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 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  02-  1363 
 Before  the  Federal  Communications  Commission 
 Washington,  D.  C.  20554 


 In  the  Matter  of 
 Qwest  Communications  International,  Inc. 
 Petition  for  Declaratory  Ruling  On  the  Scope  of  the  Duty  to  File  and  Obtain  Prior  Approval 
 of  Negotiated  Contractual  Arrangements  Under  Section  252(  a)(  1) 


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 WC  Docket  No.  02-  89 


 ORDER 
 Adopted:  June  11,  2002  Released:  June  11,  2002 
 By  the  Deputy  Chief,  Competition  Policy  Division,  Wireline  Competition  Bureau: 
 Revised  Filing  Date: 
 Reply  Comments  Due:  June  20,  2002 


 1.  On  April  23,  2002  Qwest  Communications  International,  Inc.  (Qwest)  filed  a  petition  for  declaratory  ruling  pursuant  to  section  1.2  of  the  Commission’s  rules,  47  C.  F.  R.  § 


 1.2.  The  Qwest  petition  requests  the  Commission  to  issue  a  declaratory  ruling  with  respect  to  section  252(  a)(  1)  of  the  Communications  Act  of  1934,  as  amended  (the  Act),  47  C.  F.  R  § 
 252(  a)(  1).  Specifically,  Qwest  requests  a  declaratory  ruling  concerning  which  types  of  negotiated  contractual  arrangements  between  incumbent  local  exchange  carriers  (LECs)  and 
 competitive  LECs  are  subject  to  the  mandatory  filing  and  90-  day  state  commission  pre-  approval  requirements  of  section  252(  a)(  1)  of  the  Act.  On  April  29,  2002  the  Commission  released  a 
 Public  Notice  which  set  comment  and  reply  comment  dates  with  comments  to  be  filed  on  or  before  May  29,  2002  and  reply  comments  to  be  filed  on  or  before  June  13,  2002.  1  On  June  7, 
 2002,  Qwest  filed  a  petition  to  extend  the  date  for  filing  reply  comments  by  one  week.  In  its  pleading,  Qwest  requests  an  extension  of  time  in  order  to  analyze  and  address  the  arguments  and 
 allegations  raised  in  the  parties’  filings,  including  a  recently  issued  order  from  the  Iowa  Utilities  Board,  which  the  Board  submitted  in  the  record  of  this  proceeding. 


 2.  It  is  the  policy  of  the  Commission  that  extensions  of  time  are  not  routinely  granted.  2  In  this  instance,  however,  the  Division  finds  that  Qwest  has  shown  good  cause  for  an 
 extension  of  the  deadline  for  filing  reply  comments  in  this  proceeding.  In  order  for  parties  to  be 


 1  Qwest  Communications  International,  Inc.,  Petition  for  Declaratory  Ruling  On  the  Scope  of  the  Duty  to  File  and 
 Obtain  Prior  Approval  of  Negotiated  Contractual  Arrangements  Under  Section  252(  a)(  1),  DA  02-  976  (rel.  April  29,  2002). 


 2  47  C.  F.  R.  §  1.46(  a). 
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 able  to  fully  analyze  the  arguments  and  allegations  in  the  record,  most  notably  the  recently  issued  decision  by  the  Iowa  Utilities  Board,  we  grant  a  limited  extension  so  that  parties  may  file  reply 
 comments  on  June  20,  2002.  This  matter  shall  continue  to  be  treated  as  a  “permit-  but-  disclose”  proceeding  in  accordance  with  the  Commission’s  ex  parte  rules.  3  All  other  requirements 
 discussed  in  the  April  29,  2002  Public  Notice  remain  in  effect. 
 3.  For  further  information,  please  contact  Janice  M.  Myles,  Wireline  Competition  Bureau,  Competition  Policy  Division,  202-  418-  1580. 


 FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION 


 Brent  M.  Olson  Deputy  Chief,  Competition  Policy  Division 
 Wireline  Competition  Bureau 


 3  Id.  §  1.1206. 
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