1128 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 6 / Monday, January 11, 2016 / Rules and Regulations 

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52 

Environmental protection, Air 

pollution control, Incorporation by 

reference, Intergovernmental relations, 

Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements, Sulfur dioxide. 

Dated: December 23, 2015. 

Samuel Coleman, 

Acting Regional Administrator, Region 6. 

40 CFR part 52 is amended as follows: 

PART 52—APPROVAL AND 

PROMULGATION OF 

IMPLEMENTATION PLANS 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 52 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq. 

Subpart SS—Texas 

■ 2. In § 52.2270(e), the second table 

titled ‘‘EPA Approved Nonregulatory 

Provisions and Quasi-Regulatory 

Measures in the Texas SIP’’ is amended 

by adding an entry at the end for 

‘‘Infrastructure and Transport SIP 

Revision for the 2010 SO2 NAAQS’’ to 

read as follows: 

§ 52.2270 Identification of plan. 

* * * * * 

(e) * * * 

EPA APPROVED NONREGULATORY PROVISIONS AND QUASI-REGULATORY MEASURES IN THE TEXAS SIP 

Name of SIP provision 

Applicable 

geographic or 

nonattainment 

area 

State 

submittal/ 

effective 

date 

EPA approval date Comments 

*******

Infrastructure and Transport SIP 

Revision for the 2010 SO2

NAAQS.

Statewide 5/6/2013 1/11/2016 [Insert Federal Register citation].Approval for CAA elements 110(a)(2)(A), (B), 

(C), (D)(i)(II) (PSD portion), D(ii), (E), (F), 

(G), (H), (J), (K), (L), and (M). 

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AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R10–OAR–2015–0813; FRL–9940–93– 

Region 10] 

Approval and Promulgation of 

Implementation Plans; Washington; 

Removal of Obsolete Regulations 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Direct final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is taking direct final 

action to remove outdated rules in the 

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) for 

the State of Washington because they 

are unnecessary or obsolete. The EPA is 

also clarifying regulations to reflect 

updated citations and more recent air 

quality monitoring data. This direct 

final action makes no substantive 

changes to the State Implementation 

Plan (SIP) and imposes no new 

requirements. 

DATES: This rule is effective on March 

11, 2016, without further notice, unless 

the EPA receives adverse comment by 

February 10, 2016. If the EPA receives 

adverse comment, we will publish a 

timely withdrawal in the Federal 

Register informing the public that the 

rule will not take effect. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R10– 

OAR–2015–0813, at http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Once submitted, comments cannot be 

edited or removed from Regulations.gov. 

The EPA may publish any comment 

received to its public docket. Do not 

submit electronically any information 

you consider to be Confidential 

Business Information (CBI) or other 

information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Multimedia 

submissions (audio, video, etc.) must be 

accompanied by a written comment. 

The written comment is considered the 

official comment and should include 

discussion of all points you wish to 

make. The EPA will generally not 

consider comments or comment 

contents located outside of the primary 

submission (i.e. on the web, cloud, or 

other file sharing system). For 

additional submission methods, the full 

EPA public comment policy, 

information about CBI or multimedia 

submissions, and general guidance on 

making effective comments, please visit 

http://www2.epa.gov/dockets/

commenting-epa-dockets. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff 

Hunt, EPA Region 10, (206) 553–0256, 

hunt.jeff@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Throughout this document whenever 

‘‘we,’’ ‘‘us,’’ or ‘‘our’’ are used, it is 

intended to refer to the EPA. 

I. Introduction 

This action is being taken pursuant to 

Executive Order 13563—Improving 

Regulation and Regulatory Review. It is 

intended to reduce the number of pages 

in the CFR by identifying those rules in 

40 CFR part 52, subpart WW, for the 

State of Washington that are 

duplicative, outdated, or obsolete. These 

rules no longer have any use or legal 

effect because they have been 

superseded by subsequently approved 

SIP revisions. This action also amends 

certain rules by revising outdated 

citations and updating provisions based 

on more recent ambient air quality 

monitoring data. One aspect of the 

EPA’s action removes historical 

information found in the ‘‘Original 

Identification of plan’’ section in 40 CFR 

52.2477. This section is no longer 

necessary because the EPA promulgated 

administrative rule actions to replace 

these paragraphs with summary tables 

in 40 CFR 52.2470 (78 FR 17108, March 

20, 2013). These summary tables 

describe the regulations, source-specific 

actions, and non-regulatory 

requirements which comprise the SIP. 

II. Removal of Obsolete or Unnecessary 

Rules and Clarifications to Certain 

Rules 

The EPA reviewed the following 

regulations and found that they should 

be removed or revised for the reasons 

set forth as follows: 


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A. Section 52.2471 Classification of 

Regions 

In a submission received on 

September 22, 2014, included in the 

docket for this action, the Washington 

Department of Ecology (Ecology) 

reviewed air quality monitoring data for 

nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and ozone with 

respect to classifying regions under 40 

CFR 51.150. That section classifies 

regions based on air quality information 

for purposes of establishing 

requirements for emergency episode 

plans. The air quality information in 40 

CFR 52.2471 regarding classification of 

regions in the State of Washington was 

last updated by the EPA on June 5, 1980 

(45 FR 37836). Ecology confirmed that 

the classifications in § 52.2471 remain 

correct for NO2 based on 2012–2014 

monitoring data. Ecology also confirmed 

that the classifications for ozone remain 

correct for all Air Quality Control 

Regions in Washington, except one. 

Based on a review of 2012–2014 data, 

Ecology noted that the classification for 

the Washington portion of the Portland 

Interstate Air Quality Control Region is 

out of date. The EPA reviewed the 

2012–2014 data used by Ecology, as 

well as more recent 2013–2015 data 

included in the docket for this action. 

We agree with Ecology’s analysis that 

the Washington portion of the Portland 

Interstate Air Quality Control Region 

should be reclassified to Priority III 

based on more recent air quality 

monitoring data. The reclassification of 

the Washington portion of the Portland 

Interstate Air Quality Control Region 

from Priority I to Priority III will have 

no significant impact on the SIP because 

the current emergency episode plan 

covers the entire state and remains 

unchanged in the SIP since the EPA’s 

last approval (58 FR 4578, January 15, 

1993). 

The EPA also reviewed air quality 

monitoring data for carbon monoxide. 

Concentrations of carbon monoxide in 

ambient air have plummeted in the 

thirty-five years since the EPA’s last 

update to the classifications in 

§ 52.2471, primarily due to improved 

Federal engine standards for motor 

vehicles. The highest 8-hour 

concentration observed at all monitors 

in Washington from 2013–2015 was 2.4 

parts per million (ppm), which is well 

below the 8-hour carbon monoxide 

National Ambient Air Quality Standard 

(NAAQS) of 9 ppm and well below the 

Priority I classification level of 12 ppm. 

Similarly, the highest 1-hour 

concentration observed at all monitors 

in Washington from 2013–2015 was 4 

ppm, which is well below the 1-hour 

carbon monoxide NAAQS of 35 ppm 

and well below the Priority I 

classification level of 48 ppm. The EPA 

is therefore reclassifying all carbon 

monoxide areas in Washington as 

Priority III, the lowest classification 

level. As discussed above, this update to 

the classification levels will have no 

significant impact on the SIP because 

the current emergency episode plan 

covering the entire state remains 

unchanged in the SIP since the EPA’s 

last approval. At this time, we are not 

assessing the classification levels for 

other pollutants (particulate matter and 

sulfur dioxide) because the data analysis 

required to do so, including 

consideration of any potential 

exceptional events, is beyond the scope 

of this action. 

B. Section 52.2472 Extensions 

This section extended the attainment 

date for the Spokane and Wallula 

particulate matter (PM10) nonattainment 

areas until December 31, 1995 (60 FR 

47280, September 12, 1995). In 

subsequent actions, the EPA 

redesignated both of these areas to 

attainment of the PM10 NAAQS (70 FR 

38029, July 1, 2005 and 70 FR 50212, 

August 26, 2005), making this section 

obsolete. The EPA is therefore removing 

this section. 

C. Section 52.2473 Approval Status 

This section, last updated February 

23, 1982 (47 FR 7840), is out of date. 

The second sentence addresses the 

geographic applicability of the 

regulations in the Washington SIP. 

Applicability is now addressed in the 

tables in § 52.2470, and this sentence is 

out of date and is being removed (see 79 

FR 59653, October 3, 2014). The fourth 

sentence describes ozone-related 

reasonably available control technology 

(RACT) requirements under the 1977 

Clean Air Act (CAA). This sentence is 

being removed because the EPA 

subsequently approved Washington SIP 

revisions for the ozone NAAQS under 

the requirements of the 1990 CAA (see 

40 CFR 52.2470(c) and (e)). Similarly, 

the fifth sentence in this section is also 

out of date and is being removed. It 

describes the requirements of the 

emission offset interpretive rule as it 

applies to permitting new sources in a 

nonattainment area, published January 

16, 1979 (44 FR 3274). This concern 

became obsolete when the EPA 

approved Washington Administrative 

Code (WAC) 173–400–091 ‘‘Voluntary 

limits on emissions’’ and WAC 173– 

400–112 ‘‘Requirements for new sources 

in nonattainment areas’’ (60 FR 28726, 

June 2, 1995). More recently, the EPA 

approved updates to Washington’s 

nonattainment new source review 

permitting program as meeting all CAA 

requirements on November 7, 2014 (79 

FR 59653). 

D. Section 52.2474 General 

Requirements 

This section, addressing public 

availability of emission data, is out of 

date (40 FR 55334, November 28, 1975), 

and is being removed. On October 3, 

2014, the EPA approved WAC 173–400– 

175 ‘‘Public Information’’ as meeting the 

requirements of the CAA, including 

making ambient air quality data and 

emission data available to the public (79 

FR 59653). For a full discussion, please 

see the proposed approval of WAC 173– 

400–175 (79 FR 39351, 39357, July 10, 

2014). 

E. Section 52.2475 Approval of Plans 

This section is no longer necessary 

because the EPA replaced the historical 

information contained in this section 

with summary tables in § 52.2470 (78 

FR 17108, March 20, 2013). These 

summary tables describe the 

regulations, source-specific actions, and 

non-regulatory requirements which 

comprise the SIP, including a history of 

attainment plan and visibility protection 

SIP submittals. The EPA reviewed 

§ 52.2475 to verify that all relevant 

historical information in this section is 

contained in § 52.2470. The EPA is 

therefore removing § 52.2475. 

F. Section 52.2477 Original 

Identification of Plan Section 

Paragraphs (b) and (c) of § 52.2477, 

originally designated as 40 CFR 

52.2470(b) and (c), contain historical 

information about the EPA’s approval 

actions for the Washington SIP which 

occurred from January 28, 1972 until 

March 20, 2013. On March 20, 2013, the 

EPA reorganized the Identification of 

plan section (§ 52.2470) for subpart WW 

by listing and summarizing 

Washington’s currently approved SIP 

requirements in § 52.2470(a) through (e) 

(78 FR 17110). Paragraphs (b) and (c) of 

§ 52.2477 are being removed because the 

EPA has determined that it is no longer 

necessary to codify the information 

found in these paragraphs. Paragraph (a) 

of § 52.2477 is being amended to state 

that this historical information will 

continue to be made available in the 

CFR annual editions, title 40, part 52 

(years 1996 through 2012). These annual 

editions are available on line at the 

following url address: http://

www.gpo.gov/fdsys/browse/collection

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G. Section 52.2495 Voluntary Limits 

on Potential To Emit 

This section discusses the 

mechanisms for issuance of voluntary 

limits on potential to emit in 

Washington. In 1995, the EPA approved 

this regulation (with a state effective 

date of September 20, 1993) as meeting 

the requirements for Federallyenforceable state operating permit 

programs set forth in 54 FR 27274 (June 

28, 1989), with respect to criteria 

pollutants and pollutants regulated 

under the PSD program under section 

110 of the CAA (as part of the SIP) and 

with respect to hazardous air pollutants 

under section 112(l) of the CAA (as part 

of Ecology’s CAA section 112 program 

and not as part of the SIP). See 60 FR 

9805 (proposed action); 60 FR 28726 

(final action). Subsequent to that 

approval, Ecology made minor changes 

to WAC 173–400–091. The EPA 

approved these minor changes to the 

Washington SIP in 2014 with respect to 

criteria pollutants and pollutants 

regulated under the PSD program 

(referred to as ‘‘regulated NSR 

pollutants’’). See 79 FR 39351, 39354 

(July 10, 2014) (proposed action); 79 FR 

59653 (final action). The 1993 version of 

WAC 173–400–091 continues to be the 

approved version for purposes of 

section 112(l). The EPA is amending 

§ 52.2495 to make it clear that WAC 

173–400–091 remains approved under 

both sections 110 and 112(l) of the CAA, 

and that the SIP-approved version is 

identified in § 52.2470(c). The EPA is 

also deleting the reference in § 52.2495 

to 40 CFR 51.104(e) because that 

paragraph has been repealed. 

III. Final Action 

The EPA has determined that the 

above referenced rules should be 

removed or revised at this time. The 

EPA is publishing this rule without 

prior proposal because the Agency 

views this as a noncontroversial action 

and anticipates no adverse comment. 

However, in the ‘‘Proposed Rules’’ 

section of this Federal Register, the EPA 

is publishing a separate document that 

will serve as the proposal to approve the 

SIP revision if adverse comments are 

filed. This rule will be effective on 

March 11, 2016 without further notice 

unless the EPA receives adverse 

comment by February 10, 2016. If the 

EPA receives adverse comment, the EPA 

will publish a timely withdrawal in the 

Federal Register informing the public 

that the rule will not take effect. The 

EPA will address all public comments 

in a subsequent final rule based on the 

proposed rule. The EPA will not 

institute a second comment period on 

this action. Any parties interested in 

commenting must do so at this time. 

Please note that if the EPA receives 

adverse comment on an amendment, 

paragraph, or section of this rule and if 

that provision may be severed from the 

remainder of the rule, the EPA may 

adopt as final those provisions of the 

rule that are not the subject of an 

adverse comment. 

IV. Statutory and Executive Orders 

Reviews 

Under the Clean Air Act, the 

Administrator is required to approve a 

SIP submission that complies with the 

provisions of the Act and applicable 

Federal regulations. 42 U.S.C. 7410(k); 

40 CFR 52.02(a). Thus, in reviewing SIP 

submissions, the EPA’s role is to 

approve state choices, provided that 

they meet the criteria of the Clean Air 

Act. Accordingly, this action merely 

approves state law as meeting Federal 

requirements and does not impose 

additional requirements beyond those 

imposed by state law. For that reason, 

this action: 

• Is not a ‘‘significant regulatory 

action’’ subject to review by the Office 

of Management and Budget under 

Executive Orders 12866 (58 FR 51735, 

October 4, 1993) and 13563 (76 FR 3821, 

January 21, 2011); 

• does not impose an information 

collection burden under the provisions 

of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.); 

• is certified as not having a 

significant economic impact on a 

substantial number of small entities 

under the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 

U.S.C. 601 et seq.); 

• does not contain any unfunded 

mandate or significantly or uniquely 

affect small governments, as described 

in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act 

of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–4); 

• does not have Federalism 

implications as specified in Executive 

Order 13132 (64 FR 43255, August 10, 

1999); 

• is not an economically significant 

regulatory action based on health or 

safety risks subject to Executive Order 

13045 (62 FR 19885, April 23, 1997); 

• is not a significant regulatory action 

subject to Executive Order 13211 (66 FR 

28355, May 22, 2001); 

• is not subject to requirements of 

section 12(d) of the National 

Technology Transfer and Advancement 

Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 272 note) because 

application of those requirements would 

be inconsistent with the Clean Air Act; 

and 

• does not provide the EPA with the 

discretionary authority to address, as 

appropriate, disproportionate human 

health or environmental effects, using 

practicable and legally permissible 

methods, under Executive Order 12898 

(59 FR 7629, February 16, 1994). 

The SIP is not approved to apply on 

any Indian reservation land in 

Washington except as specifically noted 

below and is also not approved to apply 

in any other area where the EPA or an 

Indian tribe has demonstrated that a 

tribe has jurisdiction. In those areas of 

Indian country, the rule does not have 

tribal implications as specified by 

Executive Order 13175 (65 FR 67249, 

November 9, 2000). Washington’s SIP is 

approved to apply on non-trust land 

within the exterior boundaries of the 

Puyallup Indian Reservation, also 

known as the 1873 Survey Area. Under 

the Puyallup Tribe of Indians 

Settlement Act of 1989, 25 U.S.C. 1773, 

Congress explicitly provided state and 

local agencies in Washington authority 

over activities on non-trust lands within 

the 1873 Survey Area. 

The Congressional Review Act, 5 

U.S.C. 801 et seq., as added by the Small 

Business Regulatory Enforcement 

Fairness Act of 1996, generally provides 

that before a rule may take effect, the 

agency promulgating the rule must 

submit a rule report, which includes a 

copy of the rule, to each House of the 

Congress and to the Comptroller General 

of the United States. The EPA will 

submit a report containing this action 

and other required information to the 

U.S. Senate, the U.S. House of 

Representatives, and the Comptroller 

General of the United States prior to 

publication of the rule in the Federal 

Register. A major rule cannot take effect 

until 60 days after it is published in the 

Federal Register. This action is not a 

‘‘major rule’’ as defined by 5 U.S.C. 

804(2). 

Under section 307(b)(1) of the Clean 

Air Act, petitions for judicial review of 

this action must be filed in the United 

States Court of Appeals for the 

appropriate circuit by March 11, 2016. 

Filing a petition for reconsideration by 

the Administrator of this final rule does 

not affect the finality of this action for 

the purposes of judicial review nor does 

it extend the time within which a 

petition for judicial review may be filed, 

and shall not postpone the effectiveness 

of such rule or action. Parties with 

objections to this direct final rule are 

encouraged to file a comment in 

response to the parallel notice of 

proposed rulemaking for this action 

published in the proposed rules section 

of this Federal Register, rather than file 

an immediate petition for judicial 

review of this direct final rule, so that 

the EPA can withdraw this direct final 

rule and address the comment in the 


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proposed rulemaking. This action may 

not be challenged later in proceedings to 

enforce its requirements. (See section 

307(b)(2).) 

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52 

Environmental protection, Air 

pollution control, Incorporate by 

reference, Intergovernmental relations, 

Particulate matter, Reporting and 

Recordkeeping requirements. 

Dated: December 21, 2015. 

Michelle L. Pirzadeh, 

Acting Regional Administrator, Region 10. 

40 CFR part 52 is amended as follows: 

PART 52—APPROVAL AND 

PROMULGATION OF 

IMPLEMENTATION PLANS 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 52 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq. 

Subpart WW—Washington 

■ 2. Section 52.2471 is revised to read 

as follows: 

§ 52.2471 Classification of regions. 

The Washington plan was evaluated 

on the basis of the following 

classifications: 

Air quality control region 

Pollutant 

Particulate 

matter Sulfur oxides Nitrogen dioxide 

Carbon 

monoxide Ozone 

Eastern Washington-Northern Idaho Interstate ................... I IA III III III 

Northern Washington Intrastate ........................................... II III III III III 

Olympic-Northwest Washington Intrastate .......................... II II III III III 

Portland Interstate ................................................................ I IA III III III 

Puget Sound Intrastate ........................................................ I IA III III I 

South Central Washington Intrastate ................................... I III III III III 

§ 52.2472 [Removed and Reserved] 

■ 3. Section 52.2472 is removed and 

reserved. 

■ 4. Section 52.2473 is revised to read 

as follows: 

§ 52.2473 Approval status. 

With the exceptions set forth in this 

subpart, the Administrator approves 

Washington’s plan for the attainment 

and maintenance of the national 

standards under section 110 of the 

Clean Air Act. Furthermore, the 

Administrator finds that the plan 

satisfies all requirements of part D, title 

1, of the Clean Air Act. 

§§ 52.2474 and 52.2475 [Removed and 

Reserved] 

■ 4. Sections 52.2474 and 52.2475 are 

removed and reserved 

■ 5. Section 52.2477 is revised to read 

as follows: 

§ 52.2477 Original identification of plan 

section. 

(a) This section identified the original 

‘‘Air Implementation Plan for the State 

of Washington’’ and all revisions 

submitted by Washington that were 

Federally approved prior to March 20, 

2013. The information in this section is 

available in the 40 CFR, part 52, Volume 

3 of 3 (§§ 52.2020 to End) edition 

revised as of July 1, 2012. 

(b) [Reserved] 

(c) [Reserved] 

■ 6. Section 52.2495 is revised to read 

as follows: 

§ 52.2495 Voluntary limits on potential to 

emit. 

(a) Terms and conditions of regulatory 

orders covering regulated NSR 

pollutants (as defined in 40 CFR 

52.21(b)), issued pursuant to WAC 173– 

400–091 ‘‘Voluntary limits on 

emissions’’ and in accordance with the 

provisions of WAC 173–400–091, WAC 

173–400–105 ‘‘Records, monitoring, and 

reporting,’’ and WAC 173–400–171 

‘‘Public involvement,’’ shall be 

applicable requirements of the 

Federally-approved Washington SIP for 

the purposes of section 113 of the Clean 

Air Act and shall be enforceable by EPA 

and by any person in the same manner 

as other requirements of the SIP. Such 

regulatory orders issued pursuant to 

WAC 173–400–091 are part of the 

Washington SIP and shall be submitted 

to EPA Region 10 in accordance with 

the requirements of 40 CFR 51.326. The 

EPA-approved provisions of the WAC 

are identified in 40 CFR 52.2470(c). 

(b) Terms and conditions of regulatory 

orders covering hazardous air pollutants 

(as defined in 40 CFR 63.2), issued 

pursuant to WAC 173–400–091 

‘‘Voluntary limits on emissions,’’ as in 

effect on September 20, 1993, and in 

accordance with the provisions of WAC 

173–400–091, WAC 173–400–105 

‘‘Records, monitoring, and reporting,’’ 

and WAC 173–400–171 ‘‘Public 

involvement,’’ shall be applicable 

requirements of the Federally-approved 

Washington section 112(l) program for 

the purposes of section 113 of the Clean 

Air Act and shall be enforceable by EPA 

and by any person in the same manner 

as other requirements of section 112. 

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47 CFR Part 52 

[WC Docket No. 13–97, 04–36, 07–243, 10– 

90 and CC Docket No. 95–116, 01–92, and 

99–200; FCC 15–70] 

Numbering Policies for Modern 

Communications, IP-Enabled Services, 

Telephone Number Requirements for 

IP-Enabled, Services Providers, 

Telephone Number Portability et al. 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Final rule; correction 

SUMMARY: The Commission published in 

the Federal Register of October 29, 

2015, a document concerning an (Order) 

establishing an authorization process to 

enable interconnected VoIP providers 

that choose direct access to request 

numbers directly from the Numbering 

Administrators. Next, this document 

sets forth several conditions designed to 

minimize number exhaust and preserve 

the integrity of the numbering system. 

Finally, this document modifies 

Commission’s rules in order to permit 

VoIP Positioning Center (VPC) providers 

to obtain pseudo-Automatic Number 

Identification (p-ANI) codes directly 

from the Numbering Administrators for 

purposes of providing E911 services. 

These relatively modest steps will have 

lasting, positive impacts for consumers 

and the communications industry as we 

continue to undergo technology 

transitions. 

DATES: Effective January 11, 2016, 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Marilyn Jones, Wireline Competition 

Bureau, Competition Policy Division, 


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