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 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-  3517 
 Release  Date:  November  4,  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:  November  18,  2004 
 Reply  Comment  Date:  November  29,  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  NPCR,  Inc.  47  C.  F.  R.  §  54.314  9/  27/  04 


 ACS  Wireless,  Inc.  47  C.  F.  R.  §§  54.314(  c)  and  54.307(  c)  10/  25/  04 
 ACS  Wireless,  Inc.  47  C.  F.  R.  §  54.307(  c)  10/  25/  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  November  18,  2004,  and  reply 
 comments  on  or  before  November  29,  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,  however,  commenters  must  transmit  one  electronic  copy  of  the  comments  to  each  docket  or 


 1  See  Electronic  Filing  of  Documents  in  Rulemaking  Proceedings,  63  Fed.  Reg.  24121  (1998). 
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