PUBLIC NOTICE
Federal Communications Commission
445 12th St., S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20554
News Media Information 202 / 418-0500
Fax-On-Demand 202 / 418-2830
TTY 202 / 418-2555
Internet: http://www.fcc.gov
DA 12-493
Release Date:  March 29, 2012
WIRELINE COMPETITION BUREAU PROVIDES GUIDANCE REGARDING THE 
EFFECTIVE DATE OF CERTAIN RULES ADOPTED IN THE LIFELINE REFORM ORDER
WC Docket Nos. 11-42, 03-109, 12-23 and CC Docket No. 12-23
In this Public Notice, the Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) notifies Eligible 
Telecommunications Carriers (ETCs) and other stakeholders that the amendments to section 54.403 of the 
Commission’s rules adopted in the Commission’s Lifeline Reform Order1 implementing the $9.25 flat rate 
on non-Tribal lands cannot become effective until the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
approves the data collection provisions of that rule.  Upon OMB approval, we intend to publish a notice 
in the Federal Register announcing the effective date of the rule and providing no less than 90 days after 
such publication for ETCs to come into compliance with the provisions related to the $9.25 flat rate on 
non-Tribal lands. 
For further information, please contact Jonathan Lechter, Telecommunications Access Policy 
Division, Wireline Competition Bureau at (202) 418-7400 or TTY (202) 418-0484.
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1 See Lifeline and Link Up Reform and Modernization et al., Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed 
Rulemaking, WC Dkt. Nos. 11-42 et al., CC Dkt. No. 96-45, FCC 12-11 (rel. Feb. 6, 2012) (Lifeline Reform Order).