Federal Communications Commission DA 23-8 DA 23-8 Released: January 4, 2023 WIRELINE COMPETITION BUREAU ANNOUNCES NEW DOCKET WC DOCKET NO. 23-1 FOR USE IN NORTH AMERICAN NUMBERING COUNCIL FILINGS WC DOCKET NO. 23-1 CC DOCKET NO. 92-237 By this Public Notice, the Wireline Competition Bureau establishes WC Docket No. 23-1 for use in filing materials related to the North American Numbering Council (NANC). Filings relating to the NANC previously submitted to CC Docket No. 92-237 are incorporated into the new NANC docket WC No. 23-1 by reference. The NANC is a federal advisory committee created to advise the Commission on numbering issues and to make recommendations that foster efficient and impartial number administration. It is organized under, and operates in accordance with, the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA). 5 U.S.C. App. 2. Opening a new, dedicated docket will enable the public to more easily access materials related to the NANC going forward. Ex Parte Exemptions and Filings. Under the FACA, the Commission is responsible for oversight of the NANC, including its working groups and any subcommittees. See id. As a result, FCC Commissioners and staff may participate in or attend meetings or other activities held by both the NANC and its working groups and subcommittees. For this reason, pursuant to section 1.1200(a) of the Commission’s rules, 47 CFR § 1.1200(a), presentations to the NANC, including to its working groups and subcommittees, and at any roundtable discussions sponsored by the NANC, as well as presentations between NANC members (including members of any working groups and subcommittees) and FCC Commissioners or staff incidental to and in connection with such NANC meetings or roundtable discussions, will be treated as exempt presentations for ex parte purposes. Exempt presentations are not subject to the restrictions and reporting requirements that otherwise would apply to ex parte presentations and presentations made during the Sunshine Agenda Period. See 47 CFR § 1.1204 (a) (providing that exempt ex parte presentations are not subject to the prohibitions in sections 1.1203 and 1.1208 and the disclosure requirements in section 1.1206); see also 47 CFR §§ 1.1202(a), (b) (definitions of “presentation” and “ex parte presentation”); Notice Concerning Ex Parte Status of Information Submitted to the North American Numbering Council, CC Docket No. 92-237, Public Notice, DA 21-1335 (2021) (NANC 2021 Ex Parte Public Notice). This exemption covers presentations from NANC members to FCC Commissioners and staff in other settings only to the extent that the NANC members are presenting the views of the NANC or its working groups, as opposed to an individual member’s own views or that of a member’s organization. We recognize that some issues may be addressed by the NANC that are the subject of pending FCC proceedings. For these proceedings, the Commission will not rely on any information submitted to the NANC, or to any of its working groups, subcommittees or sponsored roundtables, or information conveyed by NANC members, including members of any working groups and subcommittees, to FCC Commissioners or staff unless that information is first placed in the record of the relevant proceeding. See NANC 2021 Ex Parte Public Notice. Members of the public may submit comments to the NANC in the FCC’s Electronic Comment Filing System, ECFS, at www.fcc.gov/ecfs. Comments or other filings to the NANC should now be filed in new docket WC Docket No.23-1 and should no longer be filed in CC Docket No. 92-237. More information about the NANC is available at https://www.fcc.gov/about-fcc/advisory-committees/general/north-american-numbering-council. You may also contact Christi Shewman, Designated Federal Officer, at christi.shewman@fcc.gov or 202-418-0646. – FCC – 2