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 PUBLIC  NOTICE  FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION  1919  M  STREET,  N.  W.  WASHINGTON,  D.  C.  20554  DA  01-  2200  News  media  information  202/  418-  0500  Fax-  On-  Demand  202/  418-  2830  TTY  202/  418-  0484  202/  418-  0485  Internet:  http://  www.  fcc.  gov 
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 Released:  October  2,  2001 


 THRIFTY  CALL  FILES  PETITION  FOR  DECLARATORY  RULING 
 PLEADING  CYCLE  ESTABLISHED 


 CCB-  CPD  FILE  NO.  01-  17 


 COMMENTS:  October  17,  2001  REPLY  COMMENTS:  October  29,  2001 
 On  August  7,  2001,  Thrifty  Call,  Inc.  (TCI)  filed  a  petition  for  declaratory  ruling  seeking  clarification  of  the  meaning  and  application  of  certain  terms  contained  in  the  Tariff  F.  C.  C.  No.  1 
 of  BellSouth  Telecommunications,  Inc.  In  particular,  TCI  requests  that  the  Commission  give  definitive  meaning  to  the  percentage  interstate  usage  (PIU)  provisions  in  BellSouth’s  Tariff 
 F.  C.  C.  No.  1.  Interested  parties  may  file  comments  no  later  than  October  17,  2001.  Reply  comments  may  be  filed  no  later  than  October  29,  2001.  When  filing  comments,  please  reference 
 CCB-  CPD  File  No.  01-  17.  An  original  and  four  copies  of  all  comments  and  reply  comments  must  be  filed  with  the  Office  of  the  Secretary,  Federal  Communications  Commission,  445  12th  Street, 
 S.  W.,  Room  TW-  A225,  Washington,  D.  C.  20554.  In  addition,  one  copy  of  each  submission  must  be  filed  with  Qualex  International,  the  Commission's  duplicating  contractor,  at  its  office  at  Portals 
 II,  445  12th  Street,  S.  W.,  Room  CY-  B402,  Washington,  D.  C.  20554,  and  one  copy  with  the  Chief,  Competitive  Pricing  Division,  445  12th  Street,  S.  W.,  Room  5-  A225,  Washington,  D.  C. 
 20554. 
 This  proceeding  shall  be  treated  as  a  "permit-  but-  disclose"  proceeding  in  accordance  with  the  Commission's  ex  parte  rules.  See  47  C.  F.  R.  §§  1.1200  and  1.1206.  Persons  making  oral  ex 
 parte  presentations  are  reminded  that  memoranda  summarizing  the  presentations  must  contain  summaries  of  the  substance  of  the  presentations  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).  Other  rules  pertaining  to  oral  and  written  ex  parte 
 presentations  in  permit-  but-  disclose  proceedings  are  set  forth  in  section  1.1206(  b)  of  the  Commission's  rules,  47  C.  F.  R.  §  1.1206(  b). 


 For  further  information,  contact  Joi  Roberson  Nolen,  Competitive  Pricing  Division,  Common  Carrier  Bureau,  (202)  418-  1520. 
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