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 Federal  Communications  Commission  FCC  03-  114 
 SEPARATE  STATEMENT  OF  COMMISSIONER  KEVIN  J.  MARTIN 
 Re:  Petition  of  the  Connecticut  Department  of  Public  Utility  Control  for  Delegated  Authority  to  Implement  Specialized  Transitional  Overlays 
 While  I  am  pleased  that  we  are  taking  action  on  the  Connecticut  Department  of  Public  Utility  Control’s  petition  to  implement  specialized  overlays,  I  would  have  granted  the  State  of 
 Connecticut  greater  flexibility  by  not  imposing  the  conditions  set  forth  in  today’s  decision. 
 Nearly  two  years  ago,  I  supported  the  Commission’s  effort  to  grant  the  requests  of  several  States  to  lift  the  prohibition  on  technology  specific  and  service  specific  overlays.  As  I 
 have  said  before,  giving  States  additional  flexibility  in  how  to  address  numbering  issues  is  crucial,  because  it  is  the  State  Commissions,  not  this  Commission,  that  feel  the  outcry  from 
 consumers  when  numbering  conservation  measures  are  adopted.  49 


 49  See  Remarks  by  Kevin  J.  Martin,  Commissioner,  Federal  Communications  Commission,  to  the 
 Southeastern  Association  of  Regulatory  Utility  Commissioners  (SEARUC)  Conference  2002  (June  3,  2002). 
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