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 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  01-  874 
 Before  the  Federal  Communications  Commission 
 Washington,  D.  C.  20554 
 In  the  Matter  of  )  ) 
 Petition  on  Defining  Certain  Incumbent  )  Local  Exchange  Carrier  Affiliates  )  CC  Docket  No.  98-  39 
 As  Successors,  Assigns,  or  )  Comparable  Carriers  under  ) 
 Section  251(  h)  of  the  Communications  Act  ) 
 ORDER 
 Adopted:  April  5,  2001  Released:  April  6,  2001 
 By  the  Chief,  Policy  and  Program  Planning  Division: 
 1.  On  March  23,  1998,  the  Competitive  Telecommunications  Association,  Florida 
 Competitive  Carriers  Association,  and  Southeastern  Competitive  Carriers  Association  jointly  filed 
 a  petition  for  a  declaratory  ruling,  or  in  the  alternative,  for  a  rulemaking,  on  defining  certain 
 incumbent  local  exchange  carrier  affiliates  as  successors,  assigns,  or  comparable  carriers  under 
 section  251(  h)  of  the  Communications  Act  of  1934,  as  amended.  1  On  April  2,  2001,  the 
 Competitive  Telecommunications  Association,  on  behalf  of  itself  and  the  Florida  Competitive 
 Carriers  Association  and  Southeastern  Competitive  Carriers  Association,  filed  a  letter 
 withdrawing  their  petition.  2 


 2.  Accordingly,  IT  IS  ORDERED,  pursuant  to  sections  0.91  and  0.291  of  the 
 Commission’s  rules,  47  C.  F.  R  §§  0.91  and  0.291,  that  this  proceeding,  CC  Docket  No.  98-  39,  IS 
 HEREBY  TERMINATED  and  CC  Docket  No.  98-  39  IS  CLOSED. 


 FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION 


 Michelle  M.  Carey 
 Policy  and  Program  Planning  Division 
 Common  Carrier  Bureau 


 1  See  Petition  of  Competitive  Telecommunications  Association,  Florida  Competitive  Carriers  Association,  and 
 Southeastern  Competitive  Carriers  Association  Petition  on  Defining  Certain  Incumbent  Local  Exchange  Carrier 
 Affiliates  as  Successors,  Assigns,  or  Comparable  Carriers  under  Section  251(  h)  of  the  Communications  Act,  CC 
 Docket  No.  98-  39,  filed  March  23,  1998;  47  U.  S.  C.  §  251(  h).  Interested  parties  filed  comments  in  this  proceeding 
 on  May  1,  1998,  and  reply  comments  on  May  18,  1998. 


 2  See  Letter  from  Jonathan  D.  Lee,  Vice  President,  Regulatory  Affairs,  CompTel,  to  Jessica  Rosenworcel, 
 Attorney  Advisor,  Federal  Communications  Commission,  CC  Docket  No.  98-  39  (filed  April  2,  2001). 
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