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 PUBLIC  NOTICE  Federal  Communications  Commission  445  12  th  Street,  S.  W.  Washington,  D.  C.  20554  News  Media  Information  202  /  418-  0500  Fax-  On-  Demand  202  /  418-  2830  TTY  202  /  418-  2555  Internet:  http://  www.  fcc.  gov  ftp.  fcc.  gov 
 DA  04-  613  March  4,  2004 
 PLEADING  CYCLE  ESTABLISHED  FOR  COMMENTS  ON  BELLSOUTH’S  PETITION  FOR  FORBEARANCE 
 FROM  APPLICATION  OF  SECTION  271 
 WC  Docket  No.  04-  48 
 Comments  Due:  March  15,  2004  Reply  Comments  Due:  March  22,  2004 


 On  March  1,  2004,  BellSouth  Telecommunications,  Inc.  (BellSouth)  filed  a  petition  pursuant  to  section  10  of  the  Communications  Act  of  1934,  as  amended,  1  requesting  that,  to  the 
 extent  the  Commission  determines  section  271(  c)(  2)(  B)  imposes  the  same  unbundling  obligations  on  Bell  Operating  Companies  (BOCs)  as  established  by  section  251(  c),  the 
 Commission  should  forbear  from  applying  such  unbundling  obligations  to  broadband  elements.  2  BellSouth  argues  that  incumbent  LECs  should  have  no  stand-  alone  unbundling  obligations  for 
 broadband  network  elements  that  no  longer  meet  the  section  251(  d)(  2)  impair  standard.  3  We  note  that  BellSouth’s  request  is  virtually  identical  to  the  request  Verizon  filed  on  October  24, 
 2003,  which  the  Commission  placed  on  Public  Notice  on  October  27,  2003.  4 
 This  Public  Notice  establishes  certain  procedural  requirements  relating  to  consideration  of  BellSouth’s  Petition.  This  matter  shall  be  treated  as  a  “permit-  but-  disclose”  proceeding  in 


 accordance  with  the  Commission's  ex  parte  rules.  See  47  C.  F.  R.  §§  1.1200,  1.1206.  Persons  making  oral  ex  parte  presentations  are  reminded  that  memoranda  summarizing  the  presentations 
 must  contain  summaries  of  the  substance  of  the  presentations  and  not  merely  a  listing  of  the  subjects  discussed.  More  than  a  one  or  two  sentence  description  of  the  views  and  arguments 


 1  47  U.  S.  C.  §  160  et  seq. 
 2  BellSouth  Telecommunications,  Inc.  Petition  for  Forbearance  Under  47  U.  S.  C.  §  160(  c),  WC  Docket  No.  04- 
 48  (filed  Mar.  1,  2004)  (BellSouth  Petition  or  Petition). 
 3  BellSouth  Petition  at  3. 


 4  See  Commission  Establishes  Comment  Cycle  for  New  Verizon  Petition  Requesting  Forbearance  from 
 Application  of  Section  271,  Public  Notice,  FCC  03-  263  (rel.  Oct.  27,  2003). 
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