Federal Communications Commission DA 12-26
Before the
Federal Communications Commission
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20554
In the Matter of
Numbering Resource Optimization
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CC Docket No. 99-200
ORDER
Extended Comment Date:  January 25, 2012
Adopted:  January 9, 2012 Released:  January 9, 2012
By the Chief, Wireline Competition Bureau:
1. In this Order, the Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) grants a 14-day extension of the 
comment deadline to update the record regarding petitions for waiver of section 52.15(g)(2)(i) of the 
Commission’s rules.1 This extension will ensure that parties have sufficient time to consider the 
important issues raised in this proceeding.  
2. On December 27, 2011, the Bureau released a Public Notice seeking to refresh the record on 
numerous petitions for limited waiver of section 52.15(g)(2)(i) of the Commission’s rules to allow the 
requesting Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) providers direct access to numbering resources from the 
North American Numbering Plan Administrator and the Pooling Administrator.2 That Public Notice 
established a comment deadline of January 11, 2012.  On January 6, 2012, the National Association of 
Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) filed a motion requesting that the comment date be 
extended to February 8, 2012. 3 NARUC argues that additional time is necessary in light of the holidays, 
the required State comment clearance procedures, and competing priorities.4 In addition, NARUC states 
that granting the extension will allow its members to consider and submit a policy resolution on some of 
the issues raised in this proceeding. 5  
3. The Commission’s policy, as set forth in section 1.46(a) of the Commission’s Rules,6 is that 
extensions of time are not routinely granted.  However, given our desire to encourage thoughtful 
consideration of the important issues raised in this proceeding, we believe that a partial grant of the 
NARUC request will facilitate that consideration.  While an extension is warranted here, we find that the 
request for an additional 28 days in which to file comments is unnecessarily long.  Instead, we grant to all 
  
1 47 C.F.R. § 52.15(g)(2)(i).
2 Wireline Competition Bureau Seeks to Refresh Record on Petitions for Waiver of Commission’s Rules Regarding 
Access to Numbering Resources, CC Docket No. 99-200, Public Notice (rel. Dec. 27, 2011).   
3 National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners Motion for Extension of Time, CC Docket No. 99-200 
(filed Jan. 6, 2012) (NARUC Motion).
4 NARUC Motion at 6.
5 Id.
6 47 C.F.R. § 1.46.
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parties a 14-day extension of the current comment deadline, which will establish January 25, 2012 as the 
new comment deadline.   
4. Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that, pursuant to Section 4(i) of the Communications Act of 
1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. § 154(i), and Sections 0.91, 0.291, and 1.46 of the Commission's rules, 47 
C.F.R. §§ 0.91, 0.291, and 1.46, the motion for extension of time filed by the National Association of  
Regulatory Utility Commissioners IS GRANTED in part, and otherwise IS DENIED.
5. Also, IT IS ORDERED that the deadline to file comments in this proceeding is extended to 
January 25, 2012.
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Sharon E. Gillett
Chief, Wireline Competition Bureau