Multi-Association Group (MAG) Plan for Regulation of Interstate Services of Non-Price Cap Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers and Interexchange Carriers; Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service

In this document, the Commission addresses a Petition for Reconsideration of the MAG Order filed by the National Exchange Carrier Association (NECA), the National Rural Telecom Association, the Organization for the Promotion and Advancement of Small Telecommunications Companies, and the United States Telecom Association (collectively, the Joint Petitioners). In response to the concerns raised by the Joint Petitioners, the Commission grants their request to amend of our rules to move the deadline for filing actual common line cost and revenue data from July 31st to December 31st of each year. The Commission also amends its rules to permit rate-of-return carriers to file updates of projected common line cost and revenue data on June 30th of each year. Additionally, the Commission adopts several minor amendments to its rules in response to issues raised by the Joint Petitioners and on our own motion.