*Pages 1--2 from Microsoft Word - 41364* 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- 2610 Release Date: August 23, 2004 WIRELINE COMPETITION BUREAU SEEKS COMMENT ON PETITIONS REQUESTING WAIVER OF VARIOUS FILING DEADLINES RELATED TO THE UNIVERSAL SERVICE PROGRAM CC Docket No. 96- 45 Comment Date: September 7, 2004 Reply Comment Date: September 14, 2004 Interested parties are invited to comment on petitions recently filed by the following telecommunications carriers seeking waivers of various filing deadlines associated with the receipt of universal service support pursuant to the Commission’s rules. Petitioner Rule Date Filed Qwest Corporation 47 C. F. R. § 54.313 3/ 29/ 04 Benton/ Linn Wireless, LLC 47 C. F. R. § 54.307( c) 6/ 9/ 04 American Cellular Corporation 47 C. F. R. §§ 54.313 and 54.314 7/ 16/ 04 MCI, Inc. 47 C. F. R. § 54.809( c) 7/ 21/ 04 Northeast Iowa Telephone Company 47 C. F. R. § 54.307( c) 7/ 27/ 04 Pursuant to Sections 1.415 and 1.419 of the Commission's rules, 47 C. F. R. §§ 1.415, 1.419, interested parties may file comments on or before September 7, 2004, and reply comments on or before September 14, 2004. Comments may be filed using the Commission's Electronic Comment Filing System (ECFS) or by filing paper copies. 1 Comments filed through the ECFS can be sent as an electronic file via the Internet to http:// www. fcc. gov/ cgb/ ecfs/. Generally, only one copy of an electronic submission must be filed. If multiple docket or rulemaking numbers appear in the caption of this proceeding, 1 See Electronic Filing of Documents in Rulemaking Proceedings, 63 Fed. Reg. 24121 (1998). 1