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 PUBLIC  NOTICE  Federal  Communications  Commission  445  12th  St.,  S.  W.  Washington,  D.  C.  20554 
 DA  00-  2299 
 October  11,  2000 


 COUNCIL  OF  ORGANIZATIONAL  REPRESENTATIVES  WITHDRAWS 
 PETITION  FOR  PARTIAL  RECONSIDERATION  OF  THE  COMMISSION’S 
 REPORT  AND  ORDER,  IMPLEMENTATION  OF  SECTION  255  AND  251  OF 
 THE  COMMUNICATION  ACT  OF  1934 


 WT  DOCKET  NO:  96-  198 
 On  December  20,  1999  the  Council  of  Organizational  Representatives  (COR)  submitted  a  petition  for 
 partial  reconsideration  of  the  Commission’s  Report  and  Order,  Implementation  of  Sections  255  and 
 251(  a)(  2)  of  the  Communications  Act  of  1934,  as  added  by  the  1996  Telecommunications  Act,  FCC 
 99-  181,  WT  Docket  No.  96-  198,  released  September  29,  1999. 


 In  the  Petition  for  Partial  Reconsideration,  COR  requested  that  the  FCC  reconsider  its  decision  in  that 
 proceeding  regarding  hearing  aid  compatibility  and  volume  control  on  telephone  receivers  (codified  in 
 Commission  rule  68.317).  Specifically,  COR  requested  that  the  Commission  increase  the  maximum 
 permitted  level  of  gain  from  18dB  to  20dB. 


 Notice  of  the  petition  for  reconsideration  was  published  on  July  13,  2000  in  the  Federal  Register,  65  FR 
 43372,  Report  No.  2423.  The  Commission  received  two  comments  in  response  to  the  notice. 


 On  September  19,  2000,  pending  Commission  review  of  the  record,  COR  withdrew  its  petition.  With  the 
 withdrawal  of  this  petition  the  Commission  completes  its  review  of  the  issues  in  the  First  Report  and 
 Order  in  WT  Docket  No.  96-  198. 


 For  further  information,  contact  Staci  Pies,  (202)  418-  2320  (voice),  at  the  Network  Services  Division, 
 Common  Carrier  Bureau.  The  TTY  number  is  (202)  418-  0484. 


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