PUBLIC NOTICE
Federal Communications Commission
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DA 15-321
Released:  March 12, 2015
WIRELINE COMPETITION BUREAU EXTENDS THE FILING DEADLINE 
FOR STUDY AREA BOUNDARY CHANGES TO MARCH 23, 2015 AND
SETS RECERTIFICATION DATE OF MAY 26, 2015
WC Docket No. 10-90
WC Docket No. 05-337
The Wireline Competition Bureau hereby extends the deadline for incumbent local exchange 
carriers (ILECs) to file updated study area boundary data if any changes were made to their study area 
boundary or boundaries during the previous calendar year to March 23, 2015.1 The deadline for 
submitting changes that occurred during 2014 is March 16, 2015.2 However, because the Study Area 
Boundary Data Collection interface (at https://sab.fcc.gov/ilec/login/) was experiencing technical 
difficulties that were not resolved until today, we are extending the deadline.  Filers can now submit and 
certify shapefiles using the interface.   
In addition to the obligation to submit updated information when study area boundaries change, 
all ILECs are required to recertify their study area boundary data every two years.3 Because the original 
deadline for ILECs to submit study area boundary data was May 23, 2013,4 the recertification deadline 
will be May 26, 2015.  We are currently working to upgrade the data collection interface to allow for a 
simple recertification of data and will provide filers with additional information once this upgrade is 
completed. 
Additional information on the FCC’s study area boundary data collection can be found online at 
http://www.fcc.gov/encyclopedia/study-area-boundary-data-collection.  For additional information on this 
proceeding, please contact Chelsea Fallon at Chelsea.Fallon@fcc.gov or (202) 418-7991, or John Emmett 
at John.Emmett@fcc.gov or (202) 418-0386.
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1 Connect America Fund; High-Cost Universal Service Support, WC Docket Nos. 10-90, 05-337, Report and Order, 
27 FCC Rcd 13528, 13535, para. 23 (Wireline Comp. Bur. 2012).  Study area boundaries can change as the result 
of: a boundary overlap resolution; a transaction involving the addition or sale of exchanges; new deployment into 
previously-unserved areas, such as a new housing subdivision; or an incumbent LEC relinquishing its ETC 
designation and no longer being obligated to serve an area as a carrier of last resort.  
2 Id.  
3 Id.  
4 Wireline Competition Bureau Announces Procedures and Deadlines for Submissions of Study Area Boundaries, 
WC Docket Nos. 10-90, 05-337, Public Notice, 28 FCC Rcd 2852, 2853 (Wireline Comp. Bur. 2013).