§  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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