N.J. Admin. Code § 14:10-3.2

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 24, December 18, 2024

Section 14:10-3.2 - General provisions

(a) The Board may, in accordance with this section, investigate and determine whether a service provider has complied with FCC requirements regarding the use of numbering resources, set forth at 47 CFR §§ 52.7 through 20.

(b) Each service provider shall ensure that the NANPA and Board staff have up-to-date contact information for the service provider at all times, including contact name, telephone number, fax number, street address, and electronic mail address.

(c) When the Board receives from NANPA a list of service providers that have failed to file a Part 4 Form, as defined at N.J.A.C. 14:10-3.1, within the deadline set forth in the Guidelines, Board staff shall send written notice to the listed service providers, requiring submittal of the Part 4 Form to the Board.

(d) Within 14 days after receiving the notice required under (c) above, the listed service providers shall submit to the Board all of the following:

1. A properly completed Part 4 Form;

2. Written proof that the service provider has activated all of its assigned numbering resources, so that the numbers are serving end-users or are programmed and ready to serve end-users. Examples of proof that Board staff may require include, without limitation, a list of telephone numbers assigned, or service orders; and

3. The number of end users to which the service provider has assigned numbers in the NXX code or thousands-block.

(e) A service provider may request an extension of the 14-day deadline in (d) above in accordance with N.J.A.C. 14:10-3.3.

(f) If a service provider does not submit the information required under (d) above, and does not request an extension under (e) above, within the 14-day deadline, the service provider's numbering resources shall be subject to immediate reclamation, in accordance with the Guidelines.

(g) A service provider's numbering resources shall be subject to reclamation, after notice to the service provider, if either of the following conditions are met:

1. If Numbering Resources Utilization and Forecast (NRUF) reports provided to Board staff by NANPA show that a service provider has inventories that are greater than a six-month supply; or

2. If NRUF reports show noncompliance with the requirements for sequential number assignments set forth at 47 CFR 52.15(j).

(h) If either of the conditions in (g) above are met, the Board may require the service provider to reduce contamination levels of its numbering resources, in accordance with 47 CFR 52.15i(3), so as to facilitate any reclamation that is required.

(i) If a service provider is unable to comply with any part of this subchapter or any applicable provision in the Guidelines, the service provider will have the opportunity to explain to the Board the reasons it cannot comply, prior to reclamation.

N.J. Admin. Code § 14:10-3.2

Amended by R.2008 d.304, effective 10/20/2008.
See: 39 N.J.R. 3880(a), 39 N.J.R. 5058(a), 40 N.J.R. 6211(a).
Added (i).

Amended by 54 N.J.R. 1427(a), effective 7/18/2022