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 17-537 Released: June 6, 2017 WIRELINE COMPETITION BUREAU SEEKS COMMENT ON PETITION FOR RULEMAKING REGARDING REGULATION OF BUSINESS DATA SERVICES FOR MODEL- BASED RATE-OF-RETURN CARRIERS WC Docket No. 17-144 Comment Date: July 6, 2017 Reply Comment Date: July 21, 2017 By this Public Notice, the Wireline Competition Bureau seeks comment on the petition for rulemaking (Petition) to review rate regulation of business data services offered by model-based rate-of- return carriers 1 filed by the Independent Telephone & Telecommunications Alliance (ITTA) and USTelecom on May 25, 2017. 2 Interested parties may file comments and reply comments on or before the dates indicated above. All pleadings are to reference WC Docket No. 17-144. Comments may be filed using the Commission’s Electronic Comment Filing System (ECFS), or by filing paper copies. ? Electronic Filers: Comments may be filed electronically using the Internet by accessing the ECFS: https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/ ? Paper Filers: Parties who choose to file by paper must file an original and one copy of each filing. Filings can be sent by hand or messenger delivery, by commercial overnight courier, or by first-class or overnight U.S. Postal Service mail. All filings must be addressed to the Commission’s Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Federal Communications Commission. o All hand-delivered or messenger-delivered paper filings for the Commission’s Secretary must be delivered to FCC Headquarters at 445 12 th St., SW, Room TW-A325, Washington, DC 20554. The filing hours are 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. All hand deliveries must be held together with rubber bands or fasteners. Any envelopes and boxes must be disposed of before entering the building. o Commercial overnight mail (other than U.S. Postal Service Express Mail and Priority Mail) must be sent to 9300 East Hampton Drive, Capitol Heights, MD 20743. 1 Model-based rate of return local exchange carriers were established in the Commission’s Rate-of-Return Reform Order. See Connect America Fund, WC Docket No. 10-90 et al., Report and Order, Order and Order on Reconsideration, and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 31 FCC Rcd 3087 (2016). 2 Letter from Gregory J. Vogt, Counsel to ITTA and USTelecom, to Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary, FCC, WC Docket No. 17-144 (filed May 25, 2017) (ITTA/USTelecom Petition). 2o U.S. Postal Service first-class, Express, and Priority mail must be addressed to 445 12 th Street, SW, Washington DC 20554. 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). The proceeding this petition initiates shall be treated as a “permit-but-disclose” proceeding in accordance with the Commission’s ex parte rules. 3 Persons making ex parte presentations must file a copy of any written presentation or a memorandum summarizing any oral presentation within two business days after the presentation (unless a different deadline applicable to the Sunshine period applies). Persons making oral ex parte presentations are reminded that memoranda summarizing the presentation must (1) list all persons attending or otherwise participating in the meeting at which the ex parte presentation was made, and (2) summarize all data presented and arguments made during the presentation. If the presentation consisted in whole or in part of the presentation of data or arguments already reflected in the presenter’s written comments, memoranda or other filings in the proceeding, the presenter may provide citations to such data or arguments in his or her prior comments, memoranda, or other filings (specifying the relevant page and/or paragraph numbers where such data or arguments can be found) in lieu of summarizing them in the memorandum. Documents shown or given to Commission staff during ex parte meetings are deemed to be written ex parte presentations and must be filed consistent with rule 1.1206(b). In proceedings governed by rule 1.49(f) or for which the Commission has made available a method of electronic filing, written ex parte presentations and memoranda summarizing oral ex parte presentations, and all attachments thereto, must be filed through the electronic comment filing system available for that proceeding, and must be filed in their native format (e.g., .doc, .xml, .ppt, searchable .pdf). Participants in this proceeding should familiarize themselves with the Commission’s ex parte rules. Submissions will be publically available online via ECFS. 4 These documents will also be available for public inspection during regular business hours in the FCC Reference Information Center, which is located in Room CY-A257 at FCC Headquarters, 445 12 th Street, SW, Washington, DC 20554. For further information, please contact Justin Faulb, Pricing Policy Division, Wireline Competition Bureau, at (202) 418-1589 or via email at Justin.Faulb@fcc.gov. - FCC - 3 47 CFR §§ 1.1200 et seq. 4 Documents will generally be available electronically in ASCII, Microsoft Word, and/or Adobe Acrobat.