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If you need the complete document, download the WordPerfect version or Adobe Acrobat version, if available. ***************************************************************** Before the Federal Communications Commission Washington, D.C. 20554 In the Matters of ) ) Federal-State Joint Board on ) CC Docket No. 96-45 Universal Service ) ) Access Charge Reform, ) Price Cap Performance Review ) for Local Exchange Carriers, ) CC Docket Nos. 96-262, 94-1, Transport Rate Structure ) 91-213, 95-72 and Pricing, End User Common ) Line Charge ) ) Changes to the Board of Directors) of the National Exchange Carrier ) CC Docket No. 97-21 Association, Inc. ) ERRATA Released: January 29, 1998 By the Chief, Accounting and Audits Division: On December 30, 1997, the Federal Communications Commission released the Fourth Order on Reconsideration, FCC 97-420, in CC Dockets 96-45, 96-262, 94-1, 91-213, and 95-72. These errata amend that Order as follows: Amend section IV of the Table of Contents to read "HIGH COST SUPPORT"; Amend section IV.A of the Table of Contents to read "Indexed Cap on High Cost Loop Fund"; Amend section IV.C.3 of the Table of Contents to read "Calculation of LTS Levels Based on Projections of Costs"; Amend the second sentence of paragraph 5 by replacing "high loop cost support:" with "high cost loop support"; Amend the third sentence of footnote 6 by replacing "the National Association of State Utility Commissioners" with "the National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates"; Amend the first sentence of footnote 176 by replacing "actual nationwide average cost per loop" with "average unseparated loop cost per working loop"; Amend footnote 267 by replacing "RTC" with "Rural Telephone Companies"; Amend the last sentence of paragraph 218 by replacing "bid" with "bids"; Amend the penultimate sentence of paragraph 234 by inserting "service provider under the" before the second instance of "master contract"; Amend the last sentence of paragraph 275 by replacing "AAPTS" with "AAPTS's"; Amend the first sentence of paragraph 284 by deleting the first instance of the word "be"; Amend footnote 836 by replacing the first instance of "eligible schools, libraries, and health care providers" with "such non-profit entities" and the second instance of "eligible schools, libraries, and health care providers" with "such entities"; Amend the fifteenth paragraph of the Separate Statement of Commissioner Susan Ness by replacing "July" with "August"; Amend section 54.101(a)(1) in Appendix A by replacing the final period with a semi- colon; Amend section 54.301(b) in Appendix A by inserting "(I)", centered, above "Telecommunications Plant in Service (TPIS)"; inserting "(II)", centered, above "Rural Telephone Bank (RTB) Stock"; inserting "(III)", centered, above "Accumulated Depreciation"; and "(IV)", centered, above "Other Non-Current Assets"; Amend section 54.301(c)(5) in Appendix A to replace the factor with the following: {{[Account 2210 Category 3 ö (Account 2210 + Account 2220 + Account 2230)] x (Account 6210 + Account 6220 + Account 6230)} + [(Account 6530 + Account 6610 + Account 6620) x (Account 2210 Category 3 ö Account 2001)]} ö (Account 6210 + Account 6220 + Account 6230 + Account 6310 + Account 6410 + Account 6530 + Account 6610 + Account 6620). Amend the denominator of the factor in section 54.301(c)(6) in Appendix A to insert "Account" before "2210", "2220", and "2230"; Amend the heading and text of section 54.301(d) in Appendix A by inserting "projected annual unseparated" before "local switching revenue requirement" and by inserting, in the text, "by" before "summing"; Amend the first sentence of section 54.301(d)(1) in Appendix A by replacing "The return component for" with "Return on Investment attributable to" and by replacing "projected unseparated local switching average" with "average projected unseparated local switching"; Amend the second sentence of section 54.301(d)(1) in Appendix A by replacing "Unseparated" with "Projected unseparated"; Amend the third sentence of section 54.301(d)(1) in Appendix A by replacing "projected unseparated local switching average" with "average projected unseparated local switching" and by replacing "and the projected unseparated local switching net" with "year and such"; Amend section 54.301(d)(3) in Appendix A by inserting ", excluding depreciation expense," after "expenses"; Amend section 54.301(d)(4) in Appendix A by inserting "attributable to COE Category 3" after "Federal income tax" and by inserting "; the accounts listed shall be allocated pursuant to paragraph (c) of this section" after "the following formula"; Amend the formula in section 54.301(d)(4) in Appendix A by inserting "attributable to COE Category 3" after "Return on Investment"; Amend section 54.303(b)(1) in Appendix A by replacing "Common Line pool" with "Common Line tariff" and by replacing "end-user" with "end user"; Amend section 54.504(b)(4) in Appendix A to include "* * *" after the first sentence; Amend section 54.511(c)(1) in Appendix A by deleting the phrase "competitive bid" and by replacing " 54.504(a)" with " 54.504(a), (b)(3), and (b)(4)"; amend section 54.511(c)(1)(i) by inserting "of" between "life" and "the contract"; amend section 54.511(c)(1)(ii) by replacing "that were provided" with "that are provided"; Amend section 54.604(a) by replacing "service provider" with "telecommunications carrier"; Amend section 54.604(c) by replacing "service providers" with "telecommunications carriers"; Amend sections 54.703(b) and 54.703(c) in Appendix A by replacing "The following entities will not be required to contribute on the basis of revenues derived from the provision of interstate telecommunications" with "The following entities will not be required to contribute to universal service" and by deleting the phrase "of video programming" after the word "broadcasters"; Amend section 54.703(c) in Appendix A replacing the comma before "systems integrators" with a semi-colon. On July 18, 1997, the Commission released a Report and Order and Second Order on Reconsideration, FCC 97-253, in CC Dockets 96-45 and 97-21. This erratum amends that Order as follows: Amend section 54.507 in Appendix B by replacing all instances of "(f)(1)"with "(g)(1)" and all instances of "(f)(4)" with "(g)(4)". FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Kenneth P. Moran Chief, Accounting and Audits Division