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 PUBLIC  NOTICE  Federal  Communications  Commission  445  12  th  St.,  S.  W.  Washington,  D.  C.  20554  News  Media  Information  202  /  418-  0500  Internet:  http://  www.  fcc.  gov  TTY:  1-  888-  835-  5322 
 DA  03-  1160 
 April  15,  2003 


 PLEADING  CYCLE  ESTABLISHED  FOR  VALOR  TELECOMMUNICATIONS  OF  TEXAS 
 PETITION  FOR  WAIVER  OF  2003  X-  FACTOR 
 WCB/  PPD  FILE  NO.  03-  16 


 COMMENTS  DUE:  April  30,  2003  REPLY  COMMENTS  DUE:  May  12,  2003 


 Valor  Telecommunications  of  Texas,  L.  P.  (Valor  Texas)  on  April  14,  2003,  filed  a  Petition  for  Waiver  of  the  application  of  the  X-  factor  in  the  price  cap  indices  formula  set  forth  in 
 section  61.45(  b)(  1)(  i)  of  the  Commission’s  rules.  1  Valor  Texas  expects  to  make  a  low-  end  adjustment  in  2003,  pursuant  to  section  61.45(  d)(  1)(  vii),  2  and  requests  that  the  Commission 
 permit  Valor  Texas  to  set  the  X-  factor  equal  to  inflation  for  all  interstate  access  services  in  its  2003  annual  price  cap  filing. 


 Interested  parties  may  file  comments  no  later  than  April  30,  2003.  Reply  comments  may  be  filed  no  later  than  May  12,  2003.  When  filing  comments,  please  reference  the  internal  file 
 number:  WCB/  PPD  FILE  NO.  03-  16. 
 An  original  and  four  copies  of  all  pleadings  shall  be  filed  with  the  Secretary  of  the  Commission.  In  addition,  parties  shall  serve  three  copies  with  the  Pricing  Policy  Division, 
 Wireline  Competition  Bureau,  445  12th  Street,  SW,  Room  5-  A121,  Washington,  D.  C.  20554.  Parties  shall  also  serve  one  copy  with  Qualex  International,  Portals  II,  445  12th  Street,  SW, 
 Room  CY-  B402,  Washington,  D.  C.  20554,  (202)  863-  2893.  Documents  in  WCB/  PPD  File  No.  03-  16  are  available  for  public  inspection  and  copying  during  business  hours  at  the  FCC 
 Reference  Information  Center,  Portals  II,  445  12  th  St.  SW,  Room  CY-  A257,  Washington  DC  20554.  The  documents  may  also  be  purchased  from  Qualex  International,  telephone  202-  863- 
 2893,  facsimile  202-  863-  2898. 


 1  47  C.  F.  R.  §  61.45(  b)(  1)(  i). 
 2  47  C.  F.  R.  §  61.45(  d)(  1)(  vii). 
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 This  proceeding  shall  be  treated  as  a  "permit-  but-  disclose"  proceeding  in  accordance  with  the  Commission's  ex  parte  rules.  See  47  C.  F.  R.  §§  1.1200  and  1.1206.  Persons  making  oral  ex 
 parte  presentations  are  reminded  that  memoranda  summarizing  the  presentations  must  contain  summaries  of  the  substance  of  the  presentations  and  not  merely  a  listing  of  the  subjects 
 discussed.  More  than  a  one  or  two  sentence  description  of  the  views  and  arguments  presented  is  generally  required.  See  47  C.  F.  R.  §  1.1206(  b).  Other  rules  pertaining  to  oral  and  written  ex 
 parte  presentations  in  permit-  but-  disclose  proceedings  are  set  forth  in  section  1.1206(  b)  of  the  Commission's  rules.  47  C.  F.  R.  §  1.1206(  b). 


 For  further  information,  contact  Marvin  Sacks,  Pricing  Policy  Division,  Wireline  Competition  Bureau,  (202)  418-  2017. 
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