Thousands-Blocks Donations and helpful hints from Change Order 41

As a reminder, when you donate thousands-blocks via the Appendix 2, Thousands-Block
Donation form after the block donation date, you should complete the tasks outlined in
section 7.2.7 of the Thousands-Block Number (NXX-X) Pooling Administration Guidelines
(TBPAG), (below is an excerpt from that section):

If block donations are submitted using Appendix 2 via PAS, the PA shall process the donation within 7 calendar days. If donations are submitted by any other method, the PA has an additional two business days for processing. For any donations from a non-pooled NXX, the AOCN is responsible for entering its specified routing and rating information for those retained thousands-blocks. The retained thousands-block will not appear in the LERG Routing Guide until the AOCN has performed this task. For any subsequent donations of previously retained blocks from a pooled NXX, the block(s) to be donated must be disconnected by the AOCN in BIRRDS before donation. An SP should use the Other Information section in Appendix 2 if block(s) donated have any special status or treatment, e.g., restricted use, chatline, etc. Intra-SP porting of all unavailable TNs within all thousands-blocks that are being donated to the industry inventory pool by SPs is to be completed by the Block Donation Date.

As a block holder you should complete the following per section 4.4.i per the TBPAG:
4.4.i Block Holders Responsibilities

Verify in the NPAC which TNs are assigned in any contaminated thousands-block received from the PA to avoid duplicate TN assignments. The preferred method of contaminated TN verification relies on NPAC, but use of one's own LSMS (Local Service Management System) is also acceptable.

Below are some helpful hints as a result of our findings from the Change Order 41 project:

When a previously donated block changes from contaminated to non-contaminated, if possible, notify the PA, so we can update our records accordingly. If you donated a block that is over 10% contaminated, notify the PA immediately so that action can be taken to remove the block from the inventory. Updating the NRUF does not update the contamination status in PAS, please notify the PA if the contamination status changes. Please ensure that the Intra-SP ports are completed prior to donating contaminated blocks.