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 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  05-  2315 
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 Before  the  Federal  Communications  Commission 
 Washington,  D.  C.  20554 


 In  the  matter  of 
 Federal-  State  Joint  Board  on  Universal  Service 


 Washington  Utilities  and  Transportation  Commission  Request  to  Amend 
 Certification 
 Inland  Cellular  Telephone  Company  Request  for  Waiver  of  Filing  Deadline  in 
 47  C.  F.  R.  Section  54.314 


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 CC  Docket  No.  96-  45 


 ORDER 
 Adopted:  August  18,  2005  Released:  August  18,  2005 
 By  the  Chief,  Telecommunications  Access  Policy  Division,  Wireline  Competition  Bureau: 
 1.  On  September  3,  2003,  the  Washington  Utilities  and  Transportation  Commission  (WUTC)  timely  filed  a  certification  letter  identifying  the  eligible  telecommunications  carriers  (ETCs) 
 within  Washington.  1  On  October  27,  2004,  WUTC  filed  a  request  to  amend  its  September  3  Certification  because  it  had  inadvertently  omitted  ETC  Inland  Cellular  Telephone  Company  (Inland  Cellular).  2  On 
 March  30,  2005,  Inland  Cellular  filed  a  request  for  waiver  of  the  October  1,  2003  certification  filing  deadline  set  forth  in  section  54.  314  of  the  Commission’s  rules  for  high-  cost  universal  service  support.  3 
 We  grant  WUTC’s  request  to  amend  its  September  3  Certification.  We  further  dismiss  Inland  Cellular’s  March  30,  2005  waiver  petition  as  moot. 


 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  WUTC’s  request  to  amend  its 
 September  3  Certification  IS  GRANTED. 


 1  Letter  from  Carole  J.  Washburn,  Washington  Utilities  and  Transportation  Commission,  to  Marlene  H.  Dortch, 
 Secretary,  FCC  and  Irene  Flannery,  USAC,  dated  Sept.  3,  2003  (September  3  Certification).  2 
 Letter  from  Carole  J.  Washburn,  Washington  Utilities  and  Transportation  Commission,  to  Marlene  H.  Dortch,  Secretary,  FCC,  and  Irene  Flannery,  USAC,  dated  Oct.  27,  2004. 


 3  Inland  Cellular  Telephone  Company,  Petition  for  Waiver  of  Section  54.  314(  d)  of  the  Commission’s  Rules,  CC 
 Docket  No.  96-  45,  filed  March  30,  2005. 
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 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  the  above-  captioned  petition  for  waiver  IS  DISMISSED  as  moot. 
 FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION 
 Narda  Jones  Chief,  Telecommunications  Access  Policy  Division 
 Wireline  Competition  Bureau 
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