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 12-274 Released: February 24, 2012 DATA AND INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO PUBLIC IN SPECIAL ACCESS NPRM WC Docket No. 05-25, RM-10593 We announce in this Public Notice that, pursuant to the protective orders noted below, public inspection of confidential and highly confidential data and information submitted in response to the Special Access Facilities Data Public Notice and the Competition Data Request Public Notice in the special access proceeding may begin.1 In those notices, we instructed persons who wished to submit data and information that contained confidential and proprietary information to do so in accordance with the Modified First Protective Order, the Second Protective Order, and supplements to the Second Protective Order.2 However, we noted that such data and information would not be made available to the general public until Commission staff had received and performed an initial review of the submissions for completeness and responsiveness.3 Staff has now completed that initial review and, pursuant to the applicable protective orders, the public may now review that information.4 For further information, contact Betsy McIntyre of the Pricing Policy Division, Wireline Competition Bureau at (202) 418-1520. 1 See Data Requested in Special Access NPRM, Public Notice, 25 FCC Rcd 15146 (2010) (Special Access Facilities Data Public Notice); see also Competition Data Requested in Special Access NPRM, Public Notice, 26 FCC Rcd 14000 (2011) (Competition Data Request Public Notice). 2 See In the Matter of Special Access Rates for Price Cap Local Exchange Carriers, Modified Protective Order, 25 FCC Rcd 15168 (2010) (Modified First Protective Order); see also In the Matter of Special Access for Price Cap Local Exchange Carriers, Second Protective Order, 25 FCC Rcd 17725 (2010) (Second Protective Order); Special Access for Price Cap Local Exchange Carriers, Letter from Sharon E. Gillett, Chief, Wireline Competition Bureau, to Paul Margie, Wiltshire & Grannis LLP, 26 FCC Rcd 6571 (2011) (supplementing the Second Protective Order); Special Access for Price Cap Local Exchange Carriers, Letter from Sharon E. Gillett, Chief, Wireline Competition Bureau, to Donna Epps, Vice President, Federal Regulatory Affairs, Verizon, DA 12-199 (rel. Feb. 13, 2012) (supplementing the Second Protective Order). 3 See Competition Data Request Public Notice, 26 FCC Rcd at 14001; see also Special Access Facilities Data Public Notice, 25 FCC Rcd at 15147. 4 Neither the staff’s initial review nor the announcement of public availability of these data subject to the applicable protective orders are intended to prejudge any issues pending before the Commission in the special access rulemaking proceeding.