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 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  04-  1820 
 Before  the  Federal  Communications  Commission 
 Washington,  D.  C.  20554 


 In  the  Matter  of 
 National  Association  of  State  Utility  Consumer  Advocates’  Petition  for  Declaratory  Ruling 
 Regarding  Truth-  In-  Billing 


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 CG  Docket  No.  04-  208 


 ORDER 
 Adopted:  June  23,  2004  Released:  June  24,  2004 
 Revised  Reply  Comment  Date:  August  13,  2004 
 By  the  Division  Chief,  Consumer  Policy  Division: 


 1.  On  May  25,  2004,  the  Commission  released  a  Public  Notice  seeking  comment  on  the  National  Association  of  State  Utility  Consumer  Advocates’  (NASUCA)  petition  for  declaratory  ruling 
 regarding  truth-  in-  billing  and  billing  formats  for  both  wireline  and  wireless  telecommunications  carriers.  1  The  Public  Notice  stated  that  interested  parties  could  file  comments  within  30  and  45  days  respectively, 
 after  its  publication  in  the  Federal  Register.  2  The  Public  Notice  was  published  in  the  Federal  Register  on  June  14,  2004,  making  comments  due  on  or  before  July  14,  2004,  and  reply  comments  on  or  before  July 
 29,  2004.  3 
 2.  On  June  11,  2004,  the  NASUCA  filed  a  motion  to  extend  the  deadline  for  filing  reply  comments  in  this  proceeding.  4  In  its  pleading  NASUCA  requests  an  extension  of  time  to  file  reply 
 comments  stating  that  “[  i]  n  light  of  the  important  legal,  economic  and  policy  issues  raised  in  NASUCA’s  petition  and  the  volume  of  comments  that  are  likely  to  be  filed  in  response  to  that  petition,  the  15-  day 
 period  allowed  for  in  the  Public  Notice  is  simply  not  adequate  to  permit  NASUCA  and  others  to  provide  the  Commission  with  a  full  reply  joining  the  issues.”  5  NASUCA  goes  on  to  suggest  that  “a  brief,  15-  day 
 extension  will  greatly  facilitate  the  development  of  a  complete  record  for  the  Commission’s  review.”  6 


 1  See  Petition  for  Declaratory  Ruling,  CC  Docket  No.  98-  170,  filed  March  30,  2004. 
 2  National  Association  of  State  Utility  Consumer  Advocates  (NASUCA)  Petition  for  Declaratory  Ruling  Regarding 
 Truth-  In-  Billing  and  Billing  Format,  CG  Docket  No.  04-  208,  Public  Notice,  69  Fed.  Reg.  33021  (June  14,  2004).  3 
 Id.  4 
 NASUCA  Motion  for  Extension  of  Time,  CG  Docket  No.  04-  208  (filed  June  11,  2004)  5 
 Id.  at  2.  6 
 Id.  at  2. 
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 3.  It  is  the  policy  of  the  Commission  that  extensions  of  time  are  not  routinely  granted.  7  In  this  instance,  however,  the  Bureau  finds  that  NASUCA  has  shown  good  cause  for  an  extension  of  the 
 deadline  for  filing  reply  comments  in  this  proceeding.  Because  of  the  complexity  of  the  issues  involved  and  the  high  number  of  comments  expected  to  be  filed,  we  grant  a  limited  extension  so  that  parties  may 
 file  reply  comments  in  this  docket  on  or  before  August  13,  2004. 
 4.  ACCORDINGLY,  IT  IS  ORDERED,  pursuant  to  the  authority  delegated  under  section  0.141  of  the  Commission’s  rules,  47  C.  F.  R.  §  0.141,  that  NASUCA’s  Motion  for  Extension  of  Time  in 
 the  above-  captioned  proceeding  is  GRANTED  to  the  extent  set  forth  herein. 


 FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION 


 Richard  D.  Smith  Chief,  Consumer  Policy  Division 
 Consumer  &  Governmental  Affairs  Bureau 


 7  See  47  C.  F.  R.  §  1.46  (a). 
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