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 PUBLIC  NOTICE  Federal  Communications  Commission  445  12th  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-  2701  Released:  October  13,  2005 
 OET  ANNOUNCES  UNITED  TELECOM  COUNCIL  TO  SERVE  AS  DATABASE  MANAGER  FOR  ACCESS  BROADBAND  OVER  POWER  LINE  SYSTEMS;  SETS  DEADLINE  FOR  INFORMATION  SUBMISSION 
 (ET  Docket  No.  04-  37) 
 By  this  Public  Notice,  the  Office  of  Engineering  and  Technology  (OET)  announces  that  the  United  Telecom  Council  (UTC)  will  serve  as  the  Access  Broadband  over  Power  Line  (Access  BPL)  database  manager,  pursuant  to  Section 
 15.615(  a)-(  e)  of  the  Commission’s  rules,  effective  immediately.  Access  BPL  systems  will  be  required  to  comply  with  the  requirements  of  Section  15.  615  by  November  19,  2005. 


 On  October  14,  2004,  the  Commission  adopted  a  Report  and  Order  in  the  above  proceeding,  amending  Part  15  of  the  rules  to  establish  specific  interference  mitigation  requirements  for  Access  BPL  systems.  (Report  and  Order  in  ET 
 Docket  Nos.  04-  37  and  03-  104  (19  FCC  Rcd  21265  (2004).)  In  conjunction  with  those  requirements,  the  Commission  required  that  the  BPL  industry  establish  a  centralized  publicly  accessible  Access  BPL  notification  database,  run  by  an 
 administrator  to  be  selected  by  the  BPL  industry,  and  that  Access  BPL  operators  submit  certain  information  regarding  their  systems  into  that  database. 


 On  May  17,  2005,  the  UTC  submitted  a  letter  notifying  the  Commission  that  it  has  designed  and  implemented  a  database  that  will  enable  Access  BPL  operators  to  comply  with  the  notification  requirements  of  Section  15.615(  a)-(  e)  of  the 
 Commission’s  rules,  and  included  a  petition  in  support  signed  by  thirty-  five  Access  BPL  companies.  The  UTC  proposal  was  placed  on  Public  Notice  and  8  comments  and  replies  were  received,  all  in  support  of  UTC  as  the  database  manager  for 
 Access  BPL  systems.  (DA  05-  1637,  released  June  9,  2005.) 


 On  September  15,  2005,  the  Office  of  Management  and  Budget  (OMB)  approved  the  information  collection  requirements  contained  in  47  C.  F.  R.  Section  15.615  (a)-(  e)  which  establish  the  Access  BPL  database.  (OMB  Control  No. 
 3060-  1087.)  The  Commission  published  a  notice  of  OMB’s  approval  in  the  Federal  Register  on  September  29,  2005;  that  notice  included  incorrect  information  regarding  the  effective  date  of  these  rules.  By  this  Public  Notice,  we  establish  the 
 effective  date  of  Section  15.615  (a)-(  e)  of  the  Commission’s  rules,  47  C.  F.  R.  15.615  (a)-(  e),  including  the  information  collection,  as  November  19,  2005.  All  information  on  Access  BPL  systems  as  required  by  47  C.  F.  R.  Section  15.  615(  a) 
 must  be  entered  into  the  database  and  be  available  to  the  public  by  November  19,  2005.  BPL  operators  should  contact  UTC  at  admin@  utc.  org  to  receive  a  user  name  and  password  for  administrative  access.  This  information  is  required  for 
 BPL  operators  to  enter  the  necessary  information  regarding  their  BPL  systems  into  the  database. 


 Public  Access  to  the  UTC  BPL  database.  The  public  may  access  the  UTC  BPL  database  via  the  Internet  at  http://  www.  bpldatabase.  org.  This  access  is  open  and  requires  no  login  information.  Detailed  instructions  are  provided  on 
 the  website  to  guide  users  in  entering  the  requested  information.  Users  experiencing  problems  in  accessing  the  database  via  the  Internet  may  contact  the  UTC  database  administrator  at  admin@  utc.  org,  or  (202)  872-  0030. 


 By  the  Acting  Chief,  Office  of  Engineering  and  Technology.  Office  of  Engineering  and  Technology  contact:  Anh  Wride  at  (202)  418-  0577,  anh.  wride@  fcc.  gov. 
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