<RULE>
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
<CFR>47 CFR Part 1</CFR>
<DEPDOC>[WC Docket No. 17-84; FCC 23-109; FR ID 195734]</DEPDOC>
<SUBJECT>Accelerating Wireline Broadband Deployment by Removing Barriers to Infrastructure Investment</SUBJECT>
<HD SOURCE="HED">AGENCY:</HD>
Federal Communications Commission.
<HD SOURCE="HED">ACTION:</HD>
Final rule.
<SUM>
<HD SOURCE="HED">SUMMARY:</HD>
In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) establishes rules creating a new process for the Commission's review and assessment of pole attachment disputes that impede or delay broadband deployment in order to expedite resolution of such disputes, and providing communications providers with information about the status of the utility poles they plan to use as they map out their broadband buildouts.
</SUM>
<EFFDATE>
<HD SOURCE="HED">DATES:</HD>
Effective February 12, 2024, except for §§ 1.1411(c)(4) (amendatory instruction 2) and 1.1415 (amendatory instruction 4), which are delayed indefinitely. The Commission will publish a document in the
<E T="04">Federal Register</E>
announcing the effective date for those sections.
</EFFDATE>
<FURINF>
<HD SOURCE="HED">FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:</HD>
For further information, please contact either Michele Berlove, Assistant Division Chief, Competition Policy Division, Wireline Competition Bureau, at
<E T="03">michele.berlove@fcc.gov</E>
or at (202) 418-1477, or Michael Ray, Attorney Advisor, Competition Policy Division, Wireline Competition Bureau, at
<E T="03">michael.ray@fcc.gov</E>
or at (202) 418-0357. For additional information concerning the Paperwork Reduction Act proposed information collection requirements contained in this document, send an email to
<E T="03">PRA@fcc.gov</E>
or contact Nicole Ongele at (202) 418-2991.
</FURINF>
<SUPLINF>
<HD SOURCE="HED">SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:</HD>
This is a summary of the Commission's
<E T="03">Fourth Report and
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