----- Forwarded by Sue Nord/NA/Enron on 02/09/2001 03:33 PM -----

	Eric Benson
	02/09/2001 02:53 PM
		 
		 To: Sue Nord/NA/Enron@Enron
		 cc: 
		 Subject: Federal Register Report for Period 2/2/01 to 2/9/01

Sue  - 

The following reports Federal Register notices for the period ending February 
9, 2001:

DATE	AGENCY	SUMMARY	IMPORTANT DATES
2/9/01	Federal Communications Commission (FCC)	proposed rule - commission declines 
to adopt alternative proposal set forth in a Further Notice of Proposed 
Rulemaking issued on 4/3/00 concerning conditions for price cap ILECs to 
obtain relief from the Commission's depreciation requirements; commission 
also declines to pursue further investigation into continuing property record 
(CPR) audits of certain ILECs that are currently before the commission	
	FCC	Common Carrier Bureau seeks comments on Western Wireless's Petition for 
Designation as an Eligible Telecommunications Carrier for the Pine Ridge 
Reservation in South Dakota to receive federal universal service support	comments are 
due on or before 3/12/01; reply comments are due on or before 3/26/01
	FCC	FCC continues to develop, adopt and implement a number of strategies to 
ensure that the numbering resources of the North American Numbering Plan are 
used efficiently, and that all carriers have the numbering resources needed 
to compete	section 52.15 (f)(1)(vi) is effective 2/29/00; section 52.15(h) is 
effective 5/8/01; all other amendments are effective 3/12/01 except for 
sections 52.15(g)(4) and 52.15(k)(1)
2/7/01	FCC	commission denies seven petitions for reconsideration and affirms 
the 218-219 MHz Order which modified the regulations governing the licensing 
of the 218-219 MHz Service (formerly known as the Interactive Video and Data 
Service (IVDS)) to maximize the efficient and effective use of the band	effective 
4/9/01
2/6/01	FCC	document announces the status of applications received by the 
commission to participate in the 700 MHz Guard Bands Auction (Auction No. 38)	
Auction No. 38 is scheduled to begin 2/13/01
	FCC	document clarifies the commission's rules with regard to an incumbent 
local exchange carrier's (LEC) obligation to provide line sharing in those 
instances in which the loop is serviced by a remote terminal and seeks 
comment in a Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on the technical and 
economic issues associated with implementing this requirement	comments are due 2/27/01 
and reply comments are due 3/13/01
	FCC	proceeding considers service rules for the 747-762 and 77-792 MHz bands; 
commission affirms an earlier decision that base station transmitters should 
be permitted to operate in the upper 700 MHz commercial band and denies a 
petition for reconsideration of this issue; action also responds to 
petitioner's request for clarification as to appropriate out-of-band emission 
standard for control stations	effective 2/6/01
	FCC	document addresses five petitions for reconsideration and/or clarification 
of Commission's Line Sharing Order, in which the commission required 
incumbent local exchange carriers to make a portion of their voice customer's 
local loop available to competitive providers of advanced services; 
commission denies 2 of these petitions and grants 3 of them	effective 2/6/01
	FCC	document generally affirms commission's local TV multiple ownership rule, 
radio/TV cross-ownership rule, and grandfathering policies for conditional 
waivers of the previous radio/TV cross-ownership rule and local marketing 
agreements; document modifies TV stations that qualify toward the minimum 
number necessary to form a combination pursuant to the local TV multiple 
ownership rule and the radio/TV cross-ownership rule	effective 4/9/01
2/5/01	FCC	document announces start of 90 day process to update the 
International Bureau's records for carriers that provide international 
telecommunications facilities; this action will ensure that carriers have 
obtained the necessary authorizations to provide international 
telecommunications services	90 day period commences on 5/7/01
2/5/01	FCC	document announces the postponement of the upcoming auction of 
licenses in the 747-762 and 777-792 MHz band (Auction No. 31), originally 
scheduled to begin 3/6/01, the new date is 9/12/01; Wireless 
Telecommunications Bureau believes that a brief delay is warranted to provide 
additional time for bidder preparation and planning	Auction No. 31 is rescheduled to 
begin 9/12/01
	FCC	document announces procedures and minimum opening bids for the upcoming 
auction of certain FM Broadcast construction permits and also provides final 
inventory of vacant FM allotments to be made available for this auction	Auction No. 
37 is scheduled for May 9, 2001
2/2/01	FCC	notice of proposed rulemaking - commission is evaluating rules and 
regulations governing the Direct Broadcast Satellite service; new issues have 
arisen concerning nonconforming use of the spectrum allocated to the Direct 
Broadcast Satellites service	comments may be filed on or before 3/5/01; reply 
comments may be filed on or before 3/14/01
			

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

Thanks,

Eric