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 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  02-  2557 
 Before  the  Federal  Communications  Commission 
 Washington,  D.  C.  20554 


 In  the  Matter  of 
 Application  for  Order  Pursuant  to  Section  251(  h)(  2)  of  the  Communications  Act 
 of  1934,  as  Amended,  Deeming  Lost  Nation-Elwood  Telephone  Company 
 to  be  an  Incumbent  Local  Exchange  Carrier 


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 CC  Docket  No.  01-  139 


 ORDER 
 Adopted:  October  11,  2002  Released:  October  11,  2002 
 By  the  Chief,  Competition  Policy  Division: 
 1.  On  June  18,  2001,  Iowa  Telecommunications  Services,  Inc.  (Iowa  Telecom)  filed  an  application  requesting  that  the  Commission  issue  an  order,  pursuant  to  section  251(  h)(  2)  of  the 
 Communications  Act,  47  U.  S.  C.  §  251(  h)(  2),  deeming  Lost  Nation-  Elwood  Telephone  Company  (Lost  Nation)  to  be  the  incumbent  local  exchange  carrier  in  Oxford  Junction,  Iowa,  and 
 reclassifying  Iowa  Telecom  as  a  competitive  local  exchange  carrier.  Iowa  Telecom  further  requests  that  the  Commission  grant  Iowa  Telecom  the  same  interconnection  rights  with  Lost 
 Nation  in  Oxford  Junction  provided  in  section  251(  c)  of  the  Act  for  other  competitive  local  exchange  carriers. 


 2.  On  September  13,  2002,  Iowa  Telecom  filed  a  motion  with  the  Commission  requesting  withdrawal  without  prejudice  of  its  application  due  to  changed  circumstances.  In  this  order  we 
 grant  Iowa  Telecom’s  motion  to  withdraw  its  June  2001,  application. 
 3.  Accordingly,  IT  IS  ORDERED  that,  pursuant  to  sections  4(  i)  and  5(  c)  of  the  Communications  Act  of  1934,  as  amended,  the  motion  to  withdraw  the  application  filed  by  Iowa 
 Telecommunications  Services,  Inc.  on  September  13,  2002  IS  GRANTED  without  prejudice. 
 4.  IT  IS  FURTHER  ORDERED  that  CC  Docket  No.  01-  139  IS  TERMINATED. 


 FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION 


 Michelle  Carey  Chief,  Competition  Policy  Division 
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