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 PUBLIC  NOTICE  FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION  445  12th  Street,  SW,  TW-  A325  Washington,  DC  20554 
 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––  News  media  information  202/  418-  0500  Fax-  On-  Demand  202/  418-  2830  Internet:  http://  www.  fcc.  gov  ftp.  fcc.  gov  TTY’s-  Network  Services 
 202/  418-  0484  and  Information  Complaints  202/  418-  0485 
 DA  00-  847 


 BELLSOUTH  TELECOMMUNICATIONS,  INC. 
 FILES  PETITION  FOR  WAIVER  OF  47  C.  F.  R.  §  32.27  File  No.  ASD  00-  25 


 Released:  April  13,  2000 
 Comment  Date:  May  12,  2000 
 Reply  Date:  May  26,  2000 


 On  March  29,  2000,  BellSouth  Telecommunications,  Inc.  (“  BellSouth”)  filed  an  Expedited 
 Petition  for  Waiver  of  the  Commission’s  affiliate  transactions  rules.  In  its  petition,  BellSouth 
 requests  that  it  be  allowed  to  record  certain  affiliate  transactions  in  its  regulated  books  of  account 
 at  terms  other  than  those  provided  for  in  §32.27  of  the  Commission’s  rules. 


 Interested  parties  may  file  comments  no  later  than  May  12,  2000,  with  the  Secretary,  FCC,  445 
 12  th  Street,  S.  W.,  TW-  A325,  Washington,  D.  C.  20554.  Replies  to  these  comments  should  be 
 filed  no  later  than  May  26,  2000.  Comments  should  reference  File  No.  ASD  00-  25.  A  copy  of 
 each  pleading  should  also  be  sent  to  Louise  Klees-  Wallace,  Accounting  Safeguards  Division, 
 Common  Carrier  Bureau,  FCC,  Room  6-  C211,  445  12  th  Street,  S.  W.,  Washington,  D.  C.  20554, 
 and  to  the  Commission’s  contractor  for  public  services  records  duplication,  International 
 Transcription  Services,  Inc.  (ITS),  1231  20  th  Street,  N.  W.,  Washington,  D.  C.  20036.  Copies  of 
 filings  are  available  for  inspection  and  copying  during  normal  business  hours  in  the  FCC’s 
 Reference  Center,  Room  CY-  A257,  445  12  th  Street,  S.  W.,  Washington,  D.  C.  20554.  Copies  also 
 can  be  obtained  from  ITS  at  1231  20  th  Street,  N.  W.,  Washington,  D.  C.  20036  or  by  calling  ITS  at 
 (202)  857-  3800  or  faxing  ITS  at  (202)  857-  3805. 


 For  further  information,  please  contact  Louise  Klees-  Wallace,  at  (202)  418-  1321. 
 Action  by  the  Chief,  Accounting  Safeguards  Division,  Common  Carrier  Bureau,  FCC. 
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