[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 116 (Monday, June 17, 2002)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 41181-41182]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-15084]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 63

[CC Docket No. 01-150; FCC 02-78]


Implementation of Further Streamlining Measures for Domestic 
Section 214 Authorizations

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Final rule; announcement of effective date.

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SUMMARY: This document announces the effective date of the rules to 
govern and streamline review of applications for section 214 of the 
Communications Act of 1934, as amended (the Act), to transfer control 
of domestic transmission lines. These rules add predictability, 
efficiency, and transparency to the Commission's domestic section 214 
transfer of control review process and greatly improve the Commission's 
current domestic section 214 transfer of control procedures. The Report 
and Order in CC Docket No. 01-150 was published in the Federal Register 
on April 17, 2002 (67 FR 18827). Because the new procedures entail new 
information collection requirements, they could not become effective 
until the Commission received approval from the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB).

DATES: Sections 63.01, 63.03, and 63.04, published at 67 FR 18827, 
April 17, 2002, were approved by the OMB on June 4, 2002, and became 
effective on June 14, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Aaron Goldberger, Attorney-Advisor, 
Competition Policy Division, Wireline Competition Bureau, at (202) 418-
1580, or via the Internet at [email protected]

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 21, 2002, the Commission released a 
Report and Order in CC Docket No. 01-150 (Order), April 17, 2002, (67 
FR 18827) adopting rules to govern and streamline review of 
applications for section 214 of the Act. Specifically, the Order 
establishes a thirty day streamlined review process that will 
presumptively apply to domestic section 214 transfer applications 
meeting specified criteria, and that will apply on a case-by-case basis 
to all other domestic section 214 applications. The Order also sets 
forth the information

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that applicants must provide in their domestic section 214 
applications, whether filed separately or in combination with an 
international section 214 application. Moreover, the Order defines pro 
forma transactions in a manner that is consistent with the definition 
used by the Commission in other contexts, and harmonizes the treatment 
of asset acquisitions with the treatment of acquisitions of corporate 
control. A summary of the Order was published in the Federal Register. 
See 67 FR 18827, April 17, 2002. The new rules entail new information 
collection requirements that required OMB approval. On June 4, 2002, 
OMB approved the information collection requirements. See OMB No. 3060-
0989. Sections 63.01, 63.03 and 63.04, published at 67 FR 18827, April 
17, 2002, takes effect on June 14, 2002. This publication satisfies the 
statement in the April 17, 2000 Federal Register notice that the 
Commission would publish a document in the Federal Register announcing 
the effective date of the rules.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 02-15084 Filed 6-14-02; 8:45 am]
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