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47 CFR Part 36 

[CC Docket No. 80–286; FCC 09–44] 

Jurisdictional Separations and Referral 

to the Federal-State Joint Board 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Interim rule. 

SUMMARY: Jurisdictional separations is 

the process by which incumbent local 

exchange carriers (incumbent LECs) 

apportion regulated costs between the 

intrastate and interstate jurisdictions. In 

this document, the Commission extends 

until June 30, 2010, the current freeze of 

part 36 category relationships and 

jurisdictional cost allocation factors 

used in jurisdictional separations. 

Extending the freeze provides stability 

for, and avoids imposing undue burdens 

on, carriers that must comply with the 

Commission’s separations rules while 

the Commission considers issues 

relating to comprehensive reform of the 

jurisdictional separations process. 

DATES: Effective June 22, 2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Daniel Ball, Attorney Advisor, at 202– 

418–1577, Pricing Policy Division, 

Wireline Competition Bureau. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a 

summary of the Commission’s Report 

and Order (R&O) in CC Docket No. 80– 

286, FCC 09–44, released on May 15, 

2009. The full text of this document is 

available for public inspection during 

regular business hours in the FCC 

Reference Center, Room CY–A257, 445 

12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 

20554. 

1. Jurisdictional separations is the 

process by which incumbent LECs 

apportion regulated costs between the 

intrastate and interstate jurisdictions. 

The freeze of Part 36 category 

relationships and jurisdictional cost 

allocation factors was first implemented 

for five years on July 1, 2001, 66 FR 

33202, June 21, 2001 (2001 Separations 

Freeze Order), then extended 

approximately three years on June 23, 

2006, 71 FR 29843, May 24, 2006 (2006 

Separations Freeze Extension Order). 

On March 27, 2009, the Commission 

released a notice of proposed 

rulemaking seeking comment on a 

further extension of the freeze until June 

30, 2010. 74 FR 15236 (Apr. 3, 2009) 

(NPRM). The overwhelming majority of 

parties filing comments in response to 

the NPRM supported extension of the 

freeze. This R&O extends the current 

freeze until June 30, 2010. Extending the 

freeze provides stability for, and avoids 

imposing undue burdens on, carriers 

that must comply with the 

Commission’s separations rules while 

the Commission, working with the 

Federal-State Joint Board on 

Separations, considers issues relating to 

comprehensive separations reform. 

2. The extended freeze will be 

implemented as described in the 2001 

Separations Freeze Order. Specifically, 

price-cap carriers would use the same 

relationships between categories of 

investment and expenses within part 32 

accounts and the same jurisdictional 

allocation factors that have been in 

place since the inception of the current 

freeze on July 1, 2001. Rate-of-return 

carriers would use the same frozen 

jurisdictional allocation factors, and 

would use the same frozen category 

relationships if they had opted 

previously to freeze those as well. 

I. Procedural Matters 

A. Final Regulatory Flexibility 

Certification 

3. As required by the Regulatory 

Flexibility Act, the Commission certifies 

that these regulatory amendments will 

not have a significant impact on small 

business entities. 

B. Paperwork Reduction Act 

4. The R&O does not propose any new 

or modified information collections 

subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act 

of 1995 (PRA), Public Law 104–13. In 

addition, therefore, it does not contain 

any new, modified, or proposed 

‘‘information collection burden for 

small business concerns with fewer than 

25 employees,’’ pursuant to the Small 

Business Paperwork Relief Act of 2002, 

Pub. L. 107–198, 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(4). 

C. Congressional Review Act 

5. The Commission will send a copy 

of the R&O in a report to be sent to 

Congress and the Government 

Accountability Office pursuant to the 

Congressional Review Act, see 5 U.S.C. 

801(a)(1)(A). 

II. Ordering Clauses 

6. Pursuant to sections 1, 4(i) and (j), 

214(e), 254, and 410 of the 

Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended, 47 U.S.C. 151, 154(i), 154(j), 

214(e), 254, and 410, the R&O is 

adopted. 

7. The report and order shall be 

effective June 22, 2009. 

8. Pursuant to section 410(c) of the 

Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended, 47 U.S.C. 410(c), the issues 

set forth in the R&O are referred to the 

Federal-State Joint Board on Separations 

for preparation of a recommended 

decision. 

9. The Commission’s Consumer and 

Governmental Affairs Bureau, Reference 

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the R&O, including the Final Regulatory 

Flexibility Certification, to the Chief 

Counsel for Advocacy of the Small 

Business Administration. 

List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 36 

Communications common carriers, 

Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements, Telephone, and Uniform 

system of accounts. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene H. Dortch, 

Secretary. 

Interim Rules 

■ For the reasons discussed in the 

preamble, the Federal Communications 

Commission amends 47 CFR Part 36 as 

follows: 

PART 36—JURISDICTIONAL 

SEPARATIONS PROCEDURES; 

STANDARD PROCEDURES FOR 

SEPARATING 

TELECOMMUNICATIONS PROPERTY 

COSTS, REVENUES, EXPENSES, 

TAXES AND RESERVES FOR 

TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANIES 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 36 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151, 154 (i) and (j), 

205, 221(c), 254, 403, and 410. 

■ 2. In 47 CFR part 36 remove the words 

‘‘June 30, 2006’’ each place they appear 

and add, in their place, the words ‘‘June 

30, 2010’’ in the following places: 

■ a. Section 36.3(a), (b), (c), (d), and (e); 

■ b. Section 36.123(a)(5), and (a)(6); 

■ c. Section 36.124(c), and (d); 

■ d. Section 36.125(h), (i), and (j); 

■ e. Section 36.126(b)(5), (c)(4), (e)(4), 

and (f)(2); 

■ f. Section 36.141(c); 

■ g. Section 36.142(c); 

■ h. Section 36.152(d); 

■ i. Section 36.154(g); 

■ j. Section 36.155(b); 

■ k. Section 36.156(c); 

■ l. Section 36.157(b); 

■ m. Section 36.191(d); 

■ n. Section 36.212(c); 

■ o. Section 36.214(a); 

■ p. Section 36.372; 

■ q. Section 36.374(b), and (d); 

■ r. Section 36.375(b)(4), and (b)(5); 

■ s. Section 36.377(a) introductory text, 

(a)(1)(ix), (a)(2)(vii), (a)(3)(vii), 

(a)(4)(vii), (a)(5)(vii), and (a)(6)(vii); 

■ t. Section 36.378(b)(1); 

■ u. Section 36.379(b)(1), and (b)(2); 

■ v. Section 36.380(d), and (e); 

■ w. Section 36.381(c) and (d); and 

■ x. Section 36.382(a). 

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