*Pages 1--2 from Microsoft Word - 41281* 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 04- 2551 Release Date: August 19, 2004 THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACCESS POLICY DIVISION OF THE WIRELINE COMPETITION BUREAU GRANTS PETITIONS REQUESTING WAIVER OF VARIOUS FILING DEADLINES RELATED TO THE UNIVERSAL SERVICE PROGRAM CC Docket No. 96- 45 The Telecommunications Access Policy Division of the Wireline Competition Bureau has granted petitions for waiver of certain filing deadlines associated with the receipt of universal service support. 1 These petitions and related information are listed below: Petitioner State Date Petition Filed United States Cellular Corporation WI 1/ 15/ 03 RCC Minnesota WA 7/ 11/ 03 2 NPCR, Inc. d/ b/ a Nextel Partners MS 11/ 04/ 03 Michiana Metronet Inc., Centennial Michigan RSA 6 Cellular Corp., Centennial Michigan RSA 7 Cellular Corp. 3 MI 11/ 04/ 03 1 See, e. g., Federal- State Joint Board on Universal Service, RFB Cellular, Inc., Petitions for Waiver of Sections 54.314( d) and 54.307( c) of the Commission’s Rules and Regulations, Order, CC Docket No. 96- 45, 17 FCC Rcd 24387 (2002); Federal- State Joint Board on Universal Service, Midwest Wireless Iowa, L. L. C., Petition for Waiver of Sections 54. 313( d) and 54. 314( d) of the Commission’s Rules and Regulations, Order, CC Docket No. 96- 45, DA 04- 1688 (Telecomms. Access Pol. Div. rel. June 14, 2004); Federal- State Joint Board on Universal Service, Grande Communications, Inc. Petition for Waiver of Sections 54. 307 and 54. 314 of the Commission’s Rules and Regulations, Order, CC Docket No. 96- 45, DA 04- 2534 (Telecomms. Access Pol. Div. rel. August 16, 2004). 2 On August 19, 2003, RCC Minnesota filed a supplement to its initial petition. See RCC Minnesota, Inc., Petition for Waiver of Sections 54. 313 and 54. 314 of the Commission’s Rules, Supplement and Erratum to Petition for Waiver, filed Aug. 19, 2003. 3 On December 10, 2003, CenturyTel, Inc. (CenturyTel) filed an opposition to the above petition and a separate petition filed by Centennial Cellular Tri- State Operating Partnership and Centennial Claiborne Cellular Corp. (Centennial Mississippi) seeking waiver of the April 1, 2003 certification filing deadline set forth in section 54. 313( d) of the Commission’s rules. See Federal- State Joint Board on Universal Service, CC Docket No. 96- 45, Opposition of CenturyTel, Inc., filed Dec. 10, 2003. In addition, on December 29, 2003, CenturyTel filed an opposition to a petition listed above filed by NPCR, Inc. d/ b/ a Nextel Partners seeking a waiver of the September 30, 2003 certification filing deadline set forth in section 54. 314( d) of the Commission’s rules. See Federal- State Joint Board on Universal Service, CC Docket No. 96- 45, Opposition of CenturyTel, Inc., filed Dec. 29, 2003. 1 2 Petitioner State Date Petition Filed NPCR, Inc. d/ b/ a Nextel Partners 4 WI 11/ 07/ 03 NPCR, Inc. d/ b/ a Nextel Partners IA 12/ 11/ 03 RCC Atlantic, Inc. VT 1/ 14/ 04 Alaska DigiTel, LLC AL 1/ 21/ 04 Centennial Lafayette Communications, LLC; Centennial Beauregard Cellular LLC; Centennial Caldwell Cellular Corp.; Centennial Morehouse Cellular, LLC LA 5/ 28/ 04 For further information regarding this Public Notice, please contact Gina Spade or Tom Buckley at (202) 418- 7400. CenturyTel’s arguments raised in its oppositions are addressed in a recent order granting Centennial Mississippi’s waiver request. See Federal- State Joint Board on Universal Service, Centennial Cellular Tri- State Operating Partnership and Centennial Claiborne Cellular Corp., Petition for Waiver of Section 54. 313( d) of the Commission’s Rules and Regulations, Order, CC Docket No. 96- 45, DA 04- 2535 (Telecomms. Access Pol. Div. rel. Aug. 16, 2004). 4 See id. 2