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 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  02-  991 
 Before  the  Federal  Communications  Commission 
 Washington,  D.  C.  20554 


 In  the  Matter  of 
 Review  of  the  Section  251  Unbundling  Obligations  of  Incumbent  Local  Exchange 
 Carriers 
 Implementation  of  the  Local  Competition  Provisions  of  the  Telecommunications  Act  of 
 1996 
 Deployment  of  Wireline  Services  Offering  Advanced  Telecommunications  Capability 


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 CC  Docket  No.  01-  338 
 CC  Docket  No.  96-  98 
 CC  Docket  No.  98-  147 
 ORDER 
 Adopted:  April  30,  2002  Released:  April  30,  2002 
 By  the  Chief,  Wireline  Competition  Bureau: 
 Revised  Filing  Date: 
 Reply  Comments  Due:  June  5,  2002 
 A.  Extension  of  Filing  Deadline 
 1.  On  December  20,  2001,  the  Commission  released  a  Notice  of  Proposed  Rulemaking  in  the  Review  of  the  Section  251  Unbundling  Obligations  of  Incumbent  Local 
 Exchange  Carriers  (Triennial  Review  NPRM).  On  March  11,  2002,  the  Commission  extended  the  filing  deadlines  for  comments  and  reply  comments  in  response  to  a  joint  petition  filed  by 
 BellSouth  Corporation  (BellSouth),  SBC  Communications,  Inc.  (SBC),  and  Qwest  Communications,  Inc.  (Qwest).  On  April  26,  2002,  WorldCom,  Inc.  filed  a  motion  for  an 
 extension  of  the  deadline  for  filing  reply  comments  in  order  to  allow  sufficient  time  to  provide  a  more  complete  analysis  of  the  issues  raised  in  the  initial  comments. 


 2.  It  is  the  policy  of  the  Commission  that  extensions  of  time  are  not  routinely  granted.  1  In  this  instance,  however,  the  Bureau  finds  that  the  Movant  has  shown  good  cause  for 


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 an  extension  of  the  deadline  for  filing  reply  comments  in  this  proceeding.  Because  of  the  complexity  and  volume  of  the  issues  raised  in  the  initial  comments  filed  in  this  proceeding,  we 
 find  it  appropriate  to  extend  the  deadline  for  reply  comments  to  June  5,  2002,  so  that  parties  can  more  thoroughly  address  all  of  the  issues  raised  by  commenters. 


 B.  Revised  Comment  Filing  Procedures 
 3.  We  request  that  interested  parties  that  choose  to  file  by  paper  file  an  original  and  nineteen  copies  of  each.  Previously  we  had  requested  an  original  and  four  copies.  Parties  may 
 also  continue  to  file  using  the  Commission’s  Electronic  Comment  Filing  System  (ECFS).  All  other  comment  filing  procedures  previously  established  in  this  proceeding  remain  unchanged. 
 For  further  information,  please  contact  Gary  Remondino,  Wireline  Competition  Bureau,  Competition  Policy  Division,  202-  418-  2298  or  gremondi@  fcc.  gov. 


 FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION 
 Dorothy  T.  Attwood  Chief,  Wireline  Competition  Bureau 
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