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 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  01-  2532 
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 Before  the  Federal  Communications  Commission 
 Washington,  D.  C.  20554 


 In  the  Matter 
 Thrifty  Call  Petition  for  Declaratory  Ruling 
 Concerning  BellSouth  Telecommunications,  Inc. 
 Tariff  F.  C.  C.  No.  1 


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 CCB-  CPD  File  No.  01-  17 


 Order 
 Adopted:  October  30,  2001  Released:  October  30,  2001 
 Reply  Comment  Date:  November  8,  2001 
 By  the  Chief,  Competitive  Pricing  Division: 
 1.  On  October  2,  2001,  the  Common  Carrier  Bureau  released  a  Public  Notice  establishing 
 the  pleading  cycle  for  comments  and  reply  comments  in  the  above-  captioned  docket.  1  The  deadline  for 
 comments  was  October  17,  2001  and  the  deadline  for  reply  comments  was  October  29,  2001.  2 


 2.  On  October  24,  2001,  Thrifty  Call,  Inc.  (TCI)  requested  that  the  Commission  extend  the 
 date  for  reply  comments  by  10  days,  to  November  8,  2001.  According  to  TCI,  this  extension  is  necessary 
 because  TCI  has  not  yet  received  all  comments  filed  in  the  above-  referenced  proceeding  due  to  recent 
 problems  with  the  delivery  of  United  States  Mail.  TCI  further  notes  that  comments  have  only  recently 
 become  available  from  the  Commission  due  to  delays  in  processing  of  material  filed  with  the  Office  of 
 the  Secretary.  3  TCI  contends  that  a  modest  extension  of  the  reply  comment  deadline  will  enable 
 interested  parties  to  provide  more  substantive  and  complete  comments  on  the  issues  raised  by  the 
 commenters. 


 3.  It  is  the  policy  of  the  Commission  that  extensions  of  time  are  not  routinely  granted.  4 
 Such  extensions,  however,  may  be  warranted  in  extraordinary  situations.  Such  is  the  case  here.  In  the 
 instant  proceeding,  we  note  that  on  the  day  comments  were  due,  the  Commission  announced  a  new  filing 
 location  for  paper  documents.  We  find  that  providing  TCI  and  others  an  additional  ten  days  to  respond 
 provides  a  necessary  and  sufficient  amount  of  time  to  formulate  meaningful  responses. 


 1  Public  Notice,  Thrifty  Call  Files  Petition  for  Declaratory  Ruling  Pleading  Cycle  Established,  DA  01-  2200,  (Com. 
 Car.  Bur.  Rel.  Oct.  2,  2001)  (Thrifty  Call  Public  Notice). 
 2  Thrifty  Call  Public  Notice. 


 3  On  October  17,  2001,  as  a  precautionary  measure,  effective  immediately,  the  Commission  established  new 
 procedures  for  filing  documents,  including  a  change  in  the  filing  location  for  paper  documents.  See  Public  Notice, 
 FCC  Announces  Changes  in  Filing  Procedures,  DA  01-  2430  (Rel.  Oct.  17,  2001);  see  also  Public  Notice,  FCC 
 Announces  Change  in  Filing  Location  for  Paper  Documents,  DA  01-  2436  (Rel.  Oct.  17,  2001). 


 4  See  47  C.  F.  R.  §  1.46(  a). 
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 4.  Accordingly,  IT  IS  ORDERED  that,  pursuant  to  authority  found  in  section  4(  i)  of  the 
 Communications  Act  of  1934,  as  amended,  47  U.  S.  C.  §  154(  i),  and  sections  0.91,  0.  291  and  1.46  of  the 
 Commission's  rules,  47  C.  F.  R.  §§  0.  91,  0.  291,  1.  46,  Thrifty  Call,  Inc.  ’s  Request  for  an  Extension  of  Time 
 IS  GRANTED  to  establish  a  new  reply  comments  deadline  of  November  8,  2001. 


 FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION 


 Jane  E.  Jackson 
 Chief,  Competitive  Pricing  Division 
 Common  Carrier  Bureau 
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