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 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 
 Release  date:  October  27,  2004 
 IMPORTANT  REMINDER  ABOUT  DCIA  RED  LIGHT  RULE  IMPLEMENTATION 


 On  November  1,  2004,  the  Federal  Communication  Commission  (Commission)  will  begin  enforcement  of  its  new  red  light  rule,  adopted  earlier  this  year  to  facilitate  implementation  of  the 
 Debt  Collection  Improvement  Act  (DCIA). 
 The  red  light  rule,  found  at  47  C.  F.  R.  §1.1910,  provides  that  anyone  seeking  a  benefit  from  the  Commission  or  one  of  its  components  (including  the  Universal  Service  Fund,  the 


 Telecommunications  Relay  Service,  or  the  North  American  Numbering  Plan  Administrator)  who  is  delinquent  in  debt  owed  to  the  Commission  will  be  unable  to  obtain  a  benefit  until  there  is 
 resolution  of  that  delinquency. 
 Beginning  November  1,  anyone  filing  an  application  or  seeking  a  benefit  who  is  discovered  to  be  delinquent  in  debt  owed  to  the  Commission  will  be  notified  of  the  delinquency  and  given  30  days 
 to  pay  the  debt  in  full  or  make  other  satisfactory  arrangements.  Failure  to  do  so  will  result  in  dismissal  of  the  application  or  other  request  for  a  benefit. 


 In  anticipation  of  the  effective  date  of  the  red  light  rule,  we  received  many  inquiries  concerning  delinquent  debts  reflected  in  the  Commission’s  records.  We  have  diligently  been  working  to 
 respond  to  these  inquiries.  We  will  not  apply  the  red  light  rule  to  anyone  who  inquired  about  a  pending  delinquency  prior  to  November  1  who  has  not  received  a  response  to  their  inquiry. 


 We  encourage  interested  parties  to  access  the  Red  Light  Display  (RLD)  system  to  see  if  they  have  outstanding  delinquent  debt  with  the  Commission.  Access  to  this  system  requires  your 
 FCC  Registration  Number  (FRN),  and  an  established  password.  The  RLD  system  is  located  at  www.  fcc.  gov/  redlight. 


 You  may  also  use  Fee  Filer’s  Bills  &  Receivables  module  in  order  to  pay  an  outstanding  delinquent  debt  on-  line  via  credit  card.  Fee  Filer  is  located  at 
 https://  svartifoss2.  fcc.  gov/  Feefiler/  login.  cfm. 
 For  general  information  about  outstanding  delinquencies,  the  RLD  system  or  how  to  change  information  in  CORES,  please  contact  1-  877-  480-  3201,  Option  4. 


 For  further  information  pertaining  to  the  Red  Light  Rule,  please  contact  Regina  Dorsey,  Special  Assistant  to  the  Chief  Financial  Officer,  at  202-  418-  1925,  or  Regina.  Dorsey@  fcc.  gov. 
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