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 DA  01-  755 
 Released:  March  27,  2001 
 COMMON  CARRIER  BUREAU  ANNOUNCES  EFFECTIVE  DATE  OF  RULES  ADOPTED  IN 
 SLAMMING  THIRD  REPORT  AND  ORDER 


 Rules  Become  Effective  on  April  2,  2001 
 CC  Docket  No.  94-  129 
 The  Common  Carrier  Bureau  of  the  Federal  Communications  Commission  announces  that  the  rules  the 
 Commission  adopted  in  its  Third  Report  and  Order  and  Second  Order  on  Reconsideration  (Third  Report 
 and  Order)  in  the  slamming  proceeding,  Implementation  of  the  Subscriber  Carrier  Selection  Changes 
 Provisions  of  the  Telecommunications  Act  of  1996,  Policies  and  Rules  Concerning  Unauthorized 
 Changes  of  Consumers  Long  Distance  Carriers,  CC  Docket  No.  94-  129,  FCC  00-  255  (rel.  August  15, 
 2000)  and  amended  in  a  subsequent  Order,  FCC  01-  67  (rel.  February  22,  2001),  will  take  effect  on  April  2, 
 2001. 


 The  Commission’s  slamming  rules  are  designed  to  improve  the  carrier  change  process  for  consumers  and 
 carriers  while  making  it  more  difficult  for  unscrupulous  carriers  to  perpetrate  slams.  The  following  rule 
 provisions  adopted  in  the  Commission’s  Third  Report  and  Order  contained  information  collections: 
 sections  64.1130(  a)  through  (c),  64.1130(  i),  64.1130(  j),  64.1180,  64.1190(  d)  and  (e),  and  64.1195.  A 
 summary  of  the  amended  Third  Report  and  Order  was  published  in  the  Federal  Register  at  66  FR  12877 
 (March  1,  2001)  and  was  corrected  at  66  FR  16151  (March  23,  2001).  The  information  collections 
 contained  in  section  64.1195  were  approved  by  the  Office  of  Management  and  Budget  (OMB)  on  March  1, 
 2001.  OMB  No.  3060-  0855.  The  information  collections  contained  in  sections  64.1130,  64.1180,  and 
 64.1190  were  approved  by  OMB  on  March  22,  2001.  OMB  No.  3060-  0787.  As  stated  in  the  Third 
 Report  and  Order,  notice  of  the  April  2,  2001  effective  date  will  be  published  in  the  Federal  Register. 


 For  further  information,  contact  Michele  Walters,  Associate  Chief,  or  Dana  Walton-  Bradford,  Attorney, 
 Accounting  Policy  Division,  Common  Carrier  Bureau  at  (202)  418-  7400;  TTY  (202)  418-  0484; 
 mwalters@  fcc.  gov  or  dwalton@  fcc.  gov. 
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