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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The site to

be deleted from the NPL is: LaGrand

Sanitary landfill Superfund Site located

in Douglas County, Minnesota. A notice

of intent to delete for this site was

published September 5, 1997 (62 FR

46938). The closing date for comments

on the Notice of Intent to Delete was

October 4, 1997. EPA received no

comments and therefore no

Responsiveness Summary was prepared.

The EPA identifies sites which appear

to present a significant risk to public

health, welfare, or the environment and

it maintains the NPL as the list of those

sites. Sites on the NPL may be the

subject of Hazardous Substance

Response Trust Fund (Fund) financed

remedial actions. Any site deleted from

the NPL remains eligible for Fundfinanced remedial actions in the

unlikely event that conditions at the site

warrant such action. Section

300.425(e)(3) of the NCP states that

Fund-financed actions may be taken at

sites deleted from the NPL in the

unlikely event that conditions at the site

warrant such action. Deletion of a site

from the NPL does not affect responsible

party liability or impede agency efforts

to recover costs associated with

response efforts.

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 300

Environmental protection, Air

pollution control, Chemicals, Hazardous

substances, Hazardous waste,

Intergovernmental relations, Penalties,

Reporting and recordkeeping

requirements, Superfund, Water

pollution control, Water supply.

Dated: October 9, 1997.

David Ullrich,

Acting Regional Administrator, U.S. EPA,

Region V.

40 CFR part 300 is amended as

follows:

PART 300—[AMENDED]

1. The authority citation for part 300

continues to read as follows:

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1321(c)(2); 42 U.S.C.

9601–9657; E.O. 12777, 56 FR 54757, 3 CFR,

1991 Comp.; p.351; E.O. 12580, 52 FR 2923,

3 CFR, 1987 Comp.; p. 193.

Appendix B—[Amended]

2. Table 1 of Appendix B to part 300

is amended by removing the Site

‘‘LaGrande Sanitary Landfill, LaGrand

Township, Minnesota’’.

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 52

[CC Docket No. 92–237, CC Docket No. 95–

155; FCC 97–372]

Administration of the North American

Numbering Plan; Toll Free Service

Access Codes

AGENCY: Federal Communications

Commission.

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: On October 9, 1997, the

Commission released a Third Report

and Order in CC Docket No. 92–237

adopting various measures related to

numbering administration for

telecommunications service and to

billing and collection to support

numbering administration activities.

The Third Report and Order is intended

to ensure the impartial allocation and

administration of numbering resources.

The Commission also released a Third

Report and Order in CC Docket No. 95–

155 adopting measures related to

numbering administration for toll free

numbers. The Third Report and Order is

intended to ensure the impartial

allocation and administration of toll free

numbering resources.

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 24, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Marian Gordon or Erin Duffy, Network

Services Division, Common Carrier

Bureau, (202) 418–2320.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

summarizes the Commission’s Third

Report and Order in CC Docket No. 92–

237, In the Matter of Administration of

the North American Numbering Plan,

FCC 97–372, adopted October 9, 1997,

and released October 9, 1997. The

Commission concurrently released a

Third Report and Order in CC Docket

No. 95–155, In the Matter of Toll Free

Service Access Codes. The file is

available for inspection and copying

during the weekday hours of 9 a.m. to

4:30 p.m. in the Commission’s

Reference Center, room 239, 1919 M St.,

N.W., Washington D.C., or copies may

be purchased from the Commission’s

duplicating contractor, ITS, Inc. 2100 M

St., N.W., Suite 140, Washington, D.C.

20037, phone (202) 857–3800.

Analysis of Proceeding

1. In the Third Report and Order in

CC Docket No. 92–237, the Commission

takes several actions to ensure the

impartial administration and allocation

of numbering resources. The

Commission accepts the

recommendation of the North American

Numbering Council (NANC) and selects

Lockheed IMS as the North American

Numbering Plan Administrator

(NANPA). The Commission accepts the

NANC’s recommendation and selects

the National Exchange Carriers

Association (NECA) as the NANPA

Billing and Collection Agent (B&C

Agent), subject to a specific neutrality

cure. The Commission accepts NANC’s

proposed rules for governance of the

NANPA and the B&C Agent, with minor

modifications. In order to provide

solutions to numbering disputes when

time is critical, the Commission

streamlines its administrative processes

of review of NANC’s initial resolution of

numbering disputes.

2. The Commission imposes two

conditions, recommended by the NANC,

that Lockheed must follow. First,

Lockheed must perform the numbering

administration functions currently

performed by Bellcore, and the central

office code administration functions

currently performed by the eleven

central office code administrators, at the

price agreed to at the time of its

selection. The new NANPA may request

from the NANC, with approval by the

Commission, an adjustment in this price

if the actual number of central office

code assignments made per year, the

number of area codes requiring relief

per year, or the number of area code

relief meetings per area code exceeds

120% of Lockheed’s stated assumptions

at the time of its selection. Second,

Lockheed must make available any and

all intellectual property and associated

hardware resulting from its activities as

numbering administrator including, but

not limited to, systems and the data

contained therein, software, interface

specifications and supporting

documentation, and make such property

available to whomever the NANC

directs free of charge.

3. In the Third Report and Order in

CC Docket No. 95–155, the Commission

takes action to ensure the impartial

administration and allocation of toll free

numbering resources. The Commission

concludes that toll free numbering

administration, as currently structured,

is inconsistent with section 251(e) of the

Communications Act. The Commission

directs the NANC to examine the issue

of toll free numbering administration

and make a recommendation to the

Commission regarding what entity

would be an appropriate administrator

for the toll free database within 120

days of the effective date of the NANP

Order.

4. It is ordered, pursuant to Sections

1, 4(i), 201–205, 218, and 251 of the

Communications Act of 1934, as

amended, 47 U.S.C. Sections 151, 154(i),
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201–205, 218, and 251, that the Third

Report and Order in CC Docket No. 92–

237 and the Third Report and Order in

CC Docket No. 95–155 are hereby

adopted.

5. It is further ordered that all

policies, rules, and requirements of this

document are effective on November 24,

1997.

List of Subjects 47 CFR Part 52

Local exchange carrier, Numbering,

Telecommunications.

Federal Communications Commission.

Shirley Suggs,

Chief, Publications Branch.

Rule Changes

Part 52 of Title 47 of the Code of

Federal Regulations is amended to read

as follows:

PART 52—NUMBERING

1. The authority citation for part 52

continues to read as follows:

Authority: Sections 1, 2, 4, 5, 48 Stat. 1066,

as amended; 47 U.S.C. 151, 152, 154, 155

unless otherwise noted. Interpret or apply

secs. 3, 4, 201–05, 207–09, 218, 225–7, 251–

2, 271 and 332, 48 Stat. 1070, as amended,

1077; 47 U.S.C. 153, 154, 201–05, 207–09,

218, 225–7, 271 and 332 unless otherwise

noted.

2. Amend § 52.7 to revise paragraph

(b) and adding paragraph (f) to read as

follows:

§ 52.7 Definitions.

* * * * *

(b) Area code relief. The term ‘‘area

code relief’’ refers to the process by

which central office codes are made

available when there are few or no

unassigned central office codes

remaining in an existing area code and

a new area code is introduced. Area

code relief includes planning for area

code ‘‘jeopardy,’’ which is a situation

where central office codes may become

exhausted before an area code relief

plan can be implemented.

* * * * *

(f) Billing and Collection Agent. The

term ‘‘Billing & Collection Agent’’

(‘‘B&C Agent’’) refers to the entity

responsible for the collection of funds to

support numbering administration for

telecommunications services from the

United States telecommunications

industry and NANP member countries.

3. Amend § 52.11 to revise paragraphs

(c) and (g) and to add paragraphs (h) and

(i) to read as follows:

§ 52.11 North American Numbering

Council.

* * * * *

(c) Initially resolving disputes,

through consensus, that foster efficient

and impartial number administration in

the United States by adopting and

utilizing dispute resolution procedures

that provide disputants, regulators, and

the public notice of the matters at issue,

a reasonable opportunity to make oral

and written presentations, a reasoned

recommended solution, and a written

report summarizing the

recommendation and the reasons

therefore;

* * * * *

(g) Carrying out this part as directed

by the Commission;

(h) Monitoring the performance of the

NANPA and the B&C Agent on at least

an annual basis; and

(i) Implementing, at the direction of

the Commission, any action necessary to

correct identified problems with the

performance of the NANPA and the B&C

Agent, as deemed necessary.

4. Add § 52.12 to Subpart B to read as

follows:

§ 52.12 North American Numbering Plan

Administrator and B&C Agent.

The North American Numbering Plan

Administrator (‘‘NANPA’’) and the

associated ‘‘B&C Agent’’ will conduct

their respective operations in

accordance with this section. The

NANPA and the B&C Agent will

conduct their respective operations with

oversight from the Federal

Communications Commission (the

‘‘Commission’’) and with

recommendations from the North

American Numbering Council

(‘‘NANC’’).

(a)(1) Neutrality. The NANPA and the

B&C Agent shall be non-governmental

entities that are impartial and not

aligned with any particular

telecommunication industry segment.

Accordingly, while conducting their

respective operations under this section,

the NANPA and B&C Agent shall ensure

that they comply with the following

neutrality criteria:

(i) The NANPA and B&C Agent may

not be an affiliate of any

telecommunications service provider(s)

as defined in the Telecommunications

Act of 1996. ‘‘Affiliate’’ is a person who

controls, is controlled by, or is under

the direct or indirect common control

with another person. A person shall be

deemed to control another if such

person possesses, directly or

indirectly—

(A) An equity interest by stock,

partnership (general or limited) interest,

joint venture participation, or member

interest in the other person ten (10%)

percent or more of the total outstanding

equity interests in the other person, or

(B) The power to vote ten (10%)

percent or more of the securities (by

stock, partnership (general or limited)

interest, joint venture participation, or

member interest) having ordinary voting

power for the election of directors,

general partner, or management of such

other person, or

(C) The power to direct or cause the

direction of the management and

policies of such other person, whether

through the ownership of or right to

vote voting rights attributable to the

stock, partnership (general or limited)

interest, joint venture participation, or

member interest) of such other person,

by contract (including but not limited to

stockholder agreement, partnership

(general or limited) agreement, joint

venture agreement, or operating

agreement), or otherwise;

(ii) The NANPA and B&C Agent, and

any affiliate thereof, may not issue a

majority of its debt to, nor may it derive

a majority of its revenues from, any

telecommunications service provider.

‘‘Majority’’ shall mean greater than 50

percent, and ‘‘debt’’ shall mean stocks,

bonds, securities, notes, loans or any

other instrument of indebtedness; and

(iii) Notwithstanding the neutrality

criteria set forth in paragraphs (a)(1) (i)

and (ii) of this section, the NANPA and

B&C Agent may be determined to be or

not to be subject to undue influence by

parties with a vested interest in the

outcome of numbering administration

and activities. NANC may conduct an

evaluation to determine whether the

NANPA and B&C Agent meet the undue

influence criterion.

(2) Any subcontractor that performs—

(i) NANP administration and central

office code administration, or

(ii) Billing and Collection functions,

for the NANPA or for the B&C Agent

must also meet the neutrality criteria

described in paragraph (a)(1).

(b) Term of administration. The

NANPA shall provide numbering

administration, including central office

code administration, for the United

States portion of the North American

Numbering Plan (‘‘NANP’’) for an initial

period of five (5) years. At any time

prior to the termination of the initial or

subsequent term of administration, such

term may be renewed for up to five (5)

years with the approval of the

Commission and the agreement of the

NANPA. The B&C Agent shall provide

billing and collection functions for an

initial period of five (5) years. At any

time prior to the termination of the

initial or subsequent term of

administration, such term may be

renewed for up to five (5) years with the

approval of the Commission and the

agreement of the B&C Agent.

(c) Changes to regulations, rules,

guidelines or directives. In the event that
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regulatory authorities or industry groups

(including, for example, the Industry

Numbering Committee—INC, or its

successor) issue rules, requirements,

guidelines or policy directives which

may affect the functions performed by

the NANPA and the B&C Agent, the

NANPA and the B&C Agent shall,

within 10 business days from the date

of official notice of such rules,

requirements, guidelines or policy

directives, assess the impact on its

operations and advise the Commission

of any changes required. NANPA and

the B&C Agent shall provide written

explanation why such changes are

required. To the extent the Commission

deems such changes are necessary, the

Commission will recommend to the

NANP member countries appropriate

cost recovery adjustments, if necessary.

(d) Performance review process.

NANPA and the B&C Agent shall

develop and implement an internal,

documented performance monitoring

mechanism and shall provide such

performance review on request of the

Commission on at least an annual basis.

The annual assessment process will not

preclude telecommunications industry

participants from identifying

performance problems to the NANPA,

the B&C Agent and the NANC as they

occur, and from seeking expeditious

resolution. If performance problems are

identified by a telecommunications

industry participant, the NANC, B&C

Agent or NANPA shall investigate and

report within 10 business days of notice

to the participant of corrective action, if

any, taken or to be taken. The NANPA,

B&C Agent or NANC (as appropriate)

shall be permitted reasonable time to

take corrective action, including the

necessity of obtaining the required

consent of the Commission.

(e) Termination. If the Commission

determines at any time that the NANPA

or the B&C Agent fails to comply with

the neutrality criteria set forth in

paragraph (a) of this section or

substantially or materially defaults in

the performance of its obligations, the

Commission shall advise immediately

the NANPA or the B&C Agent of said

failure or default, request immediate

corrective action, and permit the

NANPA or B&C Agent reasonable time

to correct such failure or default. If the

NANPA or B&C Agent is unwilling or

unable to take corrective action, the

Commission may, in a manner

consistent with the requirements of the

Administrative Procedure Act and the

Communications Act of 1934, as

amended, take any action that it deems

appropriate, including termination of

the NANPA’s or B&C Agent’s term of

administration.

(f) Required and optional enterprise

services. Enterprise Services, which are

services beyond those described in

§ 52.13 that may be provided by the new

NANPA for specified fees, may be

offered with prior approval of the

Commission.

(1) Required Enterprise Services. At

the request of a code holder, the

NANPA shall, in accordance with

industry standards and for reasonable

fees, enter certain routing and rating

information, into the industry-approved

database(s) for dissemination of such

information. This task shall include

reviewing the information and assisting

in its preparation.

(2) Optional Enterprise Services. The

NANPA may, subject to prior approval

and for reasonable fees, offer ‘‘Optional

Enterprise Services’’ which are any

services not described elsewhere in this

section.

(3) Annual report. NANPA shall

identify and record all direct costs

associated with providing Enterprise

Services separately from the costs

associated with the non-enterprise

NANPA functions. The NANPA shall

submit an annual report to the NANC

summarizing the revenues and costs for

providing each Enterprise Service.

NANPA shall be audited by an

independent auditor after the first year

of operations and every two years

thereafter, and submit the report to the

Commission for appropriate review and

action.

5. Amend § 52.13 to revise paragraph

(b) and to add paragraphs (c), (d), (e) (f)

and (g) to read as follows:

§ 52.13 North American Numbering Plan

Administrator.

* * * * *

(b) The NANPA shall administer the

numbering resources identified in

paragraph (d) of this section. It shall

assign and administer NANP resources

in an efficient, effective, fair, unbiased,

and non-discriminatory manner

consistent with industry-developed

guidelines and Commission regulations.

It shall support the industry’s efforts to

accommodate current and future

numbering needs. It shall perform

additional functions, including but not

limited to:

(1) Ensuring the efficient and effective

administration and assignment of

numbering resources by performing dayto-day number resource assignment and

administrative activities;

(2) Planning for the long-term need for

NANP resources to ensure the

continued viability of the NANP by

implementing a plan for number

resource administration that uses

effective forecasting and management

skills in order to make the industry

aware of the availability of numbering

resources and to meet the current and

future needs of the industry;

(3) Complying with guidelines of the

North American Industry Numbering

Committee (INC) or its successor,

related industry documentation,

Commission regulations and orders, and

the guidelines of other appropriate

policy-making authorities, all of which

may be modified by industry fora or

other appropriate authority;

(4) Providing management

supervision for all of the services it

provides, including responsibility for

achieving performance measures

established by the NANC and the INC in

industry guidelines;

(5) Participating in the NANC annual

performance review as described in

§§ 52.11 and 52.12;

(6) Establishing and maintaining

relationships with current governmental

and regulatory bodies, and their

successors, including the United States

Federal Communications Commission,

Industry Canada, the Canadian Radiotelevision and Telecommunications

Commission, and other United States,

Canadian, and Caribbean numbering

authorities and regulatory agencies, and

addressing policy directives from these

bodies;

(7) Cooperating with and actively

participating in numbering standards

bodies and industry fora, such as INC

and, upon request, the Canadian

Steering Committee on Numbering

(CSCN);

(8) Representing the NANP to national

and international numbering bodies;

(9) Developing and maintaining

communications channels with other

countries who also participate in the

NANP to ensure that numbering needs

of all countries served by the NANP are

met;

(10) Attending United States Study

Group A meetings and maintaining a

working knowledge of Study Group 2

International Telecommunications

Union activities on behalf of the United

States telecommunications industry;

(11) Reviewing requests for all

numbering resources to implement new

applications and services and making

assignments in accordance with

industry-developed resource planning

and assignment guidelines;

(12) Referring requests for particular

numbering resources to the appropriate

industry body where guidelines do not

exist for those resources;

(13) Participating in industry

activities to determine whether, when

new telecommunications services

requiring numbers are proposed, NANP

numbers are appropriate and what level
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of resource is required (e.g. line

numbers, central office codes, NPA

codes);

(14) Maintaining necessary

administrative staff to handle the legal,

financial, technical, staffing, industry,

and regulatory issues relevant to the

management of all numbering resources,

as well as maintaining the necessary

equipment, facilities, and proper billing

arrangements associated with day-today management of all numbering

resources;

(15) Managing the NANP in

accordance with published guidelines

adopted in conjunction with the

industry and the appropriate NANP

member countries’ governing agencies,

and referring issues to the appropriate

industry body for resolution when they

have not been addressed by the

industry;

(16) Responding to requests from the

industry and from regulators for

information about the NANP and its

administration, as the primary

repository for numbering information in

the industry;

(17) Providing upon request

information regarding how to obtain

current documents related to NANP

administration;

(18) Providing assistance to users of

numbering resources and suggesting

numbering administration options,

when possible, that will optimize

number resource utilization;

(19) Coordinating its numbering

resource activities with the Canadian

Number Administrator and other NANP

member countries’ administrators to

ensure efficient and effective

management of NANP numbering

resources; and

(20) Determining the final allocation

methodology for sharing costs between

NANP countries.

(c) In performing the functions

outlined in paragraph (b) of this section,

the NANPA shall:

(1) Ensure that the interests of all

NANP member countries are

considered;

(2) Assess fairly requests for

assignments of NANP numbering

resources and ensure the assignment of

numbering resources to appropriate

service providers;

(3) Develop, operate and maintain the

computer hardware, software (database)

and mechanized systems required to

perform the NANPA and central office

(CO) Code Administration functions;

(4) Manage projects such as

Numbering Plan Area (NPA) relief (area

code relief) planning and the Central

Office Code Utilization Survey

(COCUS);

(5) Facilitate NPA relief planning

meetings;

(6) Participate in appropriate industry

activities;

(7) Manage proprietary data and

competitively sensitive information and

maintain the confidentiality thereof;

(8) Act as an information resource for

the industry concerning all aspects of

numbering (i.e., knowledge and

experience in numbering resource

issues, International

Telecommunications Union (ITU)

Recommendation E.164, the North

American Numbering Plan (NANP),

NANP Administration, INC, NANP area

country regulatory issues affecting

numbering, number resource

assignment guidelines, central office

code administration, relief planning,

international numbering issues, etc.);

and

(9) Ensure that any action taken with

respect to number administration is

consistent with this part.

(d) The NANPA and, to the extent

applicable, the B&C Agent, shall

administer numbering resources in an

efficient and non-discriminatory

manner, in accordance with

Commission rules and regulations and

the guidelines developed by the INC

and other industry groups pertaining to

administration and assignment of

numbering resources, including, but not

limited to:

(1) Numbering Plan Area (NPA)

codes,

(2) Central Office codes for the 809

area,

(3) International Inbound NPA 456

NXX codes,

(4) (NPA) 500 NXX codes,

(5) (NPA) 900 NXX codes,

(6) N11 Service codes,

(7) 855–XXXX line numbers,

(8) 555–XXXX line numbers,

(9) Carrier Identification Codes,

(10) Vertical Service Codes,

(11) ANI Information Integer (II) Digit

Pairs,

(12) Non Dialable Toll Points, and

(13) New numbering resources as may

be defined.

(e) Relationships with other NANP

member countries’ administrators and

authorities. The NANPA shall address

policy directives from other NANP

member countries’ governmental and

regulatory authorities and coordinate its

activities with other NANP member

countries’ administrators, if any, to

ensure efficient and effective

management of NANP resources.

(f) Transition plan. The NANPA shall

implement a transition plan, subject to

Commission approval, leading to its

assumption of NANPA functions within

90 days of the effective date of a

Commission order announcing the

selection of the NANPA.

(g) Transfer of intellectual property.

The new NANPA must make available

any and all intellectual property and

associated hardware resulting from its

activities as numbering administrator

including, but not limited to, systems

and the data contained therein,

software, interface specifications and

supporting documentation and make

such property available to whomever

NANC directs free of charge. The new

NANPA must specify any intellectual

property it proposes to exclude from the

provisions of this paragraph based on

the existence of such property prior to

its selection as NANPA.

6. Amend § 52.15 to add paragraphs

(d) and (e) to read as follows:

§ 52.15 Central office code administration.

* * * * *

(d) Central Office (CO) Code

Administration functional requirements.

The NANPA shall manage the United

States CO code numbering resource,

including CO code request processing,

NPA code relief and jeopardy planning,

and industry notification functions. The

NANPA shall perform its CO Code

Administration functions in accordance

with the published industry numbering

resource administration guidelines and

Commission orders and regulations at

47 CFR chapter I. Subject to the

approval of the Commission, the

NANPA shall develop a transition plan

to transfer CO code assignment from the

current administrators to itself and shall

submit this plan to the Commission

within 90 days of the effective date of

a Commission order announcing the

selection of the NANPA. The NANPA

shall complete the transfer of CO code

assignment functions from existing

administrators to itself no more than 18

months after the NANPA has assumed

all of said administrators’ current

NANPA function.

(e) The new NANPA shall perform the

numbering administration functions

currently performed by Bellcore, and

the CO code administration functions

currently performed by the eleven CO

code administrators, at the price agreed

to at the time of its selection. The new

NANPA may request from NANC, with

subsequent approval by the

Commission, an adjustment in this price

if the actual number of CO Code

assignments made per year, the number

of NPAs requiring relief per year or the

number of NPA relief meetings per NPA

exceeds 120% of the NANPA’s stated

assumptions for the tasks at the time of

its selection.

7. Add § 52.16 to Subpart B to read as

follows:
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52.16 Billing and Collection Agent.

The B&C Agent shall:

(a) Calculate, assess, bill and collect

payments for numbering administration

functions and distribute funds to

NANPA on a monthly basis;

(b) Design a standard Reporting

Worksheet to collect information for

assessment calculations from carriers

and distribute it to carriers and other

NANP nations; this worksheet must be

submitted to the Commission for its

review and approved by OMB prior to

its use by the B&C Agent.

(c) Keep confidential all data obtained

from carriers and not disclose such data

in company-specific form unless

authorized by the Commission. The B&C

Agent shall use such data only for

calculating, collecting and verifying

payments;

(d) Develop procedures to monitor

industry compliance with reporting

requirements and propose specific

procedures to address reporting failures

and late payments;

(e) File annual reports with the

appropriate regulatory authorities of the

NANP member countries as requested;

and

(f) Obtain an audit from an

independent auditor after the first year

of operations and annually thereafter,

which shall evaluate the validity of

calculated payments. The B&C Agent

shall submit the audit report to the

Commission for appropriate review and

action.

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