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 PUBLIC  NOTICE  Federal  Communications  Commission  445  12th  St.,  SW  Washington,  D.  C.  20554 
 DA  01-  1517  Released:  June  25,  2001 
 PLEADING  CYCLE  ESTABLISHED  FOR  COMMENTS  ON 
 APPLICATION  OF  IOWA  TELECOMMUNICATIONS  SERVICES,  INC.  FOR 
 ORDER  PURSUANT  TO  SECTION  251(  H)(  2) 


 CC  Docket  No.  01-  139 


 COMMENTS  July  25,  2001 
 REPLY  COMMENTS  August  9,  2001 


 On  June  18,  2001,  Iowa  Telecommunications  Service,  Inc.  (Iowa  Telecom)  filed  an  application 
 requesting  that  the  Commission  issue  an  order,  pursuant  to  section  251(  h)(  2)  of  the  Communications  Act, 
 deeming  Lost  Nation-  Elwood  Telephone  Company  (Lost  Nation)  to  be  the  incumbent  local  exchange 
 carrier  (ILEC)  in  Oxford  Junction,  Iowa,  and  reclassifying  Iowa  Telecom  as  a  competitive  local  exchange 
 carrier.  Iowa  Telecom  further  requests  that  the  Commission  grant  Iowa  Telecom  the  same  interconnection 
 rights  with  Lost  Nation  in  Oxford  Junction  provided  in  section  251(  c)  of  the  Act  for  other  competitive  local 
 exchange  carriers. 


 Interested  parties  may  file  comments  regarding  the  Iowa  Telecom  Application  no  later  July 
 25,  2001,  with  the  Secretary,  FCC  at  445  12  th  Street,  SW,  TW-  B204,  Washington,  DC  20554. 
 Oppositions  or  responses  to  these  comments  may  be  filed  with  the  Secretary,  FCC  no  later  than  August  9, 
 2001.  All  pleadings  are  to  reference  CC  Docket  No.  01-  139.  Interested  parties  should  file  an  original  and 
 seven  copies  of  all  pleadings.  An  additional  copy  of  all  pleadings  must  also  be  sent  to  Janice  M.  Myles, 
 Common  Carrier  Bureau,  FCC,  Room  5-  C327,  445  12  th  Street,  SW,  TW-  B204,  Washington,  DC  20554, 
 and  to  the  Commission’s  contractor  for  public  services  records  duplication,  International  Transcription 
 Services,  Inc.  (ITS),  445  12  th  Street,  S.  W.,  CY-  B402,  Washington,  DC  20554.  The  Iowa  Telecom 
 Application  is  available  for  inspection  and  copying  during  normal  business  hours  in  the  FCC’s  Reference 
 Center,  Room  CY-  A257,  445  12  th  Street,  SW,  TW-  A325,  Washington,  DC  20554.  Copies  also  can  be 
 obtained  from  ITS  at  445  12  th  Street,  S.  W.,  CY-  B402,  Washington,  DC  20554,  or  by  calling  ITS  at  (202) 
 857-  3800  or  faxing  ITS  at  (202)  857-  3805. 


 Comments  filed  through  the  ECFS  can  be  sent  as  an  electronic  file  via  the  Internet  to 
 http://  www.  fcc.  gov/  e-  file/  efcs.  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  for  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  an  electronic 


 News  media  information  202  /  418-  0500 
 Fax-  On-  Demand  202  /  418-  2830 
 TTY  202  /  418-  2555 
 Internet:  http://  www.  fcc.  gov 
 ftp.  fcc.  gov 
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 comment  by  Internet  e-  mail.  To  get  filing  instructions  for  e-  mail  comments,  commenters  should  send  an  e-mail 
 to  efcs@  fcc.  gov,  and  should  include  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. 


 We  will  treat  this  proceeding  as  permit,  but  disclose  for  purposes  of  the  Commission’s  ex  parte 
 rules.  See  generally  47  C.  F.  R.  §§  1.1200-  1.1216.  Parties  making  oral  ex  parte  presentations  are 
 reminded  that  memoranda  summarizing  the  presentation  must  contain  a  summary  of  the  substance  of  the 
 presentation  and  not  merely  a  listing  of  the  subjects  discussed.  More  than  a  one  or  two  sentence  description 
 of  the  views  and  arguments  presented  is  generally  required.  See  47  C.  F.  R.  §  1.1206(  b)(  2),  as  revised. 
 Other  rules  pertaining  to  oral  and  written  presentations  are  set  forth  in  section  1.1206(  b)  as  well.  Interested 
 parties  are  to  file  with  the  Secretary,  FCC,  and  serve  Janice  M.  Myles  and  ITS,  with  copies  of  any  written 
 ex  parte  presentations  or  summaries  of  oral  ex  parte  presentations  in  these  proceedings  in  the  manner 
 specified  above. 


 For  further  information,  contact  Janice  M.  Myles,  Policy  and  Program  Planning  Division,  Common 
 Carrier  Bureau,  at  (202)  418-  1580,  e-  mail  jmyles@  fcc.  gov. 


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