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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-  2403  September  1,  2005 
 COMMISSION  EXTENDS  FORM  477  FILING  DEADLINE  FOR  ENTITIES  OPERATING  IN  ALABAMA,  LOUISIANA  AND  MISSISSIPPI 
 WC  DOCKET  NO.  04-  141 
 Form  477  requires  certain  entities  (“  reporting  entities”)  to  file  this  form  on  September  1,  2005.  1  Reporting  entities  include  (1)  facilities-  based  providers  of  broadband  connections  to  end  user  locations, 
 (2)  providers  of  wired  or  fixed  wireless  local  telephone  services,  and  (3)  providers  of  mobile  telephony  services.  2  Form  477  requires  a  reporting  entity  to  file  a  form  for  each  state  in  which  the  reporting  entity 
 operates  and  to  provide  specific  information  regarding  that  entity’s  operations.  3 
 Due  to  the  devastation  caused  by  hurricane  Katrina,  President  Bush  issued  a  major  disaster  declaration  for  Louisiana,  Mississippi,  and  Alabama  on  August  29,  2005.  4  Pursuant  to  our  authority  to 


 waive  rules  for  good  cause  5  and  to  alleviate  any  additional  burden  that  may  be  caused  by  our  reporting  requirements,  we  grant  reporting  entities  that  operate  in  those  three  states  an  additional  60  days,  until 
 October  31,  2005,  to  file  the  Form  477  for  those  states.  In  addition,  to  the  extent  that  any  reporting  entity  relies  on  personnel,  facilities,  or  records  located  in  one  of  those  states  to  compile  or  file  a  Form  477  for  a 
 certain  state,  those  reporting  entities  are  also  granted  an  additional  60  days,  until  October  31,  2005  to  file  the  Form  477  for  that  state.  6 


 1  Form  477  Instructions  §  IV.  A.  1,  available  at  http://  www.  fcc.  gov/  Forms/  Form477/  477instr.  pdf. 
 2  See  Form  477  Instructions  §  II. 
 3  Form  477  Instructions  §  III.  A,  Line  4.  For  example,  providers  of  wired  or  fixed  wireless  local  telephone  services 
 must  identify  the  total  lines  and  channels  that  they  provide  to  end  users  in  a  state.  See  Form  477  Instructions  §  III.  D,  Line  A.  II-  1(  a). 


 4  See  http://  www.  fema.  gov/  news/  disasters.  fema  (August  31,  2005).  We  recognize  that  President  Bush  also  issued  a 
 Major  Disaster  Declaration  for  the  state  of  Florida  on  August  28,  2005.  We  do  not  extend  the  relief  granted  in  this  public  notice  to  entities  operating  in  the  state  of  Florida,  because  the  telecommunications  infrastructure  in  Florida 


 was  not  subject  to  the  same  level  of  destruction  as  was  the  infrastructure  in  parts  of  Louisiana,  Mississippi,  and  Alabama. 


 5  See  47  C.  F.  R.  §  1.3. 
 6  We  grant  these  extensions  pursuant  to  our  delegated  authority  under  sections  0.91  and  0.291  of  the  Commission’s 
 rules,  47  C.  F.  R.  §§  0.  91,  0.  291 
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 Reporting  entities  that  file  after  the  September  1,  2005  deadline  and  that  are  covered  by  this  public  notice  should  reference  this  public  notice  in  part  IV  of  their  Form  477.  7 
 For  further  information  regarding  this  public  notice  contact  Tom  Beers  or  Darryl  Cooper,  Wireline  Competition  Bureau,  (202)  418-  0952  and  (202)  418-  7131.  Media  inquiries  should  be  directed  to 
 Mark  Wigfield,  (202)  418-  0253. 


 7  See  Form  477  Instructions  §  III.  F  (Explanations  and  Comments);  Form  477  Part  IV  (Explanations  and  Comments), 
 available  at  http://  www.  fcc.  gov/  formpage.  html. 
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