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 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  01-  2186 
 Before  the 
 Federal  Communications  Commission 
 Washington,  D.  C.  20554 


 In  the  Matter  of 
 Deployment  of  Wireline  Services  Offering 
 Advanced  Telecommunications  Capability 


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 CC  Docket  No.  98-  147 


 MEMORANDUM  OPINION  AND  ORDER 
 Adopted:  September  18,  2001  Released:  September  18,  2001 
 By  the  Chief,  Policy  and  Program  Planning  Division: 
 1.  On  September  17,  2001,  the  Verizon  telephone  companies  (Verizon)  filed  a 
 petition  for  a  temporary  waiver  of  the  effective  date  of  rules  the  Commission  adopted  in  the 
 Collocation  Remand  Order.  1  Those  rules  will  take  effect  on  September  19,  2001.  2  Verizon 
 requests  that  we  postpone  that  effective  date  to  September  28,  2001  for  Verizon.  Verizon  states 
 that  emergency  conditions  resulting  from  the  terrorist  attacks  on  the  World  Trade  Center  and  the 
 Pentagon  warrant  this  limited  extension. 


 2.  Verizon  has  shown  compelling  good  cause  for  the  requested  extension.  3  We 
 therefore  grant  Verizon’s  waiver  request. 


 3.  Accordingly,  IT  IS  ORDERED,  pursuant  to  sections  1-  4,  201,  251,  and  303(  r)  of 
 the  Communications  Act  of  1934,  as  amended,  47  U.  S.  C.  §§  151-  154,  201,  251,  303(  r),  and 


 1  Deployment  of  Wireline  Services  Offering  Advanced  Telecommunications  Capability,  CC  Docket  No.  98-  147, 
 Fourth  Report  and  Order,  FCC  01-  204  (rel.  Aug.  8,  2001)  (Collocation  Remand  Order).  A  summary  of  the 
 Collocation  Remand  Order  was  published  at  66  Fed.  Reg.  43516  (Aug.  20,  2001)  (Collocation  Remand  Summary). 


 2  Collocation  Remand  Summary,  66  Fed.  Reg.  at  43516. 


 3  See  47  C.  F.  R.  §  1.3;  Northeast  Cellular  Telephone  Co.  v.  FCC,  897  F.  2d  1164,  1166  (D.  C.  Cir.  1990) 
 (Northeast  Cellular);  WAIT  Radio  v.  FCC,  418  F.  2d  1153,  1157  (D.  C.  Cir.  1969),  cert.  denied,  409  U.  S.  1027 
 (1972)  (WAIT  Radio). 
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 authority  delegated  under  sections  0.91  and  0.291  of  the  Commission's  rules,  47  C.  F.  R.  §§  0.91 
 and  0.291,  that  the  Petition  for  Waiver  filed  September  17,  2001  by  Verizon  IS  GRANTED. 


 FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION 


 Michelle  M.  Carey 
 Chief 
 Policy  and  Program  Planning  Division 
 Common  Carrier  Bureau 
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