FCC Decision to Redefine Service Area of Citizens/Frontier
NY-ADR
1/7/09 N.Y. St. Reg. PSC-01-09-00015-P
NEW YORK STATE REGISTER
VOLUME XXXI, ISSUE 1
January 07, 2009
RULE MAKING ACTIVITIES
PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
PROPOSED RULE MAKING
NO HEARING(S) SCHEDULED
I.D No. PSC-01-09-00015-P
FCC Decision to Redefine Service Area of Citizens/Frontier
PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE State Administrative Procedure Act, NOTICE is hereby given of the following proposed rule:
Proposed Action:
The PSC is considering the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) proposed redefinition of the service area of Citizens Telecommunications of New York d/b/a Frontier Communications (Citizens/Frontier).
Statutory authority:
47 USC section 214(e) and 47 CFR section 54.207(d)(1)
Subject:
FCC decision to redefine service area of Citizens/Frontier.
Purpose:
Review and consider FCC proposed redefinition of Citizens/Frontier service area.
Substance of proposed rule:
The Public Service Commission is considering whether to agree or disagree, in whole or in part, with a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) decision that proposed redefining the service area of Citizens Telecommunications Company of New York d/b/a Frontier Communications (Citizens/Frontier). High-Cost Universal Service Support; Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service, Alltel Communications, Inc., et al. Petitions for Designation as Eligible Telecommunications Carriers, RCC Minnesota, Inc. and RCC Atlantic Inc. New Hampshire ETC Designation Amendment, WC Docket No. 05-337, CC Docket No. 96-45, Order, 23 FCC Rcd 8834 (2008), amended December 15, 2008. In granting eligible telecommunications carrier status to New York RSA2 Cellular Partnership and St. Lawrence Seaway Cellular Partnership New York, the FCC proposed redefining the service area of Citizens/Frontier. Pursuant to 47 U.S.C. § 214(e)(5) and 47 C.F.R. § 54.207(d)(1), the FCC's proposed redefinition of Citizens/Frontier's service area is subject to the review and final agreement of the Public Service Commission.
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.state.ny.us/f96dir.htm. For questions, contact:
Leann Ayer, 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:
Jaclyn A. Brilling, 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:
45 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.
(08-C-1461SA1)
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