Area Code Overlay As Relief of the Exhausting 516 Area Code (Long Island)
NY-ADR
10/13/21 N.Y. St. Reg. PSC-41-21-00005-P
NEW YORK STATE REGISTER
VOLUME XLIII, ISSUE 41
October 13, 2021
RULE MAKING ACTIVITIES
PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
PROPOSED RULE MAKING
NO HEARING(S) SCHEDULED
I.D No. PSC-41-21-00005-P
Area Code Overlay As Relief of the Exhausting 516 Area Code (Long Island)
PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE State Administrative Procedure Act, NOTICE is hereby given of the following proposed rule:
Proposed Action:
The Commission is considering the petition of SomosGov, Inc., in its role as the North American Numbering Plan Administrator to add a new area code within the current 516 area code.
Statutory authority:
Public Service Law, section 97(2)
Subject:
Area code overlay as relief of the exhausting 516 area code (Long Island).
Purpose:
To ensure performance in accordance with applicable telecommunications laws, regulations and standards and the public interest.
Substance of proposed rule:
The Public Service Commission is considering a petition filed on September 2, 2021, by SomosGov, Inc. (Somos), which Somos filed in the context of its role as the North American Numbering Plan Administrator. The petition requests approval to overlay a new telephone area code within Nassau County, New York, which is currently covered by the 516 area code. The petition seeks an effective date of the new area code in the first quarter of 2023.
In accordance with standard telephone industry guidelines, Somos bases its petition on a forecasted projection showing that the current 516 area code will exhaust available numbers in the third quarter of 2023. Per the petition, all existing Nassau County wireline and wireless telephone customers in the overlay area would retain their current 516 area code and telephone numbers; i.e., the new area code would cover requests for new phone numbers. The implementation of a new overlay area code normally requires concurrent implementation of mandatory 10-digit dialing (the three-digit area code and seven-digit telephone number are required to complete a call) for all calls, whether local or long-distance. However, by the time the proposed Nassau County overlay area code becomes effective, customers in the 516-area code will already have transitioned to mandatory 10-digit dialing due to the national implementation of the “988” three-digit hotline to reach the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline occurring now. Therefore, the timeline to implement the proposed area code will be shorter than in other overlay implementations because certain customer education and industry technical milestones will not be needed. The petition seeks approval of the proposed area code overlay as relief for the forecasted exhaustion of the 516 area code.
The full text of the petition and the full record of the proceeding may be reviewed online at the Department of Public Service web page: www.dps.ny.gov. The Commission may adopt, reject, or modify, in whole or in part, the action proposed and may resolve related matters.
Text of proposed rule and any required statements and analyses may be obtained by filing a Document Request Form (F-96) located on our website http://www.dps.ny.gov/f96dir.htm. For questions, contact:
John Pitucci, Public Service Commission, 3 Empire State Plaza, Albany, New York 12223-1350, (518) 486-2655, email: [email protected]
Data, views or arguments may be submitted to:
Michelle L. Phillips, Secretary, Public Service Commission, 3 Empire State Plaza, Albany, New York 12223-1350, (518) 474-6530, email: [email protected]
Public comment will be received until:
60 days after publication of this notice.
Regulatory Impact Statement, Regulatory Flexibility Analysis, Rural Area Flexibility Analysis and Job Impact Statement
Statements and analyses are not submitted with this notice because the proposed rule is within the definition contained in section 102(2)(a)(ii) of the State Administrative Procedure Act.
(21-C-0473SP1)
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