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 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  02-  3501 
 Federal  Communications  Commission  Washington,  D.  C.  20554 
 Adopted:  December  18,  2002  Released:  December  19,  2002 
 Mark  C.  Rosenblum,  Esq.  AT&  T  Corporation 
 295  North  Maple  Ave.  Basking  Ridge,  NJ  07920 


 RE:  December  16,  2002  Request  for  Extension  of  Time 
 Dear  Mr.  Rosenblum: 
 The  Enforcement  Bureau  (“  Bureau”)  is  in  receipt  of  AT&  T’s  December  16,  2002  motion  requesting  a  30-  day  extension  of  time  for  filing  comments  to  the  SBC  section  272(  d)  audit  report.  1 
 Comments  on  the  audit  report  are  due  on  December  30,  2002.  AT&  T  requests  an  extension  of  time  due  to  an  outstanding  request  for  the  General  Standards  and  Procedures  used  in  the  audit  and  the  fact  that  the 
 date  for  comments  follows  a  holiday  and  many  employees  will  not  be  available  to  assist  in  preparing  the  comments. 


 We  hereby  grant  AT&  T’s  request  for  extension  of  time.  The  Commission’s  policy  is  that  extensions  of  time  are  not  routinely  granted.  2  We  find,  however,  that  AT&  T  has  shown  good  cause  for  an 
 extension  of  the  deadline  for  filing  comments.  AT&  T  observes  that  the  comments  are  due  shortly  after  the  Christmas  holiday  and  that  many  personnel  with  expertise  necessary  to  address  the  issues  will  be 
 unavailable  the  week  before  the  comments  are  due.  We  find  that  a  thirty-  day  extension  of  time  for  the  filing  of  comments  would  allow  the  commenting  parties  to  develop  a  better  record  for  the  Bureau’s 
 decision  without  prejudicing  the  interests  of  any  parties.  Accordingly,  we  grant  a  limited  extension  of  time  so  that  all  interested  parties  may  file  comments  on  January  29,  2003. 


 If  you  have  any  questions,  please  contact  Hugh  L.  Boyle  at  (202)  418-  7147  or  Mika  Savir  at  (202)  418-  0384. 
 Sincerely, 


 Maureen  F.  Del  Duca  Deputy  Chief 
 Investigations  and  Hearings  Division  Enforcement  Bureau 


 1  See  Public  Notice,  “Enforcement  Bureau  Seeks  Comments  on  SBC  Communications  Section  272 
 Compliance  Biennial  Audit  Report  in  CC  Docket  No.  96-  150,”  DA  02-  2925,  rel.  Oct.  31,  2002. 


 2  47  C.  F.  R.  §  1.46(  a). 
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