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 Before  the  Federal  Communications  Commission 
 Washington,  D.  C.  20554 
 In  the  Matter  of 
 Federal-  State  Joint  Board  on  Universal  Service 


 Forward-  Looking  Cost  Mechanism  for  High  Cost  Support  for  Non-  Rural  LECs 


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 CC  Docket  No.  96-  45 
 CC  Docket  No.  97-  160 
 ORDER 
 Adopted:  April  8,  2004  Released:  April  8,  2004 
 By  the  Chief,  Telecommunications  Access  Policy  Division: 
 1.  On  December  18,  1998,  SBC  Communications  Inc.  (SBC)  filed  a  Petition  for  Clarification  and  Reconsideration  (Petition)  in  the  above-  captioned  proceeding.  1  In  its  petition, 
 SBC  sought  clarification  and  reconsideration  of  the  Commission’s  Fifth  Universal  Service  Report  and  Order.  2  On  April  7,  2004,  SBC  submitted  a  request  to  withdraw  the  Petition.  3  We 
 grant  the  request  to  withdraw  and  dismiss  the  Petition. 
 2.  ACCORDINGLY,  IT  IS  ORDERED,  pursuant  to  the  authority  delegated  under  sections  0.91  and  0.291  of  the  Commission’s  rules,  47  C.  F.  R.  §§  0.91,  0.291,  that  the  request  to 


 withdraw  the  SBC’s  Petition  for  Clarification  and  Reconsideration  in  the  above-  captioned  proceeding  IS  GRANTED. 


 3.  IT  IS  FURTHER  ORDERED,  pursuant  to  sections  0.91  and  0.291  of  the  Commission’s  rules,  47  C.  F.  R.  §§  0.91,  0.291,  that  SBC’s  Petition  for  Clarification  and 
 Reconsideration  in  the  above-  captioned  proceeding  IS  DISMISSED  WITHOUT  PREJUDICE. 
 FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION 


 William  Scher,  Assistant  Chief  Telecommunications  Access  Policy  Division 
 Wireline  Competition  Bureau 
 1  SBC  Communications,  Inc.  Petition  for  Clarification  and  Reconsideration,  CC  Docket  Nos.  96-  45,  97-  160  (filed 
 December  18,  1998).  2 
 Federal-  State  Joint  Board  on  Universal  Service,  Forward-  Looking  Mechanism  for  High  Cost  Support  for  Non-Rural  LECs,  Fifth  Report  and  Order,  CC  Docket  Nos.  96-  45,  97-  160,  13  FCC  Rcd  21323  (1998)  (Fifth  Universal 


 Service  Report  and  Order).  3 
 SBC  Communications  Inc.  Withdrawal  of  Petition  for  Clarification  and  Reconsideration  (filed  April  7,  2004). 
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