*Pages 1--3 from Microsoft Word - 61556.doc* 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 06- 2490 December 12, 2006 COMMENTS SOUGHT ON VERIZON PETITION FOR WAIVER TO ALLOW RECOVERY OF REMAINING LOCAL NUMBER PORTABILITY COSTS AS EXOGENOUS COSTS UNDER SECTION 61.45( d) OR, IN THE ALTERNATIVE, FOR WAIVER OF END- USER COMMON LINE CHARGE CAPS IN SECTION 69.152 CC Docket No. 95- 116 COMMENTS DUE: January 9, 2007 REPLY COMMENTS DUE: January 23, 2007 On November 16, 2006, Verizon filed a petition requesting that the Commission “waive certain rules in order to permit Verizon to recover fully its approved carrier- specific costs for implementing local number portability” (LNP). 1 Verizon asserts that an Order granted by the Wireline Competition Bureau on September 14, 2006 will provide it with substantial cost recovery but “will still leave Verizon unable to recover approximately $28 million of its unrecovered LNP costs.” 2 Through its petition, Verizon requests that the Commission grant it “the additional waivers needed in order to complete the recovery process.” 3 Specifically, Verizon seeks an additional waiver of section 61.45( d) that would extend relief provided in the Verizon LNP Exogenous Cost Waiver Order and allow Verizon “to treat as exogenous costs those LNP costs that remain unrecovered at the end of the 2006- 07 access period.” 4 In the alternative, Verizon requests a waiver of section 69.152, which establishes limits or caps on end- user common line (EUCL) charges, in order to allow Verizon to recover its remaining LNP costs through “a small increase to the EUCL charges in those jurisdictions” where end users were not previously assessed 1 Verizon’s Petition to Treat Unrecovered Local Number Portability Costs as Exogenous Costs under Section 61. 45( d) or, in the Alternative, for Limited Waiver of the End- User Common Line Caps in Section 69. 152, CC Docket No. 95- 116, at 1 (filed Nov. 16, 2006) (Petition). 2 Petition at 1- 2 (citing Verizon’s Petition for Waiver of the Commission’s Rules to Treat Unrecovered Local Number Portability Costs as Exogenous Costs under Section 61. 45( d), CC Docket No. 95- 116, Order, 21 FCC Rcd 10140, 10144- 45, para. 10 & n. 38 (Wireline Comp. Bur. Sept. 14, 2006), application for review pending) (Verizon LNP Exogenous Cost Waiver Order); see also Petition at 3- 4. 3 Petition at 2. 4 Petition at 2, 7; 47 C. F. R. § 61. 45( d). 1 3 People with Disabilities: To request materials in accessible formats for people with disabilities (braille, large print, electronic files, audio format), send an e- mail to fcc504@ fcc. gov or call the Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau at (202) 418- 0530 (voice), (202) 418- 0432 (tty). All filings must be addressed to the Commission's Secretary, Marlene H. Dortch, Office of the Secretary, Federal Communications Commission, 445 12 th Street, SW, Room TW- A325, Washington, DC 20554. Parties should also send a copy of their filings by e- mail to Deena Shetler and Marvin Sacks (deena. shetler@ fcc. gov and mavin. sacks@ fcc. gov) of the Pricing Policy Division, Wireline Competition Bureau at the Commission. Parties must also serve one copy with the Commission’s copy contractor, Best Copy and Printing, Inc. (BCPI), Portals II, 445 12th Street, SW, Room CY- B402, Washington, DC 20554, (202) 488- 5300, or via e- mail to fcc@ bcpiweb. com. Documents in CC Docket No. 95- 116 are available for public inspection and copying during business hours at the FCC Reference Information Center, Portals II, 445 12 th Street, SW, Room CY-A257, Washington, DC 20554. The documents may also be purchased from BCPI, telephone (202) 488- 5300, facsimile (202) 488- 5563, TTY (202) 488- 5562, e- mail fcc@ bcpiweb. com. Documents in CC Docket No. 95- 116 also may be viewed on the Commission’s website at http:// www. fcc. gov/ cgb/ ecfs. This matter shall be treated as a “permit- but- disclose” proceeding in accordance with the Commission’s ex parte rules. 7 Persons making oral ex parte presentations are reminded that memoranda summarizing presentations must contain summaries of the substance of the presentation and not merely a listing of the subjects discussed. More than a one- or two- sentence description of the views and arguments presented generally is required. 8 Other rules pertaining to oral and written ex parte presentations in permit- but- disclose proceedings are set forth in section 1.1206( b) of the Commission’s rules. 9 For further information, contact Marvin Sacks of the Pricing Policy Division, Wireline Competition Bureau at (202) 418- 1520. -FCC- 7 47 C. F. R. §§ 1.1200 et seq. 8 See 47 C. F. R. § 1.1206( b)( 2). 9 47 C. F. R. § 1.1206( b). 3