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 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  01-  1374 
 Before  the 
 Federal  Communications  Commission 
 Washington,  D.  C.  20054 


 In  the  Matter  of  ) 
 ) 
 National  Exchange  Carrier  Association,  Inc.  )  ASD  01-  33 
 Proposed  Modifications  to  the  2001-  2002  ) 
 Interstate  Average  Schedule  Formulas  ) 


 ORDER 


 Adopted:  June  6,  2001  Released:  June  6,  2001 
 By  the  Chief,  Accounting  Safeguards  Division: 
 1.  On  December  28,  2000,  the  National  Exchange  Carrier  Association,  Inc.  ("  NECA")  filed 
 proposed  modifications  to  the  current  average  schedule  formulas  to  become  effective  July  1,  2001.  1 
 NECA's  filing  was  submitted  in  accordance  with  Commission  rules  that  require  NECA  to  submit  proposed 
 modifications  to  the  average  schedule  formulas  annually  or  to  certify  that  no  modifications  are  warranted.  2 
 In  its  Filing,  NECA  proposed  revisions  to  the  Common  Line  Basic  and  Rate  of  Return  formulas  as  well  as 
 to  the  following  Traffic  Sensitive  formulas:  Central  Office,  Intertoll  Dial  Switching,  Line  Haul  Distance 
 Sensitive,  Line  Haul  Non-  Distance  Sensitive,  Special  Access,  Rate  of  Return,  and  Signaling  System  7. 
 NECA  requested  that  these  modifications  take  effect  on  July  1,  2001,  and  remain  in  effect  through  June  30, 
 2002.  3 


 2.  We  have  reviewed  NECA's  filing  and  find  that  its  proposed  modifications  to  the  above-mentioned 
 formulas  are  reasonable.  Therefore,  pursuant  to  Section  69.606(  a)  of  the  Commission  rules,  4  we 
 approve  the  proposed  modifications  to  these  average  schedule  formulas  as  submitted  in  NECA's  filing. 


 3.  Accordingly,  IT  IS  ORDERED,  pursuant  to  Sections  0.91  and  0.291  of  the  Commission  rules, 


 1  See  National  Exchange  Carrier  Association,  Inc.,  2000  Proposed  Modifications  to  the  Interstate  Average 
 Schedule  Formulas,  December  28,  2000.  NECA  filed  an  erratum  on  May  8,  2001  ("  NECA  Filing").  2 
 47  C.  F.  R.  §  69.606(  b).  3 
 By  Public  Notice  issued  February  2,  2001,  we  sought  comment  on  NECA's  filing.  See  Pleading  Cycle 
 Established  for  Comments  on  National  Exchange  Carrier  Association,  Inc.  2001  Modification  of  Average  Schedule 
 Formulas  for  the  Period  July  1,  2001  through  June  30,  2002,  ASD  01-  16,  DA  01-  281,  released  February  2,  2001. 
 The  Organization  for  the  Promotion  and  Advancement  of  Small  Telecommunications  Companies  and  the  National 
 Telephone  Cooperative  Association  filed  comments  supporting  NECA's  proposed  revisions.  4 
 47  C.  F.  R.  §  69.606(  a). 
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 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  01-  1374 
 47  C.  F.  R.  §§  0.91,  0.291,  that  the  average  schedule  formulas  proposed  by  the  National  Exchange  Carrier 
 Association,  Inc.  on  December  28,  2000,  SHALL  BECOME  EFFECTIVE  July  1,  2001,  and  remain  in 
 effect  through  June  30,  2002. 


 4.  IT  IS  FURTHER  ORDERED,  pursuant  to  Section  4(  i)  of  the  Communications  Act  of  1934,  as 
 amended,  47  U.  S.  C.  §  154(  i),  Section  553(  6)(  B)  of  the  Administrative  Procedures  Act,  5  U.  S.  C.  § 
 553(  6)(  B),  and  Sections  0.91  and  0.291  of  the  Commission's  rules,  47  C.  F.  R.  §§  0.91,  0.291,  that  THIS 
 ORDER  IS  EFFECTIVE  UPON  ITS  RELEASE. 


 FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION 


 Kenneth  P.  Moran 
 Chief,  Accounting  Safeguards  Division 
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