Telecommunications

Facilities Standards PURPOSE: This rule sets forth the general telecommunications facilities standards for ETS. (1) Telecommunications facilities used to provide emergency telephone service (ETS) shall conform to the requirements of the ETS customer and/or Missouri Public Service Commission as follows: (A) The facilities based basic local exchange telecommunications company shall recognize the authority of the ETS customer to establish ETS configurations and grant final approval or denial of the service configurations offered by the facilities based basic local exchange telecommunications company. Such approval or denial shall be obtained by the facilities based basic local exchange telecommunications company in writing from the ETS customer; (B) The facilities based basic local exchange telecommunications company shall obtain such approval prior to providing basic local exchange telecommunications service in areas where ETS is available to subscribers. At a minimum, such configurations shall establish dedicated facilities for routing ETS calls from the basic local exchange telecommunications company’s central office switch; (C) The ETS customer shall have thirty (30) days from receipt to approve or deny in writing the proposed ETS configurations. If the ETS customer does not serve a written approval or denial on the facilities based basic local exchange telecommunications company within thirty (30) days, then the proposed ETS configurations shall be deemed approved; (D) If the ETS customer serves written denial of the proposed ETS configurations on the facilities based basic local exchange telecommunications company within thirty (30) days, the ETS customer shall explain its reasoning for denying the proposed configuration. Upon receipt of such denial, the facilities based basic local exchange telecommunications company can submit revised proposed ETS configurations to the ETS customer or can file a request for review with the Missouri Public Service Commission; (E) If the facilities based basic local exchange telecommunications company files for review with the commission, it shall include in the filing the proposal made to the ETS customer and the ETS customer’s written denial, and shall at the same time serve the request for review on the ETS customer; and (F) Consistent with commission rules, the ETS customer may respond to the request for review within ten (10) days of the filing. The commission shall conduct such proceedings as it deems appropriate in reviewing such materials and shall issue a decision within forty-five (45) days of the filing by the facilities based basic local exchange telecommunications company. In such instances, approval of service configurations by the commission shall be deemed sufficient to satisfy the requirements of (1)(B) above. AUTHORITY: sections 386.040, RSMo 1994 and 386.250 and 392.200, RSMo Supp. 1998.* This rule originally filed as 4 CSR 240-34.060. Original rule filed Feb. 16, 1999, effective Sept. 30, 1999. Moved to 20 CSR 4240-34.060, effective Aug. 28, 2019. *Original Authority: 386.040, RSMo 1939; 386.250, RSMo 1939, amended 1963, 1967, 1977, 1980, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1996; 392.200, RSMo 1939, amended 1987, 1988, 1996.