Ariz. Admin. Code § R14-2-1506 - Filing and Service of Request for Approval of Interconnection Agreement
A. An
interconnection agreement shall be submitted to the Commission for approval
under
47
U.S.C. 252(e) within 30
calendar days of the issuance of the Commission's final decision on the
petition for arbitration, in the case of arbitrated agreements, or, in the case
of negotiated agreements, within 30 calendar days of the execution of the
agreement. The 30-day deadline may be extended by the Commission for good
cause.
B. An original and 10 copies
of requests for approval shall be filed with the Docket Control section of the
Commission. Any party to the agreement may submit a request for approval.
Unless filed jointly by all parties, the request for approval and any
accompanying materials should be served on the other signatories on the day of
the filing.
C. A request for
approval shall include the documentation set out in this subsection. The
materials can be filed jointly or separately by the parties to the agreement
but should all be filed by the 30-day deadline set out in subsection (A).
1. Negotiated Agreements. The following
documentation must be filed:
a. A complete
copy of the signed agreement, including any attachments or
appendices.
b. A brief or
memorandum summarizing the main provisions of the agreement, setting forth the
party's position as to why the agreement should be adopted, including a
statement as to why the agreement does not discriminate against nonparty
telecommunications carriers, is consistent with the public interest,
convenience, and necessity, and is consistent with applicable state law
requirements.
2.
Arbitrated Agreements. The following documentation must be filed:
a. A complete copy of the signed agreement,
including any attachments or appendices.
b. A brief or memorandum summarizing the main
provisions of the agreement, setting forth the party's position as to why the
agreement should or should not be adopted, in whole or in part, and a statement
explaining how the agreement, in whole or in part, meets or does not meet each
of the applicable specific requirements of
47 U.S.C. 251,
including any applicable Federal Communications Commission
regulations.
c. Complete and
specific information to enable the Commission to make the determinations
required by
47
U.S.C. 252(d).
d. A party may file a statement with the
signed interconnection agreement, indicating that it has executed the agreement
under protest and does not waive its right to appeal specified provisions of
the agreement that were mandated by Order of the Commission.
3. Combination Agreements
(Arbitrated/Negotiated). Any agreement containing both arbitrated and
negotiated provisions shall include the foregoing materials as appropriate,
depending on whether a provision is negotiated or arbitrated. The memorandum
should clearly identify which provisions were negotiated and which were
arbitrated.
D. Any
filing not containing the required materials will be rejected and must be
refiled when complete. The statutory timelines will not begin to run until a
request has been properly filed.
E.
Agreements containing both arbitrated and negotiated provisions will be subject
to the 30-day deadline specified in
47
U.S.C. 252(e)(4).
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