4/1/09 N.Y. St. Reg. PSC-13-09-00008-P
PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE State Administrative Procedure Act, NOTICE is hereby given of the following proposed rule:
Proposed Action:
The Commission is considering options for making additional central office codes available in the 718/347 numbering plan area.
Statutory authority:
Public Service Law, section 97(2) and 47 C.F.R., section 52.19
Subject:
Options for making additional central office codes available in the 718/347 numbering plan area.
Purpose:
To consider options for making additional central office codes available in the 718/347 numbering plan area.
Substance of proposed rule:
The North American Numbering Plan Administrator (NANPA) advised the Commission that the supply of central office codes for the 718/347 numbering plan area, which covers the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island areas of New York, will expire during the fourth quarter of 2011. As a result, a Numbering Plan Area Code Relief Plan needs to be developed and implemented prior to that date to ensure code continued availability of telephone numbers in the 718/347 numbering plan area. On January 20, 2009, NANPA petitioned the Commission to approve the New York Telecommunications Industry (Industry) consensus plan, an all-services distributed overlay over the 718/347 numbering plan area that would assign a new area code to the same geographic area as the existing718/347 numbering plan area. Under the Industry plan, existing customers would retain their 718 or 347 area code and would not have to change their telephone numbers. All local calls within and between the 718/347 NPA and the new NPA would continue to require dialing 1+10 digits. The Commission is considering options, including the Industry plan, for making additional central office codes available in the 718/347 numbering plan area.
Text of proposed rule and any required statements and analyses may be obtained by filing a Document Request Form (F-96) located on our website http://www.dps.state.ny.us/f96dir.htm. For questions, contact:
Leann Ayer, Public Service Commission, 3 Empire State Plaza, Albany, New York 12223-1350, (518) 486-2655, email:
leann_ayer@dps.state.ny.usData, views or arguments may be submitted to:
Jaclyn A. Brilling, Secretary, Public Service Commission, 3 Empire State Plaza, Albany, New York 12223-1350, (518) 474-6530, email:
jaclyn_brilling@dps.state.ny.usPublic comment will be received until:
45 days after publication of this notice.
Regulatory Impact Statement, Regulatory Flexibility Analysis, Rural Area Flexibility Analysis and Job Impact Statement
Statements and analyses are not submitted with this notice because the proposed rule is within the definition contained in section 102(2)(a)(ii) of the State Administrative Procedure Act.
