Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 111 /Wednesday, June 10, 1998 / Notices 31775

1Federal State Joint Board on Universal Service,

Report & Order, CC Docket No. 96–45, 12 FCC Rcd

8776, 8899 paras. 224–25, (1997) (Universal Service

Order) 62 FR 32862 (June 17, 1997).

2Universal Service Order, 12 FCC Rcd at 8888–

8951.

3Universal Service Order, 12 FCC Rcd at 8912

para. 248.

4Universal Service Order, 12 FCC Rcd at 8913–

8916 para. 250.

5State Forward-Looking Cost Studies for Federal

Universal Service Support, CC Docket Nos. 96–45,

97–160, DA 98–217, Public Notice (rel. Feb. 27,

1998) at 1.

6Universal Service Order, 12 FCC Rcd at 8914

para. 250.

7Ameritech Request for Waiver filed May 26,

1998 at 1–2. The Michigan Public Service

Commission noted that by approving the Ameritech

Michigan study, it was neither explicitly or

implicitly seeking a waiver of the criterion 5

requirement on behalf of Ameritech. In the matter

of application of Ameritech Michigan, Before the

Michigan Public Service Commission, Case No. U–

11635 at 5 (May 11, 1998).

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:

Open Session

1. Announcement of Notation Votes,

2. Panel discussion on Charge

Processing and Mediation, and 3. Panel discussion on Outreach,

Education and Technical Assistance.

Note: Any matter not discussed or

concluded may be carried over to a later

meeting. (In addition to publishing notices

on EEOC Commission meetings in the

Federal Register, the Commission also

provides a recorded announcement a full

week in advance on future Commission

sessions.) Please telephone (202) 663–7100

(voice) and (202) 663–4074 (TTD) at any time

for information on these meetings. Contact

Person for More Information: Frances M.

Hart, Executive Officer on (202) 663–4070.

Dated: June 4, 1998.

Frances M. Hart,

Executive Officer, Executive Secretariat.

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[CC Docket 96–45, 97–160; DA 98–1055;

APD No. 98–1]

Forward-Looking Cost Studies for

Universal Service Support; Request for

Comments

Released: June 4, 1998.

1. In the Universal Service Order, 62

FR 32862 (June 17, 1997), the

Commission determined that federal

universal service high cost support

should be based on forward-looking

economic cost.1 In this Public Notice,

we seek comment on whether the cost

studies submitted by individual states

meet the Commission’s specified

criteria. In addition, we seek comment

on Ameritech Michigan’s request for

waiver of the Commission’s authorized

ranges of economic lives and future net

salvage percentages used to calculate

depreciation expenses. Comments from

interested parties are due on or before

June 25, 1998, and reply comments are

due on or before July 9, 1998.

Background

2. In the Universal Service Order, the

Commission adopted a plan for

universal service support for rural,

insular, and high cost areas that will

replace existing implicit federal

subsidies with explicit, competitively

neutral federal universal service support

mechanisms.2 The Commission

determined that, beginning January 1,

1999, non-rural carriers will receive

support based on the forward-looking

economic cost of providing the

supported services. The Commission

concluded that states could submit

forward-looking economic cost studies

as the basis for calculating federal

universal service high cost support for

non-rural carriers in lieu of using the

federal mechanism selected by the

Commission.3 The Commission adopted

specific criteria to guide the states as

they conducted those studies.4 In a

Public Notice released February 27,

1998, the Commission stated its intent

to review each cost study submitted by

a state, along with all applicable

comments, in determining whether the

state cost study complies with the

criteria established in the Universal

Service Order.5

Issues for Comment

3. On May 26, 1998, the following

states submitted forward-looking cost

studies to be used in lieu of the federal

mechanism for determining federal

universal service high cost support:

Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky,

Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota,

Montana, Nebraska, North Carolina,

Puerto Rico, and South Carolina. We

seek comment on whether these cost

studies meet the criteria specified in the

Universal Service Order and, therefore,

should be approved by the Commission

for use in calculating federal support for

non-rural carriers in rural, insular, and

high cost areas in those states. To the

extent that information and data relating

to the state cost studies has been

provided electronically to the

Commission, it will be available for

review via the Internet, beginning June

8, 1998, at http://www.fcc.gov/e-file/

costlstudies.

4. We also seek comment on the

request for waiver filed by Ameritech

Michigan relating to the cost study

submitted for use in Michigan.

Specifically, Ameritech Michigan

requests that the Commission waive the

requirement established in criterion 5 of

the Universal Service Order that

economic lives and future net salvage

percentages used to calculate

depreciation expenses must be within

Commission authorized ranges.6

Ameritech notes that ‘‘11 of the 15 plant

categories used in the [Michigan]

universal service cost study fall outside

the FCC life ranges.’’ 7

Procedure for Filing

5. Comments should reference CC

Docket Nos. 96–45, 97–160 and must

include the DA number and APD

number shown on this Public Notice.

Interested parties must file an original

and five copies of their comments with

the Office of Secretary, Federal

Communications Commission, Room

222, 1919 M Street, NW, Washington,

DC 20554. Parties should send three

copies of their comments to Sheryl

Todd, Common Carrier Bureau, Federal

Communications Commission, 2100 M.

St, NW, 8th Floor, Washington, DC

20554. Parties should send one copy of

their comments to the Commission’s

copy contractor, International

Transcription Service, 1231 20th Street,

NW, Washington, DC 20036.

6. Commenters may also file informal

comments or an exact copy of formal

comments electronically via the Internet

at <bclopton@fcc.gov>. Only one copy

of electronically-filed comments must

be submitted. A commenter must note

whether an electronic submission is an

exact copy of formal comments on the

subject line. A commenter also must

include its full name and Postal Service

mailing address in its submission.

7. Parties are also asked to submit

their comments and reply comments on

diskette. Such diskette submissions are

in addition to and not a substitute for

the formal filing requirements addressed

above. Parties submitting diskettes

should submit them to Bryan Clopton of

the Accounting Policy Division,

Common Carrier Bureau, 2100 M Street,

NW, 8th floor, Washington, DC 20554.

Such a submission should be on a 3.5

inch diskette formatted in an IBM

compatible form using WordPerfect 5.1

for Windows or compatible software.

The diskette should be submitted in

‘‘read only’’ mode. The diskette should

be clearly labelled with the party’s

name, proceeding, type of pleading

(comment or reply comments) and date

of submission. Each diskette should

contain only one party’s comments in a

single electronic file. The diskette

should be accompanied by a cover

letter.
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8. Pursuant to § 1.1206 of the

Commission’s Rules, 47 CFR. 1.1206,

this proceeding will be conducted as a

permit-but-disclose proceeding in

which ex parte communications are

permitted subject to disclosure.

9. For further information, please

contact: Katie King, Accounting Policy

Division, Common Carrier Bureau, (202)

418–7400.

Federal Communications Commission.

Lisa Gelb,

Chief, Accounting Policy Division.

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Sunshine Act Meeting; Additional Item

to be Considered at Open Meeting

Thursday, June 11, 1998

June 5, 1998.

The Federal Communications

Commission will consider an additional

item on the subject listed below at the

Open Meeting scheduled for 9:30 a.m.,

Thursday, June 11, 1998, at 1919 M

Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.

Item No. Bureau Subject

1 ............ Cable services.Title: Implementation of Section

304 of the Telecommunications Act of

1996; Commercial Availability

of Navigation

Devices (CS

Docket No. 97–

80).

Summary: The

Commission

will consider

action concerning implementation of Section

629 of the

Communications Act.

The prompt and orderly conduct of

the Commission business requires that

less than 7-days notice be given

consideration of this additional item.

Action by the Commission June 4,

1998, Chairman Kennard and

Commissioners Ness, Furchtgott-Roth,

Powell and Tristani voting to consider

these items.

Additional information concerning

this meeting may be obtained from

Maureen Peratino or David Fiske, Office

of Public Affairs, telephone number

(202) 418–0500; TTY (202) 418–2555.

Copies of materials adopted at this

meeting can be purchased from the

FCC’s duplicating contractor,

International Transcription Services,

Inc. (ITS, Inc.) at (202) 857–3800; fax

(202) 857–3805 and 857–3184; or TTY

(202) 293–8810. These copies are

available in paper format and alternative

media, including large print/type;

digital disk; and audio tape. ITS may be

reached by e-mail:

itslinc@ix.netcom.com. Their Internet

address is http://www.itsi.com.

This meeting can be viewed over

George Mason University’s Capitol

Connection. For information on this

service call (703) 993–3100. The audio

portion of the meeting will be broadcast

live on the Internet via the FCC’s

Internet audio broadcast page at <http:/

/www.fcc.gov/realaudio/>. The meeting

can also be heard via telephone, for a

fee, from National Narrowcast Network,

telephone (202) 966–2211 or fax (202)

966–1770; and from Conference Call

USA (available only outside the

Washington, D.C. metropolitan area),

telephone 1–800–962–0044. Audio and

video tapes of this meeting can be

purchased from Infocus, 341 Victory

Drive, Herndon, VA 20170, telephone

(703) 834–0100; fax number (703) 834–

0111.

Federal Communications Commission.

Magalie Roman Salas,

Secretary.

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[Report No. 2280]

Petitions for Reconsideration and

Clarification of Action in Rulemaking

Proceeding

June 2, 1998.

Petitions for reconsideration and

clarification has been filed in the

Commission’s rulemaking proceedings

listed in this Public Notice and

published pursuant to 47 CFR Section

1.429(e). The full text of these

documents are available for viewing and

copying in Room 239, 1919 M Street,

NW, Washington, DC or may be

purchased from the Commission’s copy

contractor, ITS, Inc., (202) 857–3800.

Oppositions to these petitions must be

filed June 25, 1998. See Section 1.4(b)(1)

of the Commission’s rule (47 CFR

1.4(b)(2)). Replies to an opposition must

be filed within 10 days after the time for

filing oppositions has expired.

Subject: Implementation of the

Telecommunications Act of 1996:

Telecommunications Carriers’ Use of

Customer Proprietary Network

Information and other Customer

Information (CC Docket No. 96–115).

Implementation of the NonAccounting Safeguards of Sections 271

and 272 of the Communications Act of

1934, as amended (CC Docket 98–149).

Number of Petitions filed: 27.

Federal Communications Commission.

Magalie Roman Salas,

Secretary.

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Ocean Freight Forwarder License

Applicants

Notice is hereby given that the

following applicants have filed with the

Federal Maritime Commission

applications for licenses as ocean freight

forwarders pursuant to section 19 of the

Shipping Act of 1984 (46 U.S.C. app.

1718 and 46 CFR 510).

Persons knowing of any reason why

any of the following applicants should

not receive a license are requested to

contact the Office of Freight Forwarders,

Federal Maritime Commission,

Washington, DC 20573.

Am-Trans Forwarding, 10264 Briar

Forest Drive, Houston, TX 77042

Officers: Sylvia Reyes, Sole

Proprietor.

Cargo Brokers International Midwest,

Inc., 4915 S. Howell Avenue,

Milwaukee, WI 53207

Officers: Goetz W. Steinmetz,

President, Armin A. Ruddies, Vice

President.

Lufran International Corp., 7852 N. W.

72 Avenue, Medley, FL 33166

Officer: Luis J. Francisco, President.

CSL Group Inc., 13310 E. Firestone

Blvd., #C2, Santa Fe Springs, CA

90670

Officers: Amy Cook, President,

William Sun, Vice President.

Export Container Line Inc., 601 Dune

Drive, Avalon, NJ 08202

Officer: Belinda E. Richardson,

Branch Manager.

Round The World Exports, 213

Lynnhaven Drive, North Syracuse,

NY 13212, Cynthia A. Keefe, Sole

Proprietor.

Dated: June 5, 1998.

Joseph C. Polking,

Secretary.

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