----- Forwarded by Sue Nord/NA/Enron on 03/01/2001 01:58 PM -----

	Eric Benson
	02/22/2001 02:19 PM
		 
		 To: Sue Nord/NA/Enron@Enron
		 cc: 
		 Subject: Federal Register Report for Period 2/10/01 to 2/21/01

Sue - 

The following reports Federal Register notices for the period ending February 
21, 2001:

DATE	AGENCY	SUMMARY	IMPORTANT DATES
2/12/01	Federal Communications Commission (FCC)	proposed rule to reexamine the need 
for Commercial Mobile Radio Services (CMRS) spectrum aggregation limits; 
seeking comment on whether the CMRS spectrum cap and the cellular 
cross-interest rule should be eliminated, modified, or retained, based on the 
public interest standard set forth under section 11 of the Commissions Act	
comments are due on or before 4/13/01 and reply comments are due e on or 
before 3/14/01
	FCC	final rule - document denies five petitions for reconsideration of the 
Commission's Sixth Report and Order and Order on Reconsideration challenging 
a number of the modifications to the C and F block service and auction rules	
2/13/01	FCC	final rule resolves a number of issues concerning the transition of 
digital broadcast television; issues resolved in the report include when to 
require election by licensees of their post transition DTV channel; whether 
to require replication by DTV licensees of their NTSC Grade B service 
contours; whether to require enhanced service to the principal community 
served by DTV licensees	effective 4/16/01
	FCC	final rule concerns rules and policies for attributing cognizable 
interests in applying the broadcast multiple ownership rules, the broadcast 
cable cross ownership rule, and the cable multipoint distribution service 
cross ownership rule	effective 4/16/01
	FCC	proposed rule regarding DTV reception capability; propose to require 
certain types of new television sets have the capability to demodulate and 
decode over the air DTV signals by a date certain; also seeks comments on how 
best to implement such a requirement, including alternatives for phasing in 
DTV reception capability	comments are due 4/6/01; reply comments are due by 5/7/01
2/14/01	FCC	final rule - Commission adopts mechanisms and make determinations 
intended to facilitate the clearing of the 740-806 MHz band to allow for the 
introduction of new wireless services and to promote the early transition of 
analog television licensees to digital television service	effective 2/14/01
2/15/01	FCC	FCC seeks comment about whether it should modify a program to 
collect basic information about the status of local telephone service 
competition and the deployment of advanced telecommunications capability, 
also known as broadband	comments are due on or before 3/19/01; reply comments due on or 
before 4/12/01
2/16/01	FCC	final rule permits non-geostationary satellite orbit (NGSO) 
fixed-satallite (FSS) providers to operate in certain segments of the 
Ku-band; NGSO FSS can provide a variety of new services to the public, such 
as high speed internet access, plus other types of high speed data, video and 
telephony services; document concludes that a new terrestrial fixed 
multichannel video distribution and data service can share the 12.2-12.7 GHz 
band with satellite operations w/out causing harmful interference	effective 3/19/01
	FCC	proposed rule to establish rules governing the migration to a 6.25 kHz 
technology on the 700 MHz public safety band General Use channels	comments due 
3/19/01; reply comments due 4/2/01
	FCC	commission amends its rules to establish operational, technical, and 
spectrum requirements for the use of the interoperability portion of the 700 
MHz public safety band	rules become effective 3/19/01
2/21/01	FCC	notice given that the charter of the National Coordination 
Committee, a Federal Advisory Committee established by the FCC, has been 
renewed for a 2 year period commencing 2/25/01	2/25/01
2/22/01	FCC	final rule amends the Table of Frequency Allocations by adding a 
new footnote to permit use of the band 33-36 GHz by the Federal Government 
fixed-satellite service (FSS) space to Earth; existing footnote revised to 
denote that the Federal Government's use of this band is limited to military 
systems	effective 2/22/01
 			

Please advise if you would like copies of any of the notices referenced above.

Eric