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 NEWS  News  media  Information  202  /  418-  0500  TTY  202  /  418-  25  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). 
 January  11,  2002 
 FCC  FILINGS 
 December  31 
 In  the  Matter  of  Federal-  State  Joint  Board  on  Universal  Service  (CC  Docket  No.  96-  45).  Comments  –  AT&  T  on  Lifeline/  Link-  Up  Programs,  Comments  –  American  Public 
 Communications  Council,  The  United  States  Conference  of  Catholic  Bishops,  Alliance  for 
 Communit  y  Media,  Appalachian  People’s  Act  ion  Coalit  ion,  Center  for  Digital  Democracy, 
 Consumer  Action,  Consumer  Federation  of  America,  Edgemont  Neighborhood  Coalition  and  the 
 Migrant  Legal  Action  Program,  National  ALEC  Association/  Prepaid  Communications 
 Association. 


 In  the  Matter  of  Multi-  Association  Group  (MAG)  Plan  for  Regulation  of  Interstate 
 Services  of  Non-  Price  Cap  Incumbent  Local  Exchange  Carriers  and  Interexchange  Carriers  (CC  Docket  No.  00-  256)/  Federal-  State  Joint  Board  on  Universal  Service  (CC 


 Docket  No.  96-  45)/  Access  Charge  Reform  for  Incumbent  Local  Exchange  Carriers  Subject  to  Rate-  of-  Return  Regulation  (CC  Docket  No.  98-  77)/  Prescribing  the  Authorized  Rate  of 
 Return  for  Interstate  Services  of  Local  Exchange  Carriers  (CC  Docket  No.  98-  166).  Petition  for  Reconsideration  –  The  Plains  Rural  Independent  Companies,  The  Alliance  of 
 Independent  Rural  Telephone  Companies,  The  South  Dakota  Telecommunications  Association, 
 The  Western  Alliance,  General  Services  Administration. 


 January  2 
 In  the  Matter  of  Federal-  State  Joint  Board  on  Universal  Service  (CC  Docket  No.  96-  45).  Addendum  –  The  Civil  Rights  Forum  on  Communications  Policy,  The  Staff  of  Washington 
 Utilities  and  Transportation  Commission. 
 In  the  Matter  of  Atlantic  Tele-  Network,  Inc.  Request  for  Waiver  of  the  Benchmark  Settlement  Rate  on  the  U.  S.-  Guyana  Route  (IB  Docket  No.  96-  261).  Opposition  -  AT&  T 
 Corp.  and  its  Concert  Affiliates  to  Application  for  Review. 
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 In  the  Matter  of  Petition  for  Rulemaking  to  Amend  the  Commission’s  Rules  to  Extend  its  Network  and  Non-  network  Territorial  Exclusivity,  Syndicated  Exclusivity,  and  Network 
 Non-  duplication  Protection  Rules  to  Low-  power,  Class  A,  and  Noncommercial  Broadcast  Stations  (RM  10335).  Reply  Comments  –  Time  Warner  Cable. 


 January  4 
 In  the  Matter  of  Federal  State  Joint  Board  on  Universal  Service/  Review  of  Definition  of  Universal  Service  (CC  Docket  No.  96-  45).  Comments  –  Mid-  Rivers  Telephone  Cooperative, 
 Inc.;  Reply  Comments  –  General  Services  Administration,  The  United  States  Conference  of 
 Catholic  Bishops  Alliance  for  Community  Media,  Applachian  People’s  Action  Coalition,  Center 
 for  Digital  Democracy,  Consumer  Federation  of  America,  Edgemont  Neighborhood  Coalition, 
 Migrant  Legal  Act  ion  Program,  The  National  Coalit  ion  for  the  Homeless,  The  National 
 Community  Voice  Mail  Federation,  and  Dr.  Marsha  Zashin,  Education  Consultant  to  the 
 Cleveland  Public  Schools  and  Project  Act,  American  Public  Communications  Council,  Nebraska 
 Rural  Independent  Companies. 


 In  the  Matter  of  Petition  for  Forbearance  of  Iowa  Telecommunications  Services,  Inc.  d/  b/  a  Iowa  Telecom  Pursuant  to  47  U.  S.  C.  Section  160©.  Opposition  –  AT&  T  to  Iowa  Telecom 
 Forbearance  Petition. 
 In  the  Matter  of  Implementation  of  Section  11  of  the  Cable  Television  Consumer 
 Protection  and  Competition  Act  of  1992  (CS  Docket  No.  98-  82)/  Implementation  of  Cable  Act  Reform  Provisions  of  the  Telecommunications  Act  of  1996  (CS  Docket  No.  98-  85)/  The 


 Commission’s  Cable  Horizontal  and  Vertical  Ownership  Limits  and  Attribution  Rules  (MM  Docket  o.  92-  264)/  Review  of  the  Commission’s  Regulations  Governing  Attribution  of 
 Broadcast  and  Cable/  MDS  Interests  (MM  Docket  No.  94-  150)/  Review  of  the  Commission’s  Regulations  and  Policies  Affecting  Investment  in  the  broadcast  Industry  (MM  Docket  No. 
 92-  51)/  Reexamination  of  the  Commission’s  Cross-  Interest  Policy  (MM  Docket  No.  87-  154).  Comments  –  Broadband  Service  Providers  Association,  Media  General,  Inc.,  Paxson 
 Communications  Corporation,  RCN  Telecom  Services,  Inc.,  Time  Warner  Cable. 
 January  7 
 In  the  Matter  of  Implementation  of  the  Cable  Television  Consumer  Protection  and  Competition  Act  of  1992/  Development  of  Competition  and  Diversity  in  Video 
 Programming  Distribution:  Section  628©(  5)  of  the  Communications  Act  (CS  Docket  No.  01-  290).  Reply  Comments  –  Echostar  Satellite  Corporation,  Comsat  Corporation,  The  Rural 
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 Competitive  Alliance,  AOL  Time  Warner,  Inc.,  DIRECTV,  Inc.,  RCN  Telecom 
 Services,  Inc. 


 In  the  Matter  of  Public  Employees  for  Environmental  Responsibility  Request  for 
 Amendment  of  the  Commission’s  Environmental  Rules  regarding  NEPA  and  NHPA  (RM  9913).  Petition  for  Reconsideration  –  Public  Employees  for  Environmental  Responsibility. 


 January  9 
 In  re:  Cellular  South  License,  Inc.  Petition  for  Waiver  of  FCC  Rule  Section  54.313  (CC  Docket  No.  96-  45).  Petition  for  Waiver  –  Expedited  Action  Requested  –  Cellular  South  License, 
 Inc. 


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