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original and four copies of each filing.

If more than one docket or rulemaking

number appears in the caption of this

proceeding, commenters must submit

two additional copies for each

additional docket or rulemaking

number. All filings must be sent to the

Commission’s Secretary, Magalie Roman

Salas, Office of the Secretary, Federal

Communications Commission, 445 12th

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554.

Parties should also send three paper

copies of their filing to Sheryl Todd,

Accounting Policy Division, Common

Carrier Bureau, Federal

Communications Commission, 445

Twelfth Street SW., Room 5–B540,

Washington, DC 20554 and to the

individuals listed on the attached

service list. In addition, commenters

must send diskette copies to the

Commission’s copy contractor,

International Transcription Service,

Inc., 1231 20th Street, NW.,

Washington, DC 20037.

Dated: October 11, 2000.

Magalie Roman Salas,

Secretary.

Service List

The Honorable Susan Ness,

Commissioner, FCC Joint Board Chair,

Federal Communications

Commission, 445 12th Street, SW,

Rm. 8–B115H, Washington, DC 20554

The Honorable Harold Furchtgott-Roth,

Commissioner, Federal

Communications Commission 445

12th Street, S.W., Rm. 8–B115H,

Washington, DC 20554

The Honorable Gloria Tristani,

Commissioner, Federal

Communications Commission, 445

12th Street, S.W., Rm. 8–B115H,

Washington, DC 20554

The Honorable Laska Schoenfelder,

Commissioner, State Joint Board

Chair, South Dakota Public Utilities

Commission, State Capitol, 500 East

Capitol Street, Pierre, SD 57501–5070

The Honorable Martha Hogerty, Public

Counsel, Missouri Office of Public

Counsel, 301 West High St., Suite 250,

Truman Building, P.O. Box 7800,

Jefferson City, MO 65102

The Honorable Bob Rowe,

Commissioner, Montana Public

Service Commission, 1701 Prospect

Avenue, P.O. Box 202601, Helena, MT

59620–2601

The Honorable Patrick H.Wood, III,

Chairman, Texas Public Utility

Commission, 1701 North Congress

Avenue, P.O. Box 13326, Austin, TX

78711–3326

The Honorable Nanette G. Thompson,

Chair, Regulatory Commission of

Alaska 1016 West Sixth Avenue, Suite

400, Anchorage, AK 99501–1693

Rowland Curry, Chief Engineer, Texas

Public Utility Commission, 1701

North Congress Avenue, P.O. Box

13326, Austin, TX 78701–3326

Greg Fogleman, Economic Analyst,

Florida Public Service Commission,

2540 Shumard Oak Blvd., Gerald

Gunter Bldg., Tallahassee, FL 32399–

0850

Mary E.Newmeyer, Federal Affairs

Advisor, Alabama Public Service

Commission, 100 N. Union Street, Ste.

800, Montgomery, AL 36104

Joel Shifman, Senior Advisor, Maine

Public Utilities Commission, 242

State Street, State House Station 18,

Augusta ME 04333–0018

Peter Bluhm, Director of Policy

Research, Vermont Public Service

Board, Drawer 20, 112 State St., 4th

Floor, Montpieller, VT 05620–2701

Charlie Bolle, Policy Advisor, Nevada

Public Utilities Commission, 1150 E.

Williams Street, Carson City, NV

89701–3105

Carl Johnson, Telecom Policy Analyst,

New York Public Service

Commission, 3 Empire State Plaza,

Albany, NY 12223–1350

Lori Kenyon, Common Carrier

Specialist, Regulatory Commission of

Alaska, 1016 West 6th Ave, Suite 400,

Anchorage, AK 99501

Susan Stevens Miller, Assistant General

Counsel, Maryland Public Service

Commission, 16th Floor, 6 Paul

Street, Baltimore, MD 21202–6806

Tom Wilson, Economist, Washington

Utilities & Transportation

Commission, 1300 Evergreen Park

Drive, S.W., P.O. Box 47250, Olympia,

WA 98504–7250

Philip McClelland, Senior Assistant

Consumer Advocate, PA Office of

Consumer Advocate, 555 Walnut

Street, Forum Place, 5th Floor,

Harrisburg, PA 17101–1923

Barbara Meisenheimer, Consumer

Advocate, Missouri Office of Public

Counsel, 301 West High St., Suite 250,

Truman Building, P.O. Box 7800,

Jefferson City, MO 65102

Earl Poucher, Legislative Analyst, Office

of the Public Counsel, 111 West

Madison, Rm. 812, Tallahassee, FL

32399–1400

Ann Dean, Assistant Director, Maryland

Public Service Commission, 16th

Floor, 6 Paul Street, Baltimore, MD

21202–6806

David Dowds, Public Utilities

Supervisor, Florida Public Service

Commission, 2540 Shumard Oaks

Blvd., Gerald Gunter Bldg.,

Tallahassee, FL 32399–0850

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[Report No. AUC–36–C (Auction No. 36);

DA 00–2260]

Auction of Licenses for 800 MHz

Specialized Mobile Radio (SMR)

Service Frequencies in the Lower 80

Channels; Status of FCC Form 175

Applications To Participate in the

Auction

AGENCY: Federal Communications

Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This document announces 20

applicants whose short-form auction

applications for the 800 MHz SMR

Auction (Auction No. 36) are accepted

for filing and instructs those applicants

on upfront payment information,

bidding software and other pertinent

information in reference to the auction.

Also, this document identifies the 19

incomplete applicants and 1 rejected

applicant reported for this auction.

DATES: Auction No. 36 is scheduled to

begin on Wednesday, November 1,

2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: M.

Nicole Oden, Auctions Legal Branch at

(202) 418–0660 (regarding legal

questions); Linda Sanderson, Auctions

Operations (regarding bidding and

general filing status) at (717) 338–2888.

For questions about payment or

instructions for wiring upfront

payments, contact Gail Glasser or Tim

Dates, Auctions Accounting Group, at

(202) 418–1995.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a

summary of a public notice released

October 6, 2000 (‘‘Auction No. 36 Public

Notice’’). The complete text of the

‘‘Auction No. 36 Public Notice,’’

including all attachments, is available

for inspection and copying during

normal business hours in the FCC

Reference Center (Room CY–A257), 445

12th Street, SW, Washington, DC. It may

also be purchased from the

Commission’s copy contractor,

International Transcription Services,

Inc., (ITS, Inc.) 1231 20th Street, NW,

Washington, DC 20036, (202) 857–3800.

It is also available on the Commission’s

website at http://www.fcc.gov/wtb/

auctions. List of Attachments available

at the FCC:

Attachment A—List of Accepted

Applicants

Attachment B—List of Incomplete

Applicants

Attachment C—List of Rejected

Applicants

1. The Federal Communications

Commission (‘‘FCC’’) has received 40

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FCC Form 175 applications to

participate in Auction No. 36 scheduled

to begin on Wednesday, November 1,

2000, for 2,800 licenses in the 800 MHz

Band. The applications have been

reviewed for completeness and

compliance with the Commission’s

rules, and have been classified into the

following categories:

Accepted for Filing: 20 Applications.

Incomplete: 19 Applications.

Rejected: 1 Application.

Accepted: Applications accepted for

filing are listed alphabetically in

Attachment A of the Auction No. 36

Public Notice. These applicants will

become qualified bidders upon receipt

of the required upfront payment due by

6:00 p.m. ET on Monday, October 16,

2000. See 47 CFR 1.2106. With respect

to the FCC Form 175 applications, these

applicants need take no further action

except as may be necessary to maintain

the accuracy of their applications. See

47 CFR 1.65. Also, applicants are

advised that Attachment A includes

FCC account numbers that were

automatically created by the FCC

software system for each applicant, and

which are applicable for bidding only.

Incomplete: Applications found to be

incomplete are listed alphabetically in

Attachment B of the Auction No. 36

Public Notice. Applicants whose FCC

Form 175 applications have been

deemed incomplete will receive

overnight correspondence indicating

what information is required to make

the applications acceptable for filing.

These applicants may become qualified

bidders only if they: (i) Resubmit their

applications by 6:00 p.m. ET on

Monday, October 16, 2000, to correct

the minor deficiencies indicated; and

(ii) make the required upfront payments

by 6:00 p.m. ET on Monday, October 16,

2000. Applicants must also maintain the

accuracy of their FCC Form 175

applications as required by the

Commission’s rules. In addition,

applicants are advised that Attachment

B includes FCC account numbers that

were automatically created by the FCC

software system for each applicant.

These account numbers are applicable

for bidding purposes only, should the

applicant become eligible to participate

in Auction No. 36.

2. The filing window for resubmitting

FCC Form 175 applications is now

open. Corrected applications must be

filed no later than 6:00 p.m. ET on

Monday, October 16, 2000. This will be

the only opportunity to cure FCC Form

175 defects; late resubmissions will not

be accepted. In addition, if an

application remains incomplete or

otherwise deficient after the

resubmission deadline has passed, the

application will be rejected.

Rejected: The application(s) classified

as rejected are listed in Attachment C.

Applicants whose applications have

been rejected are disqualified from

participation in Auction No. 36.

Upfront Payment Deadline

3. Upfront payments and

accompanying FCC Remittance Advice

(FCC Form 159) for Auction No. 36 are

due and must be received at Mellon

Bank, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, no later

than 6:00 p.m. ET on Monday, October

16, 2000. Payments must be made by

wire transfer and applicants must

include their Taxpayer Identification

Numbers (TIN). No other payment

method is acceptable for this auction.

Applicants are reminded to use their

TIN and not their FCC Account

Numbers on the FCC Remittance Advice

(FCC Form 159).

4. Applicants that have filed

applications deemed to be incomplete,

as noted in this public notice, must

submit timely and sufficient upfront

payments before the Commission will

review their resubmitted applications. If

such an application remains incomplete

following its resubmission, the

application will be dismissed. If the

applicant has provided its Taxpayer

Identification Number (TIN) and wire

transfer instructions, the upfront

payment will be refunded

automatically.

Other Important Information

5. Qualified Bidders: Approximately

one week after upfront payments have

been received, resubmitted FCC Form

175 applications have been processed

and reviewed, and the correlation of

payments and applications have been

made, a public notice listing all

applicants qualified to bid in the

auction will be released. The same

public notice will also include

instructions on how to access the

auction tracking tool software, a bidding

schedule for the Mock auction, and the

bidding schedule for the first day of the

auction.

6. Prohibition of Collusion: Bidders

are reminded that § 1.2105(c) of the

Commission’s Rules prohibits

applicants for the same geographic

license area from communicating with

each other during the auction about

bids, bidding strategies, or settlements

unless they have identified each other

as parties with whom they have entered

into agreements under

§ 1.2105(a)(2)(viii). For Auction No. 36,

this prohibition became effective at the

filing deadline of short-form

applications on Friday, September 29,

2000, and will end on the post-auction

down payment due date. The postauction down payment due date will be

announced in a future public notice. If

parties had agreed in principle on all

material terms, those parties must have

been identified on the short-form

application under § 1.2105(c), even if

the agreement had not been reduced to

writing. If parties had not agreed in

principle by the filing deadline, an

applicant should not have included the

names of those parties on its

application, and must not have

continued negotiations with other

applicants for licenses in the same

geographic area. For further details

regarding the prohibition against

collusion, refer to the Auction No. 36

Public Notice.

7. In addition, applicants are

reminded that they are subject to the

antitrust laws, which are designed to

prevent anti-competitive behavior in the

marketplace. Winning bidders will be

required to disclose in their long-form

applications the specific terms,

conditions and parties involved in all

bidding consortia, joint ventures,

partnerships, and other arrangements

entered into relating to the competitive

bidding process. Bidders found to have

violated the anti-collusion rule may be

subject to sanctions.

8. Ex Parte Rule: Applicants should

also be aware that the Commission has

generally exempted auction proceedings

from the strict requirements of the ex

parte rule found in 1.2106 of the

Commission’s rules.

9. Mock Auction: All applicants found

to be qualified bidders are eligible to

participate in a mock electronic auction

on Monday, October 30, 2000. In the

Qualified Bidders Public Notice, the

Bureau will announce when software

for the mock auction will be posted on

the World Wide Web.

10. Remote Bidding Software:

Applicants are reminded that qualified

bidders are eligible to bid either

electronically or telephonically. To bid

electronically, applicants should

complete the software order form

included in the Auction No. 36 Public

Notice, or contact the Auctions Hotline

at (717) 338–2888. To ensure timely

delivery of remote bidding software

before the auction begins, the

Commission requests receipt of software

orders by 6:00 p.m. ET on Tuesday,

October 17, 2000. The minimum

hardware and software specifications

required for the FCC remote bidding

system are listed:

• CPU: Intel  Pentium or above

• RAM: 16 MB (more recommended if

you have multiple applications open)

• Hard Disk: 33 MB available disk space

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• 1.44 MB Floppy Drive or CD–ROM

Drive (to install the Remote Bidding

System)

• Modem: v.32bis 28.8 kbps Hayes

compatible modem (56.6 kbps

recommended)

• Monitor: VGA or above

• Mouse or other pointing device

• Microsoft Windows TM 95TM or 98TM

• We recommend that you use

Netscape Communicator TM 4.73.

However, you can also use Netscape

Communicator 4.7 or 4.72.

To download Netscape Communicator

4.73 free of charge, access the Netscape

download site at http://

home.netscape.com/download/.

Note: The FCC Remote Bidding System has

not been tested in a Macintosh, OS/2, or

Windows NTTM environment. Therefore, the

FCC will not support operating systems other

than Microsoft Windows 95 or 98. This

includes any other emulated Windows

environment.

11. Long-Form Applications: All

applicants should be aware that at the

long-form application stage, they will be

subject to the more extensive reporting

requirements contained in the

Commission’s Part 1 ownership

disclosure rule.

12. Bidder Alerts: All applicants must

certify on their FCC Form 175

applications under penalty of perjury

that they are legally, technically,

financially and otherwise qualified to

hold a license, and not in default on any

payment for Commission licenses

(including down payments) or

delinquent on any non-tax debt owed to

any Federal agency. Prospective bidders

are reminded that submission of a false

certification to the Commission is a

serious matter that may result in severe

penalties, including monetary

forfeitures, license revocations,

exclusion from participation in future

auctions, and/or criminal prosecution.

13. Information about deceptive

telemarketing investment schemes is

available from the FTC at (202) 326–

2222 and from the SEC at (202) 942–

7040. Complaints about specific

deceptive telemarketing investment

schemes should be directed to the FTC,

the SEC, or the National Fraud

Information Center at (800) 876–7060.

Consumers who have concerns about

specific proposals may also call the FCC

Consumer Center at (888) CALL–FCC

((888) 225–5322).

Federal Communications Commission.

Margaret Wiener,

Deputy Chief, Auctions and Industry Analysis

Division, Wireless Telecommunications

Bureau.

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Sunshine Act Meeting

October 12, 2000.

Deletion of Agenda Item From the

October 12 Open Meeting

The following item has been deleted

from the list of agenda items scheduled

for consideration at the October 12,

2000, Open Meeting and previously

listed in the Commission’s Notice of

October 5, 2000.

Item No. 3.

Bureau: Wireless

Telecommunications.

Title: Promotion of Competitive

Networks in Local Telecommunications

Markets (WT Docket No. 99–217);

Wireless Communications Association

International, Inc., Petition for Rule

Making to Amend Section 1.4000 of the

Commission’s Rules to Preempt

Restrictions on Subscriber Premises

Reception or Transmission Antennas

Designed to Provide Fixed Wireless

Services; Implementation of the Local

Competition Provisions in the

Telecommunications Act of 1996 (CC

Docket No. 96–98); and Review of

Sections 68.104, and 68.213 of the

Commission’s Rules Concerning

Connection of Simple Inside Wiring to

Telephone Network (CC Docket No. 88–

57).

Summary: The Commission will

consider a First Report and Order and

Further Notice of Proposed Rule Making

in WT Docket No. 99–217, a Fourth

Report and Order and Memorandum

Opinion and Order in CC Docket No.

96–98, and a Memorandum Opinion

and Order in CC Docket No. 88–57),

regarding obstacles to consumer’s

choice of telecommunications providers

in multiple tenant environments.

Federal Communications Commission.

Magalie Roman Salas,

Secretary.

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[Report No. 2446]

Petitions for Reconsideration and

Clarification of Action in Rulemaking

Proceeding

October 11, 2000.

Petitions for Reconsideration and

Clarification have been filed in the

Commission’s rulemaking proceeding

listed in this Public Notice and

published pursuant to 47 CFR Section

1.429(e). The full text of this document

is available for viewing and copying in

Room CY–A257, 445 12th Street, SW.,

Washington, DC or may be purchased

from the Commission’s copy contractor,

ITS, Inc. (202) 857–3800. Oppositions to

these petitions must be filed by

November 1, 2000. 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: Deployment of Wireline

Services Offering Advanced

Telecommunications Capability (CC

Docket No. 98–147); and

Implementation of the Local

Competition Provisions of the

Telecommunications Act of 1996 (CC

Docket No. 96–98).

Number of Petitions Filed: 4.

Federal Communications Commission.

Magalie Roman Salas,

Secretary.

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[Report No. 2445]

Petitions for Reconsideration and

Clarification of Action in Rulemaking

Proceeding

October 12, 2000.

Petitions for Reconsideration and

Clarification have been filed in the

Commission’s rulemaking proceeding

listed in this Public Notice and

published pursuant to 47 CFR Section

1.429(e). The full text of this document

is available for viewing and copying in

Room CY–A257, 445 12th Street, SW.,

Washington, DC or may be purchased

from the Commission’s copy contractor,

ITC, Inc. (202) 857–3800. Oppositions to

these petitions must be filed by

November 1, 2000. 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: Federal-State Joint Board on

Universal Service (CC Docket No. 96–

45), Western Wireless Corporation

Petition for Preemption of an Order of

the South Dakota Public Utilities

Commission.

Number of Petitions Filed: 2.

Federal Communications Commission.

Magalie Roman Salas,

Secretary.

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