§ 52.109   Permanent cap on number reservations.

   (a) A Responsible Organization may have in reserve status, at any one time,
   either  2000  toll  free  numbers  or  7.5 percent of that Responsible
   Organization's numbers in working status, whichever is greater.

   (b) A Responsible Organization shall never reserve more than 3 percent of
   the quantity of toll free numbers in spare status as of the previous Sunday
   at 12:01 a.m. Eastern Time.

   (c) The Wireline Competition Bureau shall modify the quantity of numbers a
   Responsible Organization may have in reserve status or the percentage of
   numbers in the spare poll that a Responsible Organization may reserve when
   exigent circumstances make such action necessary. The Wireline Competition
   Bureau shall establish, modify, and monitor toll free number conservation
   plans when exigent circumstances necessitate such action.

   [ 62 FR 20127 , Apr. 25, 1997, as amended at  67 FR 13226 , Mar. 21, 2002]

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