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 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  02-  481 
 Before  the  Federal  Communications  Commission 
 Washington,  D.  C.  20554 
 In  the  Matter  of 
 Petition  of  Citizens  Telecommunications  Company  and  Qwest  Corporation  for  Joint 
 Petition  for  Expedited  Waiver  of  the  Definition  of  “Study  Area”  Contained  in  Part  36  Appendix-Glossary 
 of  the  Commission’s  Rules 


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 CC  Docket  No.  96-  45 


 Order 
 Adopted:  February  28,  2002  Released:  March  1,  2002 
 By  the  Chief,  Accounting  Policy  Division: 
 1.  On  December  22,  2000,  Citizens  Telecommunications  Company  of  Montana  and  Qwest  Corporation  filed  the  above-  captioned  Joint  Petition  for  Expedited  Waiver  of  the 
 definition  of  “study  area”  contained  in  Part  36  Appendix-  Glossary  of  the  Commission’s  rules.  1  In  the  petition,  the  parties  sought  to  delete  ten  exchanges  from  Qwest  Corporation’s  Montana 
 and  North  Dakota  study  areas  and  to  establish  a  new  study  area  for  Citizens  Telecommunication  Company  of  Montana  consisting  of  these  exchanges.  On  August  9,  2001,  Qwest  Corporation 
 submitted  a  request  to  withdraw  the  above-  captioned  petition.  2  We  grant  the  request  to  withdraw  and  dismiss  the  petition. 


 2.  ACCORDINGLY,  IT  IS  ORDERED,  pursuant  to  authority  delegated  under  sections  0.91  and  0.291  of  the  Commission’s  rules,  47  C.  F.  R.  §§  0.91,  0.291,  that  the  request  to 
 withdraw  the  above-  captioned  Joint  Petition  for  Expedited  Waiver  IS  GRANTED. 
 3.  IT  IS  FURTHER  ORDERED,  pursuant  to  sections  0.91  and  0.291  of  the  Commission’s  rules,  47  C.  F.  R.  §§  0.91,  0.291,  that  the  above-  captioned  Joint  Petition  for 


 Expedited  Waiver  IS  DISMISSED. 
 FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION 


 Katherine  L.  Schroder  Chief,  Accounting  Policy  Division 
 1  Citizens  Telecommunications  Company  of  Montana  and  Qwest  Corporation,  Joint  Petition  for  Expedited  Waivers 
 of  the  Definition  of  “Study  Area”  Contained  in  Part  36,  Appendix--  Glossary  of  the  Commission’s  Rules  (filed  Dec.  22,  2000). 
 2  Letter  from  Phillip  Roselli,  Senior  Attorney,  Qwest  Corp.,  to  Magalie  Roman  Salas,  Federal  Communications 
 Commission,  filed  Aug.  9,  2001  (For  purposes  of  deciding  this  matter,  we  treat  Qwest’s  letter  withdrawing  its  Petition  as  a  request  for  withdrawal). 
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