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 PUBLIC  NOTICE  Federal  Communications  Commission  445  12  th  St.,  S.  W.  washington,  D.  C.  20554  News  Media  Information  202  /  418-  0  Fax-  On-  Demand  202  /  418-  2  TTY  202  /  418-  2  Internet:  http://  www.  fcc  ftp  fcc 
 DA  01-  2469 
 Released:  October  31,  2001 


 PLEADING  CYCLE  ESTABLISHED  FOR  COMMENTS  ON 
 NATIONAL  EXCHANGE  CARRIER  ASSOCIATION,  INC. 
 2002  MODIFICATION  OF  AVERAGE  SCHEDULE  UNIVERSAL  SERVICE 
 FORMULAS 


 FILE  No.  ASD  01-  44 
 Comment  Date:  November  14,  2001 
 Reply  Date:  November  26,  2001 


 On  October  1,  2001,  the  National  Exchange  Carrier  Association,  Inc.  (NECA)  filed  its 
 2002  Modifications  of  Average  Schedule  Universal  Service  Formulas.  These  proposed 
 formulas,  if  approved,  would  be  scheduled  to  take  effect  on  January  1,  2002  and  remain  in  effect 
 through  December  31,  2002. 


 Interested  parties  may  file  comments  no  later  than  November  14,  2001,  with  the 
 Secretary,  FCC,  445  12  th  Street,  SW,  TW-  A325,  Washington,  DC  20554.  Replies  to  these 
 comments  should  be  filed  no  later  than  November  26,  2001.  Comments  should  reference  File 
 No.  ASD  01-  44.  A  copy  of  each  pleading  should  also  be  sent  to  Ernestine  Creech,  Accounting 
 Safeguards  Division,  Common  Carrier  Bureau,  FCC,  Room  6  C-  317,  445  12  th  Street,  SW, 
 Washington,  DC  20554,  and  to  the  Commission’s  contractor  for  public  services  records 
 duplication,  Qualex  International,  Portals  II,  445  12  th  Street,  SW,  Room  CY-  B402,  Washington, 
 DC  20554,  telephone  202-  863-  2893,  facsimile  202-  863-  2898,  or  via  e-  mail  qualexint@  aol.  com. 
 Copies  are  available  for  inspection  and  copying  during  normal  business  hours  in  the  FCC’s 
 Reference  Center,  Room  CY-  A257,  445  12  th  Street,  SW,  TW-  A325,  Washington,  DC  20554. 
 Copies  also  can  be  obtained  from  Qualex  International. 


 This  proceeding  is  being  treated  as  a  permit,  but  disclose  proceeding  for  purposes  of  the 
 Commission’s  ex  parte  rules.  See  generally  47  C.  F.  R.  §§  1.  1200-  1.  1216.  Parties  making  oral  ex 
 parte  presentations  are  reminded  that  memoranda  summarizing  the  presentation  must  contain  a 
 summary  of  the  substance  of  the  presentation  and  not  merely  a  listing  of  the  subjects  discussed. 
 More  than  a  one  or  two  sentence  description  of  the  views  and  arguments  presented  is  generally 
 required.  See  47  C.  F.  R.  §  1.1206(  b)(  2),  as  revised.  Other  rules  pertaining  to  oral  and  written 
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 presentations  are  set  forth  in  section  1.1206(  b)  as  well.  Interested  parties  are  to  file  with  the 
 Secretary,  FCC,  and  serve  Ernestine  Creech  and  Qualex  International,  with  copies  of  any  written 
 ex  parte  presentations  or  summaries  of  oral  ex  parte  presentations  in  these  proceedings  in  the 
 manner  specified  above. 


 For  further  information,  please  contact  Steve  Burnett,  at  (202)  418-  2257  (voice),  (202) 
 418-  0484  (TTY),  e-  mail  sburnett@  fcc.  gov. 


 Action  by  the  Chief,  Accounting  Safeguards  Division,  Common  Carrier  Bureau,  FCC. 
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