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 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  02-  496 
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 Before  the  Federal  Communications  Commission 
 Washington,  D.  C.  20554 
 In  the  Matter  of  )  Investigation  of  Special  Access  )  CC  Docket  No.  85-  166,  Phase  I 
 Tariffs  of  Local  Exchange  Carriers  ) 
 MEMORANDUM  OPINION  AND  ORDER 
 Adopted:  March  1,  2002  Released:  March  4,  2002 
 By  the  Chief,  Common  Carrier  Bureau: 
 1.  On  October  6,  1997,  Western  Union  filed  a  petition  for  reconsideration  of  a  Commission  order  deciding  not  to  require  certain  incumbent  local  exchange  carriers  (LECs)  to 
 lower  their  metallic  service  rates.  1  By  letter  dated  November  5,  2001,  Western  Union  filed  a  motion  requesting  dismissal  of  its  reconsideration  petition  as  moot.  2  According  to  Western 
 Union,  it  has  resolved  its  differences  with  several  of  the  LECs  whose  tariffs  were  investigated  and  no  longer  wishes  to  pursue  its  reconsideration  petition  with  respect  to  the  remaining  LECs. 
 Accordingly,  IT  IS  ORDERED  pursuant  to  47  C.  F.  R.  §§  0.91,  0.291,  and  1.106  that  this  reconsideration  petition  of  Western  Union  IS  HEREBY  DISMISSED. 


 FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION 


 Dorothy  T.  Attwood  Chief,  Common  Carrier  Bureau 


 1  Investigation  of  Special  Access  Tariffs  of  Local  Exchange  Carriers,  CC  Docket  No.  85-  166,  Phase  I, 
 Order,  12  FCC  Rcd  13677  (1997)  (Western  Union  Remand  Order),  aff'd  sub  nom.  Southwestern  Bell  Tel.  Co.  v.  FCC,  138  F.  3d  746  (8th  Cir.  1998). 
 2  In  1991,  Western  Union  Corporation  changed  its  name  to  New  Valley  Corporation.  For  purposes  of 
 this  order,  we  refer  to  this  company  as  "Western  Union."  The  Western  Union  Remand  Order  was  released  on  September  5,  1997.  Although  Western  Union  requests  dismissal  of  its  reconsideration 


 petition  filed  on  September  5,  1997,  we  dismiss  herein  Western  Union's  reconsideration  petition  filed  on  October  6,  1997. 
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