PUBLIC NOTICE
Federal Communications Commission
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Washington, D.C. 20554
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DA 07-1074
March 7, 2007
Petition for Rulemaking to Eliminate Rate-of-Return Regulation of Incumbent Local 
Exchange Carriers
CC Docket No. 96-45, RM-10822
NOTICE OF PROCEEDING TERMINATION
On October 30, 2003, Western Wireless Corporation (Western Wireless) filed a petition for 
rulemaking to eliminate rate-of-return regulation for rural incumbent local exchange carriers for purposes 
of determining their federal high-cost universal services support and interstate access charges.1  On March 
6, 2007, Alltel Corp. withdrew the Western Wireless petition for rulemaking in CC Docket No. 96-45, 
asked that RM-10822 be closed, and requested that the petition and the comments and reply comments on 
the petition be incorporated by reference into the record of the intercarrier compensation reform (CC 
Docket No. 01-92) and universal service (WC Docket No. 05-337) proceedings.2  This proceeding in CC 
Docket No. 96-45 and the rulemaking in RM-10822 are therefore terminated effective upon release of this 
Public Notice and the records are incorporated by reference into CC Docket No. 01-92 and WC Docket 
No. 05-337.
For further information, contact Al Lewis of the Pricing Policy Division, Wireline Competition 
Bureau at (202) 418-1520.
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1 Petition for Rulemaking to Eliminate Rate-of-Return Regulation of Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers at 1 
(filed Oct. 30, 2004) (Western Wireless Petition).
2 Letter from David L. Sieradzki, Hogan & Hartson, Counsel to Alltel Corp., to Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary, 
Federal Communications Commission, WC Docket No. 05-337, CC Docket No. 01-92, CC Docket No. 96-45, RM-
10822 (filed Mar. 6, 2007).  Western Wireless merged with ALLTEL Corporation in August 2005.  See Applications 
of Western Wireless Corporation and ALLTEL Corporation for Consent to Transfer Control of Licenses and 
Authorizations, WT Docket No. 05-50, 20 FCC Rcd 13053 (2005).