4/13/16 N.Y. St. Reg. PSC-15-16-00013-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 a petition by Verizon New York Inc. for an additional waiver of 16 NYCRR 602.10(b) pertaining to distribution of telephone directories.
Statutory authority:
Public Service Law, section 94(2)
Subject:
Waiver of certain Commission requirements related to the distribution of telephone directories.
Purpose:
To consider a waiver of certain Commission requirements related to the distribution of telephone directories.
Substance of proposed rule:
The Public Service Commission is considering a petition filed by Verizon New York Inc. for an additional waiver of 16 NYCRR § 602.10(b) pertaining to the distribution of telephone directories to all customers. This request would extend the waiver granted by the Commission in 2010 with respect to residential white pages directories. If granted, Verizon would distribute directories “on demand” to customers who request one. The Commission may approve, modify or reject, in whole or in part, the relief proposed and may resolved related matters. The Commission may, in its discretion, extend such waiver to other telephone corporations in New York.
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.ny.gov/f96dir.htm. For questions, contact:
John Pitucci, Public Service Commission, 3 Empire State Plaza, Albany, New York 12223-1350, (518) 486-2655, email:
john.pitucci@dps.ny.govData, views or arguments may be submitted to:
Kathleen H. Burgess, Secretary, Public Service Commission, 3 Empire State Plaza, Albany, New York 12223-1350, (518) 474-6530, email:
secretary@dps.ny.govPublic 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.
