Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 38 / Wednesday, February 26, 1997 / Rules and Regulations 8633

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47 CFR Part 43

Regulation of International Accounting

Rates; Correction

AGENCY: Federal Communications

Commission.

ACTION: Final rule; correction.

SUMMARY: The FCC is correcting an error

in § 43.51 of Part 43 of Title 47 of the

Code of Federal Regulations which

appeared in the Federal Register on

February 6, 1997 (62 FR 5535).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Kathryn O’Brien, Attorney-Advisor,

Policy and Facilities Branch,

Telecommunications Division,

International Bureau, (202) 418–1470.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

The final regulations that are the

subject of these corrections replace the

§ 43.51 (d) designation with the

designation as § 43.51(e). The incorrect

designation was a result of § 43.51(d)

being reviewed by the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB). OMB’s

approval of § 43.51(d) was effective on

February 6, 1997, thereby necessitating

a correction to the labeling of § 43.51(d)

as contained in these final rules.

Need for Correction

As published, the final rules contain

labeling errors that may prove to be

misleading and are in need of

corrections to properly identify the rule

sections.

Correction of Publication

The following corrections are made in

§ 43.51 of Part 43 of Title 47 of the Code

of Federal Regulations published in the

Federal Register on February 6, 1997

(62 FR 5535).

§ 43.51 [Corrected]

1. On page 5541, first column, line 6,

the amendatory instruction for § 43.51 is

correctly revised to read as follows:

2. Section 43.51 is amended by revising

paragraph (e) to read as follows:

2. On page 5541, first column, line 11,

change ‘‘(d) International settlement

policy.’’ to ‘‘(e) International settlement

policy.’’

Federal Communications Commission.

William F. Caton,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–4709 Filed 2–25–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P

47 CFR Parts 52 and 64

[CC Docket No. 92–105; FCC 97–51]

The Use of N11 Codes and Other

Abbreviated Dialing Arrangements

AGENCY: Federal Communications

Commission.

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: On February 19, 1997, the

Commission released a First Report and

Order adopting various measures related

to N11 codes. The First Report and

Order is intended both to direct national

assignment of certain N11 codes and to

allow current allocation of other N11

codes to remain in place.

DATE EFFECTIVE: March 28, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Elizabeth Nightingale, Attorney,

Network Services Division, Common

Carrier Bureau, (202) 418–2352.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

summarizes the Commission’s First

Report and Order in the matter of The

Use of N11 Codes and Other

Abbreviated Dialing Arrangements, FCC

97–51, adopted February 18, 1997, and

released February 19, 1997. The

Commission concurrently released a

Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

in the same docket. 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

In the First Report and Order, the

Commission allows the incumbent

LECs, in addition to the states and Bell

Communications Research (Bellcore), to

continue to perform the N11 code

administration functions that they

performed at the time of enactment of

the 1996 Act amendments to the 1934

Act, until further Commission action.

The Commission also adopts several

other important measures regarding

abbreviated dialing arrangements.

Specifically, the Commission responds

to a request for an N11 code that could

be dialed to reach non-emergency police

services by assigning 311 on a

nationwide basis for this purpose.

Wherever 311 is currently in use for

other purposes, however, the

Commission would allow that use to

continue until the local government in

that area was prepared to activate a nonemergency 311 service. In the First

Report and Order the Commission also

concludes that, as the incumbent LECs

can do currently, all providers of

telephone exchange service must be able

to have their customers call 611 and 811

to reach their repair and business

service offices. The Commission also

concludes that a LEC may not itself offer

enhanced services using a 411 code, or

any other N11 code, unless that LEC

offers access to the code on a

reasonable, nondiscriminatory basis to

competing enhanced service providers

in the local service area for which it is

using the code to facilitate distribution

of their enhanced services. Finally, the

Commission responds to a request for an

N11 code that could be used throughout

the nation to reach telecommunications

relay services by directing Bellcore to

assign 711 on a nationwide basis for this

use. The Commission declines,

however, to: (1) mandate that N11

numbers be made available for access to

information services; (2) mandate that

an N11 code be designated for access to

government agencies; or (3) disturb the

current allocation of various N11 codes

for access to emergency services,

directory assistance, and LEC repair and

business offices.

Ordering Clauses

Accordingly, it is ordered, pursuant to

Sections 1, 4(i), 201–205 and 251(e)(1)

of the Communications Act of 1934, as

amended, 47 U.S.C. §§ 151, 154(i), 201–

205, and 251(e)(1), that the First Report

and Order is hereby Adopted.

It is further ordered, that Bellcore, as

the NANP administrator, shall assign

711 as a national code for TRS use as

of the effective date of this First Report

and Order, as discussed in this First

Report and Order.

It is further ordered, that Bellcore, as

the NANP administrator, shall assign

311 as a national code for access to nonemergency police and other government

services as of the effective date of this

First Report and Order, as discussed in

this First Report and Order.

It is further ordered, that when a

provider of telecommunications services

receives a request from an entity to use

311 for access to non-emergency police

and other government services in a

particular jurisdiction, it must ensure

that, within six months of the request:

(1) entities that were assigned 311 at the

local level prior to the effective date of

this First Report and Order relinquish

non-compliant uses; and (2) it takes any

steps necessary (for example

reprogramming switch software) to

complete 311 calls from its subscribers

to a requesting 311 entity in its service

area.

It is further ordered, that (1) all

providers of telephone exchange