Federal Communications Commission	DA 20 -1279



DA 20-1279
Released:  October 30, 2020

WIRELINE COMPETITION BUREAU DISMISSES SEVEN PETITIONS FOR RECONSIDERATION OF ASPECTS OF THE USF/ICC TRANSFORMATION ORDER

 WC Docket No. 10-90
GN Docket No. 09-51
   WC Docket No. 07-135
   WC Docket No. 05-337
CC Docket No. 01-92
CC Docket No. 96-45
   WC Docket No. 03-109
   WT Docket No. 10-208

To efficiently resolve issues that are no longer contested, the Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) announces through this Public Notice the dismissal of seven petitions for reconsideration and/or clarification of various aspects of the USF/ICC Transformation Order. See Connect America Fund et al., WC Docket No. 10-90 et al., Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 26 FCC Rcd 17663 (2011) (USF/ICC Transformation Order), aff’d sub nom. In re FCC 11-161, 753 F.3d 1015 (10th Cir. 2014).  
  
On January 14, 2020, the Bureau released a Public Notice providing petitioners notice of and an opportunity to object to the Bureau’s plan to dismiss with prejudice eight pending petitions for reconsideration and/or clarification of various aspects of the USF/ICC Transformation Order. Wireline Competition Bureau Seeks to Determine Parties’ Continuing Interest in Several Petitions for Reconsideration of Aspects of the USF/ICC Transformation Order, WC Docket Nos. 10-90; 07-135, 05-337, 03-109; GN Docket No. 09-51; CC Docket Nos. 01-92, 96-45; WT Docket No. 10-208, Public Notice, 35 FCC Rcd 492 (WCB Jan. 14, 2020) (Public Notice).  
  No entities had filed comments or ex parte submissions regarding any of the eight petitions for several years. See Public Notice, 35 FCC Rcd at 492.

The Bureau received no objections to the dismissal of the seven petitions identified in the chart below and we therefore dismiss those petitions with prejudice.
Petitioner
Petition
Date Petition
Filed
MetroPCS Communications, Inc.

Petition of MetroPCS Communications, Inc. for Clarification and Limited Reconsideration of aspects of the USF/ICC Transformation Order.  
12/29/2011
National Exchange Carrier Association, Inc.; Organization for the Promotion and Advancement of Small Telecommunications Companies; and Western Telecommunications Alliance (Rural Associations)
Petition for Reconsideration and Clarification of aspects of the USF/ICC Transformation Order. 

12/29/2011
NTCH, Inc. 
Petition for Reconsideration of aspects of the USF/ICC Transformation Order. 
12/29/2011
Onvoy, Inc. and its affiliate, 360networks (USA) inc. 
Petition for Clarification or Reconsideration of an aspect of the USF/ICC Transformation Order.
12/23/2011
Sprint Nextel Corporation 
Petition for Reconsideration and Clarification of aspects of the USF/ICC Transformation Order.
12/29/2011
United States Telecom Association

Petition for Reconsideration and Clarification of aspects of the USF/ICC Transformation Order.
12/29/2011
Verizon (Verizon Communications Inc. and Verizon Wireless) (Verizon Petition)
Petition for Clarification or, in the Alternative, for Reconsideration of aspects of the USF/ICC Transformation Order. The dismissal of this petition for reconsideration has no impact on Verizon’s separately filed and still pending petition for a limited waiver of the Commission’s phantom traffic/call signaling rules.  See Petition of Verizon for Limited Waiver, CC Docket No. 01-92 et al. (filed Feb. 10, 2012).  

12/29/2011

In light of an objection that we received from the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission to the dismissal of a petition for reconsideration by the Public Service Commission of the District of Columbia (DC PSC), Letter from David Screven, Deputy Chief Counsel, Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, to Marlene Dortch,  Secretary, FCC, WC Docket No. 10-90 et al. (filed Apr. 20, 2020) (objecting to the dismissal of the Petition of Public Service Commission of the District of Columbia for Reconsideration, WC Docket No. 10-90 et al. (filed December 28, 2011)).
 we decline to dismiss DC PSC’s petition at this time.
For further information, please contact Marv Sacks, Pricing Policy Division, Wireline Competition Bureau at (202) 418-2017 or marvin.sacks@fcc.gov.
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