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 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  03-  3647 
 Before  the  Federal  Communications  Commission 
 Washington,  D.  C.  20554 
 In  the  Matter  of 
 MCI  WorldCom,  Inc.  Petition  for  Expedited  Declaratory  Ruling  Regarding  the  Process  for 
 Adoption  of  Agreements  Pursuant  to  Section  252(  i)  of  the  Communications  Act  and  Section 
 51.809  of  the  Commission’s  Rules 


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 CC  Docket  No.  00-  45 


 ORDER 
 Adopted:  November  13,  2003  Released:  November  13,  2003 
 By  the  Chief,  Competition  Policy  Division: 
 1.  On  March  7,  2000,  MCI  WorldCom,  Inc.  (MCI)  filed  a  petition  for  declaratory  ruling  1  seeking  rulings  regarding  the  process  for  adoption  of  interconnection  agreements 
 pursuant  to  section  252(  i)  of  the  Communications  Act,  as  amended,  2  and  section  51.809  of  the  Commission’s  rules.  3  On  November  10,  2003,  MCI  filed  a  request  to  withdraw  its  petition  for 
 declaratory  ruling,  explaining  that  it  raised  many  of  the  same  issues  in  response  to  the  Further  Notice  of  Proposed  Rulemaking  in  CC  Docket  Nos.  01-  338,  96-  98,  and  98-  147.  4  In  this  Order, 
 we  grant  MCI’s  request  to  withdraw  and  dismiss  the  petition. 
 2.  ACCORDINGLY,  IT  IS  ORDERED,  pursuant  to  the  authority  delegated  under  sections  0.91  and  0.291  of  the  Commission’s  rules,  47  C.  F.  R.  §§  0.91,  0.291,  that  MCI’s  request 


 to  withdraw  the  above-  captioned  petition  IS  GRANTED. 
 3.  IT  IS  FURTHER  ORDERED,  pursuant  to  the  authority  delegated  under  sections  0.91  and  0.291  of  the  Commission’s  rules,  47  C.  F.  R.  §§  0.91,  0.291,  that  the  above-  captioned 


 petition  for  declaratory  ruling  IS  DISMISSED  WITHOUT  PREJUDICE,  and  the  proceeding 


 1  MCI  WorldCom,  Inc.  Petition  for  Expedited  Declaratory  Ruling  Regarding  the  Process  for  Adoption  of 
 Agreements  Pursuant  to  Section  252(  i)  of  the  Communications  Act  and  Section  51.  809  of  the  Commission’s  Rules,  CC  Docket  No.  00-  45  (filed  Mar.  7,  2000);  see  Pleading  Cycle  Established  for  Comments  on  the  Revised  Petition  of 


 MCI  WorldCom,  Inc.  for  Declaratory  Ruling  Regarding  the  Process  for  Adoption  of  Agreements  Pursuant  to  Section  252(  i)  of  the  Communications  Act  and  Section  51.  809  of  the  Commission’s  Rules,  CC  Docket  No.  00-  45,  Public 
 Notice,  15  FCC  Rcd  5079  (2000).  2 
 47  U.  S.  C.  §  252(  i).  3 
 47  C.  F.  R.  §  51.  809.  4 
 Letter  from  Lisa  R.  Youngers,  Attorney  –  Federal  Advocacy,  MCI,  to  Michelle  Carey,  Chief,  Competition  Policy  Division,  Wireline  Competition  Bureau,  Federal  Communications  Commission,  CC  Docket  Nos.  00-  45,  01-338, 


 96-  98,  98-  147  at  1  (filed  Nov.  10,  2003). 
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 initiated  by  that  petition,  CC  Docket  No.  00-  45,  IS  TERMINATED. 
 FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION 


 Michelle  M.  Carey  Chief,  Competition  Policy  Division 
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