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 PUBLIC  NOTICE  Federal  Communications  Commission  445  12  th  St.,  S.  W.  Washington,  D.  C.  20554  News  Media  Information  202  /  418-  0500  Internet:  http://  www.  fcc.  gov  TTY:  1-  888-  835-  5322 
 DA  05-  1933  July  1,  2005 
 FCC  ANNOUNCES  EFFECTIVE  DATE  OF  AMENDED  PAYPHONE  COMPENSATION  RULE 
 CC  Docket  No.  96-  128 
 On  October  3,  2003,  the  Commission  released  a  Report  and  Order  in  CC  Docket  No.  96-  128  (Payphone  Order)  1  in  which  the  Commission  adopted  new  rules  concerning  the  compensation  of  payphone  service  providers 
 (PSPs)  pursuant  to  section  276  of  the  Communications  Act  of  1934,  as  amended.  2  In  the  Payphone  Order,  the  Commission  adopted  section  64.1310(  g)  of  its  rules,  which  required  each  Completing  Carrier  and  each  Intermediate 
 Carrier  to  maintain  verification  data  to  support  the  quarterly  reports  for  18  months  after  the  close  of  that  quarter.  3 
 On  October  22,  2004,  the  Commission  released  an  Order  on  Reconsideration  in  which  the  Commission  amended  section  64.  1310(  g).  4  The  amended  rule  extends  the  time  period  that  Completing  Carriers  and  Intermediate 


 Carriers  must  maintain  the  verification  data,  from  18  months  to  27  months.  5  In  the  Order  on  Reconsideration,  the  Commission  ordered  that  the  revised  rule  would  go  into  effect  upon  publication  in  the  Federal  Register  that  Office 
 of  Management  and  Budget  (OMB)  had  approved  the  new  information  collection  requirements.  6  OMB  approved  the  information  collection  contained  in  section  64.1310(  g)  on  May  25,  2005.  7  Notice  of  OMB’s  approval  was 
 published  in  the  Federal  Register  on  June  29,  2005.  8  Accordingly,  the  effective  date  of  section  64.1310(  g)  is  June  29,  2005. 


 For  further  information  regarding  this  proceeding  contact  Denise  Coca,  Competition  Policy  Division,  Wireline  Competition  Bureau,  (202)  418-  0574. 


 1  Implementation  of  the  Pay  Telephone  Reclassification  and  Compensation  Provisions  of  the  Telecommunications  Act 
 of  1996,  CC  Docket  No.  96-  128,  Report  and  Order,  18  FCC  Rcd  19975  (2003)  (Payphone  Order). 
 2  47  U.  S.  C.  §  276. 


 3  Payphone  Order,  18  FCC  Rcd  at  20002-  03,  para.  51;  see  47  C.  F.  R.  §  64.  1310(  g). 
 4  Implementation  of  the  Pay  Telephone  Reclassification  and  Compensation  Provisions  of  the  Telecommunications  Act 
 of  1996,  CC  Docket  No.  96-  128,  Order  on  Reconsideration,  19  FCC  Rcd  21457  (2004)  (Order  on  Reconsideration). 


 5  47  C.  F.  R.  §  64.  1310(  g). 


 6  Order  on  Reconsideration,  19  FCC  Rcd  at  21484,  para.  61. 
 7  OMB  Approval  No.  3060-  1046  (May  25,  2005). 
 8  70  FR  37404-  01  (June  29,  2005). 
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