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 PUBLIC  NOTICE  FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION  445  12th  Street,  SW,  TW-  A325  Washington,  DC  20554 
 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––  News  media  information  202/  418-  0500  Fax-  On-  Demand  202/  418-  2830  Internet:  http://  www.  fcc.  gov  ftp.  fcc.  gov  TTY’s-  Network  Services 
 202/  418-  0484  and  Information  Complaints  202/  418-  0485 


 DA  01-  281 
 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 


 File  No.  ASD  01-  16  Released:  February  2,  2001 
 Comment  Date:  March  5,  2001 
 Reply  Date:  March  26,  2001 


 On  December  28,  2000,  the  National  Exchange  Carrier  Association,  Inc.  (NECA)  filed  proposed 
 2001  Modification  of  Average  Schedules  with  the  Commission  pursuant  to  section  69.606  of  the 
 Commission’s  rules,  47  C.  F.  R.  §  69.  606.  In  its  filing,  NECA  proposes  to  revise  the  formulas  for  average 
 schedule  interstate  settlement  disbursements,  and  requests  that  the  revised  formulas  take  effect  on  July  1, 
 2001  and  remain  in  effect  through  June  30,  2002. 


 Interested  parties  may  file  comments  no  later  than  March  5,  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  March  26,  2001.  Comments  should  reference  File  No.  ASD  01-  16.  A  copy  of  each  pleading  should 
 also  be  sent  to  Debbie  Byrd,  Accounting  Safeguards  Division,  Common  Carrier  Bureau,  FCC,  Room  6-C316, 
 445  12  th  Street,  SW,  TW-  A325,  Washington,  DC  20554,  and  to  the  Commission’s  contractor  for 
 public  services  records  duplication,  International  Transcription  Services,  Inc.  (ITS),  1231  20  th  Street,  NW, 
 Washington,  DC  20036.  Copies  of  NECA’s  filing  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  ITS  at  1231  20  th  Street,  NW,  Washington,  DC 
 20036  or  by  calling  ITS  at  (202)  857-  3800  or  faxing  ITS  at  (202)  857-  3805. 


 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  presentations  are  set  forth  in  section 
 1.1206(  b).  Interested  parties  are  to  file  with  the  Secretary,  FCC,  and  serve  Debbie  Byrd  and  ITS,  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  Stephen  Burnett,  at  (202)  418-  2257  (voice),  (202)  418- 
 0484  (TTY)  or  e-  mail  at  sburnett  @  fcc.  gov. 


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