Area code renumbering comments due

HARRISBURG — You may want to hold off on the new business cards. The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission on Monday announced a Sept. 8 deadline for interested parties to comment on proposals designed to ensure adequate numbering resources in the 570 and 814 area code geographic regions. Without new area codes, the 570 and 814 area codes are projected to run out of numbers. New area codes are needed when area codes exhaust their supply of exchange codes (which is the second set of three digits in a 10-digit telephone number. Reply comments must be filed by Sept. 28, 2009. An original and 10 copies should be marked with the docket # P-2009-2117193, and submitted to: PA Public Utility Commission: Attention Secretary, P.O. Box 3265, Harrisburg, PA 17105 .