*Pages 1--2 from Microsoft Word - 57990.doc* 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 06- 1346 Released: June 28, 2006 NOTICE OF REMOVAL OF DOMESTIC SECTION 214 APPLICATIONS FROM STREAMLINED TREATMENT WC Docket Nos. 06- 64 & 06- 107 The applications listed in this notice have been removed from streamlined treatment pursuant to the Commission’s streamlined procedures for domestic section 214 transfer of control applications. 1 Section 63.03( c)( 1)( v) of the Commission’s rules provides that at any time after an application is filed, the Commission, acting through the Chief of the Wireline Competition Bureau, may notify an applicant that its application is being removed from streamlined processing where the Commission “determines that the application requires further analysis to determine whether a proposed transfer of control would serve the public interest.” 2 1. Domestic Section 214 Application Filed for the Acquisition of Assets of County Telephone Company, Limited Partnership and LEC Long Distance, Inc. d/ b/ a CassTel Long Distance by FairPoint Communications Missouri, Inc., FairPoint Communications, Inc., and ST Long Distance, Inc. d/ b/ a FairPoint Communications Long Distance, WC Docket No. 06- 64 3 2. Domestic Section 214 Application Filed for the Transfer of Control of Mpower Communications Corp. from Mpower Holding Corporation to U. S. TelePacific Holdings Corp., WC Docket No. 06- 107 4 1 47 C. F. R. § 63.03; Implementation of Further Streamlining Measures for Domestic Section 214 Authorizations, 17 FCC Rcd 5517 (2002) (Streamlining Order). 2 See 47 C. F. R. § 63.03( c)( 1)( v). 3 This application is being removed from streamlined treatment for further consideration of the transaction. Except in extraordinary circumstances, final action on this application should be expected no later than 180 days from public notice that the application was accepted for filing. See 47 C. F. R. § 63.03( c)( 2). 4 This application is being removed from streamlined review in response to the request filed by the Department of Justice, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation, with the concurrence of the Department of Homeland Security (collectively, the “Executive Branch Agencies”). On June 21, 2006, the Executive Branch Agencies filed a letter requesting that the Commission defer grant of this application while the Executive Branch Agencies address potential national security, law enforcement, and public safety concerns. See Letter from Benton 1 2 For further information, please contact Heather Hendrickson at (202) 418- 7295 or Adam Kirschenbaum at (202) 418- 7280, Competition Policy Division, Wireline Competition Bureau, at (202) 418- 7295. Campbell, Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice, to Marlene H. Dortch, FCC, WC Docket No. 06- 107 and ITC- T/ C- 20060518- 00282 (filed June 21, 2006). Except in extraordinary circumstances, final action on this application should be expected no later than 180 days from public notice that the application was accepted for filing. See 47 C. F. R. § 63.03( c)( 2). 2