*Pages 1--3 from Microsoft Word - 13362.doc* Federal Communications Commission DA 01- 2853 Before the Federal Communications Commission Washington, D. C. 20554 In the Matter of Federal- State Joint Board on Universal Service Changes to the Board of Directors of the National Exchange Carrier Association, Inc. Requests to Withdraw Petitions for Reconsideration ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) CC Docket No. 96- 45 CC Docket No. 97- 21 ORDER Adopted: December 6, 2001 Released: December 7, 2001 By the Chief, Accounting Policy Division: 1. In this Order, we grant the request of several petitioners to withdraw petitions for reconsideration filed in CC Docket Nos. 96- 45 and 97- 21. 2. To the extent that parties have requested to withdraw petitions for reconsideration to various universal service orders, we hereby grant the requests as set forth in Appendix A. 3. Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that, pursuant to the authority contained in section 405 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U. S. C. § 405, and sections 0.291 and 1.429 of the Commission’s rules, 47 C. F. R. §§ 0. 291 and 1.429, the requests to withdraw petitions for reconsideration in CC Docket No. 96- 45 and 97- 21, as set forth in Appendix A, ARE GRANTED. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Katherine L. Schroder Accounting Policy Division Common Carrier Bureau 1 Federal Communications Commission DA 01- 2853 APPENDIX A REQUESTS TO WITHDRAW PETITIONS FOR RECONSIDERATION IN CC DOCKET NOS. 96- 45 AND 97- 21 CC Docket No. 96- 45: Universal Service First Report and Order, 12 FCC Rcd 8776 (1997) Petitioner Date Request to Withdraw Filed Vermont Department of Public Service 8/ 15/ 97 4 th Order on Reconsideration, 13 FCC Rcd 5318 (1997) Petitioner Date Request to Withdraw Filed Microwave Bypass Systems/ Michael Lynch 10/ 30/ 01 National Exchange Carrier Association 10/ 12/ 01 National Railroad Passenger Corp. 12/ 05/ 01 Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education 12/ 03/ 01 and the Oklahoma Office of State Finance United States Telephone Association 9/ 14/ 01 US West (Qwest) 12/ 04/ 01 5 th Report and Order, 13 FCC Rcd 21323 (1998) Petitioner Date Request to Withdraw Filed Bell At lant ic (Verizon) 7/ 19/ 01 BellSouth Corp. 6/ 19/ 01 GTE Service Corp. (Verizon) 7/ 24/ 01 9 th Report and Order & 18 th Order on Reconsideration, 14 FCC Rcd 20432 (1999) Petitioner Date Request to Withdraw Filed National Exchange Carrier Association 9/ 14/ 01 Silver Star Communication 11/ 08/ 01 United States Telephone Association 9/ 13/ 01 10 th Report and Order, 14 FCC Rcd 20156 (1999) Petitioner Date Request to Withdraw Filed GTE Service Corp. (Verizon) 7/ 19/ 01 2 Federal Communications Commission DA 01- 2853 2 12 th Report and Order, 15 FCC Rcd 12208 (2000) Petitioner Date Request to Withdraw Filed Qwest 12/ 03/ 01 SBC Communications 10/ 04/ 01 Order, 13 FCC Rcd 21652 (1998) Petitioner Date Request to Withdraw Filed Anchorage Telephone Utility 12/ 05/ 01 Copan Order, 15 FCC Rcd 5498 (2000) Petitioner Date Request to Withdraw Filed USAC 11/ 20/ 01 CC Docket No. 97- 21: Order on Reconsideration, 2 nd Report and Order, 12 FCC Rcd 12444 (1997) Petitioner Date Request to Withdraw Filed MCI Corp. (WorldCom) 7/ 09/ 01 Report and Order and 2 nd Order on Reconsideration, 12 FCC Rcd 18400 (1997) Petitioner Date Request to Withdraw Filed Comcast and Vanguard 11/ 07/ 01 MCI Corp. (WorldCom) 7/ 09/ 01 Nevada Bell, Pacific Bell, and Southwestern 9/ 18/ 01 Bell 3