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 PUBLIC  NOTICE  Federal  Communications  Commission  445  12  th  St.,  S.  W.  Washington,  D.  C.  20554  News  Media  Information  202  /  418-  0500  Fax-  On-  Demand  202  /  418-  2830  TTY  202  /  418-  2555  Internet:  http://  www.  fcc.  gov  ftp  fcc  gov 
 DA  01-  1211  May  14,  2001 
 COMMON  CARRIER  BUREAU  REQUESTS  COMMENT  ON  CRANDALL  DECLARATION 
 CC  Docket  No.  96-  98 


 Comments  Due:  June  11,  2001 
 Reply  Comments  Due:  June  25,  2001 
 On  April  30,  2001,  the  United  States  Telecom  Association  (USTA)  filed  reply  comments  as 
 requested  by  the  Commission’s  Public  Notice  in  CC  Docket  No.  96-  98  inviting  comment  on  issues  raised 
 in  conjunction  with  the  use  of  unbundled  network  elements  to  provide  exchange  access  service.  1  USTA 
 attached  to  its  reply  comments  a  declaration  by  Robert  W.  Crandall  (Crandall  Declaration).  We  anticipate 
 that  some  parties  may  wish  to  respond  to  the  Crandall  Declaration.  In  order  to  maintain  an  orderly  record, 
 we  invite  parties  to  file  comments  on  the  Crandall  Declaration  by  June  11,  2001,  and  reply  comments  by 
 June  25,  2001.  These  comment  and  reply  comment  dates  are  the  same  as  those  we  established  for  response  to  the  Joint  Petition  of  BellSouth  Corporation  and  BellSouth  Telecommunications,  Inc.,  SBC 


 Communications,  Inc.,  and  the  Verizon  Telephone  Companies  asking  the  Commission  to  find  that  high-capacity 
 loops  and  dedicated  transport  should  not  be  subject  to  mandatory  unbundling.  2  Parties  may,  at 
 their  option,  file  their  comments  on  the  Crandall  Declaration  in  the  same  document  as  their  comments  on 
 the  Joint  Petition,  and  likewise  may  file  their  reply  comments  in  a  single  document. 


 1  Comments  Sought  on  the  Use  of  Unbundled  Network  Elements  To  Provide  Exchange  Access 
 Service,  CC  Docket  No.  96-  98,  Public  Notice,  DA  01-  169  (rel.  Jan.  24,  2001),  extension  of  time  granted, 
 Common  Carrier  Bureau  Grants  Motion  for  Limited  Extension  of  Time  for  Filing  Comments  and  Reply 
 Comments  on  the  Use  of  Unbundled  Network  Elements  To  Provide  Exchange  Access  Service,  CC  Docket 
 No.  96-  98,  Public  Notice,  DA  01-  501  (rel.  Feb.  23,  2001). 


 2  Pleading  Cycle  Established  for  Comments  on  Joint  Petition  of  BellSouth,  SBC  and  Verizon,  CC 


 Docket  No.  96-  98,  Public  Notice,  DA  01-  911  (rel.  Apr.  10,  2001),  extension  of  time  granted,  Common 
 Carrier  Bureau  Grants  Motion  for  Extension  of  Time  for  Filing  Comments  and  Reply  Comments  on  BOC 
 Joint  Motion  Regarding  Unbundled  Network  Elements,  CC  Docket  No.  96-  98,  Public  Notice,  DA  01- 
 1041  (rel.  Apr.  23,  2001). 
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 This  matter  shall  continue  to  be  treated  as  a  “permit-  but-  disclose”  proceeding  in  accordance  with 
 the  Commission’s  ex  parte  rules.  3  All  other  requirements  discussed  in  the  earlier  public  notices  cited 
 above  remain  in  effect. 


 For  further  information,  please  call  Jeremy  Miller  or  Julie  Veach,  Policy  and  Program  Planning 
 Division,  Common  Carrier  Bureau,  at  (202)  418-  1580. 


 3  47  C.  F.  R.  §  1.  1206. 
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