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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  06-  1058  May  19,  2006 
 Citizens  Communications  Company  Petition  for  Waiver  of  Section  52.33(  a)  of  the  Commission’s  Number  Portability  Rules 
 CC  Docket  No.  95-  116,  CCB/  CPD  File  No.  01-  16  (DA  01-  1596) 
 NOTICE  OF  TERMINATION  OF  CITIZENS’  WAIVER  PETITION  PROCEEDING 
 On  June  26,  2001,  Citizens  Communications  Company  (Citizens)  filed  a  petition  for  waiver  1  of  section  52.33(  a)  of  the  Commission’s  rules.  2  ALLTEL  filed  comments  and  NECA,  NRTA,  NTCA, 
 OPASTCO,  TDS  Telecom  and  USTA  filed  joint  comments.  3  Sprint  Corporation  and  Citizens  filed  reply  comments.  4  On  February  14,  2005  Citizens  filed  a  request  to  withdraw  its  petition.  5  Based  on  its  request 
 to  withdraw,  Citizens’  Petition  will  be  dismissed  without  prejudice  and  the  waiver  proceeding  will  be  terminated  effective  30  days  after  publication  of  this  Public  Notice  in  the  Federal  Register,  unless  the 
 Wireline  Competition  Bureau  receives  an  opposition  before  that  date. 
 Parties  filing  oppositions  should  reference  CC  Docket  No.  95-  116  and  CCB/  CPD  File  No.  01-  16.  Comments  may  be  filed  using  the  Commission’s  Electronic  Comment  Filing  System  (ECFS)  or  by 
 filing  paper  copies.  6  Comments  filed  through  the  ECFS  can  be  sent  as  an  electronic  file  via  the  Internet  to  http://  www.  fcc.  gov/  cgb/  ecfs/.  Commenters  should  transmit  one  electronic  copy  of  the  comments  to  CC 
 Docket  No.  95-  116  (under  “Proceeding”).  In  completing  the  transmittal  screen,  commenters  should  include  their  full  name,  U.  S.  Postal  Service  mailing  address,  and  CCB/  CPD  File  No.  01-  16  (under  “File 
 Number”).  Parties  may  also  submit  an  electronic  comment  by  Internet  e-  mail.  To  get  filing  instructions  for  e-  mail  comments,  commenters  should  send  an  e-  mail  to  ecfs@  fcc.  gov,  and  should  include  the 


 1  Petition  of  Citizens  Communications  for  Waiver  of  Section  52.  33(  a)  of  the  Commission’s  Rules,  CC  Docket  95-116, 
 CCB/  CPD  File  No.  01-  16  (filed  June  26,  2001). 
 2  47  C.  F.  R.  §  52.33(  a). 


 3  Comments  of  ALLTEL  Communications,  Inc.,  CC  Docket  No.  95-  116  (filed  Aug.  6,  2001);  Joint  Comments  of 
 National  Exchange  Carrier  Association,  Inc.  (NECA),  National  Rural  Telecom  Association  (NRTA),  National  Telephone  Cooperative  Association  (NTCA),  Organization  for  the  Promotion  and  Advancement  of  Small  Telephone 


 Companies  (OPASTCO),  TDS  Telecom  and  United  States  Telecom  Association  (USTA),  CC  Docket  No.  95-  116  (filed  Aug.  6,  2001). 


 4  Reply  Comments  of  Sprint  Corporation,  CC  Docket  No.  95-  116,  CCB/  CPD  No.  01-  16  (filed  Aug.  21,  2001); 
 Reply  Comments  of  Citizens  Communications  Company,  CC  Docket  No.  95-  116,  CCB/  CPD  No.  01-  16  (filed  Aug.  21,  2001). 


 5  Letter  from  Robert  D.  Binder,  Manager-  Federal  Regulatory  Affairs,  Frontier-  a  Citizens  Communications 
 Company,  to  Marlene  H.  Dortch,  Secretary,  Federal  Communications  Commission  (dated  Feb.  4,  2005). 
 6  See  Electronic  Filing  of  Documents  in  Rulemaking  Proceedings,  GC  Docket  No.  97-  113,  Report  and  Order,  13 
 FCC  Rcd  11322  (1998). 
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