# Technology Transitions; Policies and Rules Governing Retirement of Copper Loops by Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers
> **Federal Communications Commission** · Final rule; announcement of effective date. · Published 2018-07-30 · Effective 2018-07-30 · 83 FR 36467
## Document
- **Document number:** 2018-16198
- **Category:** other
- **Federal Register citation:** 83 FR 36467
- **CFR reference:** 47 CFR 63
- **Publication date:** 2018-07-30
- **Effective date:** 2018-07-30
- **FCC docket:** GN Docket No. 13-5
## Abstract

In this document, the Commission announces that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved, for a period of three years, the information collection associated with the Commission's discontinuance rules. This document is consistent with the Technology Transitions et al. Declaratory Ruling, Second Report and Order, and Order on Reconsideration, FCC 16-90, which stated that the Commission would publish a document in the Federal Register announcing the effective date of those rules.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2018/07/30/2018-16198/technology-transitions-policies-and-rules-governing-retirement-of-copper-loops-by-incumbent-local)
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