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 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-  535  March  6,  2006 
 PLEADING  CYCLE  ESTABLISHED  FOR  COMMENTS  ON  TIME  WARNER  CABLE’S  PETITION  FOR  PREEMPTION  REGARDING 
 THE  SOUTH  CAROLINA  PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION’S  DENIAL  OF  A  CERTIFICATE  OF  PUBLIC  CONVENIENCE  AND  NECESSITY 


 WC  Docket  No.  06-  54 
 Comments  Due:  March  27,  2006  Reply  Comments  Due:  April  11,  2006 


 On  March  1,  2006,  Time  Warner  Cable  and  its  South  Carolina  telecommunications  affiliate,  Time  Warner  Cable  Information  Services  (South  Carolina),  LLC  (collectively,  TWC)  filed  a  petition  requesting 
 preemption  of  the  South  Carolina  Public  Service  Commission’s  decision  to  deny  TWC  a  certificate  of  public  convenience  and  necessity  (CPCN)  for  certain  areas  served  by  rural  local  exchange  carriers 
 (LECs).  TWC  asserts  that  the  South  Carolina  Public  Service  Commission’s  refusal  to  grant  TWC  a  CPCN  in  areas  served  by  rural  LECs  has  the  effect  of  prohibiting  TWC  from  providing 
 telecommunications  services  and,  thus,  violates  Section  253  of  the  Act.  Specifically,  TWC  states  that  it  needs  a  CPCN  to  obtain  its  own  interconnection  agreements  with  such  rural  LECs  and  to  introduce 
 competitive  telecommunications  services  –  including  wholesale  telecommunications  services  necessary  for  the  provision  of  VoIP-  based  residential  phone  service.  TWC  requests  that  the  Commission  issue  an 
 order  preempting  the  South  Carolina  Public  Service  Commission’s  decision  and  directing  it  to  grant  TWC  the  CPCN  for  which  it  applied. 


 This  Public  Notice  establishes  certain  procedural  requirements  relating  to  consideration  of  TWC’s  petition.  This  matter  shall  be  treated  as  a  “permit-  but-  disclose”  proceeding  in  accordance  with  the 
 Commission’s  ex  parte  rules.  See  47  C.  F.  R.  §§  1.1200,  1.1206.  Persons  making  oral  ex  parte  presentations  are  reminded  that  memoranda  summarizing  the  presentations  must  contain  summaries  of  the 
 substance  of  the  presentations  and  not  merely  a  listing  of  the  subjects  discussed.  More  than  a  one  or  two  sentence  description  of  the  views  and  arguments  presented  is  generally  required.  See  47  C.  F.  R. 
 §  1.1206(  b).  Other  requirements  pertaining  to  oral  and  written  presentations  are  set  forth  in  section  1.1206(  b)  of  the  Commission’s  rules,  47  C.  F.  R.  §  1.1206(  b). 


 Interested  parties  may  file  comments  on  or  before  March  27,  2006,  and  reply  comments  on  or  before  April  11,  2006.  All  filings  should  refer  to  WC  Docket  No.  06-  54.  Comments  may  be  filed  using: 
 (1)  the  Commission’s  Electronic  Comment  Filing  System  (ECFS),  (2)  the  Federal  Government’s  eRulemaking  Portal,  or  (3)  by  filing  paper  copies.  See  Electronic  Filing  of  Documents  in  Rulemaking 
 Proceedings,  63  FR  24121  (1998). 
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 For  further  information  regarding  this  proceeding,  contact  Jennifer  Schneider,  Competition  Policy  Division,  Wireline  Competition  Bureau,  (202)  418-  0425. 
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