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 Federal  Communications  Commission  FCC  03-  30 
 Before  the  Federal  Communications  Commission 
 Washington,  D.  C.  20554 


 In  the  Matter  of 
 National  Exchange  Carrier  Association  Tariff  FCC  No.  5,  Transmittal  No.  952 
 )  ) 
 )  WC  Docket  No.  02-  356  ) 
 ) 


 ORDER 
 Adopted:  February  11,  2003  Released:  February  12,  2003 
 By  the  Commission: 


 1.  On  September  13,  2002,  the  Wireline  Competition  Bureau  (Bureau)  released  an  order  that  suspended  for  five  months  and  set  for  investigation  the  above-  referenced  tariff 
 transmittal.  1  This  transmittal  sought  to  increase  traffic-  sensitive  and  special  access  rates  in  the  National  Exchange  Carrier  Association,  Inc.  (NECA),  interstate  access  tariff  to  reflect  a  larger 
 allowance  for  uncollectibles.  On  November  8,  2002,  the  Bureau  designated  issues  for  investigation.  2 


 2.  NECA  withdrew  Transmittal  No.  952  on  January  30,  2003.  3  This  withdrawal  rendered  moot  the  investigation  of  the  NECA  tariff. 


 1  National  Exchange  Carrier  Association,  Inc.,  Tariff  FCC  No.  5,  Transmittal  No.  952,  Order,  17  FCC  Rcd 
 16903  (WCB/  Pricing,  released  Sept.  13,  2002). 
 2  National  Exchange  Carrier  Association,  Inc.,  Tariff  FCC  No.  5,  Transmittal  No.  952,  WC  Docket  No.  02-  356, 
 Order,  17  FCC  Rcd  22595  (WCB/  Pricing,  released  Nov.  8,  2002). 
 3  National  Exchange  Carrier  Association,  Tariff  FCC  No.  5,  Transmittal  No.  972,  filed  January  30,  2003. 
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 3.  ACCORDINGLY,  IT  IS  ORDERED  that,  pursuant  to  section  204  of  the  Communications  Act  of  1934,  as  amended,  47  U.  S.  C.  §  204,  the  investigation  imposed  by  the 
 Wireline  Competition  Bureau  in  WC  Docket  No.  02-  356  with  respect  to  the  National  Exchange  Carrier  Association,  Inc.,  Tariff  FCC  No.  5,  Transmittal  No.  952,  IS  TERMINATED. 


 FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION 


 Marlene  H.  Dortch  Secretary 
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