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of Account 6620–Services to the

subcategories, as specified in

§§ 36.377(a)(5)(i) through

36.377(a)(5)(vi), based on the relative

percentage assignment of the balance of

Account 6620 to these subcategories

during the twelve month period ending

December 31, 2000. All subcategories of

Interexchange carrier payment expense,

as specified in §§ 36.377(a)(5)(i) through

36.377(a)(5)(vi), shall be directly

assigned.

(6) * * *

(vii) Effective July 1, 2001 through

June 30, 2006, study areas subject to

price cap regulation, pursuant to § 61.41

of this chapter, shall assign the balance

of Account 6620–Services to the

subcategories, as specified in

§ 36.377(a)(6)(i) through 36.377(a)(6)(vi),

based on the relative percentage

assignment of the balance of Account

6620 to these subcategories during the

twelve month period ending December

31, 2000. All subcategories of

Interchange carrier billing inquiry

expense, as specified in

§§ 36.377(a)(6)(i) through

36.377(a)(6)(vi), shall be directly

assigned.

(7) * * *

(i) Effective July 1, 2001 through June

30, 2006, study areas subject to price

cap regulation, pursuant to § 61.41 of

this chapter, shall assign the balance of

Account 6620–Services to the

subcategories, as specified in

§ 36.377(a)(7), based on the relative

percentage assignment of the balance of

Account 6620 to these subcategories

during the twelve month period ending

December 31, 2000.

(ii) Effective July 1, 2001 through June

30, 2006, all study areas shall apportion

Coin collection and administration

expense among the jurisdictions using

the relative state and interstate revenues

deposited in the public and semi-public

telephones, as specified in

§§ 36.377(a)(7), for the twelve month

period ending December 31, 2000.

Direct assignment of any Coin collection

and administration expense among the

jurisdictions shall be updated annually.

21. Amend § 36.378 by adding

paragraph (b)(1) and adding and

reserving paragraph (b)(2) to read as

follows:

§ 36.378 Category 2—Customer services

(revenue accounting).

* * * * *

(b) * * *

(1) Effective July 1, 2001 through June

30, 2006, study areas subject to price

cap regulation, pursuant to § 61.41 of

this chapter, shall assign the balance of

Account 6620–Services to the

classifications, as specified in

§ 36.378(b), based on the relative

percentage assignment of the balance of

Account 6620 to those classifications

during the twelve month period ending

December 31, 2000.

(2) [Reserved]

* * * * *

22. Amend § 36.379 by adding

paragraphs (b)(1) and (b)(2) to read as

follows:

§ 36.379 Message processing expense.

* * * * *

(b) * * *

(1) Effective July 1, 2001 through June

30, 2006, study areas subject to price

cap regulation, pursuant to § 61.41 of

this chapter, shall assign the balance of

Account 6620–Services to the

subcategories, as specified in

§ 36.379(b), based on the relative

percentage assignment of the balance of

Account 6620 to those subcategories

during the twelve month period ending

December 31, 2000.

(2) Effective July 1, 2001 through June

30, 2006, all study areas shall apportion

Toll Ticketing Processing Expense

among the jurisdictions using the

relative number of toll messages for the

twelve-month period ending December

31, 2000. Local Message Process

Expense is assigned to the state

jurisdiction.

23. Amend § 36.380 by adding

paragraphs (d) and (e) to read as follows:

§ 36.380 Other billing and collecting

expense.

* * * * *

(d) Effective July 1, 2001 through June

30, 2006, study areas subject to price

cap regulation, pursuant to § 61.41 of

this chapter, shall assign the balance of

Account 6620–Services to the Other

billing and collecting expense

classification based on the relative

percentage assignment of the balance of

Account 6620 to those subcategory

during the twelve month period ending

December 31, 2000.

(e) Effective July 1, 2001 through June

30, 2006, all study areas shall apportion

Other billing and collecting expense

among the jurisdictions using the

allocation factor utilized, pursuant to

§§ 36.380(b) or 36.380(c), for the twelve

month period ending December 31,

2000.

24. Amend § 36.381 by adding

paragraphs (c) and (d) to read as follows:

§ 36.381 Carrier access charge billing and

collecting expense.

* * * * *

(c) Effective July 1, 2001, through June

30, 2006, study areas subject to price

cap regulation, pursuant to § 61.41 of

this chapter, shall assign the balance of

Account 6620–Services to the Carrier

access charge billing and collecting

expense classification based on the

relative percentage assignment of the

balance of Account 6620 to that

classification during the twelve month

period ending December 31, 2000.

(d) Effective July 1, 2001, through

June 30, 2006, all study areas shall

apportion Carrier access charge billing

and collecting expense among the

jurisdictions using the allocation factor,

pursuant to § 36.381(b), for the twelvemonth period ending December 31,

2000.

1. Revise § 36.382 to read as follows:

§ 36.382 Category 3—All other customer

services expense.

(a) Effective July 1, 2001, through June

30, 2006, study areas subject to price

cap regulation, pursuant to § 61.41 of

this chapter, shall assign the balance of

Account 6620–Services to this category

based on the relative percentage

assignment of the balance of Account

6620 to this category during the twelve

month period ending December 31,

2000.

(b) Category 3 is apportioned on the

basis of Categories 1 and 2.

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 64

[CC Docket Nos. 00–257 and 94–129; FCC

01–156]

2000 Biennial Review-Review of

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 certain carrier change

authorization and verification rules

adopted in the First Report and Order in

CC Docket No. 00–257 and Fourth

Report and Order in CC Docket No. 94–

129 (Order) in our slamming

proceeding. A summary of the Order

was published in the Federal Register

on May 22, 2001 and a correction to that

summary was published in the Federal

Register on June 6, 2001.

DATES: The amendments to 47 CFR

64.1120(e) published at 66 FR 28117

(May 22, 2001) become effective on June

21, 2001.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Michele Walters, Associate Chief,

Accounting Policy Division, Common

Carrier Bureau, (202) 418–7400.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the

Order, released May 15, 2001, the

Commission adopted streamlined

procedures to replace the burdensome

waiver process for the carrier-to-carrier

sale or transfer of subscriber bases. The

Commission’s new procedures provide

for an acquiring carrier to simply selfcertify to the Commission, in advance of

the transfer, that the carrier will follow

the required procedures. This will

protect the interests of the affected

subscribers by giving them adequate

advance notice of the carrier change and

ensuring that the change will not cause

them financial harm. A summary of the

Order was published in the Federal

Register. 66 FR 28117 (May 22, 2001).

The subject heading in the summary

was corrected in a document published

in the Federal Register. 66 FR 30334

(June 6, 2001). The Office of

Management and Budget (OMB)

approved the information collections

contained in section 64.1120(e) on June

7, 2001. OMB. No. 3060–0973. The rules

adopted in the Order will take effect on

June 21, 2001.

Federal Communications Commission.

Magalie Roman Salas,

Secretary.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

50 CFR Part 216

[Docket No. 000720213–1140–02; I.D

062000C]

RIN 0648–AO40

Marine Mammals; Subsistence Taking

of Northern Fur Seals; Harvest

Estimates

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Final estimates of annual fur

seal subsistence needs.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the regulations

governing the subsistence taking of

northern fur seals, NMFS publishes

final annual estimates of fur seal

subsistence needs for 2000 through 2002

on the Pribilof Islands, Alaska. These

estimates are the same as for the

previous 3–year period. NMFS estimates

that the subsistence needs are 1,645–

2000 seals on St. Paul and 300–500 seals

on St. George.

DATES: Effective July 20, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Dave Cormany, (907) 271–3024; Michael

Payne, (907) 586–7235; or Tom Eagle,

(301) 713–2322, ext. 105.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

subsistence harvest of northern fur

seals, Callorhinus ursinus, by Alaska

Native residents of the Pribilof Islands,

Alaska, is governed by regulations

found in 50 CFR part 216, subpart F,

Taking for Subsistence Purposes. These

regulations require NMFS to publish

every 3 years a summary of the harvest

in the preceding 3 years and a

discussion of the number of fur seals

expected to be taken over the next 3

years to satisfy the subsistence

requirements of residents of the Pribilof

Islands (St. Paul and St. George). After

a 30–day comment period, NMFS must

publish a final notification of the

expected annual harvest levels for the

next 3 years.

On August 9, 2000 (65 FR 48669),

NMFS published the summary of the

1997-1999 fur seal harvests and

provided a 30-day comment period on

proposed estimates of subsistence needs

for the years 2000 through 2002. No

comments were received on the

proposed estimates or on draft

Environmental Assessment. Final

expected annual harvest levels for 2000

through 2002 are 1,645–2000 seals on

St. Paul Island and 300–500 seals on St.

George Island. Background information

related to these estimates was included

in the proposed harvest estimates on

August 9, 2000.

Classification

National Environmental Policy Act

Pursuant to section 102 (2) of the

National Environmental Policy Act,

NMFS prepared an Environmental

Assessment to accompany this action

and a Finding of No Significant Impact

with respect to the effects of the action

on the human environment.

Executive Order (E.O.) 12866 and

Regulatory Flexibility Act

This rule has been determined to be

not a significant rule under E.O. 12866.

The Chief Counsel for Regulation,

Department of Commerce, certified to

the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the

Small Business Administration that this

action would not have a significant

economic impact on a substantial

number of small entities. No comments

were received regarding the economic

impact of this rule. Therefore, the

requirements to prepare a regulatory

flexibility analysis are not applicable,

and none was prepared.

Paperwork Reduction Act

This action does not require the

collection of information.

Executive Order 13132-Federalism

This action does not contain policies

with federalism impacts sufficient to

warrant preparation of a federalism

assessment under E.O. 13132 because

this action does not have substantial

direct effects on the states, on the

relationship between the national

government and the states, or on the

distribution of power and

responsibilities among the various

levels of government. Nonetheless,

NMFS worked closely with local

governments in the Pribilof Islands to

prepare these estimates of subsistence

needs.

Executive Order 13084-Consultation

and Coordination with Indian Tribal

Governments

E.O. 13084 requires that if NMFS

issues a regulation that significantly or

uniquely affects the communities of

Indian tribal governments and imposes

substantial direct compliance costs on

those communities, NMFS must consult

with those governments, or the Federal

government must provide the funds

necessary to pay the direct compliance

costs incurred by the tribal

governments. This action does not

impose substantial direct compliance

costs on the communities of Indian

tribal governments. Accordingly, the

requirements of section 3(b) of E.O.

13084 do not apply to this action.

Nonetheless, NMFS took several steps

to work with affected tribal governments

to prepare and implement the action.

These steps included discussions on

subsistence needs and mechanisms to

ensure that the harvest is conducted in

a non-wasteful manner. NMFS and the

Tribal Government of St. Paul are

negotiating a cooperative agreement

pursuant to section 119 of the Marine

Mammal Protection Act to govern future

harvests.

Dated: June 15, 2001.

William T. Hogarth,

Acting Assistant Administrator for Fisheries,

National Marine Fisheries Service.

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