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 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  01-  2312 
 Before  the  Federal  Communications  Commission 
 Washington,  D.  C.  20554 


 In  the  Matter  of: 
 SAMMONS  COMMUNICATIONS  OF 
 NEW  JERSEY,  INC. 


 Motion  to  Withdraw  Appeals  of  Local  Rate  Orders 
 Setting  Basic  Service  and  Equipment  Rates  by  the 
 State  of  New  Jersey  Board  of  Public  Utilities 


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 File  Nos.  CSB-  A-  0643 
 CSB-  A-  0644 
 CSB-  A-  0645 


 Pleasantville  East,  NJ  (NJ0004) 
 Pleasantville  West,  (Mullica),  NJ  (NJ0609) 
 Vineland,  NJ  (NJ0014) 


 ORDER 
 Adopted:  October  3,  2001  Released:  October  9,  2001 
 By  the  Chief,  Consumer  Protection  and  Competition  Division,  Cable  Services  Bureau: 
 1.  On  September  5,  2001,  Sammons  Communications  of  New  Jersey,  Inc.(“  Sammons”) 
 filed  with  the  Commission  motions  for  leave  to  withdraw  appeals  of  local  rate  orders  for  the  above 
 captioned  communities  adopted  by  the  State  of  New  Jersey  Board  of  Public  Utilities  (“  BPU”).  As  these 
 motions  all  involve  communities  included  in  one  or  more  of  the  BPU  rate  orders,  we  are  consolidating  the 
 motions. 


 2.  Sammons  had  filed  appeals  for  the  communities  of  Pleasantville  (East)  and  Vineland, 
 New  Jersey  on  December  15,  1999  and  Pleasantville  (West),  New  Jersey  on  December  20,  1999  of  local 
 rate  orders  adopted  by  the  BPU  on  November  15,  1999  and  November  18,  1999  respectively.  In  its 
 motions,  Sammons  state  that  the  current  operator  of  the  systems  at  issue  has  reached  an  agreement  with 
 the  BPU  resolving  the  issues  related  to  these  proceedings  and  that  further  action  by  the  Commission  is 
 unnecessary. 


 3.  Accordingly,  IT  IS  ORDERED  that  the  Motions  for  Leave  to  Withdraw  Appeal  of  Local 
 Rate  Order  filed  on  September  5,  2001  by  Sammons  Communications  of  New  Jersey,  Inc.  for  the 
 communities  of  Pleasantville  East,  NJ,  Vineland,  NJ  and  Pleasantville  West,  NJ  ARE  GRANTED  and 
 the  appeals  filed  by  Sammons  in  the  above  captioned  proceeding  ARE  DISMISSED. 


 4.  This  action  is  taken  pursuant  to  authority  delegated  by  Section  0.321  of  the 
 Commission’s  Rules.  47  C.  F.  R.  §  0.321. 


 FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION 


 Deborah  E.  Klein 
 Chief,  Consumer  Protection  and  Competition  Division 
 Cable  Services  Bureau 
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