on 9/17/04: 

CEQ Comment Period Ending 12/15/

2004 has been Extended to 1/14/2005. 

EIS No. 040479, REVISED DRAFT EIS, 

CBP, AZ, Programmatic EIS—Office of 

Border Patrol Operational Activities 

within the Border Areas of the Tucson 

and Yuma Sectors, Expansion of 

Operations of Technology-Based 

Systems, Completion and 

Maintenance of Approved 

Infrastructure, Cochise, Pima, Santa 

Cruz and Yuma Counties, AZ, 

Comment Period Ends: January 29, 

2005, Contact: Mark Doles (817) 886–

6499. Revision of Federal Register

Notice Published on 10/15/2004: CEQ 

Comment Period Ending on 11/29/

2004 has been Extended to 1/29/2005.

EIS No. 040504, DRAFT EIS, SFW, CA, 

Coachella Valley Multiple Species 

Habitat Conservation Plan (MSHCP), 

Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains 

Trails Plan, Issuance of Incidental 

Take Permits, Riverside County, CA, 

Comment Period Ends: February 03, 

2005, Contact: Julie Concannon (503) 

231–6747. Revision of Federal 

Register Notice Published on 11/05/

2004: CEQ Comment Period Ending 

12/20/2004 Corrected to 2/3/2005. 

EIS No. 040542, DRAFT EIS, AFS, OR, 

Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest, 

Special Use Permits for Outfitter and 

Guide Operations on the Lower Rogue 

and Lower Illinois Rivers, Gold Beach 

Ranger District, Rogue River-Siskiyou 

National Forest, Curry County, OR, 

Comment Period Ends: January 10, 

2005, Contact: Jim Heck (541) 858–

2303. Revision of Federal Register

Notice Published FR 11–26–04 

Correction to Web Site Address:

http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/roguesiskiyou/projects/special-use/

outfitter-rogue-illinois-river/rr-deis11–04–04.pdf.

EIS No. 040543, FINAL EIS, FHW, MI, 

MI–59 Livingston County Widening 

Project between I–96 and U.S. 23, 

Recommended Alternative was 

Selected, Right-of-Way Preservation 

Center Corridor, Funding, NPDES and 

U.S. Army COE Section 404 Permits 

Issuance, Livingston County, MI, Wait 

Period Ends: January 28, 2005, 

Contact: Abdelmoez Abdalla (517) 

702–1820. Revision of Federal 

Register Notice Published on 12/3/

2004: CEQ Comment Period Ending 

01/03/2005 Corrected to 01/28/2005.

Dated: December 7, 2004. 

Robert W. Hargrove, 

Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office 

of Federal Activities.

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[CC Docket Nos. 96–45, 98–171 and 97–

21; DA 04–3669] 

Federal-State Joint Board on Universal 

Service; 1998 Biennial Regulatory 

Review; Changes to the Board of 

Directors of the National Exchange 

Carrier Association, Inc.

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In this document, the 

Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) 

modifies the deadline for filing 

revisions to the annual 

Telecommunications Reporting 

Worksheet (Worksheet or Form 499–A). 

In addition, the Bureau updates the 

Instructions to the Telecommunications 

Reporting Worksheet, FCC Form 499–A 

(Instructions). With regard to universal 

service contributions, several parties 

(Petitioners) have filed requests for 

review of decisions by the Universal 

Service Administrative Company 

(USAC) rejecting revised Worksheet 

filings as untimely under USAC’s 

processing guidelines. The Bureau 

grants such requests and remands them 

to USAC for consideration as provided 

in this Order. The Bureau also directs 

USAC to consider, as provided in this 

Order, any revised Form 499–A filings 

that are pending before it on the release 

date of this Order, or that it receives 

between the release date of this Order 

and the effective date of this Order.

DATES: Effective January 10, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Anita Cheng, Assistant Chief, Wireline 

Competition Bureau, 

Telecommunications Access Policy 

Division, (202) 418–7400.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a 

summary of the Commission’s Order in 

CC Docket Nos. 96–45, 98–171, and 97–

21 released December 7, 2004. The full 

text of this document is available for 

public inspection during regular 

business hours in the FCC Reference 

Center, Room CY–A257, 445 Twelfth 

Street, SW., Washington, DC, 20554. 

I. Introduction 

1. In this Order, the Wireline 

Competition Bureau (Bureau) modifies 

the deadline for filing revisions to the 

annual Telecommunications Reporting 

Worksheet (Worksheet or Form 499–A). 

In addition, we update the Instructions 

to the Telecommunications Reporting 

Worksheet, FCC Form 499–A 

(Instructions), to clarify our intention to 

reject as untimely any Form 499–A 

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revised filing not submitted within 

twelve months of the due date of the 

original filing in question, if the revision 

would decrease regulatory fees or 

contributions to support mechanisms 

for universal service, interstate 

Telecommunications Relay Service, 

number administration, or local number 

portability. With regard to universal 

service contributions, several parties 

(Petitioners) have filed requests for 

review of decisions by the Universal 

Service Administrative Company 

(USAC) rejecting revised Worksheet 

filings as untimely under USAC’s 

processing guidelines. We grant such 

requests and remand them to USAC for 

consideration as provided in this Order. 

We also direct USAC to consider, as 

provided in this Order, any revised 

Form 499–A filings that are pending 

before it on the release date of this 

Order, or that it receives between the 

release date of this Order and the 

effective date of this Order. 

2. Adoption of a firm deadline for 

filing revisions to the Worksheet will 

help ensure the stability and sufficiency 

of the federal universal service fund, as 

contemplated in section 254(d) of the 

Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended (the Act). We also find that a 

firm deadline for revised Worksheets 

will improve the integrity of the 

universal service contribution 

methodology and promote efficiency in 

administration of support mechanisms 

for universal service, interstate 

Telecommunications Relay Service 

(TRS), the North American Numbering 

Plan (NANP) and Local Number 

Portability (LNP), consistent with the 

Commission’s rules and policies. 

II. Discussion 

3. In this Order, we modify the Form 

499–A Instructions by changing the 

deadline for contributors to file revised 

Form 499–As that would result in 

decreased contribution amounts. We 

adopt a twelve-month deadline for filing 

revisions to the Form 499–A which 

would result in a decreased contribution 

amount. Accordingly, any revised 499–

A that would result in decreased 

contributions must be submitted by 

March 31 of the year after the original 

filing due date. The prior Instructions 

required revisions within nine months 

and contemplated the potential for 

revisions beyond that time period if 

there was good cause for the delay in 

filing and an explanation justifying the 

change. For the reasons described, 

however, we now find that a firm 

twelve-month deadline for revisions 

that would result in reduced 

contributions will improve 

administrative efficiency and certainty 

for the contribution systems for 

universal service, TRS, NANP, and LNP. 

We conclude that adoption of a firm 

deadline for filing such revisions to the 

Worksheet will help ensure the stability 

and sufficiency of the federal universal 

service fund, as contemplated in section 

254(d) of the Act, as well as the funds 

for TRS, NANP, and LNP. In addition, 

we find that a firm deadline for revised 

Worksheets will improve the integrity of 

the universal service contribution 

methodology and promote efficiency in 

administration of the universal service 

support mechanisms, consistent with 

the Commission’s rules and policies. 

Our actions today will allow USAC and 

other fund administrators to reduce 

substantially the need for adjustments 

regarding a given contribution year, 

providing certainty to contributors and 

their customers. 

4. In our experience, twelve months is 

a sufficient period of time for 

contributors to revise their 499–A filings 

for the purpose of reducing their 

contribution obligations. With regard to 

universal service contributions, as 

discussed, the quarterly-filed 499–Q 

contains information about both 

projected revenue for the upcoming 

quarter and actual revenue for the past 

quarter. Each 499–Q filing provides an 

opportunity to report actual revenue 

information from the prior quarter. On 

April 1 of each year, carriers file 

revenue information for the prior year, 

which helps to determine whether the 

revenue information in the prior year’s 

499–Qs was correct. As a result, the 

499–A is an opportunity to correct 

previously-filed revenue information. 

With the new deadline for filing 

revisions to the Form 499–A, carriers 

will have a window of one entire year 

in which to determine whether revenues 

reported and contribution amounts paid 

the prior year was too high. Thus, any 

revised 499–A that is filed by the new 

deadline represents a third opportunity 

for carriers to review and file revenue 

information for the prior year. With 

regard to TRS, NANP, and LNP 

contributions, contributors still have 

two opportunities to review and file 

revenue information (i.e., in the original 

499–A filing and the revised 499–A 

filing). We find that twelve months is 

ample time for a diligent filer to 

determine what revenues it earned the 

prior year. Setting a twelve-month 

deadline for filing revisions to the 499–

A as described herein gives contributors 

adequate time to discover errors, while 

providing incentive to submit accurate 

revenue information in a timely manner. 

We note that this Order will have 

minimal impact on the payment of 

regulatory fees because entities pay 

regulatory fees within four months of 

the original April 1 Form 499–A 

submission, and most entities become 

aware of any need to file revisions at the 

time of payment. 

5. Form 499–As that are filed after the 

effective date of this Order will be 

subject to the twelve-month deadline. 

Thus, contributors will be required to 

submit revisions to the Form 499–A 

within twelve months of the original 

filing deadline, i.e., March 31 of the 

subsequent year. Revised Form 499–As 

that are submitted after the revision 

deadline will be rejected by USAC as 

untimely. Because this Order will 

become effective after the filing 

deadline for the 2004 Form 499–A 

(which was April 1, 2004), contributors 

will be permitted to submit revisions to 

the 2004 Form 499–A up to twelve 

months following the effective date of 

this Order.

6. As explained, several Petitioners 

have filed requests for review of 

decisions by the Universal Service 

Administrative Company (USAC) 

rejecting revised Worksheet filings as 

untimely under USAC’s processing 

guidelines. Because the decision we 

adopt today does not take effect until 

January 10, 2005, these requests (and 

any other pending requests filed before 

the effective date of this Order) are 

subject to the standard currently in 

effect. Although this Order adopts 

USAC’s one-year deadline for the stated 

reasons, we grant the pending requests 

for review to allow USAC to consider if 

there was good cause to allow revisions 

beyond the deadline contained in the 

Instructions. We remand these requests 

to USAC and direct USAC to revise 

universal service contribution 

obligations as appropriate provided that: 

(1) the Petitioner has demonstrated good 

cause for submitting the revision 

beyond the one-year revision window; 

and (2) the Petitioner has provided ‘‘an 

explanation of the cause for the change 

along with complete documentation 

showing how the revised figures derive 

from corporate financial records.’’ That 

is, USAC shall only revise contribution 

obligations to the extent that the carrier 

has provided accurate and legitimate 

reasons for filing late and for revising 

the obligation, in accordance with the 

existing Worksheet Instructions. The 

Petitioners are permitted to supplement 

their filings to USAC as necessary 

between the release date of this Order 

and the effective date of this Order. To 

the extent that a request for review 

encompasses issues in addition to 

revised 499–A issues, we remand to 

USAC only the portion of the request 

that deals with revised 499–A filings, 

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and retain the remainder of the request 

for disposition by the Bureau or 

Commission. 

7. In addition, we direct USAC to 

consider any similarly-situated revised 

499–A filings that it receives between 

the release date of this Order and the 

effective date of this Order and to revise 

universal service contribution 

obligations in accordance with the 

guidelines. In the event that there are 

pending similarly-situated 499–A 

revisions that were filed with USAC 

prior to the release date of this Order, 

we direct USAC also to consider such 

filings in accordance with the 

guidelines. These filers are permitted to 

supplement their filings to USAC as 

necessary between the release date of 

this Order and the effective date of this 

Order. All filings that are made to USAC 

in connection with this Order should be 

captioned, ‘‘ATTN: Form 499–A 

Revision Order’’ and sent to the 

Universal Service Administrative 

Company, 2000 L Street, NW., Suite 

200, Washington, DC 20036. 

8. The Commission will not send a 

copy of this Order pursuant to the 

Congressional Review Act, see 5 U.S.C. 

801(a)(1)(A). 

IV. Ordering Clauses 

9. Pursuant to authority contained in 

sections 1, 4, and 254 of the 

Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended, 47 U.S.C. 151, 154, 254, and 

the authority delegated under 0.91, 

0.291, 1.3, and 54.711 of the 

Commission’s rules, 47 CFR 0.91, 0.291, 

1.3, and 54.711, this Order shall be 

effective January 10, 2005. 

10. Pursuant to authority contained in 

sections 1, 4, and 254 of the 

Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended, 47 U.S.C. 151, 154, 254, and 

the authority delegated under 0.91, 

0.291, 1.3, and 54.711 of the 

Commission’s rules, 47 CFR 0.91, 0.291, 

1.3, and 54.711, the requests for review 

of decisions by the Universal Service 

Administrative Company listed in the 

Attachment are remanded to the 

Universal Service Administrative 

Company for further review. 

11. A copy of this Order shall be 

transmitted to the Universal Service 

Administrative Company.

Federal Communications Commission. 

Jeffrey J. Carlisle, 

Chief, Wireline Competition Bureau.

ATTACHMENT—REQUESTS FOR REVIEW OF USAC DECISIONS REJECTING REVISED FORM 499–AS

Petitioner Date filed 

Access One, Inc ...................................................................................................................................................................... November 23, 2004. 

Airnex Communications, Inc .................................................................................................................................................... December 4, 2003. 

Alliance Group Services .......................................................................................................................................................... October 31, 2001. 

ARC Networks, Inc .................................................................................................................................................................. November 20, 2001. 

Bright Personal Communications Services, LLC .................................................................................................................... February 10, 2003. 

Business Discount Plan, Inc .................................................................................................................................................... March 3, 2003. 

Cooperative Communications, Inc ........................................................................................................................................... October 3, 2002. 

Crown Communication, Inc ..................................................................................................................................................... July 23, 2002. 

Dial-Thru, Inc ........................................................................................................................................................................... February 17, 2004. 

Eagle Communications, Inc ..................................................................................................................................................... November 26, 2003. 

Equant Inc ................................................................................................................................................................................ September 25, 2003. 

Eureka Networks f/k/a Eureka Broadband Corporation .......................................................................................................... September 30, 2004. 

GE Business Productivity Solutions, Inc ................................................................................................................................. July 3, 2002. 

Griggs County Telephone Company ....................................................................................................................................... April 22, 2002. 

Morris Communications, Inc .................................................................................................................................................... July 12, 2002. 

New Hope Telephone Company ............................................................................................................................................. July 3, 2002. 

SBC Communications, Inc ....................................................................................................................................................... November 9, 2004. 

SES Americom, Inc ................................................................................................................................................................. October 27, 2003. 

Total Communications Services, Inc ....................................................................................................................................... September 8, 2003. 

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[CC Docket No. 92–237; DA 04–3830] 

Cancellation of the December 10, 2004, 

Conference Call Meeting of the North 

American Numbering Council

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: On December 7, 2004, the 

Commission released a public notice 

announcing the cancellation of the 

December 10, 2004, conference call 

meeting of the North American 

Numbering Council (NANC). The 

intended effect of this action is to make 

the public aware of the cancellation of 

the NANC’s conference call meeting. 

This notice of the cancellation of the 

December 10, 2004, NANC conference 

call meeting is being published in the 

Federal Register less than 15 calendar 

days prior to the previously scheduled 

conference call meeting to ensure that 

the public is made aware of the 

cancellation of the federal advisory 

committee’s December 10, 2004, 

conference call meeting as soon as 

possible. 

This statement complies with the 

General Services Administration 

Management regulations implementing 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act. 

See 41 CFR 101–6.1015(b)(2).

ADDRESSES: Telecommunications 

Access Policy Division, Wireline 

Competition Bureau, Federal 

Communications Commission, The 

Portals II, 445 12th Street, SW., Suite 5–

A420, Washington, DC 20554.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Deborah Blue, Special Assistant to the 

Designated Federal Officer (DFO) at 

(202) 418–1466 or 

Deborah.Blue@fcc.gov. The fax number 

is: (202) 418–2345. The TTY number is: 

(202) 418–0484.

Federal Communications Commission. 

Sanford S. Williams, 

Attorney, Telecommunications Access Policy 

Division, Wireline Competition Bureau.

[FR Doc. 04–27280 Filed 12–8–04; 1:18 pm] 

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FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION

Sunshine Act Notices

DATE AND TIME: Thursday, December 16, 

2004, at 10 a.m.

PLACE: 999 E Street, NW., Washington, 

DC (Ninth Floor).