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A party must note whether an electronic submission is an exact copy of a petition or formal comments on the subject line and should note in its paper submission that an electronic copy of its comments is being submitted via the Internet. A commenter also must include its full name and Postal Service mailing address in its submission. Parties not submitting an exact copy of their formal comments via the Internet are also asked to submit their petitions and comments on diskette. Parties submitting diskettes should submit them to Sheryl Todd, Universal Service Branch, 2100 M Street, N.W., Room 8606, Washington, D.C. 20554. Such a submission should be on a 3.5 inch diskette formatted in an IBM compatible format using WordPerfect 5.1 for Windows or compatible software. The diskette should be accompanied by a cover letter and should be submitted in "read only" mode. The diskette should be clearly labelled with the party's name, proceeding, type of pleading (petition or comment), date of submission, and the name of the electronic file on the diskette. Each diskette should contain only one party's pleadings, preferably in a single electronic file. Electronic submissions are in addition to and not a substitute for the formal filing requirements addressed above.  XN-xEx parte contact. For the purposes of ex parte contact, each petition submitted pursuant to section 214(e)(6) will be treated as initiating a permitbutdisclose proceeding  X"-under the Commission's rules.J" {O-ԍ See 47 C.F.R.  1.1206.J  X-xPaperwork Reduction Act Requirement. In the Report and Order on Universal Service (released May 8, 1997), the Commission adopted rules that are designed to implement the universal service provision of section 254 of the Act. In accord with the Paperwork Reduction Act, we previously received OMB approval for the information collections that carriers must comply with in order to apply to their state commissions for designation as carriers eligible to receive universal support pursuant to section 254. Section 214(e) directs the Commission to designate telecommunications carriers that meet specified requirements as"l$Z0*((F#" eligible in situations where the telecommunications carrier is not subject to the jurisdiction of a state commission. To implement this new statute, we will require telecommunications carriers that seek to be classified as eligible by the Commission and are not subject to the jurisdiction of a state commission to send to the Commission information demonstrating that they meet the eligibility criteria set forth in the Telecommunications Act of 1996 and described in the Commission's rules. This information must be submitted according to the procedural requirements described above. These reporting requirements are necessary to verify that particular carriers are eligible to receive universal service support. xWe have estimated that each response to this collection of information will take, on average, 58 hours for respondents filing petitions and 20 hours for respondents filing written comments. Our estimate includes the time to comply with the statutory requirements, read this Public Notice, review existing records, gather and maintain required data, and complete and review the response. If you have any comments on this estimate, or on how we can improve the collection and reduce the burden it causes you, please write the Federal Communications Commission, AMD-PERM, Washington, D.C. 20554, Paperwork Reduction Project (3060-0793). We will also accept your comments on the burden estimate via the Internet if you send them to jboley@fcc.gov. Please DO NOT SEND petitions requesting Commission designation as an eligible telecommunications carrier to this email address. xYou are not required to respond to a collection of information sponsored by the Federal government, and the government may not conduct or sponsor this collection, unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number or if we fail to provide you with this notice. This collection has been assigned an OMB control number of 3060-0810. xThis notice is required by the Privacy Act of 1974, P.L. 93-579, December 31, 1974, 5U.S.C.  552a(e)(3) and the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, P.L. 104-13, October 1, 1995, 44 U.S.C.  3507." xFor further information on this Public Notice, contact Cheryl Leanza, Universal Service Branch, Accounting and Audits Division, Common Carrier Bureau at (202) 4187400.