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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. 

• 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 the 

Commission continues 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 messengerdelivered paper filings for the 

Commission’s Secretary at 236 

Massachusetts Avenue, NE., Suite 110, 

Washington, DC 20002. The filing hours 

at this location are 8 a.m. to 7 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 

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 12th Street, SW., 

Washington DC 20554. 

Synopsis 

On February 1, 2005, a group of rural 

local exchange carriers (Rural LECs) 

filed a Petition for Declaratory Ruling 

with the Commission regarding the 

obligations of local exchange carriers 

when executing preferred interexchange 

carrier (PIC) changes. See The Rural 

LECs, Petition for Declaratory Ruling 

with Respect to Obligations of Local 

Exchange Carriers to Execute Primary 

Interexchange Carrier Changes with 

Incorrect Subscriber Information, filed 

February 1, 2005 by 3 Rivers Telephone 

Cooperative, et al. (‘‘Petition’’). The 

Petition requested a Commission 

declaration that the Commission’s rules 

do not prohibit the practice by rural 

LECs of rejecting requests from 

Interexchange Carriers (IXCs) to change 

a subscriber’s preferred interexchange 

carrier where the name or telephone 

number on the request does not match 

that of the subscriber of record or person 

authorized by the subscriber to make 

changes to the account. On June 9, 2005, 

the Consumer & Governmental Affairs 

Bureau (‘‘Bureau’’) issued a Declaratory 

Ruling (‘‘Ruling’’) denying the Petition 

filed by the Rural LECs regarding the 

Commission’s carrier change 

verification rules. Declaratory Ruling, 

CC Docket No. 94–129, DA 05–1618, 

released June 9, 2005 (‘‘Ruling’’), 

published at 71 FR 2895 (January 18, 

2006). On July 8, 2005, the Rural LECs 

submitted an application for review 

requesting that the Bureau’s Ruling be 

reversed and their Petition granted. See 

The Rural LECs, Application for 

Review, filed July 8, 2005. The Rural 

LECs argue that the Bureau’s Ruling 

misreads their Petition, the 

Communications Act, the Commission’s 

rules, and the law of agency. According 

to the Rural LECs, the Bureau ignored 

relevant appellate interpretation of the 

rules at issue and decided a significant 

question of law and policy not 

previously resolved by the Commission. 

Accordingly, the Rural LECs ask that the 

Bureau’s Ruling be vacated and their 

Petition granted. In this document, the 

Bureau seeks comment on the issues 

raised by the Rural LECs. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Jay Keithley, 

Deputy Bureau Chief, Consumer & 

Governmental Affairs Bureau. 

[FR Doc. 06–796 Filed 1–31–06; 8:45 am] 

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[Report No. 2751] 

Petitions for Reconsideration of Action 

in Rulemaking Proceeding 

January 23, 2006. 

Petitions for Reconsideration have 

been filed in the Commission’s 

Rulemaking proceeding listed in this 

Public Notice and published pursuant to 

47 CFR 1.429(e). The full text of these 

documents is available for viewing and 

copying in Room CY–B402, 445 12th 

Street, SW., Washington, DC or may be 

purchased from the Commission’s copy 

contractor, Best Copy and Printing, Inc. 

(BCPI) (1–800–378–3160). Oppositions 

to these petitions must be filed by 

February 16, 2006. See § 1.4(b)(1) of the 

Commission’s rules (47 CFR 1.4(b)(1)). 

Replies to an opposition must be filed 

within 10 days after the time for filing 

oppositions have expired. 

Subject: In the Matter of Amendment 

of Section 73.202(b), Table of 

Allotments, FM Broadcast Stations 

(Connersville, Madison, and Richmond, 

Indiana, Erlanger and Lebanon, 

Kentucky, and Norwood, Ohio; and 

Lebanon, Lebanon Junction, New 

Haven, and Springfield, Kentucky) (MB 

Docket No. 05–17). 

Number of Petitions Filed: 1. 

Subject: In the Matter of Amendment 

of Section 73.202(b), Table of 

Allotments, FM Broadcast Stations 

(Lake City, Chattanooga, Harrogate, and 

Halls Crossroads, Tennessee) (MB 

Docket No. 03–120). 

Number of Petitions Filed: 1. 

Marlene H. Dortch, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 06–795 Filed 1–31–06; 8:45 am] 

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[Report No. 2752] 

Petitions for Reconsideration of 

Commission Action 

January 23, 2006. 

Petitions for Reconsideration have 

been filed in response to the 

Commission’s Order in the proceeding 

listed in this Public Notice, and 

published pursuant to 47 CFR 1.106. 

Notwithstanding any statement to the 

contrary in any previous public notice, 

this proceeding is conducted 

consistently with section 316 of the 

Communications Act of 1934, 47 U.S.C. 

316. The full text of these documents is 

available for viewing and copying in 

Room CY–B402, 445 12th Street, SW., 

Washington, DC or may be purchased 

from the Commission’s copy contractor, 

Best Copy and Printing, Inc. (BCPI) (1–

800–378–3160). Oppositions to these 

petitions must be filed by February 16, 

2006. See section 1.4(b)(1) of the 

Commission’s rules (47 CFR 1.4(b)(1)). 

Replies to an opposition must be filed 

within 10 days after the time for filing 

oppositions have expired. 

Subject: In the Matter of Use of 

Returned Spectrum in the 2 GHz Mobile 

Satellite Service Frequency Bands (IB 

Docket Nos. 05–220 & 05–221). 

Number of Petitions Filed: 2. 

Marlene H. Dortch, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 06–888 Filed 1–31–06; 8:45 am] 

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Notice of Agreements Filed 

The Commission hereby gives notice 

of the filing of the following agreements 

under the Shipping Act of 1984. 

Interested parties may submit comments 

on an agreement to the Secretary, 


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