*Pages 1--2 from Microsoft Word - 25548.doc* PUBLIC NOTICE Federal Communications Commission 445 12th St., S. W. Washington, D. C. 20554 DA 03- 637 March 6, 2002 COMMENTS SOUGHT ON QWEST CORPORATION REQUEST FOR LIMITED MODIFICATION OF LATA BOUNDARIES TO PROVIDE EXPANDED LOCAL CALLING SERVICE BETWEEN ITS EXCHANGES IN THE MINNEAPOLIS/ ST. PAUL METROPOLITAN CALLING AREA AND LONSDALE TELEPHONE COMPANY’S LONSDALE EXCHANGE IN MINNESOTA WC Docket No. 03- 59 Pleading Cycle Established Comments Due: March 20, 2003 Reply Comments Due: March 27, 2003 On February 20, 2003, Qwest Corporation (Qwest) filed a petition requesting modification of local access and transport area (LATA) boundaries to provide two- way, non- optional expanded local calling service (ELCS) between Qwest’s exchanges in the Minneapolis/ St. Paul Metropolitan Calling Area (MCA) and Lonsdale Telephone Company’s Lonsdale exchange. All of the exchanges are in Minnesota. Interested parties may file comments concerning this request on or before March 20, 2003 and reply comments on or before March 27, 2003. All filings must reference WC Docket No. 03- 59. The original and four (4) copies of the comments should be sent to Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary, Federal Communications Commission, 445 12 th Street, SW, Room TW-A325, Washington, DC 20554. Two (2) copies of the comments should also be sent to the Competition Policy Division, Wireline Competition Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, 445 12 th Street, SW, Room 6- A207, Washington, DC 20554, Attention: Carmell Weathers. Filings can be sent by hand or messenger delivery, by commercial overnight courier, or by first- class or overnight U. S. Postal Service mail (although we continue to experience delays in receiving U. S. Postal Service mail). The Commission's contractor, Vistronix, Inc., will receive hand- delivered or messenger- delivered paper filings for the Commission's Secretary at 236 Massachusetts Avenue, N. E., Suite 110, Washington, D. C. 20002. The News media information 202 / 418- 0500 Fax- On- Demand 202 / 418- 2830 Internet: http:// www. fcc. gov TTY 202 / 418- 2555 1 2 filing hours at this location are 8: 00 a. m. to 7: 00 p. m. All hand deliveries must be held together with rubber bands or fasteners. Any envelopes must be disposed of before entering the building. Commercial overnight mail (other than U. S. Postal Service Express Mail and Priority Mail) must be sent to 9300 East Hampton Drive, Capitol Heights, MD 20743. U. S. Postal Service first- class mail, Express Mail, and Priority Mail should be addressed to 445 12th Street, SW, Washington, D. C. 20554. All filings must be addressed to the Commission's Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Federal Communications Commission. The petition will be available for review and copying during regular business hours at the FCC Reference Center, Portals II, 445 12 th Street, SW, Room CY- A257, Washington, DC 20554, (202) 418- 0270. A copy of the application may also be purchased from the Commission’s copy contractor, Qualex International, Portals II, 445 12 th Street, SW, Room CY- B402, Washington, DC, 20554, telephone 202- 863- 2893, facsimile 202- 863- 2898, or via e- mail at qualexint@ aol. com. For further information, contact Carmell Weathers, (202) 418- 2325 (voice), cweather@ fcc. gov, or Dennis Johnson (202) 418- 0809 (voice), dcjohnso@ fcc. gov, of the Competition Policy Division, Wireline Competition Bureau. The TTY number is (202) 418- 0484. -FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION- 2