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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 68

[CC Docket No. 96-28; FCC 97-270]

 
Connection of Customer-Provided Terminal Equipment to the 
Telephone Network; Correction

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Correcting amendment.

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SUMMARY: On August 22, 1997, the Commission released a Report and Order 
in the matter of Connection of Customer-Provided Terminal Equipment to 
the Telephone Network. This document contains a correction to the final 
regulations that appeared in the Federal Register, 62 FR 61649 
(November 19, 1997), by adding paragraph (c) to Sec. 68.300. This 
paragraph was inadvertently removed from the 1997 version of the Code 
of Federal Regulations.

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 19, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kurt Schroeder, Attorney, 202/418-
0966, Fax 202/418-2345, TTY 202/418-2224, kschroeder@fcc.gov, Network 
Services Division, Common Carrier Bureau.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The final regulations that are the subject of this correction 
relate to all registered telephones, manufactured or imported for use 
in the United States, including cordless telephones, as defined in 
Section 15.3(j) of this chapter.

Need For Correction

    As published, the final regulations contained an error which 
requires updating.

List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 68

    Labeling requirements.

    Accordingly, 47 CFR Part 68 is corrected by making the following 
correcting amendment:

PART 68--CONNECTION OF TERMINAL EQUIPMENT TO THE TELEPHONE NETWORK

    1. The authority citation for Part 68 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: Secs. 4, 5, 303, 48 Stat., as amended, 1066, 1068, 
1082 (47 U.S.C. 154, 155, 303).

    2. In Sec. 68.300, add paragraph (c) to read as follows:
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Sec. 68.300  Labeling requirements.

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    (c) As of April 1, 1997, all registered telephones, including 
cordless telephones, as defined in Sec. 15.3(j) of this chapter, 
manufactured in the United States (other than for export) or imported 
for use in the United States, that are hearing aid compatible, as 
defined in Sec. 68.316, shall have the letters ``HAC'' permanently 
affixed thereto. ``Permanently affixed'' shall be defined as in 
paragraph (b)(5) of this section. Telephones used with public mobile 
services or private radio services, and secure telephones, as defined 
by Sec. 68.3, are exempt from this requirement.

    Dated: January 11, 1999.
Federal Communications Commission.
Kurt A. Schroeder,
Deputy Chief, Network Services Division, Common Carrier Bureau.
[FR Doc. 99-1158 Filed 1-19-99; 8:45 am]
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