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Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 772 - PAY-PER-CALL SERVICES › Section 772.110 - Notices

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a) The local exchange
			 carrier shall provide disclosure statements setting forth all rights and obligations
			 of the subscriber and the carrier with respect to the use and payment of
			 pay-per-call services to:
1) All telephone
			 subscribers no later than January 1, 1995;
2) All new telephone subscribers no later than 60
			 days after service is established;
3)
			 All telephone subscribers requesting service at a new location no later than 60 days
			 after service is established; and
4) All
			 subscribers at least twice per year thereafter.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 772 - PAY-PER-CALL SERVICES › Section 772.120 - Restrictions on Collect Telephone Calls

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a) No
			 telecommunications carrier shall provide intrastate transmission or billing and
			 collection services to an entity offering any pay-per-call service that is billed to
			 a subscriber on a collect basis at a per-call or per-time-interval charge that is
			 greater than, or in addition to, the charge for transmission of the call.
b) No telecommunications carrier shall provide
			 intrastate transmission services for any collect information services billed to a
			 subscriber at a tariffed rate unless the called party has taken affirmative action
			 indicating that it accepts the charges for the collect service.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 772 - PAY-PER-CALL SERVICES › Section 772.130 - Generation of Signalling Tones

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No telecommunications carrier shall assign a telephone number or
				abbreviated dialing code for any pay-per-call service which employs broadcast
				advertising which generates the audible tones necessary to complete a call to a
				pay-per-call service.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 772 - PAY-PER-CALL SERVICES › Section 772.135 - Verification of Charitable Status

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Any telecommunications carrier assigning a telephone number or
				abbreviated dialing code to a provider of intrastate pay-per-call services that the
				carrier knows or reasonably should know is engaged in soliciting charitable
				contributions shall obtain verification that the entity or individual for whom
				contributions are solicited has registered with the Attorney General of the State of
				Illinois pursuant to Section 2 of the Solicitation for Charity Act [225 ILCS
				460/2 ].
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 780 - RIGHT-OF-WAY PRECONDEMNATION NEGOTIATIONS BY TELEPHONE COMPANIES › Section 780.5 - Applicability

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a) This Part shall apply
			 whenever any telephone company seeks to negotiate the acquisition of a land
			 right-of-way easement pursuant to Section 4 of the Telephone Company Act
			 [220 ILCS 65/4 ]
			 (Act).
b) As used in this Part,
			 "telephone company" shall mean any entity to which the Act is applicable pursuant to
			 Section 1 of the Act [220 ILCS 65/1 ], including
			 telecommunications carriers as defined in Section 13-202 of the Public Utilities Act
			 [220
			 ILCS 5/13-202 ].
c) This Part shall be prospectively applied. This
			 Part shall not affect the following:
1) The
			 validity of any existing certificate issued by the Illinois Commerce Commission
			 (Commission).
2) The validity of any
			 existing easement.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 780 - RIGHT-OF-WAY PRECONDEMNATION NEGOTIATIONS BY TELEPHONE COMPANIES › Section 780.10 - Right-of-Way Precondemnation Requirements

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a)
			 When a telephone company, or its agent, initially contacts any landowner to
			 negotiate the acquisition of a land right-of-way easement, either in person or in
			 writing, the landowner shall be advised in writing that if the landowner has any
			 questions about his rights or the rules of the Commission pertaining to the
			 authority of a telephone company to acquire right-of-way easements, inquiry can be
			 directed to the Illinois Commerce Commission, 527 East Capitol Avenue, Springfield,
			 Illinois 62701. The telephone company shall provide the landowner with a copy of
			 Appendix A.
b) Upon request of the
			 landowner the telephone company shall provide the landowner with the information in
			 Section
			 780.20(f)(1)
			 and (2) and shall provide the landowner with a
			 copy of Appendix B.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 780 - RIGHT-OF-WAY PRECONDEMNATION NEGOTIATIONS BY TELEPHONE COMPANIES › Section 780.20 - Precondemnation of Land Right-of-Way Easements

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a)
			 This Section shall govern the actions of every person acting in behalf of a
			 telephone company when it has been unsuccessful in negotiating a land right-of-way
			 easement, and intends to initiate formal action before the Commission or
			 courts.
b) At least 14 days prior to a
			 telephone company filing a Petition for an Order under Section 8-503 of the Public
			 Utilities Act [220 ILCS 5/8-503 ] or initiating
			 formal action before a court, as may be applicable, the telephone company
			 representative shall send to the landowner a letter by certified mail, return
			 receipt requested, containing the information detailed in subsection (d) together
			 with a copy of Appendix B.
c) The
			 representative shall keep and maintain a record, for one year, of letters sent in
			 compliance with this Section.
d) The
			 letter sent by the representative shall be on that representative's letterhead or on
			 the letterhead of the telephone company and shall set forth:
1) The identity, address and telephone number of
			 the telephone company representative;
2)
			 The identity of the telephone company attempting to acquire the land or land
			 rights;
3) The general purpose of the
			 proposed project;
4) The type of
			 facility to be constructed;
5) The
			 general description of the land or land rights the telephone company seeks to
			 acquire and the type of structures, if any, which the company seeks to
			 build;
6) A statement that the company
			 or its representative continues to seek to negotiate with the landowner to arrive at
			 an agreement for such land or land rights; and
7) An invitation to the landowner to contact the
			 telephone company representative to arrange a mutually agreeable time for an
			 appointment to further discuss the matter.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 780 - RIGHT-OF-WAY PRECONDEMNATION NEGOTIATIONS BY TELEPHONE COMPANIES › Section 780.30 - Compliance with Statute

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a) Pursuant to Section 4
			 of the Act a telephone company shall be considered to be in substantial compliance
			 with this Part if the telephone company has supplied the landowner with copies of
			 Appendix A and Appendix B and has supplied, in writing, the information specified in
			 Section
			 780.20(f)(2)
			 at least 14 days prior to initiating formal action before the Commission or a
			 court.
b) Section 4 of the Act states
			 that failure to provide such notice or information shall not constitute a waiver of
			 the rights granted in this Section. For purposes of this Part, "such notice" will be
			 construed as the notice required by Section
			 780.20(b).
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 780 - RIGHT-OF-WAY PRECONDEMNATION NEGOTIATIONS BY TELEPHONE COMPANIES › Appendix A - Company Statement

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Company Name ______________________________________________
Company Address ____________________________________________
Company Contact Name ________________________________________
Company Telephone Number ____________________________________
As a telephone company responsible for providing telephone service
				to this area, at times it becomes necessary to place new telephone facilities to
				serve new customers and improve service to existing customers.
We recognize your rights as a landowner and desire to negotiate with
				you for an easement to construct these necessary facilities.
Questions pertaining to your rights, as well as our rights to
				acquire right-of-way easements, may be directed to the Chief Telephone Engineer of
				the Illinois Commerce Commission, 527 East Capitol Avenue, Springfield IL
				62701.
Please do not hesitate to contact our representative for answers to
				questions pertaining to this project.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 785 - JOINT RULES OF THE ILLINOIS COMMERCE COMMISSION, THE OFFICE OF THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL, AND THE ILLINOIS EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY: FIRE PROTECTION AND EMERGENCY SERVICES FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES › Section 785.1 - Policy

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The purpose of this Part is the practical, affordable safeguarding
				of the facilities of telephone companies and telecommunications carriers from major
				interruptions in service principally due to fire and to assure proper emergency
				response and recovery mechanisms are available should protective measures
				fail.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 785 - JOINT RULES OF THE ILLINOIS COMMERCE COMMISSION, THE OFFICE OF THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL, AND THE ILLINOIS EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY: FIRE PROTECTION AND EMERGENCY SERVICES FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES › Section 785.5 - Definitions

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As used in this Part, the following terms shall have these
				meanings.
"Act" shall mean the Telecommunications Facility Fire and Emergency
				Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1991, ch. 1112/3, par. 1550 et seq.).
"Agencies" shall mean the Illinois Commerce Commission, the Office
				of the State Fire Marshal, and the Illinois Emergency Management Agency.
"ASTM" shall mean the American Society For Testing and Materials,
				1916 Race Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19103-1187, publisher of the "Annual
				Book of ASTM standards."
"Carriers" shall mean "telecommunications carriers" as defined in
				Section 13-202 of the Public Utilities Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1991, ch. 1112/3, par.
				13-202) and such other entities as described in Section 1 of the Telephone Company
				Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1991, ch. 134, par. 17) authorized to provide switched local
				exchange service.
"Critical functions" shall mean those functions, the failure of
				which would lead to a major service outage.
"Facilities" shall mean those buildings of the carriers that house
				local or network switching equipment, but does not include ground or pole mounted
				cabinets.
"Lock box" shall mean a secured box mounted on the outside of a
				building for which the only available key is held by the fire department and which
				contains a key for access into the building by the fire department personnel.
"Major service outage" shall mean a complete central office exchange
				failure, or the isolation of an exchange due to toll circuit(s) failure.
"NESC" shall mean the National Electric Safety Code as published by
				the Institute of Electric and Electronic Engineers, 445 Hols Lane, P.O. Box 1331,
				Piscataway, New Jersey, 08855-1331.
"NFPA" shall mean the National Fire Protection Association, One
				Batterymarch Park, Publications Department, P.O. Box 9101, Quincy, Massachusetts,
				02269-9101.
"Signage" shall mean the placement of functional signs bearing
				information of value to emergency personnel in times of fire or other emergency
				condition.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 785 - JOINT RULES OF THE ILLINOIS COMMERCE COMMISSION, THE OFFICE OF THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL, AND THE ILLINOIS EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY: FIRE PROTECTION AND EMERGENCY SERVICES FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES › Section 785.10 - Intent

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Statements in this Part that are to be regarded as mandatory are
				characterized by the use of the word "shall." Statements in this Part which are
				advisory in nature are indicated by the word "should." Statements in the NESC or
				NFPA that are advisory in nature are indicated as
				"RECOMMENDATIONS."
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 785 - JOINT RULES OF THE ILLINOIS COMMERCE COMMISSION, THE OFFICE OF THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL, AND THE ILLINOIS EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY: FIRE PROTECTION AND EMERGENCY SERVICES FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES › Section 785.15 - Application of Part

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This Part shall apply to the switching facilities of all carriers,
				as defined in Section
				785.5 of this Part, in the
				State of Illinois that are subject to the jurisdiction of the
				Commission.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 785 - JOINT RULES OF THE ILLINOIS COMMERCE COMMISSION, THE OFFICE OF THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL, AND THE ILLINOIS EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY: FIRE PROTECTION AND EMERGENCY SERVICES FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES › Section 785.20 - Incorporation of National Codes and Standards

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a)
			 The Agencies adopt as their rules the following portions of the NESC (1990 edition,
			 approved June 26, 1989):
1) Section 2 (Definitions
			 of Special Terms).
2) Section 9
			 (Grounding Methods of Electric Supply and Communications Facilities).
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 785 - JOINT RULES OF THE ILLINOIS COMMERCE COMMISSION, THE OFFICE OF THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL, AND THE ILLINOIS EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY: FIRE PROTECTION AND EMERGENCY SERVICES FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES › Section 785.25 - Interchange Data

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To assist in promoting conformity with these rules, a procedure or
				plan should be instituted between all carriers whose facilities may occupy the same
				territory so that it will provide for the exchange of pertinent data and
				information, including data relative to proposed and existing construction, and
				changes in operating conditions which affect or are likely to affect adequacy of the
				telecommunications infrastructure in times of emergency.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 785 - JOINT RULES OF THE ILLINOIS COMMERCE COMMISSION, THE OFFICE OF THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL, AND THE ILLINOIS EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY: FIRE PROTECTION AND EMERGENCY SERVICES FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES › Section 785.30 - Safety Program

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a) Each carrier shall
			 adopt and execute a safety program, fitted to the size and type of its operations.
			 As a minimum, the safety program shall:
1) Stress
			 reasonable procedures designed to reduce the hazards to which its employees, its
			 customers, and the general public may be subjected by its operations;
2) Require employees to use suitable tools and
			 equipment in order that they may perform their work in a safe manner;
3) Instruct employees in safe methods of
			 performing their work;
4) Instruct
			 employees who, in the course of their work, are subject to the hazard of electrical
			 shock, asphyxiation or drowning, in accepted methods of cardiopulmonary
			 resuscitation.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 785 - JOINT RULES OF THE ILLINOIS COMMERCE COMMISSION, THE OFFICE OF THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL, AND THE ILLINOIS EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY: FIRE PROTECTION AND EMERGENCY SERVICES FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES › Section 785.35 - Physical Security and Emergency Access

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a)
			 Each carrier's facility housing switching equipment shall have physical security,
			 which may be, by way of example and not of limitation, in the form of door lock,
			 card control entry or security guard, to guard against unauthorized entry or
			 malicious disruption of service.
b) Each
			 carrier's facility in Illinois shall utilize a lock box system to facilitate access
			 to the telecommunications building during an emergency situation, unless prohibited
			 by ordinance or local fire department policy. Details of the lock box system shall
			 be made a part of the facility pre-emergency plan.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 785 - JOINT RULES OF THE ILLINOIS COMMERCE COMMISSION, THE OFFICE OF THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL, AND THE ILLINOIS EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY: FIRE PROTECTION AND EMERGENCY SERVICES FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES › Section 785.40 - Disaster Procedures

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a) Each carrier
			 shall develop procedures providing for the continued operation of its services in
			 the event that critical services are partially or totally disabled due to natural or
			 manmade disasters. Procedures shall include, but not be limited to, practices for
			 the continuation or priority restoration of critical services such as police, fire
			 department, hospital, 9-1-1, etc. and methods of alternate alerting of city, county
			 and State disaster agencies, and appropriate fire districts. Such procedures need
			 not be submitted to the Agencies for approval, but shall be available for Agency
			 review upon request.
b) Each carrier
			 shall notify the Illinois Emergency Management Agency of any major service outage
			 expected to last 12 hours or more.
c)
			 The Agencies shall work with carriers to assist in developing alternate methods of
			 alerting fire departments in instances in which the primary methods have
			 failed.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 785 - JOINT RULES OF THE ILLINOIS COMMERCE COMMISSION, THE OFFICE OF THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL, AND THE ILLINOIS EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY: FIRE PROTECTION AND EMERGENCY SERVICES FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES › Section 785.45 - Remote Alarm Monitoring

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Each telecommunications facility shall provide for a direct alarm
				monitoring communication channel to a fire department or fire protection district
				unless a local ordinance is adopted to the contrary, or there is an agreement from
				the local fire department that such alarming is not necessary or desirable. This
				alarm system monitoring by the fire department or fire district may be in addition
				to other remote monitoring systems of the carrier.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 785 - JOINT RULES OF THE ILLINOIS COMMERCE COMMISSION, THE OFFICE OF THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL, AND THE ILLINOIS EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY: FIRE PROTECTION AND EMERGENCY SERVICES FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES › Section 785.50 - Pre-Emergency Planning

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a) Carriers shall,
			 for each telecommunications facility in Illinois, work with the local fire
			 department or fire protection district to develop a pre-emergency plan. This plan
			 shall include, but not be limited to: signage, location of the de-energizing
			 switches, emergency procedures, copies of maps or floor diagrams, information about
			 the location of the manual power cut-off switch(s) within the building, primary and
			 alternative reporting, direct alarm monitoring, type of lock box and other issues as
			 locally required. A copy of the plan shall be maintained at each facility location.
			 A copy shall also be included in the lock box or in a suitable box located
			 immediately inside of the facility for use during an emergency. The plan shall be
			 signed by the facility manager and the fire chief of that area.
b) Carriers shall, for each telecommunications
			 facility, provide prior notice, in writing, to the fire department or fire
			 protection district when construction or modifications are to be performed on an
			 existing building that would impact the plan. The fire department and the facility
			 shall review, update and approve the pre-emergency plan as required.
c) The pre-emergency plan shall be reviewed, dated
			 and signed on an annual basis.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 785 - JOINT RULES OF THE ILLINOIS COMMERCE COMMISSION, THE OFFICE OF THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL, AND THE ILLINOIS EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY: FIRE PROTECTION AND EMERGENCY SERVICES FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES › Section 785.55 - Technical Requirements

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a) Power and
			 Communications Systems
1) All direct current (DC)
			 power supply service feeds shall be fused at a level not to exceed the rated
			 capacity of the smallest conductor used in the feed, or 200% of the maximal
			 operational consumption of the feed, whichever is smaller.
2) The use of equalizing center design, the
			 practice of tapping smaller power cables to larger power cables, is only permitted
			 when fused at the tap, or fused in accordance with subsection
			 785.55(a)(1)
			 above.
3) Main power supply systems,
			 both AC and DC, shall be designed to enable a practical, safe disconnection of all
			 interior feed circuits using a master or zoned master switches or fuses. Multiple
			 locations for zoned master switches or fuses may be utilized, but no more than three
			 locations per floor shall be permitted except that existing telecommunications
			 switch facilities with multiple power supply systems exceeding three locations per
			 floor shall develop and utilize a coded layout plan for effective zoned
			 disconnections subject to individual approval by the Office of the State Fire
			 Marshal. Details of such disconnect plan shall be made a part of the pre-emergency
			 plan.
4) Carriers should consider the
			 incorporation of surge protective devices for use on AC service to mitigate the
			 potential impact of equipment damage due to transient or overvoltage
			 surges.
5) Armored cable, rigid or
			 flexible metal conduit, or any other cable with an exterior metallic or conductive
			 external surface shall not be placed in cable trays containing AC, DC or
			 communications cables.
6) Wherever
			 possible, existing AC and DC power cables should be physically separated from
			 communications cables. New construction shall have AC and DC power cables physically
			 separated from communications cables.
7)
			 Use of cables employing polyvinyl chloride (PVC) insulation for any new or expansion
			 of facilities shall be allowed only if the cable has an oxygen index rating of 28 or
			 higher, unless monitored by a system designed to sense chloride emissions.
8) Removal of old cable shall be monitored by each
			 telephone company or telecommunications carrier to guard against damage to remaining
			 cable.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 785 - JOINT RULES OF THE ILLINOIS COMMERCE COMMISSION, THE OFFICE OF THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL, AND THE ILLINOIS EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY: FIRE PROTECTION AND EMERGENCY SERVICES FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES › Section 785.60 - Training

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The carriers shall work with the Office of the State Fire Marshal to
				develop a training program to be made available to local fire departments statewide.
				The training program shall include, but not be limited to, development of printed
				materials, signage, zoned power shut-off guidelines, model emergency plans, and
				videotapes that describe the risks posed at telecommunications facilities. The
				ramifications of loss of service, the special features and unique hazards posed by
				facilities, and recommended emergency actions to be taken shall be
				addressed.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 785 - JOINT RULES OF THE ILLINOIS COMMERCE COMMISSION, THE OFFICE OF THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL, AND THE ILLINOIS EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY: FIRE PROTECTION AND EMERGENCY SERVICES FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES › Section 785.65 - Compliance

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a) Existing carriers
			 shall have one (1) year after the effective date of this Part to comply with all
			 Sections excluding
			 785.55.
			 Carriers having more than 40 switching sites shall be allowed two (2) years to
			 complete all work other than that which is specified in Section 785.55, except that
			 in no event shall a carrier bring into compliance each year fewer than forty (40)
			 facilities or 50% of its total facilities, whichever is greater.
b) Existing carriers have four (4) years after the
			 effective date of this Part to achieve 100% compliance with Section 785.55. By the
			 end of two (2) years after the effective date of this Part, the companies and
			 carriers shall have no less than forty (40) facilities or 50% of their total
			 facilities, whichever is greater, in compliance.
c) Within ninety (90) days after the effective
			 date of this Part, all carriers shall submit an implementation schedule indicating
			 the name, address, and date of scheduled compliance as required in subsections
			 785.65(a) and
			 (b). Thereafter, until facilities of a carrier are
			 in compliance, each carrier shall submit, at six (6) month intervals, an updated
			 implementation schedule showing location-name, address, completions and projected
			 completions. Schedules and interval updates shall be filed with the Chief Clerk of
			 the Illinois Commerce Commission.
d) If
			 waiver from any of the requirements herein is desired in any particular case, the
			 Agencies will consider the application for such waiver when accompanied by a full
			 statement setting forth the conditions existing and the reasons why such waiver is
			 desired. In considering such requests for waivers, factors that the Agencies shall
			 consider include economic impacts of compliance, costs and rate consequences, and
			 service interruption potential. It is understood that any waiver so granted shall
			 apply only to the particular case covered by the application, and waiver shall not
			 be extended to other cases unless specifically granted by the Agencies.
e) Application for waiver shall be made to the
			 Illinois Commerce Commission pursuant to 83 Ill. Adm. Code Part 200. The Illinois
			 Commerce Commission shall coordinate the waiver review process with the
			 Agencies.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 790 - INTERCONNECTION › Subpart B - OBLIGATIONS OF ALL TELECOMMUNICATIONS CARRIERS › Section 790.200 - Applicability of Subpart B

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This Subpart shall apply to any telecommunications carrier, as
				  defined in Section 13-202 of the Act, providing local exchange telecommunications
				  services as defined in Section 13-204 of the Act. In addition, this Subpart shall
				  apply to any entity certificated by the Commission under Section 13-401, 13-403,
				  13-404, or 13-405 of the Act.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 790 - INTERCONNECTION › Subpart B - OBLIGATIONS OF ALL TELECOMMUNICATIONS CARRIERS › Section 790.210 - Interconnection

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Each telecommunications carrier has the duty:
a) To interconnect directly or indirectly with the
				facilities and equipment of other telecommunications carriers; and
b) Not to install network features, functions, or
				capabilities that do not comply with the guidelines and standards established
				pursuant to section 255 or 256 of the Federal Act (
				47 USC
				255 and
				256
				) and the safety and equipment standards of Section
				790.220.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 790 - INTERCONNECTION › Subpart B - OBLIGATIONS OF ALL TELECOMMUNICATIONS CARRIERS › Section 790.220 - Safety and Equipment Standards

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a) All
				telecommunications carriers and end users are required to provide the necessary
				protection, bonding, and grounding to for all facilities that connect to the
				facilities of telecommunications carriers, end users, and other portions of the
				Public Switched Network, to comply with Section 9, "Grounding Methods of Electric
				Supply and Communications Facilities," of the National Electrical Safety Code
				C2-2002 (2002 edition, approved June 4, 2001, published by the Institute of
				Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc., 3 Park Avenue, New York NY 10016-5997);
				no later amendments or editions are included.
b) ILECs may not impose safety and engineering
				standards on a telecommunications carrier's or end user's equipment that are more
				stringent than the safety and engineering standards that the ILEC applies to its own
				equipment.
c) In the event that an ILEC
				determines that a telecommunications carrier's or end user's equipment is not
				necessary for interconnection or access to unbundled network elements or does not
				meet the safety standards in subsection (a), the telecommunications carrier or end
				user shall be given ten calendar days to comply with the requirements or remove the
				equipment. If, after ten calendar days, the parties do not resolve the dispute, a
				decision by the ILEC to disconnect the equipment will be deemed proper, if
				challenged, if it can demonstrate to the Commission that the continued operation of
				such equipment will result in an immediate danger to surrounding equipment or the
				ILEC's premises or personnel. If the ILEC cannot make such demonstration, the
				telecommunications carrier or end user shall be allowed to continue to operate the
				equipment at issue during the pendency of the dispute.
d) After the ten calendar days provided for in
				subsection (c), the telecommunications carrier or end user may file a complaint with
				the Commission pursuant to 83 Ill. Adm. Code 200 or 83 Ill. Adm. Code 766, whichever
				is applicable, seeking a formal resolution of the dispute. If, after notice and an
				opportunity for hearing, the Commission finds that the equipment in question does
				not meet equipment and/or safety standards, the telecommunications carrier or end
				user shall remove the equipment within ten calendar days after receipt of the
				Commission's order. In the event that the ILEC disconnected the telecommunications
				carrier's or end user's equipment and the Commission finds that the disconnection
				was improper, the ILEC shall reimburse the telecommunications carrier or end user
				for costs associated with the improper disconnection within ten calendar days after
				receipt of the Commission's order.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 790 - INTERCONNECTION › Subpart C - OBLIGATIONS OF INCUMBENT LOCAL EXCHANGE CARRIERS › Section 790.300 - Applicability of Subpart C

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Except as provided in Section
				  790.360, this Subpart
				  shall apply to all ILECs.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 790 - INTERCONNECTION › Subpart C - OBLIGATIONS OF INCUMBENT LOCAL EXCHANGE CARRIERS › Section 790.310 - Interconnection for the Purpose of Transmitting and Routing of Either Exchange or Exchange Access Service

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Interconnection for the purpose of transmitting and routing of
				  either exchange or exchange access service shall be in accordance with the
				  provisions of the Federal Act.
a) Each ILEC
				has the duty to provide, for the facilities and equipment of any telecommunications
				carrier, interconnection with the ILEC's network:
1) For the transmission and routing of telephone
				exchange service and exchange access;
2)
				At any technically feasible points within the ILEC's network chosen by the
				requesting carrier; however, the ILEC may not require the requesting carrier to
				interconnect at more than one technically feasible point within a local access and
				transport area (LATA);
3) That is at
				least equal in quality to that provided by the ILEC to itself or to any subsidiary,
				affiliate, or any other party to which the ILEC provides interconnection;
				and
4) On rates, terms, and conditions
				that are just, reasonable, and nondiscriminatory, in accordance with the terms and
				conditions of an interconnection agreement, the requirements of sections 251 and 252
				of the Federal Act, and this Subpart.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 790 - INTERCONNECTION › Subpart C - OBLIGATIONS OF INCUMBENT LOCAL EXCHANGE CARRIERS › Section 790.320 - Access to Unbundled Network Elements

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a) Each ILEC
				has the duty to provide, to any requesting carrier for the provision of a
				telecommunications service, nondiscriminatory access to network elements on an
				unbundled basis at any technically feasible point on terms and conditions that are
				just, reasonable, and nondiscriminatory in accordance with an interconnection
				agreement, the requirements of sections 251 and 252 of the Federal Act, and this
				Subpart.
b) Network elements to be made
				available. Network elements to be provided by an ILEC, include at a minimum:
1) Any network element that the FCC determines
				must be unbundled through rules enacted by the FCC pursuant to sections 251 and 252
				of the Federal Act, and
2) Any other
				network element that the Commission determines can be, and that the public interest
				requires to be, unbundled, consistent with the Federal Act, the Act and decisions of
				the federal courts and the FCC.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 790 - INTERCONNECTION › Subpart C - OBLIGATIONS OF INCUMBENT LOCAL EXCHANGE CARRIERS › Section 790.330 - Collocation

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a) Each ILEC has the
				duty to provide, on rates, terms, and conditions that are just, reasonable, and
				nondiscriminatory, for physical collocation of equipment necessary for
				interconnection or access to unbundled network elements at any technically feasible
				point at the premises of the ILEC, except that the ILEC may provide for virtual
				collocation if the ILEC demonstrates to the Commission that physical collocation is
				not practical for technical reasons or because of space limitations.
b) Parties entitled to collocate. Parties entitled
				to collocate at ILEC locations shall include any entity to which the Commission has
				issued a certificate under Section 13-401, 13-403, 13-404, or 13-405 of the
				Act.
c) The telecommunications carrier
				requesting physical collocation is responsible for obtaining any necessary
				certifications or approvals from the Commission prior to providing
				telecommunications service by using the physical collocation space. An ILEC may not
				refuse to process an application for collocation space submitted by a competitor
				while that competitor's State certification is pending. Additionally, an ILEC may
				not refuse to process an application for collocation space and shall not refuse to
				provision the collocation space submitted by a competitor prior to a final approved
				interconnection agreement.
d) Equipment
				that can be collocated. An ILEC shall permit the collocation of any type of
				equipment for interconnection or access to unbundled network elements in a manner
				consistent with the Act and Federal Act. Equipment necessary for interconnection and
				access to unbundled network elements includes, but is not limited to:
1) Transmission equipment, including, but not
				limited to, optical terminating equipment and multiplexers;
2) Equipment being collocated to terminate basic
				transmission facilities pursuant to
				47 CFR
				64.1401 and
				64.1402
				as of August 1, 1996. No later amendments or editions are included in this
				incorporation; and
3) Digital subscriber
				line access multiplexers, routers, asynchronous transfer mode multiplexers, and
				remote switching modules (also known as remote switching centers).
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 790 - INTERCONNECTION › Subpart C - OBLIGATIONS OF INCUMBENT LOCAL EXCHANGE CARRIERS › Section 790.340 - Pricing

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An ILEC's rates for interconnection, unbundled network elements,
				  and collocation (collectively "components"), for purposes of pricing components
				  under Sections
				  790.310,
				  790.320,
				  and
				  790.330, shall equal the
				  forward-looking economic cost of the component, where the forward-looking economic
				  cost equals the sum of the total element long-run incremental cost of the component
				  and a reasonable allocation of forward-looking joint and common costs, as defined by
				  the FCC and determined by the Commission.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 790 - INTERCONNECTION › Subpart C - OBLIGATIONS OF INCUMBENT LOCAL EXCHANGE CARRIERS › Section 790.350 - Reporting Requirements under Subpart C

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a)
				Each ILEC shall, upon request of the Commission, file a report with the Commission
				providing the following information as known on December 31 of the previous year:
1) The telecommunications carriers that are
				collocated and interconnected at ILEC premises, and the collocators that have
				purchased unbundled network elements;
2)
				The general location in the ILEC's network (as identified as a central office,
				adjacent space, or a remote location) at which point each interconnection
				occurs;
3) The specific unbundled
				network elements purchased by each particular telecommunications carrier and the
				total quantity of each unbundled network element that has been purchased by the
				telecommunications carrier;
4) With
				respect to telecommunications carriers that have been refused interconnection and
				collocation, and the telecommunications carriers that have been refused unbundled
				network elements, the reason for refusal and the premises relating to the
				refusal.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 790 - INTERCONNECTION › Subpart C - OBLIGATIONS OF INCUMBENT LOCAL EXCHANGE CARRIERS › Section 790.360 - Rural Exemption

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a) This Subpart
				shall not apply to a rural telephone company until such company has received a bona
				fide request for interconnection, services, network elements, or collocation and the
				Commission determines, pursuant to section 251(f)(1) of the Federal Act, that such
				request is not unduly economically burdensome and technically feasible.
b) An ILEC with fewer than two percent of the
				nation's subscriber lines installed in the aggregate nationwide may petition the
				Commission for suspension or modification of the requirements of this Subpart. The
				Commission shall grant the suspension or modification if it determines, pursuant to
				section 251(f)(2) of the Federal Act, that suspension or modification is necessary
				to avoid imposing a requirement that is unduly economically burdensome or
				technically infeasible.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 790 - INTERCONNECTION › Subpart D - SPECIAL ACCESS AND PRIVATE LINE INTERCONNECTION AND SWITCHED TRANSPORT INTERCONNECTION › Section 790.405 - Exclusion

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Subpart D shall not be applicable to any telecommunications
				  carrier that is not a Tier-1 LEC.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 790 - INTERCONNECTION › Subpart D - SPECIAL ACCESS AND PRIVATE LINE INTERCONNECTION AND SWITCHED TRANSPORT INTERCONNECTION › Section 790.410 - Special Access and Private Line Interconnection - Availability of Expanded Interconnection

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a) Tier 1 LECs
				shall file intrastate tariffs providing for interconnection under a physical
				collocation arrangement for all locations for which the LEC has an interstate tariff
				in effect for expanded interconnection in compliance with the FCC Expanded
				Interconnection Rule (CC Docket No. 91-141, FCC 92-440 (rel. October 19,
				1992)).
b) Tier 1 LECs may petition for,
				and the Commission shall grant, a waiver of the requirement to provide physical
				collocation if the FCC has granted a waiver due to the lack of space or, after
				hearings, the Commission finds that the LEC has demonstrated that a particular
				location lacks the space necessary to provide physical collocation.
c) Tier 1 LECs may petition for, and the
				Commission shall grant, a waiver of the requirement to provide virtual collocation
				if the FCC has granted a waiver due to the lack of space or, after hearings, the
				Commission finds that the LEC has demonstrated that a particular location lacks the
				space necessary to provide virtual collocation.
d) Parties entitled to request interconnection at
				LEC locations in order to terminate their own special access or private line
				transmission facilities shall include:
1) Any
				entity to which the Commission has issued a certificate under Section 13-401,
				13-403, 13-404, or 13-405 of the Act for the telecommunications services in the
				geographical area of the interconnection request; and
2) End users. An end user may seek an
				interconnection arrangement without certification requirements.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 790 - INTERCONNECTION › Subpart D - SPECIAL ACCESS AND PRIVATE LINE INTERCONNECTION AND SWITCHED TRANSPORT INTERCONNECTION › Section 790.415 - Special Access and Private Line Interconnection - Standards for Interconnection Arrangements

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a) Space
				allocation and exhaustion. In LEC locations that are tariffed to provide physical
				collocation, LECs shall:
1) Offer space on a
				first-come, first-served basis to all telecommunications carriers and end
				users;
2) Offer a physical collocation
				arrangement until such space available for interconnection is filled to
				capacity;
3) Not reject subsequent
				interconnection requests due to lack of space, but shall provide a virtual
				collocation arrangement in lieu of the physical collocation arrangement unless the
				LEC has obtained a waiver under Section
				790.410(c);
				and
4) Include the demand for
				interconnection when planning to remodel an existing location or building a new
				location in the same manner as any other demand for other services is taken into
				consideration.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 790 - INTERCONNECTION › Subpart D - SPECIAL ACCESS AND PRIVATE LINE INTERCONNECTION AND SWITCHED TRANSPORT INTERCONNECTION › Section 790.430 - Switched Transport Interconnection - Availability of Expanded Interconnection

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Availability of switched transport interconnection shall be
				  provided under the same terms and conditions as special access interconnection (see
				  Section
				  790.410
				  ), except a LEC shall not be required to provide switched transport interconnection
				  at any location where it is technologically unfeasible (see Section
				  790.415(f)
				  ). LECs may petition for, and the Commission shall grant, a waiver of the
				  requirement to provide physical collocation if the FCC has granted a waiver due to
				  the lack of space, or if, after hearings, the Commission finds that the LEC has
				  demonstrated that it is not technically feasible to provide physical collocation at
				  a particular location.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 790 - INTERCONNECTION › Subpart D - SPECIAL ACCESS AND PRIVATE LINE INTERCONNECTION AND SWITCHED TRANSPORT INTERCONNECTION › Section 790.435 - Switched Transport Interconnection - Standards for Expanded Interconnection Arrangements

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Standards for switched transport interconnection shall be provided
				  under the same terms and conditions as special access interconnection (see Section
				  790.415
				  ) with the addition of tandem offices as locations from which switched transport
				  interconnection will be made available. LECs are not required to place or allow the
				  placement of other types of equipment (such as enhanced services, customer premises,
				  or switching equipment) in the location under either a physical collocation
				  arrangement or virtual collocation arrangement.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 790 - INTERCONNECTION › Subpart D - SPECIAL ACCESS AND PRIVATE LINE INTERCONNECTION AND SWITCHED TRANSPORT INTERCONNECTION › Section 790.440 - Switched Transport Interconnection - Pricing and Rate Structure Issues

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Pricing and rate structure issues related to the provision of
				  switched transport interconnection shall be under the same terms and conditions as
				  special access interconnection (see Section
				  790.420,
				  except for Section
				  790.420(d)
				  ). Any contribution charge permitted under this Section shall only recover
				  specifically identified subsidies or non-cost based allocations embedded in rates
				  for switched transport interconnection.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 790 - INTERCONNECTION › Subpart D - SPECIAL ACCESS AND PRIVATE LINE INTERCONNECTION AND SWITCHED TRANSPORT INTERCONNECTION › Section 790.445 - Implementation of Switched Transport Interconnection

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This Subpart shall apply to an individual LEC on the date the LEC
				  has an effective tariff on file with the Commission implementing an interim local
				  transport structure at the intrastate level in response to an order adopted by the
				  FCC on September 17, 1992, in CC Docket 91-213, "In the Matter of Transport Rate
				  Structure and Pricing."
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 790 - INTERCONNECTION › Subpart D - SPECIAL ACCESS AND PRIVATE LINE INTERCONNECTION AND SWITCHED TRANSPORT INTERCONNECTION › Section 790.450 - Reporting Requirements under Subpart D

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Each LEC shall file reports with the Commission on March 1 of
				  every year providing the following information as known on December 31 of the
				  previous year:
a) Entities using expanded
				interconnection in the service areas of the LEC; and
b) The location at which each interconnection
				occurs.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 791 - COST OF SERVICE › Section 791.10 - Carriers Subject to Cost Rules

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This Part applies to telecommunications carriers providing both
				competitive and noncompetitive services, except those carriers that are specifically
				exempted from the requirements of Section 13-507 of the Public Utilities Act (Act)
				[220
				ILCS 5/13-507 ] by Sections 13-504(b) and 13-506.2(k) of
				the Act. See Sections 13-202, 13-209 and 13-210 of the Act.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 791 - COST OF SERVICE › Section 791.30 - Cost Causation Principle

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Costs shall be attributed to individual services or groups of
				services based on the following cost causation principle. Costs are recognized as
				being caused by a service or group of services if:
a) The costs are brought into existence as a
			 direct result of providing the service or group of services; or
b) The costs are avoided if the service or group
			 of services is not provided.