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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:  September  27,  2001 
 COMMENT  SOUGHT  ON  AMERITECH  REQUESTS  FOR  LIMITED  MODIFICATION 
 OF  LATA  BOUNDARIES  TO  PROVIDE  EXPANDED  LOCAL  CALLING  SERVICE 
 BETWEEN  CERTAIN  EXCHANGES  IN  MICHIGAN 
 File  No.  NSD-  L-  01-  151 


 Pleading  Cycle  Established 
 Comments  Due:  October  11,  2001  Reply  Comments  Due:  October  18,  2001 
 On  May  29,  2001,  Ameritech  Michigan  (Ameritech)  filed  57  petitions  requesting  modification  of  local 
 access  and  transport  area  (LATA)  boundaries  to  provide  two-  way,  non-  optional  expanded  local  calling 
 service  (ELCS).  The  ELCS  requests  propose  to  offer  Michigan  customers  either  flat-  rated  or 
 message-  rated  service.  The  exchanges  involved  are: 


 Albion  and  Marshall;  Belding  and  Fenwick;  Byron  and  Bancroft;  Byron  and  Durand;  Byron  and 
 Gaines;  Cheboygan  and  Grace  Harbor;  Cheboygan  and  Onaway;  Chelsea  and  Grass  Lake;  Chelsea  and 
 Munit  h;  Chelsea  and  St  ockbridge;  Clio-  Mt  .  Morris  and  Birch  Run;  Clio-  Mt  .  Morris  and  Millingt  on; 
 Coral  and  Lakeview;  Evart  and  Barryton;  Evart  and  Harrison;  Farwell  and  Evart;  Howell  and  Bancroft; 
 Harrison  and  Falmout  h;  Harrison  and  Merrit  t  ;  Indian  River  and  Onaway;  Greenville  and  Fenwick; 
 Greenville  and  Seridan;  Greenville  and  St  ant  on;  Kalkaska  and  Manist  ee;  Lake  Odessa  and  Sunfield; 
 Mackinac  Island  and  Cheboygan;  Mackinac  Island  and  Mackinaw  City;  Mancelona  and  Manistee 
 River;  Manchester  and  Brooklyn;  Manchester  and  Grass  Lake;  Manchester  and  Napoleon;  Marion  and 
 Harrison;  Mayville  and  Nort  h  Branch;  McBain  and  Harrison;  Morley  and  Lakeview;  Nashville  and 
 Bellevue;  Nashville  and  Lacey;  Nashville  and  Woodland;  Pinckney  and  Fowlerville;  Port  land  and  Ionia; 
 Portland  and  Lake  Odessa;  Portland  and  Muir;  Portland  and  Westphalia;  Sandusky  and  Marlette; 
 Saginaw  and  Montrose;  St.  Ignace  and  Mackinaw;  Snover  and  Cass  City;  Snover  and  Marlette;  Snover 
 and  Minden;  Snover  and  Ubly;  Trufant  and  Lakeview;  Trufant  and  St  ant  on;  Ubly  and  Deckerville; 
 Vermont  ville  and  Bellevue;  Vermont  ville  and  Woodland;  Wolverine  and  Onaway;  and  Wolverine  and 
 Vanderbilt 


 Interested  parties  may  file  comments  concerning  this  matter  on  or  before  October  11,  2001  and  reply 
 comments  on  or  before  October  18,  2001.  All  filings  must  reference  File  No.  NSD-  L-  01-  151  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  Alan  Thomas, 
 Network  Services  Division,  445  12th  Street,  S.  W.,  Suite  6-  A207,  Washington,  D.  C.,  20554.  The  full 
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 text  of  the  petition  is  available  for  public  inspection  and  copying  during  regular  business  hours  at 
 the  FCC  Reference  Information  Center,  Portals  II,  445  12th  Street,  SW,  Room  CY-  A257, 
 Washington,  DC,  20554.  This  document  may  also  be  purchased  from  the  Commission's 
 duplicating  contractor,  Qualex  International,  Portals  II,  445  12th  Street,  SW,  Room  CY-  B402, 
 Washington,  DC,  20554,  telephone  202-  863-  2893,  facsimile  202-  863-  2898,  or  via  e-  mail 
 qualexint@  aol.  com.  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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