Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service: Promoting Deployment and Subscribership in Unserved and Underserved Areas, Including Tribal and Insular Areas; Extension of Comment Cycle

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title: "Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service: Promoting Deployment and Subscribership in Unserved and Underserved Areas, Including Tribal and Insular Areas; Extension of Comment Cycle"
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#  Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service: Promoting Deployment and Subscribership in Unserved and Underserved Areas, Including Tribal and Insular Areas; Extension of Comment Cycle

**AGENCY:**

Federal Communications Commission.

**ACTION:**

Proposed rule; extension of comment dates.

**SUMMARY:**

In this document the Commission extends the comment cycle for a Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM) released by the Commission on June 30, 2000 in FCC 00-208. The Commission has extended the comment cycle to give the public more time to respond. The Commission extends the original comment date by twenty-five days to September 1, 2000. The reply comment date has been extended by eighteen days to September 15, 2000.

**DATES:**

Submit comments on or before September 1, 2000 and reply comments on or before September 15, 2000.

**ADDRESSES:**

Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street, S.W., Washington, DC 20554, Room TW-B204.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**

Gene Fullano (202) 418-7400 TTY: (202) 418-0484.

**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**

On June 30, 2000, the Commission released the *Twelfth Report and Order,* 65 FR 47883 (August 4, 2000), and *Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking,* 65 FR 47941 (August 4, 2000). This Order adopts measures to promote telecommunications subscribership and infrastructure deployment within federally recognized tribal lands. In the *FNPRM,* the Commission sought comment on issues relating to the designation of eligible telecommunications carriers, establishing comment and reply comment dates of August 7 and August 28, 2000, respectively.

We extend the comment and reply comment dates to September 1 and September 15, 2000, respectively. All comments should be filed pursuant to the instructions provided in the *FNPRM.*

Katherine L. Schroder,

Deputy Chief, Accounting Policy Division.