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 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  01-  581 
 Before  the 
 Federal  Communications  Commission 
 Washington,  D.  C.  20554 


 In  the  Matter  of 


 Multi-  Association  Group  (MAG)  Plan  for 
 Regulation  of  Interstate  Services  of 
 Non-  Price  Cap  Incumbent  Local  Exchange 
 Carriers  and  Interexchange  Carriers 


 Federal-  State  Joint  Board  on 
 Universal  Service 


 Access  Charge  Reform  for  Incumbent 
 Local  Exchange  Carriers  Subject  to 
 Rate-  of-  Return  Regulation 


 Prescribing  the  Authorized  Rate  of  Return  For 
 Interstate  Services  of  Local  Exchange  Carriers 


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 CC  Docket  No.  00-  256 
 CC  Docket  No.  96-  45 
 CC  Docket  No.  98-  77 


 CC  Docket  No.  98-  166 
 Order 
 Adopted:  March  5,  2001  Released:  March  5,  2001 
 By  the  Chief,  Common  Carrier  Bureau: 
 1.  On  February  21,  2001,  the  Illinois  Commerce  Commission  filed  a  motion  seeking  an 
 extension  of  time  in  which  to  file  comments  and  reply  comments  in  the  above-  captioned 
 rulemaking  proceedings  pursuant  to  sections  1.46(  b)  and  1.47  of  the  Commission’s  rules.  1 
 Specifically,  the  Illinois  Commerce  Commission  requests  that  the  date  on  which  comments  are 
 due  be  extended  from  February  26,  2001,  to  March  7,  2001,  and  that  the  date  on  which  reply 
 comments  are  due  be  extended  from  March  12,  2001,  to  March  21,  2001.  2  In  support  of  its 
 request,  it  states  that  the  next  regularly  scheduled  meeting  of  the  Illinois  Commerce  Commission 
 at  which  its  comments  could  be  considered  is  set  for  March  7,  2001.  It  further  states  that  no 
 party  will  be  prejudiced  by  a  grant  of  this  extension  of  time. 


 2.  We  deny  the  request  of  the  Illinois  Commerce  Commission  that  the  dates  for  filing 
 comments  and  reply  comments  be  extended.  The  Commission  does  not  routinely  grant  extensions 
 of  time  and  the  Illinois  Commerce  Commission’s  unique  situation  does  not  warrant  extending  the 
 comment  and  reply  comment  dates  for  all  parties.  Moreover,  the  motion  with  respect  to  the 
 comment  filing  date  is  moot  because  the  filing  date  has  passed.  Under  these  circumstances,  the 


 1  47  C.  F.  R.  §§  1.46(  b)  and  1.47. 
 2  Motion  for  Extension  of  Time  to  File  Initial  and  Reply  Comments  of  the  Illinois  Commerce  Commission,  CC 
 Docket  No.  00-  256  (filed  Feb.  21,  2001). 
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 Illinois  Commerce  Commission  may,  if  it  chooses,  file  comments  late  pursuant  to  an  individual 
 waiver  request  as  discussed  in  Section  1.46(  b)  of  the  Commission’s  rules.  3  Because  we  are  not 
 extending  the  due  date  for  comments,  we  find  no  reason  on  the  present  record  to  extend  the  date 
 on  which  reply  comments  are  due. 


 3.  ACCORDINGLY,  IT  IS  ORDERED,  pursuant  to  sections  1.46(  b)  and  0.92  of  the 
 Commission’s  rules,  4  that  the  motion  for  extension  of  time  filed  by  the  Illinois  Commerce 
 Commission  IS  DENIED. 


 FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION 


 Dorothy  T.  Attwood 
 Chief,  Common  Carrier  Bureau 


 3  47  C.  F.  R.  §  1.46(  b). 
 4  47  C.  F.  R.  §§  1.46(  b)  and  0.92. 
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