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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  05-  2314 
 Release  Date:  August  18,  2005 
 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  1,  2005 
 Reply  Comment  Date:  September  9,  2005 
 Interested  parties  are  invited  to  comment  on  petitions  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  FiberNet,  LLC  47  C.  F.  R.  §  54.307(  c)(  4)  4/  15/  05 


 Dobson  Cellular  Systems  47  C.  F.  R.  §§  54.313  and  54.314  5/  9/  05 
 NPCR,  Inc.  d/  b/  a  Nextel  Partners  47  C.  F.  R.  §§  54.313  and  54.314  5/  17/  05 
 Western  Wireless  Corporation  47  C.  F.  R.  §  54.313(  d)(  3)  5/  18/  05 
 Citizens  Communications  and  Frontier  Communications  47  C.  F.  R.  §  54.802(  a)  7/  8/  05 
 Nebraska  Technology  &  Telecommunications,  Inc.  47  C.  F.  R.  §  54.802(  a)  7/  19/  05 


 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  1,  2005  and  reply  comments 
 on  or  before  September  9,  2005.  Comments  may  be  filed  using  the  Commission's  Electronic  Comment  Filing  System  (ECFS)  or  by  filing  paper  copies.  1 


 1  See  Electronic  Filing  of  Documents  in  Rulemaking  Proceedings,  63  Fed.  Reg.  24121  (1998). 
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 For  further  information,  contact  Gina  Spade,  Telecommunications  Access  Policy  Division,  Wireline  Competition  Bureau  at  (202)  418-  7400,  TTY  (202)  418-  0484. 
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