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 PUBLIC  NOTICE  FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION  445  12th  STREET,  S.  W.  WASHINGTON,  D.  C.  20554  DA  01-  584 
 News  media  information  202/  418-  0500  Fax-  On-  Demand  202/  418-  2830  Internet:  http://  www.  fcc.  gov  ftp.  fcc.  gov 
 STATE  OF  ALASKA  SEEKS  A  DECLARATORY  RULING  AND  WAIVER  OF 
 SECTION  54.504(  b)(  2)(  ii)  OF  THE  COMMISSION'S  RULES 


 PLEADING  CYCLE  ESTABLISHED 
 CC  Docket  No.  96-  45 
 Release  Date:  March  7,  2001 
 Comment  Date:  April  6,  2001 
 Reply  Comment  Date:  May  7,  2001 


 On  January  30,  2001,  the  State  of  Alaska,  on  behalf  of  its  rural  school  districts  and 
 libraries,  filed  a  petition  for  waiver  of  section  54.504(  b)(  2)(  ii)  of  the  Commission's  rules,  which 
 requires  that  the  services  funded  by  the  schools  and  libraries  universal  service  support  program 
 are  used  solely  for  educational  purposes.  The  State  of  Alaska  asks  the  Commission  to  waive  its 
 rules  to  allow  others  living  in  remote  rural  Alaska  communities  to  use  the  telecommunications 
 services  received  by  rural  school  districts  and  libraries  under  the  schools  and  libraries  support 
 program  if  the  following  conditions  are  met:  (1)  the  services  used  by  the  school  district  or  library 
 are  sold  by  the  service  provider  on  the  basis  of  a  price  that  is  not  usage  sensitive;  (2)  the  use  by 
 others  in  those  communities  is  limited  to  hours  in  which  the  school  or  library  through  which  the 
 Internet  would  be  accessed  is  closed  (e.  g.,  after-  school  hours  and  holidays);  and  (3)  no  dial-  up 
 Internet  access  is  otherwise  available  in  the  community. 


 Pursuant  to  sections  1.415  and  1.419  of  the  Commission's  rules,  47  C.  F.  R.  §§  1.415, 
 1.419,  interested  parties  may  file  comments  on  or  before  April  6,  2001,  and  reply  comments  on 
 or  before  May  7,  2001.  Comments  may  be  filed  using  the  Commission's  Electronic  Comment 
 Filing  System  (ECFS)  or  by  filing  paper  copies.  See  Electronic  Filing  of  Documents  in 
 Rulemaking  Proceedings,  63  Fed.  Reg.  24,121  (1998).  Comments  filed  through  the  ECFS  can  be 
 sent  as  an  electronic  file  via  the  Internet  to  <http://  www.  fcc.  gov/  e-  file/  ecfs.  html>.  Generally,  only 
 one  copy  of  an  electronic  submission  must  be  filed.  If  multiple  docket  or  rulemaking  numbers 
 appear  in  the  caption  of  this  proceeding,  however,  commenters  must  transmit  one  electronic  copy 
 of  the  comments  to  each  docket  or  rulemaking  number  referenced  in  the  caption.  In  completing 
 the  transmittal  screen,  commenters  should  include  their  full  name,  Postal  Service  mailing  address, 
 and  the  applicable  docket  or  rulemaking  number.  Parties  may  also  submit  electronic  comments  by 
 Internet  e-  mail.  To  receive  filing  instructions  for  e-  mail  comments,  commenters  should  send  an  e-mail 
 to  ecfs@  fcc.  gov,  and  should  include  the  following  words  in  the  body  of  the  message,  "get 
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 form  <your  e-  mail  address."  A  sample  form  and  directions  will  be  sent  in  reply.  Parties  who 
 choose  to  file  by  paper  must  file  an  original  and  four  copies  of  each  filing.  If  more  than  one 
 docket  or  rulemaking  number  appears  in  the  caption  of  this  proceeding,  commenters  must  submit 
 two  additional  copies  for  each  additional  docket  or  rulemaking  number.  All  filings  must  be  sent 
 to  the  Commission's  Secretary,  Magalie  Roman  Salas,  Office  of  the  Secretary,  Federal 
 Communications  Commission,  445  12th  Street,  S.  W.,  Washington,  D.  C.  20554. 


 Parties  also  must  send  three  paper  copies  of  their  filing  to  Sheryl  Todd,  Accounting  Policy 
 Division,  Common  Carrier  Bureau,  Federal  Communications  Commission,  445  Twelfth  Street 
 S.  W.,  Room  5-  A422,  Washington,  D.  C.  20554.  In  addition,  commenters  must  send  diskette 
 copies  to  the  Commission's  copy  contractor,  International  Transcription  Service,  Inc.,  1231  20th 
 Street,  N.  W.,  Washington,  D.  C.  20037. 


 Pursuant  to  section  1.1206  of  the  Commission's  rules,  47  C.  F.  R.  §  1.1206,  this  proceeding 
 will  be  conducted  as  a  permit-  but-  disclose  proceeding  in  which  ex  parte  communications  are 
 permitted  subject  to  disclosure. 


 For  further  information,  contact  the  Accounting  Policy  Division,  Common  Carrier  Bureau 
 at  (202)  418-  7400,  TTY  (202)  418-  0484. 
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