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 PUBLIC  NOTICE  FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION  445  12th  STREET,  S.  W.  WASHINGTON,  D.  C.  20554  DA  00-  2766 
 News  media  information  202/  418-  0500  Fax-  On-  Demand  202/  418-  2830  Internet:  http://  www.  fcc.  gov  ftp.  fcc.  gov 
 ROSEVILLE  TELEPHONE  COMPANY  PETITION  FOR  LIMITED  WAIVER  OF  SECTION  54.309  OF  THE  COMMISSION'S  RULES 


 PLEADING  CYCLE  ESTABLISHED 
 CC  Docket  No.  96-  45 
 Release  Date:  December  8,  2000 
 Comment  Date:  December  28,  2000 
 Reply  Comment  Date:  January  8,  2001 


 On  November  13,  2000,  Roseville  Telephone  Company  (Roseville)  petitioned  the  Commission  for  a  limited  waiver  of  section  54.309,  47  C.  F.  R  †  54.309.  1  Specifically,  Roseville 
 seeks  a  limited  waiver  so  that  it  can  continue  computing  its  Federal  high-  cost  loop  support  using  the  rules  contained  in  Part  36  Subpart  F  subsequent  to  the  elimination  of  “hold-  harmless” 
 support,  pending  the  Commission’s  action  on  Roseville’s  Petition  for  Reconsideration  of  the  Commission’s  Tenth  Report  and  Order  in  CC  Dockets  96-  45  and  97-  160.  In  its  Petition  for 
 Reconsideration,  Roseville  has  requested  that  the  Commission  reconsider  and  modify  the  dividing  point  between  “large”  and  “small”  carriers  for  purposes  of  applying  the  Commission’s 
 forward-  looking  cost  model  for  non-  rural  carriers  in  the  determination  of  universal  service  support. 


 Pursuant  to  sections  1.415  and  1.419  of  the  Commission's  rules,  47  C.  F.  R.  §§  1.  415, 
 1.419,  interested  parties  may  file  comments  on  or  before  December  28,  2000,  and  reply 
 comments  on  or  before  January  8,  2001.  Comments  may  be  filed  using  the  Commission's 
 Electronic  Comment  Filing  System  (ECFS)  or  by  filing  paper  copies.  See  Electronic  Filing  of 
 Documents  in  Rulemaking  Proceedings,  63  Fed.  Reg.  24,  121  (1998).  Comments  filed  through 
 the  ECFS  can  be  sent  as  an  electronic  file  via  the  Internet  to  <http://  www.  fcc.  gov/  e-file/ 
 ecfs.  html>.  Generally,  only  one  copy  of  an  electronic  submission  must  be  filed.  If  multiple 
 docket  or  rulemaking  numbers  appear  in  the  caption  of  this  proceeding,  however,  commenters 
 must  transmit  one  electronic  copy  of  the  comments  to  each  docket  or  rulemaking  number 
 referenced  in  the  caption.  In  completing  the  transmittal  screen,  commenters  should  include  their 
 full  name,  Postal  Service  mailing  address,  and  the  applicable  docket  or  rulemaking  number. 
 Parties  may  also  submit  electronic  comments  by  Internet  e-  mail.  To  receive  filing  instructions 
 for  e-  mail  comments,  commenters  should  send  an  e-  mail  to  ecfs@  fcc.  gov,  and  should  include 


 1  Petition  of  Roseville  Telephone  Company  for  a  Limited  Waiver  of  Section  54.  309  of  the  Commission’s  Rules,  CC 
 Docket  No.  96-  45,  filed  November  13,  2000. 
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 the  following  words  in  the  body  of  the  message,  "get  form  <your  e-  mail  address."  A  sample 
 form  and  directions  will  be  sent  in  reply.  Parties  who  choose  to  file  by  paper  must  file  an 
 original  and  four  copies  of  each  filing.  If  more  than  one  docket  or  rulemaking  number  appears  in 
 the  caption  of  this  proceeding,  commenters  must  submit  two  additional  copies  for  each  additional 
 docket  or  rulemaking  number.  All  filings  must  be  sent  to  the  Commission's  Secretary,  Magalie 
 Roman  Salas,  Office  of  the  Secretary,  Federal  Communications  Commission,  445  12th  Street, 
 S.  W.,  Washington,  D.  C.  20554. 


 Parties  also  must  send  three  paper  copies  of  their  filing  to  Sheryl  Todd,  Accounting 
 Policy  Division,  Common  Carrier  Bureau,  Federal  Communications  Commission,  445  Twelfth 
 Street  S.  W.,  Room  5-  B540,  Washington,  D.  C.  20554.  In  addition,  commenters  must  send 
 diskette  copies  to  the  Commission's  copy  contractor,  International  Transcription  Service,  Inc., 
 1231  20th  Street,  N.  W.,  Washington,  D.  C.  20037. 


 Pursuant  to  section  1.1206  of  the  Commission's  rules,  47  C.  F.  R.  §  1.1206,  this 
 proceeding  will  be  conducted  as  a  permit-  but-  disclose  proceeding  in  which  ex  parte 
 communications  are  permitted  subject  to  disclosure. 


 For  further  information,  contact  Katie  King,  Accounting  Policy  Division,  Common 
 Carrier  Bureau  at  (202)  418-  7400,  TTY  (202)  418-  0484. 
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