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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-  687  March  15,  2005 
 VERIZON  CAM  REVISIONS  ACCEPTED 
 PUBLIC  NOTICE 
 WCB/  Pricing  No.  04-  22 


 Verizon  filed  revisions  to  its  cost  allocation  manual  (CAM)  for  the  separation  of  regulated  and  nonregulated  costs  on  May  6,  2004.  1  The  revisions  reflect  service  changes  to 
 Verizon’s  affiliates,  as  well  as  changes  made  to  the  CAM  to  correct  minor  errors  discovered  since  the  previous  filing.  The  Commission  sought  comment  on  Verizon’s  CAM  revisions  in  a 
 Public  Notice  released  on  June  14,  2004.  2  AT&  T  filed  comments  on  Verizon’s  CAM  changes  on  July  15,  2004,  stating  that  the  CAM  revisions  submitted  by  Verizon  are  inadequate  if  they 
 were  made  to  satisfy  the  Commission’s  CAM  filing  requirements  set  forth  in  the  Operate  Independently  Order.  3  AT&  T  does  not  oppose  the  revisions  if  they  were  submitted  for  purposes 
 other  than  to  comply  with  the  requirements  of  the  Operate  Independently  Order.  4 
 The  CAM  revisions  filed  by  Verizon  on  May  6,  2004,  were  not  meant  to  comply  with  the  Commission’s  Operate  Independently  Order.  The  revisions  deal  with  service  changes  to 


 1  Letter  from  Ann  D.  Berkowitz,  Associate  Director-  Federal  Affairs,  Verizon,  to  Marlene  Dortch,  Secretary,  FCC, 
 (filed  May  6,  2004).  2 
 See  Verizon  Files  Cost  Allocation  Manual  Revision,  Public  Notice,  19  FCC  Rcd  10623  (2004).  3 
 Section  272(  b)(  1)  ’s  “Operate  Independently”  Requirement  for  Section  272  Affiliates;  Petition  of  SBC  for  Forbearance  from  the  Prohibition  of  Sharing  Operating,  Installation,  and  Maintenance  Functions  under  Sections 


 53.  203(  a)(  2)  and  53.  203(  a)(  3)  of  the  Commission’s  Rules  and  Modification  of  Operating,  Installation,  and  Maintenance  Conditions  Contained  in  the  SBC/  Ameritech  Merger  Order;  Petition  of  BellSouth  Corporation  for 
 Forbearance  from  the  Prohibition  of  Sharing  Operating,  Installation,  and  Maintenance  Functions  Under  Section  53.  203(  a)(  2)-(  3)  of  the  Commission’s  Rules;  Review  of  Regulatory  Requirements  for  Incumbent  LEC  Broadband 
 Telecommunications  Services,  WC  Docket  No.  03-  228,  CC  Docket  Nos.  96-  149,  98-  141,  01-  337,  Report  and  Order  in  WC  Docket  No.  03-  328;  Memorandum  Opinion  and  Order  in  CC  Docket  Nos.  96-  149,  98-  141,  01-  337,  19  FCC 
 Rcd  5102  (2003)  (Operate  Independently  Order).  This  order  requires  Bell  Operating  Companies  (BOCs)  to  modify  their  CAMs  to  address  specifically  any  operating,  installation,  and  maintenance  (OI&  M)  services  that  they  share 
 with  their  section  272  affiliates  before  OI&  M  services  may  be  jointly  provisioned.  4 
 See  AT&  T  Comments  at  4. 
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 Verizon’s  affiliates  and  a  few  routine  housekeeping  modifications  that  have  no  relevance  to  OI&  M.  Accordingly,  the  CAM  revisions  filed  by  Verizon  on  May  6,  2004,  have  been  accepted 
 as  filed. 
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