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 NEWS  News  Media  Information  202  /  418-  0500  TTY  202  /  418-  2555  Fax-  On-  Demand  202  /  418-  2830  Internet:  http://  www.  fcc.  gov  ftp.  fcc.  gov  Federal  Communications  Commission  445  12  th  Street,  S.  W.  Washington,  D.  C.  20554  This  is  an  unofficial  announcement  of  Commission  action.  Release  of  the  full  text  of  a  Commission  order  constitutes  official  action.  See  MCI  v.  FCC.  515  F  2d  385  (D.  C.  Circ  1974). 
 FOR  IMMEDIATE  RELEASE  NEWS  MEDIA  CONTACT:  September  14,  2001  John  Winston  (202)  418-  7540 
 FCC  ENFORCEMENT  BUREAU  AND  VERIZON  ENTER  INTO  CONSENT  DECREE;  VERIZON  TO  PAY  $77,000  AND  IMPLEMENT  REMEDIAL  ACTIONS  TO  HELP 
 ENSURE  COMPLIANCE  WITH  LOCAL  COMPETITION  RULE 
 Washington,  D.  C.  –  Today,  the  Enforcement  Bureau  of  the  Federal  Communications 
 Commission  (FCC)  announced  that  it  has  entered  into  a  Consent  Decree  with  Verizon 
 Communications,  Inc.  (Verizon),  under  which  Verizon  will  make  a  voluntary  payment  of 
 $77,000  to  the  United  States  Treasury  and  will  take  certain  remedial  actions  regarding  its 
 collocation  practices.  Today’s  action  by  the  Enforcement  Bureau  terminates  an  investigation 
 into  Verizon’s  compliance  with  a  Commission  rule  requiring  it  to  promptly  notify  competitors 
 when  a  Verizon  office  has  run  out  of  collocation  space.  The  purpose  of  this  rule  is  to  ensure  that 
 competitors  do  not  waste  time  and  resources  applying  for  collocation  space  where  none  exists. 


 Commission  rules  requires  incumbent  local  exchange  carriers  to  post  notice  on  publicly  available 
 Internet  sites,  and  within  10  days,  when  one  of  their  premises  has  run  out  of  collocation  space. 
 The  Enforcement  Bureau  initiated  an  investigation  after  an  independent  audit  of  Verizon’s 
 compliance  with  the  Commission’s  collocation  rules  raised  questions  as  to  whether  Verizon 
 might  have  violated  this  posting  requirement. 


 Action  by  the  Chief,  Enforcement  Bureau,  September  10,  2001,  Order  (DA  01-  2079). 
 Enforcement  Bureau  Contacts:  John  R.  Winston,  418-  7450,  and  Elizabeth  H.  Valinoti,  202-  418- 
 1529. 
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