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 PUBLIC  NOTICE  Federal  Communications  Commission  445  12th  St.,  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 
 Released:  April  27,  2001 
 COMMENT  SOUGHT  ON  VERIZON’S  REQUEST  FOR  LIMITED  MODIFICATION 
 OF  LATA  BOUNDARIES  TO  PROVIDE  EXPANDED  LOCAL  CALLING  SERVICE 
 BETWEEN  CERTAIN  EXCHANGES  IN  PENNSYVLANIA 


 File  No.  NSD-  L-  01-  76 
 Pleading  Cycle  Established 
 Comments  Due:  May  11,  2001  Reply  Comments  Due:  May  18,  2001 
 On  March  26,  2001,  Verizon  Pennsylvania,  Inc.  (Verizon)  filed  a  petition  requesting  modification  of 
 local  access  and  transport  area  (LATA)  boundaries  to  provide  one-  way  expanded  local  calling  service 
 (ELCS)  between  the  Lehighton  and  Palmerton  Exchanges  in  Pennsylvania. 


 Interested  parties  may  file  comments  concerning  this  matter  on  or  before  May  11,  2001  and  reply 
 comments  on  or  before  May  18,  2001.  All  filings  must  reference  File  No.  NSD-  L-  01-  76  and  should 
 be  sent  to  Magalie  Roman  Salas,  Secretary,  Federal  Communications  Commission,  TW-  A325,  445 
 12th  Street,  S.  W.,  Washington,  D.  C.  20554.  Two  copies  should  also  be  sent  to  Al  McCloud,  Network 
 Services  Division,  445  12th  Street,  S.  W.,  Suite  6-  A207,  Washington,  D.  C.,  20554.  Copies  of 
 document  s  filed  wit  h  the  Commission  may  be  obt  ained  from  t  he  Int  ernat  ional  Transcript  ion  Service 
 (ITS),  445  12th  Street,  S.  W.,  Suite  CY-  B400,  Washington,  D.  C.  20554,  (202)  314-  3070.  Documents 
 are  also  available  for  review  and  copying  at  the  FCC  Reference  Room,  445  12th  Street,  S.  W.,  CY-A257, 
 Washington,  D.  C.,  (202)  418-  0270. 


 For  further  information  contact  Alan  Thomas  of  the  Common  Carrier  Bureau,  Network  Services 
 Division,  at  (202)  418-  2320,  TTY  (202)  418-  0484. 


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