Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 149 /Tuesday, August 4, 1998 / Notices 41571

Federal Communications Commission.

Magalie Roman Salas,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–20660 Filed 8–3–98; 8:45 am]

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION

[DA 98–1332]

Southern New England Telephone

Company

AGENCY: Federal Communications

Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This Public Notice invites

interested parties to comment on a

Petition for Waiver filed by Southern

New England Telephone Company.

DATES: Comments are to be filed on or

September 3, 1998. Reply comments are

due on or before September 18, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications

Commission, 2000 L Street Suite 258K,

NW Washington, DC 20052.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Anthony Dale, Common Carrier Bureau,

Accounting Safeguards Division, (202)

418–2260, or via E-mail to

‘‘dbyrd@fcc.gov’’.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June

17, 1998, Southern New England

Telephone Company (‘‘SNET’’) filed a

petition for waiver of § 32.27(c) of the

Commission’s rules. Specifically, SNET

requests a waiver of the requirement to

estimate the fair market value for certain

services provided by the regulated

incumbent local exchange carrier to its

nonregulated affiliates.

Interested parties may file comments

no later than September 3, 1998. Reply

comments may be filed no later than

August 19, 1998. All pleadings should

reference ASD File No. 98–72. A copy

of each pleading should be sent to

Anthony Dale, Accounting Safeguards

Division, Common Carrier Bureau, FCC,

2000 L Street, Suite 201, Washington,

DC 20554, and another copy should be

sent to International Transcription

Services (ITS), the Commission’s

duplicating contractor, at its office at

1231 20th Street, NW, Washington, DC

20036, (202) 857–3800. All pleadings

will be made available for public

inspection and copying in the

Accounting Safeguards Division public

reference room, 2000 L Street, NW,

Suite 812, Washington, DC 20554.

Comments and replies must also

comply with Section 1.49 and all other

applicable sections of the Commission’s

Rules. We also direct all interested

parties to include the name of the filing

party and the date of the filing on each

page of their comments and replies. In

addition, one copy of each pleading

must be filed with International

Transcription Services (ITS), the

Commission’s duplicating contractor, at

its office at 1231 20th Street, NW,

Washington, DC 20037, (202) 857–3800.

All pleadings are available for public

inspection and copying in the

Accounting and Audits public reference

room.

Federal Communications Commission.

Timothy A. Peterson,

Deputy Division Chief, Accounting

Safeguards Division, Common Carrier

Bureau.

[FR Doc. 98–20746 Filed 8–3–98; 8:45 am]

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Sunshine Act Meeting; Open

Commission Meeting Thursday,

August 6, 1998

The Federal Communications

Commission will hold an Open Meeting

on the subjects listed below on

Thursday, August 6, 1998, which is

scheduled to commence at 9:30 a.m. in

Room 856, at 1919 M Street, NW.,

Washington, DC.

Item No., Bureau, Subject

1—Common Carrier—Title: Inquiry

Concerning the Deployment of

Advanced Telecommunications

Services to All Americans in a

Reasonable and Timely Fashion, and

Possible Steps to Accelerate Such

Deployment Pursuant to Section 706

of the Telecommunications Act of

1996. Summary: The Commission will

consider action concerning the

availability and deployment of

advanced telecommunications

capability to all Americans.

2—Common Carrier—Title: Petition of

Bell Atlantic Corporation For Relief

from Barriers to Deployment of

Advanced Telecommunications

Services (CC Docket No. 98–11);

Petition of U S West Communications,

Inc., For Relief from Barriers to

Deployment of Advanced

Telecommunications Services (CC

Docket No. 98–26); Petition of

Ameritech Corporation to Remove

Barriers to Investment in Advanced

Telecommunications Technology (CC

Docket No. 98–32); Petition of the

Alliance for Public Technology

Requesting Issuance of Notice of

Inquiry and Notice of Proposed

Rulemaking to Implement Section 706

of the 1996 Telecommunications Act

(CCB CPD No. 98–15); Petition of the

Association for Local

Telecommunications Services (ALTS)

for a Declaratory Ruling Establishing

Conditions Necessary to Promote

Deployment of Advanced

Telecommunications Capability

Under Section 706 of the

Telecommunications Act of 1996 (CC

Docket No. 98–78); Southwestern Bell

Telephone Company, Pacific Bell, and

Nevada Bell Petition for Relief From

Regulation Pursuant to Section 706 of

the Telecommunications Act of 1996

and 47 U.S.C. Section 160 for ADSL

Infrastructure and Service (CC Docket

No. 98–91); and Deployment of

Wireline Services Offering advanced

Telecommunications Capability

Pursuant to Section 706(a) of the

Telecommunications Act of 1996.

Summary: The Commission will

consider addressing petitions filed by

several entities pursuant to Section

706(a) of the 1996 Act.

3—Wireless Telecommunications—

Title: The Development of

Operational, Technical and Spectrum

Requirements For Meeting Federal,

State and Local Public Safety Agency

Communication Requirements

Through the Year 2010; and

Establishment of Rules and

Requirements For Priority Access

Service (WT Docket No. 96–86).

Summary: The Commission will

consider action establishing service

rules for the licensing of public safety

spectrum in the 764-806 MHz band.

4—Mass Media and Office of General

Counsel—Title: Implementation of

Section 309(j) of the Communications

Act -- Competitive Biding for

Commercial Broadcast and

Instructional Television Fixed Service

Licenses (MM Docket No. 97–234);

Reexamination of the Policy

Statement on Comparative Broadcast

Hearings (GC Docket No. 92–52); and

Proposals to Reform the Commission’s

Comparative Hearing Process to

Expedite the Resolution of Cases

(GEN Docket No. 90–264). Summary:

The Commission will consider

implementing its authority under

Section 309(j) of the Communications

Act to utilize competitive bidding

procedures to award commercial

broadcast, secondary broadcast and

Instructional Television Fixed Service

licenses.

5—Cable Services—Title:

Implementation of the Cable

Television Consumer Protection and

Competition Act of 1992; and Petition

for Rulemaking of Ameritech New

Media, Inc., Regarding Development

of Competition and Diversity in Video

Programming Distribution and