Federal Communications Commission DA 01-2853

Before the

Federal Communications Commission

Washington, D.C. 20554

In the Matter of
Federal-State Joint Board on
Universal Service
Changes to the Board of
Directors of the National Exchange
Carrier Association, Inc.
Requests to Withdraw Petitions for
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CC Docket No. 97-21

ORDER

Adopted: December 6, 2001 Released: December 7, 2001

By the Chief, Accounting Policy Division:

1.  In this Order, we grant the request of several petitioners to withdraw petitions for reconsideration filed in CC Docket Nos. 96-45 and 97-21.

2.  To the extent that parties have requested to withdraw petitions for reconsideration to various universal service orders, we hereby grant the requests as set forth in Appendix A.

3.  Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that, pursuant to the authority contained in section 405 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. § 405, and sections 0.291 and 1.429 of the Commission’s rules, 47 C.F.R. §§ 0.291 and 1.429, the requests to withdraw petitions for reconsideration in CC Docket No. 96-45 and 97-21, as set forth in Appendix A, ARE GRANTED.

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

Katherine L. Schroder Accounting Policy Division Common Carrier Bureau

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APPENDIX A

REQUESTS TO WITHDRAW PETITIONS FOR RECONSIDERATION IN CC DOCKET NOS. 96-45 AND 97-21

CC Docket No. 96-45:

Universal Service First Report and Order, 12 FCC Rcd 8776 (1997)

Petitioner Date Request to Withdraw Filed

Vermont Department of Public Service 8/15/97

4th Order on Reconsideration, 13 FCC Rcd 5318 (1997)

Petitioner Date Request to Withdraw Filed

Microwave Bypass Systems/Michael Lynch 10/30/01

National Exchange Carrier Association 10/12/01

National Railroad Passenger Corp. 12/05/01

Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education 12/03/01

and the Oklahoma Office of State Finance

United States Telephone Association 9/14/01

US West (Qwest) 12/04/01

5th Report and Order, 13 FCC Rcd 21323 (1998)

Petitioner Date Request to Withdraw Filed

Bell Atlantic (Verizon) 7/19/01

BellSouth Corp. 6/19/01

GTE Service Corp. (Verizon) 7/24/01

9th Report and Order & 18th Order on Reconsideration, 14 FCC Rcd 20432 (1999)

Petitioner Date Request to Withdraw Filed

National Exchange Carrier Association 9/14/01

Silver Star Communication 11/08/01

United States Telephone Association 9/13/01

10th Report and Order, 14 FCC Rcd 20156 (1999)

Petitioner Date Request to Withdraw Filed

GTE Service Corp. (Verizon) 7/19/01

12th Report and Order, 15 FCC Rcd 12208 (2000)

Petitioner Date Request to Withdraw Filed

Qwest 12/03/01

SBC Communications 10/04/01

Order, 13 FCC Rcd 21652 (1998)

Petitioner Date Request to Withdraw Filed

Anchorage Telephone Utility 12/05/01

Copan Order, 15 FCC Rcd 5498 (2000)

Petitioner Date Request to Withdraw Filed

USAC 11/20/01

CC Docket No. 97-21:

Order on Reconsideration, 2nd Report and Order, 12 FCC Rcd 12444 (1997)

Petitioner Date Request to Withdraw Filed

MCI Corp. (WorldCom) 7/09/01

Report and Order and 2nd Order on Reconsideration, 12 FCC Rcd 18400 (1997)

Petitioner Date Request to Withdraw Filed

Comcast and Vanguard 11/07/01

MCI Corp. (WorldCom) 7/09/01

Nevada Bell, Pacific Bell, and Southwestern 9/18/01

Bell

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