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unscheduled closure due to component

failure.

In accordance with 33 CFR 117.35(c),

this work will be performed with all due

speed in order to return the bridge to

normal operation as soon as possible.

This deviation from the operating

regulations is authorized under 33 CFR

117.35.

Dated: October 23, 2000.

Gerald M. Davis,

Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Acting

Commander, First Coast Guard District.

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COMMISSION

47 CFR Parts 0, 1, and 64

[CC Docket No. 94–129; FCC 00–135]

Implementation of the Subscriber

Carrier Selection Changes Provisions

of the Telecommunications Act of

1996; Policies and Rules Concerning

Unauthorized Changes of Consumers

Long Distance Carriers

AGENCY: Federal Communications

Commission.

ACTION: Final rule; announcement of

effective date.

SUMMARY: This document announces the

effective date of the amendments to

certain liability rules in our slamming

proceeding. We believe these

modifications will strengthen the

deterrent effect of our slamming liability

rules, while addressing concerns raised

with respect to the previous

administrative procedures. The First

Order on Reconsideration was

published in the Federal Register on

August 3, 2000. Some of the rules

contained information collection

requirements.

DATES: Sections 1.719(a) through (d),

64.1110(a) and (b), 64.1140(a) and (b),

64.1150(a) through (d), 64.1160(b)

through (f), and 64.1170(b) through (f)

published at 65 FR 47678 (August 3,

2000), were approved by the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) on

October 3, 2000 and will become

effective on November 28, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Michele Walters or Dana WaltonBradford, Accounting Policy Division,

Common Carrier Bureau, (202) 418–

7400, TTY: (202) 418–0484.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 3,

2000, the Commission released a First

Order on Reconsideration (Order), 65 FR

47678 (August 3, 2000), that adopted

revised slamming liability rules,

granting in part petitions for

reconsideration of our Section 258

Order, 64 FR 7763 (February 16, 1999).

Specifically, the revised rules provide

that slamming disputes between

consumers and unauthorized carriers

may be brought before appropriate state

commissions or this Commission, in

cases where the state has not opted to

administer our rules, rather than before

authorized carriers. The Commission

also modified the liability rules that

apply when a consumer has paid

charges to a slamming carrier. In such

instances, our new rules require

slamming carriers to pay 150% of the

collected charges to the authorized

carrier, which, in turn, will pay the

consumer 50% of his or her original

payment. Finally, the Commission sets

forth certain notification requirements

to facilitate carriers’ compliance with

the liability rules. The Commission

believes these modifications will

strengthen the deterrent effect of the

slamming liability rules, while

addressing concerns raised with respect

to the previous administrative

procedures. A summary of the Order

was published in the Federal Register.

See 65 FR 47678 (August 3, 2000). Some

of the rules contained information

collection requirements that required

OMB approval. On October 3, 2000,

OMB approved the information

collections. See OMB No. 3060–0787.

The rule amendments adopted by the

Commission in the Order will take effect

on November 28, 2000. This publication

satisfies the statement in the Order that

the Commission would publish a

document in the Federal Register

announcing the effective date of the

rules.

List of Subjects

47 CFR Part 0

Classified information, Freedom of

information, Reporting and

recordkeeping.

47 CFR Part 1

Administrative practice and

procedure, Communications common

carriers, Telecommunications.

47 CFR Part 64

Communications common carriers,

Reporting and recordkeeping

requirements, Telephone.

Federal Communications Commission.

Magalie Roman Salas,

Secretary.

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