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If no inner-duct is installed the

fraction, ‘‘1 Duct divided by the No. of

Inner-Ducts’’ is presumed to be 1⁄2.

(f) Paragraph (e)(2) of this section

shall become effective February 8, 2001

(i.e., five years after the effective date of

the Telecommunications Act of 1996).

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4. § 1.1417 is amended by revising

paragraphs (a), (b), (c), and the

introductory text of paragraph (d) to

read as follows:

§ 1.1417 Allocation of unusable space

costs.

(a) With respect to the formula

referenced in § 1.1409(e)(2), a utility

shall apportion the cost of providing

unusable space on a pole so that such

apportionment equals two-thirds of the

costs of providing unusable space that

would be allocated to such entity under

an equal apportionment of such costs

among all attaching entities.

(b) All attaching entities attached to

the pole shall be counted for purposes

of apportioning the cost of unusable

space.

(c) Utilities may use the following

rebuttable presumptive averages when

calculating the number of attaching

entities with respect to the formula

referenced in § 1.1409(e)(2). For nonurbanized service areas (under 50,000

population), a presumptive average

number of attaching entities of three (3).

For urbanized service areas (50,000 or

higher population), a presumptive

average number of attaching entities of

five (5). If any part of the utility’s

service area within the state has a

designation of urbanized (50,000 or

higher population) by the Bureau of

Census, United States Department of

Commerce, then all of that service area

shall be designated as urbanized for

purposes of determining the

presumptive average number of

attaching entities.

(d) A utility may establish its own

presumptive average number of

attaching entities for its urbanized and

non-urbanized service area as follows:

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5. § 1.1418 is revised to read as

follows:

§ 1.1418 Use of presumptions in

calculating the space factor.

With respect to the formulas

referenced in § 1.1409(e)(1) and

§ 1.1409(e)(2), the space occupied by an

attachment is presumed to be one (1)

foot. The amount of usable space is

presumed to be 13.5 feet. The amount of

unusable space is presumed to be 24

feet. The pole height is presumed to be

37.5 feet. These presumptions may be

rebutted by either party.

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47 CFR Parts 36 and 54

[CC Docket Nos. 96–45 and 00–256; FCC

01–157]

Federal-State Joint Board on Universal

Service; Multi-Association Group Plan

for Regulation of Interstate Services of

Non-Price Cap Incumbent Local

Exchange Carriers and Interexchange

Carriers.

AGENCY: Federal Communications

Commission.

ACTION: Final rule; announcement of

effective date.

SUMMARY: This document announces the

effective date of the amendments to our

rules for providing high-cost universal

service support to rural telephone

companies for the next five years based

upon the proposals made by the Rural

Task Force. We believe these

modifications will strike a fair and

reasonable balance among the universal

service principles and goals enumerated

in the Telecommunications Act. The

Fourteenth Report and Order and

Twenty-Second Order on

Reconsideration in CC Docket No. 96–

45, and the Report and Order in CC

Docket No. 00–256 was published in the

Federal Register on June 5, 2001. Some

of the rules contained information

collection requirements.

DATES: Sections 36.605(c)(2), 36.611,

54.305(f), the amendments to

§§ 54.307(b), 54.313(b) and (c), 54.314,

and 54.315 published at 66 FR 30080,

June 5, 2001, were approved by the

Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) on June 19, 2001 and became

effective on June 19, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Genaro Fullano, Paul Garnett, or Greg

Guice, Attorney, Accounting Policy

Division, Common Carrier Bureau, (202)

418–7400, TTY: (202) 418–0484.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May

23, 2001, the Commission released a

Fourteenth Report and Order, TwentySecond Order on Reconsideration in CC

Docket No. 96–45, and Report and order

in CC Docket No. 00–256 (Order), 66 FR

30080, June 5, 2001, that took action in

response to the Rural Task Force’s

recommended reforms to rural high-cost

universal service support and the

proposals made by the MultiAssociation Group relating to this

universal service support mechanism.

Specifically, the revised rules will

provide certainty and stability for rural

carriers for the next five years, enabling

them to continue to provide supported

services at affordable rates to American

consumers. The Commission believes

these modifications will preserve and

advance universal service, consistent

with the goals and principles set forth

in section 254 of the Communications

Act of 1934, as amended by the

Telecommunications Act of 1996, and

encourage competition in high-cost

areas, consistent with the competitive

goal of the 1996 Act. A summary of the

Order was published in the Federal

Register. See 66 FR 30080, June 5, 2001.

Some of the rules contained information

collection requirements that required

OMB approval. On June 19, 2001, OMB

approved the information collections.

See OMB No. 3060–0986. The rule

amendments adopted by the

Commission in the Order took effect on

June 19, 2001. 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 36

Jurisdictional separations, Reporting

and recordkeeping requirements,

Telecommunications, Telephone.

47 CFR Part 54

Reporting and recordkeeping

requirements, Telecommunications,

Telephone.

Federal Communications Commission.

Magalie Roman Salas,

Secretary.

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Implementation of the Satellite Home

Viewer Improvement Act of 1999:

Broadcast Signal Carriage Issues/

Retransmission Consent Issues

AGENCY: Federal Communications

Commission.

ACTION: Final rule; correction.

SUMMARY: The Commission published a

document in the Federal Register of

January 23, 2001, which implements

certain aspects of the Satellite Home