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 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  04-  1702 
 Before  the  Federal  Communications  Commission 
 Washington,  D.  C.  20554 


 In  the  Matter  of 
 National  Exchange  Carrier  Association,  Inc.  2004  Modification  of  Average  Schedules 
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 WC  Docket  No.  03-  261 


 ORDER 
 Adopted:  June  10,  2004  Released:  June  14,  2004 


 By  the  Chief,  Pricing  Policy  Division,  Wireline  Competition  Bureau: 
 1.  On  December  29,  2003,  the  National  Exchange  Carrier  Association,  Inc.  (NECA)  filed  proposed  modifications  to  the  current  average  schedule  formulas  to  become  effective  July  1,  2004.  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  proposes  revisions  to  the  common  line  formulas,  including  Common  Line  Access  Line,  Common  Line  Rate  of  Return,  Common  Line  Line  Port,  Common  Line  Transport,  and 
 Central  Office.  3  NECA  also  proposes  revisions  to  the  traffic  sensitive  formulas,  including  Traffic  Sensitive  Central  Office,  Intertoll  Switching,  Line  Haul  Distance  Sensitive,  Line  Haul  Non-  Distance 
 Sensitive,  Traffic  Sensitive  Transport,  Special  Access,  Traffic  Sensitive  Rate  of  Return,  and  Signaling  System  7.  4  NECA  also  continues  to  adjust  the  formulas  to  reflect  the  allocation  rules  mandated  by  the 
 MAG  Order:  5  Switch  Line  Port  costs  to  the  Common  Line  Access  category  and  Transport  Interconnection  Charge  costs  to  Common  Line.  6  NECA  requests  that  these  modifications  take  effect  on 
 July  1,  2004,  and  remain  in  effect  through  June  30,  2005.  7 


 1  See  National  Exchange  Carrier  Association,  Inc.  ’s  Proposed  2004  Modification  of  Average  Schedule 
 Formulas  (filed  Dec.  29,  2003)  (2004  NECA  Proposed  Modification  of  Average  Schedule  Formulas). 
 2  47  C.  F.  R.  §  69.  606(  b). 


 3  2004  NECA  Proposed  Modification  of  Average  Schedule  Formulas  at  VIII-  1  to  VIII-  4. 
 4  Id.  at  VIII-  4  to  VIII-  8. 
 5  Multi-  Association  Group  (MAG)  Plan  for  Regulation  of  Interstate  Services  of  Non-  Price  Cap  Incumbent 
 Local  Exchange  Carriers  and  Interexchange  Carriers,  CC  Docket  No.  00-  256,  Second  Report  and  Order  and  Further  Notice  of  Proposed  Rulemaking,  16  FCC  Rcd  19613  (2001)  (MAG  Order). 


 6  2004  NECA  Proposed  Modification  of  Average  Schedule  Formulas  at  VII-  49-  54. 
 7  By  Public  Notice  issued  January  9,  2004,  we  sought  comment  on  NECA’s  filing.  See  National  Exchange 
 Carrier  Association,  Inc.  ’s  Proposed  2004  Modification  of  Average  Schedule  Formulas,  WC  Docket  No.  03-  261,  Public  Notice,  DA  04-  40  (rel.  Jan.  9,  2004).  The  Organization  for  the  Promotion  and  Advancement  of  Small 


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 2.  We  have  reviewed  NECA’s  filing  and  find  that  its  proposed  formulas  are  reasonable.  Therefore,  pursuant  to  section  69.606(  a)  of  the  Commission’s  rules,  8  we  approve  the  proposed  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’s  rules,  47  C.  F.  R.  §§  0.91,  0.291,  that  the  average  schedule  formulas  proposed  by  the  National  Exchange 


 Carrier  Association,  Inc.  on  December  29,  2003,  SHALL  BECOME  EFFECTIVE  July  1,  2004,  and  remain  in  effect  through  June  30,  2005. 


 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 


 Tamara  L.  Preiss  Chief,  Pricing  Policy  Division 
 Wireline  Competition  Bureau 


 (Continued  from  previous  page)  Telecommunications  Companies  filed  comments  supporting  NECA’s  proposed  revisions  on  January  27,  2004. 
 Comments  of  the  Organization  for  the  Promotion  and  Advancement  of  Small  Telecommunications  Companies  (filed  Jan.  27,  2004).  No  party  opposed  the  proposed  revisions. 


 8  47  C.  F.  R.  §  69.  606(  a). 
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