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interdiction systems; Section 20.18(r), 

Contraband Interdiction System (CIS) 

requirement; Section 20.23(a), good 

faith negotiations. 

Form Number: N/A. 

Respondents: Businesses or other for 

profit entities and state, local or Tribal 

Governments. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 26 respondents and 28 

responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 8–16 

hours. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion 

reporting requirement. 

Obligation to Respond: There is no 

obligation to respond; response required 

to obtain benefits. The statutory 

authority for this collection is contained 

in 47 U.S.C. 151, 152, 154(i), 154(j), 301, 

302a, 303, 307, 308, 309, 310, and 332. 

Total Annual Burden: 325 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: No cost. 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

There is no need for confidentiality with 

this collection of information. 

Privacy Act: No impact(s). 

Needs and Uses: On March 24, 2017, 

the Federal Communications 

Commission released a Report and 

Order, Promoting Technological 

Solutions to Combat Contraband 

Wireless Devices in Correctional 

Facilities, GN Docket No. 13–111, FCC 

17–25 (Report and Order), in which the 

Commission took important steps to 

help law enforcement combat the 

serious threats posed by the illegal use 

of contraband wireless devices by 

inmates. Across the country, inmates 

have used contraband devices to order 

hits, run drug operations, operate phone 

scams, and otherwise engage in criminal 

activity that endangers prison 

employees, other inmates, and innocent 

members of the public. In the Report 

and Order, the Commission streamlined 

the process of deploying contraband 

wireless device interdiction systems— 

systems that use radio communications 

signals requiring Commission 

authorization—in correctional facilities. 

The action will reduce the cost of 

deploying solutions and ensure that 

they can be deployed more quickly and 

efficiently. In particular, the 

Commission waived certain filing 

requirements and provided for 

immediate approval of the spectrum 

lease applications needed to operate 

these systems. 

The effectiveness of Contraband 

Interdiction System (CIS) deployment 

requires all carriers in the relevant area 

of the correctional facility to execute a 

spectrum lease with the CIS provider. 

Even if the major Commercial Mobile 

Radio Services (CMRS) licensees 

negotiate expeditiously and in good 

faith, if one CMRS licensee in the area 

fails to engage in lease negotiations in 

a reasonable time frame or at all, the CIS 

solution will not be effective. The lack 

of cooperation of even a single wireless 

provider in a geographic area of a 

correctional facility can result in 

deployment of a system with 

insufficient spectral coverage, subject to 

abuse by inmates in possession of 

contraband wireless devices operating 

on frequencies not covered by a 

spectrum lease agreement. While some 

carriers have been cooperative, it is 

imperative that all CMRS licensees be 

required to engage in lease negotiations 

in good faith and in a timely fashion. 

Therefore, the Commission adopted a 

rule requiring that CMRS licensees 

negotiate in good faith with entities 

seeking to deploy a CIS in a correctional 

facility. If, after a 45 day period, there 

is no agreement, CIS providers seeking 

Special Temporary Authority (STA) to 

operate in the absence of CMRS licensee 

consent may file a request for STA with 

the Wireless Telecommunications 

Bureau (WTB), with a copy served at the 

same time on the CMRS licensee, 

accompanied by evidence 

demonstrating its good faith, and the 

unreasonableness of the CMRS 

licensee’s actions, in negotiating an 

agreement. The CMRS licensee may 

then file a response with WTB, with a 

copy served on the CIS provider at that 

time, within 10 days of the filing of the 

STA request. 

The supplementary information 

provided along with the STA 

application by the CIS provider will be 

used by WTB to determine whether the 

CIS provider has negotiated in good 

faith, yet the CMRS licensee has not 

negotiated in good faith. The CMRS 

licensee may use the evidence 

accompanying the STA application to 

craft a response. WTB will analyze the 

evidence from the CIS providers and the 

CMRS licensee’s response to determine 

whether to issue STA to the entity 

seeking to deploy the CIS. 

The Commission explored whether it 

should impose a requirement that the 

community in the vicinity of a 

correctional facility where a CIS is 

installed be notified of the installation. 

The Commission explained that a goal 

of the proceeding is to expedite the 

deployment of technological solutions 

to combat the use of contraband 

wireless devices, not to impose 

unnecessary barriers to CIS deployment. 

Consistent with that goal, the 

Commission found that a flexible and 

community-tailored notification 

requirement for certain CISs outweighed 

the minimal burden of notification and 

furthered the public interest. After 

careful consideration of the record, the 

Commission imposed a rule that, 10 

days prior to deploying a CIS that 

prevents communications to or from 

mobile devices, a lessee must notify the 

community in which the correctional 

facility is located, and the Commission 

amended its spectrum leasing rules to 

reflect this requirement. The 

Commission agreed with commenters 

that support notification of the 

surrounding community due to the 

potential for accidental call blocking 

and the public safety issues involved. 

The information provided in the 

notification will put the houses and 

businesses in the surrounding 

community on notice that a CIS will be 

deployed in the vicinity that has the 

potential for accidental call blocking. 

Acknowledging the importance of 

ensuring the availability of emergency 

911 calls from correctional facilities, 

and the fact that delivering emergency 

calls to public safety answering points 

(PSAPs) facilitates public safety services 

and generally serves the public interest, 

the Commission amended its rules to 

require that CIS providers regulated as 

private mobile radio service (PMRS) 

must route all 911 calls to the local 

PSAP. That said, the Commission also 

acknowledged the important role state 

and local public safety officials play in 

the administration of the 911 system. 

Accordingly, although the CIS provider 

is required to pass through emergency 

911 calls, the PSAPs can inform the CIS 

provider that they do not want to 

receive calls from a given correctional 

facility. By allowing the PSAPs to 

decline the emergency 911 calls, the 

Commission recognized the reported 

increased volume of PSAP harassment 

through repeated inmate fraudulent 911 

calls. The information provided by the 

PSAP or emergency authority will result 

in the CIS provider not passing through 

E911 calls from a particular correctional 

facility. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene H. Dortch, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2017–22635 Filed 10–19–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

47 CFR Parts 36, 42, 54, 63, and 64 

[WC Docket No. 15–33; FCC 17–112] 

Modernizing Common Carrier Rules 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Final rule. 


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SUMMARY: In this document, the Federal 

Communications Commission 

(Commission) adopted a Report and 

Order that eliminates certain rules from 

which the Commission has granted 

unconditional forbearance for all 

carriers, and eliminates references to 

telegraph service from certain sections 

of the Commission’s rules. The Report 

and Order updates our rules to remove 

outmoded regulations from the Code of 

Federal Regulations (CFR) that no longer 

reflect current requirements or 

technology. In so doing, we further our 

goals of reducing regulatory burdens, 

eliminating unnecessary rule 

provisions, and making the agency as 

efficient and effective as possible. 

DATES: Effective November 20, 2017. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Wireline Competition Bureau, 

Competition Policy Division, Alex 

Johns, at (202) 418–1167, alexis.johns@

fcc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a 

summary of the Commission’s Report 

and Order (R&O) in WC Docket No. 15– 

33, adopted September 5, 2017 and 

released September 8, 2017. The full 

text of this document is available for 

public inspection during regular 

business hours in the FCC Reference 

Information Center, Portals II, 445 12th 

Street SW., Room CY–A257, 

Washington, DC 20554. It is available on 

the Commission’s Web site at http://

transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_

Business/2017/db0908/FCC-17- 

112A1.pdf. 

I. Introduction 

1. In the R&O, we update our rules to 

remove outmoded regulations from the 

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) that 

no longer reflect current requirements or 

technology. Specifically, we eliminate 

certain rules from which the 

Commission has granted unconditional 

forbearance for all carriers, and we 

eliminate references to telegraph service 

from certain sections of the 

Commission’s rules. In so doing, we 

further our goals of reducing regulatory 

burdens, eliminating unnecessary rule 

provisions, and making the agency as 

efficient and effective as possible. 

2. The R&O acts on a Notice of 

Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) which 

sought comment on the modifications 

we adopt here. The NPRM followed (1) 

two orders adopted in 2013 that, in 

response to a petition filed by 

USTelecom, granted forbearance from 

126 legacy wireline regulations; and (2) 

the Process Reform Report, a 

Commission staff report that 

recommended eliminating or 

streamlining rules that are no longer 

necessary due to marketplace or 

technology changes. No comments were 

filed in response to the NPRM. 

II. Discussion 

A. Deleting Rules From Which the 

Commission Granted Forbearance in the 

2013 USTelecom Forbearance Orders 

3. In many instances in the 2013 

USTelecom Forbearance Orders, the 

Commission granted unconditional 

forbearance from a requirement, but did 

not alter the text of the codified rule or 

remove the rule from the CFR. Thus, the 

rules appear in the CFR even though the 

Commission has stated that it will 

forbear from applying such rules. 

Absent additional research, a carrier or 

consumer might mistakenly believe the 

regulations are still in effect. Therefore, 

deleting the rules identified below, for 

which the Commission has granted 

unconditional forbearance, clarifies 

carriers’ regulatory obligations and 

ensures that the CFR accurately reflects 

the Commission’s actions with respect 

to those rules. 

4. Specifically, we delete the 

following CFR provisions from which 

the Commission has forborne: (1) 

Sections 42.4, 42.5, and 42.7, which 

required carriers to preserve certain 

records; (2) section 64.1, which 

governed traffic damage claims for 

carriers engaged in radio-telegraph, 

wire-telegraph, or ocean-cable service; 

(3) section 64.301, which required 

carriers to provide communications 

services to foreign governments for 

international communications; (4) 

section 64.501, which governed 

telephone companies’ obligations when 

recording telephone conversations; (5) 

section 64.804(c)–(g), which governed a 

carrier’s recordkeeping and other 

obligations when it extended unsecured 

credit for communications services to 

candidates for federal office; and (6) 

section 64.5001(a)–(c)(2), and (c)(4), 

which imposed certain reporting and 

certification requirements on prepaid 

calling card providers. 

B. Other Rules and Requirements 

Related to Telegraph Service 

5. In light of the evolution of 

technology over many decades away 

from the use of telegraphs, we find that 

the references to telegraph service in the 

rules discussed below are unnecessary 

and should be deleted. We also grant 

forbearance from the application of all 

exit regulation pursuant to section 

214(a) of the Communications Act, as 

amended (the Act), to telegraph service. 

6. Section 36.126 of the Separations 

Rules. Jurisdictional separations is the 

process by which incumbent local 

exchange carriers (LECs) apportion 

regulated costs between intrastate and 

interstate jurisdictions. As part of this 

process, section 36.126 identifies 

equipment that is considered ‘‘Circuit 

equipment—Category 4.’’ Section 36.126 

lists examples of such equipment, 

including ‘‘telegraph system terminals,’’ 

‘‘telegraph repeaters,’’ certain 

equipment used for ‘‘telegraph . . . 

testing,’’ and ‘‘telegraph carrier 

terminals.’’ To the extent that this 

equipment is still used, it remains 

subject to section 36.126, but we delete 

these terms from the examples provided 

throughout section 36.126 and we delete 

the reference to ‘‘telegraph grade private 

line services’’ in section 36.126(e)(3)(iii) 

to modernize our rules to better reflect 

today’s marketplace. 

7. Section 54.706(a)(13) of the 

Universal Service Rules. Section 

54.706(a) requires providers of interstate 

telecommunications services to 

contribute to the universal service fund, 

and subparagraph (a)(13) lists 

‘‘telegraph’’ as an illustrative example of 

interstate telecommunications. No 

entities filing FCC Form 499–A in the 

past five years indicated that they 

provide telegraph service, and we are 

not aware of any interstate telegraph 

service providers today. Nor did any 

entities file comments or objections in 

response to this proposal in the NPRM. 

As discussed in the NPRM, telegraph 

service remains theoretically subject to 

universal service contributions, but it no 

longer warrants inclusion in the list of 

examples in section 54.706(a). We 

therefore, as proposed, delete the term 

‘‘telegraph’’ in section 54.706(a) to 

update the rule to better reflect today’s 

marketplace. 

8. Section 214(a) Discontinuance 

Requirement and Part 63 

Discontinuance, Reduction, Outage and 

Impairment Rules. Under section 214(a) 

of the Act, common carriers must obtain 

Commission approval before they 

discontinue, reduce, or impair service to 

a community or part of a community. To 

the extent that any carriers still provide 

telegraph service or may do so in the 

future, we conclude that it is not 

necessary to subject them to a 

requirement to obtain Commission 

approval before discontinuing, 

reducing, or impairing such service. We 

thus grant such providers forbearance 

from the application of this statutory 

requirement to telegraph service. We 

also grant forbearance from the 

application of the Commission’s 

implementing rules under Part 63 to 

telegraph service, and we delete the 

references to ‘‘telegraph’’ from those 

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9. Under section 10 of the Act, 47 

U.S.C. 160(a), the Commission is 

required to forbear from any statutory 

provision or regulation if it determines 

that: (1) Enforcement of the regulation is 

not necessary to ensure that the 

telecommunications carrier’s charges, 

practices, classifications, or regulations 

are just, reasonable, and not unjustly or 

unreasonably discriminatory; (2) 

enforcement of the regulation is not 

necessary to protect consumers; and (3) 

forbearance from applying such 

provision or regulation is consistent 

with the public interest. In the NPRM, 

we stated our intent to exempt telegraph 

service from all exit approval 

requirements by exercising our 

forbearance authority. No commenters 

opposed our doing so. In light of market 

forces and technological advances, we 

conclude that forbearance from the 

application of the section 214(a) 

discontinuance requirement and the 

Commission’s implementing rules to 

telegraph service is warranted under the 

section 10 criteria. Telegraph service is 

obsolete, and we find that no purpose is 

served by requiring any remaining (or 

future) providers of telegraph service to 

file discontinuance applications with 

the Commission. Nor is the public 

interest served by maintaining outdated 

and unnecessary requirements in our 

rules or by expending future agency 

resources on the processing of any such 

applications. To the extent that 

common-carrier telegraph service will 

ever be offered in the future, allowing 

unregulated discontinuance would 

promote competitive market conditions. 

Accordingly, we forbear from the 

application of section 214 exit 

regulation to telegraph service. Having 

thus forborne, we also take the 

opportunity to delete references to 

telegraph service from our 

discontinuance rules. 

III. Procedural Matters 

10. Paperwork Reduction Act. This 

document does not contain new or 

modified information collection 

requirements subject to the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104– 

13. In addition, therefore, it does not 

contain any new or modified 

information collection burden for small 

business concerns with fewer than 25 

employees, pursuant to the Small 

Business Paperwork Relief Act of 2002, 

Public Law 107–198, see 44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(4). 

11. Final Regulatory Flexibility 

Certification. The Regulatory Flexibility 

Act of 1980, as amended (RFA), 5 U.S.C. 

601–612, requires that an initial 

regulatory flexibility analysis be 

prepared for notice and comment 

rulemaking proceedings, unless the 

agency certifies that ‘‘the rule will not, 

if promulgated, have a significant 

economic impact on a substantial 

number of small entities.’’ See 5 U.S.C. 

605(b). The RFA generally defines the 

term ‘‘small entity’’ as having the same 

meaning as the terms ‘‘small business,’’ 

‘‘small organization,’’ and ‘‘small 

governmental jurisdiction.’’ See 5 U.S.C. 

601(6). In addition, the term ‘‘small 

business’’ has the same meaning as the 

term ‘‘small business concern’’ under 

the Small Business Act. See 5 U.S.C. 

601(3). A ‘‘small business concern’’ is 

one which: (1) Is independently owned 

and operated; (2) is not dominant in its 

field of operation; and (3) satisfies any 

additional criteria established by the 

Small Business Administration (SBA). 

See 15 U.S.C. 632. 

12. This R&O eliminates certain rules 

from which the Commission granted 

unconditional forbearance for all 

carriers three years ago, and also 

eliminates references to telegraph 

service from certain sections of the 

Commission’s rules. As noted in this 

Report and Order, in the 2013 

USTelecom Forbearance Orders, the 

Commission granted unconditional 

forbearance from certain requirements, 

but did not alter the text of the codified 

rule or remove the rule from the CFR. 

Thus, the rules appear in the CFR even 

though the Commission has stated that 

it will forbear from applying such rules. 

In addition, a number of wireline rule 

provisions continue to reference 

telegraph service, which appears to have 

a limited role, at best, in the 

marketplace. 

13. The Commission is committed to 

removing unnecessary requirements to 

reflect new technologies and changing 

market conditions. Deleting these rules 

and references clarifies carriers’ 

(including small entities’) regulatory 

obligations and ensures that the CFR 

accurately reflects the Commission’s 

intended approach to those rules. 

Therefore, we certify that the 

requirements of this Report and Order 

will not have a significant economic 

impact on a substantial number of small 

entities. 

14. Congressional Review Act. The 

Commission will send a copy of this 

R&O, including a copy of the Final 

Regulatory Flexibility Certification, in a 

report to Congress and the Government 

Accountability Office pursuant to the 

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

801(a)(1)(A). In addition, the R&O and 

this final certification will be sent to the 

Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the SBA, 

and will be published in the Federal 

Register, see 5 U.S.C. 605(b). 

IV. Ordering Clauses 

15. Accordingly, it is ordered, 

pursuant to sections 10, 201, 214, 218– 

221, 254, 403, and 410 of the 

Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended, 47 U.S.C. 160, 201, 214, 218– 

221, 254, 403, 410, and section 401 of 

the Federal Election Campaign Act of 

1971, as amended, 52 U.S.C. 30141, that 

this Report and Order is adopted. 

16. It is further ordered that the 

Commission’s Consumer and 

Governmental Affairs Bureau, Reference 

Information Center, shall send a copy of 

this Report and Order, including the 

Final Regulatory Flexibility 

Certification, to the Chief Counsel for 

Advocacy of the Small Business 

Administration. 

17. It is further ordered that this 

Report and Order shall be effective 30 

days after publication of the text or a 

summary thereof in the Federal 

Register. 

18. It is further ordered that the 

Commission’s rules are hereby 

amended, effective November 20, 2017. 

19. It is further ordered that, should 

no petitions for reconsideration or 

petitions for judicial review be timely 

filed, WC Docket No. 15–33 shall be 

terminated and its docket closed. 

List of Subjects in 47 CFR Parts 36, 42, 

54, 63 and 64 

Communications common carriers, 

Radio, Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements, Telecommunications, 

Telegraph, and Telephone. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Katura Jackson, 

Federal Register Liaison Officer, Office of the 

Secretary. 

Final Rules 

For the reasons discussed in the 

preamble, the Federal Communications 

Commission amends 47 CFR parts 36, 

42, 54, 63, and 64 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, 303(r), 403, 410, and 1302 

unless otherwise noted. 

■ 2. Section 36.126 is amended by 

revising paragraphs (a)(1) and (2), (a)(8), 

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paragraph (b)(4), and paragraphs (d)(1), 

(e)(1) and (e)(3)(iii) to read as follows: 

§ 36.126 Circuit equipment—Category 4. 

(a) * * * 

(1) Carrier telephone system 

terminals. 

(2) Telephone repeaters, termination 

sets, impedance compensators, pulse 

link repeaters, echo suppressors and 

other intermediate transmission 

amplification and balancing equipment 

except that included in switchboards. 

* * * * * 

(8) Testboards, test desks, repair desks 

and patch bays, including those 

provided for test and control, and for 

transmission testing. 

(b) * * * 

(4) In addition, for the purpose of 

identifying and separating property 

associated with special services, circuit 

equipment included in Categories 4.12 

(other than wideband equipment) 4.13 

and 4.23 is identified as either basic 

circuit equipment, i.e., equipment that 

performs functions necessary to provide 

and operate channels suitable for voice 

transmission (telephone grade 

channels), or special circuit equipment, 

i.e., equipment that is peculiar to special 

service circuits. Carrier telephone 

terminals and carrier telephone 

repeaters are examples of basic circuit 

equipment in general use, while audio 

program transmission amplifiers, 

bridges, monitoring devices and volume 

indicators are examples of special 

circuit equipment in general use. * * * 

* * * * * 

(d) * * * 

(1) Interexchange Circuit Equipment 

Furnished to Another Company for 

Interstate Use—Category 4.21—This 

category comprises that circuit 

equipment provided for the use of 

another company as an integral part of 

its interexchange circuit facilities used 

wholly for interstate services. This 

category includes such circuit 

equipment as telephone carrier 

terminals and microwave systems used 

wholly for interstate services. The total 

cost of the circuit equipment in this 

category for the study area is assigned 

to the interstate operation. 

* * * * * 

(e) * * * 

(1) Interexchange Circuit Equipment 

Furnished to Another Company for 

Interstate Use Category—4.21—This 

category comprises that circuit 

equipment provided for the use of 

another company as an integral part of 

its interexchange circuit facilities used 

wholly for interstate services. This 

category includes such circuit 

equipment as telephone carrier 

terminals and microwave systems used 

wholly for interstate services. The total 

cost of the circuit equipment in this 

category for the study area is assigned 

to the interstate operation. 

* * * * * 

(3) * * * 

(iii) The cost of special circuit 

equipment is segregated among private 

line services based on an analysis of the 

use of the equipment and in accordance 

with § 36.126(b)(4). The special circuit 

equipment cost assigned to private line 

services is directly assigned to the 

appropriate operations. 

* * * * * 

PART 42—PRESERVATION OF 

RECORDS OF COMMUNICATION 

COMMON CARRIERS 

■ 3. The authority citation for part 42 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: Sec. 4(i), 48 Stat. 1066, as 

amended, 47 U.S.C. 154(i). Interprets or 

applies secs. 219 and 220, 48 Stat. 1077–78, 

47 U.S.C. 219, 220. 

§ 42.4 [Removed] 

■ 4. Remove § 42.4. 

§ 42.5 [Removed] 

■ 5. Remove § 42.5. 

§ 42.7 [Removed] 

■ 6. Remove § 42.7. 

PART 54—UNIVERSAL SERVICE 

■ 7. The authority citation for part 54 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151, 154(i), 155, 201, 

205, 214, 219, 220, 254, 303(r), 403, and 1302 

unless otherwise noted. 

§ 54.706 [Amended] 

■ 8. Section 54.706 is amended by 

removing and reserving paragraph 

(a)(13). 

PART 63—EXTENSION OF LINES, NEW 

LINES, AND DISCONTINUANCE, 

REDUCTION, OUTAGE AND 

IMPAIRMENT OF SERVICE BY 

COMMON CARRIERS; AND GRANTS 

OF RECOGNIZED PRIVATE 

OPERATING AGENCY STATUS 

■ 9. The authority citation for part 63 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: Sections 1, 4(i), 4(j), 10, 11, 

201–205, 214, 218, 403 and 651 of the 

Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 

47 U.S.C. 151, 154(i), 154(j), 160, 201–205, 

214, 218, 403, and 571, unless otherwise 

noted. 

■ 10. Section 63.60 is amended by 

revising paragraph (c) to read as follows: 

§ 63.60 Definitions. 

* * * * * 

(c) Emergency discontinuance, 

reduction, or impairment of service 

means any discontinuance, reduction, 

or impairment of the service of a carrier 

occasioned by conditions beyond the 

control of such carrier where the 

original service is not restored or 

comparable service is not established 

within a reasonable time. For the 

purpose of this part, a reasonable time 

shall be deemed to be a period not in 

excess of the following: 10 days in the 

case of public coast stations; and 60 

days in all other cases. 

* * * * * 

■ 11. Section 63.61 is amended by 

revising the introductory text to read as 

follows: 

§ 63.61 Applicability. 

Any carrier subject to the provisions 

of section 214 of the Communications 

Act of 1934, as amended, proposing to 

discontinue, reduce or impair interstate 

or foreign telephone service to a 

community, or a part of a community, 

shall request authority therefor by 

formal application or informal request 

as specified in the pertinent sections of 

this part: 

* * * * * 

■ 12. Section 63.62 is amended by 

revising the section heading to read as 

follows: 

§ 63.62 Type of discontinuance, reduction, 

or impairment of telephone service 

requiring formal application. 

* * * * * 

§ 63.65 [Amended] 

■ 13. Section 63.65 is amended by 

removing and reserving paragraph (a)(4). 

■ 14. Section 63.500 is amended by 

revising paragraph (g) to read as follows: 

§ 63.500 Contents of applications to 

dismantle or remove a trunk line. 

* * * * * 

(g) Name of any other carrier or 

carriers providing telephone service to 

the community; 

* * * * * 

■ 15. Section 63.501 is amended by 

revising paragraph (g) to read as follows: 

§ 63.501 Contents of applications to sever 

physical connection or to terminate or 

suspend interchange of traffic with another 

carrier. 

* * * * * 

(g) Name of any other carrier or 

carriers providing telephone service to 

the community; 

* * * * * 

■ 16. Section 63.504 is amended by 

revising paragraph (k) to read as follows: 


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§ 63.504 Contents of applications to close 

a public toll station where no other such toll 

station of the applicant in the community 

will continue service and where telephone 

toll service is not otherwise available to the 

public through a telephone exchange 

connected with the toll lines of a carrier. 

* * * * * 

(k) Description of the service 

involved, including a statement of the 

number of toll telephone messages sentpaid and received-collect, and the 

revenues from such traffic, in 

connection with the service proposed to 

be discontinued for each of the past 6 

months; and, if the volume of such 

traffic handled in the area has decreased 

during recent years, the reasons 

therefor. 

* * * * * 

PART 64—MISCELLANEOUS RULES 

RELATING TO COMMON CARRIERS 

■ 17. The authority citation for part 64 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154, 254(k), 

403(b)(2)(B), (c), Pub. L. 104–104, 110 Stat. 

56. Interpret or apply 47 U.S.C. 201, 218, 222, 

225, 226, 227, 228, 254(k), 276, 616, 620, and 

the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation 

Act of 2012, Pub. L. 112–96, unless otherwise 

noted. 

Subpart A—[Removed and Reserved] 

■ 18. Remove and reserve subpart A, 

consisting of § 64.1. 

Subpart C—[Removed and Reserved] 

■ 19. Remove and reserve subpart C, 

consisting of § 64.301. 

Subpart E—[Removed and Reserved] 

■ 20. Remove and reserve subpart E, 

consisting of § 64.501. 

§ 64.804 [Amended] 

■ 20. Section 64.804 is amended by 

removing paragraphs (c) through (g). 

■ 21. Section 64.5001 is revised to read 

as follows: 

§ 64.5001 Reporting and certification 

requirements. 

On a quarterly basis, every prepaid 

calling card provider must submit to the 

Commission a certification with respect 

to the prior quarter, signed by an officer 

of the company under penalty of 

perjury, stating that it is making the 

required Universal Service Fund 

contribution. This provision shall not 

apply to any prepaid calling card 

provider that has timely filed required 

annual and quarterly 

Telecommunications Reporting 

Worksheets, FCC Forms 499–A and 

499–Q, during the preceding two-year 

period. 

[FR Doc. 2017–22770 Filed 10–19–17; 8:45 am] 

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