*Pages 1--2 from Microsoft Word - 10151.doc* PUBLIC NOTICE DA 01- 1583 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 ILLINOIS CONSOLIDATED TELEPHONE COMPANY AND ODIN TELEPHONE EXCHANGE, INC. SEEK A WAIVER OF THE DEFINITION OF “STUDY AREA” IN PART 36 OF THE COMMISSION’S RULES PLEADING CYCLE ESTABLISHED CC DKT 96- 45 Released Date: July 10, 2001 Comment Date: July 24, 2001 Reply Date: August 7, 2001 On June 27, 2001, Illinois Consolidated Telephone Company (ICTC) and Odin Telephone Exchange, Inc. (Odin) filed a joint petition for waiver of the definition of “study area” as set forth in Part 36 of the Commission’s rules. That definition constitutes a rule freezing all study area boundaries. Odin is acquiring from ICTC two telephone exchanges in Illinois, the Oblong telephone exchange serving approximately 1,559 access lines and the Martinsville exchange of 1,131 access lines. By this waiver, ICTC seeks to alter its Illinois study area in order to remove the two telephone exchanges being transferred to Odin. Odin seeks a waiver of the study area freeze to add the purchased exchanges to its existing Illinois study area. 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 July 24, 2001, and reply comments on or before August 7, 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, 1 2 commenters should send an e- mail to ecfs@ fcc. gov, and should include the following words in the body of the message, “get form