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 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  03-  2496 
 Before  the  Federal  Communications  Commission 
 Washington,  D.  C.  20554 


 In  the  Matter  of 
 Petition  for  Forbearance  of  the  Verizon  Telephone  Companies  Pursuant  to 
 47  U.  S.  C.  §  160(  c) 


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 )  WC  Docket  No.  01-  338 


 ORDER 
 Adopted:  July  28,  2003  Released:  July  28,  2003 
 By  the  Chief,  Wireline  Competition  Bureau: 
 1.  In  this  Order,  pursuant  to  section  10(  c)  of  the  Communications  Act  of  1934,  as  amended  (the  Act),  1  we  extend  by  90  days  the  date  by  which  the  petition  requesting  forbearance 
 filed  by  the  Verizon  telephone  companies  (Verizon)  shall  be  deemed  granted  in  the  absence  of  a  Commission  decision  that  the  petition  fails  to  meet  the  standards  for  forbearance  under 
 section  10(  a)  of  the  Act. 
 2.  On  July  29,  2002,  Verizon  filed  a  petition  requesting  the  Commission  to  forbear  from  applying  items  four  through  six  and  ten  of  the  section  271  competitive  checklist  once  the 


 corresponding  elements  no  longer  need  to  be  unbundled  under  section  251(  d)(  2)  of  the  Telecommunications  Act  of  1996.  2  Section  10(  c)  of  the  Act  states  that  a  petition  for  forbearance 
 shall  be  deemed  granted  if  the  Commission  does  not  deny  the  petition  for  failure  to  meet  the  requirements  for  forbearance  under  subsection  (a)  within  one  year  after  the  Commission  receives 
 it,  unless  the  one-  year  period  is  extended  by  the  Commission.  The  Commission  may  extend  the  initial  one-  year  period  by  an  additional  90  days  if  the  Commission  finds  that  an  extension  is 
 necessary  to  meet  the  requirements  of  subsection  10(  a).  3 
 3.  The  petition  under  review  raises  significant  questions  regarding  whether  forbearance  from  items  four  through  six  and  ten  of  the  section  271  competitive  checklist  meets 


 the  statutory  requirements  set  forth  in  section  10(  a).  The  Bureau  thus  finds  that  a  90-  day  extension  is  warranted  under  section  10. 


 4.  Accordingly,  IT  IS  ORDERED,  pursuant  to  section  10  of  the  Communications  Act  of  1934,  as  amended,  47  U.  S.  C.  §  160,  and  authority  delegated  under  sections  0.91  and  0.291 


 1  47  U.  S.  C.  §  160(  c). 
 2  Petition  for  Forbearance  of  the  Verizon  Telephone  Companies  Pursuant  to  47  U.  S.  C.  §  160(  c),  CC  Docket  No. 
 01-  338  (filed  July  29,  2002).  3 
 See,  e.  g.,  Petition  of  Ameritech  Corporation  for  Forbearance  from  Enforcement  of  Section  275(  a)  of  the  Communications  Act  of  1934,  As  Amended,  CC  Docket  No.  98-  65,  Order,  14  FCC  Rcd  6415  (Com.  Car.  Bur.  1999). 
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 of  the  Commission's  rules,  47  C.  F.  R.  §§  0.91  and  0.291,  that  the  date  on  which  the  petition  seeking  forbearance  filed  by  Verizon  shall  be  deemed  granted,  in  the  absence  of  a  Commission 
 denial  of  the  petition  for  failure  to  meet  the  statutory  standards  for  forbearance,  is  extended  to  October  27,  2003. 


 FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION 


 William  F.  Maher,  Jr.  Chief,  Wireline  Competition  Bureau 
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