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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-  3392 
 October  24,  2003 


 In  the  Matter  of  Sprint  Corporation  Request  for  Declaratory  Ruling  Regarding  Application  of  PICCs 
 CCB/  CPD  98-  2 
 NOTICE  OF  PROCEEDING  TERMINATION 


 On  May  19,  1998,  the  Common  Carrier  Bureau  1  released  an  order  in  the  above-referenced  proceeding  granting  Sprint’s  request  for  a  declaratory  ruling  regarding  the  application 
 of  presubscribed  interexchange  carrier  charges  (PICCs)  to  lines  of  subscribers  whose  service  has  been  discontinued  by  an  interexchange  carrier  (IXC).  2  The  Bureau  held  that,  so  long  as  the  IXC 
 has  notified  the  local  exchange  carrier  that  it  has  discontinued  service  to  a  customer,  the  IXC  is  not  liable  for  PICCs  on  the  terminated  lines.  3  On  October  7,  2003,  SBC  filed  a  request  to 
 withdraw  its  application  for  review  of  the  Bureau’s  order,  and  on  October  16,  2003,  AT&  T  filed  a  request  to  withdraw  its  petition  for  clarification  of  the  order.  Based  on  their  requests  to 
 withdraw,  SBC’s  application  for  review  and  AT&  T’s  petition  for  clarification  are  dismissed  without  prejudice.  4  Sprint  previously  withdrew  its  petition  for  clarification  and  reconsideration, 
 and  MCI  previously  withdrew  its  petition  for  partial  reconsideration  of  this  order,  therefore  it  appears  that  there  are  no  pending  applications  for  review  or  petitions  for  reconsideration  or 
 clarification  of  the  Bureau’s  order.  Since  the  Bureau’s  release  of  the  above-  referenced  order,  the  PICC  has  been  phased  out  substantially,  thus  the  issues  in  this  proceeding  largely  are  moot. 
 Therefore,  the  proceeding  will  be  terminated  effective  30  days  after  publication  of  this  Public  Notice  in  the  Federal  Register,  unless  the  Wireline  Competition  Bureau  receives  an  opposition  to 
 the  termination  before  that  date. 


 Parties  filing  oppositions  to  the  termination  of  this  proceeding  must  file  an  original  and  four  copies  of  each  filing.  The  filings  should  reference  the  file  number  of  this  proceeding, 


 1  The  Common  Carrier  Bureau  is  now  the  Wireline  Competition  Bureau. 
 2  Sprint  Corporation  Request  for  Declaratory  Ruling  Regarding  Application  of  PICCs,  CCB/  CPD  98- 
 2,  Memorandum  Opinion  and  Order,  13  FCC  Rcd  10220  (Com.  Car.  Bur.  1998). 
 3  Id.  at  10221,  para.  3. 


 4  47  C.  F.  R.  §  1.  748. 
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